Chapter 1398: Competing Interests

China, Germany and Austria-Hungary signed a peace treaty against Italy and reaped a lot of benefits from it, which greatly stimulated other countries! For the victorious countries this time, most of the interests are not with them, they are just here to play soy sauce! However, the next Russia to be disposed of is different! In addition to the three great powers of China, Germany, and Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Turkish Empire, the Kingdom of Bulgaria, and the Kingdom of Romania, which had the right to participate in negotiations with Russia. These three countries have already seen that China, Germany and Austria-Hungary have reaped so many benefits from Italy, and they have already been red-eyed!

On October 21, it was the time for the negotiations with Russia, and on this day, the delegations of various countries came to the negotiation venue prepared by the Chinese side early! Everyone has already sharpened their knives and is ready to move on to Russia!

"Ladies and gentlemen, the content of today's negotiations will be to discuss the way to deal with Russia! According to the practice of this peace conference, we, the victorious powers, will first agree on the way to deal with Russia, and then start negotiations with Russia! So, then, let's make our own demands first! As the host, Chinese Prime Minister Wu Tingfang said first!

"Russia is an important member of the Entente, and in this war, it has caused serious damage to all of our countries! Therefore, Austria-Hungary believed that Russia should be punished severely! In view of the enormous cost paid by Austria-Hungary in this war, the Austro-Hungarian government believed that the southern regions of Poland in western Russia. Belarus and Ukraine should be ceded to Austria-Hungary! Other than that. Russia should pay huge war reparations for this war. The total amount should be more than 5 billion Chinese dollars! And Austria-Hungary deserves more than forty percent of this war reparation! "The Prime Minister of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Mario. Weber immediately put forward the Austro-Hungarian demand! It's just that it's obviously like a lion opening his mouth!

German Chancellor Holwig frowned, and then said: "Germany is also one of the main countries that destroyed Russia, and has made great contributions to the destruction of Russia!" Therefore, the German government believed that the eastern part of Poland, Belarus and the Baltic region in the west of Russia should be ceded to Germany! In addition, given the relatively low economic power of Russia. The country is also relatively poor, and the huge war reparations are simply not something that Russia can afford! Therefore, Germany believes that the war reparations that Russia should pay should be controlled in the amount of about one billion Chinese dollars! And Germany deserves 40 percent of this war reparation! ”

"The Ottoman Turkish Empire's offensive in the south effectively contained the main forces of the Russian army. And, in this war, the Ottoman Turkish Empire also paid a huge price! Thus, the Ottoman Turkish Empire considered the territory of Russia in the Caucasus. It should be ceded to the Ottoman Turkish Empire! And, among the war reparations paid by Russia. Ten percent should be paid to the Ottoman Turkish Empire! "The Prime Minister of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, Enver. Pasha said!

"Although the Kingdom of Bulgaria only joined the side of the Central Powers in the late stages of the war! However, we sent more than 100,000 troops to join the war against Russia, and we also paid nearly 10,000 casualties for this! Therefore, the Kingdom of Bulgaria believes that we should receive eight percent of the war reparations paid by Russia! As for the territorial claims, because we do not share a border with Russia, we give up the territorial claims! "Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bulgaria Vasily. Radoslavov said! Although the Kingdom of Bulgaria is equally coveted over the fertile territories of Russia. However, because the Bulgarian kingdom was weak and did not play much of a role in this great war, they wisely chose to abandon their territorial claims to Russia and instead demand eight percent of the war reparations! For the impoverished Kingdom of Bulgaria, even if Russia only paid a billion Chinese dollars in war reparations, if it could get 8 percent, it would be 80 million Chinese dollars! This is definitely a great wealth for the Kingdom of Bulgaria! With this wealth, the Bulgarian kingdom can greatly improve their military strength!

"The Kingdom of Romania wants to be able to obtain Moldova in southwestern Russia as compensation for the price paid by the Kingdom of Romania in this war! In addition, the Kingdom of Romania wanted to receive 5% of the war reparations paid by Russia! "The Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Romania, Titu. Liviu. Majorescu said!

All countries except China have already put forward their own demands, and everyone hopes to be able to cut off a piece of fat on Russia's body! Of course, although the demands put forward by everyone are different, they are all trying to extract the benefits from Russia as much as possible!

"Your Excellency Prime Minister Ng Dinh Fong, what are China's requirements?" Austro-Hungarian Prime Minister Mario. Webb said. As one of the most important countries in the destruction of Russia this time, China's demands are also very important! Even, if we can't reach an agreement with China, then this disposal plan against Russia will not be completed at all!

"All countries know that China has paid a huge price in this war! We dispatched millions of troops from the Siberian Plain all the way to Moscow, destroying more than three million Russian ** troops! Made the greatest contribution to the defeat of Russia! Therefore, the Chinese government hopes that, first of all, in terms of territory, the Siberian Plain of Russia should be ceded to China! In addition, the Ural Mountains and the regions west of the Ural and east of the Volga should be ceded to China! The war reparations that Russia should pay this time are totaling three billion Chinese dollars! And China, it needs to get 40% of this war reparation! Finally, as one of the main countries of the Entente this time, Russia's armament needs were also limited, and it was not able to have a navy and air force, and the army only retained the size of 100,000 men! These are the demands of China! Chinese Prime Minister Wu Tingfang said!

So by now, all the countries have already put forward their own demands! Moreover, these demands are fatal for 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! The many wars have almost consumed the wealth accumulated by Russia over the past few hundred years, and Russia is an industrially backward country among the Western powers, so it is almost impossible for Russia to repay the huge war reparations! In addition, it is obvious that there is no agreement between countries on the requirements! For war reparations alone, China, Germany, and Austria-Hungary proposed different amounts, and all demanded 40 percent of the total reparations, plus 10 percent of the Ottoman Turkish Empire.

The whole venue was silent for dozens of seconds, and everyone was secretly thinking about how to ensure that their country got the best share of the cake when it came to dividing Russia!

"Austria-Hungary supports China's legitimate demands! In addition, Austria-Hungary also agreed to reduce the total amount of war reparations paid by Russia to three billion dollars! And the Austro-Hungarian Empire's demand for this part of the reparations was reduced to thirty percent! "The Prime Minister of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Mario. Webb said.

Chinese Prime Minister Wu Tingfang nodded and expressed satisfaction with the support of Austria-Hungary!

"Guys, are we dealing with Russia too harshly? It is simply not possible for Russia to afford such a strict war reparations now! Huge war reparations, enough to crush Russia! Therefore, Germany believes that the war reparations totaling 3 billion Chinese dollars are enough to crush Russia! German Chancellor Holwig said! At the beginning, Germany and Russia had a secret agreement, and they would do their best to preserve Russia's strength at the peace conference! However, this peace meeting seems to have exceeded Germany's original expectations! All countries are desperately plundering the defeated countries and grabbing benefits for their own countries! It is almost impossible for Germany to make Russia suffer as little as possible!

Chinese Prime Minister Wu Tingfang frowned, the Chinese side has long suspected that there is some secret agreement between Russia and Germany! Otherwise, Russia would not have surrendered to Germany in the first place! Now, Prime Minister Holwig has taken the initiative to stand up and speak for Russia, which is even more certain of this speculation on the Chinese side! Russia has a population of hundreds of millions and a huge number of soldiers, and 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 goals! Moreover, Austria-Hungary and China have common interests, and Russia, as the main enemy of Austria-Hungary, also wants to completely remove the threat of Russia to Austria-Hungary!

"Russia, as a major member of the Entente, has done great harm to all of us! Although our demands are harsh, they are all brought on by Russia! In addition, this is the only way to remove the Russian threat to us! Therefore, Austria-Hungary believed that it was very necessary to deal with Russia harshly! "The Prime Minister of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Mario. Webb said. The German side exonerated Russia, which made Austria-Hungary very dissatisfied! Austria-Hungary and Russia are feuds, and now Germany's behavior makes Austria-Hungary have to consider whether Germany may target Austria-Hungary in doing so!

The representatives of the other three countries didn't say much! In the negotiations with Russia, China, Germany and Austria-Hungary were the main forces, they were just following behind, wanting to get some benefits! (To be continued)