The European War, or World War I, caused 61 million casualties and nearly 200 billion US dollars in economic losses in Europe, resulting in a serious political, military, economic and other strength recession in European countries. Since the German Provisional Government signed the armistice agreement, the following was a long negotiation process, which was similar to what Fang Zida expected. From the beginning of the negotiations, Britain and France could not wait to push all the responsibilities to Germany, and at the same time ordered the troops to seize and control several important cities in the Ruhr area, an important industrial zone in Germany, and transported the steel, coal and other materials stored in Germany to the country by railway.

When signing the German armistice, French Prime Minister Crimson pointed out that Germany must be asked to compensate France for all losses suffered in the war, weaken its military strength, so that Germany will no longer threaten France. He also proposed to execute the German Emperor William who had fled to the Netherlands in public, France took back Alsace-Lorraine, establish the Rhine-demilitarized zone, and divide Germany's overseas colonies by the victorious countries. At the same time, he also hoped to sign a secret treaty to block the German coastline so that France could control Germany's import and export trade...

This series of extremely harsh demands caused a huge uproar in Germany. In addition, the French unscrupulously transported materials in the occupied areas, which caused a large number of German residents to be homeless. German railway workers organized a strike in the French occupied areas to protest the French occupiers. After hearing the news, Crimson immediately called the troops to brutally suppress them. The strike was quickly suppressed. The French occupation forces also executed more than 200 of them to kill chickens and scare monkeys.

To be honest, France, as a victorious country, looks really ugly, but with the tacit consent of the British, a die-hard ally, the French government disregarded international public opinion and acted as if it wanted to completely kill Germany.

The French's attitude towards the post-war was worrying, so it was very unsuccessful from the beginning of the formal negotiations. Although Britain also suffered huge losses in the war, for Britain, although the British government wanted to weaken Germany, it was unwilling to France to become a super power in Europe while seizing all the interests of Germany. Therefore, during the negotiations, the British attitude was extremely ambiguous. On the one hand, the British acquiesced France to use various means to deal with Germany, which had already put down its weapons and surrendered. But on the other hand, the British government also tactfully reminded the French not to backfire. Too much force against Germany will arouse Germany's strong revenge mentality, which is not conducive to the long-term peace situation. At the same time, Germany is also Britain's second largest trading partner, and excessive weakening of Germany's economy will also damage the British economy. In addition, the rise of the United States after the war is unstoppable. As a European country, the main competitor of Britain, France and Germany may be the United States in the future. Oversuppressing Germany will not be much politically beneficial.

As early as before the end of the war, Fang Zida began to prepare for the post-war affairs. When the news of Germany's surrender came, the negotiating team led by Minister of Foreign Affairs Cao Rulin and Minister of Justice Zhang Zongxiang set off for Europe as soon as possible. At the same time, Fang Zida, in the capital, closely monitored the negotiation process. After learning about the outrageous requests issued by the French, Fang Zida considered it and contacted Cao Rulin through a secret telegram, asking him not to pay too much attention to the negotiations composed of allies during the negotiations, and could contact Germany in private and sign a series of treaties with Germany before the peace talks.

As for Britain and France, Fang Zida had already made arrangements. Yang Du, as Fang Zida's special envoy, went to Europe with Cao Rulin and others, but his mission was more important than Cao Rulin. At the same time, when the French team seized several major cities in the German industrial zone, Fang Zida also called the European Expeditionary Force to advance to Germany in the name of "control of public security", and occupied Oberhausen and surrounding areas with lightning speed.

Compared with the French, the Chinese seem much more "cute". Except for setting up cordons in important urban areas, such as railways, highways, mines, factories, etc., and sending military police to maintain order, the ** team in other cities did not interfere in the civil affairs of other cities, and even ordinary public security was left to the local police.

Not only that. Feng Guozhang, commander-in-chief of the Expeditionary Force, summoned the mayor of Oberhausen and asked Oberhausen to operate normally as usual, whether it is factories or shops, the work that should be opened will continue to open, and assured the citizens of Oberhausen. The Chinese Expeditionary Force will not destroy or dismantle any Oberhausen finances and ensure the safety of everyone's lives and property.

At the beginning, the Germans would not believe the Chinese. In the eyes of the Germans, China, as a weak country, was simply the target of bullying by the great powers. Although China lucky enough to wear the halo of "victor" through this war, it was ultimately impossible to compare with Britain, France and other countries, and even the short Japanese could not compare. The Chinese people could not count the promises. If the French came to occupy Oberhausen, the arrogant Chinese would probably give in.

In the eyes of the Germans, being occupied by Britain or Americans is much more reliable than that of the French and Chinese. The French are greedy and cowardly, and are not reliable countries. Although the mayor smiled in front of Feng Guozhang for the help of the Chinese team, he did not believe in his heart that the Chinese could do everything they promised. However, within a few days, the development of the situation caused him to make a great change in these "yellow-skinned monkeys".

The French who had successively occupied several major cities in the Ruhr area quickly arrived near Oberhausen, only a dozen kilometers away from Oberhausen across the Ruhr River. As the commander of the occupation army, the French major general was arrogant. When he learned that Oberhausen had been occupied by the Central Team, he was not even interested in a normal meeting. He sent a small captain and staff to issue an "order" to Feng Guozhang, the commander of the Expeditionary Force. During the order, the French arrogantly asked the Central Team to withdraw Oberhausen within the specified time and hand over the city to the French Team to take over. When this order was sent to Feng Guozhang, Feng Guozhang sneered after seeing it. Although his face was calm and he did not show any expression, the anger in his heart could be seen from his clenched fists.

In terms of military rank, Feng Guozhang was a general of the Republic of China and the commander-in-chief of the Expeditionary Force, and the other party was just a small major general commander. From the perspective of power, Feng Guozhang held the command of hundreds of thousands of expeditionary forces, while the other party had only a few thousand troops. The status between the two was not the same day. Not to mention such a Sesame Division Commander, even the Marshal of the Algorithm Army, Joseph Xiafei, was not so domineering in front of him.

He immediately refused the other party's "order" and drove the captain who was full of feces to spray feces directly out of Oberhausen. Feng Guozhang immediately ordered the gathering of troops to set up defense lines in the Ruhr River area, and posed as if he was about to fight.

Of course, Feng Guozhang, as the three heroes of Beiyang, is not a brainless reckless man. While strictly ordering the troops to prepare for counterattack, Feng Guozhang asked all troops not to fire the first shot, but if the French attack the Chinese positions first, they would resolutely fight back.

While issuing a defensive order, Feng Guozhang sent a telegram to the General Command of the Allied Powers that "the remnants of the Allied Powers disguised the Allied Occupy Forces and tried to launch an attack on the Chinese team." He took the lead in placing a basin of sewage on the French's head. Then, Wang Jixin, who was dealing with the senior leaders of the Allied Powers for preparations for peace talks, was not idle, and jumped up and down to win over allied members for the Chinese. This matter became a big deal. After all, the French did not eat pork but ate a mouthful of hair. In the end, they could only get the unlucky division commander back in the name of adjustment, and had to explain this "misunderstanding" to the Chinese Expeditionary Force.

In full view of the public, the Chinese did everything they promised, which made the local Germans' perception of the Chinese expeditionary force undergo a huge change. Not long after, the large amount of supplies arrived in Europe by the Chinese government, which quickly recovered in the occupied areas. Compared with the areas occupied by the lack of materials and the displaced French team, there were sufficient supplies, and the Chinese occupied areas were almost paradise for the Germans. For a time, there were many Germans running from other cities in the Ruhr area to Oberhausen, and the Chinese also refused. Under the arrangement of the Oberhausen Municipal Government, these Germans were properly placed one by one, winning great favor from all over Germany.

Shortly after the second batch of supplies arrived, Yang Du also arrived in Oberhausen. After arriving in Europe, he parted ways with Cao Rulin and others and left France with some of his personnel. When he arrived in Oberhausen, Feng Guozhang warmly welcomed Yang Du's arrival. After the dinner, the two met alone for a long time. Feng Guozhang, who was disappointed in domestic politics, knew clearly that his career had reached its peak. Compared with Duan Qirui, his talents were mainly military rather than politics. The victory of the European War made Feng Guozhang understand that only by seeking Fang Zida could he maintain his current status. Moreover, Yang Du also brought him good news, that is, after the situation stabilized after the war, Feng Guozhang would step down as commander-in-chief of the Expeditionary Force and report on his post. Fang Zida arranged two positions for him, one was the deputy chief of staff, and the other was to serve as the commander-in-chief of the military region in the upcoming military region.

These two positions are quite attractive to Feng Guozhang. Chief of General Staff Wang Shizhen is older and his energy is not as good as moving forward. Although he is the deputy chief of staff, Fang Zida has actually placed the position of Chief of Staff in front of him. Although the latter position does not look like the glorious position of the General Staff Headquarters, the power in his hands is really not small. In other words, the commander of the military region is almost equal to the position of governor or admiral of the previous dynasty. Moreover, from Fang Zida's military region, his jurisdiction is even far beyond that of Fang Zida's military region.

Yang Du is the one who is in charge of the conversation. There is no hurry to choose the specific choice now. Anyway, Feng Guozhang still has a lot of time to consider. The main content of their talks was still about Fang Zida's plan. Among Feng Guozhang's orders conveyed by Fang Zida, occupying Oberhausen was one of them. As for the next solution, Yang Du has to grasp it.
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