"General, I hope you can persuade the comrades of the Iron Guard! You must know that the current loss is only temporary, and Romania's opportunities are in the future!" Before Lin Wei went back, he still gave General Antonescu a hint of respect. This is also the character I brought from China. No matter how strong a position I am in, I will never be arrogant.
The conversation with General Antonescu was just to appease this partner who was now suffering a big loss. Both Romania and Hungary were very important in Germany's strategic system, at least much more important than Bulgaria. Thinking of Bulgaria, Lin Wei's joyful mood fell into depression again. The people of this former ally of Germany are now full of pro-Russian sentiments. Like other countries in this chaotic era, Bulgaria is full of confrontations between various doctrines. The current Bulgarian upper class and military are relatively pro-German, but the people This is no longer the case. Bulgarian people are almost overwhelmingly fond of the Soviet Union. Although the Gestapo has done a lot of work in Bulgaria, the effect so far is not obvious.
Lin Wei couldn't imagine this kind of thing. After seeing the power of the German Juncker landlords for so many years, Lin Wei should no longer believe in so-called democracy. But there is a sentence that has always been in Lin Wei's heart, this sentence is that public opinion cannot be violated. After so many years of experience, when Lin Wei reconsidered this sentence, he changed a few words. Public opinion cannot be forced to the end. What this means is that, sometimes you can pretend that public opinion does not exist, but you cannot completely ignore it.
Although the conversation with General Antonescu was a bit cumbersome, it only took more than ten minutes. When Lin Wei returned to the room of the giants, he was stunned as soon as he opened the door because his adjutant Crawford was in the room. Lin Wei was standing where Lin Wei was sitting just now, and Italian Foreign Minister Ciano looked red-faced, wondering what was going on.
"Crawford, what happened!" The atmosphere in the room was a little weird, and Lin Wei had to ask, because Lin Wei felt that the reason for this situation was probably caused by his adjutant.
From Colonel Crawford's narration, Lin Wei understood what happened. It turned out that when Lin Wei went out, Crawford came to Lin Wei to report his work. This is what Crawford usually did, but he Forget today's occasion, this is not the headquarters of the SS, but the Vienna Arbitration Congress. Naturally, Crawford cannot rush in as rashly as he did when he was at the headquarters. Sure enough, Italian Foreign Minister Ciano asked the Kremlin Colonel Lawford was very dissatisfied with Colonel Lawford's move. Before Lin Wei came in, Ciano had just expressed his protest, believing that this move was a sign of Germany's disrespect for its allies.
After figuring out the matter, although Lin Wei wanted to get back some ground for his subordinates, he still had to apologize to Ciano. This matter is indeed Crawford's fault. At least Crawford should have knocked on the door to show courtesy before coming in. But Colonel Crawford didn't even do this basic polite gesture, so Lin Wei couldn't find an excuse even if he wanted to defend himself.
However, Lin Wei couldn't do anything to embarrass his subordinates. After much deliberation, Lin Wei could only say, "I'm sorry, Mr. Ciano, this matter was my dereliction of duty. When Crawford was at the SS headquarters Colonel De can report the situation to me at any time! Maybe he is used to it, so he didn't pay attention to the occasion here!" Lin Wei has decided to take all the responsibility on himself. This is the only thing that can make both parties stand down. Rhetoric.
"Okay, General Lampard, I hope your subordinates can pay attention to the situation in the future! If we are in Italy..." Ciano didn't finish his words, but ten people could hear the threat, and Lin Wei When Ciano said these words, his expression suddenly changed.
You can criticize Lin Wei for his dereliction of duty, or you can use this to show that Germany does not respect its allies. It doesn't matter. But Lin Wei dared to threaten his adjutant in front of the leader Lin Wei. No matter how good-tempered Lin Wei was, he couldn't bear it. Hess knew that something was going to happen after Ciano had just expressed his intention. For Hess had a deep understanding of this comrade who was born into a big capitalist. Don't think that having money at home is a flower that comes out of the world. In the past, Rohm used his own life to prove how wrong this understanding was. So Hess said quickly, "Okay, it's just a small thing, it won't delay our friendship!"
Lin Wei snorted coldly, stared into Ciano's eyes and asked, "Dear Foreign Minister, I wonder if you can mobilize all the black shirt troops in Italy!" Lin Wei asked very viciously, everyone Everyone knows that the Italian Black Shirts are of the same nature as the German SS. No one except Mussolini can mobilize them at will, not even Ciano.
Ignoring Ciano's blushing face, Lin Wei continued to mutter to himself, "I heard that Mr. Ciano's father was friends with Prime Minister Mussolini, so it's no wonder that Mr. Ciano sat down at such a young age. He has become the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy!" This sentence also implies that Ciano came to the position through nepotism. If it was just a little embarrassing just now, this sentence now is simply humiliating Ciano. Don't say Qi Arno had such a high opinion of himself that even an ordinary person couldn't stand such ridicule.
"Crawford, what are you reporting to me? You want to tell me quickly!" Lin Wei said to Crawford immediately before Ciano could start to fight back. Lin Wei knew that his talk was probably not this kind of nonsense every day. person's opponent. Therefore, Ciano was not given a chance to counterattack at all, and it was better to hold it back and hurt him secretly.
Of course, Crawford had no chance to counterattack Ciano, so he immediately followed Lin Wei's words and said, "Leader, this is the latest news about the Battle of Britain!"
"Tell me the important point!" This topic has successfully attracted everyone's attention, even General Wei Gang, who has been silent, is no exception. On the surface, he is indifferent, but in fact, he has already begun to listen attentively.
"Yes, leader!" Crawford said, "Because there are many cities in southern England, the Armored Group did not make much progress in the past few days, but General Guderian concentrated the strength of the Armored Group's six armored divisions. After that, they began to attack Southampton. Although the British commander Lieutenant General Alexander personally directed the street fighting, he was still defeated! The street fighting was extremely brutal, and our army lost a total of 20,000 people!"
"Twenty thousand killed in action?" Lin Wei exclaimed. This news was really surprising. In Southampton alone, the number of German casualties was equal to that of the Battle of France. If it is said that the German generals did not pay any special attention to street fighting , this battle was enough for many generals to study street fighting.
"Yes, leader! He died in battle, but after conquering Southampton this time, the benefits are obvious!" Crawford said. Lin Wei understood what Crawford meant. The capture of Southampton symbolized that the chain of cities in the southern coastal areas of England had been broken by the German army, tearing apart the British's strong defense. The British hinterland has been exposed, and the German armored clusters can now attack and divide British cities into isolated strongholds. Compared with the huge casualties of the German army, this progress still makes Lin Wei very happy.
"How is the situation now?" Lin Wei asked. After conquering Southampton, his vision was now broader. Lin Wei simulated it in his mind. The blue arrow representing Germany did not have any impact on Germany. The military creates obstacles.
"Leader, there is no problem with our army, but..." Crawford hesitated.
"Say quickly, what's wrong?" Lin Wei urged anxiously.
Crawford swallowed and smiled bitterly, "The Italian troops who landed seemed to be attacking London, but General Guderian stopped him. He is still arguing with the Italian generals!" Indeed, in the face of a powerful enemy, Even though he was still arguing with friendly forces, it was indeed embarrassing enough to speak out. No wonder Crawford didn’t want to speak out.
However, after Lin Wei took a look at Ciano's expression, he thought of it and said sadly: "General Guderian is also true. Since the Italian army hopes to capture London to prove the combat effectiveness of the Italian army, let them come. Anyway, it doesn’t matter whether the German army or the Italian army does this kind of thing. By the way, General Weygand, is the French Army interested in taking on the task of attacking London?"
"I'm not interested. It's up to you to do this kind of thing!" To Lin Wei's expectation, General Wei Gang cleanly rejected Lin Wei's proposal. Although General Wei Gang looked for opportunities to restore France's prestige, Wei Gang It’s not like a layman like Ciano who couldn’t see the trick. More than 20,000 people died when the German army attacked Southampton. If the French army attacked London, it would be impossible to capture it without 100,000 people dying. Weygand The general also knew that Lin Wei was just trying to squeeze out Ciano, so after refusing, he went straight to watching the show.
"Well, Your Excellency Minister, you can report the demands of the Italian army to Prime Minister Mussolini. I think His Majesty will not object to the kindness of the Italian Prime Minister!" Lin Wei's smile should be more sincere and sincere, and his words should be more sincere. How vicious, how vicious. In Lin Wei's mind, London will surely become the grave of the Italian army. When the Italian army dies, the German army will go up to pick peaches. With the Italian army's extremely rubbish combat effectiveness, there was no way they could break through London without paying the price of 200,000 casualties. Lin Wei was now very much looking forward to the outsider in front of him being squeezed by him, and couldn't wait to persuade Mussolini.