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Chapter 904 Who Should Pay the Bill?

Although Guderian had lost his military power, he was very aware of the situation of the German army.

Faced with the full-scale advance of the Russian army, the German army did not sit idly by. Loeb organized three consecutive counterattacks in the hope of repelling the Russian attack.

The Germans had withdrawn from Italy.

The offensive in the Romanian direction has also completely stopped.

Rundstedt and Rommel were on high alert in France, guarding against a possible landing by the British and American forces.

Like Guderian, Juncker could not watch Germany being completely plunged into the abyss by the little mustache man.

Half a month before the outbreak of the Russo-German War, William II died of a pulmonary embolism in the Netherlands, and Crown Prince William officially became the helmsman of the Hohenzollern family.

William II was buried in Tollen, the Netherlands. After Crown Prince William dealt with William II's funeral, he had no time to return to Germany and hurried to Russia.

Crown Prince William hopes that the Russian army will stop the attack and start peace talks.

"There is no need for negotiation between us. Go back and prepare for battle. Russia will not stop its offensive until the final victory comes."

Vasily refused decisively, not giving the German army a chance to breathe.

In the previous stage of the battle, the German army's heavy equipment had been basically lost, and facing the Russian attack, the German army was being defeated.

Although Germany's industrial capacity was hit hard by the Russian army, it was not completely lost.

If the attack was stopped at this time, the Russian army would pay a greater price if it wanted to completely destroy the German army.

"You have already won. Continuing to fight will only bring greater losses to both of us, and will not change the outcome."

Crown Prince William acknowledged that Germany had been defeated and surrendered unconditionally.

"Can you represent Germany?"

George did not believe that the Hohenzollern family's influence on Germany could facilitate negotiations.

"If you agree to stop the attack, I can convince the generals to stop resisting."

Crown Prince William still has influence on Juncker.

It was with the help of William II's influence that the little mustache man was able to gain the trust of the Junker aristocracy.

Not all Junkers were in favor of going to war with Russia, especially those who had been educated in Russia and had a personal experience of the vastness of Russia.

The man with a mustache had never been to Amur. To him, Amur was just a geographical term.

The core area of ​​Russia has always been considered to be the Russian-European region centered on St. Petersburg and Moscow.

At least since the Russo-Japanese War, Russia's focus has begun to shift to the Amur. Everyone who has been to Vladivostok believes that Vladivostok's prosperity has long surpassed St. Petersburg and Moscow.

With the strength of the German army, they couldn't even reach the edge of Moscow, let alone Vladivostok.

Although Crown Prince William lived in the family territory and did not hold any public office, many people took the initiative to visit him, especially after the outbreak of the Russo-German War.

If Germany agreed to surrender unconditionally, George would not necessarily kill everyone.

The reason why Little Mustache is running all the way on the road to doomsday is that he has no idea what he wants and can only fight continuously until he is exhausted.

George's goal is to isolate the Anglo-Saxons and certain other groups from their influence on Europe, and to help Russia gain dominance over Europe and even Eurasia.

The United States is still strong, and George is not prepared to go to war with the United States. As long as the American influence can be forced back to America, George can accept it.

Even if Britain fails to take over the British Isles, it is estimated that it will move its capital after the war. It will not stay in Europe and accept Russia's control.

After receiving George's promise, Crown Prince William immediately returned to Germany and pushed for a ceasefire.

Vasily reminded George not to forget the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. "If we want to achieve lasting peace, we should not allow the Paris Peace Conference to reappear."

George was thinking of the Treaty of Versailles.

The war ended before the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was implemented, and Russia did not suffer any losses.

The reason why the little mustache came to power was closely related to the exploitation of Germany by the Treaty of Versailles.

If Russia and Germany signed an unequal treaty similar to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, it would be nothing more than another 20-year armistice agreement.

George and Vasily will probably not be able to see what will happen in 20 years.

"No! Only by completely weakening Germany - no! Only by completely destroying Germany can we achieve lasting peace."

Vasily believed that the Treaty of Versailles did not weaken Germany sufficiently.

Definitely not thorough.

During the Paris Peace Conference, Russia, out of consideration for its own interests, also opposed excessively weakening Germany.

"How to eliminate them? Learn from the Germans and kill all the Germans?"

George is not yet so tyrannical.

"At least we must kill all the warmongers in Germany."

Vasily's warlike nature is no less than that of the mustache man.

Okay, you still have to give face to your closest comrade-in-arms.

In fact, even if Crown Prince William did not come this time, George was prepared to suspend the offensive.

After invading Germany, as the German army's will to resist became stronger and stronger, coupled with the arrival of winter, the Russian armored forces moved slowly and the Russian army suffered increasing losses.

The British and American allied forces are about to land.

George really wanted to let the Americans have a taste of what it feels like to lose more than you gain.

Now the German army's elite troops have not been completely destroyed in Russia, and the German troops in France are still relatively combat-effective.

It can be seen that Eisenhower was indeed very anxious and did not let George wait too long.

Prior to this, the British and American Allied Forces had launched a month-long bombing campaign on important targets in France in order to prevent German reinforcements.

The British and American allied forces launched a crazy attack, dropping nearly 7.6 tons of aerial bombs and destroying 50 targets in France.

In just one month, approximately 1500 locomotives were destroyed and 16000 train carriages were destroyed in France, resulting in a 62% drop in France's rail transport volume and incalculable casualties and property losses.

The bombing efficiency of the Anglo-American Allied Forces was so high that the President of the Vichy Government of France, Petain, and the President of Free France, Charles de Gaulle, simultaneously condemned the atrocities of the Anglo-American Allied Forces.

Pétain believed that France had withdrawn from the war, and even if the British and American forces carried out bombing, they should bomb targets within Germany and should not focus on France.

Charles de Gaulle's attitude was even more radical. He said that Britain and the United States were committing crimes in France and that the consequences of the war should not be borne by the French.

Churchill launched a resolute counterattack against Pétain and de Gaulle.

When the war broke out, if France had not surrendered voluntarily, Germany would not have been able to concentrate its forces to launch an unprecedented large-scale air battle in London.

So France should pay for London's losses.

George really didn't expect that the British and American coalition forces had not yet landed, but the British, French and American verbal attacks had already started in advance.

(End of this chapter)