Romanian Eagle

Inside the palace, Edel sat in a chair and carefully reviewed the negotiated contract terms. In front of him stood the prime minister and the foreign minister who were in charge of the negotiations. The contract had been reviewed by the parliament, and the king had to sign it to take effect. Even if he had seen the copy before, Edel carefully reviewed the contract terms. It's not that he doesn't trust the two, it's that he takes responsibility for his work.

After reading it, Edel put down the contract and said to the two: "Thank you for your hard work, I am very satisfied with this negotiation."

Facing the king's thanks, the two replied in unison: "It's not hard work, it's all for the benefit of the Kingdom of Romania. The main reason is that the Ukrainians realize the huge gap in strength with the kingdom, so that the contract can be negotiated."

Listening to the two polite answers, Edel picked up the brush and signed the name in the lower right corner of the contract. Now that the contract has been signed, it can take effect.

Then he handed it to the Prime Minister, and when the Prime Minister took the contract text, he said: "This peace negotiation takes a lot of energy, so you should rest for two days."

In the face of the king's concern, Prime Minister Bretianu who took the text said with a wry smile: "After so long, the documents waiting for me to process in the government have been piled up to two feet high. Now there is no time to rest. Next time. Bar."

Facing the Prime Minister's concerns about government affairs, Edel couldn't take it and said: "Okay, after the war is over, I'll give you a vacation. It's good to take care of your body. The gray hair on your head has grown a lot. This is all. Tired."

Seeing that the king was concerned about his gray hair, Prime Minister Bretianu couldn't accept this, he could only shrug his shoulders awkwardly and smile.

The Prime Minister can't rest because of work, but Foreign Minister Barnosk is moved.

"Thank you Your Majesty for your concern. Don't tell me, this old bone of mine really needs a rest after nearly a month of tossing."

Facing the Foreign Secretary's gag, Edel said with a smile: "It's okay, but I can't tire my Foreign Secretary. There are still important negotiation tasks that need to use you."

Neither of them were stupid. They knew that the most important thing next, of course, was the meeting to divide the spoils after the war. At that time, a dozen or 20 countries, large and small, will all compete for their own interests from the allies, which will not be an easy job at that time.

Right now, Germany is struggling to support it, and everyone knows that its failure is just around the corner.

After sending the two away, Edel was preparing to go to the General Staff to have a look. By the way, I asked Admiral Pu Lieshan to talk about the post-war army. I didn't think about it when I walked to the door and almost collided with someone.

After Edel saw the person in front of him clearly,

He asked curiously, "Carust, what's wrong with you today, so anxious?"

When the captain of the guard who was supported saw Eder in front of him, he panted and said to the king, "Your Majesty, we just got the news that there was a sailor rebellion in Kiel, Germany. This is a telegram."

Carust's shocking words immediately opened Edel's dusty memory. Kiel Marine Rebellion, German surrender, Treaty of Versailles.

Edel didn't take the telegram, but instead pulled the captain of the bodyguard and said, "Let's go in and talk."

After pulling his captain into the room, Edel took the telegram and read it. The Kiel sailor's uprising was an important event that marked the defeat of Germany. Before, he was worried that because of his stirring, this event would disappear, but it still seems to have happened. I just don't know how this event is different from my previous life.

According to intelligence, the reason for the Kiel sailor uprising was the same as in the previous life. It was all caused by ordering the High Seas Fleet to fight. In June and July, in order to prevent the German army from transferring reinforcements to the attacked area, the Allied Powers moved from Verdun to The Atlantic coastline, the entire front line with a width of more than 400 kilometers, launched a full-scale attack.

Since the German army has been in the war for four years, it has already been exhausted, and it is simply unable to resist such a huge offensive, and the front line has steadily advanced to the German-French border before the war. In this battle, the Allies captured a total of 190,000 German prisoners of war.

The decline of the Germans' will to resist and the increase in the number of prisoners in this attack shocked the high-level officials. In order to boost the morale of the army, Ludendorff, Hindenburg and others thought of a way to let the navy attack.

So on August 23, the naval command ordered the German High Seas Fleet in Kiel to go out to sea to fight the British, and if they failed, "sink gloriously". Attempts to bring the High Seas Fleet through a decisive battle to motivate the currently demoralized German army.

However, the officers and soldiers of the fleet who were abandoned were extremely angry with the order of the naval command. No one wants to be sacrificed, and there is no hope in sight. Therefore, with the connivance of the senior officers of the fleet, on August 27, nearly 80,000 sailors stepped off the battleship, embraced the streets of Kiel City, and held a demonstration.

The actions of the sailors were quickly met with enthusiastic responses from the workers. Under the leadership of the sailors, the demonstrations soon developed into armed uprisings. And quickly occupied strategically important places. At the same time, the Soviets of Workers' Deputies and the Soviets of Soldiers' Deputies were also established in Kiel.

To make the uprising a success, Kiel workers held a city-wide general strike on September 5 to support the sailors' uprising.

When the German government got news of the sailors' uprising, it was astonished. Immediately, six infantry companies were sent from the field to suppress it. But what the German government did not expect was that four of them turned against each other and joined the ranks of the insurgent army. Soon Kiel was under the control of the Soviet of Engineers' Deputies.

News of the uprising of Kiel's sailors was immediately telegraphed to the world. As the head of the Romanian intelligence department, Carust also found Eder for the first time and informed him of the news.

After reading the telegram, Edel walked back and forth in the room, constantly thinking about the impact on Romania. This event will make Germany surrender quickly, but there are still many things that Romania has not finished during this period. For example, the Hungarian cleanup work in the occupied area, the referendum in Eastern Moldavia, and what to do with the Poles in Galicia. Whether to negotiate with the future Polish government, let them pick it up or what to do, you need to make up your own mind.

Carust looked at Edel who kept walking and thinking about problems, and did not dare to let out the air.

Eder, who had been wandering all the time, finally stopped, and he said to Carust in front of him: "Now dispatching people to pay close attention to the situation in Germany, I want to know their movements at any time. In addition, I will send a report to Admiral Salamick. , let him speed up the cleanup. Also, let the prime minister speed up the referendum in East Moldavia. I want to see them join the Kingdom of Romania within a month."

Facing Edel's several consecutive orders, Carust quickly wrote it down.

"Your Majesty, I'll do it now."

"Go."

After sending off the captain of the guard, Edel thought inwardly. It looks like the war is coming to an end, and the next thing to do is to secure Romania's interests.

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