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Text Chapter 1,403 Russia Will Not Surrender

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    Regarding the fight for Belarus, under China's mediation, Germany and Austria-Hungary finally agreed to China's suggestions!  With Minsk as the boundary, the north belongs to Germany and the south belongs to the Austro-Hungarian Empire!  This division makes both countries satisfied!  However, Germany's demand accounts for 30% of the total war reparations paid by Russia, which makes many countries dissatisfied, including China!  In the previous disposal plan proposed by China, the war reparations received by Germany accounted for only 18% of the total reparations. Now it has increased to 12%, which will undoubtedly reduce the proportions received by other countries!  Obviously, no country will want its war reparations to be reduced!

    "Prime Minister Hollweg, 30% of the war reparations received by Germany is too much! From China's perspective, 18% is enough!" Chinese Prime Minister Wu Tingfang said!

    "Prime Minister Wu Tingfang, during the war, the Russian army invaded East Prussia, causing huge civilian casualties and human losses to our country. Therefore, a large part of the war compensation received this time will be used to resettle the German people who suffered losses  . A 30% share is not much considering Germany¡¯s contribution in this war against Russia!¡± German Prime Minister Hollweger insisted!

    Although in this world war, Germany¡¯s focus has always been on the Western Front!  But in the early days of the war, they still played a great role on the Eastern Front!  In the early days of the war, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was severely defeated by the Russian army. If the German army had not launched a timely attack, repelled the Russian army and caused huge casualties to the Russian army, I am afraid that the Austro-Hungarian Empire would have been defeated by the Russian army.  The army has invaded the country!  Therefore, the German government believes that they deserve 30% of the war reparations paid by Russia!

    Next, all parties had a long discussion on the distribution of war reparations paid by Russia!  No one is willing to give away the wealth they are about to acquire.  Especially for several small countries, the war reparations they have received are not much. If it is reduced a little more, it will undoubtedly make the war reparations they receive even less!  Therefore, even if there were to be concessions, only China and the Austro-Hungarian Empire would give in!

    In the end, the debate lasted until noon before a definite result was reached.  The distribution of the new war reparations package is 32% for China, 28% for the Austro-Hungarian Empire, 23% for Germany, 8% for the Ottoman Turkish Empire, and 8% for the Kingdom of Bulgaria.  Seven percent, with the Kingdom of Romania accounting for two percent.  By this time, the victorious countries had reached complete agreement.  Then, the next step is to have a showdown with the Russian representatives and ask them to sign the peace treaty, thereby ending the peace conference with Russia!

    At two o¡¯clock in the afternoon, negotiations begin again!  Russian Prime Minister Ivan Goremekin and Foreign Minister Izvolsky also participated in this negotiation!  However, the two of them felt very heavy!  Both of them knew that when they could participate in negotiations, it would be time for the victorious countries to resolve their internal conflicts, reach an agreement, and then join forces to force Russia!

    "Your Excellency Ivan Goremekin, Your Excellency Izvorsky, after several days of discussion, we have come up with a plan to deal with Russia! In view of the crimes committed by Russia in this world war,  Several of us believe that Russia must make the following compensation to make up for the losses of various countries! The specific compensation is as follows: Russia will cede the Siberian Plain and the territory east of the Volga River to China! Russia will cede the southern part of western Russia that originally belonged to Poland,  The territory south of Minsk in Belarus and the territory of Ukraine were ceded to the Austro-Hungarian Empire! Russia ceded to Germany the territories in the north and east of Poland, the territory north of Minsk in Belarus and the Baltic Sea coast. The territory south of the Volga and Don rivers, including the Caucasus  The territory including the region was ceded to the Ottoman Turkish Empire! Moldova was ceded to Romania! In terms of war reparations, Russia will pay a total of 3 billion yuan in war reparations to the victorious countries! In addition, in order to maintain world peace, Russia will pay in the future  Arms should be restricted! The Russian army has established a navy and an air force. The army can only retain 100,000 people and cannot have heavy equipment such as tanks, armored vehicles, and heavy artillery! All existing ships in the navy will be handed over to the victorious country! If there are no problems  , then you sign the peace treaty!" said Chinese Prime Minister Wu Tingfang!  The treaty with Russia is undoubtedly the top priority of this peace conference!  Because there are the most countries fighting against Russia and the most interests involved, it is not an easy task to satisfy the interests of all countries!

    "Your Excellency Prime Minister Wu Tingfang, Russia will not accept such a harsh treaty! If such a treaty is signed, Russia will be no different from the destruction of the country!" Prime Minister Ivan Goremekin said a little gaffe!

    "Now Russia has no choice! If Russia does not agree, it means that the war will continue and we willThe ultimate destruction of Russia!  By then, Russia will lose the possibility of existing as an independent country!  "Austro-Hungarian Prime Minister Mario Weber said sternly! In his opinion, although such a treaty is a bit harsh, it is already an advantage for Russia!

    "Ah" Prime Minister Ivan Goremekin's face turned red. He wanted to refute, but he didn't know what to say!  Russia is now under military occupation by various countries. If various countries really want to destroy Russia regardless of the consequences, Russia will not be able to resist at all!  Prime Minister Ivan Goremekin looked to German Prime Minister Holweg for help.  However, Prime Minister Holweg gave him a helpless expression, which made Prime Minister Ivan Goremekin's mood sink further to the bottom!

    "Russia, as the defeated country this time, should bear responsibility! However, such conditions are too harsh!" Russian Foreign Minister Izvorsky said quickly!  If the talks completely collapse, it will not be of any benefit to Russia!

    Several representatives of the victorious countries discussed with each other, and then asked: "So Russia has objections to those terms?" Everyone knows that as long as the Russians are not fools, they will not fully accept the conditions proposed by the victorious countries!

    ¡°In terms of territory, if Russia loses these territories, we will directly lose half of the territory! This is unacceptable to the Russian government!¡± Foreign Minister Izvorsky said.

    Regarding the territorial issue, the two sides once again started a debate. In the end, German Prime Minister Holweg took the lead in saying that Germany could give up its territorial claims on the Baltic Sea coast!  Since Germany has taken the lead, although this makes China and Austria-Hungary a little dissatisfied, in order for the negotiations to continue, they still have to make certain concessions!  Among them, the Austro-Hungarian Empire gave up territory east of the Dnieper River in Ukraine.  China also gave up its territory on the upper reaches of the Volga River and north of Cherny!  In addition, the Ottoman Turkish Empire also gave up its territory north of the Greater Caucasus Mountains!  After all countries made huge concessions, the Russian representatives had to temporarily agree to the territorial disposal plan!  In this case, a large part of Russia's European part has been retained, and the loss is not very serious!

    "Everyone, Russia cannot afford the three billion yuan in war reparations! Russia's finances have already collapsed and it is no longer able to repay these war reparations! Therefore, Russia hopes to reduce the amount of war reparations!" Russia  Prime Minister Ivan Goremekin said.

    Next, the two sides started a debate on the specific amount of war reparations. The Russians certainly wanted to pay back less, but the victorious countries all hoped to get as much as possible from Russia!  Finally, the total amount of war reparations was set at 2 billion Chinese dollars, of which Russia will pay one billion Chinese dollars in one lump sum next year, and the remaining war reparations will be paid in ten years!  Although Russia is financially bankrupt, there are also many wealthy people in Russia. In addition, the royal family also has a lot of wealth, and the mines in Russia are used as collateral. It will be necessary to pay one billion Chinese yuan next year. The problem is not very big.  big!

    Finally, Russia wants to bargain on arms limits.  However, this was sternly rejected by China and the Austro-Hungarian Empire!  The Russians are originally a fighting race. If they let go of their arms restrictions, they will undoubtedly cause trouble for themselves!  The Russian representative saw that this point could not be changed, so he had to give up!

    At 10 a.m. the next day, China, Germany, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Turkish Empire, the Kingdom of Bulgaria and the Kingdom of Romania, as representatives of the victorious countries, signed the peace treaty with representatives of Russia!  This means that Russia¡¯s disposal plan will take effect from now on!  The armies of various countries will gradually evacuate from Russia after Russia pays the first war reparations next year!

    According to this peace treaty, Russia lost 40% of its territory and half of its population!  Even if those Russians were willing to move back home, Russia's total population would drop to about 70 million.  Coupled with the huge war reparations, Russia will be under heavy pressure!  The restrictions on armaments have even tied Russia's hands, greatly reducing Russia's influence!  At the same time, this also made Russia very dissatisfied with China and other victorious countries, and the seeds of hatred were sown in Russia's heart!

    After the signing of the peace treaty, despite paying a huge price, Russia finally survived!  This relieved Tsar Nicholas II.  However, this also made him hate China and other countries even more!  Nicholas II secretly swore that when the next war comes, Russia will definitely take revenge!  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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