The Rise Of Australasia-Chapter 1356 - 979 Dividing the Cake
Chapter 1356: 979 Chapter: Dividing the Cake
Chapter 1356: 979 Chapter: Dividing the Cake
Although President Ludwig had not fully grasped the power of speech in Germany, even the Federal Republic of Germany that he established had so far only taken control of over half of the Berlin region.
Nevertheless, this did not hinder Ludwig from personally promoting the ceasefire conference, as this was the first step in making a friendly gesture toward the Britain-France-Australia Three Nations.
Only with the support of these three countries would the rule of Ludwig’s Federal Republic stabilize.
Otherwise, even if he defeated the German Chancellor and his remaining forces, he was destined to face annihilation under the continued assault of the Britain-France-Australia.
As the former Chief of Staff for Germany, Ludwig believed he had a clear understanding of the current world situation.
Unlike the German Chancellor, that crazy warmonger who, although Germany was already at the end of its tether, still wanted to drag the entire country and all Germans down with him.
In the current federal government that President Ludwig commanded, the upper echelons were actually those high officials involved in the conspiracy.
Rommel, having the most military power among them, was appointed by Ludwig as the Minister of Defence for the Federal Republic.
Rommel’s thoughts were in line with Ludwig’s, that is, the current German government was no longer suitable to continue this war.
Under the promotion of Ludwig and Rommel, the proposal for a ceasefire inside the government of the Federal Republic of Germany was passed unanimously.
And a few hours later, on June 23, 1939, at 5 pm, the British, Australasian, and French governments received a public telegram from Berlin, Germany.
Just as President Ludwig had anticipated, upon hearing of the internal issues in Germany, the decisions of the Britain-France-Australia Three Nations were similar, which was to support Ludwig’s Federal Republic in gaining control of Germany’s power of speech and then conduct peace talks with Ludwig’s Federal Republic.
Of course, President Ludwig also understood something. While he could obtain the power of speech in Germany through the support of Britain-France-Australia, it also meant that in the following peace talks, all German interests and properties would become a huge cake that would be divided by Britain-France-Australia.
Moreover, Germany would have no say in the entire division process and would have to passively accept it.
However, compared to continuing to drag Germany into the abyss of war, ending the war at this time was not unacceptable. Although Germany would have to pay a huge and painful price to end the war, it was much better than negotiating after its territory had been occupied by countries like Britain-France-Australia.
On June 24, a public document issued by the new Federal Republic government was transmitted to all German regions, accompanied by President Ludwig’s condemnation of the German Empire’s Chancellor and his demand for all German armies.
In it, President Ludwig repeatedly pointed out that this war was initiated by the Chancellor of the German Empire acting alone, and he imposed the dangers brought about by the war on all Germans.
So far in this war, the total casualties of the German Army had reached 8 million, of which at least 2 million German soldiers had died on the battlefield.
For the sake of all German people and the future of Germany, President Ludwig requested that all German troops seriously consider their next actions and end the war in a peaceful manner as much as possible.
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Rommel’s Army Group B was the first to respond to President Ludwig’s call. At noon on June 24, Rommel ordered all military formations of Army Group B to cease hostilities immediately and retreat 30 kilometers backward, showing sincerity to the armies of the Britain-France-Australia in seeking peace.
Within the two days from June 24 to June 25, Britain-France-Australia issued successive statements indicating their willingness to accept the peaceful proposal to end the war from the German Federal Republic and announced a temporary ceasefire on the Western Europe and Northern Europe battlefields.
On June 26, representatives of the governments of the Britain-France-Australia Three Nations gathered in Brussels, the capital city of Belgium.
This urban city had been smoothly received by the armies of Britain-France-Australia due to Army Group B’s 30-kilometer withdrawal.
To put it briefly, this was a conference on how to divide all of Germany’s properties.
Of course, regarding the disposal of Germany, the final decision still had to be made at a grand conference, where all nations at war with Germany would vote.
But this did not prevent Britain-France-Australia from holding a small conference to determine the general outline of the disposal method before the grand conference.
Because there had already been many discussions and plans regarding the disposal of Germany, for some matters where there was not much disagreement, Britain-France-Australia quickly reached a unified agreement.
First of all, all the nations currently occupied by Germany had the right to regain independence. This scope included Northern Europe, the Baltic States, and countries such as Denmark, Poland, Hungary, and Austria.
However, although these countries were nominally allowed to regain independence, there were still a large number of German garrisons within countries including Poland, Austria, and Denmark, and regaining independence would require the support of Britain-France-Australia.
More importantly, the permission by Britain-France-Australia for countries including Poland to regain independence also directly cut off the possibility of Russia trying to annex Poland.
Additionally, with the Baltic States already mostly in the hands of Australasia, it could be said that the Russians had gained nothing from this war and that fully recovering their own territory would not be easy.
Regarding some regions occupied by Germany, the opinion of Britain-France-Australia was to return them all.
This also meant that at least Russia would still be able to ensure the integrity of its territory. However, the bad news for Russians was that they had to get these lands from the hands of Germans.
And even if Russia reclaimed the occupied territories, the Ukrainians in the Kiev region would not necessarily identify with Russia.
The impact of Russian Soldiers forcibly seizing grain was just too great, and this might even likely lead to a split between the entire Ukraine and Russia Nation.
This was also the reason why Britain-France-Australia did not obstruct Russia from reclaiming all its territories. If Ukraine became independent, a standalone Ukraine would clearly be unable to confront Russia.
But if Ukraine continued to be part of the entire Russia Country, then this strong fortress might be breached internally by Ukraine.
After all, the deeds of Russian Soldiers in Kiev were indeed not glorious, and this was something the Russian Government could not whitewash.
The third point involved territories that Germany itself needed to cede.
As the initiating country of this World War, it was far from enough for Germany to simply give up these occupied lands. Even to prevent Germany from being too powerful after the defeat and the possibility of launching another world war, it was certain that an amount of existing German Territory would have to be divided.
