After the operation was completed, the news was immediately transmitted to Berlin. Lin Wei went to the Chancellery to report to Hitler. Entering the Chancellery with ease, Lin Wei discovered that Hitler also had Goering, Hess, and Goebbels. Ribbentrop, who had just returned from the Soviet Union, was there.
Lin Wei walked up to Hitler and reported, "Führer, the plan was very successful."
Hitler nodded understandingly. After a while, Hitler's secretary came in from outside and said, "Führer, there is news from the border."
"Read..." Hitler said, holding back his excitement.
The secretary solemnly opened the document and read, "On the afternoon of August 31, 1939, Polish troops attacked and occupied the German Radio Glewitz near the Polish border, and violently insulted Germany in German."
"You go out first," Hitler said calmly, "I want to discuss with the ministers how to solve this problem."
"Yes, head of state..." The secretary walked out slowly.
"Goebbels..." Hitler ordered, "It's up to you now."
"This is simply not a problem," Goebbels said frivolously, twiddling his fingers. Then he stood up and looked at Lin Wei and the others and said, "Comrades, I need an hour" to finish speaking. Shi Shiran walked out.
After Goebbels left the Chancellery, he immediately rushed to the Propaganda Department. At this time, people from the Propaganda Department near Gleiwitz Radio had already taken photos at various battle locations, trying to make this matter look ironclad.
Half an hour later, Goebbels, who was waiting for news in the Propaganda Ministry, received a huge photo from Radio Gleiwitz. .
After receiving the photo, Goebbels immediately contacted the person in charge of the most influential newspaper in Germany, which he had already organized, and sent the photo to the printing factory. The printing staff who had been waiting for a long time immediately started the machine and printed the photo. The explosive news spread throughout the country.
After doing all this, Goebbels slowly returned to the Chancellery and said: "Führer, tomorrow morning the whole of Germany, no, the whole of Europe will know the fact that the Poles invaded Germany."
"Well done, Goebbels," Hitler praised happily.
"By the way, Lampard, have the SS already moved to the front?" Hitler asked.
"Yes, Head of State," Lin Wei asked Da, "In addition to the police division and a regiment guarding the Damon concentration camp, the Imperial Division, the Skeleton Division, and the Viking Division have already prepared for battle. The Military Police Division is also on the third It sailed to Slovakia a few days ago, and together with the Imperial Division, it was under the command of General Longstedt of Army Group South."
"Goering? Are there any problems with your air force?" Hitler asked, as if he had a lot of problems today. Maybe he was a little nervous before the war started.
"No problem, Führer," Göring shouted with a loud voice, "More than 150 airstrips have been established in the mainland, Slovakia, and East Prussia along the Polish border. As long as you, Führer With a single order, targets in Poland will be razed to the ground."
"It's about to begin!" There was a hint of excitement and a bit of nervousness in Hitler's voice. In fact, when the years-long plan was about to begin, Hitler became the most nervous person among the people present, because just a few days ago, he had Almost succumbed to the might of the British.
What happened was that in order to avoid a two-front war, Germany signed the "Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact" with the Soviet Union on August 23, and reached a secret protocol to jointly carve up Poland. After Hitler received a guarantee from the Soviet Union, he immediately ordered an attack at 4:30 a.m. on the 26th. But on the night of the 25th, the attack order was suddenly canceled, and some troops that had started in advance were called back. It turned out that Britain and Poland formally signed a mutual assistance agreement on the 25th, and Italy refused to participate in the war on the side of Germany. In view of this situation, German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop suggested that Hitler withdraw the offensive order in order to buy time to reconsider the situation. Although the war did not happen for the time being, on August 31, Hitler was still determined to break the boat and risk a war with Britain and France.
Although his determination to destroy Poland remained unwavering, he was even more eager to make a last-ditch effort to keep Britain out of the war. At 1:35 in the afternoon on August 25, Hitler met with Ambassador Henderson again.
He told the British ambassador that he "recognized" the existence of the British Empire and that he was personally prepared to "personally guarantee the continued existence of the British Empire and was willing to use the power of the German Empire to achieve this goal." He hoped to adopt other measures against Britain. Actions of a character as decisive as those taken against the Soviet Union, prepared to conclude an agreement with Britain not only to guarantee the existence of the British Empire in all circumstances, but also to be willing, if necessary, to "guarantee the existence of the British Empire wherever the British Empire needed it" Assistance will be given to Germany."
He was "also prepared to accept a reasonable limitation of armaments" and regarded Germany's western frontier as its final frontier. Hitler also pretentiously told the British ambassador that his nature was to be an artist rather than a politician. Once the Polish issue was resolved, he would spend the rest of his life as an artist rather than a warmonger.
At 5:30 pm on the same day, Hitler received the French ambassador, but did not say anything important to him. He only repeated that "Poland's provocation against Germany" had reached an intolerable level and said that he would not attack France. , however, if France actually participates in the conflict, he will fight France to the end. At this point, Hitler stood up from his chair and said goodbye to the French ambassador. But Ambassador Colendre told the dictator that he had pledged his military honor to Hitler that he had no doubt that "France would support Poland with all its strength should Poland be attacked."
Under the pressure from the British and the French, Hitler could not initiate a war at all, but preparations had already begun. At this time, Hitler was not allowed to retreat at all, so the Heydrich Plan was devised to pretend to be a Polish army and sneak attack on Grevi in Germany. This is the idea of radio station.
It should also be mentioned that before this, at midnight on August 30, when Hitler’s ultimatum to Poland to send a plenipotentiary to Berlin was approaching, the British Embassy in Berlin suddenly called the German Foreign Ministry , said that Ambassador Henderson wanted to see Ribbentrop and that he had brought with him the British Government's reply to Hitler's proposals of the previous day.
The meeting was very violent and the atmosphere was highly tense. As soon as the two sides sat down, the German Deputy Foreign Minister, who was pale, closed his mouth, and had piercing eyes, asked the British ambassador bluntly at the small round table in Bismarck's old office: "What decision did you make there?"
After reaffirming the British government's position on the Polish issue, Henderson went on to say that it was "unreasonable" for the British government to call the Polish plenipotentiary to Berlin within 24 hours. Ribbentrop was furious when he heard this. "The deadline has expired. Have the Poles that your government agreed to send arrived?"
At this moment, Henderson handed Ribbentrop a private letter from Chamberlain to Hitler, which stated that Britain had called its representative in Warsaw to prevent border incidents. He also mentioned that Britain had advised Poland to exercise restraint and hoped that Germany would adopt the same policy.
"The invaders are the Poles, not us!" Ribbentrop replied excitedly. "You made the mistake of speaking to the wrong person!"
Henderson then put forward the British government's proposal, saying that in order to deal with Poland, the Third Reich should hand over the German proposal to the Polish ambassador in Berlin in the normal order. At this point, Ribbentrop simply lost all self-control. "After what happened, there is no such problem at all," he shouted to Henderson. "We ask the Polish government to send a plenipotentiary envoy."
At this time, after reading the British note, Henderson said a few tit-for-tat words. He said that the British government had received information that Germany was carrying out acts of deliberate sabotage against Poland.
"This is a damn lie from the Polish government," Ribbentrop shouted angrily. "I can only tell you, Mr. Henderson, the situation is terribly serious!" Then he took out a piece of paper from his pocket. , which reads Hitler's "League of Nations-style" solution to the Polish problem. He read it to Henderson in German, but was in no rush to hand it over. Henderson asked if he could forward to the British Government the documents setting out the proposals. According to diplomatic practice, this was no problem; but unexpectedly, it was rudely rejected. The Nazi foreign minister threw the document on the table and said, "It is out of date, in short, because the Polish envoy did not come."
The news spread quickly, and immediately, all major German newspapers published large photos of the "Poles" attacking Germany.
At nine o'clock in the evening, all German radio stations broadcast Hitler's "peace proposal" to Poland. They talked a lot about how sincere, fair and practical this suggestion was, but it was "rudely rejected" by Poland.
Goebbels immediately attended the press conference and expressed the strongest condemnation of the Polish army's actions, and said that the Poles had better prepare to withstand the anger of Germany. After Goebbels finished speaking, Lin Wei handed over a In recent years there has been a record of Polish persecution of Germans in the Polish Corridor.
According to the information Lin Wei has, after part of the German territory was occupied and annexed by Poland, the Poles began to rape the local Germans. Before the outbreak of World War II, the Poles' rape of the local Germans was not uncommon. As early as 1927 In May of that year, in Rybnik, the Poles carried out a massacre of Germans. Before Germany sent troops to Poland, Polish thugs continued to attack Germans. In May 1939, they began to carry out such attacks and rapes regularly. The Poles also established two concentration camps for Germans before World War II. In March 1939, the Polish authorities and Polish people carried out a massacre of Germans in the city of Bromberg. 700 Germans were captured and 231 were killed, executed by Polish police and paramilitary groups. In Lodz, the Polish Corridor and other places, the expulsions and massacres of Germans by the Poles broke out*. The Poles also attacked Ukrainians in the former Russian areas that were occupied by the Poles after 1920. During the Polish massacre of Germans before September 1939, at least 5,490 Germans were massacred by the Poles.
After disclosing this information, Lin Wei said, "According to the information I have, not only the Germans, but the Poles also persecuted Ukrainians who originally belonged to the Russian Empire after World War I. The degree of persecution was a little No less than the persecution of the Germans.”
Lin Wei's words were broadcast to the world through radio. When Lin Wei said these words, the Soviets were the happiest. Before this, the Soviets had made Germany very unhappy because of their negotiations with the United Kingdom, but fortunately What's more, the British don't trust the Soviets either. Now Germany and the Soviet Union have come together again, and their relationship can even be compared with that of the Weimar Republic in the 1920s, which can be called the honeymoon period.
However, there is one thing that the Soviets cannot avoid, that is, the United Kingdom and other Western countries have always been wary of them. This can be seen from the Spanish Civil War. Therefore, if the Soviets want to get a share of the Polish issue, they must have a reasonable excuse.
Originally, the Soviets were still trying their best to find an excuse, but Lin Wei's words now are directly equivalent to making excuses for the Soviets. It is equivalent to a friend bringing a pillow to a person when he is very sleepy. This is what the Soviets think now.
After reporting the explosive information, Lin Wei took an elegant sip of coffee and said calmly, "Gentlemen and ladies, I think all explanations now are in vain. Since the Poles dare to do this, they will have to bear the consequences." The consequences will be fine, see you next time." After saying this, Lin Wei returned directly to the backstage, and after a while, he left the publicity department in a car.
Goebbels continued the war of words at the press conference. At the press conference, Goebbels once again let reporters from various countries appreciate his outstanding eloquence. If Hitler's speech can infect the surroundings through the passion in his speech, If you have an audience, then Goebbels is in another realm. He is always so gentle and gentle, and speaks slowly and slowly, but without realizing it, you will believe that everything Goebbels said is the truth. There will be half a doubt again.
After the press conference, Goebbels had conquered most of the reporters present, and said goodbye to them with a friendly smile.
"Louis, how are the preparations?" As soon as he returned to the headquarters, Lin Wei immediately called for the only deputy still at the headquarters, Louis Feng Howard.
"Everything is ready, just waiting for the order from the head of state," Louis replied while reading the information.
"That's good," Lin Wei looked down at his watch and said, "It's now eleven o'clock at night, and according to the plan the battle will start at four forty-five in the morning."
"Louis, I want to say a few words to the officers and soldiers on the front line," Lin Wei said.
"No problem..." Lewis answered readily.
After a while, the staff next to him signaled that it was ready. Of course, this meant that the regiment-level staff could hear what Lin Wei said. Lin Wei tried the volume and said, "Soldiers on the front line, you Well, I am Lampard and Krupp. First of all, I would like to express my deep respect for you. At 4:45 in the morning, the combat order will be issued. Before that, I must repeat that any soldier of the SS , officers, and even generals are not allowed to surrender under any circumstances. You are not regular soldiers of the country, so the Geneva regulations on prisoners of war cannot protect you. If you want to survive, you can only rely on yourself. Well, good luck to you all. , I hope that after a while, you can return to Germany safe and sound, and I would like to ask you one last time, do you have the confidence to capture Poland within a month?"
"Yes..." Everyone who heard Lin Wei's words shouted loudly, which made Lin Wei put down the phone and kept clasping his ears.
At 0:00 on September 1, 1939, Hitler issued the No. 1 combat order, ordering the German army to launch an attack in the early morning of September 1, 1939. Hitler asked the German soldiers to have iron will and determination to win the battle quickly and not give Poland any chance to breathe. Hitler said: "If the troops stop advancing, it is the responsibility of the commander. In war, victory must be achieved by any means. After victory, people will not hold accountable the winner."
At 2:20 in the morning on September 1, 1939, at one hundred and fifty airstrips along the Polish border, busy ground staff were going back and forth to perform final maintenance and maintenance on the aircraft to ensure that they could fly The eagle soared into the sky, destroying the Polish resistance like lightning.
Two hours later, the combat order was issued to the Air Force. Immediately afterwards, the roar of engines sounded, and Stuka dive bombers entered the runway one after another.
Amidst the huge roar, the first Stuka rose from the ground, followed by the second, third, and...
When the sky was already filled with planes, as if they heard some order, all the planes roared towards Poland.
After using the news of the Air Force's attack, the northern and southern armies of the National Defense Forces began an hour-long artillery bombardment. Six thousand artillery pieces of various types roared continuously, and the shells slammed into the Polish army's defense line on the opposite side as if they were free.
At the same time, the German warship "Holstein" parked outside Danzig Port pretending to be on a friendly visit also suddenly fired at the Polish military base.
More than 2,000 Stukas and fighter jets of various types flew across the border, bringing an invitation to death. More than 500 fighter jets of the Polish Air Force were all blown up at the airport before they could take off. Countless artillery pieces, cars and other baggage were destroyed before they could retreat, transportation hubs and command centers were damaged, and the troops fell into chaos.
After an hour of shelling, the Polish army's defense line was in tatters. Seeing this situation, Army General Rundstedt, commander of the South Army Group, and General Ludwig Beck, commander of the North Army Group, immediately ordered the army to Quickly break through the Polish defense line.