The negotiations between Yang Xiaolin and Rockefeller did not go well.

They are both very stubborn people who will stay the course when they think they are right! For Rockefeller, he was really disgusted with China's oil business model, and the idea of free trade was deeply ingrained in his mind, and he believed that China's worst move would make Chinese oil companies lose momentum to develop, and Rockefeller was unwilling to work with a partner who might not have motivation.

But Yang Xiaolin is as stubborn as him, and now oil is only a commodity in demand, and with the modernization of the world's war mode and the popularization of automobiles and the development of transportation, oil will become an irreplaceable raw material for a long time.

Free trade?

Look at your own era, now grabbing oil wells is just a knife, but later for a field field or even for the trade volume of an oil-producing country, it will start a war! Which country's oil companies are not backed by the government? Including Standard Oil, which is now talking about free trade with him, how many wars has the United States waged for them?

Yang Xiaolin just took a step ahead, but Rockefeller really couldn't understand that now the conflict between the two sides is very obvious. Interestingly, both of them are stubborn to a certain extent, and their differences are very obvious, but neither is willing to give up convincing each other.

Negotiation is like this, the process of negotiation is actually a process of continuous communication between the two sides, when the two sides have similar views on the same issue, they will maximize their own interests through negotiation, and at the same time to meet the needs of the other party to the greatest extent, which is negotiation.

Although Yang Xiaolin and Rockefeller have completely different concepts, fortunately, their interests are completely identical. First of all, Rockefeller wanted to occupy the Chinese market, and the Chinese side wanted to rely on his ability to quickly circulate oil throughout China, and there was no conflict between the two sides.

On the Asian side, Rockefeller hoped that the new company established with China could monopolize the entire Asian market, and Yang Xiaolin also hoped that he could have overseas interests. Navy building out you have to have overseas interests! This is the foundation of your navy and the motivation of your officers.

I want to compete with Japan for hegemony in Asia. It is necessary to have more interests in Asia than the Japanese, and business is the pioneer of the military, and Yang Xiaolin understands this truth. Therefore, even if the matter of cooperating to establish a company could not be negotiated with Rockefeller, some small projects were carried out first.

Yang Xiaolin invited Rockefeller and the Russian side to cooperate in the oil field project in the Caucasus, and Rockefeller was very interested in this proposal, and the construction of the oil pipeline also began. While China was carrying out these tasks, arms aid from the Chinese side was delivered to the Russians, and the comrades were ready to attack Nogi Noshinori.

The Chinese did not do any secret work in this matter, and when the weapons and equipment were delivered to Trotsky, they even walked from Consneci, and the effect of this trip was very obvious. The Germans did not say anything about China's assistance to the proletarian regime. And Britain and France showed a considerable degree of dissatisfaction.

Britain and France judged more clearly China's attitude towards Russia from this incident, perhaps Yang Xiaolin did not think of killing Trotsky at all, maybe the current chaotic situation in Russia was very much what China wanted to see, and perhaps China's invitation to Japan to send troops was itself a trap.

Their attitude is dissatisfied, at most, they condemn Yang Xiaolin in the newspaper, and the gentlemen will not take any action. Britain and France knew very well in their hearts that the war now taking place in Russia was actually a contest between China and Japan, and that this was their indirect struggle for hegemony in Asia.

The way in which Japan used it was military occupation. China's approach is completely different, and which of them will emerge as the winner on the Russian issue will determine who has more resources in their hands in the future Sino-Japanese struggle for hegemony in Asia.

So while Britain and France were keen to take out Trotsky. But they also like to see the scene of China, Japan and Russia competing in three ways, and prefer the Chinese to challenge Japan. In addition, Britain and France now need the Chinese market, and they are very loud about weapons, but they just shout two voices. It really didn't cause any trouble for China.

The Russians living in southern Siberia have become more friendly to China after they learned that China had provided a large number of weapons and equipment to the Russian troops. When Li Debiao first entered the area, there were some strong nationalists who formed guerrillas to harass the peacekeepers, and even when the Stessels were on their side, they did not stop.

But with this batch of weapons shipped to Russia. The Russian nationalists immediately felt as if they were pointing the finger in the wrong direction, they felt that China was really not their enemy, and thinking about what the Chinese had been doing for the Russian citizens here for some time, they felt that they should not continue to make trouble here. So the south of Siberia was finally peaceful.

And the reaction of the Japanese side was very intense, and Yang Xiaolin's action really deeply stinged the Japanese. He didn't mean that he gave the Japanese a knife from behind, and little Japan didn't have any good feelings for the Chinese, and they wouldn't be surprised if Yang Xiaolin did such a thing when they were fighting with Russia.

But the question is, this time you invited us to send troops, we sent troops, and you supplied arms to the Russians? And at present, the battle of Nogi Noshinori has formed a stalemate, and the Japanese reinforcements have not yet arrived, you give arms to the Russians, what is this called? People can be shameless, but can they be shameless to this point?

The Japanese have a feeling of being humiliated, betrayed, and played like monkeys! The most infuriating thing is that after providing the arms, Yang Xiaolin also said that China has always implemented the policy of peacekeeping forces, insisted that the Russian problem can only be resolved through negotiations, and he called on the Japanese side and Russia to stop the war.

Except for the Germans' appreciation, Britain and France pretended not to hear this, the Americans did not express any opinion, and the Japanese side did not even bother to deal with him.

At this time, there were still some people in Japan who saw that things might be a little dangerous, and their prime minister, Saionji, suggested to the emperor, saying that it was time to let Nogi Noshinori retreat a little back, the Russians were ready to fight hard, and the Chinese were waiting to see our blood flowing, and he believed that the current Japanese troops should retreat to the Far East, and when Japanese reinforcements arrived, look at the situation on the battlefield and the attitude of the international community towards Russia before deciding what to do next.

Xionji felt that it would be good to occupy a Far East, at least it would pose a threat to China's northeast region, and from a military point of view, it would ensure the security of North Korea, as long as there was gain.

The emperor felt that what Saionji said was very reasonable, and he also wanted to order Nogi Noshinori to retreat a little, but now Japan's national complex and great power thinking have begun to move to the right, and the arrival of Indonesia and the success of the Russian war in the early stage made them regard themselves as the world's first-class countries, and those commanders at the grassroots and even high-level levels of the army and navy of the Great Japanese Empire thought that they were invincible.

They don't want to stop now, when China asked us Japan to send troops, we ran fast, and now China calls on us to stop the war, you retreat? China is your Xiyuan Temple's Lao Tzu or what? I can't afford to lose this man!

Nogi Noshinori also saw the tactical intentions of the Russians at the front, but he did not dare to give the order to withdraw his troops. Because the mood for war was so high throughout the army, the soldiers faced the Russians who were coming from all sides, and shouted that they would use the blood of the Russians to forge the glory of the Imperial Japanese Army.

At this time, Nogi Noshinori could only send a telegram to the emperor, asking the emperor to let them continue to fight, and asking for reinforcements to come quickly. Nogi Noshinori's telegram apparently became the best evidence of the main war faction, who demanded that the emperor continue the war according to the wishes of the soldiers at the front, and demanded that the prime minister of Saionji, who had proposed the withdrawal of troops, be ousted.

In Japan, the power to decide on all military operations belongs to the Ministry of War. And the military department is actually an institution that has never been established, and it only keeps appearing in the mouths of the Japanese. It consisted of four agencies: the Ministry of the Army, the Ministry of the Navy, the Army General Staff, and the Navy Command, and we just used to refer to them collectively as the Japanese War Department.

These four institutions were independent and under the leadership of the emperor, and the cabinet and parliament had no right to intervene in their affairs, so they were very unkind to Saionji. As for the emperor, he is a half-human and half-god character, similar to a half-immortal, although he does not count his fortune, but he gives blessings to people at every turn, and it can be regarded as a kind of swagger and deception.

Another characteristic of the Japanese armed forces is that their commanders are only responsible for operations and have the right to command the troops, but there is also a kind of people in the troops who represent the interests of middle- and lower-level officers in the troops, and these commanders cannot command. Because the commander belongs to the Japanese Ministry of War, and those people are staff officers, they belong to the Japanese Army General Staff, and they are basically two institutions.

Xiyuan Temple knew very well in his heart that Nogi Noshinori's telegram was also sent as a last resort, if he dared to say that he would let the troops retreat, he might not have a chance to return to the Far East alive, and those staff officers would kill him.

Your senior officers consider the various elements of war, while for middle and lower rank officers, they only need war because that's their chance to change their fate.

Under such circumstances, the Japanese top brass clearly saw that the danger of war had emerged, but they did not flinch at all under the encouragement of those right-wing sentiments in the country, and while angrily scolding the shamelessness of the Chinese, they were ready to fight the Russians.

Yang Xiaolin was silent when they scolded them, and he used the interests of Russia in his hands to appease the emotions of Britain, France, and other countries, and by the way, his eyes widened, wanting to see whether the Japanese bushido spirit was great, or the proletarian revolutionary spirit was better.

Brusinov and Ackberil have led the Russian Thirty Army in place, and Nogi Noshinori has also started to fight, and the answer is about to be revealed. (To be continued......)