Moreover, the cruelty of street fighting can cover up the incompetence of the Italian army to a certain extent. After all, the German army has suffered heavy losses in Southampton. If Italy cannot capture London, no one can say anything or question the combat effectiveness of the Italian army. This is a good way to weaken Italy and wake them up at the same time. If the Italian army cannot show a decent record, Germany can openly prevent Italy from attacking Greece. The reason is also very simple. Germany cannot see that Italy has the ability to see the situation in the Balkans. .
Ciano wanted to agree with Lin Wei's words. In his opinion, although the Italian army's combat effectiveness was not as strong as Germany's, there should be no problem if it dealt with an isolated city. This was entirely based on the lack of understanding of street fighting. It can be said that in this world Except for the German army, the current army has little experience and ability in street fighting. However, out of the caution of a diplomat, Ciano still added the condition of victory, "If the Italian army can independently capture London, Germany cannot stop Italy's actions in the Balkans!"
"Of course there is no problem!" Lin Wei agreed and also limited the time of Italy's attack; "If Italy cannot capture London within three months of the start of the attack, then Italy must adopt cautious plans in future actions. At least a message should be sent to France and Germany, which are also allies! At least the actions in the Balkans cannot be decided by Italy alone!"
Ciano ordered his assistant to send a telegram to Mussolini in Berlin. Five minutes later, Ciano got Mussolini's decision. As Lin Wei expected, Mussolini agreed. The agreement between Linwei and Ciano, Italy's ambitions in the Balkans, now need to be proved by the victory in the Battle of London.
Although the division of labor between Wilhelm II and the National Socialist Party in Berlin was different, their role was very huge. Wilhelm II's purpose this time was to allow European countries to support Germany's war as much as possible in future wars. Although the royal family has declined in Europe, Dan is still the spiritual leader of the people of various European countries. If it is supported by the royal families of other countries, Germany will be able to better integrate the power of Europe. At least it will not have to use its own industrial strength to compete with the Soviet Union like in history. If it can integrate the industrial power of Europe, Germany's industry Production capacity will be twice that of the Soviet Union in equivalent man-hours.
In this way, even if Germany does not change its current high-quality equipment route, it will be able to reach the same level as the Soviet Union in terms of output. In this way, German weapons with a quality advantage will soon drain the Soviet Union of energy in the war. After integrating the industrial power of the entire Europe, Germany also has the same power as the Soviet Union and the United States. After all, although the United States is now the world's largest industrial power, the combined industrial output of European countries is still higher than that of the United States.
Of course, William II did not think that it would be possible to confront the United States after integrating European industries. The reason is very simple. The United States is one country, while Europe is many countries. Although Germany is now very powerful, it cannot reach the level where it can The power to forcibly unify Europe. Like many of his predecessors, William II only wanted Germany to become a true German Empire. The goal of William II was to establish a German Empire that would dominate Central Europe.
For this goal, the necessary price needs to be paid. William II has signed a secret agreement with Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and King Leopold III of Belgium. If the two countries can cooperate with Germany on some issues, Germany is willing to Withdraw troops from Belgium and the Netherlands, and the latest time for withdrawal will not be later than August 1941.
William II was also aware of Ciano's telegram to Mussolini. At this moment, William II still chose to trust the National Socialists. This was not trust, but now William II had no way to know. Rejecting Italy's proposal, since the National Socialist Party wanted to test the combat effectiveness of the Italian army, William II could only agree.
Now that the conflict with Italy has been resolved through such a method, the excuse of having lunch can also be terminated, and the independent status of Yugoslavia and Greece can be guaranteed in a short time. Lin Wei actually also wants to solve the problem of Yugoslavia. After all, this country In the Balkans, the strength is indeed too great, and Lin Wei has not forgotten his predecessor, Serbia. Whenever Serbia becomes stronger, it is also the moment when Greater Serbianism becomes stronger. Didn’t Archduke Ferdinand die in this way
However, now is not the time to solve the Yugoslav issue. Germany's enemy is now a hundred times more powerful than Yugoslavia, and it must be dealt with with full concentration. But this does not mean that Lin Wei has forgotten Yugoslavia. On the contrary, it has always been in his heart. Such a mentality led to the demise of Yugoslavia. Three years after the end of the Soviet-German War, Germany finally found an opportunity to use military operations similar to the Prague Spring to break Yugoslavia into four small countries, leaving Yugoslavia without a single country. All in all, the planner of that operation was also Lin Wei.
At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the arbitration conference was held again. The opinions of Germany and Italy had been unified, and there was no need to continue wrangling. So the next meeting moved forward in a dull atmosphere. After arbitration, Hungary became the big winner, and the territory ceded to Romania by the Hungarian Treaty of Zetrianon was regained.
Hungary was forced to cede Slovakia and Transcarpathian Ukraine to Czechoslovakia; Transylvania and the eastern Banat were transferred to Romania; Croatia and the western Banat were transferred to the Kingdom of Serbo-Croat-Slovenia. These territories are now Gradually it returned to Hungary's hands.
At the same time the Axis powers urged Romania to cede South Dobroga to Bulgaria. Because the area was Bulgarian territory from 1878 to 1913, it also guarantees the independent status of Yugoslavia and Greece at this stage. The Romanian issue was not very important in the eyes of the German representatives. What was important was the success in preventing Italy's actions, so after the meeting, Hess immediately reported this success to William II.
After the success of the arbitration conference in Vienna, Lin Wei did not want to stay here for a moment longer. Although the follow-up activities would take a few more days, Lin Wei still refused Goebbels and others' attempts to retain him and returned to Berlin. Since the arbitration It has been completed, there is no need to stay here anymore, this is Lin Wei's idea, and the meeting in Berlin has not been completed yet. If we speed up a little, we might be able to catch up with the meeting and have a chance to show up. Lin Wei will be a little bit more. Don't want to miss it either.
In the evening, Lin Wei appeared again in the Sanssouci Palace in the southern suburbs of Berlin. At this time, William II and the royal families of other European countries were still in the Sanssouci Palace, and successfully obtained a summons from William II.
When Lin Wei met with William II, the servants of Sanssouci Palace were still busy. Judging from the atmosphere at the scene, the dinner should have just ended. It seemed that the meeting should be extremely smooth. Here, Lin Wei also listened Said that his father Gustav was also here.
Here Lin Wei happened to meet someone he didn't want to see, such as Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. Just a few months ago, Lin Wei was arrogantly bragging about his capture in front of Queen Wilhelmina. The arrest plan, now that we are meeting, it is inevitable that it will be a little awkward.
Perhaps because of the embarrassment of seeing Lin Wei, William II made a haha, and introduced in front of many royal families in Europe, "This is the son of my old friend Gustav. He is the youngest in Germany." General, he has profound knowledge in strategy and tactics! There may have been a misunderstanding between this young man and you, but this was not his original intention!"
After smoothing things over, William II asked about the topic he was interested in, "Should the issue about the situation in the Balkans be resolved now?" Although William II had already received the news, the person in front of him was someone who participated in the entire meeting. There is of course a difference between hearing it with your own ears and hearing it from someone else.
"Dear Your Majesty, things are going very well, and Italy's attitude is indispensable!" Lin Wei glanced at the King of Italy and Italian Prime Minister Mussolini, and then said, "As a big country in the Mediterranean, Italy's attitude is very important to the local people." Peace plays a decisive role! Thanks to their help, this meeting did not drag on for a long time!"
"Very good!" William II expressed his appreciation, glanced at the surrounding kings, and said, "Lampard, now because of war and financial crisis, people in all countries are living very hard. What is there now?" What are some ways to revitalize the economies of various countries?”
"It's very simple!" Lin Wei didn't hesitate at all. It seemed that this question had been in Lin Wei's mind for a long time, so he answered without any hesitation.
"Oh!" William II glanced at Lin Wei faintly and asked, "How can we achieve results?"
"Integrate Europe's resources and power, and then arm the army to launch war!" Lin Wei said sonorously and forcefully, "War is a catalyst for the economy to a certain extent. As long as the scale of the war is controlled, the economy will only get better and better. ! There are many places waiting for Europe to conquer. We should not just focus on the European continent. Now the United States has largely replaced Europe’s previous position, so we must take back Europe’s position!"
"What do you mean? Will the United States go to war?" Wilhelmina asked worriedly, "Now our individual strength is far different from that of the United States, and a war will only hurt both sides!"
"No..., in addition to the United States, there are many countries and places in the world waiting for us to conquer, such as Africa, Australia, etc..." Lin Wei waved his fist to increase the power of his words, "We are not going to open up colonies this time. , the place we conquer is our territory, remember it is territory, not a colony, they will never want to leave independently!"