Only Hit has the final say? Le a person. This, of course, made Mussolini feel melancholy and uneasy. Mussolini comes to Hit? Le is in Munich's official residence. This official residence was Hitt's residence two years ago? The place where Le, Mussolini, British Prime Minister Chamberlain and French Prime Minister Daladier signed the Munich Agreement. After the two parties exchanged simple greetings, they immediately turned to the topic. What about Hit? Le and Mussolini. There is no need for so much politeness between them.
"My dear comrade-in-arms, I am personally very grateful for the help you gave me in this war! But now I have to say that it is time to cease the war!" Hit? Le first thanked his allies, and for Hit? For Leer, Italy's poor army strength did not help Germany, but Mussolini stood on his side at the critical moment. For the isolated Germany, it was tantamount to providing help in the snow.
"Armistice?" Mussolini was very surprised. In his opinion, Hit? Le will definitely take advantage of this opportunity to trample Germany's feud under his feet and never get over it. Didn't you think of Hit? At this time, Le carefully chose to cease the war. Mussolini was confused and wanted to know what was going on.
It seems that he saw the doubts in his allies' minds, Hit? Le smiled bitterly and said, "My dear comrade, of course I know what you are thinking, but please believe me, I have never reached any agreement with France, and I will never do anything to betray our friendship. The thing is, the reason why I chose to stop the war is because we can no longer fight the war!"
Mussolini had an expression of disbelief on his face. Onlookers knew clearly that maybe Britain and France could not see clearly or turned a blind eye to Germany's strength, but this did not mean that Germany's ally Italy could not see it either. Whether it was in terms of economic strength or military strength, Mussolini Rini didn't believe that Germany would be unable to continue the war so soon. You must know that Germany fought with half of the world on its shoulders during the last war, and it lasted four years.
From an economic perspective, France paid a heavy price in the First World War and turned from a creditor country before the war into a debtor country. Although the French economy recovered and developed rapidly in the 1920s, it lacked confidence and its industrial base had been destroyed. Although Germany was a defeated country in World War I, after the implementation of the Dawes Plan, it received more than 20 billion gold marks in loans and investments from the United States and Britain, and its economy was able to recover and develop rapidly. By 1929, Germany once again became Europe's economy. A large country, its total industrial output ranks first in Europe, surpassing France.
From a military perspective, the core of the German Army is the Wehrmacht Army. Despite the restrictions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles, they were known for the extremely high quality of their personnel. Compared with the armies of other countries, the German Army generally has a more reasonable organization, better equipment, and a higher level of combat training. The development of the German navy and air force was really difficult under the shackles of the Treaty of Versailles, but it eventually developed. The navy has been able to carry out transportation of strategic supplies and small-scale operations. Compared with the air forces of other countries, the great advantage of the German Air Force is that it does not have old combat aircraft. Later, the German aviation industry manufactured several very advanced aircraft, which greatly increased the combat effectiveness of the Air Force. It was precisely after discovering that Germany had a dual advantage in quantity and quality that Mussolini dared to take huge risks and support Germany in the war.
Didn't keep Mussolini waiting too long, Hit? Leer immediately told the answer. For the allies who are on Germany's side at this critical moment, Hit? Le still attaches great importance to it, "All the armored groups of the Wehrmacht have lost more than half of their armored equipment. Although the Armed SS won a huge victory in the Battle of Dunkirk, the number of casualties alone was more than 10,000. , for the armed SS with only 200,000 people, the losses are already huge!"
"However, the French army has been almost completely destroyed. Now France has almost no ability to resist under our power!" Mussolini said, "If Germany cannot bear the loss of heavy equipment, Italy can still come out." Do your part!"
"No, it's not that simple!" Hit? Le poured a cup of coffee for Mussolini and explained, "My comrade, you should know which branch of the German armed forces is the weakest!"
"Is it your country's navy?" Mussolini immediately knew Hit? What Le wanted to say was the first to say, "But in the battle off the coast of Belgium, the German Navy has proven its power to the world. The power of the Bismarck and Tirpitz battleships spread throughout the world, and the British mainland Almost half of the fleet was lost, and now the German Navy has the strength to fight head-on with the British Royal Navy!"
Hit? Le did not refute Mussolini's words, Hit? Le did not want to use his own pressure to force Mussolini to agree with him. For this comrade, Hit? Le has enough patience, so Hit? Le changed the question again, "My comrade, you should know the strength comparison between the German Navy and the British Royal Navy before the war started, right?"
"The strength of the German Navy is 35% of the strength of the British Royal Navy!" Mussolini obviously knew the strength of the German Navy, because Italy is originally a maritime country, and the policy between the country and the military is also tilted towards the navy. .
"The strength of the German Navy should also include submarines... If it were just a competition on surface ships, the strength of the German Navy might be only two levels of the British Royal Navy. Even now that the German Navy has achieved a great victory, there is still only the remaining strength of the British Royal Navy. Half of it!" Hit? Le said with a wry smile, "The battle off the coast of Belgium was won mainly because of the overwhelming bombing of 700 Stukas, which sank almost all the heavy cruisers. My dear comrade, I will never have any sympathy for you." To hide it, the Imperial Navy’s inherent quality advantage coupled with the all-out attack of the Air Force led to the feat of sinking most of the Royal Navy’s battleships. But even so, the Bismarck and the Tirpitz had to go through several It will only return to the battlefield after a monthly overhaul. Even if the two Bismarck-class battleships are not injured, this kind of battle will never happen again! The current strength of the British Navy is still higher than that of the Imperial Navy. For our long-term goals, we Only then will we agree to Pétain’s request and cease the war at this time!”
"You mean, the French navy?" Mussolini asked.
"Not bad!" Hit? "If we insist on destroying all the power of France, I am afraid that the French government will flee to the colonies to establish a government-in-exile to continue to resist, and the powerful French navy will completely side with Britain! I believe that the Italian navy has the ability to suppress You have the strength of the French navy, but as your ally, Germany cannot compare with the British Royal Navy in terms of navy."
At this time of the meeting, Ribbentrop and Xinoa were the only spectators. It was obvious that Ribbentrop completely agreed with Hitt? Le's opinion. At this time, Xenoya has completely understood Hit? What Le means is that Hitler has decided that the most important issue is to prevent the French fleet from falling into British hands. He also feared that the French government would flee to North Africa or London to continue fighting. For this reason, the terms of the armistice—the terms of the final peace, perhaps another matter—had to be moderate, so as to maintain "a government exercising its powers in France" and to "neutralize the French fleet."
Ciano, who had been by his side, discovered that even the aggressive Libin Shiluofu was unusually gentle and calm, and advocated peace.
The French Navy, which indeed has the fourth largest navy in the world and the second largest navy in Europe (it must be said that in 1940, the strength of the Italian Navy had surpassed the French Navy!), if it completely fell to the British due to the aggressiveness of Germany and Italy, This is definitely not good news for Germany, which has just seen hope of breaking through the Royal Navy blockade, Hit? Le must think about Germany, even Hitler? Mussolini, his highly respected ally, could not let Hit? Le changed his decision.
Hit? For the time being, France hopes to appease France. After all, it has 3 "Groba" class dreadnoughts, 3 "Provence" class super-dreadnoughts, 2 "Dunkirk" class battleships, and 1 "Richelieu" class battleship. If the French Navy turns to the British, it will pose a huge threat to Germany's security. Among them is a "Richelieu" class battleship that has the strength to compete with the Bismarck class battleship.
In comparison, although the current strength of the Italian Navy has surpassed that of the French Navy, it is only slightly beyond it. It has two old-fashioned Count of Cavour-class battleships: Cavour, Giulio Caesar, and the old-fashioned Carnival. 2 O'Dulio-class battleships: Cao TUlio and Andrea Doria, 1 new Veneto-class battleship (the 2nd ship Littorio was officially commissioned on June 24, "Rome" " and "Imperial" are under construction), 4 Zara-class heavy cruisers (the best-protected and most powerful heavy cruisers in the world at the time): "Zara", "Fiume", "Grazia", " Pola".
What if Hit? Le was confident enough that he could control the French navy and might agree to Mussolini's proposal, but Hit? No, even the Italian Navy, which was more powerful than the German Navy, could not give Mussolini the confidence to control the French Navy.
Finally, Hit? Another reason why Le wanted to solve the problem in France quickly is that the Soviet Union's movements in Romania had been reported to Hitler by the Gestapo there? Le, like Lin Wei, Hit? Le was frightened by the powerful appetite of the red empire in the east.
The "Mutual Non-Aggression Pact between the Soviet Union and Germany" signed in August 1939 divided the spheres of influence of the Soviet Union and Germany on the Baltic Sea coast and Poland, but it did not stipulate the division of influence between the two countries in the Balkans. So when Germany was at war with Britain and France, and the Soviet Union suddenly made territorial claims to Romania, Germany's main oil supplier, can you imagine Hit? How panicked Le was - the Soviets were only separated from the Romanian oil fields by a river! Although Germany persuaded Romania to meet the Soviet Union's demands, this has given Hitler? This is a serious warning. Germany's oil supply will be cut off by the Soviet Union at any time. Without oil, Germany will be defeated! And Hit? Lenin's hostility to socialism and Stalin's greed for land exacerbated this concern. But fighting on two fronts is a nightmare for Germany, Hit? Leroy had to satisfy the growing appetite of the polar bear before he could deal with Britain and France. By June 1940, France had surrendered. Although Britain still had a large navy, its army had lost the power to fight on the European continent. Germany's west was temporarily safe. Hit? Le can free up his hands to solve the Eastern problem. As the Soviet Union strengthened its armaments and the rapprochement between the Soviet Union and Japan began, Hitt? He felt more and more unsafe. Stalin obviously planned to let Germany kill Britain and France, and then he would kill Germany.
In view of this, Hit? Le must solve France's problem as soon as possible, if there is time, Hit? Hitler will still seriously consider Mussolini's suggestion, but now, Hitt feels the urgency of time? Le, we must be prepared to go to war with the Soviet Union at any time.
Moreover, Stalin's "Great Purge" in the country made him lose the support of the people and the army had no fighting capacity - the Soviet-Finnish War had shown how incompetent the Soviet army was. Hit? Le believed that attacking the Soviet Union could obtain a large amount of supplies that Germany needed, and that the Soviet Army was no match for the German Army, so he decided to conquer Russia first. Another advantage of attacking the Soviet Union is that those who are hostile to the Soviet Union will support Germany, especially the Vatican.
Hit? Le also rejected Mussolini's proposal for Italy to occupy the Ronnie River Basin, including Haute Lon (an important French naval base in the Mediterranean, where most of the ships are concentrated) and Marseille, and to make Corsica, Tunisia and Djibouti’s demands for disarmament. This last city was the gateway to Italian-occupied Ethiopia. Although Hit? Le rejected Mussolini's offer, but Hit? Le promised Mussolini that the armistice treaty between him and France would not take effect until France and Italy also signed an armistice treaty. In this way, Mussolini left Munich frustrated.
Just in Hit? When Le Chang was thinking about future attack plans, he never imagined that he would never see the day when Germany would attack the Soviet Union. Just now Hit? When Le and Mussolini met, Lin Wei, who was stationed in Paris, had already made up his mind.
Before making the decision, Lin Wei felt very uneasy. He thought about a lot of things he knew about Hit? In the former fort prison of Landsburg, Lin Wei, who was only seventeen years old at the time, saw this famous historical figure for the first time, Hit? Le Nanyan was fickle. If he hadn't fully understood this historical figure early on, Lin Wei might have been convinced by him. Then, as in history, the National Socialist Party took power across the country and quickly rearmed Germany to get out of the financial crisis.
But from this time on, things changed. President Hindenburg’s instructions before his death told Lin Wei to bring William II back to the country and put him in power again. As for President Hindenburg’s thoughts, Lin Wei really couldn't refuse. This old man who had worked hard for Germany all his life had a small wish before his death, which made Lin Wei finally choose another path. Lin Wei originally had some indifference to these Junker landowners who were still loyal to William II, but he had no choice because his father Gustav Krupp was also one of them. For these people It is said that in a Germany without an emperor, there is naturally no need for the Juncker landlords to exist. Perhaps the Junker landlords can rely on their influence to avoid being kicked off the altar in a short period of time, but as time goes by, there is no spiritual leader. The Junker landowners will eventually die out.
Lin Wei has lived in this world for thirty-four years, and the memories of his previous life have gradually faded out of his mind. In this life, his parents and wife will be the things that Lin Wei must protect. Gustav Krupp, who has given Lin Wei unreserved fatherly love and support for thirty-four years, has already melted Lin Wei's heart. He has a wealthy family, doting parents, a wife who loves you deeply and Lin Wei has his lovely child and everything now. Lin Wei thanks his parents for providing him with so much help and always doing his best to do things as well as possible.
But Lin Wei knew that in Gustav's heart, he still hoped to restore the monarchy in Germany. Some elderly uncles still could not forget the former German Emperor Wilhelm II. Lin Wei could not understand why these people still cared about William. The second generation is loyal, but this does not prevent Lin Wei from helping them fulfill their wishes.
"As long as it is what my father wishes, I will work hard to accomplish it!" Lin Wei clenched his fists and said to himself, looking up at the dark sky. At this time, Lin Wei remembered Gustav's strict teachings when he was a child, and the worried look on his mother's face when his father was declared a war criminal. He remembered that in the always cold office, Gustav kept nagging Lin Wei to memorize some theories on making weapons.
For Hit? Le, Lin Wei admires his devilish eloquence, strong willpower and memory. As a dictator, Hit? Le almost reached all the limits that a dictator can achieve, Hit? The miracles Le created for Germany cannot be replicated by others. But Lin Wei still discovered, who is Hit now? Le's mental state has become increasingly abnormal, and Lin Wei tried his best but couldn't make Hit? Don't hate Jews. As time goes by, Lin Wei is in Hit? In front of Le, Lin Wei could already feel his increasingly unpredictable temper, all of which made Lin Wei make up his mind.
The victory in the Battle of France has allowed Hit? Le's momentum in Germany has reached its peak, and no force can raise objections, not even the Juncker landowners who supported him in power. If you don't take advantage of this opportunity, you may never get another chance.