As we get closer to September, the festivities in Germany are getting louder and stronger. Newspapers and broadcasts boasted about Hitler's past, from the Iron Cross in World War I to the sweep of Western Europe today; The various organizations under the ** Party also began to launch marches across the country to express their support for the convening of the 11th Party Congress and their unlimited support for the Führer. After Fang Yan's morning exercise every day, he could see the torrent of *character flags sweeping through the street. In particular, the students of the Hitler Youth seemed to have inexhaustible strength, and while striding forward with the banner high, they indulged in singing and praising the radiant "living god".

As a direct promoter of this movement, Fang Yan also tried his best to help Goebbels improve the arrangements for the party congress in late August. Although the Kuomintang has held 10 party congresses before, the 6th of which was made into a documentary "The Triumph of the Will" and was widely screened in China, Goebbels still seems rusty and crude in the creation of gods, while Fang Yan can learn a wealth of experience from the later Jin family.

Within a few days, Fang Yan became Goebbels' indispensable deputy. No matter all kinds of troubles and difficulties, Fang Yan can always come up with a plan that makes Goebbels' eyes shine and he is amazed. In the end, Goebbels simply dragged Fang Yan directly to Nuremberg, where he made suggestions on the ground on the wide parade avenue and the main assembly hall.

"Jonas, do you know how much value you've created?" Standing on the four-story review stand, Goebbels stretched out his arms and took a long breath, saying, "Because the effect of the rehearsal has greatly exceeded expectations, the propaganda of this party congress has not been limited to the entire German people, but has expanded to Europe and the whole world." The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has extended invitations to dignitaries from various countries, and the leaders of Italy, the President of France, and the heads of Spain have made it clear that they will be invited, as well as dignitaries or ambassadors of other friendly countries. This is a great victory for propaganda work, and our achievements have been highly praised by the Führer! ”

Fang Yan was in a good mood and said with a smile: "Of course." After the victory on the Western Front, the Führer needed to reshape the new European order, and this event provided him with an ideal platform to bring together heads of state to obey Berlin's will. In particular, Franco, Mussolini, and Petain are the three most critical. ”

"The countries ruled by these three leaders will all play an important role in the next move of the head of state. But they all have their own calculations, or greedy and cunning, or conservative and cunning, and it is difficult to use conventional means to win over and buy. On closer consideration, it is only by subjecting their souls to a stormy cleansing and by the fabulous strength and unity of Germany today that they can be prompted to a real change of action and to loyally surround Germany. I have always believed that propaganda can change a person's mind, even if he is a politician. Otherwise, the Italian leaders would not have been on our side back then. Fang Yan said with a little emotion.

Goebbels opened his mouth, and his gaze at Fang Yan was a little stagnant. He suddenly found that the words he was about to confide in slowly were directly shaken by the young man in front of him, and there were some things that he didn't even expect, and after listening to it, he had a kind of translucent feeling that the clouds were clear. Combined with what Fang Yan had done before, Goebbels really couldn't connect the young man in front of him with the Wehrmacht generals in his impression. He is like a huge rock exposed in the middle of the river, although the appearance has long been known to the world, but only when the outside water gradually dries up, the hidden underwater has never shown a different appearance, will really show little by little.

"For Italy and other friendly countries, the convening of this party congress is a demonstration and boast of Germany's glorious national power today, which can make them follow Germany's leadership with joy and sincerity. And for Roosevelt and other war traitors who hated National Socialism, it was a terrifying nightmare that made their hearts tremble and their whole bodies cold. ”

Fang Yan's thoughts were in a hurry at the moment, and he continued to suggest to Goebbels: "Isn't there a very famous American journalist who took materials and filmed in Germany, and even followed the whole process of the armistice in Compiègne? We might as well invite him to Nuremberg and let him really see what it is to be united and see for himself what it is to be an enemy of Germany! As long as the Propaganda Department and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs operate properly, it is enough to set off a massive anti-war wave in North America and hit the ongoing US election. Even if it could not prevent Roosevelt from being re-elected, it would create countless arms in the US Congress to hold him back and prevent him from carrying out his evil intentions. ”

"The American journalist? Well, I have the impression that he seems to be a good employee of CBS, and many of his articles have been published in well-known American newspapers. Goebbels thought for a moment, and quickly remembered who Fang Yan was talking about. Goebbels chewed Fang Yan's words carefully and slowly spoke, "This is a good proposal. Now that people-to-people exchanges between Germany and the United States have stalled, Roosevelt is trying to deceive the American people with his fabricated lies. We can't let Roosevelt's treacherous plot succeed, and this reporter's report may be a breaking point. ”

Looking at Goebbels' serious and upright expression, Fang Yan couldn't help but secretly roll his eyes. Now in the whole of Germany, only Goebbels is the least qualified to criticize Roosevelt's propaganda, the former of which controls domestic public opinion to the extreme, and often contacts the Gestapo to break down and arrest people. In contrast, Roosevelt used the radio radio to engage in fireside chats, which were as gentle as little sheep, and the behavior of the two sides was not on the same level at all!

As if sensing that the person standing in front of him was also a member of the insider, Goebbels suddenly sobered up from the performance state and smiled at Fang Yan with some embarrassment. After a moment of silence, Goebbels easily changed the subject: "Jonas, do you think that on September 2 at the Hotel Nova Folson, will the Hungarians and Romanians staying next door fight?" The little liquor dealer [note 1] was too stupid to make such a frivolous arrangement. ”

Fang Yan showed a hint of surprise in his eyes and said, "This is indeed too irresponsible, they should be separated from each other." Otherwise, the war in the southeast, which has been forcibly extinguished, is likely to be played out here with us. ”

On August 16, 1940, Romania and Hungary finally followed Hitler's instructions and sent representatives to Severinburg on the Danube to begin bilateral territorial negotiations. But after a week, there was no progress at the meeting. Hungary demanded 67,000 square kilometers from the 103,000 square kilometers it had taken from it in 1919, but Romania insisted on a population exchange without any territorial changes.

Since there were only 50,000 Romanians living in Hungary and 2 million Hungarians in Romania, Hungary flatly suspended the negotiations on 24 August and declared the entire army immediately in a state of combat readiness. Hungary is indeed going to attack Transylvania, and they have been preparing for this for twenty years. At the same time, Moscow also took the opportunity to fan the flames, encouraging the Hungarian government, which was seriously hostile to the Communists, to turn against Romania. The powder keg of southeastern Europe was on the verge of exploding, and the Soviet Union was ready to take advantage of the fire to loot Romania at any time.

In the face of the sudden deterioration of the situation in southeastern Europe, Hitler, who had only intended to mediate in the middle, had no choice but to throw away his seat and roll up his sleeves and go out of the game. Although the Hungarians didn't want Germany, a third party, to arbitrate at all, thinking that they could stab the other side with a quick knife in their hands, they still swallowed two mouthfuls of saliva when they saw Hitler's 40-meter-long machete slowly raised above his head, and honestly bowed his head and stood next to him. Romania, which is suffering from internal and external troubles, is even more unable to resist this pressure, so it can only choose to put itself on the chopping block and let Germany slaughter and adjudicate.

With Hungary's apparent superiority in the situation and its patience for the reconquest reaching a critical point, Hitler clearly sided with Hungary in his decision in order to avoid a war in southeastern Europe. He decided to let the demands of two-thirds of the Hungarians be met. On August 29, the representatives of Romania and Hungary were summoned to the Belfedrey Palace in Vienna, where Ribbentrop and Ziano the Younger took the surviving arbitration agreement, each of them to one side, and slapped it directly in front of the representatives of the two countries.

Seeing the new border map, Hungarian Prime Minister Tereki was overjoyed. The treaty gave Hungary 43,000 square kilometers of fertile land and a population of nearly 2.6 million, which was still far from what it wanted, but it was achieved without firing a single shot. With this achievement, the Hungarian government was able to suppress the growing far-right Arrow Cross movement in the country, while at the same time turning it over to the people. At this time, only a loud "bang" was heard, and poor Romanian Foreign Minister Manuilescu actually fainted on the table. When the doctor heard the news, he rushed to the rescue, so that this diplomatic negotiation did not cause any new changes.

According to Hitler's arrangement, the region of Transylvania, which was disputed by Romania and Hungary, was cut by an unprecedented border line. This was the prelude to the entry of German power into the Balkans.

Because there were so many places on the new border that could not be taken into account, it aroused a strong hatred of each other between Romania and Hungary; In order to maintain peace in the Danube Basin, both countries need a permanent supreme arbiter. Thus, Hitler was able to take control of Bucharest and Budapest in one fell swoop, and extend German influence from the Western Carpathians to the western shores of the Black Sea. On the day of the signing of the Vienna Agreement, the German Army was ordered to begin planning a march into Romania – Hitler assured Romania of the security of the new frontier, which the Soviet Union would never have granted. It was only a matter of time before Romania joined the Axis.