In Churchill's "Memoirs of World War I", the twenty-one articles he called "very indecent" was submitted by Yang Du, who had returned to Europe and evacuated to Bordeaux with the French government, to the representatives of Britain, France, the United States and Italy, 70 hours after Paris was occupied by Germany. Italy, which did not endanger its own interests, certainly had no objection to this. French Prime Minister Crimson even agreed with these demands, believing that as the main force of the Allies, the Chinese should be treated equally, and especially on the issue of overseas Chinese, should not be discriminated against.

From Paris to Orleans a hundred kilometers away, the terrified people were convening a joint meeting to think that if the German offensive was curbed, but at this time, China and Japan made such a request impolitely. The British and Americans immediately became dissatisfied. Yang Du, who was shameless, was not ashamed of taking advantage of the situation in the country. Instead, he thought that the domestic consideration was extremely considerate. Although these requirements could be raised after the war, it was not as good as the one after the war, and China's requirements were not excessive at all. Apart from some mines in the British and French colonies, the railways and their rights of the Beijing-Han, Zhengtai, Jinpu, Shanghai-Nanjing, Shanghai-Hangzhou, Zhejiang-Jiangxi, Guangdong-Hanzhou, and Han, which were controlled by the Three Kingdoms, were only added terms on equality of overseas Chinese; the rights of the Russian Far East, Central Asia, and northern Persia had been confirmed before, and the re-establishment was just to make up the numbers and Yang Du didn't know at all.

"Gentlemen, this is..." British wartime cabinet member and General Tesmatz wanted to get angry, but he had already learned the situation of the war in depth and still very experienced and resisted the bad words he wanted to spit out, with only his tone of extremely seriousness, "..., this is really indecent. I always think that we should be close allies."

The British spoke politely and looked at the French and Italians. Finally, they fell on the face of Colonel Hausen, the special envoy of President Wilson. Colonel Hausen was very angry about this. He had no concerns from the British and said angrily without any restraint: "Gentlemen, this is simply knocking! This immoral behavior should be boycotted by all civilized countries!"

"No! No! Gentlemen, this is just a reasonable and very fair demand." After receiving the order from Beijing, Yang Du knew that he would face a debate that would be against the masses, so everything was prepared. "Since China and Japan are close allies of various countries, they should enjoy corresponding and equal rights and status. As for the redemption of railway and road rights invested by various countries in China, this is just a fair business transaction. This is not a redemption for the original price, but a high price redemption while ensuring the returns of the original investors. This is really fair.

Now that the issuance of banknotes in various countries is getting bigger and bigger, and more and more Chinese products are ordered. You are unwilling to open up gold exchange, who can guarantee that these banknotes will not become rubles and depreciate in large quantities? Now that countries have sold large amounts of bonds and assets in the United States of America, why can't China's assets be sold, and they are sold at high prices?

The issue of overseas Chinese is the most concerned issue of our government. One-fifth of the votes in the revival come from overseas Chinese and Jiatong, who have a relationship with overseas Chinese; and in the second batch of troops coming to Europe to participate in the war, at least 100,000 people came from overseas Chinese. They actively signed up for the war, and their purpose was to exchange their blood and sweat for a status equal to a civilized world. May I ask. What is wrong with this requirement?

Gentlemen, this world needs some new power to curb the increasingly rampant evil forces. China and Japan are willing to contribute their strength to the sacred cause of maintaining world peace, but the premise of dedication is that the people of these two countries should not be discriminated against in all parts of the world and be treated equally, because you cannot let a slave or a second-class person fight as gloriously as a knight.

Compared with our justice requirements, the poll taxes targeting Chinese people in various parts of Southeast Asia, the United States of America's immigration against Chinese people and discrimination against Chinese people in the United States are the most uncivilized and unethical behaviors. The Chinese government has solemnly raised this issue to various countries many times, but it was left unresolved every time, especially the anti-Chinese incidents that occurred in the Dutch colonies five years ago and in Mexico seven years ago, due to various interventions. There has been no fair solution yet.

There are also international students who go to the United States... Mr. Colonel. I would like to ask, since your country hopes to build a long-term friendship between my country and the United States by funding Chinese students. Why do you still have to imprison them in wooden houses after arriving at your customs? Is this what makes them love your country or make them hate your country?"

Yang Du's speech was like a bullet-filled Maxim machine gun, "bang bang bang bang bang bang bang...' swept everything. When he finally concentrated his firepower against the Americans, Colonel Hausen was speechless. The experiences of those Chinese students who were granting visas to the United States with the embassy in China were really inhumane. Two years ago, an international student actually died of illness in a wooden house where he was detained. This incident immediately caused an uproar. If the two governments had not repeatedly restrained, the boycott of the US goods movement might have appeared again.

After sweeping the Americans down, Yang Du pointed at the British again, "General, I believe that your government is civilized and friendly to China. Since our government has withstood the huge pressure, especially the pressure of pro-German forces in the military, does it know why our Prime Minister appointed Lieutenant General Lin Wenqian, instead of Lei Yizhen or Lieutenant General Qi Qingyuan as the commander of the Expeditionary Force? It is because Lieutenant General Lin Wenqian's favor for Germany is far less strong than the other two generals.

This is just the appointment of the general. Now our government has provided 95% of the explosive raw materials for each country, and together with Japan, it provides 70% of the world's ocean cargo transportation. In addition, according to the plan to increase troops, our country will eventually send an expeditionary force that accounts for one-third of the Allied forces. These efforts are crucial for the Allied countries to achieve final victory. We do not require additional benefits. We only need equal treatment, even if it is just equality in people.

If none of these are met, then the people in the country will lose confidence in the war, the newly recruited overseas Chinese troops will be in chaos, and the Guangdong and Fujian crew members in the merchant fleet will frequently slacke in work or even strike because overseas Chinese of the same clan and tribe suffer unfair treatment. These will not only bring losses to the Chinese government, but also bring terrible disasters to the entire war..."

It would be fine if Yang Du didn't mention the strike of the merchant fleet. When he mentioned it, French Prime Minister Crymenceau jumped out of his chair. The tiger waved his arms and shouted: "No! No! No! Our civilian supplies are all transported by the merchant fleet. Now Paris is lost. Military supplies also rely on the merchant fleet to transport. Losing the merchant fleet means losing everything. This is something that is absolutely not allowed to happen." After yelling, he looked at French President Poungalai and shouted: "I think France can fully agree with these insignificant requirements. Even we can send an order to Governor Annan tomorrow, requiring Annan to immediately cancel the discrimination and unequal count tax system against Chinese people."

The French made such a statement, and the British shrugged their shoulders and tried their best to maintain their dignity. He said: "The British colonies can also agree to similar requests. As long as the dominions do not object. But I would like to remind you that the Netherlands is not a member of the Allies."

"This is not a problem," said Yang Du. "If the Dutch do not accept fair advice from all countries, then our country will engage in separate negotiations with them without external interference. I believe that he will eventually return to the civilized standpoint."

Yang Du's words focused on the word "not being interfered with outsiders". When translated, Tongshi also listed this sentence alone to emphasize this special meaning. The French and British people did not agree. Only the Americans who had recovered at this time said: "I have another incident to remind you that the Russian Provisional Government is fighting against the rebels. The statement that the Allied countries recognize that the Russian Far East and the Grassland Governor's Area belongs to your country will be opposed by them once it is issued. This statement will also damage the enthusiasm of the Provisional Government to fight. They are likely to give up their attack on Petersburg and instead deal with your country with the rebels."

"Then we can sign a secret treaty. The date of the treaty's entry into force is set after the end of the war." Yang Du responded tit-for-tat,

"But Mr. Wilson, President of our country, does not want to sign a secret agreement with any country. In his opinion, this is immoral." Colonel Hausen smiled apologetically, "At the same time, the United States is a democratic government, and any adjustment of national policies requires the consent of Congress, and the premise of consent of Congress requires the consent of the state and state legislatures. Even if the President now agrees to change the various restrictions on Chinese people in the United States, it will take a very long time to meet your country's requirements. Therefore, in the Russian Far East and Grassland Governor and the policies involving Chinese people, our government cannot make any promises."

"If it is just because it is inconvenient to sign a secret agreement, then our government can sign relevant treaties with the Russian Provisional Government, and the US government can recognize these treaties in a timely manner at that time; and improve various restrictions on Chinese people in the United States. Considering your country's national conditions, we can first determine this direction and then follow up from various details. Direction and willingness are crucial. Even if Mr. Wilson just makes a targeted speech, it is extremely beneficial in our country." Yang Du said.

"At this point, I have to remind you again that Guangdong and Fujianese are the majority among overseas Chinese. The boycott of the US goods movement thirteen years ago was led by Fujianese. Although the Chinese government completely opposed this unruly boycott, just like your country is a democratic government, to some extent, our country is also a democratic government. The people, and enough people will completely influence the government's decision-making. If this time the overseas Chinese launched not the boycott of the US goods movement, but the movement to refuse to transport US goods, the result would be really unpredictable."

As for the current world situation, if the Atlantic route can only be maintained by high-speed cruises, if the loss of the Sino-Japanese merchant fleet, American cargo and army will not be able to arrive in Europe as planned, which is very fatal! Wilson's real intention of participating in the European war was to take this opportunity to make the world operate according to the blueprint he set. Although he got nothing after the war, under the strong resistance of Britain and France. But now, without knowing that it is useless to participate in the war, if the US team is blocked from the other side of the ocean, it is the Chinese team that helped the Allies win, and the United States will completely lose its voice in the post-war meeting. This is what Wilson is most worried about, and this is another kind of balance of power diplomacy implemented by the cunning British.

The word "refusing to transport" deeply stimulated Colonel Hausen. The size of the American merchant fleet, which was ravaged by German submarines, was less than 4 million tons. At the same time, the chaotic management and the inability to establish a container transportation system in the short term made the transportation efficiency of the merchant fleet extremely low. Without Chinese and Japanese merchant ships, it would be extremely difficult to transport one million troops to the European continent. Taking a deep breath, Colonel Hausen said calmly: "Your Excellency, I think I will send the terms related to the United States back to Washington immediately. The President and Congress will make the final decision on this."

Hearing him say this, everyone in the conference room was relieved. General Smatz, the British envoy, said: "Gentlemen. I think the most important thing is how to hold the German offensive. Now, there are enough signs that the next step for the Germans is to drive the British Expeditionary Force out of the sea. If they do achieve this, the result will be fatal."

Smarts first went to the British Expeditionary Forces. Then he flew to Orleans for a meeting. The British Expeditionary Force Chief of Staff General Robert also came with him. Seeing that the envoy had opened up the scene for him, Admiral Robert immediately intervened: "According to a large number of air reconnaissances, the German Crown Army Group is gathering teams to detour from east of Persan to the flank of the Expeditionary Force..."

When General Robert talked about the attack, he had to stare at the French commander-in-chief Betton, sitting beside Crimsonso, and said hatefully: "The Renault tanks they seized were transported to the front line, and our soldiers were very panicked about this. They believed that France had been completely defeated. Gentlemen, the Expeditionary Force now has only 56 unsatisfied divisions, and 54,000 infantrymen have to defend the 110-mile defense line, which is very dangerous. We urgently hope that the French and the Chinese team will launch an attack immediately to restrain the German attack."

After the German army surrounded Paris, Yu Yong rushed south with a commendable arrogance. The French army, which had become a frightened bird, would give up their positions and flee in panic as soon as they heard the sound of tank engines. This made the German army occupy Edamp, 60 kilometers south of Paris without any effort. More than 100,000 French troops surrendered during the siege. If 300,000 American troops had not been brought up, the army would have been completely defeated.

Hearing that the British asked the French army to launch an attack to restrain the German army, Chief of Staff Foch said frankly: "Sir, I understand the current situation of the British Expeditionary Force and their importance very well, but the French army is unable to launch any effective attack at this time. They are still in the chaos before, and there is no rectification of a week to ten days, so I cannot effectively command them."

"Then we hope that six divisions of the US military can be transferred to the Western Front." General Robert also understood the current chaos of the French army, so he turned to demand reinforcements, and what he wanted was the US military. With the US military's 28,000 troops per division, six divisions were 170,000.

"This is impossible." Foch refused again, "It was the US team that stopped the chaos of the French army and stabilized the defense line. They could not leave until the French army was completely rectified."

The French didn't want to put it in. Robert couldn't help but look at Yang Du and Zhou Sixu, the chief of staff of the expeditionary army who was rushing to the urgently. He looked at Zhou Sixu and Zhou Sixu. Seeing Yang Du nodding slightly, Zhou Sixu said: "I think instead of drawing the Fuxing Army to the Western Front hundreds of kilometers away, it would be better to launch a restrained attack on the Eastern Front, which might disrupt the German offensive rhythm..."

After Paris was occupied, the French army was in chaos and morale fell to the lowest; and because the British army was isolated, the more than 500,000 people were really in danger of being driven out of the sea by the German army; as for the Americans, although they wanted to be as majestic as the cowboys in the west, most of the troops lacked training, and even if they attacked, they lacked enough heavy artillery and combat chariots. After Germany used combat chariots to achieve such a brilliant victory, the army changed its previous contempt for armored troops and began to equip combat chariots on a large scale. However, the Americans did not know how to build this thing. The French Renault chariot he had ordered was seized by the Germans, so they could only help the French army guard the trenches.

Now the only way to win the Battle of Baldic is to organize a decent attack. So when Zhou Sixu mentioned the attack, the representatives of all countries present at the meeting were lit up. The most urgent British said: "Where will the attack be launched this time? Can the offensive be launched in the next few days?"

Standing up and walking to the map beside the wall, Zhou Sixu took the wooden pole used to explain it, pointed to a place and said, "We will attack here."

"Veldon!" Everyone sitting there was shocked, including Foch, the French Chief of Staff who had communicated with Zhou Sixu before.

"Yes, gentlemen." Although everyone was moved, Zhou Sixu was not happy at all, because the Expeditionary Army General Staff believed that the most restraining the German attack was to occupy Metz. "To be precise, we will occupy St. Miere, and then go north along the valley of the Maas River to attack Verdun forty kilometers away. Just like Germany's armored chariots, our army will also use large-scale armored chariots. I believe this attack will definitely exceed all the Germans' expectations.

Verdun is a very critical fortress in northeastern France. Occupying this place not only cuts the German east-west defense line, but also threatens the two important railways from Metz to Sedan, Tyonvie to Allon, which puts the iron ore and coal mines that are crucial to Germany under the muzzle of our army..."

The Chinese said so well, but without giving a specific attack time, General Robert interrupted impolitely: "General Zhou, when will your attack be launched?"

"It's just these two days." Zhou Sixu said. "In addition to assembling troops, another thing that affects the attack time is the weather in the east. When the rain stops, we will attack on the same day..."

The Allied Joint Conference, which had been held for more than four hours, finally ended. As soon as the delegates left the venue, the reporters who had been waiting for a long time rushed over immediately, but most of them rushed towards French Prime Minister Crymenceau, wanting to know what optimistic view of the current situation. Only a dozen Chinese and Japanese reporters surrounded Yang Du and Zhou Sixu, chattering about questions.

Yang Du was not concerned about military affairs, he was only thinking about how to put the twenty-one items into practice. He was silent. Zhou Sixu answered the questions of Japanese national journalists confidently according to the strategy agreed at the meeting. "..., the Fuxing Army will soon launch an extremely deadly attack for the German army to curb its offensive. Unlike the Battle of Baledik, all the forces of the Fuxing Army will be mobilized this time, and the offensive will continue until Germany cannot resist and has to mobilize troops from the Paris defense line..."

In fact, Britain and France are willing. As long as there is an independent defense line, any side will send out the message of attacking with all their strength immediately to inspire the morale of the Allied Powers. However, when a Japanese reporter heard this statement, he thought that the Revival Army would use its own strength to restore the decline of the coalition forces. He said incrediblely: "Your Excellency, can you say that the Yellow race wants to save this war that may have been doomed to fail?"

The Japanese were so ignorant. Zhou Sixu looked at him and couldn't help but smile, and said, "What's impossible! Please tell those who still doubt us. The revival of East Asia is unstoppable. If you are surprised, just get used to it!"

"I'm sorry, I was rude!" The Japanese were confused just now and immediately bowed to apologize. At this time, a reporter from the China Times hurriedly asked: "General Zhou, after Russia withdrew from the war, many troops from the German and Austrian armies were transferred to the battlefield in Western Europe. After the last Battle of Baledik, the Fuxing Army lost nearly 100,000 people. Can the Fuxing Army launch a large-scale attack at this time?"

"With the recovery of the wounded soldiers and the newly arrived troops in China, our army's strength is not only not weaker than before, but is much stronger than before. Now the focus of the German attack is Paris, and most of its new forces are gathered here. It can be said that the defense on the east side of the German army is extremely weak. Once our army launches an attack, the German army caught off guard will suffer heavy losses.

The German army had been in war for four years, and the supplies, manpower and morale were all unsupported. Although this time, he took a lucky bet to occupy Paris, there was no German prisoner-of-war camp in Paris, and there were only factories and weapons that the French army destroyed before retreating calmly, and millions of bottles of whiskey and spirits. Perhaps the German soldiers are now drinking on a large scale." Zhou Sixu smiled. "These are of no help to the improvement of the German strategic strength. Not only is it helpless, but it will be a fatal weakening. I dare not assert before, but now it can basically be concluded that the day of the German surrender can be counted down."

After being thrown into Paris, the whole world believed that the Allies were about to win the war. Zhou Sixu said that the day of the German surrender could be counted down. He was the chief of staff of the Revival Army. So the reporters were even more impatient. He didn't want Yang Du to pull him away. After getting into the car, Yang Du asked, "You said we want to attack immediately, then the Germans are prepared?"

"It's too late." Zhou Sixu said with a smile.

"Why is it too late?" Yang Du asked.
Chapter completed!