While the French government was engaged in a heated debate over these new peace terms, Qing Ying also appealed to British Foreign Secretary Edward Edward. Gray stated the terms of the armistice of the German government.

Prior to this, the armistice negotiations between Britain and Germany had not made as much progress as Franco-German. In addition to the fact that the British on the island had not yet felt the pressure of losing their country, their illusions about the navy also prompted them to hide from the negotiating table and remain reluctant to engage in head-on talks with Germany, which had the upper hand. However, now, the new Queen Elizabeth-class battleship, which was pinned on by the entire British Navy, was defeated by the other side again in a fair duel of equal strength, and only one of the three queens who attacked was lucky to survive. In the past few days, the British government and opposition have been shaken, and the anger and dissatisfaction of the people have reached their peak; Gray, who is in Amsterdam, is also deeply uneasy about the future situation, and he already has a feeling that the other side will make a big fuss about this incident in the negotiations!

"Britain and Germany face each other across the water, drink the North Sea together, the people come to the dense like silk, and the royal family has been tied for thousands of years. Since the beginning of the 20th century, the shape of the world has changed like a storm in the ocean, and in this period of great change unseen in a thousand years, it is the time for our two in-laws to support each other and work hand in hand to create a heavenly season belonging to the royal family of Saxony-Hohenzollern. But how could you have imagined that your country would abandon its frontier and collude with the French who sent their king to the guillotine! ”

In the spacious and bright conference hall, Qingying faced Gray's gaze; He is also experienced in many battles and has been to all the countries of the West, and he is not afraid to talk and laugh on such occasions. In the face of the British foreign minister, who single-handedly promoted the trilateral entente between Britain, France and Russia during his tenure, Qingying also opened a commendable actor model. For a while, only his clear and melodious voice could be heard in the conference hall: "Today's war." Originally, the cause of this was simply the Franco-German colonial dispute caused by France's unilateral sabotage of the Agadir Agreement: if your country could stand impartially. There is not the slightest possibility of war breaking out. However, your country not only ignored the facts and insisted on supporting France's criminal acts, but also contacted Russia, which had nothing to do with Moroccan affairs in the East, to participate in it, and deliberately instigated the escalation of the situation in order to start a war and put our Germany to death! This betrayal of your country, which stabs you in the back of your friends, is already a sin that even a merciful God cannot forgive, and your country must pay the price it deserves for what it has done! ”

In the face of Qingying's reprimands and accusations, Rao is Gray knew that the other party was paving the way for the upcoming main drama, and he still couldn't help but feel a sense of sadness and guilt in his heart. On May 1, the day Germany declared war on France. The British Parliament was bitterly wrangled over whether or not it should be involved in the war, and at first the majority of the people were not in favor of participating in a war that had nothing to do with them in order to fulfill a treaty with France. However, it was precisely in the running around of a group of Conservatives represented by Churchill who feared that the world would not be chaotic, and their own narrow self-interest that Britain insisted on linking the glorious justice of opposing militaristic Prussia and Britain in order to prevent the emergence of a single monopoly in Europe, and that the whole of Britain had accumulated resentment against Germany for 30 years that broke out and threw itself into this vigorous and brutal killing with a fanatical attitude.

However, this "preventive war", which was aimed at eliminating the challenger in its infancy, has inflicted a setback on Britain that has not been seen in hundreds of years. The year-long war not only caused great depletion and destruction to Britain's wealth, personnel, and territory, but also completely toppled the Royal Navy, which had been crisscrossing the world for 300 years, from the throne high in the clouds. As one of the initiators of this war. Gray is absolutely responsible for the current state of affairs in the UK!

"However, your country is, after all, my relatives in Germany. King George was a cousin of His Majesty Caesar. It is also my cousin, and Germany cannot punish the sins of your country in the harshest way. "The Imperial Government, after much consideration, has decided to impose only a warning punishment on your country, and I hope that Mr. Gray will be grateful for the concessions made by my father Caesar and the German government for the reconciliation between the two countries, and accept these armistice guidelines in their entirety." ”

Gray's pupils contracted suddenly. For he had seen that the other party had taken out a bound memo from the leather bag he was carrying, and then pushed it in front of his eyes.

The British Expeditionary Force immediately released the prisoners of war and within two months all of them left mainland France and returned to their homeland. All naval warships sailed back to the harbor and all mines laid in the English Channel were cleared. British hostile attacks on Germany's overseas colonies were to cease immediately, and after the release of all prisoners, they were to return to the frontier before the outbreak of the war. The British army was fully demobilized, and its numbers were restored to their normal peacetime formations. When these conditions were met, the German Army would also repatriate all British prisoners of war. Gray didn't pay much attention to this regular armistice condition, and immediately turned his gaze to the terms below.

"Britain recognizes the independence of Egypt and is obliged to sign peace terms with it that it will never again be brought under its protection. The Sinai Peninsula was assigned to the Ottoman Empire, and the Suez Canal was jointly managed by the governments of Germany, Austria and Italy. Britain's withdrawal from the Transvaal and Orange Free States and the restoration of the pre-1900 South African frontier were determined only by the German and Dutch governments. Seeing this second agreement on colonies, Gray's heart suddenly became solemn: although Britain is currently the largest colonial suzerainty in Africa, covering almost the entire continent from Cairo to Cape Town, there is no doubt that the only places that can really be called elite are Egypt and South Africa, which are extremely important in terms of strategic location and resource economy. At the beginning, Britain spent a lot of effort in order to deal with these two key places: just to conquer the Transvaal, Britain lost more than 20,000 lives and 250 million pounds in war expenses, and now the Germans want to spit out all the food in their mouths!

Britain handed over six colonies, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Nigeria, and Guyana, to the German government and recognized Germany's status as the sole protectorate of Morocco. The Commonwealth was required to limit the total tonnage of the Navy's capital ships to 60 per cent of Germany's capitalships and the tonnage of submarines to 35 per cent of the German Navy's. ”

"If the above conditions are met, Germany will no longer retain its claim for war reparations to Great Britain."

A breeze blew in from the window, and the window swayed; Gray, whose eyes were fixed on the content of the article, suddenly felt a bone-chilling coldness coming from the collar.

"Mr. Gray, it is precisely because of the consideration of the blood ties between your country and Germany that the Imperial Government has made the greatest concession on the terms of the armistice, and is not even prepared to ask for war reparations." Seeing Gray sit motionless for a long time, Qingying immediately changed to a frank tone, and said step by step, "At present, your country's territories in Kuwait, Qatar and other territories around the Persian Gulf have been captured by the Ottoman army, and even Egypt has fallen nearly half of its territory; Therefore, these conditions of the colonies put forward by Germany were only the complete implementation of the land that we had already acquired. The Free State of Auranga and the Transvaal Republic were the sites of the appalling war crimes committed by your country at the beginning of this century, where the Boers hated your country's brutal invasion and its inhumane mode of concentration camp rule, and which for ten years were filled with hatred and turmoil. Your country's withdrawal from here is not only a manifestation of justice and justice, but also a demonstration to the world of your country's good attitude of knowing its mistakes and being able to correct its mistakes and sincerely repent. ”

Gray's gaze was solemn, and his palms hidden under the negotiating table could not help but clench into fists: the Germans demanded the entire British colony around the Persian Gulf, which clearly wanted to extend their tentacles to the Indian Ocean so as to directly threaten the sea route between India and the British mainland. In fact, up to this point alone, German submarines based in Basra have been making waves in the Indian Ocean; While directly forcing British merchant ships from Bombay and other places to form convoys, it also greatly reduced the efficiency of blood transfusion to the British. And as soon as the Germans have a complete foothold in the Persian Gulf, the whole Indian Ocean will tremble at their strong accession!

Today, however, Britain can no longer prevent them from entering the Middle East via the Guò3B (Berlin, Byzantium, Baghdad) railway, as they did 20 years ago. The same can be said of Germany's control of Morocco, where the government in London, with its declining navy and army, can only acquiesce to the fact that its ambitions for the region, which had been expanding since the end of the 19th century. As for Egypt and the Transvaal, Britain will not be able to continue its entrenchment: after all, the current situation has collapsed to such an extent that it will have to pay a heavy enough price to pay the bill. In all fairness, the Germans did not take the initiative to claim reparations, which was already a windfall for Gray's trip!

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your contribution to peace, and I will do my best to send back the terms of the partition of the colony to our government for negotiation." Gray's gaze finally lifted from the memo and refocused on Qingying's eyes, "However, we believe that the final agreement on naval power needs to be further discussed. We have vast colonies and are more strictly dependent on sea shipping, so a naval fleet of sufficient numbers is absolutely needed to safeguard the interests of Britain. Therefore, we want to increase this tonnage ratio, which is not very reasonable, so that the Royal Navy can respond to other enemy challenges. ”

Qingying smiled faintly, but the resolute meaning in her words was unmistakable: "The last naval agreement is the foundation of the force that guarantees peace between Britain and Germany today. If your country does not accept it, there will be no peace between us. As for the emergence of new challengers, you need not worry, because the end of the war will bring an end to the worldwide naval arms race. (To be continued......)

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