After the great power in Asia, Hua Guo relented and survived the European war in silence.

Although the army and air force have developed excellently, the navy is still lagging behind, and it is lagging behind in shipbuilding technology.

War is not the ultimate goal, but only a means to deter and defend one's own power, therefore, after successive victories, the Chinese side was not carried away by the glory in front of them, but made full efforts and began to vigorously develop shipbuilding technology and cultivate the navy.

Huaguo now looks glamorous, not only shameful, but also recognized by European countries, regarded by them as partners of equal status, but this is only temporary, if they are content with the status quo, they will soon taste the bitter fruit. In today's national competition, if you don't advance, you will retreat. Time waits for no one, and no one wants to taste the feeling of being left behind.

When the European war entered the final high tide, China's shipbuilding industry was still in full swing. Although Gu Shuhan was not proficient in the shipbuilding industry, he still had a certain grasp of the general trend of warship development, and the external technology was available, and the internal general direction was also set, and shipbuilding experts began to gnaw on the knowledge that was too advanced and boring for them day and night, and strive to turn this knowledge into their own as soon as possible.

When World War I ended, China's first new warship began trial operation. The success of the warship, which combines Japanese and Russian technology, in the trial operation stage has given the Chinese government and military departments confidence in the shipbuilding industry.

However, the attention of the heads of government was soon taken away by another event - the Entente held a conference in Paris and invited China as allies to participate.

Although Hua Guo did not directly participate in the war, this time, no one could deny Hua Guo's status as a member of the Entente. Not to mention the planes and tanks sold by China to the Allied countries, the weapons sold by China to the Allied countries at a fair price, and the Chinese who left their homeland and came to Europe to help European countries carry out field operations and wartime logistics services, are enough to explain the contributions made by China in the European war.

Of course, in another time and space, China, which had no international status and did not participate in the war head-on, did not receive this kind of treatment, and although it was also invited to participate in the Paris Peace Conference, it was not regarded as one of them by the Entente, but only as a follower who came and went at a moment's notice. Even the sweat of the more than 100,000 people sent by the Chinese in various European countries is taken for granted - anyway, there are many Chinese and the labor is cheap, isn't it? Since there is no strength, shouldn't someone be out of the way? Although it was nominally in the Entente camp, it was not able to defend its own power in the end. Although Jiaozhou Island was taken from the Germans, it was delivered to the Japanese in the form of pork.

Now that the Chinese have driven out the Germans and cried the Japanese, there is no such thing as zài.

In this meeting, they will have the dignity of being a sovereign state, and although they may not receive as many benefits as the countries directly participating in the conference, their own rights and dignity will not be violated at least.

Japan, on the other hand, was excluded from the conference, along with the Allied members and the Soviet Union.

As a result of China's turmoil, Japan's position in the eyes of those big powers has plummeted, and it has reached a point where it is not worth their serious attention. If Japan had not been defeated by China, or if they had been defeated, but had not been forced to sign such a harsh treaty, perhaps the European countries would still be interested in dealing with them, after all, Japan was the first country to rise in Asia, and the wisdom and national cohesion of the people of this country should not be underestimated. But nowadays, Japan is limited by China in all aspects, and if they still interact with Japan on an equal footing, it is called being willing to be cheap. Just as Japan worships the strong and always only works with the strong, these teachers in Japan are only willing to respect the strong and trample on the weak.

The warmth and affection of the past may turn into coldness and disdain in the next moment. The reality is so cruel.

In this meeting, the United States, Britain, France, and other major belligerents naturally took the biggest share of the cake.

In this regard, the representative of Huaguo was not enthusiastic. He didn't come this time to carve up more of the cake from the defeated countries. The purpose of the Chinese state is to take advantage of the merits of the Chinese country in this war and the strength it has shown, to demand that the European countries abolish the unequal agreement in China, withdraw all their troops from China, and return the huge amount of compensation paid by the former government of China and the antiques and cultural relics looted by various countries.

Due to the rise of the Chinese army, although the British, French, and American armies in China were not directly expelled by the Chinese like the Japanese army and the German army, they were also restricted and could no longer play any more roles. It is not so much for these countries to "withdraw" their troops, but for them to bring back this batch of captives. Naturally, European countries have no objection to this. As early as the moment of the rise of Huaguo, they had already realized that they could no longer fish Huaguo as arbitrarily as before.

There is nothing to say about the abolition of unequal treaties, they can bully a weak country at will, but they cannot treat a country as they equal. Moreover, judging from the hard-line tactics of the current Chinese government, even if these provisions are not abolished, it will be difficult to implement them in China. Anyway, it is destined to not get benefits, so it is better to sell Huaguo.

However, when it came to the return of the money paid by the previous government, as well as the rare treasures and antiques looted from China, the European countries suddenly started to fight.

It seemed to them that these things had long been in their pockets, and now it was worse than killing them to spit out the meat that had eaten in their mouths.

"Please carefully consider our proposal, this is the bottom line that my country can accept!" The representative of Huaguo said forcefully: "No country can endure such humiliation from its allies!" We participated in this war, helped you win the war, and we are not asking for a share of the spoils with you, but only for our own rights, is that too much? ”

"Since the Allies were defeated, there is no doubt that they should return the rights and interests they received from Hua." After promising the benefits that could be given to China, the British Prime Minister then said: "But the money and antiques you just mentioned were voluntarily given to us by your former government, and are a symbol of our friendship." I've never heard of something that you give to someone and you can go back. And now......" He paused, his sharp gaze piercing the envoy of Huaguo: "Do you really want to take them all back?" ”