The Third Reich in Desperation

30 kilometers?You should send a beggar.Stalin almost died laughing at Ribbentrop's solution.Co-authoring this ending plan is that you take gold and silver, and I take needles and threads, who is so confused!

Seeing Stalin's unkind expression, Ribbentrop said hypocritically: "Well, Germany agrees with the Soviet Union to expand the border to the west by 60 kilometers. Sending so much land to the Soviet Union friends, I have to explain it to the head of state for a long time when I go back."

Stalin kept despising this stingy German diplomat in his heart. Moving 60 kilometers was a drop in the bucket for the Soviet Union.The Soviet Union's ambition for the territory of Poland is to use it as a base for attacking westward into the European continent in the future.If you can't go deeper into the West, it means you haven't achieved your original goal.Did he achieve what Stalin wanted to achieve?No!So far, never!

Although facing the German foreign minister's curses in his heart, Stalin smiled on his face: "Well, we, the Soviet Red Army, will send troops to attack Poland. After we defeat it, we will immediately return the Danzig Corridor to Germany instead of Poland." .In addition, I also agree with Germany to extend the existing border to the east by 90 kilometers. In this way, you will be tested and go back to do business.”

Have a good time?Everyone knows that if this is the case, Ribbentrop will not be skinned by Reinhardt when he goes back!The army has already arrived at the border and is ready to go, so how can they withdraw without saying anything? !

However, Ribbentrop is not worried.Because the current effect is exactly what he expected to achieve.Stalin has been brought into his rhythm unconsciously, and the theme to be introduced next is a matter of course.

With the corners of his mouth slightly raised, Ribbentrop said calmly: "Instead of discussing who will do it alone, how about we do it ourselves and speak on our own merits?"

Stalin didn't think that his casual suggestion would be accepted, so he naturally became interested in Ribbentrop's new plan: "To be more specific, how do you speak on your own merit?"

Seeing that the other party took the bait, Ribbentrop immediately explained with a smile: "We each launch a military advance, and where we meet is our future border. This is in line with your point of view."

In fact, Reinhardt made only one request to Ribbentrop: let the Soviet Union take the lead, intimidate Britain and France, and let the Soviet Union take the blame for instigating the war for Germany.At the same time, it convinced other European countries that Germany was their last line of defense against communism.

In this way, Germany's diplomatic position will be even better.At that time, the German army can even send troops to Poland with the slogan of defending Europe, and keep the red behemoth out of the European continent.

Stalin, who has been tricked, is still not aware of it, and he is thinking about the new plan just proposed by Ribbentrop.After a long time, the bearded man trembled and said slowly: "Can you, the foreign minister, really decide on such an important national event? What if my old friend Reinhard disagrees after you go back?"

"You can rest assured about this." Ribbentrop nodded.

He understood that when Stalin said this, his subconscious mind had already accepted the new plan he proposed.Otherwise, he didn't need to seek assurance from himself.

"I am here this time with the full powers issued by the head of state." Ribbentrop said while taking out a signed red leather certificate and presenting it to Stalin for review.

"Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich" is a complete list of names.

After Stalin took a closer look, he was sure that this was Reinhardt's handwriting, and that was right.Among all the Germans he had come into contact with, he could only write such ugly words after seeing Reinhardt.

"In that case, I'm relieved. However, I think it is necessary to sign a secret treaty as a proof." Stalin nodded.

"No problem, the head of state also asked me to sign a black and white "Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact" during this trip as a guarantee for the security of the two countries." While answering, Ribbentrop finally breathed a sigh of relief.So far, he has completed all the tasks assigned by the head of state, and all of them were first proposed by Stalin himself.

Whether you speak first or the other party speaks first is a big question in diplomacy.Setting up a trap to lure the other party to put forward the goals he originally set step by step is the performance of an outstanding diplomat.Because of this, one's own side does not have to make concessions in order to achieve this goal, but can further bargain on the goal proposed by the other party and strive for more benefits.

Obviously, Ribbentrop did not disappoint Reinhard on this point.

In the end, after professional and meticulous consultations between German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop and Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs Molotov, on August 1938, 8, a date with three "8"s, signed the famous The "Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact" is also popularly known as the "March 8th Treaty".

The main contents of the "March [-]th Treaty" are:

1. The Contracting Parties undertake not to use force, acts of aggression or attacks against each other either individually or jointly with other countries.

2. If one contracting party is at war with a third country, the other contracting party shall not give any support to the third country.

3. The contracting parties shall never join any group of countries that directly or indirectly opposes the other contracting party.

4. Both parties shall settle all disputes between the Contracting States by peaceful means.

5. Neither Contracting Party shall erect barriers to reasonable commercial investments made by the other Contracting Party in its own country.

6. The treaty is valid for 10 years.

Among them, the fifth item is a new item that has never appeared in the original history. This is a "personal wish" added by Reinhardt himself.

From Stalin’s point of view, there is nothing wrong with this article, it’s just that Reinhardt wants to make more money for his company, after all, he was doing this kind of thing as early as the first Soviet-German cooperation .In addition, most of Germany's commercial investment in the Soviet Union was in infrastructure construction, and the final result was very popular with the Soviet government, so the passage of this article was also very smooth.

But in fact, this is a roundabout way for Reinhardt to further penetrate the Soviet Union.He improved the Soviet Union's transportation system by mentioning that the Soviet Union reconstructed European-standard railways and roads. In fact, he paved the way for a possible future Soviet-German decisive battle.Reinhardt doesn't want the German army to dare to enter the Soviet Union because it can't handle the bad road conditions of the Soviet Union in the future.

On the other hand, German investors are generally recruited workers from Ukrainians, Belarusians, Tatars and other nationalities.They gave reasonable wages plus sufficient food and daily necessities as rewards, subtly wooing these ethnic minorities oppressed by the Russians, and creating an atmosphere where they could live a better life under the aura of Germany.

Judging from the current effect, a large part of the Soviet people, mainly Ukrainians, have signed long-term work contracts with the Rhein Group and are quite satisfied with it.Reinhardt even suspected that if they had the opportunity to move their family to Germany to work, the whole of Ukraine would probably be evacuated.

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In addition to the non-aggression pact, Ribbentrop also signed a secret additional agreement with the Morrow butcher, which stipulated that:

First, in the event of territorial and political changes in the areas belonging to the Baltic States (Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania), the northern border of Lithuania would become the limit of the sphere of influence of Germany and the Soviet Union.

In fact, Reinhardt had already guessed that the Soviet Union would make this request, and he also knew what the so-called "territorial and political changes" would mean in the future.

However, he finally reluctantly acquiesced to this point.

Facts have proved that the Soviet Union did not prepare well for war, and the Eastern Front hardly played a role.Thinking about it the other way around, letting the Soviet Union attack several small countries in the Baltic Sea in order to build their Eastern Front will further deepen the fear of Britain, France and other countries towards this red behemoth politically.In this way, Germany can live better under the policy of appeasement.

What's more, if the Soviet Union doesn't beat Finland up, it will grab a large piece of land and leave.With the nature of Finland as a country, it may not be possible to play with Germany during World War II.

After the Soviet Union becomes enmity with Finland, Germany will have one more military ally in the future, so why not.

The second point is that in terms of southeastern Europe, the Soviet Union spied on Romania's Bessarabia province, while Germany declared against its will that it had absolutely no political interest in the region.

Reinhardt had already expected this, and told Ribbentrop to agree directly without thinking about it.

It is true that Germany is importing Romanian oil, but the oil fields in Schleswig-Holstein, which are kept secret locally, can also be exploited at any time.Even if the oil fields in Romania were under the threat of the Soviet Union, the oil fields in Schleswig-Holstein should be beyond the reach of the Soviet Union.

In the same way, if the Soviet Union is not allowed to arbitrarily occupy a large area of ​​Romania first, how can Germany have a loyal younger brother in the future?

Hungary, which has a feud with Romania, has merged with Germany and disappeared from the map.Now as long as the Soviet Union and Romania become enemies, the only enemy of Romania in the future can only be the Soviet Union.At that time, Romania, which does not have to stay behind to guard against Hungary, will send more troops to the Eastern Front to provide combat forces for Germany.That's exactly what Reinhardt wanted to see.

The last point is that both parties who sign the treaty must regard this agreement as a top secret document.

When Molotov brought this up, Ribbentrop literally burst into laughter.You know, before he became foreign minister, Reinhardt, who was only a subordinate of General Sickert at that time, signed the "Anti-Soviet Agreement" with Japan.Because of this secret agreement, the relationship between Japan and the Soviet Union has also been very tense.

What would the Japanese think if they knew that Germany and the Soviet Union had signed the "Soviet-German Nonaggression Pact"?

The Japanese must think, damn it, let these grandchildren play with them!

Now that Molotov has voluntarily asked for secrecy, Ribbentrop has no choice but to accept this "gift from God" with joy.

As a result of the secrecy, the Soviet Union did not let the world see the ugly image of its spoils and saved face.

Germany, on the other hand, can continue to pretend to be a watchdog of the capitalist world, allowing Britain and France to indulge in their dream of bringing disaster to the east, and letting Japan foolishly help Germany contain the Soviet Union in the Far East, earning a lot of money.

After Ribbentrop returned home in secret, Reinhardt personally received the great German hero, invited Ribbentrop to dinner, and opened a bottle of treasured red wine to reward him.In private, Reinhardt referred to the congenial foreign minister as "a greater foreign minister than Bismarck".

"My respected Führer" Ribbentrop drank the half-full red wine after Reinhardt toasted, and said with reddened eyes, "Thank you for issuing the credentials for me. , This gave me the confidence to let go and complete the most peak diplomatic activity in my life."

This is the good wine I managed to get from the Krupp manor, you are drinking beer! ?Reinhard looked very distressed, and secretly made up his mind that he would never invite this "businessman who sells petit champagne" to taste good wine next time.Drinking a bottle of red wine worth more than 10 New York as petit champagne is simply reckless waste!

Reinhardt, who only sipped a small piece of wine, wiped his mouth and said, "It's just signing a certificate of authority, which is what I should do. If you want, I will sign a few more copies for you to keep in the future. Take it with you in the Soviet Union."

Reinhardt said this from the heart, regardless of whether Germany and the Soviet Union are obediently abiding by the cooperation treaty.Over there, the Soviet Union sent a steady stream of ore and oil, and Germany has just delivered a battleship that looks good.But I really have to wait until the day when Poland, the middle country, disappears and the Soviet Union borders Germany.How much effect the signed treaty will have, only God knows.

Although Reinhardt said no thanks, Ribbentrop knew very well in his heart how much opportunity he gave himself.As a diplomat, his diplomatic achievements this time are enough to make him famous in history.