"Gentlemen, what shall we do now?" Alfonso XIII looked at his ministers. Now he only feels a very headache. He did not want to agree to such harsh conditions to the Germans, but he was afraid that if he refused the Germans' terms, he would detonate the war. In that case, Spain is finished.

"Your Majesty, there are only two paths before us now. Either agree to the terms of the Germans, ceding Gibraltar and the Balearic Islands to them, and at the same time compensate them for the loss of a billion marks. Either they rejected the Germans' terms, and then immediately mobilized, ready to fight the Germans to the death. There is no other way! Said the Count of Romanones. Other ministers can play dumb, but he is the prime minister, he can't play dumb.

Alfonso XIII couldn't help frowning, neither of these paths was what he wanted to choose.

"If we mobilize, will we be able to scare the Germans?" Alfonso XIII asked. It would have been a good thing for Spain if Germany, seeing Spain's determination to fight at all costs, had been able to abandon these harsh conditions. However, Alfonso XIII knew that this would be very difficult. Because, the difference in strength between the two sides is too big.

"Your Majesty, even if we mobilize, I'm afraid we won't be able to get down to the Germans. With our strength, in a short period of time, we can mobilize a maximum of several hundred thousand troops. The Germans only need to send 100,000 men to be able to defeat us. Therefore, it is almost impossible to fight with the Germans to break the net. The Secretary of War said.

His meaning is very obvious, if you want to fight a fish to die and break the net, the final result is probably that the fish is dead, but the net is not broken.

In the hall of the kingdom, there was silence for a moment, as if you could hear even a pin falling to the ground.

"So, are we only going to succumb like the Germans? Humiliating acceptance of their terms? Alfonso XIII was very helpless. He was originally a very good-looking person. In this case, he may not be able to raise his head in front of the monarchs of the whole world.

Once again, everyone was silent, and everyone didn't know what to do.

"Prieto, can you ask the American side to help us? That's what they promised. Alfonso XIII said. As long as the Americans can intercede for Spain, so that the conditions of the Germans are not so harsh, and so that Spain's face can be a little more acceptable, he has no requirements for this.

Prieto shook his head: "Your Majesty, the Americans claim that the Germans do not give them face at all. Therefore, in this matter, I am afraid that they are also powerless. After all, relations between the United States and Germany are also very bad. The two sides are even at hostilities. ”

"Your Majesty, there is no way around it. Perhaps, from the very beginning, it was a mistake for us to accept the return of Gibraltar by the British. This is clearly a trap, a trap dug for us by the British. Even the Americans got involved. They wanted us to go to war with the Germans, to use us to deplete the Germans. Such intentions are really too sinister! Said the Count of Romanones.

Alfonso XIII's face suddenly became very ugly, and he knew that he had fallen into a trap. He even wanted to slap himself hard, why was he so stupid?

At the same time, Alfonso XIII glared at Prieto viciously, believing that this guy must have played a bad role in this.

Prieto saw Alfonso XIII's eyes and was immediately frightened. He knew that he would have to be a man with his tail between his legs next, or he would be out of luck. Angry Alfonso XIII, I'm afraid he even ate his heart.

"Tell the Americans that if they don't come to our aid, then we'll tell the Germans everything. Let the Germans know that they are all messing around behind their backs! Alfonso XIII said. It was as if he thought it was a very good way to deflect the contradictions. In this case, perhaps Germany will be able to deal with them lightly.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this won't have any effect. The intelligence services of the Germans, pervasive. They must have known that the British and Germans were behind it. However, the Germans have no way to deal with the British and Americans now, so they will pour their anger on us. The words of the Count of Romanones once again shattered Alfonso XIII's delusions. This made Alfonso XIII almost despair.

"Damn! So what exactly do we do? Is it true that the Germans will be acceded to? Give Gibraltar to them, and forget it. However, the reparations of a billion marks and the Balearic Islands cannot be given to them! Alfonso XIII said.

"Let the German ambassador talk to the Germans again, and we are willing to cede Gibraltar to them. In addition, compensate them with 100 million marks. This is the bottom line of the Kingdom of Spain! Alfonso XIII said.

At this point, he was still unwilling to accept the conditions proposed by the German Empire in its entirety, thinking that he could lower the conditions as much as possible and strive for certain benefits for the Kingdom of Spain.

It's just that Alfonso XIII's behavior is obviously not possible. Under Qin Tian's leadership, the German Empire had become the most powerful country in the world. And, now, in its heyday. Alfonso XIII's actions will only cause more trouble for themselves.

When the two-day deadline given by the German Foreign Minister expired, but the Spaniards were not able to accept all the conditions offered by Germany, the German Foreign Minister Vasit immediately announced that the negotiations had broken down.

This is definitely not good news for the Spaniards. When the news reached Spain, Alfonso XIII was even more angry and frightened. He was really afraid that the Germans would do what they said and expand the scale of the war against Spain. In that case, Spain is finished.

After Qin Tian learned that the Spaniards still did not agree to his request, he knew that the Spaniards had not given up and were still lucky. What Germany had to do now was to put further pressure on the Spaniards and make them unbearable. At that time, the Spaniards would naturally agree to the German demands.

Qin Tian issued an order to the War Department, requiring the 1st Army of the German Army stationed in northern France to quickly move to the south of France, all the way to the northern Pyrenees, and make a posture of crossing the Pyrenees and attacking Spain.

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