The Third Reich in Desperation

"Why?" Dex, who was released into the other party's headquarters, was still trying to get an answer, insisting: "As a military leader of the Republican Army, you have always been my role model and goal. You are like this, why did you choose this place?" Such a dishonorable way to end? Why throw away your accusations and dignity as a soldier!?"

Francisco, who was sitting in his seat, turned around, waved his back to Dex, and said in a deep voice, "I've told you the reason, Spain can't stand the war anymore. As a At the same time as a general of the Republican Army, I was a Spaniard. Since I am a general belonging to Spain, I have the responsibility for the future of this country.”

As if talking about something unrelated, Francisco was silent for a while and then mentioned lightly: "Those government officials we once defended also chose "peace" when they were arrested. One person resisted. Is it worth it to risk the lives of soldiers for such a government?"

"It's worth it!" Dex stubbornly said.

"Tuttuk..." Two soldiers armed with newly developed German MP37 submachine guns shot and killed the lieutenant general who firmly supported the Republic.

Before Dix, the German Gestapo had already visited Francisco, the famous army commander of the Republican Army.

A day ago, Francisco received assurances from the Germans that the German government would protect the safety of the Republican Army's defectors, and help these Republican soldiers escape the liquidation that Franco had begun by sending them to work in German labor camps massacre.

To reduce bloodshed, but also for peace.Francisco agreed to the demands of the Germans and launched this coup for peace...  

Text Chapter 123 Green Scheme

On the night of May 1937, 5, Francisco, the commander of the Republican Army, launched a coup and overthrew the government of the Second Spanish Republic.

At 1937 o'clock in the morning on May 5, 24, the newly formed Spanish Republican government announced its dissolution and ordered all Republican and People's Guard soldiers on Menorca and La Palma to surrender to the National Army.Tens of thousands of Republicans and nearly a thousand members of the People's Guard surrendered in some cities one after another. Since then, the nearly one-year Spanish Civil War has ended.Spain's second attempt to go public failed.

The next day, Franco announced the unification of Spain, which was renamed the Kingdom of Spain.

Because Franco has always been a person who emphasizes the need to maintain order with an iron fist, and he has always believed that as long as the ultimate goal is to "restore order", killing in the process is a necessary means.

The climax of the massacre began immediately after Franco won the country.Since the complete surrender of the Republican Army on May 5, cities such as Madrid, Valencia, Barcelona, ​​and La Palma, which used to be the capital of the republic, basically have more than three digits of people shot every day.

In the same month that Spain delivered 5 prisoners of war to Germany as laborers as promised.More than [-] Spanish leftists volunteered to work in German labor camps as laborers.

After discovering this phenomenon, Reinhardt sent a report to Franco in time, requesting that 5 people be selected from the other party's planned execution and shipped to Germany.The German side will guarantee that these people will never be allowed to return to Spain and have a negative impact on Franco's regime.

After using the additional 5 people to mortgage a part of the National Army's debt to the German government, Franco, the new dictator of the Kingdom of Spain, nodded in agreement with Reinhardt's request.

Even so, Franco's regime slaughtered more than 5 people within a month, and persecuted and imprisoned more than 40 Spaniards.Comparing the two, among the "workers" who are about to go to the German labor camps to do high-intensity work, there are still many people who are full of gratitude, thankful that they saved their lives and escaped to a safe environment.

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The end of the Spanish Civil War had a huge international impact.

First of all, the newly established Kingdom of Spain signed the "Agreement on the Ownership of Supporting Forces between Spain and Germany" at Reinhardt's prior request.In this agreement, Spain promised to provide Germany with 10 German infantry divisions and 1 German light armored division "volunteer troops" in the future in a state of war, collectively known as the Blue Corps, which was assigned to the German Army Command command.

Second, the war dealt a major blow to the forces of the Communist International.It lowered the status of the Soviet Union in the eyes of the communist forces in European countries, but raised the image of the new German Wehrmacht.

The story of Rommel's "one division to quell the Spanish Civil War" was even more embellished by the German Propaganda Department and turned into a legend, which inspired the confidence of the domestic people.This is the first expeditionary operation of the new German Wehrmacht, and it is also the first time that the Wehrmacht has drawn its sword from its sheath.

Fight, become famous!

This victory directly laid the foundation for the promotion of the current German Chancellor Reinhardt to the presidency. With the efforts of the Greater Germany Propaganda Department, Reinhardt has left an image in the hearts of the German people of leading Germany out of desperation after World War I , won the hearts of the people.

With the celebration of the victory of the German army in Spain, Reinhardt announced that Gustav was retiring as president, and he himself was promoted to president and served as prime minister.Amid the jubilation, the President and Chancellor of the Third Reich merged into one position - the Führer.So far, Reinhardt's title of Führer has finally been well deserved.

In the presidential inauguration speech on June 1937, 6, Reinhardt declared in front of the whole world through the radio that "the great task of rejuvenating the German nation will be shouldered, and the Germans who were divided by foreign countries in the last world war Gathering areas have all returned to the embrace of Germany."

One stone stirs up a thousand waves!The day after Reinhardt delivered his speech, the Sudeten German Party, headed by Konrad Hanlein, held a congress and proposed an "autonomous" program to separate the Sudeten region from Czechoslovakia.

Afterwards, Reinhardt quickly used this as an excuse to gather five divisions on the border of Germany and Czech Republic, threatening war.

On June 6, the Czechoslovak government announced partial mobilization and also mobilized troops to the border.For a while, the situation on the German-Czech border was tense, and there was a great danger of war.

On July 7, Czechoslovakia had completed the pre-war mobilization in some areas, and the total number of troops reached 12 million, of which the field army accounted for 100.This is equivalent to the entire number of troops deployed by Reinhardt on the Western Front at that time.And Reinhardt was transferred to the German army on the border of Germany and Czech Republic, and now there are only 80 divisions.

In addition, the Czechoslovak army was also one of the few armies equipped with tanks and armored vehicles at that time.Its economic level was already ranked fourth in Europe at that time.It has the second largest arsenal in Europe, the Skoda Arsenal, the third largest arsenal in Czech Brno, and a complete military industrial system.

At this moment, the local military advantage of the German army can be said to be completely non-existent.

In terms of war endurance, Czechoslovakia has more than 18 tons of gold reserves and nearly 30 tons of oil reserves.Once the war situation drags on, the German army will pay a huge price.Even if the Germans in the Sudetenland region are eventually merged, Germany's losses will far outweigh its gains.

However, Reinhardt behaved extremely tough in front of the public, as if for the sake of national unity, he must win the image of the Sudetenland region.

Since France, which is in Western Europe, signed a mutual assistance treaty with Czechoslovakia, the French cabinet, which has been in charge until now, quickly held a meeting to seek countermeasures.That night, French Prime Minister Daladier made a decision to ask British Prime Minister Chamberlain to mediate.

The idea of ​​the French cabinet is very simple. It is better to bring in an ally to persuade a fight than a country to persuade a fight.It's a pity that the leader of their ally happens to be the biggest supporter of the "appeasement policy" in British history.

On the night when the French government issued the invitation, British Prime Minister Chamberlain sent an urgent telegram to Reinhardt, hoping that the two sides would "peacefully resolve" the issue through a meeting.

Two days later, Chamberlain, who had arranged domestic affairs, immediately flew to Germany.Very sincerely trying to negotiate a peaceful solution with German Führer Reinhardt.

"Führer, British Prime Minister Chamberlain has arrived in Berlin in a private jet. At this moment, he is outside your Chancellery, waiting to meet with you." As Reinhardt's confidential secretary, he has worked for Reinhardt for 13 months Parker, a member of the Socialist Workers Party, seriously reported the news of Chamberlain's arrival to the head of state.In his view, this is a major diplomatic meeting.Prior to this, Chamberlain had never been to Germany once, and he had not even expressed the slightest desire to visit Germany.

"Well..." Since he knew the purpose of Chamberlain's trip, Reinhardt naturally had no desire to negotiate with him.How to talk about it?Could it be that he promised him to withdraw the people and resolve it peacefully?

After thinking about it for a long time, Reinhardt still decided to fool Chamberlain just like the head of state in history.

Since he decided to fool the opponent who was in a hurry, it was even more important to disrupt the opponent's rhythm first.Aren't you in a hurry to see me?Then hurry enough, anyway, I'm not in a hurry.

Thinking of this, Reinhard smiled and said seriously to his confidential secretary Parker: "Go and tell him, just say that I have a stomachache and ask him to wait a little longer."

Facing this Führer whose personality was distorted to the point of being a jerk, Parker stared at Reinhardt for a long time with a strange expression, deeply afraid that he had heard it wrong just now.stomachache?What kind of reason is that? !

"Go quickly, just say I have a stomachache. Do you understand?" Reinhardt repeated the request empathetically.

"Obvious...Understood." Parker answered with sweat all over his forehead, but secretly thought in his heart, this time, the British Prime Minister has suffered enough.

Main text Chapter 124 The Munich Conspiracy

After being waited anxiously by Reinhardt for 2 hours, Chamberlain finally met Reinhardt, who claimed to have diarrhea, at lunch time.

Reinhardt quietly had lunch ahead of time, and he gave full play to the excellent qualities of an actor when he first met Chamberlain.He was talking about life and ideals. Several times Chamberlain tried to bring the topic back to the main topic, but he quickly brought up all kinds of weird topics, such as the admiration for Chamberlain, and the concern for the gay Mr. Churchill. , deep thinking about human gene transmission......

After talking nonsense for more than an hour, Reinhard let the hungry and honest man go.Talking about the topic that Chamberlain is most concerned about: "As for this Czechoslovak issue..."

Seeing that the other party brought up the topic, Chamberlain immediately cheered up, and the hunger in his stomach also eased a lot.

Come to the spirit, is this okay? !

Reinhardt didn't want to fight a politician in good shape.His forte is shamelessness and shamelessness, not bargaining with a seasoned politician.

"Well... we'll talk about it later. By the way, I heard that there was a gay man named Turing in England who had a love triangle with Mr. Churchill and was executed later. Does Mr. Chamberlain know the details? Here Let me talk about it." Reinhardt, who was full of wine and food, said shamelessly: "Take your time and we have plenty of time."

Even the German translator on the side thought contemptuously: After eating and drinking, of course you have time.It's already 2 o'clock. Others have come all the way and haven't eaten lunch yet. You are probably the only one in Germany who has the nerve to drag other people to talk nonsense for so long.

It wasn't until he heard Chamberlain's loud protest that his stomach lost his composure, that Reinhardt "suddenly realized", and quickly invited the British Prime Minister who came from afar to eat some pastries, and then blamed himself for not thinking enough.

As a result, Reinhardt in front of Chamberlain looked very embarrassed.On the surface, at least, it looks very embarrassing.

As if to make up for Chamberlain, Reinhardt, who has been very tough these days, generously made a "guarantee" to Chamberlain, that is, before the two meet again in a few days, Germany will not take any action. any military action.In the past few days, the British government has stepped up pressure on Czechoslovakia so that the Czechoslovak government will no longer continue to challenge Germany's bottom line.

What a shameless act!Obviously, he was not sure of defeating the opponent, so he needed to use the power of the United Kingdom to put pressure on Czechoslovakia.Reinhardt said that Germany was willing to wait a few more days for the face of the United Kingdom and give the United Kingdom the opportunity to put pressure on Czechoslovakia and strive for a peaceful settlement.