The Return of the King chapter 018

On January 18, the first post-war Tower City Peace Conference against the Allies was held.

The heads of the three Allied Powers held a formal meeting.

During this meeting, Gallic President Poincaré satirized the Second Empire as"born in injustice and died in shame" and expressed the views of the Gallic government, including imposing sanctions on the culprits of the war and putting Kaiser Wilhelm II on trial. and German war criminals, and the basic plan to dismember the Hans Empire.

Although the Gallic government had expressed an extremely tough position before, it was still shocking that the Gallic president formally proposed this point at the peace conference.

However, after being shocked, many people realized that Gaul was not only trying to completely solve the hidden danger of the Hans Empire once and for all, but also clearing the way for him to dominate Europe.

As for Gaul's proposal, the Sun Never Sets representatives have not yet expressed their attitude, and it is unclear whether they support or oppose it.

However, President Wilson expressed his opposition mercilessly.

"Gentlemen, I think that all of you here are civilized gentlemen and will not do anything against humanity. I have no objection to the punishment of the defeated country, but if tens of millions of the defeated country's people are punished for selfish reasons, As for the people's indifference, I cannot agree with this kind of thing!"

He also added:"I believe that the 80 million citizens of our United States will not approve of this shameful behavior!"

Wilson's speech was so ruthless that the Gauls' faces became extremely ugly after hearing what he said!

However, although the Gauls felt very angry after hearing what President Wilson said , but other countries nodded after hearing President Eagle's words.

Obviously, they all recognized President Wilson's speech. The Gauls proposed severe punishment of war criminals and dismemberment of Hans for their own selfish interests, not to mention this proposal. Now it is unrealistic. How should we deal with the 70 million people in Hans?

It is already the twentieth century, and it is not a dark era like the Middle Ages. People in the Middle Ages fought for survival, and in this era People go to war just to compete for profits.

With the scientific and technological progress brought about by the second industrial revolution, agricultural technology has developed tremendously.

The emergence of synthetic ammonia technology has not only led to the rapid development of weapons technology, but also caused the problems of chemical fertilizers and pesticides that plague agriculture.

The pesticide problem has been solved.

Therefore, countries can produce enough food with limited land, and they no longer need to fight for farmland.

When the problem of survival is solved, European countries have entered the stage of civilization, at least on the surface. It is a civilized country.

Under this social background, if the plan proposed by the Gauls is implemented, it will probably cause a huge humanitarian crisis, and at least tens of millions of Hans will die.

If this kind of thing happened in remote countries such as Asia, Africa and Latin America, the Western media could still pretend not to know about it, but it happened very close to Europe, and it was also a traditional Western European region, which made this kind of thing impossible. Conceal it.

If it cannot be concealed, it will inevitably be exposed. Once exposed, it will have a huge negative impact on the country's government.

Moreover, with the rise of nationalism around the world in the 20th century, the problem of nationalism has become acute.

If Hans is divided up according to the Gauls' plan, it is impossible for the nearly 70 million Hans not to resist.

They will definitely use various methods to resist foreign invaders.

If countries want to control and digest this place, they will need to invest a lot of money.

It will take several years or even decades of manpower and material resources to finally digest this, and this will bring a huge economic burden to all countries.

Faced with such a huge cost, all countries will naturally have no interest in dismembering Hans.

Hans' current land is an unclaimed land. If there is no one on it, then the countries will not mind dividing it up. But when Hans' land is filled with Hans, this proposal becomes unattractive.

Rather than spending manpower and material resources to do a thankless thing, it is better to have some tangible benefits, such as asking the Weimar Republic to pay war reparations!

Therefore, the representatives at the meeting quickly abandoned the proposal put forward by the Gallic President! , began intense negotiations on post-war claims and the division of Hans' domestic and overseas assets!

"Since we want to suppress Hans, we might as well empty out their entire family and their factory's machinery, equipment and products. Wouldn't this also have a suppressive effect?"

The representative of the Billy Division made a suggestion. The Billy Division was originally a neutral country before the war, just like the neighboring Windmill Country.

However, they were not as lucky as the Windmill Country. After all, the Queen of the Windmill Country was a distant relative of the Kaiser. The Billy Division did not have such a good relationship.

Since the Franco-Prussian War, Gaul had built a large number of fortresses and offensives on the German-French border in the hope of blocking the German invasion. The German army was naturally unwilling to attack the Gauls' well-prepared positions head-on. , they hope to bypass the Gaul defense line on the frontal battlefield, detour through the undefended Low Countries of the Gauls, and attack the Tower City!

In order to realize this battle plan, they chose to attack Gaul through the Billy Division, so even if The Billy Division declared neutrality, but was still forcibly dragged into the war by the Second Reich.

This German offensive plan was the famous Schlieffen Plan, which was also the tactical basis for the German blitzkrieg in Gaul during World War II.

The Billy Division was just a small country, not at all. They may be opponents of the powerful German army, so after they were dragged into the war, they immediately hugged Gaul and the Sun Never Sets. The British and French forces took this opportunity to enter the Billy Division and fight with the German army here. Although the Billy army seems to be an independent country, it is actually the younger brother and follower of Gaul, so everyone is not surprised by the Billy army's proposal.

Of course, the Billy army's proposal is not only. They agreed with the proposal of their boss, the Gauls, and they themselves were a little bit jealous.

To the east of the Billy Division is the very important Ruhr Industrial Zone in Hans. There are a lot of factories and machinery here. If they rob them all, it will not only make up for the losses of the Billy Division in the war, but also make a lot of money for themselves. It can even greatly improve their country's industrial level and take their national strength to a higher level.

Historically, Three years after the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, the Belgian Division and the Gauls openly invaded the Ruhr Industrial Area and looted the Ruhr Industrial Area again!

Poor people must be hateful. During World War II, the German army in Benelux In the invasion of the Three Kingdoms, except for the Windmill Country, which was relatively innocent, the other countries were not innocent at all!