Chapter 2390: The 1st Battle Ends 2

The smaller shell length undoubtedly limits the muzzle velocity and lethality of the ammunition. Does this clause look familiar? That's right, Britain and France have historically limited the length of the barrels of pistols equipped by Germany! This time, the Germans have found it! In order to prevent the British from randomly pressing the weapons of the army or navy on the plane in the future, the Germans also restricted the specifications of the automatic weapons of the army and navy....

In the end, the Germans also restricted the British military industry and R&D. The German military will register the current British military enterprises and their equipment, and the Germans will directly confiscate some of the equipment that is useful to Germany. It is also stipulated that other equipment cannot be transferred to other countries or colonies. And it is strictly forbidden for all British dominions to independently develop high-level weapons!

Compared with the British Navy and Air Force, Germany has very limited restrictions on the British Army. The reason is very simple. Whether it is the Navy's warships or the Air Force's aircraft engines, these need a complete industrial system to support them. The Germans only need to control a few of them. Node control can suppress the British for quite a while. But the army is different. The more complicated technology of the army is artillery and tanks. However, how to put it, in fact, the artillery of World War I has reached a very high level, and a large number of artillery can be used in World War II. As for tanks? To be honest, for Ruprecht, it is not a big problem to limit or not, because the tank level of the British is not good from a historical point of view...  The British are good at subsystems, but short at integration and overall design. There are many things that use first-class subsystems to create second-rate equipment!

As for other equipment, such as guns, communication equipment, and transportation equipment, these are either of low technical level, or they can be developed in the name of civilian use. Therefore, it is very difficult to really limit it, and there is even no way to deal with the number of troops. After all, it is impossible for Germany to send a large number of military observers into India, Australia and Canada, right?

Therefore, in the end, the restrictions on the British Army focused more on the research and development of artillery, tanks, and armored vehicles. In terms of military restrictions, it was stipulated that the number of the British Army could not exceed 100,000. Colonies and dominions cannot be equipped with weapons exceeding a certain weight or specification. For example, tanks and armored vehicles cannot weigh more than 15 tons, and artillery cannot have cannons with a range of more than 15 kilometers.

In the end, on this day, Germany and Britain finally signed at least 7 contracts and protocols, involving all aspects of the future of Britain. These contracts and agreements were later called the Berlin System.

"I am definitely the most humiliating Prime Minister in the history of the British Empire. I feel that I have committed a lot of sins. When I was born, the British Empire was in the sky. When I was Prime Minister, the British Empire was arrogant. Now , but I witnessed the sunset of the empire, and signed a series of agreements that were enough to make the empire fall apart. At this moment, my heart was about to be broken.” Afterwards, in Prime Minister Asquith’s diary, he described himself like this mood at the time.

After the signing of the peace treaty, all German news agencies announced to the whole world the great victory of the German Empire, and this victory was considered by the world to be a more glorious victory than the Franco-Prussian War when Germany was founded! If the efforts of William I, Bismarck, and Moltke Jr. only completed the unification of the empire and proved Germany's status as a world power, then now, decades later, the German Empire once again wiped out the empire with iron and blood. Paved the way forward and became the most powerful existence in this world!

"Thank God that I was born in this glorious era, we went from one victory to another! We proved to the world that the German Empire is the most powerful country! We are proud to be born in such a country,

We work hard, struggle and succeed! Our hard work has paid off. In this world, nothing makes us more excited and proud than defeating a powerful enemy! "The Germans are enjoying the fruits of victory to their heart's content!

"At this moment, even the United States of America, which has a vast territory and the largest industrial power, has lost its luster in the face of the victory of the German Empire. The fighting power of the Germans is far higher than their national strength. They have a group of wise generals and thousands of Thousands of warriors who are willing to fight for the rise of the empire, they have done things that ordinary people can't imagine. They ended an era and started a new one." On the second day, even in the United States on the other side of the ocean, some media issued a marvel. Of course, the meaning is very complicated! After all the Germans had just ended one war and the Americans were about to start another!

Compared with the unprecedented scale celebration ceremony held in Berlin, Germany when the contract was signed with the British, the German government was very low-key when it signed the contract with the French government. There was little publicity, and even the process of signing the treaty seemed sloppy. This incident even made some people in Germany express a little dissatisfaction with Ruprecht's arrangement.

"Even though France was not the most harmful to the empire in this war, it brought us huge losses after all. As the winners, we have the right to order the losers to show their humility and respect to the winners." In a high-level meeting within Germany, General Herlingen, who served as the Prussian Minister of War, expressed his dissatisfaction to Ruprecht very cryptically.

"The purpose of war is for profit, not simply stepping on the opponent to show one's own superiority, so as to satisfy one's own vanity." The crown prince said. "Do you have a problem with the terms of the contract signed between the Empire and France?"

"No opinion." Helingen thought for a while and said. Although Ruprecht assisted in the negotiation, the final terms were approved by the Kaiser and the Reichstag. Kaiser's face?

"Since we have decided to forgive the French, and gained the favor of the French based on a series of exchange of benefits, it is like we have already gone halfway through a journey, and we are just short of the last step. Why don't we continue?" Crown Prince asked rhetorically.

Compared with the complicated treaty system with Britain, the contract with France is much simpler and very loose. In the "Berlin Peace Treaty between the German Empire and the French Republic", there are only four basic contents.

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