Li Sanjie thought to himself, "Don't come with me, our conditions are difficult, but the conditions proposed by Britain and France are easy!" If you want to escape without giving up some blood, you will get out of it. That's such a good thing."

Of course, I thought this way in my heart, but I couldn't say it too directly, so Li Sanjie said: "Mr. Consul, you can't say that. Our conditions are not harsh, but I just hope to get some compensation. Because this war was originally initiated by Japan and Russia. They wanted to fight, why did they choose to take action on our territory? That's why we participated in the war to defend our country, and this war had nothing to do with Britain, France, and the Netherlands. They took the initiative to provoke a new war, so the responsibility for this war was not at all. Now we have won the battlefield, but we have consumed a lot of manpower and material resources for this war and suffered huge losses. Is it difficult to get some compensation?"

After a pause, Li Sanjie continued: "I am not accusing President Roosevelt of your country, but during the negotiations in Puttsmouth, if President Roosevelt could persuade Japan and Russia to accept our conditions, the Far East would have been restored to peace long ago. What will happen to this day? And you can see the results of the present. Japan and Russia refused compensation in Puttsmouth negotiations, but after the negotiations in Puttsmouth, the losses suffered by both countries have far exceeded the amount of compensation we asked for at that time. In an old saying from China, if we had known today, why would we have to be the beginning? Unfortunately, Japan and Russia are still obsessed with it. Britain, France and the Netherlands have also followed suit and asked for trouble. I really can't understand what the governments of these countries think."

Robert Bacon couldn't help but smile bitterly. Li Sanjie's words were really hard to answer. After thinking about it, he said: "We in the United States hold the principle of neutrality on this battlefield. We have always believed that the conditions of negotiation should be decided by the parties involved in consultation and our country will never interfere. Therefore, it is impossible for the President to persuade other countries to accept the conditions of your government." He paused and said: "Of course, the opposite is true. Today, I am not trying to protest to your government on behalf of the US government, which is not to persuade your government to give up compensation. Whether there is any compensation is decided by the parties involved in consultation. However, your government's countermeasures have indeed harmed the interests of the United States, and this is the reason why we protest."

Li Sanjie smiled slightly, knowing that the other party was changing the topic, but he didn't say it out loud, saying, "Okay, Mr. Consul, then let's discuss the interests of your country."

Robert Bacon nodded and said, "Very good."

Li Sanjie said: "First of all, what we want to intercept are merchant ships from Britain, France, Japan, Russia and the Netherlands. Merchant ships from other countries can still sail freely. Of course, it is necessary to cooperate with our routine inspections, but I think this little trouble will not affect national interests."

Robert Bacon was silent for a while and finally nodded.

Li Sanjie said again: "Mr. Consul, to be honest, our intercepting merchant ships from Britain, France, Japan, Russia and the Netherlands has not only not harmed the interests of the United States, but also increased on the contrary. This is an objective fact, so I don't need to list specific data and examples for you, right?"

Robert Bacon stopped for a while and his face became a little weird. The United States did benefit a lot from this war. On the one hand, it made a large amount of fake selling of materials to the warring parties; on the other hand, taking advantage of the weakness of Japan and Russia, and the suppression of Britain and France by the East China government, it expanded its commercial interests in Asia. Not to mention anything else, the East China government took back the Shanghai Concession, confiscated the assets of Britain and France in the Concession, and blocked the Yangtze River waterway, which greatly reduced the influence of Britain and France in the Yangtze River Basin in China, while the United States took the opportunity to expand, nearly doubled its economic power in the Yangtze River Basin in China. Now the East China government is preparing to intercept British and French merchants, and many American merchants have seen business opportunities and are planning to do a big move.

In fact, such things are very common in the international community. It was just that Robert Bacon just now accused the East China government of its counter-responsibility. Now, the United States is the beneficiary of the East China government's counter-responsibility, and it feels quite easy to behave when it comes to it. However, the first priority of diplomats is to be thick-skinned and can say the black ones without changing their faces. Therefore, Robert Bacon said: "Mr. Member, I admit that what you are talking about is indeed an objective fact, but if peace in the Far East can be restored, the United States does not care about such interests."

Li Sanjie smiled again and said, "The US government is indeed magnanimous, and we are deeply respectful. But as long as it does not harm the interests of the United States. Besides, we plan to attack Java. After we occupy Java, we will ensure the safety and property of American businessmen in Java. We will manage Java by us, so that Java can be stable. The Consul can rest assured."

Robert Bacon said: "Okay, there is no need to mention attacking Java, but your government blockade of Japan has indeed damaged our interests. Our country and Japan have a lot of economic and trade exchanges, but they will be completely terminated due to your government's blockade. I want to hear what other explanations the committee member has?"

Li Sanjie said: "Of course there is no explanation. I admit that blocking Japan has indeed damaged the interests of the United States, but the United States has also benefited from our previous measures. It can offset the losses in Japan. And even if we do not block Japan, the trade between the United States and Japan has declined greatly due to the war. We blocked Japan to force Japan to compromise as soon as possible and end the war. At that time, the United States can not only resume trade with Japan, but also Japan will be more lazy to the United States for post-war reconstruction. This small loss is not worth the United States' big fight."

Although Li Sanjie's remarks were quite quibbling, Robert Bacon just admitted that the United States benefited from the counter-action of the East China government. It is impossible to say that the United States only trades with Japan and does not benefit from other things. Moreover, his protest this time was just a test of the attitude of the East China government. Now that this goal has basically been achieved, he no longer has much trouble with Li Sanjie, so he said: "Okay, Mr. Committee member, I will report to our government truthfully what you said. It is decided by the US government that my mission has been completed today and will no longer waste your time. I will say goodbye."

Li Sanjie ordered the staff to send Robert Bacon to the Foreign Affairs Committee, picked up the protest letter that Robert Bacon handed to him, shook, and said, "What's the matter? I'll fight a bad idea. If I get it, I'll behave like it."

However, since the United States has submitted a letter of protest to the East China government through formal diplomatic channels, the East China government must follow the formal process, at least explain to the Executive Yuan to let them all know and file the letter of protest.

So Li Sanjie brought a letter of protest to the Executive Yuan. At this time, Xia Bohai, Xiao Jianjun, Wang Yunpeng, Xu Jichao, Shang Jinfeng and others were gathering together to negotiate matters.

It turns out that the countermeasures of the East China government have been announced, and the next step is to implement them. To let Britain, France, Japan, Russia and the Netherlands know that the East China government must do its best. To implement the countermeasures, it is necessary to dispatch navies, so Shang Jinfeng also participated.

At this time, 16 days have passed since the Battle of the Taiwan Strait, and the navy has also received a certain amount of rest. In fact, in the Battle of the Taiwan Strait, the People's Army's Navy suffered not much loss. Compared with the results, it can be said that it is a slight slight, and even the damage is not large. More than half of the warships can go to war immediately after the Battle of the Taiwan Strait, and most of the remaining warships only need simple maintenance and repair to fight again. In an emergency, they can go to sea without repairs, and there are basically no warships that cannot go to sea at all.

This is of course a good thing for the East China government. After all, the East China government will attack at the same time in three directions, and it is precisely when it needs to use the ship. However, after the war in the Taiwan Strait ends, the East China government needs to look at the reactions of all parties and then decide on the next plan; secondly, the normal maintenance and maintenance of warships is still necessary, which is an important condition to ensure the performance and service life of the warships; thirdly, warships can be kept on hold without resting, but personnel must rest. The war in the Taiwan Strait does not last long, just one afternoon, until evening At 8 and 9 o'clock, there were only 6 or 7 hours in total, but the People's Army Fleet went out to sea two days in advance to wait for the Expeditionary Fleet to arrive. In fact, it took three days at sea, and was very nervous, and was actually quite tired. In addition, after the breakdown of the negotiations in Putsmouth, the People's Army Fleet gathered in Shanghai to train and prepare for war. During this period, it experienced a landing in Japan. The Natuna Islands Battle occurred while evacuating overseas Chinese in Java. It had been assembled for more than half a year. After achieving a decisive victory, personnel should also take appropriate rest.

At the same time, the war has not yet ended as soon as possible, but the East China government has achieved a decisive victory, so it should also reward its personnel. Moreover, as the scale of the navy expands, some personnel should be promoted. Some local soldiers who participated in the navy in the early days began to serve as captains of small and medium-sized warships, and they are commanders of destroyer formations.

So after the war in the Taiwan Strait ended, the Navy decided that the fleet would conduct an 18-day rest period, commend and promote a group of local naval soldiers, and adjust the candidates for some warship captains and fleet commanders. During the rest period, soldiers who have married and got married can get a 6-day vacation to visit relatives home, but unmarried soldiers must stay in Shanghai and leave the ship to go ashore, but before 8 o'clock every night, they must return to the warship to rest. Of course, the entire rest period is divided into two stages, warships and officers and soldiers take turns to rest to ensure that the navy can still go to war when necessary.
Chapter completed!