The meeting room fell silent instantly, with everyone turning their eyes to the secretary, including General Winter and the British representative.
Clemenceau could hardly believe it either; he looked at the secretary half-skeptically: "Are you telling the truth? But now, it has been only about four hours since Shire captured the Liege Fortress!"
The Liege Fortress is about 190 kilometers away from the Ruhr Industrial District, which is just the marching time for mechanized troops over four hours.
In other words, Shire's troops had just arrived at the Ruhr and already occupied it, which was hard to believe.
At that moment, the phone rang; Clemenceau picked up the call, identified himself, then soon opened his mouth wide in shock, turned to the representatives of various countries, his voice trembling with excitement:
"It's a call from General Gallieni."
"The news is true, Shire's troops have occupied the Ruhr."
"We have won, gentlemen, we have successfully occupied the Ruhr!"
