Eder was right to sigh that Germany was not ready for the Entente to punish them.

After Kaiser Wilhelm II issued an edict of abdication and took refuge in the Netherlands, the German Empire collapsed, and millions of German troops on the front line lost their allegiance.

At home, Friedrich Ebert, who was preparing to take over as head of government, demanded that Max von Baden, the last prime minister of the Dezhi Empire, sign an armistice with the Entente before he could take over the post of head of the reorganized government.

Because the signing of a defeated armistice is a complete disaster for a politician, and it will ruin his political life. For Albert, who was determined to consolidate the political forces of post-war Germany, this was an unacceptable condition.

Therefore, in the face of this obvious move that is obviously ruining the future, only Baden, who was pushed to power specifically for doing this, can do it. So on September 16, the Prime Minister of Baden, who had been pushed out of the top bag, rushed to France with a small number of current government personnel to negotiate an armistice. When the German peace talks car arrived at the station in the Compiègne forest, northeast of Paris, the train of the Allied commander-in-chief Foch passed by.

Chancellor Baden, in order to be anxious for the peace talks and to facilitate the peace talks, hurriedly boarded the carriage in which Foch was riding.

"How similar it is to Russia in March 1917!"

At 5 o'clock in the morning, after breakfast, the commander-in-chief of the Allied forces, Fuxi, who was waiting for the German delegation to come and surrender, was in a good mood, and the civil strife of the sworn enemy made him happy. Standing in the train under his command at this time, he said to his chief of staff, Admiral Wei Gang: "If we refuse their surrender, then that Council of People's Commissars in Berlin will collapse in a few weeks!" ”

Some of the thin and short Admirals Maxim Weygand looked at Marshal Fuxi, who was already old, had personally experienced the Franco-Prussian War, and was determined to take revenge. In a hoarse voice, he said, "If the Council of People's Commissars in Berlin falls, it will probably be the Spartacists who will replace them...... They were real Bolsheviks, just like the Russian Bolsheviks! ”

It seems that Admiral Weygand was a little worried about the situation in Germany, and he was worried that Germany would be as red as Russia.

"So what?"

Philip Fuxi touched his white beard and said nonchalantly, "We can defeat them!" The Bolsheviks in Germany, the Bolsheviks in Russia! Now is the time when these two countries are at their weakest, do you understand? This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! ”

In Fuxi's view, at present, the Allied coalition still has millions of soldiers armed to the teeth, and the United States is also a big guy with weapons and supplies. And the Bolsheviks in Germany and Russia were so weak. If they fight for another year or two, they can all be crushed, so that France can dominate Europe, and peace will be a real guarantee.

In the face of Marshal Fuxi's belligerent words, Admiral Wei Gang replied seriously. "But in this case, we people will not agree. For the sake of this war, we are sacrificing too much. In fact, France is already on the edge of the precipice! ”

Indeed, among the Entente powers currently participating in the war, apart from Russia, which has collapsed, it is France that has suffered the most. In addition to the loss of millions of young adults, its northern territory has been completely scorched.

If it weren't for the timely intervention of the Americans, it would have been France that would have collapsed now. Moreover, Britain and the United States will certainly not accept continuing to fight and fighting for France's hegemony in Europe. So Marshal Fuxi's idea did not work at all.

"But with such a light sparing of Germany, we will not get peace at all, but a truce of twenty years!" Marshal Fuxi once again reiterated his opinion. "Twenty years from now, we will regret our short-sightedness today."

The reason why Fuxi said this was that he thought the armistice was too merciful. In Foch's view, it would be better to revert Germany to the way it was before the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, so as to eliminate the German threat to France.

And Fuxi's request to make France a monopoly cannot be accepted by Britain and the United States, and they don't want to let France get the most benefits after beating Germany. Therefore, this decision, which seems to have the greatest benefit for France, is unlikely to be accepted by both countries.

Faced with Fu Xi's words, Admiral Wei Gang could only shake his head helplessly. In fact, in Weygang's view, the current armistice clause can be said to be too harsh for Germany.

He had already read the clause, which demanded that the Germans withdraw from the area on the left bank of the Rhine and the bridgehead on the right bank within 30 days to be occupied by the Allied forces. This one will kill Germany, and the left bank of the Rhine is the famous Ruhr area. This is Germany's coal and iron base, which produces 80% of the country's hard coal, 90% of coke, and concentrates 65% of the country's steel production capacity. It can be said that this alone can make the Entente pinch Germany's seven inches and make it unable to move.

In addition, the Germans were required to withdraw from Belgium, France, Luxembourg and Alsace-Lorraine within 15 days. Yes, Alsace, the Lorraine region, which France will never forget, is finally returning to the bosom of France. This speaks of the disposition of the Germans on the Western Front, and then it will be the turn of the Eastern Front.

All German troops remaining on the territory of Austria-Hungary and Turkey before the war, and fighting in East Africa, were to be withdrawn immediately to the German borders of 1 August 1914. All German troops stationed on pre-war Russian territory were to return to German territory if the Allies deemed the time to be right. Yes, the Entente did not consider the time for the withdrawal of German troops on pre-war Russian territory. The hatred of Soviet Russia made the Entente temporarily need the German troops in the former Russian territory to continue to be stationed.

Next, the Allied prisoners of war should be immediately repatriated, and the German prisoners of war should be resettled by the Entente as they see fit, and the Treaty of Bucharest should be abrogated.

Finally, and by far the most critical, the Germans should hand over their main equipment and transport for the army, navy, and air force in their entirety. This was intended to disarm Germany, which would also mean that as long as Germany signed an armistice, its fate would be entirely in the hands of the Entente.

While Fu Xi and Wei Gang were talking, the guards came up to report. "The German delegation is coming."

"Let them in."

After ten hours of hurrying at the end of Fuxi's words, Chancellor Baden, the representative of the German government who had just arrived at the Compiègne Forest, immediately boarded the carriage.

"We already know what you're here for."

Marshal Fuxi said as he took out an armistice treaty and handed it to Baden. "That's what we're asking for. If you agree, we will sign, and if you don't, we will continue to fight. ”

In the face of Fu Xi's cold words, Baden couldn't help but immediately pick up the armistice treaty and read it, but the more he looked at it, the more ugly his face became, and finally he put down the treaty and said. "This armistice treaty is too harsh."

In the face of Bardem's words, Fuxi picked up his pipe and took a puff and said, "You don't need to tell me this, you just need to sign or leave." ”

Fuxi's words made some commotion among the German delegates, who did not expect the Entente to be so tough. So the group was talking in a whisper, but the results of mutual communication were frustrating. At present, Germany was completely incapable of opposing the armistice, so after more than ten minutes of struggle, Baden signed the agreement on behalf of the German government.

The war is over.