The Third Reich in Desperation

It was this small part of strength that influenced the outcome of the entire Spanish Civil War and created a new Western European regime close to Germany - the Kingdom of Spain under the rule of Franco.

In addition to the Kingdom of Spain, a historical powerhouse in Western Europe, Italy, a veteran powerhouse in Southern Europe, has shared the same hatred with Germany. It has stood on the side of the German government many times in the international arena, and blatantly declared the alliance between Italy and Germany.

Austria, a major country in Central Europe, even merged directly with Germany and became the eastern province of the Third Reich, which greatly improved Germany's military and economic performance.In this way, Germany's international discourse power will naturally increase with the expansion of its strength.

The increase in international discourse power has further laid a political foundation for Germany to merge with Czechoslovakia, the "fourth largest factory in Europe".Coupled with the crazy territorial desire shown by Poland at the right time, it further promoted the merger of Germany and Czech Republic, and found a moral high ground for Germany to send troops.

Unlike history, these two successful mergers are not the end, but a good start.The Hungarian people, who are envious of the big German family, hope that their motherland, a mainstream military country in the Balkans, can also become part of the German Empire and bring stability to the chaotic country of Hungary.

With an attitude of not wanting nothing, Reinhardt used the power of the Gestapo to easily kill the regent of Hungary, and then accepted all the political institutions and military power of Hungary as a matter of course.

This series of chain reactions is not over yet. Taking advantage of the opportunity of the German-Hungarian merger, Reinhardt issued a "Southern Province Territory Announcement", excluding Romania and the formerly Hungarian disputed territory of Transylvania from the south. Outside the province, it is equivalent to recognizing Romania's sovereignty over the Transylvania region in disguise.

In this way, he immediately won the favor of Romanian Army Minister Antonescu.At the request of the military, the weak King of Romania agreed to Antonescu's pro-German stance and became Germany's largest military ally in the Balkans.

Spain-Germany-Italy-Romania, the number of troops in these four countries is equivalent to the total number of troops in half of the European continent.And the unprecedented unity of interests of the four countries has also made this "Quasi-Quartet Alliance" more and more important.

Compared with the League of Nations, which is already in name only, the title of the organization that can influence European affairs has actually fallen to the head of the "Quasi-Quadruple Alliance".

So, on March 1938, 3.Germany, Italy, Spain, and Romania jointly sent an invitation to Poland for negotiations.During the negotiations in Berlin, Reinhardt, as the head of state of Germany, proposed that the Polish government should hand over the Danzig Corridor to maintain the territorial integrity of the German Third Reich.

In the negotiating meeting, Reinhardt looked at the face of the great Italian leader Mussolini, compromised and gave up the recovery of sovereignty over Danzig City, and instead only demanded the recovery of the Danzig corridor railway and road. Built for control, to achieve the purpose of connecting Germany and East Prussia on the road.

In this meeting, Mussolini originally only participated in friendship in line with the strategy of "the four countries advance and retreat together".After all, Italy is different from Spain and Romania.In today's Europe, Italy's apparent military strength is second only to Germany.

Although Spain is a historically powerful country, it has a strong background.But after experiencing the attrition of the civil war, Spain's remaining strength is not as good as before.

Not to mention Romania, its ranking as the most powerful country in the Balkans is just the result of no tigers and monkeys dominating the mountains.On the European continent, even if you take out the Austrian or Czechoslovakian troops that were once annexed by Germany, they can still beat them.

However, Reinhardt's respectful attitude really moved Mussolini.In order to casually put forward a "compromise suggestion", Reinhardt immediately and simply gave up the recovery of Danzig's sovereignty, and changed his request for the right of way to the next best thing.

It seems that the German head of state still respects himself from the bottom of his heart.

Just when the satisfied Mussolini had earned enough face and was about to return home as a key mediator, the Polish representative was not happy.

Just when everyone thought that Poland should be able to accept Reinhardt's favorable terms, German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop and Polish Foreign Minister Beck, who were negotiating with the loser, couldn't agree.

Behind Baker is the tough attitude of the Polish government: Germany has only just expanded its military, and it has already dared to fight against Poland on the issue of Czechoslovakia before.Although the German army looks very powerful, Poland's 80 standing army is not a vegetarian. It is still uncertain what the outcome of the real fight will be. It is not known whether Berlin will be surnamed Bo in the end.

Then, a scene quite famous in later generations happened.On the last day of the meeting, the Polish foreign minister accused the German government of wishful thinking in front of Reinhardt, the head of state of Germany, and said that the Polish government would never return the city of Danzig.

It is undeniable that the Polish Foreign Minister was a little arrogant.Even Mussolini, who was used to being arrogant, admitted frankly that this Polish minister was a little ignorant of good and bad. Since he rejected the goodwill he had finally won, he even satirized a head of state face to face.

But it just so happened that the German head of state was even more arrogant, and immediately rushed forward to fight with Polish Foreign Minister Baker in front of Spanish Regent Franco, Italian Prime Minister Mussolini, and Romanian Army Minister Antonescu .

What ended up being a good meeting ended in a chaotic fight.Beck, who was playing away, was eventually beaten up by more than a dozen tall German guards on charges of threatening the safety of the head of state, and was imprisoned in a prison on the outskirts of Berlin.

Now, even the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland has been arrested, so naturally there is no need to talk about the border issue between Poland and Germany.

Chapter 139 is not suitable

In order to further put pressure on the Polish government, Reinhardt ordered in the second half of 1938 to build an "Oriental Fortress" containing a huge force.The German army deployed new troops including 18 divisions, and went to the border between Poland and Germany to participate in the construction work, with a rotation of two weeks.

In addition, the original labor camp, which was renamed the "Production Labor Corps", transferred a total of 3 Jewish labor reform prisoners to join the construction of the Eastern Barrier.

The transfer of the production labor corps made many factories in Czechoslovakia that were annexed by the Rhein company take advantage of the opportunity to take over the ammunition production orders that were left alternately.Reinhardt, the real boss behind the scenes of the Rein Company, was lucky enough to make a fortune in silence, and took the opportunity to make a fortune.

In fact, Reinhardt's purpose of building the "Oriental Fortress" really has nothing to do with the literal meaning.This was nothing more than a means for Germany to build up its forces on the Polish border and exert military pressure on the Polish government.

As for the name of the Eastern Barrier, it was just a nice name chosen by Reinhardt in order to take care of the emotions of the British Prime Minister Chamberlain who took away his signature agreement.

Of course, the fortifications still need to be repaired.The 18 reorganizers who nominally participated in the construction work will definitely not be used, they just changed to another place for training.

Those who really participated in the construction work were the 3 members of the Production and Labor Corps.And the so-called line of defense they built was nothing more than a group of fortifications connected by field fortifications.

Finding an excuse to monitor the progress of these 3 laborers, the German Waffen SS also dispatched two divisions of infantry in August, led by Army Commander Model, on the east bank of the Oder River, and in September they started Enter the waiting area on the west bank of the Oder River.

Even soldiers like Manstein could see that the German government's intention was to put pressure on Poland, but the Polish politicians imagined that this was a manifestation of Germany's fear of Poland, and they wanted to rely on fortifications to guard against the powerful cavalry of the Polish army. Attack suddenly.

On September 9, Reinhard held an internal meeting in a mountain villa opposite Obersalzberg, bringing together all army groups and army commanders and their chiefs of staff.The generals of the corresponding ranks of the navy and air force also went together.

During the meeting, Reinhard never mentioned the Eastern Fortress being built. Instead, he asked the generals to relax about the Western Fortress, that is, the Siegfried Line of Defense.

Afterwards, Reinhardt started with the tense situation in the Mediterranean and the bad internal affairs of France. Through logical analysis and judgment, he concluded that it was difficult for the leaders of Britain and France to come up with the determination to launch a war.

In short, the meeting did not mention the war against Poland from the beginning to the end.But it has repeatedly hinted that if Germany and Poland go to war, the German army will definitely not encounter the danger of fighting on two fronts.

At the end of the meeting, the commander-in-chief of the newly established Southern Army Group of the German army in the direction of Poland, seeing the tricky General Rundsteder, proposed: Even if the actions of the German Chen Bing on the eastern border can be interpreted as the construction of an eastern barrier, the German army is moving towards East Prussia. The mobilization of troops will definitely not be hidden from the Polish side.In addition, the United Kingdom recently provided Poland with a military mutual assistance treaty, and the German army is likely to face a pincer attack from the east and the west after a war in the future.

Seeing that his hint of war with Poland was pointed out by the most respected general among the generals, Rundsteder, Reinhardt also clamored unambiguously: "I am very sure that Britain and France will not intervene, and they can even bet on their own underwear! If Britain and France attack Germany while we are at war with the Polish army, I will take off my underwear and run around the center of Berlin naked!"

With a bang, the entire hall as a meeting place seemed to be detonated with gunpowder.

Even Rundstadt, who has always been known for his calmness and stability, was blushed by Reinhardt's shocking declaration.

I have seen shameless people, but I have never seen such shameless people.All the commanders and chiefs of staff beat their chests and feet, why did their country have such a second-rate head of state, and why is the leader of Germany so abnormal?Look at Daladier in France and Chamberlain in England, who can make so many moths? !Doesn't a head of state usually take his own image very seriously?

Reinhardt's previous analysis is actually well-founded.Although it is not completely convincing, it also allows everyone to see the wise prediction ability in the legend of the head of state.

But it's a good thing now, seeing that the second lieutenant of General Rundstede asked a question, this strange head of state with an abnormal mind simply ran naked to guarantee it.One of the greatest leaders in the modern history of Germany according to the outside world, running naked around the center of Berlin, it is exciting to think about it!

In the hall, some mid-level military officers who admired the head of state, many of them collapsed on the spot.This is the head of state who boldly planned Operation Rainbow, led the Ruhr counterattack forcefully, and miraculously completed three national mergers?Just him, the naked runner? !

In fact, if Reinhardt was furious like Hitler in history and refuted Rundsteder's point of view, he could also achieve the goal of promoting the dispatch of troops to Poland.But that will inevitably cause him and the generals to have a grudge.

Choosing such a way, although a bit embarrassing, will not make the relationship stiff after all.

Now he can rely on the footsteps of history to judge, but in the future he will not have to rely on these famous German generals under his command.

Of course, it's not all because Reinhardt is selfless and self-sacrificing.He was really afraid that one day someone in the army would not think about it and engage in an assassination operation like in history.In that case, it is not yourself who is hurt.

Looking at the generals with weird faces, Reinhardt took advantage of the heat and shouted: "If anyone has objections, feel free to raise them boldly. I'm not being unreasonable."

Then, the main generals of the land, sea and air of the Third Reich saw him change the subject, and said with a sly smile: "But, if anyone makes this bet with me, he will have to follow my bet if he loses. Go run around naked in Berlin."

"Of course, for the sake of fairness, if one person opposes me, I will run one lap if I lose. If ten people object, I will run naked for ten laps if I lose. But if I win, these people who oppose me should also come for one lap each." Circle, right?"

"Although I am the head of state, I don't want everyone to be polite to me. If you have any opinions, feel free to mention it. We all bet on our ability. Also, everyone, don't try to save face for me. I This person wants everything, but he is shameless. As long as he loses, I will run naked for a few laps..."

In the end, among a group of embarrassed generals, Manstein, the chief of staff of Rundstede, stood up and rescued the siege.The general staff of the Southern Army Group of the "Führer Faction" came forward and suggested, "My Führer, this is not good, no matter who loses, this face...or run away Time to save some underwear."

"Okay, listen to Chief of Staff Manstein!" Reinhardt readily agreed.Then he looked at the generals with bright eyes, and said with a thief smile: "Then, who dares to bet with me?"

Body 1 Chapter [-] White Scheme

Just when a group of well-dressed, shiny epaulettes, and polished leather shoes were beginning to consider whether to send Reinhardt to a mental hospital, the crazy Reinhardt spoke again:

"My God! None of the army elites in the entire Third Reich dares to bet with me?"