"Führer, the British surrendered. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info"Early the next morning, Ribbentrop stormed into Hoffmann's office," Prime Minister Attlee sent me a telegram through Foreign Minister Aiden saying that he would accept our terms of armistice, and that Black Cat would return to London today. ”

Hoffman nodded: "Are the security forces sufficient?" ”

"The British Army's Second Army has complete control of all of London, the Americans have been disarmed, and 100,000 American troops are captured."

Hoffman shook his head: "I'm not asking this...... I mean the forces of defense around Edward VIII. Although there will be no more major upheavals now, don't let some conspirators take advantage of the loopholes, what if they deal with Edward VIII in the same way they did with Marshal Pound? ”

"This ......," Ribbentrop sneered, "I am not familiar with this, and I have to worry about Comrade Himmler." ”

"Therefore, it is not possible to simply return to China like this, it is recommended that he stay in Berlin for a while, and then return to China, and his own people can be used on the periphery, and our forces must be sent at the core." Hoffman pressed the matter first and asked, "What is the process of the last few negotiations and agreements?" ”

"Tomorrow, I will go to Sofia and Molotov to formally sign the Armistice Agreement, and then it will come into force, and the Russians promised to hand over Stalingrad to us by the end of June, and Western Moscow to us on July 15...... The Red Army retreated to the stated positions by the end of October, they gradually retreated, we gradually received, and in the course Vlasov's troops were not allowed to enter. ”

Hoffman nodded, acknowledging the progress.

"On the British side, the text has been drafted concretely, but it still needs the black cat to go to parliament to take the oath of office and give a speech, and then send a formal representative to negotiate an armistice......" Ribbentrop thought for a moment, "It is expected that it will be formally signed on June 30, and the signing place is intended to be in The Hague, and the Anglo-French armistice agreement will be signed together, and then the gradual delivery will begin - we will deliver food and other supplies to the British Isles, and they will deliver the fleet and equipment to us." I expect you to get those aircraft carriers by the end of July. ”

"Can you hurry up?"

"That may require some preferential terms." Ribbentrop thought for a moment, "For that piece of land in Pakistan, they still want to get your guarantee and lower the price. After all, now that the Japanese have just occupied Delhi, they are menacing and scary to look at, and the British still have 5-60,000 remnants of the defeated army, no matter how you look at it, it is not enough for the Japanese to eat. ”

"Let them rest assured that I will definitely help if they are busy, and the price can be discussed with the Japanese again. The Axis summit was held in Cairo on August 15, and Great Britain should have sent personnel directly to communicate directly with the Japanese, but ......," Hoffman stressed, "the aircraft carrier must be given to me as soon as possible, and I hope that the aircraft carrier will carry the British negotiators to The Hague and then hand it over to us, as a sincere intention for Britain to achieve peace, and you must make this clear to Mr. Eden." ”

"Okay."

Hoffman thought for a moment: "In my name I mourn the death of Marshal Pound, a true military man." The Royal Navy is great not because of some warships, but because of generations of excellent soldiers such as Nelson, Cunningham, Pound, etc., and this heritage and spirit can make the Royal Navy rise again - I don't say that Britain will not be able to build warships to arm itself in the future. ”

"Führer?" Ribbentrop expressed surprise.

Hoffman waved his hand: "Be lenient with the enemy, if you don't want to fight with the British and the French in the future." ”

"I see."

After Ribbentrop left, Hoffmann pondered for a moment, and was called in Otto Skorzny, the captain of the Ranke commando and a lieutenant colonel of the SS.

After the end of Operation Tianlei, the Ranke commando team later undertook the defense of the Norwegian heavy water plant, and fought for more than half a year, cutting down the special teams sent by Britain and the United States one by one. Of course, the rescue of Mussolini, which has historically made Skorzny famous, will not be useful.

"Führer, you have a new mission?"

Hoffman nodded: "This mission is special and important. ”

"I will resolutely complete the task you have assigned."

"This time I'm still going to the UK, you haven't forgotten your English, have you?"

"Britain?" Skorzny was stunned, "No, the players often communicate in English. ”

"That's good." Hoffman changed his words, "The last time you went on a sabotage mission with the Ranke martyrs, this time it's the other way around, it's to protect—to protect a king. ”

"Black cat?"

Hoffman nodded: "That's him." He was an important figure in the Anglo-German rapprochement, and you must make sure that he was not harmed, and I will let you see him before he returns to England. Of course, there is a favorable condition this time, and the big C who has repeatedly opposed you should not be hindered again. ”

Skorzny breathed a sigh of relief: the battle for the defense of the heavy water was very hard, the British always did not know where to come from, which was unguardable, and all the main messengers behind the scenes pointed to the big C.

"I know that you have comrades and brothers who have died at the hands of the British, but I hope you can finally let go." Hoffman sighed, "The Anglo-German reconciliation is a difficult process, much more difficult than the Franco-German reconciliation, because the two sides have fought for four more years, all kinds of war methods have been used, and countless families have been destroyed in the war. But from the point of view of European solidarity and post-war reconstruction, reconciliation is indispensable. I hope that you will remain humble and patient in your mission, and that you will never claim to be victors, and that you will not provoke the British with words such as surrender and defeat if you do not want our children and grandchildren to fight again. The outcome of the war is already obvious, so why bother talking about it again? ”

Skorzny reluctantly agreed to this request, took a deep breath and said, "If the mission is completed, can we go to see the grave of the martyr Ranke then?" I want to bring his remains back. ”

"It should be so, that I may visit England in September and October, when I will go with you to visit his grave and remember his heroic deeds."

"Thank you, Führer!" Skorzny saluted and withdrew.

Just when Hoffman was racking his brains for the British aircraft carriers, some people in Italy also took a fancy to these two aircraft carriers.

Upon hearing the news that the British were about to sue for peace, Mussolini was triumphant, as if Italy were the main victorious power. It is strange to say that Italy has always been afraid of the Russians, but afraid of the British, and has always seen that the British Empire can't straighten its waist and raise its head, and when Cunningham successfully attacked Taranto and abolished half of the Italian navy, the British Army repeatedly defeated itself in the early days of the North African Campaign, and the Italians were afraid of the British to the bone. Now that this long-time enemy has finally fallen, how can Mussolini not be ecstatic?

When the news of the armistice and peace was received from the British, Mussolini, who had already entered the "summer break" mode in advance, was on vacation in the "summer palace".

Knowing that he loved the sea, in 1927 King Emmanuel III of Italy lent him his beach villa Castel Boziano near Rome, which soon became the leader's "summer residence". For the next 15 years, he would come to Fort Poziano every summer to spend his holidays and "attend to state affairs".

During his vacation, Mussolini spent hours a day lying on the beach sunbathing, indulging in his fantasies or flipping through newspapers. Only in the evening, when the weather is cooler, he convenes his staff to discuss state affairs, and compared with the usual long and endless talks, such meetings generally last only one or two hours, and before 9 o'clock he has to go to his lover to have fun - this is the reason why Hoffman complained in front of Ziano that the leader only spends 1-2 hours a day dealing with state affairs. Hoffmann himself usually worked 10 to 12 hours a day at the Berlin Chancellery – he knew that he had no talent, only diligence.

Every time he came to Fort Poziano, Mussolini did not want to call anyone else, nor did he want to be disturbed, and the officials of Rome did not dare to call him. At this time, his main task was to enjoy himself, and governing the country was only part-time. But today it was the other way around, and he asked the butler Borato to call Ciano: "Let him come and discuss something with him." ”

Bolato's usual duty was to answer the phone and deal with the women who broke through the layers of security and appeared in front of Mussolini - not including Mussolini's wife, Raguille. In the eyes of the servants, the Mussolini couple were an interesting combination: Laguel was a peasant girl who spent almost all of her time in her hometown pulling five children for Mussolini. In front of her, Mussolini will become a "husband who is afraid of inwardness", and his authority seems to evaporate in front of his wife, and he does not dare to talk back to her at all, and he has the "demeanor" of fear of inwardness. Not only the leader, but also his friends and bureaucrats, big and small, were afraid of Raguer. However, there is a good thing about Laguer, she has heard many rumors of Mussolini looking for flowers and willows outside, but as long as she is not caught red-handed, she seems to care.

Therefore, Borato was surprised when he received this request, and it was not until Clara Bertassi, the mistress of the summer palace and 29 years younger than the leader, coughed that he realized that he was distracted, and he was too busy to accept it.

Ziano, who received the call, arrived quickly, he was a little apprehensive along the way, he had not yet made up his final decision, and he was even worried that his meeting with Kesselring would be known to the leader. But after meeting Mussolini, he realized that he was wrong.

Mussolini said nonchalantly: "There is an armistice with Britain soon, and we are also the victorious country, so the spoils of war cannot be too small." You go and talk to the Führer, the rest of Italy doesn't want it, I hope to get British Guiana and 1 aircraft carrier. ”

Ziano's face turned pale suddenly, and he exclaimed: "Leader, this request ......"

Mussolini waved his hand nonchalantly: "I know it's a little difficult, but it's not difficult how to show your level?" You will also be a leader in the future, how can you get everyone to support you without the achievements that are overwhelming the public opinion? Well...... If there is no aircraft carrier, it is necessary to get Guyana down - Italy cannot afford to be without territory in South America. ”

Ziano took the hot task and left with a heart full of thoughts......