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Moreover, recommending surrender due to America's joining. Isn't that quite normal?

"This is starting to sound like nothing but insults. Please don't make me angry."

"...I apologize. If you wish for our return due to this matter, we shall do so."

"Sigh, enough."

Just one telegram. Just electrical signals being exchanged.

However, while Willy received the telegram, what I wanted to confirm was their reaction.

'The French ambassador's reaction is quite interesting. Now that America has joined, they want Germany's complete downfall.'

While Britain maintains a more measured stance of 'Surely they wouldn't attempt separate negotiations at this point?', France's position appears far more absolute - 'Absolutely not! Never!' Their vehemence suggests both fear and determination to seize this moment.

France still desperately needs our support and resources, knowing they cannot achieve their aims alone. Their reliance on allied powers has only intensified their resolve to capitalize on this advantage.

They say chains of revenge continue to echo through later generations, but France's current posture suggests something more severe - they appear to want to crush Germany so thoroughly that future generations won't even have the capacity to resist. It's as if they seek not just victory, but to salt the earth of German power itself.
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Britain, while less extreme in their position, doesn't seem fundamentally different in their strategic aims. Though they may not seek Germany's complete destruction, they clearly hope to establish such decisive measures - like restrictions similar to the Naval Law - that Germany won't dare to challenge British dominance again. Their approach is perhaps more pragmatic, but the underlying goal of permanent containment remains.

And I.

"I hope Germany survives after the war."

I hope Germany recovers.

No, I hope it appears that way.

This telegram too was filled with content telling Willy 'If you negotiate now, you can get beaten less!'

"If this is for showing externally, isn't it too much?"

"Count Frederiks, this is like court evidence, if I were to make an analogy. Evidence that I wanted Germany's survival."

"Do you plan to save Germany?"

"Save them? They will die. They're already dying."

If they let them live normally after inflicting this much damage, they wouldn't be imperialist countries.

From the start, this war was for imperial expansion tickets, so how could they leave room for the losers?

"But France and Britain will step up to kill them. Sadly, our efforts will be in vain."

With America joining, who frustratingly doesn't know continental circumstances and only shouts about morality, they might survive somewhat, but that won't mean much anyway.

However, no matter how much Britain and France want to kill Germany, unless they turn it back to pre-unification, they won't die completely.

If there are complaints about harshness, that means it's bearable, not harsh.

It needs to be harsh enough that no sound comes out at all.

And Germany's complaints about harshness...

'Will be directed at Western Europe.'

How to escape post-war pressure from France-Britain-America?

Before that, how to prevent France-Britain-America from uniting?

My answer to these two questions is very simple.

It's possible if Germany exists.

"Count, I don't care whether post-war Germany is empire or republic. Because our limit is forever Poland anyway."

Just as Russia can't control Suez against Britain no matter how much the country grows and national power increases.

We've already reached Poland as our expansion limit. In war terms, we've reached the culmination point of the offensive.

Then there's no reason to be hostile to post-war Germany, is there?

While General Brusilov is tearing apart the Slovakia region, Willy who received my telegram wanting peace must have been dumbfounded, but I'm sincere.

We want peace.

More precisely, we hope only we are peaceful and Western Europe is chaotic.

'The empire is still in transition. Imperial citizens might be satisfied thinking of just 20 years ago, but we have far to go.'

We haven't properly enjoyed that Asian market that grew without rest for a decade of the 20th century.

Haven't warmed our body in the Mediterranean's warm waters by restructuring the Balkan framework, and haven't even tasted unified Poland that we've just put in our mouth.

That's why we want peace.

"Then what becomes of the Franco-Russian Alliance?"

"Since we advocated national self-determination, we won't renew it. France won't care since Germany lost."

The structure is perfect. Whether busy eating Germany's corpse or busy blocking Germany doesn't matter.

As long as attention doesn't focus on us.

'Feels like the empire's position has become exactly like the Soviet Union.'

That country that maintains ambiguous alliances and appears to prioritize peace but ultimately becomes excluded from the Western world.

If we slip up, we might become isolated like the Soviet Union.

"Many officials and cabinet members still harbor doubts. Will America really check us? Or will Britain and France oppose Russia's expansion?"

"France was... a long-time ally, wasn't it?"

"Their true intentions will be revealed when we sort out the Balkans later. Because now the Balkans will be divided into Slavic and non-Slavic countries with us on their backs."

The Balkans were like that in the Soviet era. They were split into two forces, divided between countries successfully injected with communism and those that weren't.

However, the difference between my empire and the Soviet Union is that I won't indiscriminately spread communism worldwide aiming for national subversion, but will stay strictly within the bounds of Slavic peoples.

That will be my national self-determination.

Colonies? Though I advocate national self-determination, I'll tolerate them as much as possible. Furthermore, we won't even look at Africa or India.

Exploiting Germany? Even if they try to sell Germany's internal organs through all sorts of poison clauses in the post-war treaty, I won't stop them.

They can write their greed and violence on paper as much as they want.

Naval hegemony? I acknowledge it. Since we're split into three seas and can't win against Britain even if we establish something like a Naval Law later, we'll meekly acknowledge our inferiority.

"How about stopping General Brusilov's offensive? The Dual Monarchy won't fall without us anyway."

"General Staff, is there any chance Germany will come to the Southern Front?"

"Absolutely none."

"Then tell them to continue. Our demonstrations won't work anymore anyway."

"Understood."

Instead, they must bear all that karma.

This war is a war to end all wars.

Our Russia shall be free from all that responsibility.