Just when the Germans were busy rebelling, suppressing, electing. In Paris, France, the heads of state or representatives of Great Britain, France, the United States, Japan, and Italy were holding preparatory meetings for the Paris Peace Conference - no Russian delegates attended! Neither the Mentor of Moscow nor the Empress of Tallinn received invitations to the Paris Peace Conference.

The preparatory meeting formulated rules of procedure, stipulating that the five major powers, Britain, France, the United States, Japan, and Italy, were "belligerents of general interest" and could participate in all meetings of the peace conference. Belgium, China, Serbia and other countries are "belligerents with individual interests" and can only attend meetings related to their own countries. And the United Principalities of the Baltics, like Russia, did not exist, were nothing.

As for the defeated Germany and Austria-Hungary, there was basically no bargaining power - there should be none! You can only sign the treaty obediently.

And in order to force the defeated countries to submit, on January 20, the day after the Germans suppressed the Bolsheviks, elections to the National Assembly were held. Woodrow, who loves peace and democracy. President Wilson inside the U.S. Embassy, and Lloyd's from the United Kingdom. George meets with the host country, Clemenceau of France.

"You two, would you like a drink?" The lanky, personable president of the United States invited guests into his office, and a waiter brought champagne. "It's time to open champagne to celebrate, and this is our American champagne, no worse than the French one."

The French prime minister picked up a glass from his waiter's plate and took a sip of the sparkling wine inside – he wouldn't think it could be called "champagne."

"It's a good wine!" The French prime minister said flatteringly, "I guess now is not the time for the Germans to drink this sparkling wine, right?" ”

The Germans don't need to drink champagne now, what they continue is grain! There's a guy named Woodrow. Wilson's men promised German Chancellor Albert on 14 November that they would receive food aid as long as the Bolsheviks were suppressed and the National Assembly elections were held.

However, the French Prime Minister said this and had nothing to do with aid, and Clemenceau knew that Woodrow. Wilson would not keep his promises to the enemy. Clemenceau was referring to the blockade of Germany! Not only is food aid not given, but even money is not allowed to buy it!

"Can't the lockdown be lifted now?" Woodrow. Wilson held his glass, also a little hesitant.

"Of course not!" British Prime Minister Lloyd's. George took a long sip of champagne and nodded appreciatively. Then it was said: "The blockade suffocates Germany, so that they will receive a more just punishment." ”

"So how long will the lockdown last?" Woodrow. Wilson asked, thoughtful.

"Until we agree on the issues of the treaty with Germany!" The French Prime Minister said triumphantly, "Just let them starve first, and we'll discuss it slowly." ”

"Okay, that's it." Woodrow. Wilson nodded in agreement.

Lloyd's. George raised his glass and smiled, "Although we still have huge differences on many specific issues, today we still agreed on a key issue. It's something to celebrate, cheers! ”

"Cheers!"

"Cheers!"

The blockade will continue until the end of the peace conference, and hundreds of thousands of German citizens, women and children will starve to death!

And many of the German boys who survived this unjustified catastrophe would storm France in full force twenty-one years later......

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"Your Excellency, there are large-scale strikes going on in Hamburg, Munich and the Ruhr area, with the total number of strikes taking part in more than 1 million people. In addition, the Soviet regime in Bremen had just announced censorship, and they insisted on the resignation of the governments of Albert and Scheidmann......"

Hersman closed the folder in his hand and stood straight across from Field Marshal Hindenburg, the chief of the General Staff.

It was February 1919, and the Entente continued to blockade Germany, leaving the elected Social Democratic government with not enough food to feed the working class. So the flame of the proletarian revolution was not extinguished by the repression, and the major cities of Germany were still in chaos.

So much so that the National Assembly did not dare to meet in Berlin to formulate a constitution, and for the past two days it has been hiding in the small town of Weimar.

And Hersman was also very depressed during this time, and many things were not satisfactory. First of all, relations with Soviet Russia were almost broken, and the business of the Russian-German Economic Promotion Company was completely stopped.

This is supposed to be the aftermath of the assassination of the Tsar's family by Lenin's internationalist fighters. Originally, Olga was just the monarch of the Baltic principality, and although he was an enemy of Soviet Russia, he was not a mortal enemy.

But now, her parents, brothers and sisters have been killed by the internationalist fighters sent by Soviet Russia, which not only made her and Soviet Russia have a deep blood feud, but also made her a "little mother" of the Russian empress and hundreds of thousands of White Russian troops.

Although the Red Army would most likely not provoke the Courland Defence - except for fake fights - the business between the two sides would certainly not be successful.

Secondly, the United Principality of the Baltic was still slow to be recognized by the Entente, and the country was completely ignored. However, this result is not bad, and it is better to ignore it than to send troops to attack. Moreover, the Entente countries were relatively awesome in the past two years, waiting until the civil war between Soviet Union and Russia was decided, American isolationism arose, and Britain, the United States, France, Italy, and Japan began a naval arms race. The hearts of the Entente were scattered, to the point where even Turkey could not take care of it.

The third thing that gave Hersman a headache was that the Industrial Promotion Committee was basically paralyzed! Because the factories involved are busy coping with the strike. Even some of the machinery and equipment and parts that were previously shipped to the Fokker aircraft factory and BMW in Riga are now piled up in the warehouse without being opened. Because the form of the Baltic was so unclear, Tallinn was now the temporary capital of the Russian Empire. The great war between Soviet Russia and Belarus seems to be on the verge of breaking out.

Fourth, the Military Intelligence Directorate headed by Hirschman was reorganized -- from a "bureau" to a "department"! The bureau lord became the director. From January 1919 onwards, Germany began to disarm. This was not only because of the Compiègne Woods Agreement, but also because the German government could not afford to spend millions of troops.

Since October last year, Germany has been in the grip of growing chaos. Although the National Assembly has now been elected, the situation has not eased. Strikes, protests, small civil wars, and the continued Allied blockade had brought the German economy to the brink of collapse. The Councils of People's Commissars and the newly established German government had their revenues reduced by more than half compared to the revolution, and naturally they were unable to maintain a large army, and disarmament became an inevitable choice.

The Intelligence Bureau, which Hersman was in charge, became the hardest hit area of disarmament -- this was related to the general lack of attention paid to spies by officers in the old days, and also to the fact that Hersman's qualifications were too shallow -- and the Intelligence Bureau was brutally slaughtered and turned into an intelligence department directly under the Chief of the General Staff, with a staff of only 80 people. Fortunately, Hersmann's rank of lieutenant colonel has not been reduced, but if he wants to become a colonel (German colonel), he is afraid that it will be far away.

As for the Stasi Organization, it is not part of disarmament. Because this organization is not part of the official establishment of the German army, and it does not need to be paid by the German Ministry of Defense. Anyway, Hindenburg ordered Hersmann to bring Stacy under the tight control of the Intelligence Group of the General Staff. Moreover, Stasi's secret police function was to be extended to Germany, and he was also responsible for monitoring and infiltrating various political parties in Germany.

However, Stasi could not be counted on for the German army...... It also has to rely on trade and cooperation with Soviet Russia to make money, and at present it can only eat the old capital. Seeing the limited gold mark in his hand becoming less and less day by day, Hersman's mood was not happy.

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