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Text Chapter 1,398 Struggle for Interests

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    China, Germany and Austria-Hungary signed a peace treaty with Italy and gained a lot of benefits from it, which greatly stimulated other countries!  For the victorious countries this time, most of the benefits have nothing to do with them. They are just here to make soy sauce!  However, Russia, which will be dealt with next, is different!  The countries that have the right to participate in negotiations with Russia include, in addition to the three major powers China, Germany, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Turkish Empire, the Kingdom of Bulgaria, and the Kingdom of Romania.  These three countries have already become jealous as they see China, Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire reaping so many benefits from Italy!

    October 21st is the time for negotiations with Russia. On this day, delegations from various countries arrived early at the negotiation venue prepared by China!  Everyone has sharpened their swords and is ready to attack Russia!

    "Everyone, the content of today's negotiation will be to discuss how to deal with Russia! According to the practice of this peace conference, we victorious countries will first reach an agreement on how to deal with Russia, and then start negotiations on Russia! Then,  Next, let each country put forward its own requirements first!" As the host, Chinese Prime Minister Wu Tingfang said first!

    "Russia is an important member of the Allied Powers. In this war, it caused serious damage to all our countries! Therefore, the Austro-Hungarian Empire believes that Russia should be severely punished! In view of the huge price paid by the Austro-Hungarian Empire in this war  The Austro-Hungarian government believes that the southern Poland, Belarus and Ukraine in western Russia should be ceded to the Austro-Hungarian Empire! In addition, Russia should pay huge war reparations for this war, and the total amount should be more than 5 billion Chinese dollars!  And the Austro-Hungarian Empire should receive more than 40% of the war reparations!" Mario Weber, Prime Minister of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, immediately put forward the Austro-Hungarian Empire's demands!  However, this is obviously like a lion opening its mouth!

    German Prime Minister Holweg frowned, and then said: "Germany is also one of the main countries that destroyed Russia, and made a huge contribution to the destruction of Russia! Therefore, the German government believes that the eastern part of Poland in the west of Russia,  Belarus and the Baltic Sea region should be ceded to Germany! In addition, given that Russia¡¯s economic strength is relatively low and the country is relatively poor, huge war reparations are simply not something that Russia can afford! Therefore, Germany believes that Russia should pay war reparations.  It should be controlled at around one billion Chinese dollars! And Germany should get 40% of this war compensation!"

    "The offensive launched by the Ottoman Turkish Empire in the south effectively contained the main force of the Russian army. Moreover, in this battle, the Ottoman Turkish Empire also paid a huge price! Therefore, the Ottoman Turkish Empire believed that Russia's offensive in the Caucasus region  The territory should be ceded to the Ottoman Turkish Empire! And, of the war reparations paid by Russia, 10% should be paid to the Ottoman Turkish Empire!" said Enver Pasha, Prime Minister of the Ottoman Turkish Empire!

    "Although the Kingdom of Bulgaria only joined the Allies to fight at the end of the war! However, we sent more than 100,000 troops to join the fight against Russia, and we also paid nearly 10,000 casualties for this! Therefore, the Kingdom of Bulgaria believes that we should receive payment from Russia  Eight percent of the war reparations! As for the territorial requirements, because we are not bordering Russia, we give up the territorial requirements!¡± said Vasily Radoslavov, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bulgaria!  Although the Kingdom of Bulgaria also coveted Russia's fertile territory.  However, because the Kingdom of Bulgaria was weak and did not play a big role in this war, they wisely chose to give up their territorial claims to Russia and instead demanded 8% of the war reparations!  For the poor Kingdom of Bulgaria, even if Russia only pays one billion Chinese dollars in war compensation, if it can get 8%, it will be 80 million Chinese dollars!  This is definitely a huge wealth for the Kingdom of Bulgaria!  The Kingdom of Bulgaria can rely on this wealth to greatly improve their military strength!

    "The Kingdom of Romania hopes to obtain Moldova in southwest Russia as compensation for the price paid by the Kingdom of Romania in this war! In addition, the Kingdom of Romania hopes to receive 5% of the war compensation paid by Russia!"  Prime Minister Titu Liviu Mayorescu said!

    With the exception of China, all countries have put forward their own national requirements. Everyone hopes to cut off a piece of fat from Russia!  Of course, although everyone's demands are different, they all seek to gain as much benefit from Russia as possible!

    "Your Excellency Prime Minister Wu Tingfang, what are China's requirements?" said Mario Weber, Prime Minister of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.  As one of the most important countries in the destruction of Russia this time, China's demands are also very important!  Even if an agreement cannot be reached with China, then this time??Russia's disposal plan is simply impossible to complete!

    "All countries know that China paid a huge price in this war! We dispatched millions of troops from the Siberian Plains to Moscow, and wiped out more than three million Russian troops! In order to defeat Russia  , has made the greatest contribution! Therefore, the Chinese government hopes that, first of all, in terms of territory, Russia¡¯s Siberian Plain should be ceded to China! In addition, the areas west of the Ural Mountains and the Ural River and east of the Volga River should be ceded to China!  The total amount of war reparations that Russia should pay this time is 3 billion Chinese yuan! And China needs to receive 40% of this war reparations! Finally, as one of the major countries of the Allied Powers this time, Russia¡¯s armament needs  It is also restricted and cannot have a navy or air force. The army can only retain a size of 100,000 people! These are China's requirements!" said Chinese Prime Minister Wu Tingfang!

    So now, all countries have put forward their own requirements!  Moreover, these requirements are fatal to Russia!  If these demands are met, Russia will lose almost two-thirds of its territory!  Moreover, the huge war reparations are enough to bankrupt Russia!  Many wars have almost consumed the wealth that Russia has accumulated over the past few hundred years. In addition, Russia is already an industrially backward country among Western powers. It is almost impossible for Russia to repay the huge war compensation.  of!  In addition, it is obvious that countries cannot agree on requirements!  For war reparations alone, China, Germany, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire proposed different amounts, and all demanded 40% of the total reparations, plus 10% from the Ottoman Empire. If all countries did not give in,  If so, it is obviously impossible to reach an agreement!

    The entire venue was silent for dozens of seconds. Everyone was secretly thinking about how to ensure that their country gets the best share when dividing the Russian cake!

    "The Austro-Hungarian Empire supports China's legitimate demands! In addition, the Austro-Hungarian Empire also agreed to reduce the total war reparations paid by Russia to 3 billion yuan! And the Austro-Hungarian Empire's demand for this part of the reparations was reduced to 30%!  ¡± said Mario Weber, Prime Minister of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

    Chinese Prime Minister Wu Tingfang nodded and expressed satisfaction with the support of the Austro-Hungarian Empire!

    "Everyone, are our treatment of Russia too harsh? It is impossible for Russia to afford such serious war reparations now! The huge war reparations are enough to crush Russia! Therefore, Germany believes that the total amount is as high as 3 billion  Hua Yuan's war reparations are enough to crush Russia!" German Prime Minister Hollweger said!  At the beginning, Germany and Russia had a secret agreement and would try their best to preserve Russia's strength at the peace conference!  However, this peace conference seems to have exceeded Germany's original expectations!  All countries are trying their best to plunder the defeated countries and gain benefits for their own countries!  Germany wants to reduce Russia's losses as much as possible, but that is almost impossible!

    Chinese Prime Minister Wu Tingfang frowned. China has long suspected that there is some secret agreement between Russia and Germany!  Otherwise, Russia would not have surrendered to Germany first!  Now, Prime Minister Holweg has taken the initiative to speak for Russia, which further confirms China's speculation!  Russia has a population of hundreds of millions and a huge supply of soldiers. If it is armed, it will pose a huge threat to China!  Therefore, at this peace conference, weakening Russia as much as possible has become one of China's main purposes!  Moreover, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and China have common interests. Russia is the main enemy of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire also wants to completely eliminate Russia's threat to the Austro-Hungarian Empire!

    "Russia, as a major member of the Allied Powers, has caused great harm to all our countries! Although the demands we have made are harsh, they are all caused by Russia! In addition, only in this way can we eliminate Russia's threat to us!  Therefore, the Austro-Hungarian Empire believes that it is very necessary to deal with Russia severely!" said Mario Weber, Prime Minister of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.  Germany excused Russia, which made Austria-Hungary very dissatisfied!  The Austro-Hungarian Empire and Russia are feuding. Now Germany's behavior makes the Austro-Hungarian Empire have to consider whether Germany's actions may target the Austro-Hungarian Empire!

    The representatives of the other three countries did not say much!  In the negotiations with Russia, China, Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire were the main forces. They were just following behind and wanted to get some benefits!  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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