Chapter 1923: The situation is better than others

This is not an exaggeration. In history, in 1917, the French army mobilized 4 million people, of which 2.8 million were in the frontline army. Be regarded as a soldier. The number of people engaged in industrial production is as high as 4.3 million, of which 57% of the industry is for the military! If you count the total number of conscriptions, then the French actually conscripted 7.9 million in the first war! The ratio is as high as 19.9%.

"In addition, your country has produced artillery, tanks, and machine guns that are not much stronger than that of Austria-Hungary. With your country’s industrial level, your country’s performance in military production is a miracle. . And on the battlefield, your country has caused us at least millions of casualties. And if you follow the average exchange ratio, your country has at least more than 3 million casualties, right? This war is so tragic, say It's not too much to kill a generation, right?" Wang said as he turned around.

　　 "It's too vicious!" Hearing this, General Xiafei, who had thought he had dealt with it well, shook his heart. This seems to be complimenting the French army for its strong combat power. In fact, this is to remind the French that your national power has been squeezed to the limit. You are using the future to continue the current war, especially the last sentence, this war. A generation of French has been wiped out! What a vivid metaphor this is!

"By the way, there are people from the French government. I think you should have studied the economic consumption of this war. Let me talk about the Germans. For each day of the war, the empire will consume 120 million marks. (Historically, German military expenditures consumed 100 million marks in World War I, excluding related industrial expansion or other inputs.) France’s pressure is slightly less than ours, but it is estimated that there are hundreds of millions of marks? Of course, Your country is a well-known loan shark country. You are a creditor country in the world, so the financial sector will be able to provide more funds, but our Germany is not bad. Up to now, the United States alone has provided us with 5 billion US dollars Funds, goods and loans. (At that time, one U.S. dollar was about 5 marks

　　 "I think, every day, the French government is considering where to raise more funds to continue this war to destroy France?" Ruprecht said with a smile.

　　 The cost of war is amazing! In the First World War until 1918, Germany needed to consume about 73 million rubles every day, which is about 5.4 million pounds in British pounds, and 108 million in marks! What about the French? It is also unambiguous, it consumes nearly 90 million marks a day! And on this plane, because of better equipment and more fierce war, the consumption of all countries has increased! But obviously, the situation in Germany is much better now. Because of the support of the Americans, 5 billion U.S. dollars is equivalent to nearly 26 billion marks. This amount of funds has greatly eased the pressure on the Germans! And at this level, the Americans would not lend to the Allied countries, so between this increase and decrease, the economic situation has been directly reversed!

"In addition, I got a piece of information about French industry before. I am afraid that your country’s current steel production is only about 50% of the pre-war steel production, right? (In history, France’s steel production in 1918 was only .8%, while the Germans were 84.2%!) And there is also a huge gap in your country’s fuel supply. Before the war, your country’s grain production including lignite was only 41 million tons, and the annual import of coal alone was as high as 25 million tons! Now, your country uses The coal and iron resources of the Empire and the United Kingdom are far lower than the amount of coal and iron resources to support such a cruel war. I personally feel that it is really difficult to understand. To some extent, such a war is equivalent to suicide!"

　　 Later generations of Charles de Gaulle once said that during the First World War, we needed coal, and during the Second World War, we needed oil. However, France lacked these two vital things in both World War I and World War II! Do you really think this sentence is just for fun? You must know that in history, the coal mining volume in the United Kingdom during the same period was as high as 292 million tons, which was a little higher than the Germans’ 277 million tons. France only had 41 million tons including lignite. In wartime, 50 million tons of coal had to be imported every year. Guaranteed consumption. Do you really think the 50 million tons of coal was given for nothing? !

　　 So, at this time, after Ruprecht said these things, neither Chaffee nor Clemenceau could sit still. Clemenceau is not the prime minister yet, so the loss to the military and the pressure on France is not clear, but what about Xiafei? The loss to the military is fairly clear, but it is a smear on the economy! Therefore, when Ruprecht said these things that had been kept secret from them, the two were surprised and panicked.

　　 As for speaking, do Xiafei and Clemenceau believe what the prince said? At least Xiafei believed most of it. After all, as the French army commander at the beginning, the man who had been fighting for almost the entire World War I knew the army well. The prince's data is relatively close to his estimate. After the prince’s military data was approved by Xiafei, the economic data was very close, and it didn’t matter if it was almost a bit. The Clemenceau next to him was not unaware of it. Then you can draw a conclusion similar to the prince!

　　 This is also a way to put pressure on ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Playing wargames at the negotiating table to predict the future cannot get the other party's approval. Because it's all estimates. But with the current data, you can get the resonance of the other party. What the prince meant is that no matter what the future battlefield situation is, anyway, now, every moment, every minute, the French government has to sacrifice hundreds of statements. The time everyone chatted just now was less than an hour, and the French government had paid 400,000 francs for the war! Shocked? Afraid?

　　During the negotiations, the prince repeatedly emphasized the population gap between the two sides. There were more than 74 million in Germany and 40 million in France, and the loss of French on the battlefield was much higher than that of Germany. And the pressure on steel production, coal, and economy. This means that from another aspect, Germany can afford it, and the British can also afford it! But the French can't afford it!

　　 The prince doesn't need the French person on the other side to confess this in person. In fact, it is impossible for the other person to say that he can't afford it. However, as long as they deeply agree with the prince's point of view, it will be fine. In this way, Ruprecht established a huge psychological advantage in the initial contact.

　　 "You are willing to engage in peace between the two countries, and I am willing to accept it, do you know what this means?" Ruprecht leans forward slightly, forming a sense of oppression.

　　 "Is it because your country can't afford it? Want to end this war that plunged the two countries into the quagmire?" Clemenceau paid great attention to his words. Appropriate toughness can't make the opponent too disgusted.

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