The Third Reich: The Return of the King

Faced with the joint intervention of the two powerful powers, Eagle Sauce and Sun Never Sets, the Gauls had to accept this result even if they were not convinced.

On 5 September, the representatives of the three countries held a formal meeting at the city of Etoile Tower, and discussed the disposition of Germany and the withdrawal of the French army.

The meeting was not open to the public, so the outside world did not know what the three countries discussed at the meeting.

However, at the end of the two-day meeting, the Gauls announced the withdrawal of their troops from Hans, this time not only from southern Hans, but also from the Ruhr industrial region.

And just after the Gauls announced the withdrawal of their troops, the two countries issued a joint statement.

After discussion, the two governments agreed that in order to stabilize the situation in the Weimar Republic and ensure that the government would not be overthrown, the Allies would need to amend the Treaty of Versailles in 1919.

The main content of the amendment was aimed at the post-war reparations of the Weimar Republic, which in the 1919 treaty had a very large number of war reparations, and this huge figure was completely beyond the Weimar Republic's ability to repay, and if they were really allowed to pay such an amount, the Weimar Republic would probably be overthrown soon.

Therefore, the two countries believe that 80% of the war reparations should be reduced on the basis of 1919, and the government of the Weimar Republic should be suspended for five years to enforce the reparations, so as to help the Weimar Republic stabilize the domestic economy as soon as possible, and reduce the large-scale unemployment and workers' unrest and even uprisings in the country as soon as possible.

The two countries believed that only after the Weimar Republic had put the situation in front of Hans and put the economy on the right track could the financial revenues of Hans be raised, and then there would be enough funds to repay the war reparations.

If the economic problems of the Weimar Republic are not solved and their financial revenues are not raised, then it is very likely that the Gauls will send troops to invade the Hans without being able to come up with them!

Of course, in addition to the issue of reparations, the joint statement of the two countries also touched on the issue of military aspects.

The two countries believed that in view of the danger of frequent workers' uprisings and regional rebellions in Hans, in order to maintain the rule of the Weimar Republic and combat the increasingly rampant red uprisings, the number of German troops should be relaxed to 200,000-50,000, and that the German army's ability to respond to emergencies could only be strengthened if the German army had sufficient troops.

In addition to these measures, Eagle Sauce unilaterally announced that they would provide Hans with a low-interest loan worth $2.5 billion over the next 10 years to help Hans recover the economy that had been devastated by the war.

This joint statement between Britain and the United States, as soon as it was announced, immediately attracted the attention of the world!

In addition to the Gauls who were angry, all the countries of the world, including Hans, were shocked!

"Tell me, what are Britain and the United States going to do, and do we need to accept their kindness?"

Weimar Republic, capital, in the city of Bolin.

Upon learning of this, President Hindenburg immediately convened an urgent internal high-level meeting to discuss the matter.

To tell the truth, this joint statement between Britain and the United States is so strange that even Hans, the biggest beneficiary, finds it inexplicable and unbelievable!

"Your Excellency, I think it is incumbent upon me to accept and welcome the joint statement of the two countries, because it means a lot to us!"

General Grener, the prime minister of the military cabinet, is not particularly familiar with politics, so he still looks at the problem from the simple corner of the military.

Minister of Foreign Education Stezelemann glanced at Prime Minister Grener with disdain, and he was very contemptuous of this prime minister who had no ability but occupied a high position.

"Your Excellency, I believe that Britain and the United States are going to support us against Gaul!"

As Minister of Foreign Studies, Stezerremann naturally knows much more about diplomatic matters than Grener, so he can immediately see the intentions behind this statement by Britain and the United States.

Both countries did not want to see the Gauls sit on the throne and both wanted to stop the Gauls from moving, but neither of them wanted to end up in person, so they relaxed the restrictions on the Weimar Republic, so that the Weimar Republic could gain the strength to confront the Gauls, so as to stop the eastward expansion of the Gauls!

"Well, it looks like there was such an intention!"

President Hindenburg nodded slightly, approving Stezeremmann's judgment.

However, if what Stzeremann said is true, then it means that Britain and the United States are using Hans as a pawn in their hands.

No one wants to be a pawn of someone else, especially a country that aspires to become a world power.

It's just that the situation is stronger than people, in order to develop better and get rid of the shackles that bind it as soon as possible, the empire can only temporarily compromise!

Thinking of this, President Hindenburg made up his mind in his heart.

"Tell Britain and the United States that we support and are willing to accept the goodwill of both countries and agree to a ceasefire with the French army!"

This decision was soon sent by telegram to the front and to Britain and the United States.

Ruhr Industrial Zone Front, Headquarters of the German Army.

Seeing the ceasefire order from the Bolin side, Mainz breathed a sigh of relief in his heart!

The war is finally over!

Continue to fight, the Germans have no chance of winning, their forces are still too small!

Moreover, Mainz didn't want to fight with the French army at all, because the area where the two sides were fighting was in the core area of Hans - the Ruhr Industrial Zone, where every shell exploded would cause a weakening of Hans's national strength.

The Second Reich and Prussia had worked so hard and spent so much time to build such a heavy industrial area, and if it had been destroyed by a conflict with the Gauls, it would have been a loss to kill a million or even five million Gauls!

Modern warfare is fought against a country's national strength, and in the national strength, industry accounts for a huge proportion, which is basically equivalent to the potential of war.

An industrial power, if you want to defeat a country without industry, it is too easy, even if there is a gap in the size of the two sides, it is completely possible to make up for this gap with industrial strength, the best example is the war between the Celestial Empire and the foot basin!

The land area of the footbasin is only one-30 of the Celestial Empire, and the population is only one-8 of the Celestial Empire, but the Celestial Empire that fights on the battlefield has no power to fight back!

The root cause of this phenomenon is that the foot basin is an industrial country, and the Celestial Empire is just an agricultural country without industry!

The Ruhr industrial area accounts for more than half of Hans's heavy industry, and if it were destroyed, Hans would have to spend a huge price and a long time to rebuild it, and the price would be so heavy that it would completely disrupt Mainz's plans, so he would never accept it!

But seeing the current result, Mainz is finally relieved!

The Ruhr crisis was a great test for Hans, but it was also a great opportunity.

And now it seems that Mainz's gamble was a win, and the Gauls returned home, and it was basically impossible to step into Hans again!

And Hans relied on this crisis to successfully break free from most of the chains bound by the Treaty of Versailles!

Without the heavy war reparations and draconian military restrictions, the rebuilding of the empire would have been much faster than it was in history!

Perhaps, without waiting for 1933, the Third Reich will return to its king!_

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