With the signing of the German-Japanese Treaty of Singapore in 1916, the German Expedition to Asia came to an end and the German-Turkish Expeditionary Force was disbanded. After leaving some soldiers and ships to garrison the new colonies in Asia, the German ** team that participated in the expedition returned to Germany one after another.

There is no doubt that the commander of the German-Turkish expeditionary force, Lieutenant General Olikarn of the German Army, became the greatest contributor to the expedition. After returning to Berlin, the Kaiser held a solemn ceremony to confer on him, conferring the rank of army general and pinning a grand cross medal, which symbolizes the highest honor of the German people, to the chest of the 33-year-old general.

German officers and men who participated in the expedition were also duly rewarded, two-thirds were promoted, each soldier was awarded at least one Expeditionary Medal or Expeditionary Cross, the number of Iron Crosses awarded in the first and second classes reached 4,560 and 31,972, and 268 officers and men who participated in all the battles of the expeditionary force were awarded other Crusader medals. So at the military parade on the return of the expeditionary force held later, people saw a team with shining medals.

Except for some retired officers and soldiers, the rest of the officers and soldiers were assigned to each group army in a company formation, and these soldiers accounted for three-quarters, while the remaining quarter, about 30,000 people, retained their original establishment and were stationed in barracks near Frankfurt.

After a solemn award and military parade, the Kaiser declared the return of Germany to a non-war system. Civilian projects that had been requisitioned during the war would gradually resume civilian production, and the government's focus would shift from the military industry to industry, economics, and colonial development.

At this point, Germany, Europe and the world finally calmed down temporarily.

As the war receded, countries began to shift their focus to economic, industrial, and trade struggles.

Through war and a series of non-war military operations, Germany's political map has become unprecedentedly strong, with a total area of nearly 2 million square kilometers, including France, Poland, Hungary, and Britain, accounting for 20 percent of the total area of Europe, and with the addition of Spain, Bulgaria, Romania, and other allies, this proportion will rise by 10 percent. Moreover, these regions are located in the center of Europe and are the most economically and industrially developed, and the remaining 70% of the land is mainly Russia, Norway, and Sweden, which are vast and sparsely populated and economically underdeveloped.

In Africa, the original British and French colonies have basically been brought under the control of Germany, and except for a small number of colonies such as Portuguese Angola and Turkish Syria, more than 4/5 of the land is flying the black, white and red tricolor flag of the German Empire, and more than 82 million Africans live under these flags.

As had been speculated, the German government announced in October 1916 the abolition of trade restrictions and tariffs between France, Belgium, Great Britain, Poland and the German mainland under German control, and the unification of foreign tariff rates in these regions. Economically linking these regions together. Subsequently, the German government announced the issuance of a new Euromark and began circulation in Germany, France, Belgium, Britain, Poland and the African colonies on January 1, 1917, the Euromark was still on the gold standard, and the gold content of 1 Euromark was 0.1 ounces, which was twice that of the US dollar, which means that 1 Euromark would be exchanged for 2 US dollars.

The following year, Bohemia announced the abolition of the original Austro-Hungarian krona and the use of the European mark, which in Austria and Hungary also rapidly replaced the Austro-Hungarian krona as the currency in circulation, and gradually "invaded" small and medium-sized countries such as Spain, the Netherlands, and Denmark. Until 1920. The Euromark has become a true Euromark.

While constantly using military and economic means to acquire the wealth and resources of the occupied areas of France, Poland and Britain, the German "Iron and Steel Alliance", which monopolizes 98% of Germany's steel production, has gradually brought under its umbrella iron ore mining, smelting and other related industries in these regions, and the financial and credit giants such as Deutsche Bank, Damsstadt Bank, German National Bank, and Commerzbank Berlin, which concentrate 83% of the total capital of German banks, have also easily controlled the financial industry in these regions. Together with the "cartels" of coal, chemical, electrical, shipping, and shipbuilding, by 1925 German industrial monopoly capital and bank capital had become the "new masters" of the economic sphere in these regions.

With the stabilization and development of the African colonies, the number of German enterprises and individuals who went to invest and pan for gold increased day by day, in West Africa, the number of mines registered by the Germans increased at an average rate of 20 per month, in Algeria, the Congo and East Africa, handicrafts, light industry and a small amount of heavy industry developed rapidly, and in South Africa, the size and number of plantations and mines increased.

Berlin, Germany. Gonglu Palace.

In the bright study, Chen Tian and Ollie sat opposite each other, and Matthew and Olg sat on the two sofas next to them, and the four good friends who worked together at the Königsberg Cadet Military Academy and the Royal Army Academy finally sat together again.

A Kaiser, an army general, and two lieutenant generals seemed to be of a high level in the talks, but the atmosphere was very relaxed.

Olg smiled and said to Ollie: "Matthew and I were betting not long ago to see who could be promoted to general first, but I didn't expect to be preempted by you!" ”

"That's it, hurry up and think about how to comfort us!" Matthew smiled and responded, "And the Grand Cross." It's enough to envy us!"

"I agree!" Chen Tian raised his right hand solemnly, as if he was voting by a show of hands in the Congress.

"Alas......" Ollie pretended to be helpless, "it seems that the bottle of good wine I got in India will not be kept!" ”

"Ahem!" Chen Tian coughed twice with a straight face, "Okay, you Olikarn, you actually hide the loot!" Matthew, what do you say? ”

"Of course, it's all confiscated!" Matthew looked at Ollie with a wicked smile.

"What and what!" As before, Ollie put on an aggrieved expression, "That's a gift from the King of India!" ”

Olg said, "Seeing that we Ollie are alone, why didn't the king of India send a few princesses?"

"What about being single, don't you see that Your Majesty and I are doing well?"

After saying this, Ollie suddenly realized that he shouldn't mention Chentian's sadness, and quickly subconsciously closed his mouth.

At this time, Matthew and Olg also looked at Chentian with some concern.

After a trace of sadness swept in his eyes, Chen Tian looked at the three of them, smiled and said, "Yes, one person has one person at ease, and two people have the happiness of two people!" ”

But all three of them said nothing.

"Alright, alright. I'm not the kind of person who is extremely emotionally fragile! The dead are irretrievable, but the living still have to face life well! Chen Tian comforted himself.

Ollie then said, "Your Majesty has indeed matured much! ”

"Actually, everyone is mature!" Matthew said in a deep voice.

"Indeed, war, blood, and death can make people understand a lot!" Olg also became inexplicably deep.

After a moment of silence for the deceased, Chen Tian handed a document to Matthew, "This is Ollie's plan report, you and Olge should take a look!" ”

It's not a lot of paper, only three pages, but that's just an outline.

After spending two minutes roughly looking at it. Matthew handed the file to Olge.

After Olg saw that he was almost done, Chen Tian said: "I think you also know that I plan to use some of the most elite units of the expeditionary force as the cornerstone to reorganize a Xindi army, that is, the royal battle army you just saw, and Ollie will be the commander of the army!" ”

"Your Majesty wants to take a part of each of our troops and integrate them into this army?" Olg said as he put the papers back on the coffee table.

"Yes! According to Ollie's and I's conception, this army group should include 1 armored corps, 2 infantry corps and some direct subordinate troops, with a total number of 200,000 people! Of these, 30,000 came from the previous expeditionary force, and because our army is not ready to expand in non-war times, the other 170,000 will need to be transferred from other places! With that, Chen Tian turned his gaze to Matthew's side. He wanted to hear the opinion of the commander of the Praetorian Guard.

"The words of the Praetorian Guard. There is no problem with the transfer of 100,000 people! Matthew thought as he said, "The current number of Praetorian Guards is a bit too large, 160,000 people!" In fact, it is enough to leave the security and policing of Berlin to the police. It is enough for the Praetorian Guard to defend the perimeter of the palace! Of course, this refers to the situation of political stability! ”

"Then the remaining 70,000 will be transferred from our East Prussian cluster!" Olg thought for a moment and said very cheerfully: "No problem! In the past two years, we have fortified the fortifications left over from the war, as long as our most elite armored troops and aviation units are left, the Russians will not dare to come, no matter how bold they are! ”

"Don't worry, I only need your 1 infantry corps and 1 mechanized division!" Chen Tian said to Olg with a smile.

At this time, Matthew asked, "By the way, Ollie, is there a little less armored force included in your plan?" ”

"Quite a few! Armored forces pay attention to rapid mobility, and too much is not only not conducive to logistical supply. And it will be very dependent on high-quality roads! Look at the actions of the expeditionary forces in Iran, Afghanistan and India, and the speed of our armored forces will be greatly affected by the heavy rain! Ollie simply explained his reasoning.

"That's a lot! There is an armored corps in three armies, look at the Japanese, the entire army does not have a decent armored regiment! "There is some sarcasm here, the Japanese have recently focused on naval expansion, and the army is still developing slowly.

"My infantry army is no ordinary infantry army!" Ollie added, "Each infantry corps is still made up of three divisions, but one of these three divisions is a semi-mechanized division and one is a motorized infantry division. The last infantry division was also more mechanized than the average unit! I hope they are characterized by both fast maneuverability and not completely dependent on fuel! ”

"I read the formation of the armored corps in your plan, and I feel that it is similar to the current establishment of the armored corps under the armored cluster, or it would be better to transfer an army from the armored cluster!" Olg thought for a moment, "Guderian's army is good!" ”

"Makes sense!" Matthew said appreciatively, "Guderian's army also has a lot of combat experience, and its attack power is very strong!" ”

At this time, Chentian spoke:

"That's exactly what I wanted!"