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Text Chapter 1404 We want Corsica

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    After the victorious powers signed the treaty with Russia, this means that the peace conference has been halfway completed!  Next, only France and the United Kingdom are left!  The only victorious countries related to these two countries are China, Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. To be precise, it is mainly the game between China and Germany!  This also attracted the attention of other victorious countries!  After all, both Britain and France were one of the most important countries in the world before they fell!  Although it has fallen now, if any country can swallow these two countries, its national power will inevitably increase explosively!

    It was mainly Germany that defeated France. Of course, China also gave the French navy a fatal blow at sea!  The Austro-Hungarian Empire did not participate in the war against France!  However, France has vast overseas colonies!  According to the original agreement, these overseas colonies are also part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire!  Of course, the Austro-Hungarian Empire can only make demands on those overseas colonies!

    On October 25th, negotiations with France officially began!  At 9 o'clock in the morning, French Prime Minister Joseph Caillot and Foreign Minister Justine de Selvy came to the conference room!  They had serious faces and deep sadness in their eyes.  The once powerful country in the world is now at the mercy of others!  This is also a huge blow to the proud French!  Of course, they can only accept it!

    "Gentlemen! Negotiations with France have officially begun! Prime Minister Holweg, how do you plan to deal with France?" Chinese Prime Minister Wu Tingfang asked!  Now that the French mainland is completely occupied by the German Army, the plan to deal with France is also completely led by Germany!

    "As one of the most important members of the Allied Powers, France was also the culprit in provoking this war! During the two years of war, it caused serious damage to Germany. Germany spent a lot of national power on this war.  Millions of troops were lost! Therefore, we need to deal with France severely! The German government requires that France cede the land north of the Loire River and east of the Rhone River to Germany! France gives up all overseas colonies and the victorious countries  Distribution! And, pay five billion yuan in war reparations to Germany! The French government is not allowed to establish a navy and air force, the size of the French army is not allowed to exceed 100,000 people, and it is not allowed to have artillery, tanks and armored vehicles with a caliber greater than 100 mm! Germany has  The power stationed troops in France to maintain social stability in France!" German Prime Minister Holweger said expressionlessly.  The German government has already discussed the plan to deal with France.

    French Prime Minister Joseph Caillot and Minister of Foreign Affairs Justine de Selvy had their mouths wide open and their eyes widened. They couldn't believe it at all.  The demands made by the Germans are too unbelievable!  Not only the French representatives were shocked, but also the representatives of several other victorious countries began to talk about it.  Compared with the previous treatment plans for Italy and Germany, the Germans are completely talking nonsense!

    "Your Excellency Prime Minister Holweg, the conditions proposed by your country are too harsh. The French government will never agree to such conditions!" French Prime Minister Joseph Caillaux said angrily!  If the land north of the Loire and east of the Rhone were ceded to Germany, France would lose 60% of its land and 70% of its population!  Moreover, these areas are basically the most industrially developed areas in France.  After losing these territories, France will completely become a third-rate country!  In addition, France will not be able to pay the five billion yuan in war reparations even if it takes a hundred years!  Two years of war have already emptied France's wealth, and its finances have already gone bankrupt!  After France's defeat, the loss of overseas colonies became a foregone conclusion.  Under such circumstances, France is simply unable to repay these war reparations!  In addition, although the French government is dissatisfied with the restrictions on armaments, it also knows that this cannot be changed!  Italy and Russia were dealt with this way before, and France will definitely be no exception!  But even so, such conditions are obviously impossible for the French government to agree to!

    "Your Excellency Joseph Caillot, this is the last request of the German government. France can raise objections, but it must agree to our request! Otherwise, Germany will continue its military occupation of France, or directly annex France!" German Prime Minister Huo Feng  Ervig said sternly!  After France's unconditional surrender, the French army has been disarmed. Now France is like meat on the chopping board, ready to be slaughtered by the Germans!  In addition to silently enduring it, France no longer has the ability to resist!

    French Prime Minister Joseph Caillot and Minister of Foreign Affairs Justin de Selvy are full of bitterness in their mouths. The conditions this time are more harsh than those proposed by Prussia after the Franco-Prussian War 30 years ago!

    "Your Excellency, Prime Minister Wu Tingfang, does China have any requirements for France?" Prime Minister Hollweger asked politely.  Although China did not participate in the battle in France, it eliminated the main force of the French navy.  Germany also knows that it is simply unrealistic to completely ignore China and swallow France alone!  ?Not to mention, a very large part of France's vast overseas colonies has fallen into the hands of China!  Although in the secret agreement reached by China and Germany, they promised to hand over Africa to the Allies.  But now it seems that China has selectively forgotten this!  Their actions in Africa are completely competing with Germany for these colonies!

    "Although Germany has always been in the leading position in the war against France! However, China also played a great role! We eliminated the main force of the French navy and effectively supported Germany's operations in France! Therefore, the Chinese government believes that,  We should receive 20% of the total war reparations paid by the French government! In addition, France needs to cede Corsica to us!" said Chinese Prime Minister Wu Tingfang!  No matter how much war reparations the Germans extort from France, China will demand 20%. If it is 5 billion Chinese dollars, that is 1 billion Chinese dollars!  In addition, Corsica has already fallen into the hands of China!

    Corsica is the fourth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, following the three islands in front of it, Sicily, Sardinia and Cyprus.  Among them, Sicily and Sardinia were taken away from Italy by China, while Cyprus originally belonged to the Ottoman Turkish Empire, but in 1878, the Ottoman Turkish Empire leased Cyprus Island to the United Kingdom!  After the war started, China took advantage of the situation and occupied this island!  However, when the Ottoman Turkish Empire joined the Allies, it contacted China and wanted to take back the island of Cyprus.  However, China did not agree.  In addition, the naval strength of the Ottoman Turkish Empire is too weak, and it is even more impossible to take back the island of Cyprus by force!  Of course, this also laid a source of conflict between China and the Ottoman Turkish Empire!

    Corsica is the hometown of Napoleon. It has a very important geographical location. It is only more than 200 kilometers away from southern France and only 200 kilometers away from Rome, the capital of Italy.  If the Chinese Air Force's new fighter jets are deployed here, they can completely blockade the entire southern France!  By then, even if the Germans gain territory east of the Rh?ne River in France and gain access to the Mediterranean, they will still be within the strike range of the Chinese Air Force!  This will be of great benefit to China in blocking Germany!

    French representatives had no reaction to China¡¯s demands.  Anyway, the Germans have already asked for 60% of France's territory, so losing an island with an area of ??more than 8,600 square kilometers is nothing!

    The expressions of the German representatives were not very good.  The German government certainly knows the importance of Corsica's geographical location.  However, the Mediterranean is under China's control. Before Germany was ready, the Chinese Army had already landed on Corsica and occupied it!  In addition, China demanded 20% of the war reparations, which also made Germany not satisfied!  Germany fought hard to defeat France, and took advantage of France's infamy. As a result, the Chinese had to share 20%, which made them feel that they were at a disadvantage!

    "Your Excellency Prime Minister Wu Tingfang, Corsica can be occupied by China! But, is 20% 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.  France surrendered!" French Foreign Minister Stresemann said!

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

    Finally, after some debate, China agreed to lower the total amount of war reparations received to 12%.  Seeing that China would no longer make concessions, Germany had no choice but to agree!

    However, the key issue now is that the French government does not agree to pay such a large amount of war reparations!  As a result, German Prime Minister Holweg and Foreign Minister Stresemann threatened the French representatives, claiming that if the French government did not agree, Germany would directly annex France!

    Faced with the intimidation of the Germans, the French representatives panicked. On the one hand, they reported to the country and at the same time begged Germany for mercy, hoping that Germany could reduce the amount of compensation!

    As a result, it was not until the next day, October 26, that the two parties reached an agreement!  The French government paid a total of 3.5 billion yuan in war reparations to Germany and China, of which Germany received 88% and China received 12%.  In addition, Germany gained 60% of France's territory, while China only gained access to Corsica!  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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