On the night of the Lorraine crisis, the federal government immediately authorized the local government of Lorraine to come out and express condolences to all the personnel on duty at the joint police station, and in addition, medical personnel organized by local civil society organizations rushed to the scene of the incident with first-aid medicines, some food, and tents at the same time to provide civil comfort to the French radical groups.

The work of the German Federal Government, as one of the parties, and President Erick, was not affected much, and just twenty-four hours after the Lorraine incident, President Eric's tour of the country's production progress continued, and on the morning of August 3, 1919, accompanied by the relevant government departments, he set off for Solingen.

Solingen is a relatively mature steel smelting base in the German Confederation, as well as a transformation processing area for stainless steel production and ancillary product development. Since Friedrich? Feng? After several improvements to the stainless steel production technology, the Eric Group finally settled on Solingen. The reason is self-evident, because this place has always belonged to the old industrial and mining base of Germany, which is subject to relatively few constraints and low input costs, and can produce far-reaching economic benefits in a short period of time. The second is its safety, after all, stainless steel is a problem that other countries in the world have not overcome, confidentiality is very important, and Solingen has never been a traditional German trade town, and the composition of personnel is not complicated, so Eric and Dinah have determined that Solingen is the most ideal stainless steel production base in Germany at present.

After the selection of the base, it also involves the classification and refinement of many supporting projects, from a single product to the transformation and upgrading of the stainless steel diversified industry, and gradually developed into a planned, large-scale, and series of industrial parks. At the same time, the state also advocates that the country's scattered, scattered and chaotic small processing enterprises should be settled in batches to enter the Solingen Industrial Park, so that the production materials can be taken locally, which not only reduces transportation costs, but also saves the repeated investment of manpower and material resources, which can be described as a great joy.

President Eric's visit to Solingen this time is mainly to demonstrate the upgrading of the stainless steel production process, to find out whether the current production capacity is enough to meet the needs of national defense readiness while supporting civilian daily necessities and some enterprise equipment. War is a big melting pot, tanks, artillery and other large consumers of steel, although they are potential customers of enterprises, but it will also bring great difficulties to the country's economic regulation and control, so whether it is in peacetime or war, we must take precautions. Steel can support a country's dream of being strong, and it is also an important material for national infrastructure, and its mining and processing capacity and peace reserves are extremely important, especially with stainless steel related to the ancillary industry, if you can find alternative raw materials, it means that more raw materials can be evenly distributed for national defense reserves.

Although the Lorraine crisis may seem extremely risky, through careful analysis by the Ministry of National Security and the Ministry of National Defense, as long as soft policies are adopted to quell it, such problems can be downplayed. Feng? Hindenburg also severely reprimanded the French government for conniving at the troublemakers. Interestingly, Max? Hoffman, Erwin? Rommel, Rundstedt, Guderian and a group of other generals in the major army groups also sent telegrams to the president, saying that there was no need to appease the French troublemakers and not worry that the situation would continue to deteriorate.

Eric held up the telegrams from all sides and said loudly to the attachés present: "There are so many people on the pillars of the country, how can a mere disturbance among the people destroy the good situation of the German Confederation in building a country?" ”

Everyone, including the local officials in Solingen, laughed and said that they would seize the opportunity for peace and strengthen the country's economy and military.

At this point, Eric? Adrian also knew that France was the most reluctant country to fight with Germany, even if France had obtained almost all of Germany's tanks during the peace talks, France still did not dare to start the war easily. This has to do with France's geographical location and foreign policy, but also with the two major defeats that preceded it, the fiasco of 1870 and the fiasco of 1918, which made the French suffer from Germanphobia. Taking a step back, even if France really dared to put its ideas into reality, Eric was confident and determined to let Germany's limited force hold on until British and American reinforcements landed on French soil, because Britain and the United States would never sit idly by and watch France suppress or even eliminate Germany, and Eric knew very well in his heart.

Compared with President Eric's calm and calm, the military attaché headed by Defense Minister Brauchitsch was tough and did not back down on the Lorraine incident, and the attitude of these young and vigorous generals made the French feel unprecedented pressure to a large extent. After the Lorraine incident, Defense Minister Brauchitsch, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Hoffmann, and other manpower leaders took tough measures against the inaction of the French government, and repeatedly urged President Eric to strengthen the armed forces west of the Rhine and send additional Army Group B to the Ruhr area on the basis of the 10 divisions originally stationed, so as to ensure that the heart of the German industrial zone would not be affected by the French riots. These military attaches are all famous generals of the First World War who terrified the French army in the past, including the French veteran Ferdinand? Marshal Foch had lost to Verdun, so although there was no direct confrontation, all walks of life in France had long been afraid of these people.

Eric did not fail to seriously consider the idea of sending more troops west of the Rhine, and based on the relevant commitments of the "Berlin Peace Treaty" and the face problems of the United States and Britain, Eric did not rush to implement it. In fact, as long as the German forces did not interfere with the territorial integrity of France and did not set foot on French borders, there was nothing wrong with this. However, in this sensitive period, the actions of a group army are inevitably a little appalling, and if they are not done well, they will really make things out of control, and Stresemann, as the prime minister of the cabinet, was the first to express his opposition, and Hans, the minister of national security, also calmly expressed his opinion.

President Eric, having taken into account the views of all parties, also felt that there was little point in increasing troops west of the Rhine at this time, so he did not immediately approve the proposal of the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff.

The Lorraine affair intensified in France, far away in the United States Hermann? Miller and the French ambassador to the United States held closed-door consultations for three hours, but due to the large differences of opinion between the two sides, no joint announcement was made and no press conference of any kind was held.

Miller soon sent back a personal proposal to solve the problem, and on the basis that Germany had indeed violated the terms of the "peace treaty" and German morality in the Lorraine matter, the proposal was more inclined to France. This proposal was in fact the product of the mediation of the Americans, so the French considered themselves to occupy the moral high ground and made adjustments in favor of the French in the mining of Lorraine's mineral deposits.

President Eric obviously did not accept this set, and immediately issued a strong statement in Berlin, and pointed out that the mining rights of the Lorraine mineral deposits belong to Germany, and the main production equipment is also borne by Germany, and the "Berlin Peace Treaty" does not clearly indicate the total amount of mineral production, so France asked for a 50% share from nowhere, and the statement repeatedly emphasized that facts speak louder than words. Monceau's signature was still dry, and France was advised not to lose its trust in the world for its own selfish gain, otherwise the limits of Germany's patience would be limited. The statement also said that if France insists on going its own way and allows the situation to continue to ferment, Germany will accompany it to the end and will not hesitate to fight to defend its national sovereignty.

Shortly after President Eric's speech, Brauchitsch received instructions from Eric to move the 87th and 88th Infantry Divisions of Army Group B in Bavaria to the northwest and southwest of the Ruhr area, respectively, to undertake the so-called necessary, limited, and good-faith self-defense tasks declared by the German military. The movement of the two infantry divisions was not large, but it sounded the alarm for Britain, the United States, France and other countries, and also showed them Eric's determination to do what he said, after all, this madman is a man who dares to speak and do, and has also caused great trouble to the European continent.

Dinah, who was far away in Hanover, also saw the news in the newspaper, but she was very calm, because Eric was a very assertive person, calm and decisive, and she believed that her husband had the strategy and courage to turn the tide.

His son, Helis, was born in Marienburgh and adapted very quickly to his surroundings, and within a few days he happily followed his grandfather to the mountains to hunt. Dinah is extremely grateful for the support of her parents, and when she has no worries, she will have a lot of time to help her husband complete the great cause of the country. Autumn was approaching and Hannover was cooler early, so she took the time to buy her son a few sets of clothes for the change of season, and then packed up for the return to Berlin.