Germany's independence to support the European war situation, has entered the third year, although from the whole year, only two years, but Germany's pressure is not small, independent resistance to Britain, France and the United States three powerful powers, but also once thought about let other members of the Allies help, after several attempts, Germany had to give up this idea, the reason is very simple, whether it is Austria-Hungary, or Turkey, can not afford such a responsibility, they can stabilize their own line of defense, it is already good, if let them attack, It's really hard for them.

As for Italy, because of the excellence of the navy, Germany also tried to get Italy to leave the Apennines to fight, but it was rejected by Italy, the other party was unwilling, and Germany was also very helpless.

Now, the good news has finally come, the United States as the leading power, for the sake of money, did not hesitate to challenge China, chose to declare war on China, among the world's major powers, only Germany, which has maintained close relations with China for a long time, knows what China's combat effectiveness is like, a Lan Fang attached to China, in the army, has shown that it is not inferior to China's strength, not to mention the real Chinese field army, not to mention China, with a population of more than 500 million and a huge war mobilization capacity, If Russia can be called the steamroller of Europe, China can be called the world's smasher, and as long as it exists on land, it is impossible to resist China's attack.

Just when Germany was waiting for China to come and negotiate with Germany to establish a stable joint conference mechanism, it received news that the vice foreign minister had come to visit. About the purpose, of course. The German side was also informed in advance. This is the first foreign minister to visit Germany since the founding of China. Even if it is a deputy, but it is under Yang Yuanzhao, the first high-ranking official, such a diplomat, the German side also attaches great importance to it, and sends a relatively high standard to greet it, and even the German prime minister will go to the station to greet him, and the rest, the government and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs began to study the purpose of the Chinese foreign minister's visit. When most people knew the intentions of the Chinese, they were stunned, evacuate overseas Chinese, why evacuate overseas Chinese?

Germany has never thought about the issue of evacuation, in fact, in the United States, there are quite a lot of German expatriates, and this part of the expatriates was also monitored by the United States when the war broke out. Some active, suspected spies will be controlled, and some ordinary expatriates who have nothing to do with them will do what they have to do. If you want to come back, come back, forget if you don't want to, this point comes and goes freely. Why should such people evacuate overseas Chinese?

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not know why, and there was also a request from China. The release of prisoners of war to facilitate the evacuation of prisoners of war is all the more unacceptable. China in the United States, there are almost 10 million expatriates, plus Britain and France, there are almost more than 15 million, even if it is a few to one, millions of prisoners of war will be released, these are all prisoners of soldiers, as long as there are these prisoners, Britain, France and the United States can casually reorganize a group of troops, which is definitely not good news for Germany.

I didn't understand, and I didn't know what attitude to use to face Wu Chaoshu, so I could only formulate a few plans and adapt to the situation.

Wu Chaoshu's speed is too fast, far beyond the imagination of the Germans, they don't know, why the other party will be so fast, on the third day of the Chinese side of the notice, has arrived in Berlin, is it possible, Wu Chaoshu set off in advance, from the Far East China to Germany, it will take at least a month and a half, they don't know, the appearance of the plane, greatly reduced the distance between each other, whether it is a direct flight from Baotou to Basra, the speed per hour is more than 500 kilometers, just say the railway, The fastest average speed is more than 130 kilometers, and under the premise of non-stop all the way, 24 hours is 3,000 kilometers faster, which is why Wu Chaoshu is so fast.

It only took more than 2 days to travel through most of the world, even the young Wu Chaoshu was a little tired, but when he arrived at the Berlin train station, he was still in good spirits, German Prime Minister, which also proves that the German side attaches great importance to it, which is a good thing for the next negotiations.

After the welcoming ceremony, Wu Chaoshu demanded immediate talks, and such an eager attitude surprised the German side, is the evacuation of overseas Chinese really the most necessary thing, otherwise, after crossing more than half the world, China's vice foreign minister actually did not even bother to rest, so he first proposed negotiations.

This is not a simple exchange, but a formal note and consultation, both sides have organized a considerable number of personnel, Wu Chaoshu with a large number of staff, after the reunification of the German prime minister, began the first round of consultations, in the consultation, Germany is clearly disagreed, this is a violation of the previous contract, and the Entente and the Central Powers are in the current state, the forces of both sides have been released, if the Entente adds a few million more prisoners of war, for the Allies, it is unacceptable.

Wu Chaoshu knew very well that this was a difficult consultation, and according to the requirements of the German side, the meeting would be adjourned for a week, and he knew very well that this was impossible, a week's time was not a long time between countries, this was a winter break, and there were not many things, but for the Chinese, it was between life and death, and every day that passed, there would be a group of Chinese on the verge of life and death.

Therefore, under his strong thunder request, it only took one night for the second round of consultations to begin, and in the second round he showed sincerity, as long as it was a prisoner of war released, according to the standard of 15 years, the Chinese side would pay a one-time payment, and as much as necessary.

Such a large amount of money directly moved the participants on the German side, even the German prime minister is no exception, the standard of 15 years, that is, 50 US dollars, a prisoner of war 7.5 million, if 3 million, it is 2.1 billion US dollars, cash method, one-time payment, this money can definitely be said to be huge, the German prime minister is a little surprised, is the prisoner of war really so important to the Chinese?

Money can solve the problem, this sentence was said before the First World War, Germany will definitely scoff, money really does not represent everything, the Jews have money, but no matter how rich they are, they must rely on the orders of the powerful countries.

Now, when the European war really opened, when the assault war turned into a war of attrition, both sides did not have the final word, the ability to solve the other party, in this case, the two sides competed, it is not combat effectiveness, although the strength of the army is also very important, more important is resources, no money, your army can not be equipped, weapons can not be updated, have tasted the power of new weapons, especially the power of concentrated use of machine guns, mortars and heavy long-range firepower, so that the already powerful German army, is even more powerful, in this case, you go back to the previous standard, this is irresponsible to the soldiers, the population is not unlimited, take Germany's current population of more than 60 million, even with the help of China, the maximum number of people that can be mobilized is at most between 12 million and 13 million, for Germany, as long as the mobilization reaches 10 million, it is basically the end of the crossbow, the whole Germany, the population in the prime of life, the base of the total population is only about half, minus half of the women, the rest, if it is really 10 million soldiers, And if it is consumed, then for Germany, it is already a catastrophe, it is difficult to make the whole country full of women, and let women defend their families and defend the country.

It takes 20 years for an adult soldier to grow up, but on the battlefield, a bullet is consumed. In the middle, larger-scale equipment and weapons make the strength stronger and the battlefield attrition lower, which has become what Germany should do, and these things need money.

Take this winter, the 155 heavy howitzer that Germany obtained from China is an example, the power can definitely crown the 155 howitzer, the range is long, the power is great, and even the old 230 artillery can occupy the upper hand, the most critical use of personnel, at least one-third less than in the past, the speed and accuracy of the reflection have also been greatly improved, it can be said that it is the perfect strategic firepower at the army level.

But the price, but not low, not as good as 230 guns, but more expensive than the traditional 155 guns about 2 times, even if everyone who buys artillery, feel that this artillery is quite a good value, but Germany only ordered 4000 guns, the reason is that it is too expensive, so that the power of military-level strategic artillery lies in the quantity, 4000 is only enough for 400 divisions 10 guns per division, but if a division has 10 guns, of course it is very good, the power is very strong, but 20 guns, 30 guns, or even 50 guns, isn't it better?

In the third year of the European war, even if Germany's fiscal revenue has been greatly improved, and the premise of basically solving the agricultural problem has been solved, it cannot spend money lavishly, there are too many places that need money, especially the submarine has been hit by a huge blow, pension, rebuild the submarine force, find out the cause of the problem, restore the sea wolf, there are more places that need money, although it occupies Baku, but Baku wants to recover, to expand, it needs more money, even if China does not want money, it is only deducted from future products, this time will be prolonged, At least until June 1916, it was unlikely that Germany's revenues would be raised enormously.

On the one hand, there is a financial austerity, on the other hand, is the rising military spending and input, Germany is a little stretched, if it is not for the funds for the export of labor, maybe in 1916 the German finances will go bankrupt, China suddenly came up with a large amount of money, more than 2.1 billion US dollars, at once attracted all diplomats, including the prime minister, although the second mediation has not yet received a clear answer, but the German side took the initiative to ask that the next round of consultations begin tomorrow. (To be continued.) )