Portsmouth Peace Treaty

　　The next day, Lyon left Sophia in the hotel, while he rushed to the meeting place with several Gestapo.

　　The meeting, held in a small auditorium in Portsmouth Naval Harbour, was just a finale and was followed by a signing ceremony in London, where Britain and Germany would announce the contents of the new agreement to the world.

　　The French side did not know about this meeting, because this agreement was created by Britain to disgust France. However, without France, the Treaty of Versailles cannot be directly abolished, so in order to gain international recognition, the British side specially invited representatives of Italy, the United States, China, Japan and other major powers to support the scene, so that even without France's new treaty can be recognized internationally.

　　The meeting was held at 1:30 p.m., with Lyon, representing the Wehrmacht, and Prince Albert, representing Great Britain, sitting at opposite ends of the round table, while representatives of other countries sat next to them, forming a circle.

　　"General Lyon, I repeated what you said to Mr. Prime Minister after I went back last time, and he also believed that the Treaty of Versailles was an insult to your country and your people, so he submitted to Congress overnight a plan for amending the Treaty of Versailles, and the Congress, after careful consideration, felt that it would follow the will of your people and abolish the Treaty of Versailles and sign a new limitation treaty." At the beginning of the meeting, Prince Albert explained the purpose of the meeting to everyone, although everyone knew it.

　　Lyon was still a little excited, and he said with a little excitement: "On behalf of my country and the German people, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to you for taking seriously the feelings of our people. Your generosity will always be remembered by the German people, and we will continue to contribute to peace in Europe and the world! "

　　"I believe that under the leadership of General Lyon, Germany will contribute to peace even more resolutely!" Prince Albert said with a smile, and then he turned the manuscript in his hand and began to read out the specific changes, "The content is modified as follows." First, the total number of Wehrmacht was raised to 300,000. Second, Germany was allowed to expand its navy with a gross tonnage of 20% of the total tonnage of the British Royal Navy, and the gross tonnage of capital ships should not exceed 100,000 tons, and it must accede to the Washington Naval Treaty, but it is not subject to Article II of the Naval Treaty. Third, the Wehrmacht is allowed to be equipped with artillery, and the maximum caliber of army artillery must not exceed 203 mm. Fourth, the Wehrmacht is allowed to be equipped with tanks, but the number must be less than 500, the number of armored troops must not exceed 2,000, and the weight of a single tank cannot exceed 15 tons. Except as mentioned above, the rest of the Treaty of Versailles will continue to be in force. Is there something wrong with the German side? "

　　Leon thought carefully, in fact, these revised articles, except for the naval aspect, have hardly changed anything to Germany, and Germany that should not have been there has long been there, but it can just put them on the bright side.

　　But this is already very good, especially in the naval aspect, and the Anglo-German naval agreement, which was born 10 years in advance, brought great benefits to Germany.

　　First of all, Germany was able to use these 10 years to train more excellent naval officers and men, which laid the foundation for the indispensable Anglo-German naval battle in the future. Secondly, it was allowed to build naval ships 10 years in advance, so that the now shrinking German shipbuilding industry completed the recovery 10 years ahead of schedule, and with these 10 years of technology accumulation, Germany will be able to build a large number of warships in a short period of time in the future.

　　Lyon considered the rest of the Treaty of Versailles and asked: "Will the Rhine Demilitarized Zone still exist?" Can we get back the sovereignty of Danzig City? "

　　Albert turned back and whispered a few words with several other British representatives, then replied to Lyon: "The Rhine Demilitarized Zone will continue to exist, and you still cannot station troops within 50 kilometers east of the Rhine." The Free City of Danzig and Saar will also remain in their original place until the expiration of 15 years. Sorry, we couldn't have irritated France more. Are there any other questions? "

　　In fact, today's meeting to discuss the issue of revision is actually a unilateral notification to Germany, after all, Germany is a defeated country and is completely passive in this regard.

　　Leon shook his head to signal that there was no more, Prince Albert smiled and put a memo in front of Leon, Leon looked at it and signed his name. At the end of the meeting, the two sides agreed on a time to hold the signing ceremony of the new contract at Buckingham Palace in London, which was scheduled for three days later.

　　The news reached Germany and caused a huge sensation, and almost everyone took to the streets, waving German flags and chanting the name of Lyon loudly.

　　Except for successive emperors, no one in German history has ever been so revered by the people as Lyon, who called Lyon "the Bismarck of the new era".

　　When the French side received the news, it did not agree or oppose it, but it is said that on the night they received the news, the servants of the president's office heard several sounds of glass breaking, and they speculated that it may be the reason why the president did not hold his hand firmly when drinking water.

　　The day of the signing ceremony was soon approaching.

　　Just after six o'clock in the morning, many civilians crowded the site of the ceremony, waiting for the ceremony to begin.

　　The British side arranged the ceremony in the port of London, and a huge rostrum was erected on the wide pier at zero hour, on which the British and German sides will complete the signing of the new contract.

　　The bell rang punctually at nine o'clock, and the British and German representatives walked to the rostrum from the left and right.

　　The British side was signed by Prime Minister Baldwin, who represented the British Parliament, while Prince Albert, Duke of York, who followed him, represented the British royal family.

　　The German side was signed by Lyon, and a large number of German dignitaries, including President Hindenburg and Lieutenant General Strauss, attended the ceremony with Lyon.

　　After walking to the rostrum, everyone took their seats, the British side sent someone to read the contents of the new contract in public, and the German side confirmed that it was speechless and signed it alternately. After Baldwin finished signing, he smiled and put the contract in front of Lyon,Leon picked up the pen and signed his name solemnly and forcefully with a somewhat trembling hand.

　　7 years of hard work, 7 years of hiding, 7 years of grievances and forbearance have become a thing of the past at this moment, Germany, from now on no longer like a mouse!

　　"Hooray! Long live Lyon! Long live Germany! "There was a wave of noise at the scene, and the vast majority of the crowd were Germans who had traveled thousands of miles, and the local British were squeezed outside and could not enter, as if it was not Britain but Germany.

　　"I hope that in the future, we can work together to create a peaceful and stable Europe!" Baldwin stood up and shook hands with Leon and the others.

　　"Of course, Germany will defend peace to the death!" Leon held the contract representing the future of the Wehrmacht in his hand and said forcefully.

　　The name of the new contract was the Treaty of Peace of Portsmouth, a name that signified that Britain and Germany had made a treaty for peace in Portsmouth.

　　But who knows if the future will really be peaceful?