Germanic Empire: Please call me Wilhelm III

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Austria-Hungary was indeed an ally of the Germanic Empire, even a hardcore ally.

But that doesn’t mean there aren’t conflicts of interest among allies.

For the sake of interests, allies are also very likely to become opponents, or even enemies.

Especially now the internal contradictions of the Austro-Hungarian Empire are sharp, and if Franz Joseph I were still alive, Austria-Hungary would have collapsed. August, on the other hand, had great ambitions for Austria-Hungary and wanted to swallow Austria-Hungary in one bite.

Therefore, August would naturally not share with Austria-Hungary the war reparations and other benefits of the Gallic state.

Although, it is true that the Gallic Empire was defeated by the Germanic Empire alone. However, Austria-Hungary dragged down the Russian Empire on the Eastern Front, buying enough time and favorable conditions for the Germanic Empire. Otherwise, it would not have been so easy for the Germanic Empire to defeat the Gallic state.

It’s just that August was determined to suppress Austria-Hungary and did not distribute the reparations and other benefits of the Gallic state to Austria-Hungary, and Austria-Hungary had no way.

“By the way, when negotiating with the Gauls, let the Gauls transfer all their capital warships to us!” August said.

Gaul was also a naval power, once able to compete fiercely with the Empire on the world’s oceans.

However, after being defeated by the Kingdom of Prussia, the Gallic State had to focus all its energy on land.

But even so, the naval power of the Gallic state cannot be underestimated. Although it is not as powerful as other countries in the world, it is also very powerful in the Mediterranean Sea.

“Your Majesty, this is a good idea. The Gallic Navy had quite a few warships in terms of former dreadnoughts and dreadnoughts. In particular, the former dreadnoughts have a full 24 ships. In terms of dreadnoughts, four ‘Lone Class’ battleships are already in service, three ‘Brittany-class’ battleships are under construction, and five ‘Normandy-class’ battleships have also begun construction. We can ask them to hand over the ‘Brittany-class’ battleships and ‘Normandy-class’ battleships to the Imperial Navy after they are all built. In this way, the Imperial Navy will be able to have 12 more battleships! Marshal Count Tirpitz looked excited.

Although, the battleships of the Germanic Imperial Navy were much more advanced in performance than those of the Gauls.

However, the Navy will not dislike its own warships more.

Especially in the future, if the German Imperial Navy wants to form a Mediterranean fleet. Then these warships of the Gallic state can come in handy.

Even, in the future, if the Germanic Empire defeats the Kingdom of Caesar, it can also blackmail the Kingdom of Caesar and devour their warships. In this way, the Germanic Empire hardly had to send capital ships from its home fleet to the Mediterranean, and it was possible to form a powerful Mediterranean fleet by relying on the warships of these countries alone.

“Your Majesty, I know!” Gustav Strezemann said.

Obviously, the negotiations between the Germanic Empire and the Gauls this time were completely weakening the Gauls as much as possible.

If successful, the Gallic state will be hit hard.

With the loss of industry, the loss of all the capital ships of the navy, the heavy damage of the army, and the loss of many overseas colonies, Gaul would no longer pose a threat to the Germanic Empire for a long time.

The hegemony of the Germanic Empire in Europe will be extremely stable!

“Your Majesty, the population of Gaul is mainly concentrated in the northern and central regions. North of the Seine, at least forty percent of the Gauls were occupied. These Gauls, did they let them go to the south of the Gaul state, or was it ruled by the empire? Holwig asked.

The population of the Germanic Empire was originally small, and after swallowing the Kingdom of Holland and the Kingdom of Danmai, the population of the Germanic Empire had exceeded 70 million. If the Kingdom of Biliz was annexed, the territory of the Germanic Empire would reach more than 80 million.

The northern part of Gaul is home to 15 million people. These people must be extremely hostile to the Germanic Empire. It is almost impossible to digest them.

“Let those Gauls choose for themselves, give them a period of time, let them choose whether to stay in northern Gaul or go to southern Gaul. The Empire will not stop them! The last ones left, the empire will be easier to assimilate them! August said.

If only a few more than ten million people remained in the northern part of Gaul. Then, the Germanic Empire could migrate here, even if only a few million. The Germanic Empire could also assimilate them well.

Coupled with the fact that all schools will be able to teach German in the future, gradually these Gauls will also speak German as their mother tongue. In a few decades, these Gauls would become a people of the Germanic Empire, rather than part of the Gallic state.

“Yes, Your Majesty!” Hallvig replied.

“Gentlemen, the Empire has won the war. However, this is only the first step. Next, the empire must turn victory into concrete benefits to ensure that the empire gains huge benefits in this war! Let the empire become stronger after the end of the war! August said.

“Yes, Your Majesty!” The ministers of the Germanic Empire all answered.

Making the Germanic Empire stronger was everyone’s goal.

And now, the Germanic Empire is undoubtedly developing in this direction.

Next, the foreign affairs of the Germanic Empire contacted the Gaul state, inviting them to peace talks to resolve the current war.

For the Gallic state, this war is undoubtedly unbearable. If the war continues, they will have no chance of victory. Even, it will pay a greater price in the war.

It would undoubtedly be best if the war could be ended and given a respite.

If you lose the war, then you have to admit it. In this way, the country can continue to continue, so that it will not be destroyed.

After all, the Gaul top brass would never like to see their country destroyed.

Therefore, the Gaul state quickly agreed to the Germanic Empire’s invitation for peace talks, and sent the second commander Reneviani and the Minister of War Messimi as representatives to Versailles to hold secret peace talks with the Germanic Empire.

The Germanic Empire, on the other hand, was represented by Foreign Minister Gustav Strezemann.

This peace talks, until an agreement is reached, will not be made public, and will be kept as confidential as possible.