As the victor of the world war, and now falling to such a point, France's performance was indeed a disappointment for Foch. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Disappointment to disappointment, all Foch could do was sigh, for Foch, everything in France was already in the past tense, and this time if it weren't for Pierre's telegram, Foch wouldn't care about this kind of.

Perhaps seeing Foch's depression, Julie enthusiastically stayed at Foch to eat in the palace, and sent someone to the house to bring Anne over, accompanied by Qin De and Qin Zhi, Foch drank two more glasses at noon, and fell asleep in the guest room just after eating.

Closing the door of the guest room, Julie's expression was not without hesitation: "I really don't want to see my father so sad, I really don't know if he can accept all this-"

Foch is an old-school soldier, with the persistence and persistence of the old soldiers, as well as a strong sense of honor and chivalry, such a person is certainly respectable, but as Foch's family, Julie is worried about Foch's current situation.

"Don't worry, Ferdinand has seen many winds and waves in his life, the Germans were only eighty kilometers away from Paris in the world war, the French army was in serious confusion at that time, and it was able to survive that difficult moment, and now it is just a drizzle." Qin Zhiyuan tried his best to reassure Julie.

"It's because of my persistence that I'm worried that my dad won't be able to accept all this, and that's the country he's fought for all his life—" Julie's eyes glistened with tears.

"Why don't you let Lao Chen go to Syria?" Although Qin Zhiyuan was a little reluctant, if this could reassure his family, Qin Zhiyuan would still do it.

Lao Chen is Chen Kangjian, the current commander-in-chief of Lanfang's first armored group, let Chen Kangjian go to Syria, which means that Qin Zhiyuan will send Lanfang's trump card troops.

"No, this is Alexander Milleran's own fault, he should be allowed to taste the bitter fruit, I will not let you sacrifice Lan Fang's interests to meet the emotional needs of me and Dad, I love France, but at the same time I love Lan Fang more, I can try to find time to spend more time with Dad, but I will not let Lan Fang's interests be damaged in order to make Dad's happy." Julie was categorical and did not hesitate: "Of course, if France comes to a life-and-death situation, you won't sit idly by, will you?" ”

Julie looked at Qin Zhiyuan's eyes full of expectation, Julie hoped that Qin Zhiyuan was a king who valued his family, but Julie also hoped that Qin Zhiyuan would not abandon France when he led Lan Fang forward.

It's a bit of a contradictory idea, but the two don't conflict.

"Of course, I'm not going to let that happen." Qin Zhiyuan solemnly promised.

Next year is the French election year, Pierre has now received the support of the Rockefeller family in the United States, and there is Lan Fang behind him, even if Pierre is not qualified to run for president next year, but he can also become a candidate for prime minister, as long as Pierre performs well, then the next term, or the next term, Pierre will become one of the candidates.

At that time, France will still be an ally of Lanfang, and maybe Germany.

If Qin Zhiyuan wants to compete with Britain and the United States, one or two countries in Europe must be able to contain the British, so that Lan Fang can concentrate on dealing with the Americans in the Pacific; At the same time, if France or Germany are to pull Britain off the throne of world number one, there must be a country that can contain the almost unlimited military potential of the Americans from the Pacific direction.

The negotiations between France and the Republic of China are proceeding very quickly, and the French have decided to give up their privileges in the Republic of China, and their attention is focused on the deteriorating Syrian battlefield, and they have no intention of entanglement with the Beiyang government of the Republic of China. The Beiyang government of the Republic of China was unexpectedly happy to get the current situation, and there was no intention of asking for more, so less than a week after the army sent by Lanfang boarded the ship, France reached an agreement with the Beiyang government of the Republic of China.

Of course, on the surface, the agreement is still a high-sounding mess.

In order to show its support for the Republic of China in the world war, France gave up all its privileges in the Republic of China, including the already built Guangzhou Bay military port and the lease of Tianjin, and returned all of them to the Beiyang government of the Republic of China. In order to express its gratitude to France, the Beiyang government of the Republic of China sent an army of 30,000 people to Syria to support the ongoing Syrian-Iraqi war there.

Together with the agreement between France and Lan Fang, this tripartite cooperation can be described as a great joy, the French once again proved their "democracy" and "good help", the Republic of China regained the national dignity lost in the former Qing Dynasty, and Lan Fang got practical benefits.

The only ones who are unhappy are the British.

On the same day that the French and the Beiyang government of the Republic of China announced the signing of the agreement, the British government announced that it would increase its assistance to the southern military government of the Republic of China, and at the same time send active military officers into the Republic of China to train troops for the southern military government, and at the same time serve as military staff officers to assist the southern military government in combat.

After Britain decided to increase its assistance to the military government in the south of the Republic of China, Lan Fang announced the conclusion of a friendship treaty with the autonomous government of the ten northern provinces of Siam, and Lan Fang recognized the political status of the autonomous government of the ten northern provinces of Siam, and sent military officers and political workers to the ten northern provinces of Siam to speed up the democratic process there.

At the same time, Lan Fong also announced that she would support the democratic self-determination of Sarawak and let the Sarawakians decide their own destiny.

This immediately provoked protests from the British, especially regarding the self-determination of the people in Sarawak.

The concept of "national self-determination" comes from the "Fourteen Points of Peace" put forward by US President Wilson after the end of the World War.

Some colonial countries may approve of it, but they don't have a say in it, and no one values them, so this "principle" has so far become the biggest joke of the twentieth century.

Now that Lan Fang has put forward this "principle" again, it is indeed very meaningful at this critical juncture.

Although Sarawak also has its own self-government in name, everyone in the world knows that the Sarawak government is a group of puppets of Lan Fang, and Lan Fang can annex Sarawak at any time. Putting aside the Sarawak region, which will sooner or later be annexed by Lan Fong, if Sarawak does hold this so-called "national self-determination", what will happen to the British and other French colonies? Does Syria want a referendum? Does Iraq want a referendum? And what about the Philippines for the Americans?

Don't look at this "principle" put forward by the President of the United States, but even the Americans do not approve of it on this issue.

Therefore, MacArthur, the Emperor of the Philippines, made a rare statement resolutely opposing the national self-determination of Sarawak.

However, although MacArthur in the 21st century is famous, in Qin Zhiyuan's place, MacArthur is really not enough.

After MacArthur's statement, Lan Fang announced that naval exercises would be held near Zhenghe Island, which immediately shut MacArthur's mouth.

Zhenghe Island, that is, the former Palawan Island, is now the land of Lanfang, when the "Spanish flu" broke out for the last time, the Americans "sold" Palawan Island to Lanfang, and until now, there are still resistance forces against American colonial rule on Mindoro Island near Zhenghe Island, and those resistance forces have been asking to join Lanfang.

To the Americans' comfort, the Lanfang people have never expressed support for the resistance on Mindoro, a huge island with an area of 9,800 square kilometers, and MacArthur is leading the Philippine army to wipe out the resistance on Mindoro.

For now, the rebels on Mindoro are still in hiding in Tibet and cannot compete with the Philippine colonial army led by MacArthur, but if Lan Fang conducts military exercises near Mindoro, it will undoubtedly be a shot in the arm for the rebels on Mindoro.

Speaking of which, the relationship between Lanfang and Britain and the United States is also very complicated, in the world war, Lanfang and the British and Americans are comrades-in-arms, after the world war, Lanfang and the British quickly deteriorated because of the conflict of interest, but in the issue of supporting Germany, Lanfang and Britain have common interests, so Lanfang and Britain are also in confrontation and cooperation.

As for the relationship between Lanfang and the United States, it is relatively simple, generally speaking, Lanfang and the United States have a wide range of common interests on the issue of breaking the colonial pattern dominated by Britain and France, but if the scope is limited to Southeast Asia, the relationship between Lanfang and the United States is not very harmonious, and the root cause is still in Lanfang's expansion trend.

However, in the U.S. government, there is no shortage of voices that maintain friendly relations with Lanfang, among which Allen's role is on the one hand, and the interests of Rockefeller, Mellon, and other big families are on the other.

In fact, for big families such as Rockefeller and Mellon, the concept of "family and country" is not very profound, and interests are the fundamental reason for their choice. To put it simply, big families like Rockefeller and Mellon are big families in the United States, and the same is true in Lanfang, so "interests first" is the creed of these big families in the United States, and everything else has to take a back seat.

Qin Zhiyuan was not accustomed to what the heads of the Rockefeller and Mellon families thought, and after announcing that he would hold a naval exercise near Zhenghe Island, Qin Zhiyuan immediately began to make arrangements.

In Qin Zhiyuan's view, the Lanfang Navy now needs a drill very much, not only to test the combat effectiveness of the Lanfang Navy, but also to release some kind of signal to the outside world.

In order to make this exercise more realistic, Qin Zhiyuan ordered the flagship of the Vladivostok fleet stationed in the northern Xinjiang region, the Vladivostok, to also participate, and the Marine Corps will also participate in the exercise.

This is the first time that the Marine Corps has appeared in front of the world as an organization.

(To be continued.) )