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Feng Xianghua finally finished reading, and then he slowly took off his glasses, closed the Chinese and French texts of the ceasefire agreement he had just read, and handed it to General Henchger, the head of the French delegation, which also marked that it had been A map of France showing the boundaries between occupied and non-occupied French regions, and the specific amount of the occupation fee.

The formal submission of ceasefire conditions ends here.

Guan Xuqing stood up abruptly, followed by Feng Xianghua, Liang Qichao, Zaifeng, Wu Tingfang, Gu Weijun, Xu Shichang and Zhang Zuolin stood up one by one.Seeing this situation, Chiang Kai-shek also stood up.Feng Xianghua gave a standard military salute to the emperor, and the others immediately saluted the emperor as well.Guan Xuqing walked outside the venue.Compared with when he came in, his footsteps are a little more brisk, and it can be seen that he is very excited now.Then various military and political officials followed the emperor and filed out one by one.The empty carriage contained only the French delegation.When Guan Xuqing walked out of the carriage, Wu Peifu, Minister of the Army Equipment Department, and several other generals were standing at the door. They were the Chinese delegation, waiting for the signing of the treaty.

Who Controls the Ups and Downs: The Third World War (Closed Volume) Chapter 230 and Four Negotiation is an Art

"Your Majesty!" Seeing the Emperor walking out, everyone saluted him immediately.

"Jieshi." Guan Xuqing called to Jiang Jieshi who was walking outside.

"Your Majesty, what are your orders?" Chiang Kai-shek replied respectfully.

"We are waiting for news here tonight, you ask someone to make arrangements." Guan Xuqing said flatly.

"Yes!" Chiang Kai-shek replied immediately, "I will prepare right away."

"No need." Guan Xuqing waved his hand slightly, "It's a trivial matter, let other people arrange it. You accompany Ziyu and the others to go in and listen to the French's proposal."

After a pause, Guan Xuqing suddenly said loudly: "I hereby appoint you as China's deputy negotiator, and cooperate with Ziyu to negotiate with the French."

"Yes!" Chiang Kai-shek immediately stood at attention and gave a military salute, his face full of excitement.

After Chiang Kai-shek entered the venue, the entire peace talks officially began.

The two sides first introduced each other briefly, and then started the formal talks.

"Your Excellency General!" As soon as everyone sat down, General Henchig said: "I think the conditions you put forward are 'cruel and merciless', much worse than what France imposed on you in the Opium War. You know, we can't do these things completely, we have to think about it."

"Yes, of course." Chiang Kai-shek, who was sitting on the side, said, "But I think this is only a preliminary template. We still need to discuss and report all the situation to your government. I don't know if you agree. disagree?"

"Please allow me to explain first..." After everyone sat down, Henchig said: "In the past few minutes, we have had a preliminary look at the agreement. I think that most of the treaties in this agreement we have We can discuss it, but there are a few points that we cannot agree to." Having said that, he stretched out a hand: "First of all, regarding the army. These agreements stipulate that we in France cannot have an army of more than 5 people, and we cannot With the gendarmerie, the number of police officers cannot exceed [-], which is a bit too harsh."

Henchig pointed to the content above, and whispered to Wu Peifu and the Chinese representative opposite him: "10 people, including the police and other armed forces, cannot maintain the peace of the whole of France. The plans are not that harsh.”

Henchger paused for a moment, and continued to speak: "I believe everyone here knows that France has entered a state of anarchism. If we cannot control the whole situation as soon as possible, then the situation will be very complicated. Red communism We will take the opportunity to seize our power, and we believe that this is what your country does not want to see. In order to prevent the country from falling into the vortex of red communism, we must have a strong army..."

"You're right." Before Henchig could finish speaking, Wu Peifu interrupted the other party, "But I think it's still necessary for you to give an exact number, how many troops you plan to keep, only the specific number can be provided. Come out, so we can continue to negotiate!" Wu Peifu said with a smile, as if sitting in front of him was not a defeated general, but an opponent who was negotiating with him on an equal footing.

"This..." Henchig began to chat privately with his representatives.Then he raised his head slowly: "Your Excellency, distinguished Chinese representatives, after the discussion just now, we agreed that the total number of French infantry should be kept at least 12, and in addition, 8 policemen and 2 soldiers are needed." There are 22 gendarmes in total.”

"Totally agree." Before Wu Peifu could speak, Chiang Kai-shek took the lead in saying: "It is not too much for France to have so many armies, and as a victor of the war, it cannot make things worse. This is not in line with our spirit of peace."

Unexpectedly, his following words were shocking: "However, I think 22 people are still too few."

"Ah?" Everyone present was dumbfounded. Both the Chinese and the French were confused by this guy. No one knew what this guy was thinking.

Chiang Kai-shek continued: "I think that 20 people are too few for France to manage so many colonies and overseas territories. Therefore, I personally suggest that the number of the French army should be around 18, and the number of police and gendarmerie should be around 12. About 5, but only 10 French troops and [-] French gendarmes can be stationed in France, and the rest of the troops are all stationed in French overseas territories. In addition..." Having said this, Chiang Kai-shek stretched out his hand and stopped those who were about to speak. Wu Peifu, "We also need to put forward corresponding conditions. We need a group of French volunteers to join our imperial army. Of course, we will not count these French who joined us in the total number of French troops. Instead, they are calculated separately, and their treatment is the same as that of our Dragon Army infantry. I wonder if you agree or not?"

Hearing this new proposal, Henchig immediately began to whisper to his companion again.After another round of discussions, they finally reached an agreement: "General, I agree with you, but this must be submitted to the French Prime Minister and President for a final decision."

"Of course!" Chiang Kai-shek nodded slightly, "I respect your decision, this matter should indeed follow the procedure." He flipped through the notebook on the table and said lightly: "Then let's move on to the next topic. Is it?"

Soon they started with the question of the size of the non-occupied zone.China left only 40 percent of its territory in the south and southeast to the French government.This region is the poorest and most barren of the French.And China occupies the entire Atlantic coast, because China needs the ports there to block the British. In addition, several French piers in the Mediterranean will also be leased to China and jointly managed by both parties.In addition, Paris will also be taken over by China.

But Henchig was quick to raise the issue, and they asked for an extension of the Deoccupied Zone to include Paris.But China won't budge.In the end, it was Chiang Kai-shek who said: "We can consider expanding the issue of the non-occupied area. We can also discuss the issue of Paris." At this point, he glanced at the crowd and said slowly: "As for the non-occupied area, we You can give up Bordeaux and several other places not close to the Atlantic Ocean. In addition, 60% of the tax revenue in the occupied area belongs to you, France. As for Paris, this is an order of the emperor, and we have no right to modify it, but as long as your government If you want, your government can also move to Paris." Chiang Kai-shek spread his hands and said with a smile: "But you want to cede France's land in the Balkans, including northern Turkey and eastern Greece, which should be assigned to China."

"Yes." Henchig directly agreed to the other party's request.

Then we discussed the issue of Chinese refugees.The Chinese government requires France to release all Chinese refugees in France, including those who were arrested and imprisoned by France.However, this request was opposed by France as they considered it unseemly.In the end, Chiang Kai-shek spoke again. The plan he proposed was very simple, that is, to exchange the captured Chinese for the release of French prisoners of war, and the two sides exchanged at a ratio of 1:1.In addition to ethnic Chinese, it also includes political prisoners imprisoned, wanted criminals and traitors wanted by China.

After the three topics were discussed, the two sides accelerated their pace.Soon, they talked about the cost of the occupation fee and the issue of China's garrison. China will station 40 to 80 people in France.After defeating the British, the number decreased year by year.The number of troops stationed in Paris does not exceed 5, and the French government provides all expenses of the occupying forces.

Just after the two sides had reached the dawn of talks, Chiang Kai-shek said again: "Next, let's talk about the most important thing, the French navy." After finishing speaking, he glanced at everyone present with sharp eyes.

Everyone present was sitting in danger.Because whether it is for the French or the Chinese, the powerful French fleet has always been their most concerned object.

After the end of World War II, due to the decline of the German Navy and the political instability in France, France did not start building new warships. In 1919, Germany's new 3-ton large ship, the "Deutschland" class pocket battleship, began to be built, and Italy also began to build their battleships. France immediately planned its own new navy.To this end, he spent three years carrying out fruitful reforms.The construction of the new battlecruiser "Dunkirk" class and the world's latest and most powerful dreadnought "Richelieu" class at the time of the war started successively. The "Algeria" class heavy cruiser served as the main force of the French Navy's cruiser fleet.As of September 1919, the French navy ranked fourth in the world in terms of strength, and it was one of the most modern navies in the world.

As of the surrender of France, the French Navy had a total of eight battleships: "Guba" class dreadnoughts ("Guba", "Ocean", "Paris") and "Provence" class super dreadnoughts ("Provence", "Brita") "Richelieu", "Lorraine") "Richelieu" class fast battleships ("Richelieu", "Jan Bart"), of which "Jan Barr" is under construction and 80% of the work has been completed.

“敦刻尔克”级战列巡洋舰（“敦刻尔克”、“特拉斯堡”）“贝亚恩”航空母舰1艘、正在建造“霞飞”级航空母舰2艘。絮弗伦级重巡洋舰2艘：絮弗伦、科尔贝尔。福煦级重巡洋舰2艘：福煦、迪普莱克斯。“贞德”号训练巡洋舰1艘。

In addition, there are 18 light cruisers and 50 destroyers of various types. Among them, the tonnage and power of the "Utopia" class super destroyers are almost equivalent to those of light cruisers, which can compete with China's Tianzi class destroyers. There are 101 submarines of various types. With a large number of auxiliary ships and gunboats, etc., the entire French fleet is far stronger than imagined in terms of tonnage and combat effectiveness.

Who Controls the Ups and Downs: The Third World War (Closed Volume) Chapter 230 and Five The Ownership of the Sea and Air

If the Chinese navy fully accepts the fruits of victory, there is no doubt that it will have an unprecedented super fleet.Therefore, neither the United Kingdom nor France, nor even China's ally Germany is willing to see it.Therefore, both French Admiral Darlan and Petain agreed that as long as Germany proposes to hand over the entire French fleet, France will suspend negotiations.Kaiser Wilhelm II proposed to Guan Xuqing that the entire French fleet be detained by a neutral country like Portugal or Spain, at least not for British use.In addition, Guan Xuqing also issued instructions on the fate of the French fleet.His request was that the French fleet, except for the ships necessary to defend its colonial countries, be disarmed and laid up in the home port under the supervision of China or Germany.China assured that it "has no intention of making any demands on the French fleet when the peace agreement is signed."

Of course, Chiang Kai-shek didn't think so, and he decided to fight for more against the emperor's will.

"I think the total number of French fleets is a bit too much." Seeing everyone's eyes focused on him, Chiang Kai-shek said unhurriedly, "As a defeated country, it is very difficult to have so many warships." A wise move. Because so many warships will definitely attract the attention of other countries.”

"Oh? General Jiang, what do you mean?" A person from the French delegation asked back.

Chiang Kai-shek raised his eyes and glanced at the other party. It was French Vice Admiral Le Luc who was speaking.

"Hehe." Chiang Kai-shek smiled and said, "I think you have your own bottom line, that is, you can't hand over all the French fleet?" He glanced at the other party with sharp eyes: "Don't be confused. Although, I have been commanding the French fleet all the time. , but no intelligence can escape my eyes."

"In addition to your French negotiating cards, I also know that other countries are interested in your fleet. Of course, the most interested is not us, but the British. On June 6, the commander of the British home fleet submitted a report to the British cabinet. A secret material. In the material, it was declared that before the conclusion of the armistice agreement, France should sail its fleet to the British port to avoid falling into the hands of the enemy. On June 10, the British Cabinet Cabinet meeting announced: France should surrender on land before , should join the ranks of the British Navy with its fleet, or scuttle itself. If the above conditions are not complied with, Britain will take a separate action to persuade or destroy the French fleet."

Having said that, he snapped his fingers, and Zhang Xuesi, who had been waiting for the door, walked in quickly, and handed him a folder respectfully.Chiang Kai-shek threw it to the other party without even looking at it, "Look at it, this is a copy of the meeting minutes that our people got. I never joke about it myself."

After reading these hastily, Henchig began to sweat on his forehead.The current situation is very clear, although the authenticity of this information is open to question.But if it is true, then his fleet will suffer extremely heavy losses.And, according to the personality of the Englishman, who is so troublesome, this situation is bound to happen.

"Haha... General Jiang really knows how to joke. Britain is our ally, and they won't do this to allies." Henchig closed his notebook with a smile, and then said lightly: "General Jiang, what is the point of proposing this inexplicable thing?" What's the purpose?"

"Nothing!" Chiang Kai-shek replied: "I just don't want your country to be sold to others and help others count the money. We all know what kind of country Britain is. If you don't believe it, I am personally willing to make this bet. In this way, with a bet of 1000 million US dollars, which one of you dares to accept this bet?"

These words made Wu Peifu, who was sitting on the side, furious. He had never seen such a negotiator betting with his opponent at the negotiating table.

At this moment, the French representatives said: "Although we have reservations about your information, this information needs further verification. However, I would like to take this opportunity to ask about your attitude. What are you going to do? Or in other words, you What are the requirements?"

"The empire's request is very simple." Chiang Kai-shek immediately said: "First of all, we don't need your large fleet. Or, the large fleet that has been fully formed. You can keep these. The French Navy's organizational system is not included in the treaty. .We only need your six light cruisers and 24 destroyers, as well as 30 submarines and 20 supply ships. In addition, the second ship of the Richelieu class, the unfinished 'Jean Bart' and two sampans that have been launched The 'Joffre' and 'Balvi' were sold to us. As for the conflict between you and the British Navy, you can resolve it yourself. It doesn't matter if you fight them, stay neutral, or sink a warship, as long as you don't join them The order of battle is enough. I believe you should also know that the British navy is not as powerful as it used to be."

The most difficult naval issue of the whole negotiation was finally over, and the remaining issues were much easier, at least in the eyes of the French.Soon, they entered the next topic about the final ownership of the Air Force.

The Chinese side was aggressive from the very beginning and asked the French Air Force to hand over all the aircraft to the Chinese Air Force, but the French side asked the Chinese side to destroy these aircraft instead of handing them over.According to the Chief of Staff of the French Air Force, Jean Bergel, the handover of the aircraft would be detrimental to the honor of the French Air Force, and the French also hope to retain about 1060 aircraft and 70 air force personnel for local air defense.However, these conditions were rejected by China.Chiang Kai-shek's answer was very simple, the air force is really useless to you, you might as well leave it to us, and we can play it better in our hands.At least the aluminum and steel of most of your aircraft is still relatively usable.In the end, the two sides reached an agreement. France handed over 760% of the air force and army aircraft, which is 2000. China will pay a total of 200 million francs to purchase these aircraft. France is allowed to have an air force, but the total number must not exceed 300. The total number of pilots shall not exceed [-].

In addition, there are some provisions that the French did not propose to amend.For example, it is stipulated that the French government must prohibit French people from fighting against China in other countries and armies. Once such people are captured by China, they will be regarded as spies and shot directly.In addition, only 150 percent of the captured 50 million French soldiers can be released, and the rest will be taken as hostages.Of course, if these people voluntarily serve China, then they can still be free.This was specially added by Guan Xuqing.Because in his opinion, holding a hostage in his hand is a powerful bargaining chip.

At 6 pm on June 24, Henchig put forward his own request: "This peace treaty must be approved by the Bordeaux government before I can sign it."

"Absolutely not." Wu Peifu stood up, waving his arms and shouted loudly: "Absolutely not! Because you have the full power to conclude the ceasefire agreement independently, you must sign it, and you must sign it immediately!"

"Your Excellency General." Henchig replied neither humble nor overbearing: "What you said is not wrong at all. We do have full power to decide the entire negotiation. But this ceasefire clause will determine the fate of the French people. Therefore, as the French people part. I think it is necessary and obligatory to inform the French government."

Henchig continued: "At the same time, General, I should remind you that the Chinese delegation in the Opium Wars was allowed to consult with its government."