Chapter 418: Trade-offs

About a week later, the atrium was released.

Joan of Arc and Fermin stood in the corner of the atrium and whispered to each other, their eyes paying attention to the people around them.

Compared to when she came in the past, Joan of Arc's face was much paler, and there were bloodstains on her eyes and mouth.

Her long hair, which was as clean and golden as wheat, was now covered with dirt, but Joan of Arc didn't care about it, and she was in much worse shape than she was when she blitzed Berlin.

Several members of the Prussian Party, who had also been arrested and imprisoned, stood at their side to make their conversation seem less obtrusive.

"Have you ever thought about getting out of here?" Joan of Arc whispered.

"How not, but Montjuic is the strongest fortress in Germany, and it is impossible to attack it from the outside, and it is impossible to get out," Fermin frowned.

"Have you seen the Count of Monte Cristo?" Joan of Arc said.

Fermin seemed to have thought of something, and his eyes glistened with a twinkle.

"There is no perfect prison in this world, you just need to carefully find the loopholes in it."

"The dead are sent away by the people of the Montjuïc cemetery the day after they are put in body bags." Joan of Arc muttered softly, "The people in the Montjuïc cemetery are not professional jailers, and their vigilance is obviously not too high, and they are not interested in checking whether the body bag is inside or not, which is a big loophole. ”

"But we were all in private rooms, and all of our moves were monitored by the jailers, except for an hour when we could move around in the atrium.

It is impossible to hide in a body bag in another prison, and what to do with the corpse, the weight of the two people's bodies is different, and it will definitely be discovered. ”

"There's still a chance." Joan of Arc muttered softly, "For example, I discovered a phenomenon yesterday where when there are not enough cells, there will be two people sharing a cell. ”

Fermin seemed to have something in mind, "You mean, kill the man who was in my cell, and then go in through his body bag and disguise his body as myself?" ”

"People from the cemetery usually come at six o'clock in the morning." "And the atrium is at twelve o'clock at noon, so they don't have time to find you." ”

Ferming's eyes twinkled, "But, who knows when the man in my cell will come." ”

"People will definitely come in, but it's up to you whether you'll be in a cell or not."

Fermin turned his head to look at Joan of Arc, "What about you?" ”

"Malfoy has been coming every day for the past few days, and I can feel his growing irritability, and the situation in Prussia should not be optimistic." Joan of Arc looked around.

"What has he done to you these days?" Fermin said.

"Interrogated, beaten, and even tortured me further." Joan of Arc whispered, "They didn't succeed, though. ”

"Why?"

"If I say I have God's blessing, do you believe me?" Joan of Arc said.

Fermin nodded, "I do." ”

Joan of Arc didn't explain much, and she couldn't explain anything about this supernatural thing.

Ever since she dreamed of that being that night, her outfit had gained some strange power, speeding up her recovery and protecting her from further violations.

"Before I came, there was a lot of commotion in the streets of Berlin, and now everyone knows that I was captured by Prussia, and Malfoy can't hide my presence."

"West Farland will find a way to rescue me, so the armistice should be just around the next few days, maybe even ..."Joan of Arc's eyes twinkled, "just today."

Just as Joan of Arc calculated.

With the gradual advance of Beichen, Austria-Hungary was the first to announce its surrender.

With their surrender, and the increasingly fierce contradictions in Germany, it was like the last straw that overwhelmed Malfoy.

Of course, there was a last important reason, and that was because Joan of Arc was in their hands, which also gave Malfoy more confidence to sign an armistice with them.

So, at the end of 1916, they signed an armistice with the Allies in the Foch carriage at the Le Réd' station in the Forest de Compiègne in northeastern France, north of Paris.

Since each side is afraid of the nuclear weapons possessed by both sides, the two sides are also inclined to sign an armistice treaty on an equal footing.

In front of Malfoy, dressed in military uniform, sat Cartier, the president of West France, as well as Joseph, and Reilly of Britannia.

After all, this armistice agreement was fought between Prussia Germany and the Entente, so the signing of the armistice treaty should also be signed with the Entente, so Reilly should also be present.

Behind them stood the high-ranking officials of their respective countries.

They were each sorting through their papers.

"Then the preliminary treaty is thus determined." Cartier said calmly.

"The parties cease military operations; There was a ceasefire on all fronts on the Western Front.

The Prussian army withdrew within 15 days from the occupied territories of Belgium, West France, Luxembourg and Alsace - Lorraine;

All Prussian troops remaining in the territories belonging to Austria-Hungary, Romania, and Ottomans before the war, and fighting in East Africa, shall be withdrawn immediately to the borders of Prussia and Germany on 1 August 1914;

All Prussian German troops stationed on the territory of pre-war Tsarist Russia were also to be returned to German territory. ”

Malfoy also spoke, "West Francis will also need to withdraw from Prussia on August 1, 1914, and exchange prisoners of war between the two sides." ”

"Joan of Arc is also included." Cartier spoke.

Before, Malfoy had been very easy, but at this moment, he changed his mind.

"Joan of Arc is not a prisoner of war, she is a war criminal, she has killed hundreds of thousands of innocent people in our empire, committed horrific crimes against humanity, and she needs to be tried in Prussian Germany."

"Fart!" Rahman said angrily, "If you hadn't taken the lead in provoking this war, how could Katyusha have fallen on your land!" ”

He was a little agitated, but he was stopped by Joseph.

"If you West Farland are willing to compensate Germany, we will consider commuting her sentence." Malfoy said.

"We can waive war reparations as compensation for the delivery of Katyusha." Cartier said.

"Huh." Malfoy sneered, "War reparations? Don't forget, we are now signing a treaty of equality, not a lost treaty, where will the war reparations come from? ”

"In this war, we in Prussia also suffered huge losses, and we also destroyed an entire industrial city, so it would be good if we didn't ask you for war reparations."

"You obviously started this war!" Rahman suppressed his anger and said, "If it weren't for that weapon, where would you Prussia be qualified to come and negotiate a treaty of equality with us?" Say it as if we don't! ”

"Then keep fighting!" Malfoy casually said that it was not like a war, it was just a game.

"We are now going to change to a treaty on the non-deployment of nuclear weapons and continue to fight a conventional war."

After the surrender of Austria-Hungary, Beichen basically stopped its westward advance, apparently fearful of Prussian weapons.

And although Joan of Arc bombed an industrial area dedicated to the production of military industry, the remaining large industrial areas are still intact and ready to be converted into military industry.

Therefore, if both sides do not use nuclear weapons, and only engage in a conventional war, Prussia can really hold out for more than half a year, or even more than a year if Beichen does not advance.

The internal contradictions of Prussia and Germany could also be slightly diverted by this foreign war.

It would be great if we could get results.

It's just that it comes at the cost of countless lives.

In recent years, with the progress of the war, technology has also developed at an astonishing speed, which has brought about a sudden escalation of the intensity of the war, and no one knows what will happen if the war continues.

And all this to keep their throne

Cartier motioned for Raman to calm down again, and he looked at Malfoy.

"What do you want?"

"Alsace - Lorraine and other places." Malfoy said.

"It can't be!" Rahman replied decisively, "That was our land in West France, but it was briefly occupied by you!" ”

"That's all I have to ask." Malfoy's eyes narrowed, "So. Do you want Joan of Arc, or land, or . . Do you want to keep fighting with us? ”

"Hundreds of thousands of lives in exchange for one person, can you make this kind of deal?" Malfoy teased.

"Can you do it?" Cartier asked.

Malfoy shrugged, "It's brutal, but there are always trade-offs to make."

Joseph looked at Malfoy, "Is this the will of William II?" ”

"This is my will." Malfoy said.

He looked at Cartier, "Now, it's your turn to make a choice."

(End of chapter)