The territory north of the Loire is undoubtedly the best of France. Almost all of France's major industries are concentrated in this region. The vast areas in the south are dominated by agriculture and animal husbandry.

After losing the vast territory north of the Loire, France was completely reduced from an industrial power to a third-rate agricultural country. Such a change is undoubtedly unacceptable to the ministers. Moreover, Paris was also included in the territory ceded to the Germans.

"Your Excellency the President, Your Excellency the Prime Minister. Can we still talk to the Germans and cede less territory to the Germans? Chancellor of the Exchequer Alexander Libert asked.

Both President Poincaré and Prime Minister Renéviviani shook their heads.

"The Germans said very badly, they must take the territory north of the Loire, and there is no room for bargaining." President Poincaré said. President Poincaré's words revealed a deep sense of helplessness. As the president of France, he is powerless in the face of such a situation, which cannot but be said to be a kind of sadness!

"Then we have no other way than to agree to the Germans' terms and cede half of the territory to them. Either that or you have to resist to the end. Of course, that would have been the complete destruction of Germany. Alexander Ribert continued.

There is no doubt that neither of these results is what the French government wants. If they could, they wouldn't want to choose any of them. But, sadly, they have to choose one of them.

"If we resist, will we be able to hold on?" President Poinkale asked.

"Your Excellency, if we continue to resist, the homeland will soon fall. I'm afraid we'll have to go into exile in our overseas colonies. And the Germans, in turn, had the most powerful navy in the world. So, even if you are in exile in an overseas colony, it is not safe. The Germans will continue to attack ours. So, in the overseas colonies, we only lasted a year or two at most. Alexander Millerand said.

President Poincaré nodded, but said nothing more.

"The fourth requirement, that the Germans require that our army strength be controlled below 100,000 men, not to be equipped with artillery with a caliber of more than 100 mm, not to have tanks and armored vehicles, etc. The Navy is not allowed to build warships with a displacement of more than 5,000 tons, and cannot have submarines and aircraft. The surrender of the police and the Chinese troops must also be kept below 100,000. President Poincaré continued.

"There is no doubt that the Germans are saying this in order to limit our military strength and thus weaken our threat to them." Prime Minister Renéviviani said.

Although the Germans tried to weaken the French military in this way, the French government ministers were very angry. But they knew there was no way around it. Who allowed them to be defeated in the war?

"The last condition is that the French demand that the Germans send a force of 100,000 men into France to ensure that we fulfill those conditions until the French government fulfills these conditions." President Poinkale continued.

This last condition did not cause dissatisfaction among everyone. After all, if even the first few humiliating conditions can be agreed, then the fifth condition is nothing at all.

"Ladies and gentlemen, let's talk about whether we are going to agree to the Germans' terms!" President Poincaré said.

Next, the ministers of the French government began to express their opinions. There was a statement that the Germans' terms were acceptable. Although the conditions of the Germans were harsh. However, they were able to keep half of the country, and the French were able to continue to exist. The most important thing is that these people can continue to hold the power of the state.

Others are opposed. In particular, those people in the military believed that if France agreed to such conditions as the Germans, it would be better to fight to the death and fight to the end. Even if you can't hold on to your homeland, you can go to overseas colonies, and you can continue to hold on. Although the Germans were strong, it would be very difficult and it would take a lot of time to get rid of them step by step. In this case, if you persist until the end, maybe a miracle will happen.

However, one of the things the Germans threatened was that if France continued to hold out, they would kill and collect wealth in France, suppress the revolt, and kill the whole of France. This is a threat to many people. They didn't want the Germans to raise their butcher's knives and slaughter in France, in which case they didn't know how many French would die at the hands of the Germans.

A fierce quarrel ensued, and neither faction was able to convince the other. Even President Poincaré and Prime Minister Renéviani are caught between a rock and a hard place.

Time passed little by little in the midst of the quarrel.

The German government gave the French government only three days to think about it, and once the three days had passed, the German army would continue to attack.

On the morning of May 27, the German government, in view of the delay in the response of the French government, officially announced the breakdown of the negotiations. At the same time, the Germans, who had stopped their offensive, once again launched a major attack on the south of France.

The German 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, and 7th armies, millions of elite troops, launched an offensive with all their might.

Although, during these three days, the French army rushed to repair some fortifications, hoping to withstand the German attack. However, it backfired, and under the fierce attack of the German army, these fortifications of the French army were broken through after only half a day.

A large number of French troops began to disperse, and countless French soldiers raised their hands directly to the Germans in order to survive, and surrendered to the Germans.

At this point in the war, they were completely desperate and had no confidence to continue fighting. In such a situation, the French army was even more vulnerable.

The Germans relaunched their offensive and were in full swing. The French army could not resist at all, which also caused great pressure on the French government.

They seemed to have seen that if they rejected the German conditions, the Germans would really soon spread all over France. This is undoubtedly difficult for the French government to accept.

Under the threat of German force, more and more French cabinet ministers gradually changed their attitudes. After all, in exile, where can you stay in France! Even if half of the territory is lost, isn't there still half of the territory for them to continue to do?