962 Fire and Ice Heavens
Relative to democracy, William III was still very efficient. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
This is also a point of all "dictatorial governments", after all, there is no need for democratic deliberation, and the national leader only needs to "pat his brain" to make a certain decision, which is indeed much more efficient.
Qin Zhiyuan could think of taking advantage of Stalin's attack on Poland to find benefits from the British and French, and William III could naturally think of it.
In fact, no sooner had Stalin begun his attack on Poland than the German government made relevant demands on the British and French.
In order to make it easier for the British and French to accept, Wilhelm III proposed that the "Dawes Plan" could be accepted, but only if the French and Belgians had to withdraw their troops from the Ruhr area first, and at the same time, in order for Germany to have a certain degree of self-preservation, Germany demanded that the Wehrmacht be expanded, or that the British and French garrison the German-Polish border to protect Germany from the Bolshevik threat.
If William III's demands had not been so much, only preconditions, and there was no long list of the following, the British and French would gladly accept it.
But now, the British and French are really disgusting like eating a fly.
The British and the French, of course, liked to have troops stationed in Germany, but that had to be based on the premise that they were stationed to deter the Germans and to act as a threat to the Germans.
If the purpose of the garrison was to protect the Germans, the British and French could not accept it in the first place, not to mention whether the Germans were emotionally unacceptable.
Not long ago, they fought to the death, but now they have to waste the precious lives of British and French soldiers to protect the Germans, as long as Andrew Law and Alexander Millerand have not broken their heads, they will not be able to accept such an offer, otherwise they will be labeled as "British traitors" or "French traitors".
It would be okay not to send troops, then the Germans would have to be allowed to expand the Wehrmacht.
This was even more unacceptable to the British and French.
If sending troops to protect the Germans was only disgusting to the British and French, allowing the Germans to expand the size of the Wehrmacht was a fundamental threat to the security of Britain and France, which was tantamount to the overturning of the "Versailles Treaty" by Britain and France themselves, and the sacrifice of millions of Allied soldiers was wasted.
This doesn't work, that doesn't work, and the result is embarrassing.
Now it is a dead circle, if you do not send troops to protect Germany, you must allow the Germans to expand their own army to protect Germany, otherwise Germany will be put under the threat of the Bolsheviks, although Stalin promised Andrew Law that he would not attack Germany, but everyone knows that this guarantee is not worth a penny, and the Russians basically have no credibility at all.
The Americans are again playing a well-timed role.
In mid-August, U.S. Secretary of State Charles Hughes visited Britain and France, the main purpose of which was to address the Bolshevik threat.
For the bourgeoisie, the proletariat is a natural rival, and there is no room for turn.
In the face of this class contradiction, if the "contradiction among the people" between Britain, France and Germany is the standard "contradiction between friend and foe" between Britain, France, Germany and Belarus, and in the face of this contradiction, all disputes can be put aside for the time being.
Moreover, the Germans were preconditioned on accepting the "Dawes Plan", which gave Charles Hughes more leverage to convince the British and French.
The purpose of the "Dawes Plan" was to push the Germans into the "actual claims procedure", that is, after the end of the world war, the Germans did not pay a single mark, although they owed the Entente an astronomical amount of reparations on their books, which was not only frustrating to the British and French, but also to the Americans.
William III really didn't want to be an "old man" if he didn't pay back, but he really didn't have any money.
The world war destroyed all the "pots and jars" in Wilhelm III's house, and now five or six years have passed since the world war, and the Germans can't even eat enough, and they still need Lan Fang and Americans to help, not to mention squeezing money out of their teeth to pay compensation.
William III did not have the determination of the leaders of the Republic to tighten their belts.
The purpose of the "Dawes Plan" was to make William III tighten his belt, and if the "Dawes Plan" could not be implemented, the Entente would not receive reparations, and the millions of people who died in the world war would still be meaningless.
There really wasn't much room for the British and the French to choose.
At the end of August, the British and French, though very unhappy, allowed Wilhelm III to expand the Wehrmacht from 100,000 to 250,000, while France and Belgium withdrew their troops from the Ruhr in order to induce Germany to accept the "Dawes Plan" to increase the amount of aid to 2 billion gold marks.
This is again the evil consequence of "democratic politics", and the restoration of some of Germany's military strength will of course threaten the security of "the whole world", but even if it is a threat, it is a threat in the future, and it will have nothing to do with the current British and French governments.
In democratic politics, it is rare for a government to be re-elected for three consecutive terms, but it is basically impossible to serve four consecutive terms.
In the general sense, for the French, where changing the country's leaders is commonplace, next year is uncertain, and ten years from now.
With the acceptance of the "Dawes Plan" in Germany, by the beginning of September 1923, the world finally saw the dawn of peace.
In Asia, Lanfang's dominance has become unstoppable, France and Lanfang cooperate tacitly, and Britain and the United States huddle together for warmth.
The war in the Middle East finally came to an end, and the defeat of Britain made the Middle East fall under the control of Lanfang and France, and only Saudi Arabia and Palestine were left in the Persian countries in the Middle East, trembling under the threat of Lanfang and France.
Europe also seems to be starting to return to normal, the economies of Britain and France are slowly recovering, Germany, although still half-dead, is also beginning to put reparations on the agenda, as for Belarus and Poland -
Well, no one cared whether those people lived or died, anyway, with Germany in front, the Bolsheviks could not threaten the security of Britain and France.
Under the harmony, Qin Zhiyuan was finally able to relax rarely.
For Qin Zhiyuan, finding a place to vacation is the biggest task now.
Although the local area of Lanfang is like spring all year round and the scenery is beautiful, the winter in Lanfang is too difficult.
Lanfang is a tropical climate, there is no concept of four seasons in a year, the temperate region may be four seasons, there are spring, summer, autumn and winter in a year, Lanfang only has summer, summer, summer and summer -
This made Qin Zhiyuan, who was accustomed to the temperate climate, really unbearable, especially when winter came, Qin Zhiyuan had almost forgotten what "snow" was.
So when Qin Zhiyuan proposed to go on vacation, Julie and Misha immediately agreed, and Julie didn't even think about what to do with Qin De, who was studying in the Boy Scouts.
It is impossible for Qin De to go with Qin Zhiyuan.
Qin Zhiyuan is going on vacation as a king, so it's no problem to go anywhere, but Qin De, as Lan Fang's first heir, has to stay on Penglai Island, so that if there is any accident, Lan Fang will not fall into chaos.
It sounds a bit cruel, but this is the obligation that the royal family must undertake, no matter when, "national security" is the first issue that Qin Zhiyuan has to consider.
If you want to see the snow, it is not a problem for Qin Zhiyuan, there are eight months of winter in the northern Xinjiang region a year, and it is a problem to look at it no matter how you want to see it.
However, Qin Zhiyuan is not going to go on vacation in Northern Xinjiang, "vacation", he has to have a vacation, and Corsica finally became Qin Zhiyuan's choice.
This choice is a bit unexpected, but it is also reasonable, although Corsica is still a French territory, but it is very meaningful to Lan Fang, not only Qin Zhiyuan, many Lan Fang people still have private property in Corsica, which is their first home in life.
In mid-September, Qin Zhiyuan boarded the battleship "France" in Coconut City and headed for Corsica.
Accompanying the "France" to Corsica was a task force including the two aircraft carriers "Taishan" and "Huangshan," and the commander of the fleet was Xie Rundong.
This is also the last voyage of the "Taishan" and "Huangshan", and by the time next year, Lanfang's new generation of "Surabaya-class" aircraft carriers will be put into service, and then the "Taishan" and "Huangshan" these old models will face the fate of being dismantled.
In fact, it is a bit inaccurate to say that "old", and the "Taishan" and "Huangshan" have only been in service for five or six years, and strictly speaking, they are far from reaching their service life.
However, compared with the latest "Surabaya class", "Taishan" and "Huangshan" are really "old" and unbearable. Xie Rundong has been eager to squat in Cam Ranh Bay every day since the "Surabaya level" began to lay the keel, and watching the "Surabaya level" gradually design drawings become a reality, Xie Rundong can't wait.
still has feelings, and when he was about to arrive in the sea area of Moon Bay, Xie Rundong found Qin Zhiyuan.
"In fact, retired warships don't need to be dismantled, it's good to mothball them or use them as training ships, there is always a day when they can play a role, and there are only four 'Surabaya-class' aircraft carriers in total, compared to our huge territory, even if it is doubled - no, quadrupling is not enough." Xie Rundong is ambitious.
Anyway, who would think that there are many aircraft carriers!
Qin Zhiyuan stood in the bridge and looked at the busy flight deck through the porthole, and the words in his mouth made Xie Rundong ecstatic: "It's true that the 'Surabaya-class' is four, but we have a lot of ro-ro ships, and these ro-ro ships can be converted into aircraft carriers when needed, so you don't have to worry about running out of ships, and it is only right to train enough carrier-based pilots." ”
Dozens of fighters on the deck were busy, and a "Seagull" carrier-based fighter had already adjusted its nose to the runway and was about to soar into the sky.