The Americans sent a very subtle signal for peace, but China and Switzerland, who also served as "peace messengers" as second-hand dealers, could not find a role in the huge Berlin that could speak to the foreign affairs of the German Republic.
It was not until the news of the conclusion of the Brest-Litovsk Treaty came that the second-rate dealers finally realized that the Germans had reason to despise the American cowboys. In front of the "bold" Soviet Russians, the Americans "will not cede territory or pay compensation, and return to the war." The summation signal of "previous state" is a bit too artificial and contrived.
After the Romanov dynasty and the bourgeois provisional government were overthrown, the entire Russia was torn apart by cruel class theory. The double-headed eagle guarding St. Petersburg lost its actual control over the North Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Far East. The essence of Europe was either compressed by the Germans or divided by the so-called White Army. The Red Army and the working class could only occupy a limited number of areas. Big city.
The Red Empire certainly represents the advanced direction of mankind, but this advancement takes time to ferment and consolidate. The main problem before Lenin and his followers was the imminent civil war. Therefore, the great revolutionary teacher Lenin proposed the theory that "to fight against foreign forces, we must first settle the domestic affairs." At the same time, he came up with the plan of "exchanging space for time" and used an astonishing number of The Germans ceded territory and paid compensation in exchange for indigestion, waiting for a favorable opportunity to tear up the agreement and turn their backs. On the other side, they sent a large number of political workers, intending to completely turn Germany into a red country with acute domestic conflicts, and "communist" Germany's war dividends.
The ill-intentioned Bolsheviks started intermittent negotiations with the Germans.
Peace negotiations are progressing very quickly. The Soviets are openly displaying the legacy of Tsarist Russia, while German generals and diplomats are still free to paint the map with ink. After June, the British Royal Navy returned to its peak state, and the signal for Americans to join the war became increasingly obvious. The Soviets realized that they might have made a loss-making deal. So Lenin hurriedly stopped the Eastern Front peace negotiations that were already close to signing.
The Soviet Russians re-adjusted their expectations for the war and maintained a wait-and-see attitude towards the Allies, but they did not know that the Allies were only looking back. During the Battle of Orkney Islands, the seemingly powerful Royal Navy no longer existed. After the Berlin Killing Night, Germany actually changed its appearance and re-established itself. Gathered together.
The Soviet Russians who called off the negotiations were somewhat at a loss when faced with Germany's comeback. What was more terrifying than the threat from the Germans was the change in the domestic situation in Soviet Russia.
Because of the suspension of negotiations, the angry Germans regrouped forces on the Eastern Front and adopted an offensive posture. The Soviet Russian government had to leave a large number of unscreened and purged troops on the front line with the Red Army. This move not only dispersed the precious strength of the Red Army, but also made it difficult for the Soviet Russian government to deal with the successive rebellions and mutinies and expand its territory. It also allowed the royalists and the bourgeoisie to secretly control many armies on the front line, including the intervention armies of China and Japan. Continuously encroaching on the "territory" that the Soviet Russian government cannot take care of for the time being.
The Soviets, who were riding a tiger with difficulty, had to give up their self-respect. Back to the negotiating table.
Before the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, the Soviet Russians had reached a tacit understanding with China, Ottoman Turkey and Japan. The Chinese got the Mongolia and the Middle Eastern Railway. The Russian concession was recovered. So much so that the sluggish Beiyang government actually had a new idea at this moment that the old tree was blooming; the Ottoman Turkey obtained part of the North Caucasus and occupied a favorable position from which to hunt the Eastern European plains; although the Japanese failed to monopolize the port of Vladivostok, the Northern Kurile Island and southern Kamchatka were enough to appease them.
Since the Soviet Russians can lose face when facing low-end countries such as China and Ottoman Turkey, the gains of the Germans from the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk can be imagined.
According to this harsh contract, the Soviet Russians lost territory from the North Caucasus and Ukraine to the Baltic lowlands, with a total area of ??more than one million square kilometers. The independence of Ukraine and Finland must be recognized and the restoration of Poland must be supported.
Germany successfully pushed the coastline to the Gulf of Riga, and the restored Poland was further north than in another time and space, although the Danzig Corridor was better than nothing. But the lucky Poles, with Wang Heidi's insistence, accidentally obtained the coastline from the Gulf of Riga to Tallinn, solidifying their title as a maritime country.
Almost at the same time, the "German-Polish Treaty" was signed, and Germany and the restored Poland formed a pan-political, economic and military super alliance. Wang Heidi's original German-Polish Coal and Steel Community will become the most solid foundation for the alliance.
The "Brest-Litovsk Agreement" and the "German-Polish Treaty" shocked the world. While the Allies were jumping to their feet and yelling at the Russians for their shamelessness, news came one after another that the Americans had surrendered and sued for peace.
Americans think that what they do is very secretive, but Europe has never been a place to hide things, not to mention that semi-colonial China is basically an intelligence sieve for the great powers.
Soviet Russia completely withdrew from the war, and the Americans sued for peace and beat the Allied Powers to pieces. Under these conditionsAt this time, the Allied powers had mixed reactions.
The attitude of the British is ambiguous.
The disastrous defeat at the Battle of Orkney Islands meant that the sea transportation lines on which the Sun Never Sets Empire depended were completely cut off. John Bull was forcibly castrated by German executioners. Not only was the British Isles depleted of resources, but the mainland was also fully exposed to the muzzles of German naval guns. Under this situation, there is always the danger of destroying the country.
¡°Even more terrifying than maritime transport was the total collapse of the British Empire¡¯s economy. After entering the 20th century, the British Empire's industry was unable to continue. The already weak economy before the war was drained by twice building luxurious two-power fleets, maintaining astronomical army military expenditures, and continuous blood transfusions to France, which could not afford to support it. With no return, the last vestige of strength was drained away by the unprecedented intensity of the Irish uprising. The former industrial overlord was embarrassingly dragged down by the protracted war that he had created.
In view of the poor economy and empty homeland defense, the British were determined to form an alliance with the Germans. Different from the frankness of Americans, even in the embarrassment, the British gentlemen still did not change their arrogance, and immediately proposed that "Germany give up the Shetland Islands, northern French territories and all rights and interests in the Far East" Principles of peace.
The French were dismissive.
At this time, the French government was huddled in a small town in the south. Its navy had suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Ustika Island. The main force of its army was entrenched in Paris, which the Germans had abandoned. However, it turned against the French government. Its army commander-in-chief still thinks about the Northern Expedition. To regain the lost territory, he never thought that except for a small number of guerrillas on the Italian-French border, he would have few usable troops.
The French were so depressed, but they refused to show weakness in front of the Germans, and even intensified their efforts. Their diplomats, adhering to the arrogance and arrogance of the Gallic era, borrowed the words of the Swiss to say that even the British Navy What even Minister Balfour dared not say:
"Germany will completely withdraw from all French territory, return Alsace and Lorraine, cede the southwestern territory, and lease the Ruhr area."
The Japanese were panicked.
Facing the behemoth Germany, Japan, a small country with few people, does not have many choices. The Japanese Army has always been arrogant, but no matter how proud the Choshu clan is, they dare not say that they can defeat the master. The Japanese navy worked tirelessly and courageously to build a navy that was rampant in East Asia, but no matter how arrogant the Satsuma clan was, they did not dare to boast that they could fight against the Ocean Fleet that twice trampled their master's feet.
The Japanese gave in and were even willing to hand back Jiaozhou Bay and the German Pacific Colony.
The news that the Dutch visited Berlin on behalf of Japan spread like wildfire, and the bonno effect created by the Americans began to take off in a spectacular manner. (To be continued. Mobile phone users please go to m. to read.)