Chapter 242
Afternoon negotiations continue!
Naturally, it was easy to reach an agreement through false negotiations, and Zheng Sen opened his mouth widely, anyway, he could agree to any conditions regarding France.
Hopefully France cedes Alsace and Lorraine, no problem. Paris has no problem ceding to you!
There was only one problem, and that was that these places had to be taken down by the Germans themselves.
If the Ming army participates, then the Ming army has to be given a piece of the pie.
Goppel seriously reminded the Ming that even if the Ming army defeated the French territory, it would not be easy to rule. At the very least, the Ming needed a lot of officials who knew French.
And in Daming, the arrogant Daming students disdain to learn other languages.
In their eyes, it should be that everyone in the world speaks Chinese.
And they're learning about it. In order to achieve the ultimate form of the Chinese nation and unify the world!
Zheng Sen doesn't care what he says, anyway, as long as Daming sends troops, even if there is a bullet, the outcome of the battle will have something to do with Daming.
The Germans were able to get as much land as they could rely entirely on their own armies. It's impossible to want benefits but not bloodshed!
In the end, Goppel could only reluctantly agree, Germany wanted the rights and interests of France, and needed to use its own strength.
At the same time, he told Zheng Sen very intimately that the German army had the ability to take Paris alone, and Daming would just watch from behind.
As a result, Zheng Sen asked for many commercial requirements for the future of Paris.
For example, tax exemption, for example, German officials were not allowed to arbitrarily punish commercial facilities opened by the Ming people.
It is easy to reach a substantive agreement at a meeting that is generous to others.
Judging by the agreement reached in the end, the most unlucky loser of this conspiracy should be France.
The agreement stipulated that the German Empire had the right to extend its borders eastward by 200 kilometers.
The Ming army would assist the German army in clearing the Polish army that belonged to Germany.
In accordance with this right, Deutsche will become the owner of Warsaw.
And the rest of Poland will be owned by Russia. Among the benefits that the Ming obtained here were that the Ming merchants had the right not to pay taxes, and the Ming nationals had criminal immunity.
The goods of the Ming Empire could not be subject to customs duties on the territory of the former Poland.
...... of the Ming Empire
Anyway, all the terms that involve Daming are based on commercial interests.
This made Goppel very happy, didn't he just want some money. Daming sent so many troops, it was still appropriate to make a little money.
Goppel generously agreed to all of Zheng Sen's requests!
As for Austria-Hungary, the Ming Dynasty proposed to split Austria and Hungary into two countries.
Originally, these were two different peoples, forcibly pinched together, and there was no benefit at all.
Goppel thought about it and agreed, after all, these places had to be captured by the Ming Dynasty. The Germans did not have much say in these places.
Finally, there was the agreement with the French, and the Germans would fight the French with the help of the Ming army.
The Germans would have the right to occupy French territory, but as long as the Ming or Russian armies were involved, they would have to cede enough land, population, and resources to the Ming and Russians.
Anyway, Da Ming's meaning is very simple, I have to have a return for what I pay.
Only pay stupid things that have no return, and the Ming people never do it.
The treaty detailed the time for the German troops to withdraw from the front line, as well as the deadline for the attack on the French.
That is, before the 20th of September, an attack must be launched against the French, and the size must not be less than fifty divisions.
"Sir, the negotiations are over. The Germans promised to launch an attack on France on September 20.
This time, they sold all their allies. In the future, there is no way for them to mix in Europe. Zheng Sen was so excited that he agreed to many preferential terms for Germany on paper, and even promised most of France to the Germans.
But it is absolutely immoral for the Germans to do so.
A large number of troops from the Nordic countries, abandoned by them in Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania.
And the future fate of these troops is either captured by the Ming army, or they are regarded as the object of revenge by the Russian army, and they don't need to think about it to know that the end will be very miserable.
As for the Polish troops on the central front, who confronted the Ming army, the Ming didn't even think much about these guys.
They had old-fashioned bolt-action rifles in their hands, and only a battalion had a mortar platoon. This is the most important support artillery of their battalion units!
And fucking 60 mm caliber, 60 mm caliber mortar, also embarrassed to call the battalion support artillery?
There was one light machine gun in each platoon, and only two heavy machine guns in the whole company.
Divisional support artillery, only a pitiful seventy-five-mm howitzer.
Rocket artillery is only equipped under the group army. It is estimated that just one round was launched, and it had to be found and destroyed by the Ming Air Force.
The Polish army's operational thinking was also problematic, and the Poles still favored cavalry in the last battle when the hussars were completely annihilated.
Even under the conditions of very tight resources, they still managed to get three cavalry divisions. The melee weapon of these units is a sabre!
The Ming had three MG-34 general-purpose machine guns in each platoon, and the maximum theoretical rate of fire reached 600 rounds.
You fucking brought cavalry, you think a few thousand horses can break through the machine guns?
Li Xiao was very skeptical that the average age of those people in the Polish High Command was over 70 years old.
This kind of army is not worthy of fighting the Ming army, and fighting too many battles with this kind of army is very detrimental to the growth of the Ming army.
The object that Li Xiao likes to fight is the French army, not to mention the tenacity of the battle, and the command ability is still strong.
Although the French fought many defeats, their performance on the battlefield was still remarkable.
It's like the Battle of Tsaritsyn the year before last, and many French companies fought to the last man.
This kind of fighting spirit and fighting will is not possessed by many Ming army units.
Not to mention the Russian army, whose combat effectiveness is so low that it is miserable. Basically, there is no Ming army in charge, and as long as the other side attacks, they will run.
However, now the French are retreating, and the Ming army is not pursuing it on a large scale.
In Li Xiao's opinion, the more French troops run out, the better. Only the more the French ran out, the more damage they could inflict on the Germans.
Therefore, the Ming army is still resting.
The task of pursuing the French army was completed by the Russian army.
The Russian army came to pursue, and they were naturally far away from the French army. Normally, this distance is about 50 kilometers, which is exactly the distance of a French army in a day's march.
Only the Russian army's forward scout cavalry, tightly biting the tail of the French army, was advancing.
Their task was not to fight, but to fear the French ambush. Or maybe the French army turned around and killed a horse gun or something!
With the current strength of the Russian army, without the help of the Ming army, it is really impossible to deal with this kind of horse-back attack.
Of course, these victories were portrayed by the Russians as the Russians defeated the French, recovering not only the lost ground, but also beating the French, and now the heroic Russian army is frantically pursuing the damned French.
To this end, Moscow has held three huge banquets to celebrate the great victory of the Russian army.
Poor little Tsar Paul was almost drunk to death at the banquet, and the Romanov dynasty was almost buried in the hands of alcohol.
The Russians celebrated, but Napoleon was silent.
There are more and more signs that the Germans really seem to be making peace with the Ming Dynasty.
Not just the unsolicited telegram, but more indications.
The intelligence staff is trying to connect these clues in a way so that His Majesty the Emperor can have an intuitive judgment.
The first is that the German army on the northern front is shrinking, and the external propaganda is that the German army is gathering and preparing to launch a large-scale attack on the Russian army and the Ming army on a crisp autumn day.
In this attack, the coalition forces will go directly to the city of Moscow. Capture the capital of the Russian Empire in the cold wind!
To this end, the Germans sent the Polish army, the Lithuanian army, the Estonians, Latvians, and Poles, who were originally in the second line, to the front line to confront the Ming army.
In fact, for nearly forty days, the northern front was quiet.
There were only sporadic exchanges of fire between patrols and reconnaissance units, mostly at the squad and platoon level, and all ended with each side retreating.
On the central front, the main Polish force played against the main force of the Ming army. Obviously, the main forces of the Ming army are still resting. After all, the annihilation of the main force of the Hebrews plus hundreds of thousands of people in the Austro-Hungarian Empire will take a lot of food, and the digestion time will naturally take longer.
The Polish army, which did not yet have the idea of taking the initiative to attack. They were building fortifications, and it seemed to them that it was quite good to be able to hold the existing front.
And the French army on the southern front was retreating in great strides.
Every day, a large number of French troops are bound for France by train.
The French were retreating, and the Germans were also retreating. The excuse used is still shameless, to return home and pick up better equipment in order to launch an offensive in the autumn.
Whenever the French representative rebuked the German representative in Brussels, the German representative also rebuked the French representative.
Because, both sides are withdrawing.
And those Nordic countries are still stupidly believing that the German army is really preparing for an attack.
The Nordic brains are just not very good.
This is Napoleon's impression of the Nordics!
"The Germans withdrew faster than ours because they withdrew much shorter distances than we did.
Now the Germans have withdrawn to the mainland of 50 divisions, and there are still 55 divisions on the front, but they are still in the process of retreating.
There was no sign of the returning German units continuing to return to the front. There are even some troops that are already on their way to the Franco-German border.
In these days, in Alsace and Lorraine, the activities of German espionage increased significantly.
And our intelligence officers found that the border troops of the German army were also increasing. The intelligence staff stood in front of Napoleon and reported to him the information he had recently gathered.
"Got it, what's the situation with our army?" Napoleon's heart sank, he knew that Germany had made peace with the Ming Dynasty.
And according to the signs of the Germans, their next goal should be to attack France.
Damn the Germans, they actually betrayed their promises!
But there is nothing to blame for this, as an emperor, Napoleon knew a truth.
There has never been any friendship between nations, or fairness, morality, or morality. All those who say these things are farts.
There is only one kind of relationship between countries, and that is the relationship of interests, the relationship of naked interests.
There are benefits, everyone is friends. You can drink together, chat together, play with women, and everyone has no problem doing a brother-in-law.
But it's no good, hehe, it's a matter of minutes for swords and soldiers to meet.
"The withdrawal of our army is more troublesome, mainly because the capacity is a little tight. Moreover, we returned home more than twice as long as the Germans.
Even with a lot of heavy equipment being discarded, our capacity was still tight.
So far, we have only returned the Third and Fifth Armies.
Because they were relatively close to Kyiv, they were sent away first.
The Fourth Army is on its way to be transported!
The First and Second Armies were gradually retreating. A week ago we abandoned Kherson, three days ago we abandoned Kharkov.
It is believed that by the time they returned, the Fourth Army had already been transported back home.
The rest of the command post and the Second Army of the First Army will take about fifteen days. That's still the fastest speed!
Moreover, the Ming army will not launch a large-scale offensive in the case. The intelligence staff officer reluctantly closed the intelligence clip.
"We can't lose heavy equipment, we still need to fight in the future." Napoleon muttered.
Born as an artillery commander, he naturally knew the role of artillery in the war.
The glory of his career was all brought to him by artillery.
Now to make him give up the cannon is simply an insult to him.
"But we don't have enough capacity, what can we do?" The staff officer said helplessly.
"The train for the Italians is requisitioned, and they don't have anything to get back to Italy anyway.
Ordered the Italian army, as well as the Romanians, to go to the top line.
Anyway, it's the Russians who are chasing us, so it's just right for them to fight together! Napoleon had a spin in his head, and suddenly he had a solution.
"But when our troops arrive in Italy, they can't return home immediately! Besides, the Italians ......! ”
"Arrived at the troops in Italy and returned home on foot.
The Italians will agree, or Lao Tzu will disarm them first. Napoleon's face was hideous.
In order for the French army to return to the country, he was kind of out of the way.
In any case, we must bring all the troops back. Only when the troops are brought back can they last long enough in the future defense of France.
"Send a telegram to Mula, asking him to organize a return army to set up a defense on the Franco-German border.
There are fortifications built a few years ago, and it is estimated that they can still be used after resting now.
At the same time, he asked him to organize the factories to move money, and all of them were relocated to a place more than 200 kilometers away from the coastline.
I don't think the British will be able to hold Gibraltar for long. If Gibraltar falls, our Atlantic coast will become a target for the Ming warships.
And the damn planes, which flew much farther than the shells.
Finally, expose the crimes of the German army in the European Parliament. Let all of Europe know about the treachery of the German army. ”
"Yes! We're going to send a telegram to Marshal Mula! ”