However, no matter what, Foch's support made President Armand more confident, so hard fighting and dignified compromise became the overall tone of this meeting. Even if Betton, Galieni and others felt very confused, they could not even change this decision by foolishness and innocence. But no matter what, the French are really ready to choose to "sell teammates" when they can't stand it! The French representatives in Amsterdam also need to find a way to establish contact with Ruprecht again.

However, what the French did not expect was that before the French and Germans further established contact, the British, who were most hostile to Germany, were really ready to discuss the issue of the armistice with the Germans. And unfortunately, after the last failure to deliver an olive branch through Sweden, this time, the British found that they were Norwegians!

Since the start of the London bombing, Prime Minister Asquith and his colleagues had to have meetings in the basement. The dirty air, dim lights, and narrow space made anyone inside feel very uncomfortable. When the bigwigs in the British government and parliament really felt the fear of war, they also began to seriously consider their situation with Britain. It turns out that Britain's condition is far from as good as they imagined!

However, no matter what, they are still much better than ordinary British citizens. From the first day of the bombing, British civilians had to endure more serious shortage of supplies, water and power outages, and the death threat brought by bombs that could fall in the air at any time. They also had to clean up the ruins under the oppression of British violent agencies and work in workshops that might be bombed! The bombing of the Germans was nothing according to the standards of later generations. But the British were caught off guard without any preparation!

London's daily necessities need to be transported from the outside, but the continuous bombing not only destroyed a large number of warehouses, but also paralyzed some traffic. After losing such an efficient transportation method as a railway, it was difficult to simply use the highway to meet London's needs. After all, most cars are now used on the Western Front.

Although the Royal Army Air Force tried its best to provide protection for London, unfortunately, when it was not strong enough and had to take into account the Western Front, the air fleet that Trenchard could allocate was really limited. Moreover, the Germans chose a more flexible and faster bombing method and entered Britain at dawn. Then, bombing at dawn, without radar, it was undoubtedly very difficult to complete the warning at night. In most cases, when the British aircraft clusters were concentrated, the German bombers were ready to finish work... Then, the majority of British citizens saw the German bombs falling from the air, while the Royal Air Force did not play a role!

"People's anger and despair are accumulating, and we don't know how long they can endure it. I feel that we are almost on a volcano now!" The mayor of London described London at this time as he reported to Asquith.

After personally feeling the pain brought by the war, the British senior officials, including Asquith, finally relaxed their attitudes on war and harmony! Then, the senior officials, including Prime Minister Asquith, Secretary of the Army, Law and George, Minister of the Quartermaster Chamberlain, Commander-in-Chief of the Western Front, Marshal Heg, and Foreign Minister Arthur Balfour, held a meeting again. The main goal of this meeting was to consider the issue of peace talks.

"The parliament believes it is time to consider the issue of stopping the war, and at least we need to take some action to ease the hostile relations with Germany," said Prime Minister Asquith.

"From the moment, we are in an extremely unfavorable situation. If there is a peace talk, the situation will be very unfavorable for us," said Law and George.

"However, if we continue, the situation may be even more unfavorable. If the Germans choose our position as a breakthrough, I can only minimize the losses. In my new combat plan, positions from outposts to 7 kilometers deep can be abandoned. I ask my officers and soldiers to build three more lines of defense behind the last line of defense!" Marshal Heg said.

"What is our bottom line?" Chamberlain asked.

"The Western Front is keeping the appearance of the station. No cede land, no compensation." Prime Minister Asquis said. "If the Germans agree, we can end the war within a month."

"So who should we talk to? The German Emperor, the German Parliament, or the Crown Prince Ruprecht?" Chamberlain continued.

"The German Emperor and the German Parliament are fighting for domestic rights. So we can only talk to Ruprecht now. Of course, considering that he cannot fully represent the German government, the first thing we talk about now is to reduce hostilities. At least, the German bombers cannot continue to sway over our heads. The German submarine warfare must also stop!" Prime Minister Asquith said.

"However, we don't have enough chips to coerce the Germans to accept our conditions," said Law and George.

"In exchange of interests, we can open the northern blockade line and allow some ships to arrive in Germany through the North Sea. At the same time, we can withdraw troops from German African colonies." Prime Minister Asquith said.

The British think that their conditions are good, but in fact, they can only be described as irrelevant. First of all, Germany's main imported materials are transported by the Americans. With the British decline showing, the Americans are becoming more and more courageous. Recently, they sent a fleet into the North Sea in the name of visiting. Of course, their final destination is definitely not Germany, but the Netherlands. As for why they go to the Netherlands?

The reason is very simple. After the war ended, the Americans were still preparing to bring Germany and the Netherlands to deal with the Japanese? Under the increasingly strong pressure of the United States, the so-called North Sea blockade established by the British was actually very useful and could only be used to deal with non-US national fleets... As for withdrawing troops from German Africa? Haha, this is even more ridiculous. The local people are eating bombs, and the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front is even more in danger. The British African colonial army is still jumping!

"But what if the Germans don't agree?" Arthur Belfort said suddenly.

"What they should agree to, the war also caused great losses to the Germans. When the British Empire made such a concession, they had no reason to continue with millions of casualties and billions of pounds of wealth." Prime Minister Asquith said with a frown.
Chapter completed!