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After the signing of the treaty between the victorious powers and Russia, this means that the peace conference is half completed! The only thing left is France and England! And the victorious countries related to these two countries are only China, Germany and Austria-Hungary, to be precise, it is mainly the game between China and Germany! This also attracted the attention of the other victorious powers! After all, neither England nor France, before its fall, was one of the most important countries in the world! Although it has fallen now, if one country can swallow these two countries, the national power will inevitably increase explosively!

It was mainly Germany that defeated France, and of course, China also dealt a fatal blow to the French Navy at sea! And Austria-Hungary did not participate in the war against France! However, France has a vast overseas colony! According to the original agreement, these overseas colonies were also part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire! Of course, Austria-Hungary could only make claims on those overseas colonies!

On October 25, negotiations with France officially began! At 9 a.m., French Prime Minister Joseph . Cailliaud and Foreign Minister Justan. Morality. Servi came to the conference room! Their faces were stern, and there was a deep sadness in their eyes. Once a world power, now it can only be slaughtered by others! This is also a huge blow to the arrogant French! Of course, they can only accept it!

"Gentlemen! Negotiations with France have officially begun! Prime Minister Holwig, what does your country plan to do with France? Chinese Prime Minister Wu Tingfang asked! Now that the French mainland is completely occupied by the German Army, the disposition of France is planned. It's also completely dominated by Germany!

"France, as one of the most important member states of the Entente. And still the main culprit who provoked this war! In the midst of these two years of war. Inflicted severe damage on Germany. For this war, Germany spent a lot of national strength and lost millions of troops! Therefore, we need to deal with France harshly! The German government demanded that France cede to Germany the lands north of the Loire and east of the Rhône! France gave up all its overseas colonies and distributed them to the victorious powers! And, pay Germany five billion Chinese dollars in war reparations! The French government is not allowed to establish a navy and air force, and the size of the French army must not exceed 100,000 men. It is not allowed to have artillery and tanks of caliber more than a hundred mm, as well as armored vehicles! Germany has the right to station troops in France in order to maintain social stability in France! German Chancellor Holwig said with a blank face. The German government had already discussed a plan for the disposition of France.

French Prime Minister Joseph. Cailliaud and Foreign Minister Justan. Morality. Selvey's mouth was wide open, his eyes wide, and he couldn't believe it. The demands of the Germans are too much to believe! Not only the representatives of France were shocked, but also the representatives of several other victorious countries began to talk about it. and the previous disposition plan for Italy and Germany, the Germans are completely opening their mouths!

"Your Excellency Prime Minister Holwig, the conditions put forward by your country are too harsh, and the French government will never agree to such conditions!" French Prime Minister Joseph. Cayo said angrily! If the lands north of the Loire and east of the Rhône were ceded to Germany. France will lose 60 percent of its land and 70 percent of its population! Moreover, these regions are basically the most industrially developed in France. After the loss of these territories. France will be completely reduced to a third-rate country! In addition, the war reparations of 5 billion Chinese dollars will not be finished even if France changes it for a hundred years! The two years of war have already emptied France's wealth, and its finances have long been bankrupt! After the defeat of France, the loss of overseas colonies was a foregone conclusion. Under such circumstances, France simply cannot afford to repay these war reparations! In addition, although the French government is dissatisfied with the limitation of armaments, it also knows that it cannot be changed! Italy and Russia were treated like this before, and France will certainly be no exception! But even so, it is clear that such a condition is impossible for the French government to agree!

"Joseph. This is the last request of the German Government, Your Excellency Cailliaud, and France may object to it, but it must accede to our request! Otherwise, Germany will continue its military occupation of France, or rather, annex France outright! German Chancellor Holwig said sternly! After the unconditional surrender of France, the French army has been disarmed, and now France is like meat on a board, which can be slaughtered by the Germans! And France, apart from silently enduring, does not even have the ability to resist!

French Prime Minister Joseph. Cailliaud and Foreign Minister Justan. Morality. Selvi's mouth was full of bitterness, this time the conditions were even harsher than those put forward by Prussia after the end of the Franco-Prussian War thirty years ago!

"Your Excellency Prime Minister Ng Dinh Phuong, does the Chinese side have any requirements for France?" Prime Minister Holwig asked politely. Although China did not participate in the fighting in France, it eliminated the main force of the French navy. Germany also knows that it is simply unrealistic to want to completely leave China aside and swallow France alone! Not to mention, a very large part of France's vast overseas colonies have fallen into the hands of China! Although the secret agreement between China and Germany promised to hand over Africa to the Allies. It's just that now it seems that China has selectively forgotten about this! Their actions in Africa are completely competing with Germany for these colonies!

"Although the war against France has always been dominated by Germany! However, China has also played a huge role! We wiped out the main force of the French Navy and gave strong support to the German war in France! Therefore, the Chinese government believes that we should receive twenty percent of the total war reparations paid by the French government! In addition, Corsica France needs to cede to us! Chinese Prime Minister Wu Tingfang said! No matter how much war reparations the Germans extorted from France, China wanted 20 percent, and if it was 5 billion Chinese dollars, it would be 1 billion Chinese dollars! In addition, Corsica has long since fallen into the hands of China!

Corsica is the fourth largest island in the Mediterranean, with the three preceding islands, Sicily, Sardinia and Cyprus. Among them, Sicily and Sardinia were taken from Italy by China, and the island of Cyprus originally belonged to the Ottoman Turkish Empire, but in 1878, the Ottoman Turkish Empire leased the island to the British! And after the war began, China took advantage of the situation to occupy the island! However, when the Ottoman Turkish Empire joined the Central Powers, it was in contact with the Chinese side to recover the island of Cyprus. However, the Chinese side did not agree. In addition, the naval strength of the Ottoman Turkish Empire was too weak, and it was impossible to recover the island of Cyprus by force! Of course, this also planted a source of conflict between China and the Ottoman Turkish Empire!

Corsica is the hometown of Napoleon and is geographically important, just over 200 kilometers from the south of France and 200 kilometers from Rome, the capital of Italy. If the new fighters of the Chinese Air Force are deployed here, they can completely blockade the entire south of France! At that time, even if the Germans obtained the territory east of the Rhône in France and obtained the entrance to the Mediterranean direction, they would still be within the strike range of the Chinese Air Force! This is of great benefit to China's blockade of Germany!

The French delegates did not react to China's demands. Anyway, the Germans have already opened their mouths to ask for 60 percent of France's territory, and it is nothing to lose an island with an area of more than 8,600 square kilometers!

The German delegates did not look very good. The importance of Corsica's geographical location, the German government, of course, is well aware. It's just that the Mediterranean Sea is under the control of China, and before Germany is ready, the Chinese army has already landed on Corsica and occupied it! In addition, the Chinese side demanded 20 percent of the war reparations, which also made the German side not very satisfied! Germany fought hard to defeat France, and knocked on France's bamboo bar regardless of the name, and as a result, the Chinese had to divide 20 percent, which made them feel at a loss!

"Your Excellency Prime Minister Ng Dinh Phuong, Corsica can be occupied by China! But is twenty percent of the war reparations too much? Although the Chinese Navy defeated the main force of the French Navy, it was mainly after the German Army captured Paris that France surrendered! French Foreign Minister Stresemann said!

"Twenty percent of the war reparations is not much, and compared with China's efforts, it is completely reasonable to receive one-fifth of the war reparations!" Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Shaoyi said!

Eventually, after some debate, the Chinese side agreed to lower the total amount of war reparations received to 12 percent. The German side saw that China would not make any more concessions, so it had to agree!

The key issue now, though, is that the French government does not agree to pay so much war reparations! As a result, German Chancellor Holwig and Foreign Minister Stresemann intimidated the French representatives, claiming that if the French government did not agree, Germany would directly annex France!

In the face of the intimidation of the Germans, the French representatives panicked and reported to the country on the one hand, and at the same time begged for mercy from the German side, hoping that Germany would reduce the amount of reparations!

As a result, it was not until the next day, October 26, that the two sides reached an agreement! The French government paid Germany and China a total of 3.5 billion Chinese dollars in war reparations, of which Germany received 88 percent and China received 12 percent. In addition, Germany received sixty percent of France's territory, while China only got Corsica! (To be continued......)