The handover procedures were completed very quickly. On December 10th, Major Maynz rushed to the German General Staff headquarters in Hamburg-based to perform his duties.
Less than two days after he took office, Major Maynz was named by Marshal Hindeburg and asked him to hold secret negotiations with the allied countries in the capital of Gaul, Iron Tower City.
Of course, the main person in charge of this mission was not Major Mayinz, but a major general named Harut.
Although Maynz was surprised, he accepted the order gladly. He also wanted to go to Gaul to take a look. He heard that during the First World War, anti-war protests broke out in Gaul many times. Now that the war was over, he wondered what the situation in Iron Tower City and Gaul was like.
As one of the main enemies in the future, only by going deep into the enemy's midst to investigate on the spot could he truly understand his enemy!
On December 12th, the secret German delegation arrived at Iron Tower City.
At this moment, Major General Harut finally revealed the purpose of their trip.
It turned out that after the end of the First World War, the allied countries, mainly Gaul, demanded that the senior German generals who participated in the war be severely punished. As the most powerful faction in the army at this time, Marshal Hindeburg was naturally a thorn in the flesh in the eyes of Gaul. He wanted to get rid of him as soon as possible!
Moreover, the French army had suffered a lot at the hands of Marshal Hindeburg. During the offensive in May 1918, the German army had once been unstoppable. The French army had lost all their armor and armor. When the war was about to be won, the French army had lost face in front of the allied countries and the whole world. Therefore, whether it was to regain face or to completely destroy the German army, the Gauls hoped that Marshal Hindeburg would be charged with a war criminal and sent to the military court for trial!
However, at this time, most of the German troops in the Rhine region and even the entire Western Front were gathered under Marshal Hindeburg's command. Their number was almost 1.2 million. In the case that Marshal Hindeburg did not leave the city, the only way for the Gauls to bring the old marshal to justice was to attack the city.
However, this was difficult to achieve at this time. After the Second Empire had submitted the surrender agreement and publicly expressed their surrender, all the armies, whether it was the army of the Sun Never Sets, the army of the Eagle jam, or even the army of Gaul, did not want to continue fighting.
However, the German army was different. Marshal Hindeburg was now listed as the second war criminal. Once he was tried and convicted by the Gauls, no one could guarantee that the smug Gauls would not attack the other German generals. Under such circumstances, the defeated German army was particularly united. The German army on the Western Front expressed their support for Marshal Hindeburg and was even willing to fight for him!
This situation put the allied countries in a very difficult position. If they attacked by force, their own troops would not have the will to fight, while the German troops were united against a common enemy. They had to face the German army, which had more than one million soldiers. Even if they were determined to deal with this German army, they would have to mobilize at least one to two million troops, which would consume a huge amount of manpower, material resources, and financial resources.
The Second Empire was not the only one who had collapsed. The European countries were exhausted. The Empire of the Sun Never Sets, which had been the world's overlord for hundreds of years, had even lost its position as the world's overlord because of this war. For this war, they had gathered a large number of manpower and resources from various colonies, causing the colonies to complain. In order to raise military expenses, they had made a large number of war loans to Yingchan and owed a large amount of debt.
All of this had dealt a heavy blow to the Sun Never Sets Empire, causing them to be greatly weakened. At this moment, facing more than a million German troops, the British army refused to attack no matter what. After all, if they won, it would be fine, but if they lost, it would be a huge disgrace!
As a result, there were some voices of dissatisfaction within the allied countries regarding Gaul's request. Apart from the Gaul themselves who were still clamoring, neither Sun Never Sets nor Eagle Sauce supported the Gaul's proposal.
Under such circumstances, Marshal Hindeburg began to send people to contact the people of the allied countries to see if they could reach a secret agreement to completely solve this problem.
After listening to Harut's explanation, Major Mayinz finally understood.
The allies were not united. Each country had their own plans.
As the traditional hegemon of the European continent, the Gauls were defeated by Prussians in the Franco-Prassinian War. Naturally, they hated Hans to the bone, so they had the toughest attitude towards Germany. They wanted to completely wipe Hans off the map.
Because of this stance, the Gauls were the most unyielding countries in all situations.
However, the situation of the Empire of the Sun Never Sets was different. They were not a country on the European continent, but an island country. They had played the continental equilibrium strategy for hundreds of years to perfection.
The people of Sun Never Sets knew very well that a small island country like them did not have the capital to compete with the powerful countries on the European continent. Therefore, in order to prevent a unified regime from appearing on the European continent, they would do their best to stir up trouble, destroy or even sow discord between the European countries.
For example, during the Napoleonic Empire, the Gauls were the most powerful. Sun Never Sets roped in Shenluo, Prussia, Russia, and other countries to attack Gaul. After the Franco-Prussian-Prussianist War ended, the Gauls began to decline and Hans began to rise. The people of Sun Never Sets immediately adjusted their strategy and began to support Gaul. They even allied with Gaul to jointly suppress the newly rising Second Empire, which posed a huge threat to the hegemony of Sun Never Sets.
Now that the Second Empire had been defeated, the strength of the entire Hance Empire would inevitably decline. Under such circumstances, if they could kill Hance with a single blow, the Gaul next door would be the one to benefit. At that time, the Gaul would definitely become the overlord of the European continent. The first thing the Gaul would do would probably be to turn their guns and beat up the Sun Never Sets Empire.
Therefore, in order to avoid an imbalance in the European situation, the people of Sun Never Sets did not advocate taking excessive measures against Germany. At least, they had to retain part of Hans 'strength so that they could become the second in Europe and help Sun Never Sets suppress Gaul, who had won a big victory.
As for Yingjiang, who was far away in North America, their thoughts were even simpler. The traditional European countries were not within their sphere of influence, and they had no way to intervene in Europe's mistakes. Therefore, the Yingjiang people used the pretense of establishing an international alliance to avoid war, intending to use this to increase Yingjiang's voice in the world.
President Hawkeye saw that Gaul and the people of the Sun Never Sets immediately began to discuss the division of the Second Empire's colonies in Africa and other regions after the war ended. He immediately understood the attitude of these two countries and was also very dissatisfied with Britain and France.
At this time, the Weimar Republic had just been established, and it was like an abandoned baby in the international arena. It was better to send charcoal in the snow than to add flowers to the brocade. For the sake of Ying-chan's own interests, they advocated forgiving Germany and tried to establish a good relationship with Germany, so that Ying-chan could earn a lot of commercial benefits in the process of rebuilding the Weimar Republic.
The conflict of interest between the three major powers of the allied countries had become Hans 'opportunity. If he could make good use of it, he might be able to recover the Empire's interests and reduce the losses!
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