After being on the train for a long time, Jiang Yongtao reported to Xu Jichao and Li Sanjie the attitude of Germany over the past period of time.

After the visit to East China, Germany seriously discussed the results of the visit. In the end, it still believed that it could accept the partnership proposed by East China and replace the alliance established by Germany's plan with East China. Because East China and Germany are indeed too far away, it is difficult to carry out joint operations effectively. The interests of the other two countries are not completely consistent. Now Germany's opponents are mainly Britain, France, and Russia, although they have also joined the four-nation alliance, Germany has always regarded Russia as a weak link in the four-nation alliance, which is an object that can pull the roof. In addition, Russia's poor performance in the Far East War also reduced Russia's weight by most of its heart, and it will not regard Russia as its main opponent. As for Japan, it is not worth worrying about it thousands of miles away.

The situation in East China is just the opposite. The opponents are mainly Japan, Russia, Britain and France, and the actual threat is not great. However, now the prisoners and Russia have been crippled by East China, and it is basically difficult to recover within 10 years. It is Russia's important place in the Far East. Therefore, Japan and Russia are far less powerful than Britain and France. East China rely solely on its own strength to fight against the two countries, and there is no need to form an alliance with Germany at all. Therefore, even if the two sides are not strong and form an alliance, the relationship may not be long-lasting. Italy also has an alliance with Germany, and now it has long been in a two-minded relationship with Germany.

Although German Emperor William II was not a reliable politician, he was not an incompetent person. He also understood these principles. Although at the beginning, he only thought that after forming an alliance with East China, he could use East China to restrain Russia, which was beneficial to Germany, but he ignored the alliance and the obligation was two-way. Once East China war broke out, Germany must fulfill its obligations as an allies. Just like this Far East War, if Germany and East China formed an alliance, they would inevitably be involved in this war without any conflict of interest for themselves.

In this way, the partnership strategy of East China* is undoubtedly more suitable for the relationship between East China** and Germany. After getting married, the two sides enhanced mutual trust and cooperation, informed each other before major actions, and supported each other in international affairs, but their decisions were mainly based on their own interests. Such a relationship was also very good. In the Algeciras Conference held last year to resolve the Monaco crisis, only the Austro-Hungarian Empire supported Germany, which made Germany feel disgraceful and trashed for a long time. If Germany had had a few more supporters at that time, it would not have been the result.

In addition, Germany is also very interested in the colonial exchange proposed by East China **. Germany does not have many overseas colonies, only about 2.4 million square kilometers, which is of course far from the colonies of Britain, France and Russia, which exceed 10 million square kilometers. Moreover, more than 200 square kilometers are in Africa, namely German East Africa, including Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, southern Kenya and northeastern Mozambique; German West Africa, including Cameroon, Togo, and eastern Ghana; German Southwest Africa, including Namibia.

Although Germany's colony area in Africa is not small, the first place is that the places are scattered, and the more than 200 square kilometers are divided into 4 large pieces, of which German West Africa is divided into two areas; the second is that these areas are not very good. Although the resources are abundant, the environment is harsh and the social development level is, most areas are basically primitive landforms, with a small population and extremely sparse population.

In this era, good places in Africa are mainly in the north and south. The Mediterranean coastal areas in the north include Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Egypt and other regions. They have always been closely related to Europe, with a high degree of social development and a large number of people. They control the Suez Canal and the Strait of Gibraltar. These two Mediterranean entrances have great strategic value, but they are divided by Britain, France, Italy and other countries. In the south, South Africa, because of its abundant gold and diamonds, the United Kingdom launched two Boer Wars for this, which cost a lot of money, which cost a lot of money.

The price was high that it took the colony. Although the Boer War was regarded as the turning point of British hegemony, after the Boer War, Britain connected southern Africa's colonies into one of the southernmost Cape of Good Hope, and became one of the most important outposts in Britain overseas. Moreover, Britain obtained South Africa's gold mines, which made London quickly the center of global financial industry and gold trading, so the actual gains were very fruitful. Compared with these German colonies in Africa, it was quite tasteless, and it was a pity to abandon it, which could only be considered better than nothing.

Germany's colonies in Asia are basically concentrated in the southwestern Pacific region, namely German New Guinea, including the northeast of Papua New Guinea, New Pomerania, Bismarck Islands, northern Solomon Islands, Carolina Islands, Palau, Mariana Islands and Marshall Islands; German Samoa, including the western Samoan Islands, the Carolina Islands, Micronesia, Palau, and Mariana Islands; German Susievi, including the southern peninsula of Sulawesi, and Madura Island in northeastern Java. This colony was transferred by East China and the Netherlands after Germany mediated the Far East War, and the Netherlands thanked Germany for their peace.

Although the Asian colonies in Germany are not small, nearly 400,000 square kilometers, and the location is also good, and they are very close to the main routes of the Pacific Ocean, these colonies are scattered on various islands, only German New Guinea, German Susievi is a little larger, that is, about tens of thousands of square kilometers, and the others are small islands with only a few hundred and thousands of square kilometers; but these two larger areas are far apart, almost 3,000 kilometers, and New Guinea is relatively remote, only the southern peninsula of Sulawesi is a good place, connecting Borneo to the west, Java to the south, and the Philippines to the north, which is a place with a very good strategic position.

But the problem is that this area cannot become a big climate. If we can divide tens of thousands of square kilometers on the Borneo island to Germany according to the suggestions of East China, and exchange some German colonies in Africa, it can form a district with the southern peninsula of Sulawesi, which is quite large in terms of economic and military value.

Others such as military cooperation, strengthening and deepening economic and trade relations, etc., Germany agrees very much. In this Far East War, East China defeated the armies of Britain, France, Japan and Russia. Among them, Britain, France and Russia are both opponents facing Germany. The East China defeated the Russian army on land and the coalition fleet dominated by the British fleet at sea. However, the war has just ended and most of the details have not been announced. Although Germany, like East China, sent a military observation team, the situation is not comprehensive. Therefore, the German military also urgently hopes to understand the detailed process of the war, learn from the experience and lessons of the war, and understand the weaknesses of the opponent. It is convenient for Germany to make targeted arrangements.

Strengthening and deepening the economic and trade relations between the two sides also has great practical significance for Germany. Germany is now the world's largest industrial country and the second largest economic country. However, due to the lack of overseas colonies, its local market is also limited. Although Germany is the largest country in Europe except Russia, its territory is only 540,000 square kilometers and its population is only 65 million. Therefore, it is urgently necessary to expand its overseas market. East China ** now has 3.5 million square kilometers of land, with a population of nearly 100 million, and behind it is a super-large country with a population of more than 10 million square kilometers and a population of 400 million. Further deepening economic and trade relations with East China ** can expand Germany's overseas market.

Overall, Germany's current social environment is very beneficial to the East China. Not only do they hope to cooperate with the East China at the level of the highest level, but also public opinion is more friendly to the East China. There are also many books about introducing Chinese history and culture on the market, and the content is objective and rational, and there are not too many preset positions. Of course, this is also the result of the deliberate guidance of the German city. Bijing should deepen cooperation with the East China city, and the public opinion support of the people is also very important.

After listening to Jiang Yongtao's report, Xu Jichao and Li Sanjie were also at ease. It seemed that this visit would be a very smooth journey.

The train arrived at Berlin Railway Station at around 5 o'clock that night. At this time, Germany also arranged the personnel and horses to greet the train station. A total of 8 cars and 20 carriages were sent. Because we knew that there were many people coming to East China this time, and that was it, it would take two times to pick everyone up. After all, in addition to the personnel, there were also a large amount of luggage and other items.

At the same time, the consulates in Germany in Germany, both of the German and East China, have also arranged the residences of the missions visiting Germany. It is a six-story apartment with a total of 66 rooms. The first floor is an office, and the second floor to the sixth floor are dormitories, and 8 people can be accommodated in each dormitory.

It turned out that the consulate in East China in Germany, which considered the large number of people in this mission, and most of them were students in Germany. When the mission returned, they would still stay in Germany. In a short period of time, these students in Germany could not immediately arrange for school to attend and needed a long residence. Therefore, after consultation with the German Congress, they rented an apartment building for the mission to visit Germany to live. After the mission to visit Germany returned, this place would be used as a centralized dormitory for students in Germany. In the future, international students who came to Germany lived here before they were assigned to the school. On the one hand, they adapted to Germany's life, and on the other hand, it facilitated the consulate's centralized management of these students in Germany.
Chapter completed!