Chapter 274 Freeport sovereignty is restored
The end of the national war between Longhua and Sun has made many countries feel a little disappointed. Because they are not good at interfering in Longhua's affairs, they still hope that there will be countries that have been dragging Longhua's rise. And the Sun Country, which is across the sea from Longhua, is undoubtedly the most haode country and opponent. It's a pity that the Sun Country doesn't want to fight now, and would rather pay such a sum of money to Longhua, and also hope to end this state of national war, which has to be said to be a big disappointment to all countries.
Without external pressure, won't the pace of Longhua's rise and unification be more accelerated?
But just when they thought that the East China Army was bound to send troops to the west next, they found that the northwest and southwest armies gathered in the west seemed to be still standing still at the moment. It is only assembling before the battle, and the White Palace Department of the East China Army in Daman Road is also urgently preparing for war. Seeing this, they must be about to recover Daman Dao.
In view of this situation, the two countries naturally appear to be a little nervous, hoping to maintain their position in Dammam Road. In this regard, Eagle Country, which still has the issue of Jiangdong Port negotiations with Longhua, is also very clear that this matter cannot be delayed. Otherwise, their status in Longhua Kingdom will be greatly reduced.
On the contrary, during this time, many parliamentarians in the Eagle Country opposed the East China Army's proposal to let the Eagle Country garrison leave and retain their economic presence in Jiangdong Port. He also acknowledged the current existence of eagle-funded financial institutions and companies in Jiangdong Port, but in terms of garrison and management rights, Xu Bin simply gave any room for maneuver.
Many members of the Eagle Country who still have the thinking of the Great Eagle Empire do not understand the reality that Longhua has risen to become a great power in the East. They disagreed that Longhua had won the war with the Sun Country, and felt that it was just a war that they could end in the shortest possible time as soon as they made a move. Longhua has been fighting the capital of the Sun Country for so long, and his strength can be imagined.
Only some dignitaries of the Eagle Kingdom Army who understand the current strength of Longhua understand that the strength of the Longhua Army has completely surpassed that of Shijie countries. Its military literacy and weaponry are even more precedent for the Shijie Army. Conflict with such a big country. Very stupid undoubtedly.
Even the naval strength of Longhua has grown rapidly in recent years. The tonnage of their navy has also increased with the new ships in service. Although it is not yet the number of the Royal Navy fleet of the Eagle Country, it has all first-class submarines and air forces, which completely makes up for the gap between the two armies.
Once, as those parliamentarians said, send a naval expedition to Longhua to defend their existing interests in Jiangdong Port. The Admiral of the Royal Navy of the Eagle Country, combining the existing strength of the two navies. Even if the warships from all over the country are concentrated, they will eventually fight with the Longhua Navy, and I am afraid that they will only have to fight and lose.
In particular, the East China Army established the first full-fledged air force unit. In this national war, Zuihou appeared, and each made the whole Shijie in an uproar. In the face of such a concentrated combat air force, in the absence of anti-aircraft weapons. Whether it is the army or the navy, the end of encountering it is to be tortured and killed to death.
There is no way to fight, and now the Eagle Country is still the largest economic and trade country in Longhua. Once they really fell out with Long Huaguo because of this matter. With that one all the time. The Commander-in-Chief of the East China Army fell out with the Eagle Country. That's for the Eagle Nation. The losses are really big.
In addition, the two countries are currently fighting in Europe in private, and both want to expand their influence in the European and American continents, and this kind of competition between major powers is the top priority of the Eagle Country. Speaking of which, the Longhua Kingdom in Asia is still too far away from them, and according to the strategy of long-distance friendship and close attack, the most haode way is not to start a war lightly.
Maybe it was because he saw that Long Huaguo didn't want to fall out with them. The government of the Eagle Kingdom was also happy to pretend to be stupid and continue to argue with Long Huaguo on the issue of peacefully recovering Jiangdong Port. But with the end of the state of war between Longhua and the Sun Kingdom, the negotiators of the East China Army have become much tougher on the issue of negotiation.
Even Xu Bin summoned the consul of the Eagle Kingdom in Longhua. It is very clear that the Eagle State government will consider the rare friendship between the two countries and decide on the ownership of Jiangdong Port as soon as possible. If he really wants Longhua Xingbing to recover, then the existing benefits he gave to the Eagle Country before, I am afraid that there is no way to guarantee anything.
Compared with Xu Bin's tone towards the Eagle Country, Xu Bin is much more powerful when it comes to the sovereignty issue of the free port. Soon after ending the state of war with the Sun Country, he also summoned the consul of the Franco Kingdom and made it clear that the terms of the negotiations would not be changed. If the Francois does not make a decision on the matter of handing over the free port, then the East China Army will take the means of recovering it by force, and will sever all trade and cooperation with the Francois country.
Persimmon picks the soft pinching reason, why doesn't Xu Bin know? Moreover, in order to show that he did not want to provoke a war, Xu Bin also promised that as long as the Francois agreed to unconditionally return the sovereignty of the free port, the East China Army could consider selling two submarines they had always wanted to buy to them in secrecy.
With submarines, a naval weapon that is economical and effective in actual combat, it also has a naval weapon for self-defense for the Francois country, which has now declined a lot. This is also why, after learning about the naval performance of the submarine, how strongly will the Franc machine demand, hoping that Longhuaguo will sell them two submarines that are currently only sold to Yingmi.
As long as there are samples, they can copy them when they return home, although there is no way to get the drawings. But with the real thing, they can also enjoy the effect of submarines on improving their naval strength faster than other coastal countries. This soft and hard attitude really makes the Francois understand the rising Longhua Kingdom.
In the face of an economic and military power like the Eagle Country, Long Hua may still think about the consequences of offending, but he hardly needs to think much about them. If it weren't clear, it wouldn't be child's play to go to war with a country casually, I'm afraid that Longhua Kingdom would not have this additional condition attached.
Seeing that there was no way to delay the matter, Francois also made it clear that as long as they received two Seawolf-class submarines sold by Longhua like Eagle Mi, they would sign the agreement with Longhua. In this regard, Xu Bin did not break his promise, and ordered the Nanbin Army to load the two submarines in service directly under the supervision of naval officials of both sides to the merchant ships of the Francois Kingdom.
It is clear that these two submarines are not cheating, they are really active submarines serving in Nanbin Port, and Francois does not dare to tell the truth. Soon, the consul of Longcheng Francois signed a deal with the Minister of Foreign Relations of Longhua to deal with the sovereignty of the free port.
Immediately after the signing of the agreement, the two sides issued a telegram stating that the East China Army had abolished the Lend-Lease Treaty between the Longhua Dynasty and the Francois Kingdom on the Free Port. As compensation, Longhua compensated a certain amount of money to retain the funds invested by Francois in the free port. As for how much this compensation is, it is kept secret.
As soon as the power was over, a naval fleet newly formed from the Nanbin Military Port was led by two revitalization ships of nearly 20,000 tons. Slowly drove into the naval port of the Francois Kingdom, and under the leadership of the commanders of the naval fleets of the two sides, the two countries carried out a ceremony of handing over military flags.
At the same time, the navy also satisfied these Franc aircraft navy, and wanted to board the ship to enjoy it. The requirements of this kind of Zhenxing-class warship with excellent performance are after looking at the firepower configuration on the Zhenxing-class warship, as well as the mobilization device.
These were also the naval commanders of the Franco-Rang country, who were also naval powers in those years, and they also felt that this kind of warship was indeed excellent, so it is no wonder that even the two countries of Eagle and Mi had thought of going on the ship to feel it.
But they have never been approved by the Longhua Navy, they can have this honor to become the first foreign general to board this kind of Longhua revitalization ship, I think it can also make up for the regret in their hearts that they are about to leave the East!
With the Navy smoothly taking over the warships in Freeport, the two main divisions drawn from the Nanbin Military Region also arrived at Freeport smoothly under the escort of transport ships. Looking at these army, which was neat and uniform, they arrived in front of the Governor's Mansion of Freeport Francis in the cheers of the people of the whole island of Freeport.
The fluttering flag of the Franc machine was lowered and handed over to the flag protector of the Franc Machine, and the flag keeper of the East China Army raised a flag representing Longhua to the top of the Governor's Mansion under the gaze of all the people. The change of national flags in these two places naturally means that the free port has officially returned to the embrace of the motherland of Longhua from today.
As the people of Longhua, they are naturally full of joy at this moment, but for the merchants and people of the Francois Kingdom who live on this island and don't know how long they have been. What they see is that here they can no longer enjoy the status of masters. And from today onwards, the entire free port will be completely under the control of the East China Army.
The government troops who had come with the army soon handed over government affairs to one of the Governor General of the Franco-Rang State in Zuihou, who had known that there would be such a day. With these handover documents, it means that these government officials in Longhua can also complete the management of various affairs of the free port as soon as possible.
The garrison, accustomed to the separation of military and political affairs, soon stationed in various military camps on the island after completing the sacred national flag exchange ceremony. They did not embarrass the Franco-national soldiers, on the contrary, the two armies were very friendly at the time of the handover. We had a lunch together.
Seeing the individual soldier rationing system of Longhua Kingdom, it is usually used in a small piece, which can replenish the compressed dry food that can replenish physical strength. There is even that kind of meat that can be eaten as long as it is sliced, and the soldiers of the Franco-Rang Kingdom also think. Compared to the other party, the supplies of these people are really unsatisfactory.
After the two armies had a friendly feast, these infantry artillerymen of the Franco-Rang Kingdom would also return to the Franco-Aircraft on the same day on a warship. They finally don't have to write letters every day, and they have to dig out their minds for the sake of the few family visits they have in the army in a year.
Although they are a little sad to leave like this, at least they can return to China to be with their families, and they also feel that the benefits seem to be more than sentimental. Gradually, under the escort of these East China military ministers, who quickly took over the military camp, they left the free port and returned to the country of Franco. (To be continued......)