The Germans did not want to surrender the lands of the former Austrian rule.

Not only Austria proper, but also Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and other places did not want to hand it over.

Compared to France, which has a strong culture, these scattered small ethnic areas are easier to rule.

But the Lucians also understood this, so they preferred to get their hands on the Balkans and Central Europe sooner rather than the interior of France.

The Lucians were quite resolute because they felt that the British mainland was not easy to fight.

Naval warfare and cross-sea landing operations are very complex operations, and the key is that they are full of uncertainties.

The Ming Dynasty is even more outrageous, even if the war process is very smooth, it will take them several years to fully occupy the Ming Dynasty.

The Germans could not be allowed to occupy Central Europe before that.

The Lucian demands were also justified, as the partition had been agreed upon before the French campaign was launched.

The Germans had no choice but to find excuses to delay or modify the way of exchange.

After several days of bickering, the two sides decided to complete the exchange of occupied territories in Western Europe first.

The southern part of mainland France along the Mediterranean remained in the hands of Italy.

The rest of the territory was entirely occupied by Germany.

Spain was given entirely to Lucia.

Portugal is so geographically advantageous that all three countries want to own this land facing the Atlantic.

So in the end, it was decided to occupy it by the Three Kingdoms Division.

As for the colonies of France, Portugal, Spain and other countries, leave them alone for the time being.

The next most important target is the United Kingdom.

Whether Britain wants to fight, how it will fight, what situations it may encounter, and how should it deal with them.

These are all questions to consider.

The staff offices of the three countries, especially those in Germany, had planned accordingly many years in advance.

But they also agreed that it would be very difficult to capture the British mainland.

Israel is inherently weak against land and is highly dependent on the cooperation of the air force and navy, while the British navy and air force are very strong.

A large part of the French and Spanish navies went directly to England, and they will definitely cooperate with the British navy in the future to fight against Lucia and Germany.

At the same time, the continent of Europa was in a fight, and the British prepared step by step for three years.

This landing battle will definitely not be easy to fight.

What's more critical is that the fight against Britain may bring Daming in.

Germany and Lucia, even now their self-confidence is unprecedentedly inflated, and they have the mind to compete with the Ming again.

But the Ming is still very important.

If you want to fight against the Ming Dynasty, you must be prepared for twelve points, and you must have no distractions.

Fighting Britain may trigger the Ming to enter the war, and then turn into a two-front war, which is not a good thing for Lucia and Germany.

But you can't help but hit the British.

If you leave Britain alone and go back to fight the Ming Dynasty, Britain may make trouble in the back.

Britain will also definitely cooperate with the Ming Dynasty and use the mainland as a base for the Ming Air Force and Navy to advance and attack the Europa continent.

Assist the Ming to land on the French mainland from Britain across the sea to fight.

As for stopping the war, stopping it and keeping the existing loot is an unattainable option.

Both countries started their foreign wars at a time when their domestic economies were collapsing.

The funds for the start of the war were made up of loans and national debts, and most of the spoils of war after the victory were distributed to the banks and the people.

They're actually fighting a war on loans.

Therefore, we can only continue to fight like this in order to maintain the operation of finances.

So after several days of discussion, the monarchs and ministers of the three countries came up with a test plan.

"Negotiate peace".

Negotiated peace with Great Britain, France, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Ottomans, and the Netherlands.

With the exception of the British, several other countries were simply occupied on their own soils.

Their colonies are still there.

Try to give up the fight for their colonies and make peace with them once and for all.

Move their native diehards to their colonies.

At the same time, Britain was invited to join its own alliance.

The Second Anti-Ming Alliance was formed.

The number of countries in the anti-Ming alliance has been greatly reduced, and the level of cooperation will certainly increase by a large margin.

In their opinion, they have a chance to fight with Da Ming.

Of course, this is just an attempt.

Britain's relationship with the Ming is too special for the British to refuse.

So at the same time they were ready for the British to refuse, and at the same time began to prepare for the landing operation on British soil.

The diplomatic departments of the three countries sent the news directly to the British.

Not through the League of Nations.

The League of Nations is a product of the failure of the first anti-Ming alliance, and if it wants to form an anti-Ming alliance again, it will certainly not be able to continue to use this platform.

The current mental state of the British is also very entangled and worried.

The land units of the British, in the course of the French war, followed the French in a constant retreat.

Some of them retreated to France at the time of the collapse of the continent.

But there were also some who died in the vicious battle of Paris, and some who were captured in the war.

The British again made a feud with the Germans and Lucians.

But the slaughter of Germany and Lucia on the continent also brought the panic of the British to a new level.

With France and Spain occupied, King George IV of England repeatedly asked his daughter for confirmation.

"Was Britain's decision to enter the Continental War wrong?"

"Will Da Ming participate in the war?"

Even, in the later period, George IV asked:

"Can Daming defeat Germany and Lucia? The Prussians won't really be able to unify the whole world, will they? ”

"More than ten years ago, the Tessie countries were able to tie with the Ming Dynasty, and now the combat effectiveness of Prussia and Lucia far exceeds that of the Tessie coalition army back then!"

"The most important equipment advantage of the Ming Dynasty will gradually disappear as the Prussians reverse the planes and armored combat vehicles of ......the Ming Dynasty."

Charlotte herself was a little irritable, and was slightly more irritable when asked by her father.

When her father came to annoy her again, Charlotte finally couldn't help but reveal a little bit of news that she was not very clear about:

"Father, don't worry, the things that Daming gave to the Germans seem to be advanced, but they are actually outdated.

"What's more, Your Majesty has revealed to me that Da Ming has successfully researched a new superweapon.

"A completely new type of weapon capable of revolutionizing the shape of warfare once again.

"No matter how great the victory of Prussia and Lucia is now, as long as the Ming Dynasty uses new weapons on the battlefield, they will quickly lose."

George IV could not believe and could hardly believe that any new weapon could have such a huge effect:

"What kind of new weapon? What are the specific uses and effects? ”

Charlotte shook her head helplessly and said:

"I don't know, this is the most important secret of the Ming military.

"Even if it is the highest-ranking Jiuqing important minister of the Ming Dynasty, as long as he is not a person directly related to the relevant project, he has no right to know the details.

"Even the people in the harem of the Ming Emperor don't know the details.

"It was also because of my special status that I received this level of vague explanation, and it is impossible to tell me the details.

"Also, father, you should understand that even if Daming wants to go to war, it is not now.

"If the war in our homeland does not break out, the Ming Dynasty will not end.

"Father, if you are really worried, just pass the throne to Di Yu, and then go to the United States to retire first.

"It is impossible for Lucia and Germans to fight America."

George IV was speechless by his daughter's words, but he really had a little idea of retiring directly and going directly to the United States to retire.

George IV has turned sixty years old, and he has reached retirement age in Daming.

His daughter Charlotte is also twenty-eight years old this year, and according to the tradition of the Ming Dynasty, she can already succeed to the throne.

But the status of the king is really hard to let go.

While George IV was struggling, his palace secretary led three men into the room quickly.

Robert Jenkinson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Arthur Wellesley, Commander of the Army, Horatio of the Navy, Horatio Shaw Nelson.

With a serious expression and a little excitement, Jenkinson handed a telegram to the king and reported:

"Your Majesty, Your Highness, the Germans have sent a message hoping to 'shake hands and make peace' with us.

"And on this basis, organize a second anti-Ming alliance."

George IV was relieved to hear the first half of the sentence, but was obviously startled when he heard the second half, and almost didn't hold the telegram he had just arrived:

"What do you say? The Second Anti-Ming Alliance? ”

Jenkinson was very affirmative:

"Yes, the Second Anti-Ming Alliance.

"The ultimate goal of the Germans and Lucians is obviously to challenge the Ming again.

"And before challenging the Ming Dynasty, we must eliminate all worries.

"The United Kingdom, which is outside the mainland, is their biggest concern right now.

"Landing on UK soil is a very difficult thing in itself.

"The point is that we have the opportunity to get the Ming directly into the war, and then put Germany and Lucia in the dilemma of fighting on two fronts.

"So now they are trying to negotiate peace with us and win us over to deal with the Ming together.

"It's just that this kind of cooperation is certainly not reliable.

"And we will be in a significantly lower position in this anti-Ming alliance than Germany and Lucia.

"It is a country on the periphery and in the status of a servant like Italy."

George IV's hands trembled slightly, opened the telegram, read the contents carefully, and then looked at the four people in front of him with some confusion:

"So what should we do now?"

Wellesley was very adamant:

"Your Majesty, there is only one thing we have to do now, and then continue to prepare for battle."

"If we reject Germany, they will certainly launch a war against the United Kingdom itself."

George IV asked in a panic:

"Shall we not promise the Germans to shake hands with them now?"

Jenkinson explains:

"While shaking hands and making peace, we must form an alliance with Germany and Lucia and jointly declare war on the Ming Dynasty.

"They won't let us stand out of the fight.

"We, the British royal family...... The identity is special, and if we don't completely fall to them, we will be regarded by them as an ally of the Ming Dynasty.

"And it is impossible for us to be the enemy of the Ming Dynasty now.

"Whether it is from the relationship between the royal family and the Ming royal family, or considering the strength of both sides......"

George IV continued to ask with some uncertainty:

"The Germans and Lucians, have occupied the entire continent of Ctessy.

"The number of whites they actually rule over is already over 400 million, maybe even more than 500 million.

"There is no order of magnitude difference with the Daming people with a core population of 700 million.

"Is it still completely impossible for them to defeat Da Ming?"

This time it was Wellesley who shook his head first and replied:

"There is really no way for them to defeat the Ming Dynasty.

"The Ming Dynasty is not like us small countries in Europa, which have a very large volume and huge strategic depth.

"The real core area of the Ming Dynasty, Lanzhou and other places are more than 4,000 kilometers away from the Lucia border in a straight line.

"It's only 2,000 kilometers from Berlin to Gibraltar.

"And these four thousand kilometers of land, deep in the inland areas of the Shenou continent, most of the places are deserts and next door.

"As long as the Ming destroys the existing railways and highways in the territory, it is impossible for the Germans and Lucians to send heavy weapons to the core area of the Ming Dynasty.

"Even if they launch a surprise attack and achieve a temporary victory, sooner or later they will be dragged to death by the huge size of the Ming Dynasty.

"The core population of the Ming Dynasty is really pure Ming people, equivalent to their Germans.

"And what they call four to five hundred million people, there are Germans, Lucians, Hungarians, French, Spaniards, and so on.

"The French and the Spaniards, both newly conquered, are now not only unable to provide soldiers, but even require them to use additional soldiers to suppress the rebellion.

"The core of people who can actually play a direct role is 200 million people at most.

"And the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty are all vassal states that have been controlled for a long time, and they can easily raise a large number of servant soldiers.

"The population that Daming can play a role in is actually one billion, five times as many as them."

Jenkinson paused slightly.

Nelson, who was next to him, immediately added:

"What is more important is the industrial gap.

"The degree of industrialization, industrial scale and efficiency, as well as the technology, are far above the average of Europa.

"Daming's financial situation is also far better than that of the whole of Europa.

"The key is that the most important industrial areas in Daming are all in the core area of Daming.

"There are four thousand kilometers of strategic defense in depth on land, and several layers of ocean and inland sea defense lines on the ocean.

"Even if the Taixi countries are completely united and have the same strength as the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty only defends and does not attack, and after retreating, it will not advance.

"It may take us years before we get into these areas.

And these preconditions cannot exist.

"Therefore, we must not make peace with the Germans under any circumstances, and we must not participate in the anti-Ming coalition again.

"That would wipe out our United Kingdom completely."

George IV was somewhat broken when he heard this:

"You say that we cannot make peace with the Germans, and you say that we can only stand on the side of the Ming Dynasty.

"But the Germans and Lucians are already eyeing each other, and the Ming has no intention of participating in the Europa War now!

"So let's talk about it—what the hell should we do now!"

Charlotte listened to her for a while, and now she couldn't help but answer her father's question:

"Father doesn't need to be too entangled in this matter, just leave this issue to His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to decide."

George IV was visibly stunned:

"Huh? What did you say? ”

Charlotte said in a rather relaxed tone:

"Send this telegram to the Daming Honglu Temple intact, and ask Daming directly for help in the name of the United Kingdom.

"I beg Da Ming to come and save the people of Europa who are in dire straits.

"In the capacity of the royal family, we will directly explain the current situation to His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and directly ask the Ming Dynasty to participate in the Europa War.

"His Majesty the Emperor will understand our situation.

"It's been three years since the Europa Continent was fighting, and the Ming side should be fully prepared."

George IV suddenly realized:

"yes, that's the only way to do it."

(End of chapter)