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On March 1918, 3, Erzberger, the representative of the German government, and Foch, the commander-in-chief of the Allied forces, signed an armistice agreement at Redonde Station in the Compiègne forest in northeastern France, and Germany surrendered.According to the agreement, Germany will withdraw its troops from France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Alsace-Lorraine and the left bank of the Rhine within 11 days. At the same time, it will withdraw its troops from Turkey, Romania, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Africa, and hand over 15 cannons, 5 machine guns, 2 mortars, 5 aircraft, 3 locomotives, 1 wagons and 7 trucks.The ceasefire went into effect six hours later. The signing of the "Compiègne Forest Armistice Agreement" declared the complete defeat of the Allied Powers of Germany, Austria, Turkey and Bulgaria, and the end of the First World War.

Germany failed, but it does not mean that the Germans are willing to admit defeat. In the words of Marshal Foch, this is not a victory, but a truce, a 20-year truce.

But these are not Wang Zhenyu's worries. What he is most interested in at the moment is that the Allied Powers are about to get the spoils from Germany.Among other things, if 5 cannons, 2 machine guns, 5 mortars, 3 planes, 1 train locomotives, 7 wagons, and 5 trucks fall into the If you own it, it will be a huge help to China's national defense force construction and Northwest Development Plan.Gu Weijun received the latest order from Wuhan, and he was asked to use various means to bring these things to China.According to Wang Zhenyu's memory, in the end these things were piled up in British and French warehouses and turned into waste products, and the planes were even used as firewood to burn. It is better to use it for yourself to expand the army and prepare for war, otherwise it would be a waste of money.

Britain and France obviously did not expect that their Chinese allies would have such a big appetite. Considering the post-war international situation, Britain and France rejected the Chinese request without hesitation this time. What a joke, if the Chinese really get so many things , so there is still peace in Asia?

After experiencing the European War, Britain and France have no extra power to go to Asia for another colonial war, otherwise they would not turn a blind eye to the large-scale actions of the National Government in the border areas.

It doesn't matter, this result has long been expected by Wang Zhenyu, so on the one hand, he obtained 2 train locomotives from the French with a total value of 5 million US dollars in rice, wheat and foreign exchange through Gu Weijun's way of exchanging food for spoils And 15 wagons and 5 cars.The French need food to restore domestic stability and support the intervention army. Apart from Russia, revolutions broke out in the two new countries, Hungary and Turkey, which have seriously affected the French's plan to realize the benefits of war.What's more, strictly speaking, these three types of materials are not arms, so there is no problem.In this way, Wang Zhenyu, who could not get arms from Britain and France, on the other hand, naturally established contact with the Germans in private as planned, hoping to further accelerate China's industrialization with the help of the Germans.

The people who are secretly meeting with Wang Chonghui and Yu Dawei are none other than Gustav Krupp, the two most powerful industrialists in Germany, and Karl Friedrich, the current boss of Siemens.

"Dear two noble gentlemen, on behalf of my boss, I send you blessings from the far east. He is deeply saddened by the hostile situation between our two sides in this European war, and believes that this should be avoided. At the same time He also expressed dissatisfaction and sympathy for the various restrictions imposed by the Allied Powers on the development of the German nation after the war. However, due to the strength of Britain and France, my boss hopes to help our German friends in a different way, just like you helped after 1900. Our country is the same." As a professional diplomat, Wang Chonghui naturally knows how to communicate with the Germans, don't go around and tell the other party your purpose is the kingly way.

Sure enough, after Yu Dawei translated it,Gustav and Karl exchanged glances and asked: "Our current situation in Germany is indeed a bit bad. Britain and France do not allow us to have an army of more than 10 people, and do not allow us to develop industry and electrification. If we do not If you develop industry and electrification, you can only sink forever. I want to know how the boss in your country plans to help us, Germany, because we are too far away."

Wang Chonghui laughed and said, "Isn't it because we are far enough away from England and France that we dare to help our German friends? If we were in Europe, could we still help your country? Our boss's plan is actually very simple, but it is also very difficult. Specifically, , is to bring the things that are currently restricted in Germany to China, so that German companies represented by Krupp and Siemens will continue to grow and develop without being restricted by Britain and France. As for security, our boss currently controls China. There is no need to worry about the current situation, and you will also see abundant natural resources and cheap labor resources in China, which are the most dreamed things for any business development.”

Gustav frowned, and briefly communicated with Carl: "Mr. Wang, I think we are very interested in your suggestion, but obviously we can't make too many decisions on such an occasion. In this way, this On the weekend, the day after tomorrow, our family will have an internal reception in our private estate, I hope you and this young Mr. Yu can attend, I think we will have a lot of things to discuss..."

Two days later, at the simple Krupp estate, Wang Chonghui unexpectedly met Albert, the current helm of the German government.This cunning German old man is currently using the threat of corruption to bargain with Britain and France on the issue of war compensation. Anyway, one is that Germany has no money, and the other is that Germany is likely to become a red country if it is forced, so not only has no money To pay the bill, you have to borrow money from Britain and France to live your current life, otherwise. . .

Britain and France were also dumbfounded about this. For the first time, they discovered that the European War was likely to be a money-losing business. Except for the colonies that were originally small and worthless, they probably would not receive anything.This is really depressing news. In the past four years, the price paid by Britain and France has been outweighed by the benefits.

Prime Minister Albert, who was merciless towards gcists, raised his glass and said to Wang Chonghui: "Dear Chinese friend, I got some news from Gustav. It is said that you can help us in Germany, right? Recently The situation here is really bad, the price of a piece of bread has reached [-] marks, and the French are still forcing us to pay back the money, it seems that they will not be reconciled if they don’t turn Germany into a ****.”

Wang Chonghui nodded and said: "On behalf of my country, I must apologize to my German friends. We had no choice but to participate in the European War. From the bottom of our hearts, our modern army was built with the help of German friends. The Nationalist Government announced its participation in the war, and our national government, as a local government, had to implement the orders of the central government. However, the situation has changed now. I believe your country’s diplomats in Beijing have also reported that in September last year, the Beiyang government had lost control due to internal strife. The actual control of our local government. Even their army was severely damaged by our national government army in the Shandong area when they were in absolute superiority. Now they don't dare to tell us what to do. So our national government decided Drinking Water and Thinking of the Source helps our German friends through cooperation. Of course, we also hope to strengthen our own strength through cooperation with Germany, overthrow our central government, and complete the reunification of the entire country. As for our credibility, I believe Luxembourgers are in China's experience is the best proof..."

Prime Minister Albert nodded and said: "Well, I believe this. I remember that your country's army in Europe recently escorted a couple from the East to become the Grand Duke of Luxembourg. Is there such a thing?"

Wang Chonghui said with a smile: "There is such a thing. The couple is Wang Zhenpeng, the younger brother of Wang Zhenyu, the highest military officer of our national government, and his wife, Princess Charlotte. Well, they should be called His Royal Highness Charlotte now."

Albert signaled Wang Chonghui to follow him to leave the living room and enter a room. Wang Chonghui and Yu Dawei walked in and found that this was the private study of the Krupp family. It was full of books and exquisite cultural relics, including cultural relics from China. The second zodiac sign, seeing this cultural relic, the young Yu Dawei couldn't help showing a trace of displeasure on his face.Gustav Krupp, Karl Friedrich, and other seven or eight big German capitalists and military and political figures had already sat in it. Gustav, who was a diplomat, was the first to capture the translator Yu Dawei. The displeasure flashed across his face. During his subsequent trip to China, Gustav gave a lot of Chinese cultural relics collected by the Krupp family to the Chinese dictator Wang Zhenyu. very satisfied.

"We hope that our cooperation is all-round. On the one hand, it can enhance our China's strength, so that we can avoid the oppression of Britain and France in Asia in the future; on the other hand, we can reserve enough power for our German and Italian friends." Wang Chonghui Soon began to sell their plans to the German controllers "First, we hope to cooperate with German companies in all aspects of steel, transportation construction, electrification and military projects. The bigger the better, the specific details I suggest It will be finalized when your country's business delegation visits China. The second point is that we need a large number of German technicians and scientific researchers. The former is for the production needs of enterprises, and the latter is for all projects to be jointly researched by China and Germany to share the results. Thirdly The point is, we want to cooperate in all aspects of the military, from the navy to the air force to the army. Strictly speaking, we need the help of Germany. Although Germany lost the war, our leaders insisted that it was not because of the German army. The reason is that you just lost in the background and decision-making. The German army will still be the most powerful existence on this planet in the future. Specifically, we need a large number of instructors from Germany to strengthen and build our army. To be precise Our army needs to be equipped with tens of thousands or even more German military officers in the future, and the salaries are paid by us..."