When the British Expeditionary Force temporarily stopped attacking, the French troops did not stop the offensive, but the efficiency of the French troops was not high, and there were heavy casualties, and when the British Expeditionary Force stopped attacking until July, the French casualties increased by another 135,000 people, and then did not make much breakthrough, and the Germans knew that the French hated them, so they preferred to lay down their arms to the British Expeditionary Force and resolutely not surrender to the French.

After the negotiations began, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson seemed to be playing an increasingly important role, and he contacted the German government frequently, and the German government agreed to withdraw from the war on the basis of Woodrow Wilson's "Fourteen Points", although this was opposed by Britain and France, which were opposed by Britain on the grounds that the colonies were part of the "Fourteen Points", and France on the grounds that the punishment for Germany was too light.

If, as George Clemenceau envisioned, Germany should be completely limited in its military capabilities, if not divided into a dozen or so small states, in order to reduce the German threat to France.

On June 25, Woodrow Wilson declared in a telegram to the German government that if the German war manipulator and imperial dictator were still the ones who would talk to the US government in the future, the United States would stop contacts with Germany, no longer engage in peace negotiations with Germany, and demand a direct surrender from Germany.

The German government seriously considered this threat, and before the German government could make a decision, on June 27, Munich declared a republic, and then unilaterally withdrew from the war, and Bavarian Crown Prince Ruprecht, who was still commanding the war on the front line, was suddenly homeless.

On July 1, the German government demanded the abdication of Wilhelm II.

Wilhelm II refused the demands of the German government, not only did he not want to abdicate, but he also wanted to transfer troops from the Western Front back to Berlin to maintain his rule.

Replacing Ludendorff as Chief of the General Staff was General Groner, after receiving a secret telegram from Wilhelm II, General Groner asked the German generals for their opinions, a total of 39 generals gave answers, of which 15 generals had ambiguous attitudes, 23 generals made it clear that it was impossible, and only one general agreed to lead the troops back to Berlin to continue to maintain Wilhelm II's rule.

General Groner unmistakably reported the situation to Wilhelm II, who decided to abdicate and went to the Netherlands, where the Queen agreed to take him in.

If you look at it this way, the fact that the Netherlands was not involved in the world war seems to be a way back for Wilhelm II to prepare for himself.

Roque came to the Compiègne Forest on July 10 to study the terms of peace to be given to the Germans.

Roque made the simplest demand, only for the withdrawal of German troops from France and Belgium, and for the withdrawal of Alsace and Lorraine, and the return of Alsace and Lorraine to France.

Petain's demands were stricter, and in addition to Alsace and Lorraine, Petain also demanded the area east of the Rhine, which was the rhythm of making Germany cede land and pay reparations now.

Pershing demanded the most, and the American army finally conquered the fortress of Liège, but before they could set foot on German soil, Germany was forced to sue for peace.

The United States ended up losing 700,000 people at the fortress of Liège, of whom 156,000 died.

Of the entire Entente powers, only Japan had fewer deaths than the United States, but Japan had a lot to gain.

The Kingdom of Romania and the Kingdom of Serbia had about 300,000 deaths during the world war, twice as many as the United States.

Russia lost 1.8 million dead, France 1.6 million and Britain 1.5 million, with Southern Africa paying the price of nearly 1 million.

In addition, the Kingdom of Italy lost about 578,000 casualties, Germany 2 million people, and Austria-Hungary 1 million deaths, and the world war lasted for 48 months, from the outbreak of August 1913 to the end of July 1917.

On the 12th of July, a delegation led by Matthias Özberg of the Catholic Centre Party arrived at the Allied headquarters in the Compiègne Forest, at a time when Berlin was in great danger, and the Provisional Government, which had just been formed after the abdication of Wilhelm II, could be overthrown at any time, and the Provisional Government gave Ötzberg an order that in order to withdraw from the war, any conditions proposed by the Entente could be accepted.

Foch made it clear that the current German government was not qualified to participate in the negotiations, in order to give the Entente time to negotiate, Foch agreed to a temporary truce for 30 days, but demanded that Germany must withdraw from the land occupied after the outbreak of the world war within 14 days, and withdraw to the east bank of the Rhine, and cancel the "Brest-Litovsk Peace Agreement", withdraw on the Eastern Front to the border line of August 1, 1913, and at the same time require Germany to hand over 5,000 artillery pieces, 3,000 mortars, and 30,000 machine guns. As well as all the planes, and abandoned the colonies in Africa.

This was only a condition that Foch made for an armistice, not a withdrawal from the war, which meant that if Germany wanted to end the war, it would have to pay a greater price.

Despite Foch's harsh conditions, Özberg signed the provisional armistice, but Ötzberg was assassinated shortly after his return to Germany, where the Assassins believed that Ötzberg had betrayed Germany.

In any case, the fighting on the Western Front ceased for the time being, and it looked like peace was coming.

Within the next week, Winston and Woodrow Wilson were in Paris for the Paris Peace Conference, where France extended an invitation to all the participating countries, but the real decision-making power was certainly in the hands of a few.

After meeting Winston, Roque made it clear to Winston that the Southern African Expeditionary Force should be withdrawn to Southern Africa in batches.

"Are you in such a hurry? I thought you wanted to get a feel for the occupation forces in Germany. "Winston doesn't care, the world war is coming to an end, and the troops requisitioned by the British from the colonies and overseas territories will return in batches, not only in southern Africa, but also in the Anzac and the Canadian Corps, and the Indian Corps will be the first to go, and has received orders to leave Britain and return to India.

Winston's endurance for the Indian Corps has reached its limit, there are now 1.2 million Indian troops in France, and the Indian troops play a role that is not even as good as the Anzac Corps, which has only 210,000 people, but the consumption of supplies by the Indian troops is about ten times that of the Anzac.

This is also the result of Roque's strict control, if it were not for Roque's strict control, then the Indian army's demand for supplies would have soared, in the words of Sidney Milner, who was in charge of logistics: every Indian has an unfathomable appetite, they can always eat the most food in the shortest time and at the fastest speed, and then digest that food in the shortest time.

It's a bottomless pit!

"Yes, I plan to withdraw the professional army and conscripts first, and the African division can remain in Germany to continue its mission." Roque was still determined to reduce the population of African descent, especially those Africans who had fought in the world wars in Europe, and if they were allowed to return to southern Africa, then some uncontrollable contingencies might occur.

In any case, these Africans were also part of the British Expeditionary Force, and these Africans enjoyed the treatment that normal people should enjoy in Europe, and they defeated the all-white forces, and saw the weakest and most unbearable side of the whites, so after these African troops returned to southern Africa, they would have a hard time accepting the status of Africans in southern Africa.

Roque meant to leave these African troops in Europe to plague the Europeans, and if not, then Roque would throw these Africans to the Kingdom of Congo or the Congo Free State, and Roque would definitely not let them return to Southern Africa anyway.

This was part of Roque's plan.

"You seem to have a lot of prejudice against Africans!" Winston looked at Roque with a sneering look.

Roque is simply amazed, you colonial leader racist, actually have the face to mock Roque for his prejudice against Africans!

It's a long time to see!

"If you like, you can leave those Africans in the UK, they are elite troops who have been through the war, and believe me, they are definitely better than the Indians." Roque has bad intentions and quietly digs a hole for Winston.

"Hmph, I don't know why, but I know you must be doing this for a reason, so don't even think about it, you can go to President Pongare, President Pongare must be very fond of those Africans." Winston is not stupid, although those Africans seem to be honest and hardworking now, but Roque doesn't like it, then there must be a reason for Roque.

Although Winston did not like India, the British Empire's strength in terms of human resources still came from India, so Winston had the confidence to reject Africans.

Compared to the UK, France has no choice in this regard.

The world war caused 200 billion francs of damage to France, about 10,000 businesses were damaged and lost, 900,000 houses were reduced to rubble or unusable, France originally hoped to recover the losses through German compensation, but now Germany is also in ruins, there is certainly no money to pay the French, so the problems faced by France are far more serious than those of Britain.

Before the outbreak of the World War, France had a population of 41.6 million, and throughout the war, millions of people were wounded, 1.6 million were killed, and millions more were left homeless.

The world war caused France to lose a whole generation, and in another time and space, France had a population of only 41.9 million on the eve of the outbreak of World War II in 1936, only 300,000 more than in 1913.

For a country of 40 million people, the population has only increased by 300,000 in 23 years, what happened to France in the meantime?

Pongaré has now begun to emigrate from Africa to supplement France's depopulation caused by the world wars, and let's not forget that the 1.4 million people who died in France were all adult males of childbearing potential.

So if Roque goes to Pongare, then Pongare might really be willing to accept it.

While N'Caré is not stupid, France has no choice.

This is the special historical environment of this special period.