Chapter 39 Negotiations (Part 2)
Qin Zheng said: "Mr. Witt, I have some more words. I hope you can tell you the country truthfully."
Witt was also a little surprised and said, "Please say it."
Qin Zheng said: "The conditions we put forward this time are quite sincere. If the negotiations break down this time due to your rejection, we will immediately launch a new military operation. You can evaluate the outcome yourself. When the next negotiation is about our requirements, our conditions will be more stringent, and Russia will also lose more. Therefore, I hope you can do it yourself."
Witt's body trembled obviously, and he finally nodded, saying, "Okay, I will tell Mr. Qin's words to the country truthfully."
After returning to the hotel where he stayed, Witt immediately sent all the negotiation process today, as well as the conditions proposed by East China **, including Qin Zheng's warning, back to St. Petersburg. At the same time, he also attached his own attitude, emphasizing that East China ** will not make any concessions in compensation. Russia can only choose to accept or refuse. If it accepts, it means that the negotiations have broken down. East China ** will immediately launch a military strike against Russia. According to its own observations, East China ** is indeed carrying out military mobilization, so launching a war should not be intentional intimidation. Please consider it carefully.
Although Witt no longer has any illusions about this negotiation, I still hope that the negotiation will be successful at this time. The conditions offered by Bijing East China this time are not harsh. If the negotiations can be completed, Russia's losses will be minimized. By the next negotiation, there will be no such good opportunity. But Witt is now willing but unable to meet it, so he can only do his best.
When Witt's telegram was turned back to St. Petersburg, Nicholas II was also very surprised, because in his opinion, East China was facing a major failure and the situation was unstable, so he should make concessions to Russia and give up the demand for land and reparation. Although an agreement with Russia was reached to end the war, it was easier to free up his hands to resolve his internal problems. But why did East China not play according to the rules? Not only did it not make concessions, but it also issued a war threat to Russia. This was never the only threat of other countries. When had it been threatened by other countries, especially the war threatened by the yellow-skinned monkey to Russia. Why did the world become so chaotic? It was still the primitive barbarian yellow-skinned monkey, which threatened the noble Slavs the most.
But the current problem has already taken action, and will Russia accept it or not? Where does Russia take it? If it is the conditions for accepting the East China **, is Russia's face? If it is for Britain, France and Germany, it is okay to say, but this is for East China **. Strictly speaking, East China ** is not even a country, but can only be regarded as a separatist force of a country, and it is also the yellow-skinned monkey that Russia looks down upon the most. The dignified fighting nation is determined to surrender to the yellow-skinned monkey and cede land for compensation. Nickra II is comparing himself with the Ivan and the Great Emperor Peter. If this treaty is signed, what face does he have to compare himself with Ivan and the Great Emperor Peter?
But if they don't sign, the East China ** will immediately launch a war against Russia. Although Nikla II is mediocre, he also understands that fighting requires money, and Russia now has no money to fight. Although there is also an argument in Russia that the military expansion of the East China *** has reached its limit and they are actually unable to launch a military strike, the problem now is that Russia or Nikla II dare not gamble this. Less than a month ago, the closing action launched by the East China ** has shown that the threat of war is by no means a talk, and now Russia has almost no resistance in the area east of Chita. Once this gambling is lost, Russia may lose all areas east of Chita.
So Nicholas II could only call for the imperial meeting and negotiate with the ministers how to deal with the last leg of the East China ***. From Nicholas II's heart, of course, he hoped to find a way to avoid war and make the East China *** voluntarily give up the demand for compensation and cede land. Unfortunately, at this time, no one could come up with a solution of the best of both worlds, because everyone knew that Russia could not afford this battle now, but no one dared to propose it if it had to accept the conditions of the East China ***. After all, this was a matter of self-destruction. Therefore, at the imperial meeting, the ministers looked at each other and did not speak.
But it wouldn't work if you don't speak like this. After a day of discussion, I finally found a result, which was to ask Witt to negotiate with East China ** and try my best to convince East China ** to make concessions.
After receiving the telegram, Witt was also a little amused, but he also understood that Nicholas II's mentality was nothing more than being able to pull himself in. Therefore, Russia now clearly cannot fight, but it still has to act like he is unwilling to give in. However, East China ** is not a vegetarian. He said he would start fighting, but he was definitely not at all ruthless. Now he has to negotiate with East China ** himself and try his best to convince East China ** to make concessions. How is this possible!
So Witt did not negotiate with Qin Zheng at all, but replied directly that East China ** refused to make concessions, so he could not negotiate. He asked St. Petersburg to make a decision as soon as possible, because nearly half of the time had passed.
Then Witt did not receive any telegrams from the country, and took the initiative to send three telegrams to the country to inquire about the results, but only received a reply from the country when the first telegram was announced, saying that it was negotiating and asked Witt to wait patiently, but Witt's second telegram was completely gone without even receiving a call back.
In fact, I don’t know how to respond to Vette in Russia now, because no one dared to make a decision at this time, so I could only drag it on like this. After receiving Vette’s telegram, I simply stopped responding and pretended that there was nothing like this.
After the third telegram was sent, there was still no reply from the country. Witt also guessed a few points. Of course, this was also in his expectation. It was 8 pm on the third day, and there were only 14 hours left before the last time. So Witt ordered people to clean up, pack their luggage, and asked East China ** to arrange a train to leave Harbin at noon tomorrow. At the same time, he ordered people to send a telegram to the country every two hours, urging them to ask for the result, but he didn't care if he could not receive a reply, but he must send it here.
At 10 a.m. the next day, there was still no news in Russia. Witt sighed. At this point, he could do nothing. So he led his entourage to the negotiation site. At this time, Qin Zhengjiran was waiting for their arrival here.
After everyone met, Qin Zheng did not politely and said, "Mr. Witt, I have passed by 72 hours now. I don't know if a decision has been made in Russia." In fact, Qin Zheng knew that the actions of the Russian negotiating team in the past few days, including the telegram sent back to the country, that he knew that the negotiations had actually been ruined, but the negotiation procedures still had to go through.
Witt smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Qin, our country has not made a decision yet. I think it may be of great importance. It will take more time for the country to make a decision. I hope it can be extended by another 24 hours, is that okay?"
Qin Zheng said: "We do not think it is necessary to extend the time. According to the agreement we have reached before, if the Russian side fails to make a decision within the specified time, we will regard it as Russia has rejected the conditions proposed by us. Therefore, now we can declare the negotiations broken."
Weite nodded and said, "Well, although I feel very sorry for this result, but you refuse to extend the decision, so I can only agree with this result. And we are ready. As long as the train is arranged, we can leave Harbin at any time."
Qin Zheng said: "The train is ready and will leave on time at 11 o'clock, but I suggest Mr. Witt not to rush back to St. Petersburg, it is best to stay in Chita, because I don't think you will come to Harbin again in the future."
Witt smiled bitterly again. Of course he understood what Qin Zheng meant, because as long as the People's Army launched another attack, the Russian army in the Far East could not resist it at all. Then Russia would definitely ask East China for peace again. Bi Jing could not see that the entire Far East was lost, so he stayed in Chita, and of course it was convenient for him to come to Harbin to negotiate again. So he said, "Thank you." After a meal, he said, "Please forgive me for being sensible. I would like to ask again, when will you launch a military attack?"
Qin Zheng smiled faintly and said, "It's OK at any time."
Witt had to smile bitterly and shook his head and stopped talking. When he returned to the hotel, he first sent a telegram to the country to tell the country that the negotiations had officially broken down, and then led the members of the delegation to board the train.
With a long whistle, the train started and drove out of Harbin. Witt sat in front of the car window, staring at the scene of flying backwards outside the window, while Sergeyev sat opposite Witt and said, "Your Excellency, are we leaving like this?"
Witt said: "What else can you do if you don't leave? The final decision-making power is the Tsar. Even if we stay here, we can't do anything. I just hope that this attack from East China will awaken our Tsar, so that he can have a clear understanding of East China and face this opponent. Only in this way can we make the right decision."
Sergeyev also sighed and said, "It's just that we will lose a lot of land again."
Witt shook his head and said, "I don't think this is not necessarily a good thing. After losing Haycen Wei, the value of the Far East has dropped greatly. Moreover, the Far East is too far from St. Petersburg. Even if the Siberian Railway is built, we still can't control it. In the past, it was because the Qing Dynasty was incompetent and there were no other powerful forces around us, so we easily occupied a large area of land. Now, East China and Japan have risen, while Russia's main energy is still in Europe. Maybe it's time to give up the Far East."
Sergeyev's whole body was shocked and he said, "Give up the Far East?" For the Russians, it is unimaginable to take the initiative to give up the occupied land.
Chapter completed!