The town hall of Toulouse, a city in the south of France, is the temporary residence of the French government.

In the conference room, all the cabinet ministers of the French government gathered here. There is only one question that you are discussing today, and that is Foreign Minister Theofil? Delcasse had already sent back the situation with telegrams on the conditions of the Germans. Now the question of whether the Germans should be agreed to be agreed to is whether or not to agree to the Germans' terms.

President Poincaré and Prime Minister Rene? Viviani had already read the telegram first. However, the faces of the two became very ugly. This made the cabinet ministers, without thinking about it, be able to guess that the conditions put forward by the Germans must be very harsh. Otherwise, their faces wouldn't look ugly like that.

"Everyone is here, right? So, the meeting starts now. President Poincaré said.

Suddenly, there was silence in the conference room, and everyone closed their mouths and stopped whispering.

"Ladies and gentlemen, there are five conditions put forward by the Germans. Now, let's tell you about these conditions. Then, it was up to everyone to discuss whether we should agree to the Germans' terms. President Poincaré said.

"The first article is about war reparations. The Germans demanded that we pay them war reparations of one hundred billion marks. Thanks to the efforts of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the war reparations were reduced to 55 billion marks. The attitude of the Germans was already very firm and did not allow us to go any further. President Poincaré said.

"Oh God! A hundred billion marks? Are the Germans crazy? ”

"How could they be so mad as to come up with such a war reparation? Do they want to snatch the last franc of the entire French Republic? ”

When the ministers learned of the amount of war reparations, they immediately cried out. Although, as they had been able to guess before, the amount of war reparations demanded by Germany would not be too small. However, I still didn't expect that there would be so many? Even five and a half billion marks is an astronomical amount. That's already the equivalent of 68.75 billion francs. Such a large amount of war reparations is completely to make France smash the pot and sell iron! You know, even during the Franco-Prussian War, war reparations were not so scary. The Germans now demand more than thirteen times as much as the war reparations paid by France during the Franco-Prussian War.

"Your Excellency the President, we simply don't have that much money to pay the Germans. If it's two or three billion, you can still consider it. However, France can't afford this amount at all! "Finance Minister Alexander? Ribert said.

"The Germans are well aware of our investments and assets abroad. That's why they came up with this amount. "Prime Minister René? Viviani said.

"Bastard! How will the Germans know how much we invest abroad? Could it be that there are German spies within the government? "Alexander? Riebert roared angrily. After all, this is undoubtedly a country's confidential intelligence.

"Well, it's useless to talk about that now. The Germans have already offered so many war reparations, should we agree? President Poincaré asked.

"If the Germans had paid so much war reparations, then we would not have the money to stabilize the country and heal the wounds of the war." Alexander? Ribert said.

"If we don't agree to the conditions of the Germans, will the Germans go on the offensive?" Minister of War Alexander? Millerand asked.

President Poinkale nodded.

Seeing such a situation, Alexander? Millerand suddenly stopped talking.

"The second condition is that the Germans demand that we transfer all our overseas colonies to them." President Poinkale continued.

"The Germans have such a good appetite! There are so many colonies in the Republic, do they actually want to take them all and leave nothing for the Empire? Do they have so many people to run those colonies? The colonial minister looked indignant.

If France had transferred all its colonies to Germany. Then, I'm afraid he, the minister of the colony, doesn't have to go now. This is an obvious thing, there are no colonies, what do you want the colony minister to do? Do you eat white rice?

"The Germans have always coveted our colonies and, of course, the British. That's why they started the war. Unexpectedly, they won the battle in the end. Next, the Germans were on the verge of becoming the most powerful colonial empire in the world. "Admiral Viktor? Gagnur said.

"There is no way around it, who let the Germans win the war? We were defeated and left to the Germans. "Minister of War Alexander? Millerand said.

Although, the loss of so many colonies was a heavy blow to France. But if the colonies could be abandoned, and peace could be won, the ministers were not in a position.

"On the third condition, the Germans demanded that we take the territories north of the Loire, including Paris, plus Corsica. Ceded all to Germany! President Poincaré continued.

"What? The Germans still want half of our territory? ”

"Damn, the Germans clearly want to destroy France. Given them half of the territory, or the most prosperous and developed half, is it still necessary for France to exist? ”

"Fight! Fight to the death. Even if we can't beat the Germans, we can go into exile. We still have so many colonies that we can organize armies in the colonies and continue to fight the Germans. ”

Almost all cabinet ministers were furious when they heard the news. They roared angrily and shouted angrily at the wolf ambitions of the Germans.

"The Germans are very clear on this point. If we do not agree to their terms, their army will go on the offensive. Even if we go into exile in our overseas colonies, we continue to resist. The Germans will continue to pursue us until they have taken possession of all the overseas colonies. In addition, in order to obtain sufficient compensation, they will collect wealth in France. If the French dared to sigh, they would not hesitate to carry out the massacre. It is said that if that really came to that point, the Germans even planned to slaughter two or three million French people, so that the other French would give up their resistance and let them slaughter. "René? Prime Minister Viviani said.

Suddenly, all the cabinet ministers shut up, and their fear could be clearly seen on everyone's faces. The Germans have already made such a decision, which is clearly trying to drive France to a dead end!