Expedition to Europe

As a victorious country in the world war, France has now fallen to such a point. Foch's performance is indeed disappointing.

Disappointed as it is, Foch can only sigh. For Foch, everything in France is a thing of the past. If it weren't for Pierre's telegram, Foch would not care about such a thing.

Perhaps seeing Foch's depression, Julie enthusiastically invited Foch to have dinner in the palace, and sent someone to pick up Anne from home. Accompanied by Qin De and Qin Zhi, Foch drank two more cups at noon and fell asleep in the guest room just after dinner.

Closing the door of the guest room, Julie's expression was not without hesitation: "I really don't want to see my father so sad. I really don't know if he can accept all this-"

Foch is an old-school soldier. He has the persistence and perseverance of an old soldier, as well as a strong sense of honor and chivalry. Such a person is certainly respectable, but as Foch's family, Julie is worried about Foch's current situation.

"Don't worry, Ferdinand has seen so many storms in his life. During the World War, the Germans were only 80 kilometers away from Paris. The French army was in serious chaos at the time. They survived such difficult times. Now it's just a drizzle." Qin Zhiyuan tried his best to comfort Julie.

"It is because of his persistence in the past that I am now worried that Dad can't accept all this. That is the country he once fought for all his life-" Julie's eyes were shining with tears.

"Or-let Lao Chen go to Syria?" Although Qin Zhiyuan was a little reluctant, if it could make his family feel at ease, Qin Zhiyuan would still do it.

Lao Chen is Chen Kangjian, the current commander-in-chief of the Lan Fang First Armored Group. Letting Chen Kangjian go to Syria means that Qin Zhiyuan will send Lan Fang's ace troops.

"No, this is Alexander Miller's own fault. He should be made to pay the price. I won't let you sacrifice Lan Fang's interests to satisfy my and my father's emotional needs. I love France, but I love Lan Fang more. I can try to spend more time with my father, but I won't let Lan Fang's interests suffer in order to make my father happy." Julie said firmly without any hesitation: "Of course, if France is at the critical moment of life and death, you won't stand idly by, right?"

Julie looked at Qin Zhiyuan with hope in her eyes. Julie hoped that Qin Zhiyuan would be a king who valued his family, but Julie also hoped that Qin Zhiyuan would not abandon France when leading Lan Fang forward.

It's a bit of a contradictory idea, but the two are not contradictory.

"Of course, I won't let that happen." Qin Zhiyuan promised solemnly.

Next year is the French election year. Pierre has now received the support of the Rockefeller family in the United States, and he has Lan Fang as his big backer. Even if Pierre is not qualified to run for president next year, he can still be a candidate for prime minister. As long as Pierre performs well, he will be one of the candidates in the next term or the next term.

France will still be Lan Fang's ally at that time, and maybe Germany will be added.

If Qin Zhiyuan wants to compete with Britain and the United States, there must be one or two countries in Europe that can contain the British so that Lan Fang can concentrate on dealing with Americans in the Pacific; at the same time, whether it is France or Germany, if they want to pull Britain down from the throne of the world's number one, there must be a country that can contain the Americans' almost unlimited military potential from the Pacific direction.

The negotiations between France and the Republic of China proceeded quickly. The French have decided to give up their privileges in the Republic of China. Their attention is on the Syrian battlefield that continues to deteriorate, and they have no intention of entangled with the Beiyang government of the Republic of China. The Beiyang government of the Republic of China was already pleasantly surprised to get the current situation, and did not want more. So less than a week after the troops sent by Lan Fang boarded the ship, France reached an agreement with the Beiyang government of the Republic of China.

Of course, on the surface, this agreement is still harmonious and high-sounding.

In order to show its support for the Republic of China in the World War, France gave up all its privileges in the Republic of China, including the already built Guangzhou Bay military port and the lease in Tianjin, and returned them all to the Beiyang government of the Republic of China. In order to express its gratitude to France, the Beiyang government of the Republic of China sent an army of 30,000 people to Syria to support the ongoing Syria-Iraq war there.

Together with the agreement between France and Lan Fang, this tripartite cooperation can be said to be a happy ending for everyone. The French once again proved their "democracy" and "the righteous will have many supporters". The Republic of China regained the national dignity lost in the Qing Dynasty, and Lan Fang gained actual benefits.

The only unhappy people were the British.

On the same day that France and the Beiyang government of the Republic of China announced the signing of the agreement, the British government announced that it would increase its aid to the Southern Military Government of the Republic of China, and at the same time sent active-duty officers to the Republic of China to train troops for the Southern Military Government and serve as military advisers to assist the Southern Military Government in its operations.

Lan Fang immediately responded tit for tat. After Britain decided to increase its aid to the Southern Military Government of the Republic of China, Lan Fang announced that it had signed a friendship treaty with the Autonomous Government of the Ten Northern Provinces of Siam. Lan Fang recognized the political status of the Autonomous Government of the Ten Northern Provinces of Siam and sent officers and political workers to the Ten Northern Provinces of Siam to accelerate the democratic process there.

At the same time, Lan Fang also announced that it would support the Sarawak region and let the Sarawakians decide their own destiny.

This immediately caused protests from the British, especially about the national self-determination of the Sarawak region.

The concept of "national self-determination" comes from the "Fourteen Points of Peace" proposed by US President Wilson after the end of World War II. This "peace principle" was originally a cover for Wilson to fool people all over the world and to break the colonial system established by Britain and France. It has never been truly implemented, and no country has recognized this "principle".

Some colonial countries may agree, but they have no say and no one pays attention to them, so this "principle" has become the biggest joke since the 20th century.

Now that Lan Fang has re-proposed this "principle" at this critical time point, it is indeed very meaningful.

Although Sarawak nominally has its own autonomous government, everyone in the world knows that the Sarawak government is a group of puppets of Lan Fang, and Lan Fang can annex Sarawak at any time. Then let's put aside the Sarawak region that will be annexed by Lan Fang sooner or later. If Sarawak really holds this so-called "national self-determination", what will happen to the other colonies of Britain and France? Does Syria need a referendum? Does Iraq need a referendum? What about the Philippines of the Americans?

Although this "principle" was proposed by the US President, even Americans do not agree with this issue.

So the Philippine emperor MacArthur rarely issued a statement, firmly opposing Sarawak's national self-determination.

However, although MacArthur in the 21st century is famous, in Qin Zhiyuan's eyes, MacArthur is really not good enough.

After MacArthur issued a statement, Lan Fang announced that it would hold naval exercises near Zheng He Island, which immediately shut MacArthur up.

The original text is available at Liu # 9 @Shu/Bar!

Zheng He Island, formerly Palawan Island, is now Lan Fang territory. When the "Spanish Flu" broke out for the last time, the Americans "sold" Palawan Island to Lan Fang. To this day, there are still resistance forces against American colonial rule in Mindoro Island near Zheng He Island, and those resistance forces have been demanding to join Lan Fang.

What comforted the Americans a little was that the Lan Fang people had never expressed support for the resistance forces on Mindoro Island. Mindoro Island is a huge island with an area of ​​9,800 square kilometers. MacArthur is leading the Philippine army to eliminate the resistance forces on Mindoro Island.

For now, the resistance forces on Mindoro Island are still in the stage of hiding from each other and cannot compete with the Philippine colonial army led by MacArthur, but if the Lan Fang conducts military exercises near Mindoro Island, it will undoubtedly be a shot in the arm for the resistance forces on Mindoro Island.

To be honest, the relationship between the Lan Fang and the United Kingdom and the United States is also very complicated. During the World War, the Lan Fang people were comrades-in-arms with the British and Americans. After the World War, the relationship between the Lan Fang and the British quickly deteriorated due to conflicts of interest, but on the issue of supporting Germany, the Lan Fang and the United Kingdom have common interests, so there is cooperation between the Lan Fang and the United Kingdom in the confrontation.

As for the relationship between Lan Fang and the United States, it is relatively simple. Generally speaking, Lan Fang and the United States have broad common interests in breaking the colonial structure dominated by Britain and France. However, if the scope is limited to Southeast Asia, the relationship between Lan Fang and the United States is not very harmonious. The root cause is still Lan Fang's expansionist trend.

However, there are many voices in the US government to maintain friendly relations with Lan Fang. Allen's role is one aspect, and the interests of big families such as Rockefeller and Mellon are another aspect.

In fact, for big families such as Rockefeller and Mellon, the concept of "home and country" is not very profound. Interests are the fundamental reason that determines their choices. Simply put, big families like Rockefeller and Mellon are big families in the United States, and they are also big families in Lan Fang, so "interests first" is the creed of these big families in the United States, and everything else must take a back seat.

Qin Zhiyuan is not used to what the heads of families such as Rockefeller and Mellon think. After announcing that naval exercises would be held near Zheng He Island, Qin Zhiyuan immediately began to make arrangements.

In Qin Zhiyuan's opinion, the Lanfang Navy now needs an exercise, not only to test the combat effectiveness of the Lanfang Navy, but also to send a certain signal to the outside world.

In order to make this exercise more realistic, Qin Zhiyuan ordered the flagship of the Vladivostok Fleet stationed in the northern Xinjiang region, the "Vladivostok", to participate, and the Marine Corps will also participate in the exercise.

This is the first time that the Marine Corps has appeared in front of the world as a whole.