Unlike the enthusiastic Italian leaders. Gaston Dumeg, the twelfth president of the French Third Republic, is in great sorrow at the moment.

He took office after France's failed march into the Ruhr in Germany, taking over the economic slump of France.

Far from demonstrating the strength of France as expected, this action did not show the strength of France as expected, but rather demonstrated the tenacity of the Germans. At the same time, France did not receive the reparations owed by Germany, but lost a large amount of military spending.

The "large-scale attackers" in France were completely suppressed, and all documents calling for an increase in military spending were rejected. Dumeg had to frugal military spending to maintain the stability of the domestic economy.

Just when Dumerg was finally stabilizing the economy and was about to consider increasing military spending, Germany had another problem in paying reparations.

This time, Germany did not default, but paid off all the previous arrears. However, the Germans paid in marks like waste paper. Within Germany, almost everyone started trading in the new currency, the newk.

Who said that the Germans are rigid and stubborn and don't know how to be flexible, where are the Germans in front of them still a little rigid?!

This group of German officials, who were serious about paying reparations before, now seem to have changed. One or two are still shameless assurances, the mark is still the German currency. Newke, issued as a commemorative coin, is nothing more than a "second currency" and will not shake the position of the mark.

Dummig had almost no ability to refute the suddenly enlightened Germans. Because what the Germans said is indeed right, the mark is still their currency, but now tens of millions of marks can't even afford a toothpick.

Grief-stricken, Dumeg submitted an application to the League of Nations, demanding that Germany pay Nyuk's reparations to France instead. However, the application was rejected by Britain and the United States on the grounds that it was reasonable for Germany to pay reparations in Mark in accordance with the Treaty of Versailles. Germany was not obliged to pay the neuuk to France instead.

In addition, Dumeg also heard. Britain and the United States reached a consensus with German President Gustav to provide Germany with a loan of more than $70 million.

Britain and the United States, two countries that also pursue a balance of power on the European continent, at the same time choose to support the weak Germany and confront France, which is "the first army in Europe".

"First Army in Europe", this empty name boasted by the French, in the end did not serve any purpose other than to arouse the vigilance of Britain and the United States.

Unable to get the reparations, the country's economy is declining. Gallic France, which has always been proud, can only condemn Germany in two sentences.

There is no way to increase the military expenses, he can only put the limited military expenses in the most critical places. Dumeg chose the proposer of the Maginot Line, General Maginot.

This further accelerated the construction of the Maginot Line, and the French government allocated more than 50 percent of its limited military spending for the construction of the line. For this reason, many military exercises and weapons research and development projects of the French army have been shelved due to the shortage of military spending.

But it's all worth it! Both the French military and political circles agreed that the construction of the Maginot Line was their pride, and that the largest project in Europe had taken the city construction technology to the extreme!

Such a strong line of defense completely cut off the possibility of the enemy's detour from the flank, and a breakthrough was possible only at a terrible cost. The French army, on the other hand, can use a small number of troops to defend the defensive line, and mobilize as many reserves as possible to strike at the invading enemy, which is almost perfect military thinking!

Although there was a colonel named Charles de Gaulle who proposed that money should be spent on equipment for mobile defense, such as more and better aircraft and more armored divisions, instead of throwing money into the ground.

However, the words of this loser who participated in the Ruhr campaign naturally carried no weight.

In Dummig's view, if it weren't for the fact that they were beaten by the Germans when they joined forces with Belgium to march into the Ruhr, the Belgian government regained its fear of Germany. The current Belgian government will not be strictly neutral and oppose the construction of the Maginot Line on the Franco-Belgian border.

But it's not all bad. The French government itself is short of funds to build the Maginot Line, which can save more than 60 kilometers of defense funds on the Franco-Belgian border, and can also make it much easier for the French government.

Moreover, the Ardennes Forest area on the border between France and Belgium was considered by the French General Staff to be a safe and reliable natural barrier. Moreover, the French staff believed that their ally, Belgium, was a good strategic buffer zone for France, buying France at least eight days to organize its defenses.

Of course, these conclusions are based on the speed of infantry marching summarized in the First World War. The French General Staff did not take into account the factor of the presence of mobile units.

In addition, the hegemony of Eastern Europe established by France after World War I was also snatched away by passionate Italian leaders. The French brothers in the Balkans, such as Romania and Yugoslavia, all changed sides and mixed with Italy, which was supported by the British.

France, a powerful country of a generation, was restrained everywhere by Britain, a ruthless former ally, and it was extremely sad for a while.

Fortunately, Poland, a traditional ally, has so far sided with France. Otherwise, France, the number one power in Europe, will become a complete loner.

Now it is better that under the release of the British, the Treaty of Versailles is becoming more and more relaxed day by day. As a result, the French side did not take much money, but the hatred with Germany was full. Once Germany rises, the first to retaliate will definitely be France.

The attack on Germany is still a matter of time in the mirror, and France, which is extremely sad, can only do now to repair its Maginot Line with peace of mind.

Of course, tragedy is sadness, and Dumeige, as president, still did his best to fight for a better strategic environment for France.

As a result, Dumeg made the same choice as Chang, that is, to take the initiative to engage with the dangerous Soviet Union.

Not to mention that Dumeg's contact with the Soviet Union was late to Zhang Chengtian, even if he had secretly established contacts with the Soviet Union, it was impossible to reach any effective agreement.

Let the USSR abandon cooperation with Germany? Are you kidding!

First, the current Dumeig is not aware of Soviet-German cooperation.

Second, the Soviet Union could not give up the cooperation it had so hard to establish with Germany in exchange of interests.

The only direction in which Dumeg could break through was to ask the Soviet Union to send troops to attack the German rear in the event of a future war between Germany and France.

But this was a fantasy and impossible requirement at the time.

Because there is one problem that cannot be avoided, Poland!

The USSR did not share a border with Germany, and there was also Poland in the middle. For the USSR to attack Germany, it had to be done if Poland allowed Soviet troops to pass through Polish territory.

Poland and Russia have a feud of more than 200 years, and it almost grits its teeth against Russia. Hence the later philosophical reply from Poland: "If we are close to Germany, we will lose our freedom." Getting close to the USSR and we will lose our souls. ”

At the expense of Poland, a traditional ally, for the sake of an unreliable Soviet Union, this was clearly unacceptable to the French government.

As a result, the sad France finally chose to ignore it and buried his head to concentrate on repairing its Maginot Line.