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"Your Excellency Wu Tingfang, our country hopes that the dividing line between the control areas of Dias government and Madero government shall be the southern boundary line of San Luis Potosi state, Zacatecas state and Nariat state! The area to the north, It belongs to the government of Diaz, and the area to the south belongs to the government of Madero!" Sherlock, the U.S. ambassador to China, pointed at the large map of Mexico.
"Your Excellency the Ambassador seems to have forgotten that these three states are now under our control. As long as we are willing, we can continue to push northward! Therefore, this dividing line is unreasonable!" Wu Tingfang said. Mexico's territory is relatively large in the north and relatively narrow in the south. If divided according to Ambassador Sherlock's requirements, the Dias government would account for almost half of Mexico. If Madero would not agree, China would not agree either!
"Your Excellency Wu Tingfang, according to our calculations, if divided like this, the government of Diaz is only equivalent to controlling 40% of Mexico's land, and it is still a relatively barren part! Such a division is very reasonable! "Ambassador Sherlock argued with reason.
"Your Excellency, Ambassador, there is nothing reasonable or unreasonable! If there is a ceasefire, the current line of actual control between the two sides will be the dividing line. Otherwise, we will definitely not agree!" Wu Tingfang behaved very toughly.
Ambassador Sherlock was very dissatisfied with this. If the actual control line was used as the ceasefire line, then only the northern states of Tamaulipas, Nuevo Enlai, Coahuila, and Chihuahua would be left in Dias government. State and Sonora State. These states are all close to the U.S. border and are also the poorest states in Mexico. The combined population of these states. I'm afraid there are no more than two hundred people. Moreover, the distance from the nearest place to the United States is only about 260 kilometers, which really cannot play a role in consolidating the security of the United States.
"Your Excellency Wu Tingfang, we cannot agree to such conditions!" Ambassador Sherlock said.
"In this case, there is no need to negotiate. Let's see the outcome on the battlefield!" Wu Tingfang said confidently! The squadron in Mexico has almost completed its rest. Even if the additional recruits have not yet arrived. But after the logistics supply line is unblocked, defeating the US military entrenched in northern Mexico should not be a big problem. If it weren't for the fear that after defeating the US military, the US would continue to increase its troops massively because Turkey was threatened, the squadron would have launched another attack!
Ambassador Sherlock was immediately speechless. Although the US military has once again organized two armies to enter northern Mexico, they have been repeatedly defeated by the squadron. The United States no longer has much confidence in whether they can withstand the squadron's attack. If war breaks out again, this will not be a trivial matter for the United States!
He took a deep breath and suppressed the anger in his heart. Ambassador Sherlock said: "Your Excellency Wu Tingfang, let's shelve this dispute for the time being! I need to consult the country for opinions on your country's request!"
"Okay! After this question, there is only one left. Now. We have 50,000 US military prisoners of war, but there are less than 200 US prisoners of war in the US military. What should be done with these prisoners of war?" Wu Tingfang asked road. The surrender of American generals Lieutenant General John Bates and Brigadier General Davis. Let China capture a large number of American soldiers. And these US soldiers will also become an important bargaining chip for China in negotiations!
"Your Excellency Wu Tingfang. Now that the war is over, it is natural that both our countries should release the prisoners of war unconditionally!" Ambassador Sherlock said. Although, there is a huge gap between the Chinese prisoners of war in the US military and the US military prisoners of war in China. But he has obviously selectively forgotten this!
"Your Excellency, Ambassador, this is impossible! We have 50,000 US military prisoners of war, and if you want us to release them just like this, this is impossible!" Wu Tingfang flatly refused. China suffered more than 10,000 casualties in this war. The pensions alone cost a large sum of money, and the consumption of weapons and ammunition also amounted to a huge expense. Are the Chinese giants eager to use these prisoners of war to hit the Americans hard? If Wu Tingfang promised to release the prisoners of war unconditionally, he would not be able to deal with the military giants!
"What does China mean?" Sherlock asked. He had already guessed before that China would not easily agree to the United States' request. The greed of the Chinese people is also famous in the world. If the United States does not pay a certain price, it will be almost impossible to get the prisoners of war back!
¡°The American prisoners of war among us,The country needs money to redeem it! The price is not expensive either, one thousand Chinese dollars per prisoner of war. Traces of 54.3 million yuan! "Wu Tingfang said.
"So expensive? Your Excellency Wu Tingfang, your country is opening its mouth like a lion!" Ambassador Sherlock jumped up. This is equivalent to half a year¡¯s fiscal revenue in the United States.
"It's not expensive at all! Your Excellency, Ambassador, your country can only pay us 50 million yuan, but all the prisoners of war captured by our army must be returned to us!" Wu Tingfang said.
"Your Excellency Wu Tingfang, this price is too expensive. We can pay your country up to 10 million Chinese dollars to redeem these prisoners of war!" Sherlock said. The price of 10 million Chinese dollars is still within the acceptable range of the United States. The current economic growth rate of the United States is not inferior to that of China at all. Moreover, thanks to its strong industrial strength, the United States¡¯ per capita GDP is more than twice that of China!
"No, ten million is too little!" Wu Tingfang shook his head. Now, he, the Foreign Minister, seemed to be possessed by a small businessman, bargaining with Shylock.
In the end, both parties reached a price that everyone was satisfied with. The U.S. government spent 25 million Chinese dollars to redeem prisoners of war who were not captured by the Chinese. However, this is just the condition they negotiated. Whether it can be approved by the governments of both parties is still difficult.
After that, Sherlock immediately contacted the country and reported the Chinese conditions to the White House. Wu Tingfang also reported the results of the negotiations to Wang Yuze!
On the morning of March 20, Wu Tingfang and Sherlock met again, and the two sides once again conducted a new round of negotiations on the conditions for a ceasefire. In the end, under Wu Tingfang's strong request, the United States fully accepted the conditions proposed by China. Afterwards, the two sides signed the "Memorandum of Understanding on Peace between China, the United States and Mexico". The "Memorandum" stipulates that from now on, China and the United States will cease all military conflicts in northern Mexico. Mexico will also return to peace. The United States recognizes Madero's government as the legal government of Mexico. China also recognized that D¨ªaz established autonomous governments in the states of Tamaulipas, Nuevo Enlai, Coahuila, Chihuahua and Sonora in northern Mexico. Legally speaking, D¨ªaz's autonomous government belongs to Mexico. It's just that they have a high degree of autonomy. Whether it is military, diplomatic or financial, the Dias autonomous government can decide freely. In effect, this is how China and the United States split Mexico into two countries ruled by Madero and D¨ªaz. However, Madero ruled most of Mexico, while D¨ªaz only ruled a small part. The significance of Dias government's existence is nothing more than a buffer zone between China and the United States. The United States can deploy a large number of troops in northern Mexico to ensure the security of the United States!
China and the United States reached an agreement without consulting the Mexican government. It was only after the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding that the two countries sent notes to Madero and D¨ªaz respectively.
Both Madero and Diaz were very dissatisfied with this. Madero bills himself as Mexico's new president, and it would be a huge blow to him if Mexico split. Therefore, he proposed to China that it would not recognize Diaz's government, and hoped that China could help the Mexican government to conquer the northern territories.
However, China refused. It also said that if Madero government wants to regain its northern territory, China may not interfere, but it will never send troops to help them.
Since China refuses to help, the Madero government will naturally not be able to regain its northern territory. The strength of Mexico's new government army has been fully demonstrated in this battle. The United States has deployed hundreds of thousands of troops in northern Mexico. Without China's help, even if the Madero government invested all its troops, it would not be able to regain the northern territory. Therefore, after Madero protested some more, he could only hold his nose and admit it.
However, China has also compensated Madero government in other places. After all, China will still need Mexico's cooperation when fighting the United States in the future. Mexico's cooperation is also needed. China dispatched an army to help Mexico's new government regain the southern states still controlled by Diaz's party members, while also strengthening the Madero government's rule over these areas. In this way, the Madero government can be considered as uniting Mexico in front of them, and there will be no more trouble!
D¨ªaz is also very aggrieved. He is the du c¨¢i president who has ruled Mexico for more than 20 years! Now there are only five states left in the territory, and they are still the most barren states. How can he accept this? I think at the beginning, he wanted to embrace the lap of the United States wholeheartedly, and refused China's wooing, but he did not expect to end up in this situation.?However, D¨ªaz knows that even the United States cannot defeat China, and it is basically impossible for him to become the president of Mexico again!
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