Just after the Chinese government and the Germans reached an agreement on the matter of "reparation", Xu Jie did not have time to breathe a sigh of relief, and the British came to the door. And the purpose of the British made Xu Jie very puzzled, he had obviously promised to leave a corner of land for the Dutch. It will also respect the British and French colonies in Southeast Asia. At the same time, he also said that he would continue to do business with Britain and France. So what else do the British want? Are you really planning to do it? Jericho's fleet showed no signs of returning. Xu Jie couldn't help but be a little worried.

Later, it turned out that although the British were very dissatisfied with the situation in the Far East, it was obvious that the brazen action at this time would not be worth the loss. If the Russian fleet is still alive, the fleets of Britain, France and Russia can join forces to suppress the Huaxia Navy, and it is okay to threaten it when the time comes. But now, when the Russian fleet was defeated and 3 dreadnoughts were captured by the Chinese navy, the British and French navies were absolutely inferior by relying solely on the Jericho fleet, so Britain had no intention of going to war at all.

The aim of the British was twofold: first, to reaffirm the British and French presence in the Far East and to deter dissidents in some colonies and subjects. It implies the meaning of showing strength to the Chinese Republic, but there is absolutely no idea of going to war. As for why Britain doesn't care about the Balkans? It's not that Britain doesn't want to take care of it, but it's too late to manage it and there is no way to manage it, without the help of Britain and France, how many days can Greece and these countries last? In a few weeks, the big picture was decided. Rather than continuing to fight the Germans in the Balkans, it is better to stabilize the situation in the Far East and then concentrate on solving the European problem.

The British are very delicate in matters concerning their own interests. The UK has never believed in any guarantees or agreements. What they believe in is the strength of their hands. And when the force is not enough to suppress a potential adversary, they will consider using agreements or other means to achieve their goals. After the end of World War 1 in history, the British Imperial Navy could not even maintain the standard of double power. Britain's sea power was challenged by the United States and Japan. He made a naval arms limitation treaty. The balance of power was maintained by acknowledging that the U.S. imperialists enjoyed the same naval tonnage as themselves.

In later generations, Xu Jie always believed that the so-called G3 and N3 plans of the British were actually smoke bombs, and those terrible things with large tonnage and advanced performance were not to mention whether they could be built in that era, and purely from an economic point of view, they were not something that post-war Britain could afford. Those battleships of the British are all blueprint ships! Never started. However, the British simply relied on these plans to make the United States and Japan abolish a large number of warships that had already started, which was definitely a good move from a strategic point of view.

Of course, before World War 1, the British Navy was at its most glorious. Naturally, the British did not need to sign any naval arms limitation treaty with China. What the British wanted to limit was the size of the garrison and base size of the Chinese Republic in Southeast Asia. As the earliest sea power nation, the British have extensive experience in maintaining global sea power. Britain knew very well, in addition to a powerful fleet. A truly sea power state also needs to have a base and fortress group spread across the sea area under its control to provide protection for the fleet.

The fact that the Chinese Navy had already developed an advantage in the Far East could not be changed, and since that was the case, what the British wanted to limit was the number of bases that the Chinese Navy could use. Sooner or later, Batavia will fall into the hands of China. It was originally an excellent naval base. And the Russian-Dutch fleet has been operating for a long time. It did not cause much damage, and it can be predicted that this place will definitely become an important cornerstone of the Chinese Navy in the South China Sea. It is impossible to get the Huaxia Navy to abandon here.

So what the British wanted was that China had to ensure that in the next 10 years, the number of naval bases in Southeast Asia could not exceed three. Only then will the British feel safe. In order to make China accept this request, Britain said that it could give certain preferential treatment in machinery exports and trade, especially agricultural products and light industrial products can be exempted from part of the tariffs, and the British people who have used various unequal treaties to obtain trade privileges and customs rights can also give up.

It seems that the British have lost a lot. In fact, these unequal conditions will sooner or later be abolished with the eventual rise of China. The preferential treatment of light industrial products and agricultural products was to compete with Germany for resources, and some of the agreements between China and Germany were well known to the British. Since it is impossible to stop it, it is better to try to reduce the flow of these things into Germany by various means, including all kinds of rare water and fuel oil.

Regarding the conditions of the British, Xu Jie said that he accepted that on the one hand, Huaxia really has no ability to continue to build a large military project, and on the other hand, Huaxia will make good money in the next stage. To whom is it not sold? On the basis of assuring that the previous agreement with Germany would be completed, why not sell to the British?

The second purpose of the British is not directly related to themselves. But for the sake of the Russians. Britain wanted to persuade the Huaxia Republic to sell the three captured battleships to the Russians at a "reasonable" price. What is the situation with the Russian Navy now, except for a few former dreadnoughts in the Black Sea, the entire Baltic Fleet does not even have 1 dreadnought! The Baltic Sea at this time was almost undefended. So from this point of view, just in case, the British had to launch the new Russian warships and form a strong fighting force to leave something for the Russians to decorate the façade. And these three dreadnoughts are the most important of them.

And this requirement is still very good for Xu Jie. To be honest, Xu Jie really didn't look down on those Russian battleships powered by steam engines, and the Huaxia Navy even wanted to find a suitable opportunity to dispose of the Longxu-class and Longteng-class dreadnoughts after the war, not to mention these three old battleships? Therefore, Xu Jie said that in principle, he supports this proposal, but the specific suitability of "selling" depends on the specific situation. In addition to the war between the north and the Russian army that has not yet come to an end, Xu Jie has another period to deal with, that is, the question of the ownership of Hokkaido! The departure of the Russians from the Far East has become inevitable, and Hokkaido will naturally leave as well.

The Russians have done a lot of things that Xu Jie wanted to do but couldn't do in the past few years in Hokkaido. When Russia first occupied Hokkaido, the Japanese people in Hokkaido launched uprisings of their own accord or by the instigation of them. But there were heavy troops stationed in Russia. At the same time, it was the station of the Russian Far East Fleet, and the Russians could deal with the populace with rifles and samurai swords. Although in the Second Sino-Russian War. Neither side has anything to do with Hokkaido, but the Russians' rule over this area is still quite solid, not that the Russians have deployed strong forces there, but the Yamato clan in Hokkaido has let the Russians clean up almost everything! And the direct conflict between the Ainu and the Russians, the indigenous people of Hokkaido, was not serious.

From the current point of view, the situation in Hokkaido is very suitable for existing as an independent country! This step is necessary both for the sake of public opinion on the island and for the overall strategy of the Chinese Republic. Moreover, when the influence of Russia was completely ruled out, Britain and France began to concentrate their efforts on dealing with the war situation in Europe. The Far East is entirely up to China to see how it works. In Xu Jie's opinion, this is at most a matter of communicating with the British!

In the face of this problem, the British did not react much, if it was said that during the First Sino-Russian War, Britain still had the intention of supporting Japan to contain China. So at this time today, the Russian bears have been beaten down, and there is absolutely no wave left in Japan, and in the past few years, China has spared no effort to suppress Japan. All Japan can export is textiles and raw silk. By the end of World War I, this thing was still a major export source for Japan. But the current Japan has experienced two hemorrhages in the Sino-Japanese War and the First Sino-Russian War. There is no capital for the development of domestic light industry, and it can only be reduced to a supporting role for international textile products at the worst. And the biggest problem is that Huaxia still firmly controls Japan's cotton imports! So there really isn't much to jump in Japan now.

After dealing with these matters, the British Government tentatively asked whether the Republic of China and Russia could stop hostilities on the northern front, and said that if the Republic of China was willing to sign an agreement, the border between the two sides could be based on the current line of actual control between the two sides. And the Russian government is willing to carve out a demilitarized zone with a width of 50 km on both sides of the border.

But Xu Jie is reluctant to forget this, he knows the situation in Russia very well, and now it is in internal and external difficulties, and the Huaxia Republic has abolished so much. Spending hundreds of millions of pounds has reached the world of harvest. Naturally, it doesn't end there. Therefore, Xu Jie refused the British's request for mediation, but in order to reassure the British, Xu Jie still said that the deepest line of the Chinese Army's attack would not exceed the Baikal area, and hinted that if the British agreed to persuade the Russians to give up the territory east of Lake Baikal and south of the Lena River, the Chinese Army would be willing to accept this ceasefire condition.

And you really don't have to say it, the British really intend to get Russia to accept this condition. Judging from the current situation, the battle on the southern front of China has basically ended, and all that remains is to plant the flag and declare the territory. The concentrated Chinese government will definitely concentrate all its forces to deliver a fatal blow to the Russian army in the Nebuchu region. With the large-scale riots in the country, the logistics and supplies, which were already poorly supplied, were even worse this time. It turned out that there was a shortage of heavy weapons and ammunition. But now there is a shortage of food, the consumption of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians is not a small number, and these places are not grain production areas, and all materials must be received from the rear.

In the eyes of Britain and France, the probability of the Russians winning this land battle is really not much smaller than landing on the moon. Therefore, the British and French governments wanted to persuade the Russians to "accept" reality. However, all great countries have dignity. In the case of the defeat of the Navy and the defeat of the Army is about to become a foregone conclusion, the Russians still decided to resist to the end! And they relied on nothing more than strong bunkers and offensive positions near Nebuchu, as well as a large number of infantry.

Since they didn't want to give up, then continue to fight, the Russians' refusal was expected by Xu Jie, and the British were quite satisfied after receiving assurances that Huaxia would not continue to seek expansion after the end of the war. Britain and France still have a lot to do, so naturally they won't waste too much energy with Huaxia.

Thank you for the reward of the book friend for you and the shoes, as well as the evaluation vote for the beginning of the book friend's new life, and said that the ticket is urged, and now the Spring Festival is coming, and the author has to help clean up the house, so I really don't have any energy left——! so I can only apologize——! I hope to bear with me~~. (To be continued......)