Chapter 437: The Treaty of Yaman
However, the Chinese Air Force would not spare them, and with the intelligence support of the Intelligence Bureau, the bombers of the Chinese Air Force carried out a sneak attack on the airfield where the Handlipes 400 bombers were located, destroying more than 50 Handlipes 400 bombers on the airfield, temporarily solving this threat.
The fighter units of the Chinese Empire dominated the air and completely controlled the skies of the Western Continent, but the air force could not replace the ground combat after all, and under the desperate attack of the Entente bloc, the Yaman Empire suffered heavy casualties, even if the army of the Habfsburg Kingdom was fully supported, it could not stop the attack of the other side.
In order to contain the opposing forces, the Grand Duchy of Sardinia launched a new attack on the port of Toulon, but the defenders of Nantes had already prepared, and they used strong permanent fortifications to block the attack of the Sardinian army with few troops, making the reputation of the Sardinian army's 'Noodle Army' resound.
The situation on the front line is getting more and more severe, looking at the daily casualties and retreat reports, Wilhelm II really can't stand the pressure, he has to send a telegram to Fang Xiaoyu through the Chinese Imperial Embassy, this time it is a real request for help, he hopes that the army of the Chinese Empire will enter the Western Continent.
This time Fang Xiaoyu was surprisingly generous, when William II was in danger, not only did he not take advantage of the fire to rob, but instead let the embassy and the Yaman Empire sign a "Continental Charter" annex, which claimed that the troops of the Chinese Empire entering the Western Continent to participate in the war could seize the spoils of war, but after the war they were not allowed to occupy the occupied land as their own, once the war ended, regardless of whether they won or lost, the Chinese Imperial Army would withdraw from the Western Continent, unless invited by the allies, the Chinese Imperial Army would not enter the territory west of the Yaman Empire for twenty years.
Such a generous treaty with no additional conditions surprised William II, he was already ready to be slaughtered by Fang Xiaoyu, but he didn't expect the Chinese Empire to be so easy to talk about this time, not only to provide assistance, but also to think about himself everywhere, which made William II extremely moved.
In fact, Fang Xiaoyu is playing the emotional card, he knows that the war is coming to an end, and the defeat of the Entente is a foregone conclusion, once the Allied bloc declines due to excessive attrition in the war after the war, then only the Chinese Empire and the Boston Empire will be left to compete for world hegemony.
Now the two countries have their own advantages, and neither can say that they will be able to overwhelm the other, and the reversal of the countries of the Western Continent has become the key to victory or defeat. Once the Allied bloc led by the Yaman Empire fell to the Boston Empire, the national security of the Chinese Empire after the war would be very threatened, and it would be difficult in international diplomatic affairs, so Fang Xiaoyu planned to win over the Yaman Empire, at least let it be embarrassed to deal with himself.
Fang Xiaoyu has never suffered a loss, he will not occupy the territory, but the spoils of war will not be less, the Western Continent has been strong for more than a hundred years, and the wealth accumulated over so many years is amazing, even if part of it is lost because of the war, it is still very considerable, and Fang Xiaoyu's goal is these things, these are enough to make people crazy about wealth, equipment, and even technical personnel.
With the Chinese Empire's treaty of such cooperation and such care for its allies, the Yaman Empire will naturally be grateful to Dade, and even if he loots in the occupied area at that time, Wilhelm II will definitely turn a blind eye, after all, if they are too demanding, they will be called ungrateful by others.
The Allied front was already somewhat exhausted, and all the reinforcements of the Chinese Empire had to arrive as soon as possible, but the land connection between the Western and Central Continents was in the hands of the original Cossack Empire, now Russia, and both the Central Powers and the Chinese Empire were in a state of war with Russia and could not transport them at all.
If the transshipment is carried out from the Istanbul Empire, it will be necessary to reverse the goods back and forth between trains and ships through the Dardanelles Strait or the Esphorus Strait, which will greatly increase the transportation time and cost, so Fang Xiaoyu began to ponder whether to send the Third Army of the Iron Blood Army again to enter the Yaman Empire in an airborne situation as the first echelon of reinforcements.
The Chinese Air Force has limited transport capacity, and once the Third Army is transported, it will inevitably be unable to carry too much heavy equipment. The current battlefields in the Western Continent are all on the scale of millions at every turn, and the Third Army of the Iron and Blood Army only has 50,000 people, and if there is no heavy equipment, it will not be of much use.
Just when Fang Xiaoyu was a little embarrassed, Russia sent negotiating envoys to the Chinese Empire and the Yaman Empire, hoping to sign an armistice agreement with the Central Powers.
At present, the economic situation in Russia is very bad, the inaction of the government for many years, and the destruction of several years of war have brought the Russian economy to the brink of collapse, the infrastructure is backward, a large number of factories have closed, the male labor force has been sent to the battlefield, and the remaining factories are female workers, the fields where the wheat waves have been rolling in the past are largely barren, the rural labor force is only left with old people and children, hunger has spread within the country, in the face of this situation, if the war continues, it will undoubtedly destroy the newly established Russian government, Therefore, Ulyanov, who had just been elected president of the country, immediately sent his pro-trust to the Yaman Empire to negotiate a ceasefire.
Although the Allies desperately wanted to be able to withdraw troops from the Eastern Front, they still put on an unhurried appearance and demanded sky-high prices. Unexpectedly, after a symbolic bargaining, Thorov agreed to all the conditions of the Allies.
Soon after, the Allies and the ASEAN countries signed the Armistice Agreement with Russian representatives in Essen, the capital of the Yaman Empire, known as the Treaty of Yaman. The treaty provided for the recognition of the Russian territories occupied by the countries and the payment of indemnities amounting to two hundred billion Russian roubles, equivalent to one thousand tons of gold, to be repaid over thirty years, guaranteed by the First National Bank of Essen, with an interest of three percent.
However, after the Yaman Empire and the Habfsburg Kingdom signed the treaty, Wu Qiong, the representative of the Chinese Empire, refused to sign the treaty because of the great difference of opinion between him and Thorov, and the two sides were unable to negotiate.
In fact, the main problem in the middle was that the Chinese Empire's asking price was too high, and the Chinese Empire demanded that Russia recognize that all the areas east of the Ural Mountains should be assigned to its own country, and that the western continental territories of the former Cossack Empire, such as Ufa, which had already been occupied, should belong to Kolchak and would still belong to the Cossack Empire in the future.
If Russia signs such a treaty, it will undoubtedly leave a curse for itself, and the war between them and the Kolchak army will never be peaceful, and the Russian Red Army will launch another attack on the Kolchak army, the remnants of the former empire, will also be regarded as aggression, and the Chinese empire can tear up the contract and enter the war at any time.
A word to readers:
Recommend Mo Hao's work "The Change of Da Luo"