The Second Reich: Beginning with the Prince of Prussia

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

The indemnity of 2 billion francs was completely beyond the capacity of the Gauls, who had only paid off the war reparations of 5 billion francs previously owed in the Franco-Prussian War only a few years earlier.

And now let them pay another 2 billion francs, isn't it their lives?

"50 million francs, no more!"

The Gallic delegates put on a posture that a dead pig was not afraid of boiling water!

Seeing that the other party was unwilling to give money, Bismarck's attitude immediately changed.

He said in a cold tone:

"If you don't give money, then don't blame us for taking it ourselves!"

"What do you want to do?"

"What are you doing? Naturally, we are going to get what belongs to us, aren't you unwilling to compensate? Then we will do it ourselves, and we won't bother you~!"

Bismarck sneered, looked at the Gallic representative, and a sneer tugged at the corners of his mouth.

It's really a toast and don't eat and drink, and you don't want to give you face, then don't - blame me for being rude!

The Germans were now on the Gallic border, and the Metz area was still in German hands.

They had maintained good military discipline before, and had no defense to loot and plunder, but since the Gauls were so shameless, they were unwilling to pay war reparations.

Then there is no need for them to be so polite, robbing things and burning houses, this kind of thing is not only done by the French army!

Kou can go, I can go too!

You did the first year of junior high school, and I did the fifteenth, who is afraid of whom!

As soon as they heard Bismarck's threatening words, the Gallic delegates immediately panicked.

He looked at the person in charge of mediation on the side with a look of help, and the foreign secretary shook his head:

"This matter is something you did wrong, you can't control your army yourself, and you have caused such huge losses to others, so you should naturally take responsibility and be responsible for compensating others for their losses, instead of evading responsibility!"

The sun never sets is something that the sun loves to do, especially when it can hurt the Gauls, they are even more happy!

And it's not like it has nothing to do with them!

If Gaul were to pay such a large war reparations to the Second Reich, Gaul would have had a hard time in the years to come.

As a result, the expansion of Gaul's navy will definitely slow down, so that the royal navy will be relieved that the sun never sets, and there is no need to worry about the Gauls chasing too quickly.

So for this matter, the sun does not set and people are happy to see it happen.

The Gauls asked for help to no avail, and the people who saw that the sun did not set had no intention of helping them, so they also understood that the people who did not set the sun were unreliable.

However, this amount is so large that they can't come up with it in a short period of time!

If the hard one doesn't work, the soft one will come, and the Gauls put on a different face, trying to say good things in exchange for concessions from the other side.

"Mr. Bismarck, this amount is really a bit beyond our ability, do you see if it is ......?"

"Two billion francs, not a penny, not a penny!

Of course, you can also pay in pounds sterling or dollars, and we accept payment in silver and gold!"

Bismarck put on a businesslike attitude and did not make any concessions to the other side.

The Gauls wanted to scold their mothers, and the rigidity of the Germanic people was notoriously known all over the world, and it was so difficult to get them to change their minds!

So, instead of wasting time on Bismarck, he sent a telegram to the Tower City to report on the progress of the negotiations, and by the way sent a telegram to President François to ask him if he agreed to the Hansians' demands!

If President François did not agree, the negotiations would have failed, and he would not have been able to sign the agreement without the president's authorization.

But if the negotiations do fail, the war will probably expand.

This was definitely not good news for Gaul, they were not ready for this war!

......

Gaul, the city of the Towers.

After receiving a telegram from his country's representative from the capital where the sun never sets, President François almost fainted!

2 billion francs!(If you read a violent novel, you can go to Feilu Novel Network!)

How dare the Hans ask for it!

This amount is almost enough to cover their financial income for 2 years!

So the first thought in François's mind was to refuse!

It's a big deal to fight, why lose so much money before the fight starts?

"Yes, let's fight with them, if we win, not only will we not have to lose money, maybe it will be their turn to lose our money!"

"That's right, we have completed the mobilization for the war, and now the army is strong, and the German army is only 300,000 people, so there is no need to be afraid of them at all!"

Not only was President François outraged by this request of the Second Reich, but other officials in Gaul were furious at such an excessive demand.

The money in Gaul was not blown by the wind, but they saved it little by little!

Twenty years ago, they had already compensated the Second Reich for five billion francs for their defeat, and now they must not give away these two billion francs!

If this is really money, it means that all the money earned by the Gauls in the past twenty years has been given to the Second Empire!

7,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

......

The Gauls were unwilling to pay reparations, and the first round of negotiations between the two sides ended in failure.

Receiving this news, Andrews shook his head and expressed his admiration for the head iron of the Gauls.

However, since the other party doesn't shed tears when he doesn't see the coffin, let's teach them a lesson and let them pay for their actions!

"Send a telegram to Moltke the Elder and tell him to immediately move south from Metz and attack the Gallic capital, and be sure to take the Tower City before the Gallic reinforcements arrive!"

When Moltke received the telegram, he couldn't understand why the Gauls had to go to war!

They are obviously so weak that they can't defeat the Germans at all, so what good is it for them to force a war like this?

Happily lose the money, isn't it good for everyone to withdraw their troops?

You don't know it hurts until you get beaten!

Although he couldn't understand the brain circuits of the Gauls, Old Moltke still meticulously carried out Bai Lin's orders.

"General Stiller, you take 50,000 cavalry to the south immediately and attack Reims!"

"Yes, Marshal!"

Stiller quickly led his troops away, broke away from the main German forces, and marched rapidly in a southwesterly direction.

The elder Moltke personally led the rest of the German army, left the city of Metz and rushed towards the city of the Gallic capital, the city of the Iron Tower.

A large number of military columns from the Second Empire mainland, loaded with 200 artillery pieces, 200,000 shells, 20,000 machine guns, and a large amount of weapons and ammunition, arrived in Metz, and distributed all kinds of new weapons that had just been produced by the Imperial Arsenal to the troops.

After receiving this batch of weapons replenishment, the German army under Moltke the Elder can be said to be full of soldiers and morale, and they are full of confidence in taking the capital of the Gauls!