C3235 mutual threat (1/2)
Since ancient times, war reparations had never been a simple military expense reimbursement list. This was a humiliating fine with the function of severe punishment.
If you are a loser, then not only will you have to reimburse me for my military expenses, but you will also have to pay a hefty fine to let you know how severe the consequences of starting a war are.
I'm not easy to mess with. Don't think I'm easy to bully. If you want to use violence against me, you have to think about the consequences. Once you lose, you won't be able to bear the pain.
Military expenses, compensation for property losses, punitive fines... This was not enough, what was more important was the ransom of the captives!
Sedan and the Mace had surrendered a total of 300,000 French soldiers, and then, in the Maritime War in Eastern Frisia, although the final battle was fought by the Chinese and Prussian allied armies, the French navy general who had surrendered had placed his sword in Xiang Ying's hands.
In other words, the captives of the Maritime War in Eastern Frisia belonged to the Chinese race. Most of them were imprisoned in Wilhelm Military Port to work hard, and there were still 30,000 of them.
With about three hundred and fifty thousand prisoners of war in the hands of the enemy, what about the fate of these people?
Bismark looked coldly at Thiers: ”Mr. President, please remember, if you are unable to solve this problem of the prisoners of war, then your governance base will not be stable!”
”Three hundred and fifty thousand prisoners of war, that is, three hundred and fifty thousand French families. You've offended these people, and you still want to be re-elected? Do you still want votes? ”
Thiers's face paled, but he was unable to say a single word. He absolutely did not think that the enemy did not include the ransom for the prisoners of war, but had to calculate it on their own.
Trochu, Fa Fuer, how did you negotiate? This is simply a huge hole, the key point is not even touched upon by you, are you trying to make me take the blame?
In fact, they could not blame Trochu and Fa Fuer. The situation at that time was just that terrible, they did not even have the chance to bargain, fighting to a truce was already the limit of their abilities.
”You all … ”How much do you all want …” Thiers felt as if his heart was bleeding just from saying those words.
Xiao Letian and Bismark looked at each other, then the leader dipped his finger in some tea and wrote a number on the table. When Thiers finished reading it, he immediately stood up, as if there was a spring under his butt.
”My God! You all are going to hell! ”Impossible, absolutely impossible …” The President paced around the room like a cornered beast, his face pale with fright.
Not only the president, even the translator that he brought was dumbfounded. The pen in his hand was shaking non-stop, and the words written under the pen's tip were like a spider crawling.
Thiers's reaction was expected, Bismark and Xiao Letian quietly watched his performance without saying a word!
”You guys don't have the sincerity to negotiate at all. This amount of compensation will make the whole of France crumble. The National Assembly cannot agree to this.
”No President of France would dare agree to such a condition. You just want to keep the war going...”
”Then let's fight! Then let's keep fighting! France would not allow such blackmail … As long as I make this condition known to the public, it will arouse the common hatred of all the people of France, and all the The French people will give our all to fight you! ”
”The war will not stop, your blackmail will absolutely not succeed!”