The Second Reich: Beginning with the Prince of Prussia

It's okay to die in war, after all, how can there be a war that doesn't kill people?

But the dead can't be these old men.

If there was a threat to their lives, they would have jumped out and resolutely opposed the war.

Therefore, as soon as I heard the words of the Chief of Staff of the Army, those who were still clamoring for war before immediately became honest~.

After all, the current situation is really likely to be the kind of situation that the chief of staff of the army just said, after the city of Iron Tower was captured by the Germans, it was really possible for the angry German army to kill them!

Not to mention, as the German artillery gradually approached, they may not survive to the end of the war, and it is likely that in the course of the battle, they will be blown up by shells - killed.

As soon as they thought of this, these people changed their tunes and began to persuade President François:

"Mr. President, Your Excellency the Chief of Staff is right, this battle cannot be fought again!"

"Yes, our reinforcements are finished, and the soldiers and civilians in the city have become frightened birds, and there is no chance of winning this battle!"

"If you surrender now, you may be able to get a better condition in the peace talks under the mediation of the sun never sets, if you don't surrender, I'm afraid the consequences will be unimaginable!"

President François was already shaken, and at this time, he was persuaded by a group of these high-ranking officials, and he had to surrender even if he didn't want to.

"Okay, then agree to the conditions proposed by the Deyi Zhi people and surrender to them!"

When the Gallic president nodded in agreement, the Gauls in the city breathed a sigh of relief.

Although defeat and surrender are very shameful for them, no matter how shameful they are, it is better than losing their lives, right?

When the news reached the city, Moltke the Elder did not suspect the Gauls of deceit, and he ordered the German soldiers to march into the city in preparation for a grand military parade at the city of Eiffel Tower.

In this battle, the German army basically did not pay much price, and easily forced the French army to surrender, and took the tower city bloodlessly.

Therefore, the morale of the German army was high, and the soldiers' faces were filled with joy and excitement, and they marched into the tower city in a neat line.

More than 4 million Gauls were forced to go out to meet the arrival of the German army, and the hearts of the Gauls in the city of Eiffel Tower were very bitter when they looked at this mighty, high-spirited, and well-groomed army.

This was the second time they had been defeated by this army, and the second time that their capital had been breached by the other side.

The thought of their country being humiliated again and again made them feel confused:

With such a huge disparity in combat effectiveness between the German and French armies, do they really have a chance to complete revenge?

This thought shook the hearts of many Gauls.

Because as things stand, they don't see any hope!

Especially when the other party has just ascended the throne of a young and heroic emperor.

I'm afraid that in the next few decades, Gaul will still be suppressed by the Second Empire!

After passing through the famous triumphal arch in the city of Eiffel Tower, Moltke the Elder led a group of German generals to the bottom of a huge iron tower.

"This should be the iron tower that His Majesty is talking about, right?"

"Well, it seems that yes, the Gauls call it the Eiffel Tower, which started construction last year and is expected to be completed in March next year, and now it is seventy percent complete, counting the pedestal, this tower is currently more than 200 meters high!"

"The iron tower is more than 200 meters high, I'm afraid this thing consumes a lot of steel, right?"

Hearing this height, the German generals were a little surprised.

It's the nineteenth century, not the twenty-first century, and at this time, there aren't many high-rise buildings in the world.

There is only one man-made structure like this in the world that is more than 300 meters high.

So even though the Eiffel Tower is still unfinished, it is currently just over 200 meters high, and it is still the tallest building in the world!

"Yes, it is said that this thing consumes more than 10,000 tons of steel!"

"Hehe, no wonder the Gauls can't beat us, I feel that they have wasted all their steel on this thing!"

In this era, all countries did not produce much steel, and steel was a hard indicator of a country's industrial strength and war potential.

Thus, in this era, most of the limited steel of the countries was used for military purposes, and the Gauls wasted such important war resources on such inconsequential things, which made the German generals despise them very much.

"It seems that the enemy of Gaul is indeed not to be feared!"

Old Moltke also made a judgment on Gaul in his heart, through this war, and the Eiffel Tower, he felt that the country of Gaul may have to withdraw from the ranks of the world's first-class powers in the future!

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With all the troops disarmed and surrendered, and the Germans taking over the city of Tower, the attitude of the Gallic side was obviously much more submissive than the last time.

Peace talks between the two countries began again, this time with only a diplomat sent by the Second Reich to negotiate.

On the Gallic side, their president, François, stepped in personally.

The position of the negotiators on both sides has been reversed.

But even though Gaul was the president himself, the negotiators on the Second Empire's side were unceremonious:

On behalf of the Second Empire, he enumerated three main demands to Gaul:

First, Gaul was responsible for the war and paid 5 billion francs to the Second Reich to pay for the Second Reich's military operations, to pay for the soldiers who had fallen in battle, and to compensate for the damage caused by the French army in the Second Reich.

Second, the Second Reich demanded that the area around the Ardennes Forest be designated as a demilitarized zone, and that French troops be prohibited from entering it.

Thirdly, the Second Reich demanded that Gaul cede their colonies in West Africa to the Second Reich!

After listing these three demands, President François's face turned pale and his hands trembled.

5 billion francs in war reparations, this figure has already been retrospectively assessed the amount of their reparations in the Franco-Prussian War!

Unexpectedly, the fiasco that he was determined to take revenge would be repeated on his own.

It is a good thing that the Germans did not claim their native land as they did the last time they ceded Alsace Lorraine, otherwise the shame would have been greater than that of twenty years.

Of the three conditions, the first and third are the most difficult to accept.

Five billion francs would have bankrupted the Gallic government, which they would not have been able to come up with unless they borrowed heavily.

The requirement for a second demilitarized zone also made them feel very uncomfortable.

However, after this war, they are expected to temporarily extinguish the idea of revenge, so the Demilitarized Zone will not have much real impact on them.

As for the Second Reich's claim to colonies in West Africa, these regions were now of great importance to them, and Gaul could not maintain its status as a great power without the support of its overseas colonies.

If these colonies are lost, they will be immediately beaten back to their original shapes!

Therefore, it can be seen from these three demands put forward by the Germans and Zhizhi that they clearly wanted to put Gaul to death!