() The issue of naval construction is a serious issue. After discussing with Yan Boxun and Yang Yonglin for 4 hours, they did not finally come up with a solution. Yan Boxun and Yang Yonglin still wanted to continue, but Xu Jie had no time to waste time with them.

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The guard then sent over a document. The Russians were ready to reopen negotiations. Negotiation is the top priority for the current matter. There is a long way to go to build the navy, and there is plenty of time to do it well. Therefore, Xu Jie decided to deal with it first and will start in three days.

of negotiations.

Originally, Russia requested that the negotiation be held the next day, but Beiyang did not expect that the Russians would give in so quickly. Therefore, they were not fully prepared. At the same time, in order to better reflect his superior position, Xu Jie decided to set the date for the negotiation.

After 3 days, this is to tell the Russians that we can afford it, but we don’t know if the Russians can afford it!...

Three days passed in a hurry, and the representatives from the Beiyang side and the Russian side soon met again in the officers' mess of the battleship Ninghai. The Russians must have been uncomfortable during these three days, from Count Sergei Witte and Essena.

From his haggard face, you can imagine how the other person spent the past few days!

"General Xu, we have launched formal negotiations with Beiyang, but our troops are still fighting on the battlefield. This is against international practice and is also very useless and futile. Therefore, during the negotiations, I suggest that the armies of both sides cease hostilities.

What do you think, we should take action and withdraw a certain distance from each other as a separation zone?" Count Werther couldn't wait to demand a ceasefire from the beginning.

"The Russian government's undeclared war against our country is inconsistent with international practice, but your country did so. Before the negotiation is concluded, the two sides are in a state of war. Whether the military operation is suspended depends entirely on the opinions of both parties and has nothing to do with international practice.

It's not related. But at present, we are unwilling to suspend the hostilities because our goal has not been achieved yet!" Xu Jie said with a smile...

"I have to say that your purpose is unrealistic and we cannot accept such a request at all! This is traitorous!" Witte said angrily.

"No, you are wrong, Count Werther. You are saving your own country. I think you know Russia's financial situation better than I do. It supports more than 200,000 troops fighting thousands of miles away, and it also builds the Trans-Siberian Railway.

These two major projects are enough to overwhelm Russia, which is not rich to begin with, and France does not support your country's actions in the Far East. So I want to know, even if Russia decides to borrow money, do you have room to borrow it?" Zhang Peilun said with a smile.

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"Everyone and any country must pay for their wrong actions. Since Russia chose the wrong opponent at the wrong time, it must pay the price! Of course, you can also persist in your mistakes, but that will make Russia bear the responsibility.

A bigger loss. We have a saying in China that if we continue to break up, we will suffer chaos! This sentence is very suitable for Russia today." Xu Jie said while beating a drum.

"We can withdraw the Russian troops in Inner Mongolia, or we can withdraw our military forces from Outer Mongolia. I hope that our withdrawal and your country's withdrawal to vacate a certain safe zone can be carried out at the same time." Count Witte said.

"We naturally welcome your country to withdraw its military forces from our country, but we need to emphasize two points. The first point is that if your country needs to leave a certain safety zone, then your country can withdraw on its own. Beiyang

We will never take a step back. Every inch of this territory was obtained with the blood and sweat of our Beiyang officers and soldiers. There is no need to think about retreating. The second point is that our three conditions are tied. We cannot just accept one condition.

Just a ceasefire, this is impossible." Xu Jie refused.

"You are not negotiating, this is a trial. Both of us should negotiate on an equal footing," Witte said.

"How can the winners and losers in a war be equal? ​​This is our request. If we cannot accept it, we can continue to adjourn the meeting until you accept it, or the negotiation breaks down." Xu Jie sneered. "So I hope

You can face the reality, China is not the Qing Dynasty now, and Russia is a loser."

"The territory of Sakhalin can be temporarily taken over by your country. As for the compensation, we can also redeem some of the officers first." Witte took a deep breath and stabilized his emotions before saying.

"We welcome your country's return of some of our occupied territories, but it is far from enough. What we hope is that the northeastern direction will be restored to the national border before 1840, not only Sakhalin Island, but also the Outer Khingan Range and other places.

.You know, some of the areas occupied by our army now exceed the boundary line in 1840, and we have also made concessions, and this is already our bottom line." Xu Jie said.

It’s not that Xu Jie didn’t want to gain more territory. At the beginning, Xu Jie really planned to insist on the actual control line. However, subsequent analysis reports by Nie Shicheng and others forced Xu Jie to abandon this plan. Even according to the revised plan,

More than 1 million square kilometers of land have also been added to the northeast. What is the concept of this? It is almost equal to the territory of the three northeastern provinces!

These more than 1 million square kilometers were still very desolate at the time. Even with China's existing population, transportation conditions and national strength, it was still very difficult to control it. And as the front moved westward, the Russians'

The supply line will be shortened, while the Chinese Army's supply line will be lengthened.

Possessing it now does not mean that it will be available in the future, so the Army hopes that their front line will not exceed their logistics supply capacity. After all, the scale of the next war will definitely be much larger than this one. Judging from the current railway system in Northeast China, at most

It can only support an army of about 150,000 to fight. After adding a large area of ​​territory, a railway network needs to be built to support more armies to fight.

So in this case, Xu Jie decided to make some concessions, but these concessions were also very limited! With Beiyang's support in the next five years, he would try to acquire as much territory as possible.

"I'm afraid this still exceeds the tolerance limit of the Russian Empire! Our two countries have a treaty on the northeastern border!" Essen said loudly.

"The treaties of the previous era are no longer suitable for this era. I need to remind you that if your country's government cannot show enough sincerity, Hokkaido may have become the Japanese's place when we meet next time.

"Xu Jie said coldly.

"In order to bring Hokkaido back, the Japanese government has promised a lot of benefits. If the Russian government's offer does not satisfy us, then we must get compensation from the Japanese government. There is not much time left for your country.

, You can take care of yourself." After Xu Jie finished speaking, he stood up and left the venue.

The second meeting ended again after less than 2 hours between the two parties. Xu Jie was tired of negotiating with the Russian delegation. He needed to get what he wanted in the shortest possible time, so this time Xu Jie

Jay directly played the trump card of Hokkaido!
Chapter completed!