Chapter 1358 - Fruits of Victory (1/2)

Under both domestic and international pressure, the Nippon-UA Security Treaty eventually collapsed. Based on the agreement signed by Nippon, Xin, and Celestial Trade, Celestial Trade Marines boarded large transport planes and arrived at the Yoto Military Base. In addition to the two thousand soldiers, twenty Aurora-20s and fifty Tiger II tanks also landed in Nippon. Nominally, they were leased to the Nippon Defense Force, but in fact, the move was to supervise the withdrawal of UA troops from Nippon.

The negotiation was expected to be a tug of war.

Jiang Chen met Hill at the New Otani Hotel.

The last time they met was about a year ago.

When the two countries’ navies had a showdown in the Western Pacific, Jiang Chen had a brief video call with her. The two sides almost put the nuclear button on the negotiating table. Fortunately, all the nuclear missiles stayed inside the silo. Celestial Trade succeeded in defending their border, and the UA was forced to choose rationality. It was precisely because the negotiation that day ended peacefully that people all over the world could sit in front of the TV and watch this world-class sports event today…

But these were events that happened in the past.

Although only a year had passed, Jiang Chen could still clearly feel that she aged much more compared to the year before. Whether it was the wrinkles at the corner of her eyes or the white hair near her ears, it was visible that the last few months of her term had not been pleasant.

“These military installations were rebuilt by the UA military and used for nearly a century. We cannot unilaterally end the security treaty because of your agreement with Nippon. I hope you can carefully consider your decision today. The end to the Nippon-UA Security Treaty will make the entire Asia-Pacific region strategically unbalanced, which will definitely not be in your national interest,” Hill said seriously as she stared into the eyes of Prime Minister of Nippon.

The Prime Minister looked helpless and eyed Jiang Chen who sat on the other side.

“The first problem can be solved easily. Pack it up and take what you can take away. If you can’t take it away, blow it up or sell it to us at a discount, we’ll take everything.” Jiang Chen, who sat on the sofa, gently tapped the armrest as he responded with a pleasant expression, “As for the second issue, why does the strategic balance in Asia matter to you? You should pay attention to your allies down south, that’s your front garden.”

When Hill heard Jiang Chen’s mention of South America, anger burned in her chest. However, she was the president of a country after all and thus did not respond to the provocation in Jiang Chen’s words, and she did not even show any negative emotions on her face. Rather, she continued calmly.

“500 billion dollars, this is our bottom line.”

“How about this, we won’t buy it anymore.” Jiang Chen sighed, “Where do you want to move these military bases? As long as they are on Earth, we will build one for you as they were for free.”

500 billion dollars?

Fool! Your national defense expenditure for the whole year is not this number, right?

This money can build another space elevator, let alone 88 military bases!

The two sides were deeply divided over the compensation issue. Jiang Chen’s bottom line was 60 billion Xin New dollars, with each base compensated at an average price of 700 million. However, Hill insisted on the 500 billion figure and demanded that the settlement be settled in dollars.

Jiang Chen did not expect to be able to reach an agreement on the first day. After a heated round of negotiation, the two sides finally chose to put aside the issue for the time being and start the next topic of the time for withdrawal.

“The withdrawal time is too short. One year is not enough. We can reduce the number of military bases from eighty-eight to ten in ten years, and withdraw all soldiers stationed in Nippon in the next two years.”