"I suggest adjourning the meeting. There is too much to say today. I think both of us need to re-adjust our thinking. However, I can assure you in the name of the German Empire that if your country can do this every year after the end of the war with Russia,

If we provide our country with more than 1.5 million tons of crude oil, our country will no longer need economic privileges!" Prince Henry took a few deep breaths to calm down his slightly excited mood and said word by word.

"Very well, the Chinese Republic needs equal allies who can re-divide the world together. Another thing I want to say is that Russia is China's great enemy. Even after the second Sino-Russian War, we still have

The enemy still won't let down their guard," Xu Jie said with a smile.

That night, the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse where the German delegation stayed was brightly lit. The German elites did not relax because of the adjournment. They were re-evaluating their negotiating chips and weighing their own gains and losses. "Your Highness, your statement today is very important."

Irrational, you are directly asking the empire to give up a lot

The Chinese Republic will not give benefits worth tens of millions of marks without any privileges, but because of your words, this wealth has come to nothing." German business representative Weiler said very dissatisfied. It represents Germany.

The interests of the imperial industrialists, so even if it causes displeasure to His Royal Highness, it must be explained.

"Don't worry about your products not being sold. If the Republic of China agrees to implement German standards in some of its industrial sectors, it will be enough for you. Economic interests are only one aspect of this negotiation, and they are not even important.

Let me ask you, if there were no resources such as manganese ore, tungsten sand and various rare metals provided by China, would Krupp's steel still be so good?" Prince Henry said impatiently.

"Okay, now let's discuss other issues. The conditions offered by the Republic of China this time are actually very high. Of course, this does not just solve the problem of the empire's food and raw materials, but it means that China's national policy has been in line with

The empire needs to be close, which will give the empire a strategic advantage," said Chancellor von Caprivi, who had been silent.

"We can get two pieces of news from Premier Xu's statement. The first point is that the Chinese Republic is no longer satisfied with the current scope of control, but wants to expand its territory to the south. The Chinese Navy is no longer satisfied with just defeating Russia and the Netherlands.

The combined fleet. Instead, some or even most of the territory of the Dutch colonies will be directly incorporated into the territory of the Chinese Republic, and then the oil fields there will be used to provide crude oil for our country!" Scheer thought for a while and said.

"This is true from a military point of view, but the underlying political significance is not limited to Russia and the Netherlands. The fundamental reason why the Netherlands was able to retain the vast colony of the Dutch East Indies does not lie in how strong the Netherlands is. It lies in Southeast Asia.

Britain, the actual controller of the country, does not want to let other powerful

China's intervention in Southeast Asia! The huge colony of the Dutch East Indies in the hands of the Dutch is just a way to provide some resources and taxes. But if it is in the hands of some big countries, it will be fatal to the interests of the British Empire in the Far East.

!" said von Caprivi.

"That means there may be conflicts between Britain and China in the future? Unless one of them takes the initiative to back down?" Scheer asked. If the British Empire can have an opponent in the Far East, it will definitely be the best for the German High Seas Fleet.

thing, especially when this opponent still has enough strength! Think about it, what would happen if the British Empire deployed one-third or more of its naval power in the Far East?

In the Mediterranean, the lonely French Navy will be suppressed by the Italian Navy and the Austro-Hungarian Navy, while in the North Sea, the terrifying Grand Fleet of the British Empire can at best maintain parity with the German High Seas Fleet! This means defeat

The British fleet is an absolute possibility. As long as one battle is needed, it is possible to win! Then force this country that has been across the ocean for hundreds of years to surrender. When he thinks of this, Scheer can't help but get excited deep in his heart!

"The conflict may not happen, but if Britain still wants to maintain its authority in the Far East, it must increase its military strength, and this is undoubtedly good news for us. In order to make the conflict between Britain and China fierce

Some, I think we should help China, at least

Let China gain part of the Dutch colonies. If a country swallows a piece of meat, then only war can make it lose this land. When an army bleeds for a piece of territory, then in the future, it will not hesitate to shed blood.

More blood to protect it!" said Prince Henry.

"To put it in more detail, this situation is the same as the relationship between Germany and France after the Franco-Prussian War. Because of the compensation of up to 5 billion francs, coupled with the land of Alsace and Lorraine, these conditions have made the two countries

Became a relentless enemy! Although Artha

The iron ore mines in Sri Lanka and Lorraine provided a huge main force for the empire's industry, and the 5 billion franc compensation also made the empire's banks no longer worry about funds. However, strategically speaking, there is no possibility of reconciliation between the two big countries! This is

A mistake!" the Imperial Prime Minister said sadly.

At that time, even Germany's iron-blooded prime minister Bismarck was opposed to such harsh conditions, especially for big powers. After the war with the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Germans' not harsh requirements won Germany an ally. And in the

On the issue of France, the German Army, headed by Moltke Lao, strongly demanded that Alsace and Lorraine be annexed to Germany.

In order to gain a topographical advantage over France, the iron mines in Alsace and Lorraine can be connected with the coal mines in the Ruhr area. From a military and economic perspective, this is indeed correct, but from a strategic perspective

, Germany will inevitably become enemies with a big European country! As a result, Moltke and others have been worrying about how to solve the problem of fighting on two fronts!

"From a strategic point of view, helping China acquire land in Southeast Asia can indeed be said to be a huge gain. If China cannot acquire the Dutch colonies in Southeast Asia, then there will be no substantial conflict between it and Britain. China's dominance in East Asia is already

The British will only admit the fact. And China, which has lost the opportunity to expand, may also

The internal forces are in decline, just like the United States after the disastrous defeat in the Spanish-American War. In this way, we not only lost the oil fields in the Far East, but also were unable to contain the United Kingdom through the Chinese Republic. Whether we obtain oil or contain the United Kingdom, we are the German Empire.

We can't give up." Seeing that no one objected, Prince Henry set the tone on this issue!

"So what is Premier Xu's second hint? He still won't let down his guard against Russia? What does this mean? If the result of this war is that China wins, then Russia will not be able to look eastward for a long time.

The northern border of the Chinese Republic is actually quite safe, but China will still be quite vigilant about the north. Could it be that China may take the initiative to go to war with Russia?" Hindenburg said doubtfully.

"From this sentence, we can understand that this hostility is very likely to evolve into actual actions, but going to war with Russia means fighting with Britain and France. China is probably not prepared to fight with Britain and France. So this is a paradox,

How to go to war with Russia and at the same time maintain peace with Britain and France? This seems to be a difficult thing to do." Scheer also had doubts.

"It is entirely possible that if Britain, France and Russia were allies, the Chinese Republic would naturally not go to war with each other, but what if Russia breaks away from this group?" Prince Henry smiled mysteriously. "This is impossible, my Royal Highness.

Hindenburg's expression changed slightly and he said.

"Nothing is impossible in the world, and there are some details that you don't need to know. If there are no problems with the empire's operations, this situation is completely possible. But what I didn't expect is that China actually knows part of our plan. This

It really makes us admire their intelligence capabilities. But none of this is important, as long as we can guarantee our victory over Russia, then everything will be worth it." Henry said with some pride.

As for Prince Henry's so-called plan, Xu Jie had long known that it was a deal between Kaiser Wilhelm II and a Russian named Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov and his party, and

This Russian has another name called Lenin! Adhering to the principle that the enemy of the enemy is a friend, in order to knock this behemoth Russia to the ground

, William II did everything possible! In addition to direct armed attacks, supporting other forces in Russia was also a move by the Germans! Lenin and the Bolshevik Party also needed external forces to fight Tsarist Russia, so under the common goal

, two seemingly incompatible forces came together and then fought for a common goal!

"The reason why Britain and France can form an alliance with Russia is because Russia is controlled by the Nomanov dynasty, not other governments. If this dynasty ends for some reason, then the alliance between Britain, France and Russia will

no longer exists, and at this time, if the Chinese Republic takes action against Russia again, not only will Britain and France not object,

Instead, they will show support! Okay, I have said enough today, there is no need to explain the rest." Looking at his subordinates who were still a little confused, Prince Henry became a little impatient. After all, there were too many secrets.

It cannot be said that even if the Chinese Republic already knows, he still needs to keep it a secret from his subordinates. After all, the more people who know, the easier it is to leak the secret!

"Judging from today's events, the cooperative relationship between the two countries can enter a new level, and if it goes smoothly, it will have an immeasurable impact on future wars in Europe, so we can completely give up some unnecessary

important requirements and gain strategic advantages." Finally, German Prime Minister von Caprivi said.
Chapter completed!