Lloyd Georges' triumphant gesture immediately drew great attention from France.

Eric's indifference to the French ambassador had to send the news back to France in a fit of rage, in exchange for another ridicule.

The Second Amendment to the Anglo-German Naval Treaty, which Britain had secretly negotiated with Germany, could not hide it from everyone, and France immediately received the news that this rejection of France and the targeted deployment made them very indignant but helpless.

Britain, who did not expect Germany to embark on the first round of naval expansion so quickly, learned the lesson and explicitly limited the total tonnage of Germany and the naval forces around the British mainland, which was good for Britain and disastrous news for France.

France faces the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Germany's large-scale deployment of warships here is bound to contain more of France's naval power. France, which was already short of money, was beginning to prepare for the defense of the Franco-German border, and immediately fell into passivity because of the demands of the navy.

Short of money, the large army maintained by France was to prevent a German land offensive, and with the lessons of the last time, this deployment was forced to spread throughout the eastern part of France, ensuring that there were no dead ends.

On the Franco-German border, it was a defensive focus, and permanent fortifications were given the highest priority. Germany's vigorous development of its navy has added new troubles to France, and it is impossible to deploy thousands of kilometers of coastline as well as on land. After all, Germany also had military bases and access to the sea in the Mediterranean.

Hatred of Germany has risen again, and the military and political circles are facing a great enemy. The French leadership, which had wanted to interfere in Germany's drive to Hungary to attack Romania, was silent, and although the German Army began to disarm, France still did not dare to guarantee that the German Army, which had weakened its numbers, would lower its qualitative requirements and standards.

Since it can't be defeated, then it can only negotiate. Britain's success opened a transparent window for France, and that was to make concessions in exchange for time.

It is meaningless to give up tonnage, and France's navy can not meet the same standards as Britain and Germany, so naturally it can only start with the army. It's just that the German Army has already begun to disarm, and at this time it seems insincere to run to the door and say that it is also disarming, and it will be even more shameful.

After thinking about it, I finally had a transparent plan. Why transparency? Because France's intervention in the Hungarian War was already a semi-public affair, transparent. If France can back down on Romania and withdraw from a series of activities in support of Greece, it may be possible to get Germany to do the same.

Ideas are ideas after all, and if you want to implement them, you need to face reality.

The views of the French top brass on Germany were immediately divided into two factions, with the regime of President Alexandre Millerand and Poancarré as chancellors, opposing the fawning over Germany, accusing the capitalists who tried in vain to "repair" Franco-German relations as lackeys of the Soviets.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and France itself also has its own scriptures that are difficult to read, and the poor husband and the public are dissatisfied with the government's harsh taxes and extremely poor working environment and treatment, and have organized "alliances" to confront each other many times.

The government will also see the tricks, while appeasing and boasting, but secretly began to buy key people to cause internal cracks, so that every alliance became a bubble.

France is not alone in this approach, Germany, Britain, the United States, etc., are all experts in this way, class struggle is an eternal topic, and it is a paradox to balance the interests of the two to achieve "absolute fairness". Add more water to the noodles, add more water to the noodles, and if you can't go down, the "scattered gangs" will come back. Then it goes on and on until a higher-level threat emerges, then it condenses into a rope.

Because of the attitude towards Germany, the French political circles quickly split into two factions, but the president and the prime minister were very tough, and the Franco-German dialogue became empty talk.

On March 22, Berlin continued to hold the first round of German naval expansion plans, and as everyone speculated, the German Navy really came up with a 10,000-ton cruiser construction plan, and asked the designers to start submitting plans without restrictions.

The Navy's request for construction was followed by plans for the expansion of the navy of Turkey, an ally. Unlike the German Type III destroyers, the German Navy had to go to 9 destroyers for an order of 12 destroyers.

Only 3 ships were left for Turkey, and without such outlandish demands from Germany, Turkey wanted an all-round hand, not a prominence of some kind of capability. Therefore, in the Z-21 scheme, the overall performance was balanced, and a 450 mm quadruple torpedo tube was added on each side of the ship, but because the place was too narrow, it had to be moved to the center line layout. The original five turrets were reduced to three.

Based on the principle of saving as much as possible, Bremen Wieser proposed the Z-21D program, Hamburg Volken proposed the Z-21E program, and the Danzig Caesar the Great shipyard proposed the Z-21F program.

Brauchitsch had been torturing over which of the three options would be more suitable for Turkey, and had no choice but to find Eric. In exchange for a meal of criticism, education and guidance, wouldn't it be solved by directly asking the Turkish military representatives?

Brauchitsch really found the Turkish military representative in Germany directly with the original drawings, and without the entanglement he expected, the atmospheric Turkey directly accepted it in its entirety, and asked to build two ships each.

Puzzled, Brauchitsch couldn't help but find Eric with the news.

"You are a fan of the authorities, and if you are a Turkish military representative or Kemal, you will not be entangled." Eric explained with a smile.

"Why? Even we ourselves are still in the process of designing, is Turkey not afraid of spending money in vain? Brauchitsch's concerns are very reasonable, and it is indeed somewhat puzzling to place an order for six ships for something that has not been built by a single manufacturer.

"Of course, they will also worry that the money will fail, but if Turkey does not place an order, there will not even be a chance to invest." Eric explained in a cliché.

Brauchitsch carefully reflected on what Eric had just said, and quickly grasped the meaning. Turkey's development of the navy is inseparable from shipbuilding, and there are many manufacturers that can help Turkey build ships, but after ruling them out one by one, only Germany remains.

Britain was the first to rule out, and the Ottoman Empire entered the war because Britain seized Ottoman warships.

France and Germany have a hostile relationship, and Kemal will not do such a stupid thing if he buys the things of his allies and mortal enemies, and Kemal is not in his brain.

Italy, like France, has just finished fighting Germany and is not at all in the picture.

The United States, the relations between the two countries are not close, Turkey is in the center of the German sphere of influence, and there are not many opportunities to contact the United States. And it is simply too far away, and the geopolitical leanings are inferior to those of Germany.

The same is true for Japan, not to mention the fact that Siam colluded with Japan to beat the German ambassador and a diplomatic dispute also arose.

What Turkey can count on is Germany, not to mention that Germany's ability to sweep Europe and force peace on its own is beyond Turkey's reach.

The Battle of Jutland, the German High Seas Fleet's outnumbered defeat also reassured Turkey of its craftsmanship.

At the end of the day, Eric's diplomatic strategy left Turkey, with its German sphere of influence, almost alone.

The Sino-European alliance that Eric wants to build has already begun to bear fruit, and Northern Europe, Central Europe, and West Asia are already clearly close to Germany, and what he wants to do is to integrate them one by one without destroying the intersection of the three forces of Britain, Germany, the United States, and the Soviet Union.