The end of the war between rifles and artillery meant the beginning of another war. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

On April 29, 1919, the Spoils of the First World War was held in Paris, France. Both the participating countries and the corresponding processes are almost the same as those in another world, and the only difference is the Chinese delegation. Without them having to fight for it, Britain, France, the United States and other countries gave them the status of belligerents enjoying the overall benefits, five representatives, and Duan Qirui and Foreign Minister Lu Zhengxiang participated in the 12-member Supreme Conference composed of the heads of state and foreign ministers of Britain, France, the United States, Italy, Japan and China!

The 1.2 million expeditionary force has given China the greatest confidence!

The only thing that made the Chinese a little dissatisfied was that Britain and France insisted on giving the Japanese the same treatment as China. In the eyes of the Chinese, this is obviously very unfair, because the Japanese did not send a single soldier to Europe, but only sent warships to escort the war. However, under the manipulation of Britain and France, the protests of the Chinese did not have the slightest effect -- although the war had just ended, Britain and France, who had experienced the strength of the Chinese army, began to play the old method of counterbalancing in East Asia......

Naturally, China demanded that the Entente fulfill the agreements signed before the war.

Considering that China now has millions of elite troops armed with modern weapons, Britain and France agreed to this condition without hesitation, and even the Japanese did not dare to say anything. In addition to the fact that the navy is still not on the table, the Chinese army has now shown an overwhelming advantage over the Japanese army, especially the more than 900,000 expeditionary forces are about to leave for China, and they are also carrying all the light equipment on the European battlefield, which has made the Japanese almost bankrupt on the mainland!

Moreover, China's large-scale expeditionary force also blocked the possibility of the Japanese resorting to other means.

Therefore, Duan Qirui and Lu Zhengxiang, who attended an important international conference for the first time, perfectly achieved the minimum goal of this trip to Europe. As for how much war reparations can be obtained in the future, and how many soldiers' pensions will be returned from Britain and France, that is another matter......

As in history, the Paris Peace Conference quarreled for more than three months.

The final decision rests with Britain, France and the United States, with China, Italy and Japan inevitably playing soy sauce. In fact, in the end, Britain and France were the real masters, and the Americans were also sidelined. And because of the natural bond of the Huntelaar consortium, the Chinese and Americans gradually came together. With the strong support of the United States, and the great hope that China also paid for the war, it also ended up with a lot of benefits. In addition to recovering the previous privileges, concessions and tariffs of various countries in China, they also received war reparations of 1.5 billion marks and 600 million marks of war pensions, totaling 2.1 billion marks in revenue!

It seems huge, but in fact it is less than one percent of Germany's reparations!

But even so, Duan Qirui and the others were already very satisfied, after all, the money was more than enough to issue pensions, and there was even leftover. And even if millions of troops were sent, all the training and war expenses of these armies were borne by Britain and France, and they could return home with all the equipment after the war, which was already a lot of money......

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Paris, July 1, 1919.

The noise continued, and the meeting was full of protests and compromises, leaving the heads of state and foreign ministers at the meeting of twelve a little exhausted. So after another day of arguing with the British Prime Minister, French Prime Minister Clemenceau brought up the issue again: "Gentlemen, the Germans are put aside, and let's talk about the Russians again!" ”

Hearing this topic, US President Wilson couldn't help but frown!

In addition to the dismemberment and weakening of the Germans, the Russians were one of the unavoidable issues at the Paris Peace Conference. The threat of communism has become something that every country must take seriously, and in fact since last year, the Entente has begun to intervene in Russia with armed force!

In addition to supporting the anti-Soviet forces in Russia, the Entente also took matters into their own hands, landing on the coast of the Far East of Russia and directly supporting the resistance of the Russian "White Army". The British symbolically sent 1,500 men, Canada sent troops to train the "White Army," Italy 2,500, and the United States more than 7,000, and the real main forces of intervention were the Czech Legion and the Japanese in Russia. Japan, in particular, was reluctant to send troops to Europe, but sent 70,000 troops to help the Russian Provisional Government......

Even the Chinese have intervened in it.

In its original history, on April 9, 1918, the "Hairong" ship was commanded by Captain Lin Jianzhang and set sail from Shanghai to Vladivostok to participate in the intervention of the Allied powers. And then taking advantage of the difficult time of Soviet Russia, the Beiyang government sent troops to Outer Mongolia, and Xu Shuzheng recovered Outer Mongolia!

In the history of Beiyang, this is a strong stroke.

It's just that in this world, because of the dispatch of troops to Europe, although the Beiyang government also sent troops to Vladivostok, it did not make a big move, but has been silently waiting, waiting for the convening of the Paris Peace Conference......

"Gentlemen!"

As soon as the French Prime Minister's words fell, Duan Qirui took a deep breath and stood up suddenly: "China also believes that the small fights in the Far East today will not play a role in the overall situation of Russia, so we think that now that the war in Europe is over, then ...... It's time for us to give it our all! ”

"Buzz ......"

Duan Qirui's words immediately caused an uproar in the venue.

Listening to the words of the new Chinese president, it definitely means to do a big job! But for the countries that have just finished more than four years of war, it is too late to lick their wounds, and it is better to send a small number of wrong, if they really put on a posture of destroying Soviet Russia, who would want to?

Everyone knows that the Soviets have slowly gained a foothold!

It is certainly feasible to destroy the other side, after all, the other side is a new country, and it is absolutely impossible to be a strong Entente opponent. But...... In any case, it's Russia! Not to mention complete annihilation, even if you defeat the other party, it will require at least millions of troops and countless military expenses!

Who else wants to do that?

This topic has been discussed countless times before, and the French are the toughest, and they even offered to form an expeditionary force of two million to suppress the Soviets! But they want the Americans and Chinese to be the main forces, on the grounds that the two countries entered the war late and morale is high! The Americans, on the other hand, believe that the French should take on the responsibility because of their experience......

In a word, it's all!

So now after listening to Duan Qirui's words, the heads of state and foreign ministers all pouted and shook their heads again and again, and the Japanese foreign minister even sneered: "Mr. Duan Qirui's words are very reasonable, but unfortunately, there are still tens of thousands of soldiers in the Japanese Empire who are fighting bloody battles on the Siberian front, but where are the Chinese soldiers?" ”

"Hehe, the Chinese soldiers are still in Europe!"

After listening to the translation, he didn't look at the Japanese at all, Duan Qirui smiled slightly: "Gentlemen, I know that the biggest problem that everyone is worried about is the army, now that the European war has just ended, everyone is eager to live a stable life, so they are reluctant to send a large number of troops, but...... Gentlemen, in the next five months, 900,000 Chinese expeditionary forces will return from Europe, and they will be the best candidates to suppress the Russian Revolution! ”

"What?"

"Wow, not kidding, right?"

"Mr. Duan Qirui, are you serious?"

As soon as Duan Qirui's words fell, the conference room suddenly boiled. With the exception of the Japanese, whose faces had changed drastically, the heads of state and foreign ministers of the other countries all spoke in disbelief and made a voice of surprise!

"Seriously, of course!"

With a vigorous wave of his hand, Duan Qirui said categorically and loudly: "Gentlemen, we are very happy to contribute our strength to the free world!" If everyone agrees, we will even send all these 900,000 troops to Siberia and Central Asia......"

"God, that's great!"

This time, without waiting for Duan Qirui to finish speaking, Clemenceau cried out with joy.

No one knows better than the French the fighting power of the Chinese soldiers, even if they are not comparable to the Germans, but after two years of war, the quality of most Chinese soldiers can already be compared with the French. And if the Chinese really did it and sent 900,000 troops to Russia to suppress the revolution, it would be an absolute nightmare for those communists!

Compared with the excited Clemenceau, British Prime Minister Lloyd George was obviously much calmer, took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Duan Qirui, I'm glad you can have such thoughts, so...... Let's talk about the terms of your troops......"