The Third Reich: The Return of the King

Chapter 308

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“In 1922, the Russians had invited China to formally establish diplomatic relations with China, hoping to gain its recognition and support. In order to gain China’s recognition and support, the Russians were willing to return the 1.5 million square kilometers of land that Russia had occupied from China to China!”

After receiving Lütjens’ telegram, Mainz convened a cabinet meeting and made China’s request public in his capacity as acting president, so that everyone could discuss and work out how to respond to China’s request.

“The Russians really don’t feel bad about selling their father’s land. They just give up 1.5 million square kilometers of land!”

Many people in the cabinet felt it was incredible when they heard that the Russians voluntarily gave up 1.5 million square kilometers of land in exchange for the recognition of the Celestial Empire.

Indeed, for a small country like Hans with a land area of only more than 600,000 square kilometers, 1.5 million square kilometers is an astronomical figure. They would feel very painful even if they lost a few thousand or even a few hundred square kilometers of land, let alone losing 1.5 million square kilometers!

“These 1.5 million square kilometers of land are mainly concentrated in the Far East and Siberia. Many of them are barren lands, so there is not much point in keeping them!”

“And now many of them are in the hands of the White Army. For example, Kolchak, who controls the Central Asian region, his army controls part of the land that the Russian Bear ceded to the Celestial Empire. As for the areas north of Heilongjiang River in the Far East, many of them are under the control of the Allied Forces!”

“The Mao Bears have no ability to actually control this place at this time, so ceding these territories that they cannot control in exchange for the recognition of the Celestial Empire is actually acceptable to the Mao Bears!”

For Hans, ceding 1.5 million square kilometers of land is indeed an unimaginable thing, but for the Mao Bears, who are rich and powerful, 150 kilometers of barren land is nothing compared to 2,500 square kilometers of land.

If an exchange is possible, the Mao Bears would probably prefer to use 150 square kilometers of barren land in the Far East to exchange their 150,000 square kilometers of land in Eastern Europe. After all, the land in Eastern Europe is all usable plains, which is where the essence of the Mao Bears lies!

“Did China agree to the request of the Russian bear?”

After all this talk, these are all matters between China and the Russian bear. In fact, they have nothing to do with Hans. It’s just that everyone is surprised by this number.

“At this time, the Celestial Empire did not have a unified regime. However, Zhang Zuolin, a Fengtian warlord who was one of the Beiyang warlords, accepted the invitation of the Mao Bear on behalf of the Celestial Empire and formally sent a diplomatic mission to Moscow to establish diplomatic relations with the Mao Bear. This happened at the beginning of this year!”

The Minister of Foreign Affairs Ribbentrop said that this incident had attracted his attention when it happened at the beginning of the year, because the Celestial Empire was the second country in the world to establish diplomatic relations with the Mao Bear, so it once attracted widespread attention in the diplomatic community.

However, because the Celestial Empire had little influence and had almost no presence and influence in Western countries, and the country that established diplomatic relations with the Celestial Empire was the Mao Bear, which was not welcomed by the mainstream European countries, so the news of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries did not attract attention in European countries, as if this incident had never happened.

Ribbentrop had to sigh that the combined population of the Celestial Empire and the Mao Bear exceeded 100 million, exceeding 30% of the world. As a result, the news of the establishment of diplomatic relations between these two countries with huge populations and areas was not as hot as the rumors about the prince of a small Western country. This made him sigh, what on earth is wrong with this world?

“So, what is the purpose of the Celestial Empire inviting us to the north?”

After hearing Ribbentrop’s explanation, everyone had a better understanding of the matter, especially the matter between the Celestial Empire and the Russian Bear.

Originally, the matter between the two countries had nothing to do with the hint, but now that the Celestial Empire had invited Hans and involved him in this matter, they had to pay attention to the Celestial Empire’s true purpose.

“Although the Russians gave up the 1.5 million square kilometers of land, the Foot Basin did not give up. After the multinational forces sent the coalition forces from the Far East to intervene in the war with the Russians in 1920, some areas of the Russians in the Far East, including Vladivostok, were occupied by the coalition forces.

After the peace talks between the Russians and the British Empire and Gaul in 1923, the two countries withdrew the few intervention troops from the Far East. After the death of President Will, the Eagle Sauce has been shrinking, withdrawing from the globalization strategy and returning to isolationism, so the Eagle Sauce army also withdrew. At this time, there are only two armies in the Far East, one is the Celestial Empire and the other is the Foot Basin!”

Hearing Ribbentrop’s words, people with more flexible minds have heard some signs.

The Celestial Empire must have had a dispute with the Foot Basin over the ownership of the Far East, and the focus of the dispute between the two sides is probably the control of the important port of Vladivostok!

“Vladivostok was originally in the hands of the Eagle Sauce people.

The Eagle Sauce was one of the main forces of the coalition forces.

They sent 100,000 troops into the Far East to fight the Soviet army.

In order to ensure the safety of logistics supply, they occupied Vladivostok and used it as a supply point for the coalition forces.

When the Eagle Sauce army retreated, they handed it over to the Celestial Empire instead of their imaginary enemy, the Foot Basin, which caused dissatisfaction in the Foot Basin!

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When Ribbentrop introduced the dispute between the Foot Basin and the Celestial Empire about the Far East, Mainz had someone hang up a map of the Far East

“Ladies and gentlemen, the importance of Vladivostok can be seen from the terrain. Without it, it would be difficult to transport supplies from the mainland, and their army would not be able to control the areas they occupied. Therefore, if they want to control the Far East, they must control Vladivostok. The Russians intend to seize Vladivostok by force!”

With the map, Ribbentrop’s explanation became more intuitive.

Everyone gathered around the map to look at it.

Vladivostok’s location is very good in the Far East. Although it is not an ice-free port, the ice here is not frozen for a particularly long time. Therefore, after the Russians captured it, they began to build it and built it into their most important fulcrum and fortress in the Far East.

The former Pacific Fleet of the Russians was stationed here, and Vladivostok became a military fortress with many and very strong fortifications.

“Our intelligence personnel have sent back information from Jiaoben. Jiaoben has been preparing for battle since last month. Their 88 Fleet has assembled in Wu Port and is waiting for the army troops to board. As long as the army is ready, Jiaoben may launch an attack on the Celestial Empire at any time!”

“Is Jiaoben going to take action against the Celestial Empire?”

“Is this true? Can the Chinese people stop the attack of the foot basin?”

“I don’t think so. The Jiaoben people are an industrialized country after all. Although their army is not outstanding in Europe, it is still invincible in East Asia. I don’t think the Celestial Empire can stop the Jiaoben attack!”

“So, Foot Basin will definitely take over Vladivostok?”

“This is not necessarily the case. After all, Vladivostok is a naval base that the Russians have run for many years. It is a military fortress. If the Foot Basin wants to take it, I am afraid it will have to pay a huge price!”

After hearing Ribbentrop’s words, everyone started a heated discussion.

Because the place where the war broke out was too far away, and Hans was not a belligerent country, everyone had no sense of urgency about the war. Instead, they all began to analyze the strength of the Foot Basin and the Celestial Empire from the perspective of bystanders, and judged who would win and who would lose based on their strength.

From the discussion of the crowd, it can be seen that the vast majority of people believe that the Foot Basin will win. After all, the Foot Basin defeated the Celestial Empire once thirty years ago, and defeated the European gendarmerie, the Russian Bear, twenty years ago. Their combat effectiveness can still be recognized by Europeans.

On the contrary, the Celestial Empire was still an image of a backward agricultural country at this time. It did not seem realistic to expect them to defeat the Foot Basin.

“But what does this have to do with the Celestial Empire inviting us to go north? Do they expect us to participate in this war?”

Finally someone raised this question. Mainz had been waiting for a long time.

“They don’t expect us to join the war, but they expect us to support them!”

“Call Lütjens back and tell him that the fleet can go north, but be prepared for battle!