Friendly Cooperation Treaty!

Time passed day by day.

The delegations from China and Australia held negotiations every day.

Australia gritted its teeth and accepted the ten terms Lin Chen had proposed.

However, the ten terms Lin Chen had proposed were only a general framework. The specific details still needed to be negotiated slowly by both sides.

Besides that, various other matters also needed careful negotiation.

After more than ten days, Derrick and the others were exhausted from the talks.

The negotiations were mentally draining.

The news coming from home exhausted them even more.

East Sakura Country's troop strength increased every day. Their soldiers died in great numbers every day—twenty or thirty thousand on lighter days, sixty to seventy thousand on heavier days!

Many of their civilians were also slaughtered by the people of East Sakura Country.

In just over ten days, their troop strength had fallen to a little over six hundred thousand.

Although East Sakura Country had also lost many men, it continuously reinforced its forces from within the country, bringing its troop strength to nearly one and a half million.

If they had not concealed so much information, their soldiers might have collapsed long ago once the true situation on the battlefield was exposed.

"We'll sign!"

On Australia's side, an Australian Cabinet Elder spoke with a dispirited expression.

Compared to a few months ago, he looked ten years older.

Swish, swish!

He signed his name on a thick agreement.

The agreement was called the Huaguo-Australia Friendly Cooperation Treaty.

The name sounded pleasant.

But reading its contents made the Australian Elders want to cry. As for ordinary Australian citizens, they would not feel much of an impact. Changing leaders did not make much difference to them.

With free trade with China and such, they might even live more comfortably.

"Team Leader Wei,