Chapter 122: The Axis Agreement
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Prague, Czechoslovakia, Presidential Palace.
"What do you Führers want to do?" Hacha frowned and looked at the letter on the table, and asked Leon's envoy, "What do I have to talk about when I suddenly asked to meet and discuss?" ”
"Mr. President." The envoy smiled and said, "Didn't the purpose of the Führer's appointment with you be stated in the letter?" It is for the sake of mutual assistance between Germany and the Czech Republic, and the Führer wants to bring peace and development to Czechoslovakia. ”
"Mutual aid?" Hacha frowned, "Your Führer is so kind and willing to help us in Czechoslovakia?" ”
"Of course, we're friends, aren't we? We in Germany are ready to help those who need help. "And you don't need to worry about our sincerity at all, because this meeting will be attended not only by our two countries, but also by Italy." ”
Hacha heard that Italy would also participate, which reassured him a lot, and he nodded and smiled: "Well, I believe in the hearts of German friends." So, where is the venue for this meeting? What about time? ”
"We are tentatively scheduled to be in Rome, Italy, and the start time will be next Saturday, that is, 8 o'clock in the morning on October 24." The envoy who had completed his mission was in a much lighter mood, "Of course, if you have a better place to hold the meeting, you may as well tell me, and I will convey it to the Führer on his behalf." ”
"Rome is fine, I have no opinion." Hacha agreed, saying that in his opinion, as long as it wasn't in Berlin, it would be easy to say anything.
0/24 a.m., Rome, Italy.
Lyon, Mussolini, and Hacha walked side by side into the conference room and began a meeting that was destined to change the trajectory of Europe.
However, while the leaders of the three countries were meeting, the armies of the two countries began to move.
German SS barracks, Sudetenland, Plzeň.
"Assemble assemble! Hurry up, guys! The man with the rank of lieutenant colonel shouted at his soldiers.
"Report to the regiment commander, the battalion is assembled!"
"The second battalion is assembled!"
"The three battalions are assembled!"
"The four battalions are assembled!"
"Very good, boys, 5 minutes and 22 seconds, you guys are moving fast." The head of the regiment looked at the neat queue below, nodded with satisfaction, and said.
"It has been almost two years since our Sudetenland Province returned to the motherland, and it has been more than two years since the formation of the Third Regiment of the Sudetenland Division of our Party Guard."
"The changes in the Sudetenland in the past two years are obvious to all! Let's not talk about it, let's just think about it, damn what we ate two years ago? ”
"Rotten potatoes and rotten leaves!" "Damn moldy black bread!" The soldiers below scrambled to answer.
"And what about the past two years?"
"Fresh bread and milk!" "Oh, and sometimes beef and beer! God, I love beer! The soldiers replied happily.
"Haha, that's right, compared to the rotten potatoes of two years ago, we have fresh bread, warm milk, and beef and beer from time to time!" The head of the group laughed and said, "Who gave these to us?" It is our great Motherland and Führer! It was they who gave us the cut! ”
"Long live the Führer! Long live Germany! A tsunami-like voice rang out as the regimental commander spoke of Lyon and Germany.
"But although we have bread, our former brothers, the people of Czechoslovakia, our former brothers, our current neighbors, have not! They are still struggling with a damn economic crisis! As selfless, great Germans, you tell me that you can watch our neighbors suffer from hunger?! ”
"Can't!" The soldiers roared.
"Very well, this is the real German!" The regiment commander nodded with satisfaction, "The Führer also thinks so, so the Führer ordered our 27th Armored Regiment of the United Nations Defense Forces to cross the German-Czech border, march towards Czechoslovakia, and run until our car runs out of gas!" ”
"We are going to reach every city, we are going to reach every village, we are going to help our neighbors, we are going to pull them out of the economic crisis!"
"Let's go!"
Not only this unit, but more than 100,000 German soldiers on the German-Czech border were moving at the same moment, crossing the German-Czech border and marching towards Czechoslovakia.
At the beginning of the German army's operation, Italian soldiers scattered in the Czech Republic responsible for "protecting the safety of the population of the German-speaking region" began to persuade them to surrender, and they went from place to place, persuading Czech soldiers to lay down their arms rather than directly choose to resist.
The Czech soldiers, who had hoped that Britain, France and Italy would be able to manage them, saw that the British and French soldiers were silent, and the Italians directly began to persuade them to surrender, which suddenly made them completely lose their fighting spirit when they did not want to conflict with Germany.
Almost all the Czech soldiers chose to ignore the German soldiers who drove past them in tanks and cars, and quietly huddled in the barracks and waited for the next step from their superiors.
In this way, the strangest scene in history happened, the Czech soldiers ignored the German soldiers who entered the territory of their own country, and the German soldiers ignored the Czech soldiers who were crouching in the barracks and did not move, and continued to advance deeper.
British Lieutenant Colonel Mack, who was stationed in Czechoslovakia, commented on this strange scene in a letter to his friend: "I don't know if the blatant invasion of Czechoslovakia by the German army is considered an invasion, because the Czech soldiers have not fired their guns, and they all hide in their barracks in silence, silently watching the Germans' troops drive past their eyes. The German soldiers who invaded Czechoslovakia did not shoot either, but rode into one city after another, as if they were not tanks but tourist buses under their butts. ”
At the same time, Czech President Hacha, who was unaware of the German invasion, believed that Germany and Italy really wanted to help Czechoslovakia in distress, and happily imagined a bright future with Lyon and Mussolini.
While the three of them were talking happily, Ludwig walked in from outside, walked to Lyon's side, and whispered to Lyon in a voice that only he and Lyon could hear: "Führer, the green plan has succeeded, and Britain and France have not moved as we expected. ”
"Hmm." Leon nodded, then glanced at Mussolini.
Mussolini nodded slightly when he saw Leon's eyes, then coughed twice and said to the smiling Hacha: "Mr. Hacha, I think you will be very interested in my agreement here." ”
"Oh? What an entente. Hacha asked with a smile.
Mussolini pulled a treaty from the drawer under him and pushed it in front of Hacha.
"German-Italian-Czech military alliance?" Hacha read out the above question in confusion.
"Yes, the German-Italian-Czech military alliance." Leon picked up the conversation and said with a smile, "But Mr. Mussolini and I prefer to call it the Axis Treaty!" ”
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