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Volume 3 The Road to Rise Chapter 596 Hidden Crisis

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    Faced with the tough attitude of the Chinese Empire, various countries really did not understand that China, which had always played a balancing act in Europe, completely gave up its plan to make huge profits by exporting arms and materials to warring countries, and instead focused on promoting peace in Europe.  Do the Chinese really know whether the Europeans live or die?  No one in the governments believes it.  Although ordinary people from all over the world believe that China's efforts to promote an armistice and peace talks among European and American countries are humane and for which they are grateful.  China¡¯s approach has won praise from people all over the world, but the capitalists behind the governments of various warring countries are opposed to it.  Especially the horny capitalists who grew up during the war.  They don't care about the outcome of the war. Regardless of the outcome, as long as they continue to fight, they will make a profit.  Therefore, arms dealers in various countries oppose peace negotiations and actively lobby the governments to continue the war.  "However, the arms obviously can't hold the thighs.  The strength of each lust merchant.  Compared with the strong pressure from China, it is nothing. ??????????????????????????????? For various purposes, the warring countries finally chose to compromise On October 2, at the 1st plenary session of the Beijing Peace Conference, each.  Under pressure from China and its own citizens, the belligerents finally made concessions.  France, the Allied Powers, first agreed to China¡¯s proposal and returned to the pre-war status quo.  The Ottoman Empire and Greece voted in favor under pressure from China.  Countries such as Egypt, Syria, and Jordan were influenced by Turkey as the sovereign state, and they did not want to offend China, so they eventually supported a return to the pre-war status quo.  But the premise is that each wants independence and refuses to become a British colony again.  Germany's best friend, Austria-Hungary, had now become China's little brother and had to vote in favor.  Italy is still on the same condition. As long as Britain does not pursue the loan of ten thousand dragon coins embezzled by Italy, Italy is also willing to withdraw from the Lyon area of ??France and end the war.  Germany was isolated, and Baden had to agree.  But Germany promised to give up the occupied French territory.  However, we have reservations about reparations and colonies.  Under pressure from China, the Allies made huge concessions.  The basic purpose of the Entente France was secured and France was reaffirmed to be willing to end the war as long as Germany and Italy withdrew from French territory.  After China agreed to help France with its post-war reconstruction conditions, France officially announced that France was willing to unilaterally sign an armistice agreement with the Allies if the Allies fulfilled France's conditions.  Britain and the United States can ignore any demands of the Allies or go against China's wishes, but Britain and the United States cannot lose France, their "human shield" in the war.  Without France, the Entente would have been unable to balance the Central Powers.  Therefore, Britain and the United States must ultimately consider France's feelings.  Understand the huge losses suffered by France.  Desperate desire to end the war.  In the end, after consultations with the Allied Powers, Britain and the United States made concessions at the third meeting and agreed to return to the pre-war status quo.  But we also have reservations about colonies and reparations.  Both belligerents made concessions.  The Beijing Peace Conference made significant progress and allowed the Peace Conference to continue.  To this end, China has launched a new round of public opinion offensive around the world, trumpeting China's mediation efforts.  The countries agreed to return to the pre-war status quo and stated that the peace conference would soon lead to the end of the world war.  After people in various warring countries heard the news.  People rushed to tell each other and held various celebrations to celebrate that the war was about to end.  At this time, the people of all warring countries are looking forward to the end of the war. Regardless of victory or defeat, the losses are the common people, and the casualties are innocent civilians.  The beneficiaries of the war are the capitalists in various countries. The common people do not get any benefits and can only endure the cost of the war.  Therefore, China¡¯s approach has won the goodwill of people all over the world, and they have asked China to further put pressure on various countries to force them to sign peace treaties as soon as possible.  Nobel Foundation managers even told the media, ¡°We are already preparing the Peace Trophy. It seems that this time the Peace Prize will once again be awarded to the emperor of the Chinese Empire, because no one¡¯s contribution can be compared to the Chinese emperor.  The great contribution to bringing about the end of the World War is obviously given by Emperor Tianming!" China launched a public opinion offensive.  In turn, it caused further headaches for governments of various countries, because they already understood that at this time, China wanted to take the opportunity to incite the citizens of various countries and add foundation to the Beijing Peace Conference that ended the world war.     No!  It should be considered a done deal!  Because if negotiations between countries break down.  That means going against the will of the people. You can imagine how the people felt when they learned that the negotiations had broken down.  Isn't it strange that there is no riot?  However, for their own purposes and interests, countries have serious differences on colonial issues and reparations issues.  Although the Allied Powers agreed to return to the pre-war status quo, the Allied Powers required the Allied Powers to compensate the Allied Powers for their war losses, and on the colonial issue, the Allied Powers did not recognize Egypt, which had gained independence, andSyria, Jordan and other countries.  At the same time, Italy, which Britain hated most, refused to return the trillions of dragon coins it had embezzled, and strongly demanded that Italy return this debt.  The Allied Powers had already lost a lot of profits by returning the occupied territories and releasing the colonies, and they did not agree to compensate the Allied Powers for their losses.  On the contrary, the Allies also demanded compensation from the Allies for military losses.  In this way, although the presidents of both parties agreed to return to the pre-war status quo, they still quarreled over the details and refused to make any more concessions.  However, despite the peace conference, there are still considerable differences.  However, if all countries express their willingness to end the war, such peace talks will have results sooner or later.  At the same time, countries are taking advantage of Beijing¡¯s peace talks.  Ask Bu Shi to focus on domestic affairs.  Because all countries understand that the war is about to begin, China has made a clear position. Any party's unilateral termination of peace talks will be regarded as a declaration of war against the Chinese Empire, and the Chinese Empire will join the other party in the war.  All the belligerents are exhausted.  After signing the armistice agreement.  The last bit of desperate determination was gone.  The army relaxed.  I no longer have the will to fight anymore.  If China joins the war at this time, it will easily defeat any party.  Therefore, neither the Entente nor the Central Powers dared to terminate the peace talks first.  On the contrary, each country aims to stimulate the other party, make the other party withdraw from the peace talks first, and then recruit China to join the war, so as to win the world war.  Both sides think this way.  Therefore, in the face of China's hegemonic policy of forced peace talks, although governments around the world felt unhappy, they still tolerated it.  No matter what, no matter what the outcome is, we can only continue to talk.  At this time, governments of all countries know that being so disrupted by China has caused an unprecedented rise in anti-war sentiment in various countries.  No matter what happens, the peace talks in Beijing cannot be stopped.  No matter what, the governments of various countries dare not start a war first. Even if China no longer forces them to negotiate, they will not dare to end the peace talks easily.  Because once that happens.  The belligerent countries were defeated by their own people's revolutions before the war resumed.  Since the founding of Soviet Russia, all warring countries have been affected by the revolution.  The Soviet-Russian Third International encouraged the people of various countries to oppose their respective governments and engage in imperialist wars because the lives of the citizens of the belligerent countries were extremely difficult.  They also suffered from the pain of losing their loved ones during the war.  Coupled with the missteps of the respective governments in responding to the pandemic, people in the warring countries rose up to hold anti-war, anti-hunger, anti-disease demonstrations and other demonstrations.  Americans are the most fierce in this regard.  Since the United States entered the war, many American citizens have protested against participating in the imperialist dog-eat-dog war.  However, at that time, the U.S. government controlled public opinion, so more Americans were unable to understand the situation in Europe and supported the United States' participation in the war for the sake of U.S. security.  However, over the past five years.  The United States conscripted martyred troops into the war, and coupled with the influenza infection among its troops, the United States suffered a total loss.  Tian Wan soldiers.  The United States has been deeply dragged into the quagmire of war.  Especially this pandemic.  As a result, Americans are in danger, and people in industry, agriculture, commerce and other fields are all going on strike and going home.  The entire U.S. economy is in the midst of a pandemic that has lasted for a year.  The economy has regressed for ten years and is only at the same economic level as it was in the old year.  The economic recession has led to the U.S. government being strongly criticized by the U.S. Congress, even as American citizens stayed home to avoid the pandemic.  But this does not affect their protest against the US government.  The real power of the states in the United States is greater than that of the country, and state parliaments stand on the side of the American citizens in their respective territories. Therefore, American citizens can directly influence the U.S. government and Congress with the help of state parliaments and governments.  The mess Wilson left behind.  The Gold Department overwhelmed President Harding.  at last.  President Harding bowed to pressure from the U.S. Congress.  Had to agree to stop the world war and be influenced by France.  Considering that France would no longer allow British and American soldiers to continue fighting on French soil, President Harding knew that the end of the war was inevitable, and the huge losses of the United States were also difficult to recover.  So amid the condemnation of the American people, Harding took the lead in withdrawing troops from the French front line, despite the firm opposition of the British side. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Nian.  Beginning at the beginning of the month, the remaining US military troops, including tens of thousands of infected soldiers, began to evacuate from the French mainland on US warships and merchant ships.  According to the requirements of the U.S. government and citizens, all U.S. soldiers in Europe must return to the United States before Christmas.  The U.S. government requires that all living soldiers be reunited with their families at Christmas.     have to say.  The United States' troop projection speed when it entered the war was far less rapid than its withdrawal speed.  Reached tens of thousands of U.S. troops.  All, including seriously ill patients, were evacuated to the United States on Christmas Day.  The British Ministry was angry that the Americans had moved their troops, but they were even more angry that the Americans were retreating so quickly!  The British high command even directly yelled at the Americans: "Damn Americans! If the U.S. military had deployed its troops so quickly five years ago, the Allies would have been defeated long ago."   The withdrawal of US troops from Europe.  The British were truly isolated.  British selfishness.  The French no longer trusted the British.  The day after U.S. troops began to withdraw.  The French government issued a notice to the British Expeditionary Force headquarters requesting evacuation.  It's more appropriate to say it's an order than a request.  At this time, the French hated the Americans very much, because if the Americans could have deployed their troops to Europe so quickly five years ago.  Instead of a toothpaste-like increase in troops, the war in Europe was over long ago, and the French did not have to suffer the loss of Paris and the loss of three-quarters of their country.  The price of almost subjugating the country.  However, the French hate the British even more, because the damn British are unworthy of their status as the world's largest naval power. They failed to defeat the German navy in 7 years, causing France to bear the ravages of war for 7 years.  If Britain could defeat the German High Seas Fleet at the beginning of the war, the Germans would have surrendered long ago.  Less than a week after the US military retreated, the British army had to begin to withdraw from France.  Because the British army was too close to home.  Therefore, although the British troops moved later than the US troops, by the time Christmas came, all British troops had withdrawn to the mainland.  The withdrawal of British and American troops from mainland France put the Allies into a passive diplomatic situation.  In particular, the German side did not expect France's determination to cease the war, and the Eighth Congress did not expect that Britain and the United States would withdraw their troops from France. Kaiser Wilhelm II even suddenly thought, "Should we take advantage of the withdrawal of troops from Britain and the United States?"  During this period, the French army was attacked again.  I believe France will never last less than a week!  " All the German generals shook their heads at the thoughts of William II. Tilberts responded directly to William II. "If you are ready to give China an excuse to declare war on the Allies.  Then you only need to shoot the Frenchman at this time!  " Wilhelm II was very annoyed with Tilberts' attitude and dismissed him directly. He appointed Admiral Hipper, commander of the High Seas Fleet, as the German Navy Minister, and asked Hipper to formulate a naval plan to take advantage of the withdrawal of the U.S. Navy.  Go. When the British navy's defense strength is insufficient, it launches a surprise attack on the British navy and completely defeats the British Royal Navy. Once the British Royal Navy is defeated, it will mean Germany's final victory in this world war.  This is playing with fire, but it must be said that this is indeed a very rare opportunity. Therefore, Hipper took the order to return to the High Seas Fleet and formulate a battle plan.  The German Army High Command had to start formulating a plan to attack France according to his wishes. However, the Chinese side seemed to be aware of the German plan, because there were many observers in the German army. However, the German army kept this strictly confidential.  Several people knew the situation. The Chinese side could only verbally warn Germany not to play with fire. Considering that the Allies, Britain and the United States had withdrawn their troops, the Chinese government exerted the utmost sincerity.  , requiring the Allies to withdraw troops from France first, and then continue to discuss post-war matters. At this time, Germany was making military preparations, and it only superficially agreed to China's warning, using the excuse of too many wounded and sick people to postpone the evacuation of Austria-Hungary.  The empire had disagreements on the issue of withdrawal. At this time, most of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was in favor of an armistice. However, the Principality of Austria was unwilling to cease the war and lose Serbia and other Balkan lands, so Austria secretly turned to Germany and prepared for peace.  Germany started the war together. The Kingdom of Hungary, the Principality of Silesia, and the Principality of Bukovina opposed the start of the war and refused to form a united empire with Austria. Originally, the Austria-Hungary Empire was a dual monarchy.  It was divided between Austria and Hungary. At this time, the two countries had differences, which led to the internal division of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. On November 4, Hungary refused to continue to deploy troops on the Verdun front and responded to China's call. The Hungarian army ignored it.  Germany and Austria opposed the withdrawal of troops from the Verdun front. Then, Turkey, Greece and other countries also began to withdraw their troops and directly withdraw their troops from France. By New Year's Day, France's southern front line Lyon.  All the Allied troops moved away, and France resumed its rule over the area. In this regard, the French government and people are very grateful for China's continuous efforts in this regard, and hope that the Chinese government will continue to put pressure on Germany and let Germany withdraw from France as soon as possible.  Withdrawal of troops from the territory. The Chinese government continued to exert pressure on Germany and Austria through diplomatic channels, but with little effect. At this time, Chinese senior officials began to suspect that Germany and Austria had other intentions;  A stern warning was issued to Germany, warning Germany to immediately fulfill its previous commitments and return to war.? Territorial status, withdraw troops from the Verdun area of ??France, otherwise China will take action, and Germany will bear all the consequences alone.  At this time, the German navy, navy and air force are not ready for another war. Considering China's tough attitude, they do not want to overly stimulate China.  Therefore, Germany had to withdraw from the Verdun area, but it stayed in Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.  Since the issues regarding the Netherlands, Belgium and other countries have not yet been resolved, China has not pursued Germany¡¯s actions.  In this way, France regained all its territory, and the dark clouds on the European battlefield became much lighter.  With the advent of winter in various countries, the spread of the pandemic has also been reduced a lot, but the situation is still severe, and countries cannot help but drag their exhausted bodies to continue to fight the pandemic.  At this time, the Germans and Austrians had not yet discovered that Italy and other Allied member states had reached separate agreements with China on troop relocation and post-war reconstruction.  Among them, countries such as Turkey, Greece, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Italy have all received promises from the Chinese government, promising that once the contracts are signed and come into effect, China will provide low-interest loans to various countries to help them with post-war reconstruction.  To this end, Tš¹rkiye, Greece, Hungary, and Bulgaria will give up occupied territories and colonies.  Mussolini of Italy separately signed the "China-Italy Security and Defense Treaty" with China. China will implement military protection for Italy in accordance with the treaty and ensure that the Allies cannot invade Italy militarily within ten years, otherwise China will intervene militarily.  At the same time, in the annex, China promised to help Italy avoid debt collection by the United Kingdom.  ??Thanks to book friends Shan Peng Tian Ren and Shun Feng'er for their tips, and thanks to Aiyi Angel, Shan Yiyou, Peng Wuyou, and book friend Di Tian.  Mi Shi Mi Mo and Long Teng are precious monthly votes.
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