Regardless of whether it is reliable or not, Foch and Julie's "negotiation" is much more efficient than Qin Zhiyuan and Manjing, and it takes no more than five minutes at most, and Foch and Julie reach a preliminary intention. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

It's not enough just the initial intention, there are more specific details to be discussed, and the cost is an important aspect.

Although Qin Zhiyuan only put forward the request of France to give up its privileges in Guangzhou, the relevant costs of sending troops to Syria still had to be borne by the French.

The combat effectiveness of the Lanfang troops can basically be divided into three grades, the regular legion composed of all Lanfang people is naturally the strongest in combat effectiveness, followed by the foreign legion composed of foreign soldiers, and finally the reserve force in Lanfang's country.

According to the meaning of the French, they wanted to take two armored divisions from Lanfang and then teach the Iraqis a lesson that they will never forget.

However, when the cost was calculated, the French had to abandon this unrealistic idea.

Not to mention that the equipment used by the armored forces needs to be provided by the French, even if it is the cost of manpower, the French can't afford it, Qin Zhiyuan's expenses for the armored forces are during the period in Syria, and the soldiers of the armored forces must have a daily allowance of fifty francs, and roughly calculated, the allowance for 40,000 people in two tank divisions needs two million francs per day, which makes the French unacceptable anyway.

Of course, when Hank Beecher smelled the normal salaries of the members of the armored forces, Qin Zhiyuan did not hide it: "If it is a soldier, the salary is about five francs a day——"

In order to make it easier for Hank Beecher to understand, Qin Zhiyuan took the initiative to change the unit of calculation into francs, which was not a problem, and now the exchange ratio between francs and Lan Fangyuan is about one to one.

In this way, the treatment of Lanfang's soldiers is actually quite high, and Qin Zhiyuan's burden is also heavy here, Lanfang's navy, army, and air force add up to about 900,000 people, and the salary of armored soldiers is not the highest in the army's salary system, but it is not the lowest, if calculated according to this average, Qin Zhiyuan's annual expenditure on military salaries is about one billion Lanfang yuan.

"Then why did you multiply tenfold?" Hank Beecher immediately questioned.

"Because my fighters didn't go to Syria to fight for Lan Fang, or even for Lan Fang's friends, they needed extra motivation." Qin Zhiyuan did not shy away from saying it, and straightforwardly put forward the biggest problem of Lan Fang and France now.

This made Hank Beecher speechless, seeing Hank Beecher hanging his head and saying nothing, Qin Zhiyuan kindly handed over a piece of paper and a pen.

Hank Beecher immediately thanked him and began to calculate.

I really miss mobile phones, even if it's an electronic calculator, it's a pity that the earliest electronic calculators didn't appear until the seventies, and in this era, it is estimated that it will be a little earlier.

However, it is estimated that it will not be too long in advance, and Hank Beecher, who is already in his early fifties, is estimated to not need it, and Qin Zhiyuan can still look forward to it.

When the sheet of paper was already densely packed with calculations, Hank Beecher finally looked up: "Then - I need two infantry divisions of the Foreign Legion - no, a semi-mechanized division and an infantry division, we will take care of the transportation and equipment that the troops need, as for the time - let's set it at six months first-"

Hank Beecher was really calculating, and it was kind of a tightening of his belt in his neck.

"Two divisions, six months - that would be the complete defeat of the Iraqis?" Qin Zhiyuan was still curious.

Qin Zhiyuan has detailed information on the Syrian-Iraqi war here, the Iraqis now have 21 numbered divisions, more than half of which are fully manned, and these troops are the same as the British army, each division is about 15,000 people, well-equipped, and has strong firepower.

At least compared to the Syrians, the Iraqis are "well-armed and powerful."

Although the French were prepared to expel the Iraqis by force, they did not have the determination to fight to the death, although the French had formed troops in Syria, but only seven divisions, and all of them were not enough, which had to do with the population base of Syria, but also with the determination of the French, after all, these troops did not even have a basic rifle to the level of one man.

The French are simply too stingy.

In other words, the chaotic state of French society prevents the French from concentrating on providing maximum support.

"No, no, no, we don't want to defeat the Iraqis completely, we just need to drive them out of Syria, we don't plan to fight a full-scale war, it's limited to the Middle East." Hank Beecher inadvertently confessed, which made Qin Zhiyuan a little disappointed.

Hank Beecher was right that although France and Britain were fighting in the Middle East and were now at a standoff because of their inability to achieve reunification with Germany, they were cooperating in other regions, especially in Cameroon, Africa, where France and Britain were joining forces to strangle the Cameroonian revolt.

Cameroon was originally a German colony, and after the World War, Germany was forced to abandon Cameroon. The Germans were also uneasy and kind, before leaving, all the Germans evacuated Cameroon, but they left all their weapons, the African brothers are still very cute, with guns and without guns are completely different races, the armed Cameroonians immediately began to resist with arms, and there is a tendency to spread to the surrounding areas.

Cameroon was located between British Nigeria and French West Africa, and after the World War, the British and the French divided Cameroon, and Cameroon was divided into the British Mandate and the French Mandate, and in order to deal with the Cameroonians, the British and French in Africa had to put aside their differences and fight side by side.

Look at the Middle East and then look at Africa, the world is so chaotic!

"Things don't necessarily turn out the way you want them to, even if we drive the Iraqis out of Syria, will the Iraqis fight back when we withdraw? Do you have to toss it again? Qin Zhiyuan did not approve of the French people accepting what they saw, and there were countless cases in Chinese history of beating snakes instead of dying.

"It's okay to toss around again if you need to—you know, next year is an election year—" Hank Beecher said with a candid face.

Election year!

It was definitely a very lively year for "democratic" France, which actually had a general election the year before, but strictly speaking, it was not a normal handover, and the one between Ngaré and De Shanel was.

De Shanel was unable to carry out his presidential duties because he was "unwell", so Alexander Millerand came to power, and under normal circumstances, France would not have the next general election until 1924, that is, next year.

After Hank Beecher finished speaking, Qin Zhiyuan immediately understood what Hank Beecher meant.

The so-called "election year", that is, as long as Syria is not lost during Alexander Millerand's term, it has nothing to do with Alexander Millerand, and it is still unknown whether Alexander Millerand can continue to serve as president after the election, so Alexander Millerand cannot take the blame for the next president.

What a bullshit democracy!

After understanding the intentions of the French government, Qin Zhiyuan just wanted to scold.

This is the evil consequence of the lack of continuity of the policy, and the presidential term forces those incumbent presidents to choose only the immediate interests, and as for the long-term interests, to hell with them!

After figuring out this, Qin Zhiyuan no longer insisted, after the problem of cost was solved, other problems were not a problem, Qin Zhiyuan and Hank Beecher made an agreement as quickly as possible.

The content of the agreement includes: Lan Fang will send two divisions of no less than 30,000 troops in the name of the Republic of China to participate in the Syrian-Iraqi war. The reason why it is 30,000 people is because the establishment of the Foreign Legion is not as large as that of the regular army, and the establishment of armored troops is the largest in Lan Fang's army, including a large number of logistics personnel.

France will be responsible for the equipment and salaries of these troops, the part of which will be paid in the amount of 100.8 million francs before the troops board the ships, specifically specified in the agreement for six months, and the equipment, which will be handed over to the troops in Syria, including rifles, tanks, armoured vehicles and artillery.

The French are also putting the cart before the horse, and if the French provide the Syrians with these equipment, it is estimated that the Syrians will not be defeated.

After Lanfang sent troops to Syria, France would withdraw all its military personnel in Guangzhou Bay within 1923, and the naval base of the French Far East Fleet in Guangzhou Bay would be handed over to the Beiyang Government of the Republic of China.

It must be pointed out that this negotiation has a time limit, and France must conclude the negotiations with the Republic of China within one month, otherwise the Lanfang army will not participate in the war even if it gets off the ship, and regardless of whether the Lanfang army participates in the war or not, the fees paid by the French government in advance will not be refunded.

The last clause in the agreement is that the content of this agreement will not be made public, according to the special request of the French.

It is certain that it will not be made public, and if the whole world really knows about this agreement, then the dignity of France is really gone.

This is the standard to be a bitch again, and to set up a torii!

Sending Hank Beecher away, Qin Zhiyuan returned to the inner house.

Foch hugged Qin Zhizheng's face full of spoiling, Qin De hugged Foch's shoulders and wanted to climb on Foch's back, Foch would lose the majesty of the marshal of the Three Kingdoms, and he bent his waist and collapsed his shoulders, allowing Qin De to make a mistake.

Foch was originally the marshal of France and Belgium, but last year Lanfang also awarded Foch the title of marshal, which is also the only marshal of Lanfang, of course, this marshal has no real power, just an honor.

Qin Zhiyuan asked Julie to take Qin De and Qin Zhi away, and then reported the results of the negotiations and the six-month deadline to Foch with a heavy expression.

Foch was followed by a long silence that finally turned into a sigh.

Alas!

(To be continued.) )