Chapter 242(1/2)
Negotiations continue in the afternoon!
It is naturally easy to reach an agreement in fake negotiations. Zheng Sen opened his mouth and could agree to any conditions regarding France anyway.
I hope France can cede Alsace and Lorraine, no problem. It will be no problem if Paris is ceded to you!
There was only one problem, and that was that the Germans had to conquer these places themselves.
If there is a Ming army involved, then the Ming army must get a share of the pie.
Goppel reminded the Ming Dynasty seriously that even if the Ming army captured French territory, it would not be easy to rule. At least, the Ming Dynasty needed many officials who knew French.
In Ming Dynasty, the proud Ming students disdained to learn the languages of other countries.
In their eyes, everyone in the world should speak Chinese.
Moreover, they are also studying for this purpose in order to achieve the ultimate form of the Chinese nation and unify the world!
No matter what Zheng Sen said, as long as the Ming Dynasty sends troops, even if a bullet is fired, the outcome of the battle will be related to the Ming Dynasty.
How much land the Germans can get depends entirely on their own troops. It is absolutely impossible to want benefits but not shed blood!
Goppel finally had no choice but to agree. Germany wanted France's rights and interests and needed to use its own power.
At the same time, he very thoughtfully told Zheng Sen that the German army was capable of taking Paris alone, and Ming Dynasty could just watch from behind.
Therefore, Zheng Sen made many business requirements for Paris in the future.
For example, tax exemption, for example, German officials are not allowed to punish commercial facilities opened by Ming people at will.
Meetings that are generous to others can easily lead to substantive agreements.
Judging from the final agreement, the most unlucky loser in this conspiracy should be France.
The agreement stipulated that the German Empire had the right to expand its border eastward by 200 kilometers.
The Ming army will assist the German army in cleaning up the Polish army in Germany.
According to this right, Germany will become the owner of Warsaw.
The rest of Poland will belong to Russia. The benefits that Ming Dynasty gained here include that Ming Dynasty businessmen have the right not to pay taxes, and Ming Dynasty citizens have criminal immunity.
Goods from the Ming Empire could be brought to the original Polish territory without paying customs duties.
The Ming Empire...
Anyway, all the clauses involving Ming Dynasty are based on commercial interests.
This made Geppel very happy. It was just for some money. The Ming Dynasty sent so many troops, so it was appropriate to make some small money.
Geppel graciously agreed to all Zheng Sen’s requests!
As for the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ming Dynasty proposed splitting Austria and Hungary into two countries.
Originally, these were two different ethnic groups. Forcibly brought together, 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 German army did not have much say in these places.
Finally, there is an agreement related to France. The German army will fight the French army with the help of the Ming army.
The German army will have the right to occupy French territory, but as long as the Ming army or the Russian army participates, they must transfer enough land, population, and resources to the Ming Dynasty and Russia.
Anyway, Daming’s meaning is very simple, I must get something in return for my efforts.
People in the Ming Dynasty never do stupid things like giving without getting anything in return.
The treaty stipulated in detail the time for the German troops to withdraw from the front line and the final time limit for attacking the French army.
That is, before September 20th, an attack must be launched against the French army, and the scale must not be less than fifty divisions.
"Commander, the negotiation is over. The Germans have promised to launch an attack on France on September 20th.
This time, they sold out all their allies. From now on, they will have no way to live in Europe." Zheng Sen felt very excited, and on paper he agreed to many preferential conditions for Germany, and even gave most of France to the Germans.
But it is absolutely unethical for the Germans to do this.
A large number of Nordic countries' troops were abandoned by them in Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania.
As for the future fate of these troops, they will either be captured by the Ming army or be used as targets of revenge by the Russian army. You don't need to think about it to know that the end will be very miserable.
As for the Polish troops confronting the Ming army on the central front, Ming Dynasty did not even consider these guys at all.
They hold old-fashioned bolt-action rifles in their hands, and only one battalion has one mortar platoon. This is the most important support artillery for their battalion units!
What the hell, it's a 60mm caliber, 60mm caliber mortar, how dare you call it a battalion support artillery?
There is one light machine gun in each platoon, and there are only two heavy machine guns in the whole company.
The division's supporting artillery only consisted of poor 75mm howitzers.
Rocket launchers are only equipped under the group army. It is estimated that they will be found and destroyed by the Ming Army Air Force just after one launch.
The combat thinking of the Polish army is also very problematic. After the last battle in which the entire Hussars were wiped out, the Poles still have a strong preference for cavalry.
Even under very tight resources, they still had three cavalry divisions. The melee weapons of these troops were sabers!
Each platoon of the Ming Dynasty has three mg-34 general-purpose machine guns, with a maximum theoretical rate of fire of 600 rounds.
You fucking brought cavalry, do you think a few thousand horses can break through the fire net of machine guns?
Li Xiao doubted whether the average age of the people in the Polish command was over seventy years old.
This kind of army is not worthy of fighting the Ming army. Fighting too many wars with this kind of army will be very detrimental to the growth of the Ming army.
The one Li Xiao likes to fight is the French army. Not only is it tenacious in combat, but it also has strong commanding abilities.
Although the French suffered many defeats, their performance on the battlefield was still remarkable.
Just like the Battle of Tsaritsyn the year before last, many French companies fought to the last man.
This kind of fighting spirit and fighting will is not possessed by many Ming army troops.
Not to mention, the Russian army's combat effectiveness is so low that it's appalling. There are basically no Ming troops sitting around, and they will run away as long as the opponent attacks.
But now the French are retreating, and the Ming army is not pursuing them on a large scale.
From Li Xiao's point of view, the more French troops can escape, the better. Only the more French troops can escape can they cause enough damage to the German army.
Therefore, the Ming army is still resting and recuperating.
The task of chasing the French army was completed by the Russian army.
When the Russian army came to pursue them, they were naturally far away from the French army. Generally, this distance was about fifty kilometers, which was exactly a day's march by the French army.
Only the forward scout cavalry of the Russian army moved forward tightly holding on to the tail of the French army.
Their mission is not to fight, but to be afraid of an ambush by the French army. Or maybe the French army will turn around and fight back!
With the current strength of the Russian army, it is really impossible to deal with this kind of counterattack without the help of the Ming army.
Of course, these victories were exaggerated by the Russians as the Russian army defeated the French army, not only regained the lost ground, but also beat the French army. Now the heroic Russian army is frantically chasing the damn French.
To this end, Moscow has held three grand banquets to celebrate the great victory of the Russian army.
Poor little Tsar Paul almost died drunk at the banquet, and the Romanov dynasty almost perished in the hands of alcohol.
While the Russians celebrated, Napoleon remained silent.
There are more and more signs proving that the Germans seem to be really making peace with Ming Dynasty.
It's not just the telegram of unknown origin, but there are more signs.
The intelligence staff is trying every possible means to connect these clues together so that His Majesty the Emperor can make an intuitive judgment.
First of all, the German army on the northern front is shrinking. External propaganda is that the German army is gathering and preparing to launch a large-scale attack against the Russian and Ming armies on a crisp autumn day.
In this attack, the coalition forces will go directly to the city of Moscow and occupy the capital of the Russian Empire in the cold wind!
For this reason, the German army sent the Polish army, Lithuanian army, Estonians, Latvians and Poles, who were originally on the second line, to the front line to confront the Ming army.
In fact, for the past forty days, the northern front was very quiet.
The two sides only had sporadic exchanges of fire between patrols and reconnaissance units, mostly at the squad and platoon level, and ultimately ended with both sides retreating.
On the central front, the main force of Poland faced the main force of the Ming army. Obviously, the main force of the Ming army was still resting and recuperating. After all, annihilating the main force of the Hebrews plus hundreds of thousands of people in the Austro-Hungarian Empire was a lot to eat, and it naturally took time to digest.
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The Polish army has not yet thought of taking the initiative to attack. They are building fortifications. In their opinion, it is quite good to be able to hold the existing front line.
The French army on the southern front was retreating in great strides.
Every day, a large number of French troops take trains to France.
The French army was retreating, and the German army was also retreating. The excuse they used was quite shameless, and they returned home to pick up better equipment in order to launch an attack in the autumn.
Whenever French representatives scolded German representatives in Brussels, German representatives also scolded French representatives.
Because both sides are withdrawing their troops.
And those Nordic countries still foolishly believe that the German army is really preparing to attack.
The Nordic people's brains just don't work very well.
This is Napoleon’s consistent impression of the Nordics!
To be continued...