When a person feels insecure, he will be more vigilant about his surroundings, especially in the dark of night, and it is natural to be much more courageous to a wooden stick in his hand.

Bohemian and unruly, reckless and militaristic. It's not just foreign politicians who describe Eric in this way, but also people in their own countries who have begun to say this about their president.

Although the market for such an evaluation is huge, the approach of the Soviet army did create an excuse for Eric to continue to expand the army. Germany's elites from all walks of life also clearly saw the dangerous situation before them, and began to re-examine their restrictions on the president, after all, the enemy had come to their doorstep, and the Germans could not be caught with their hands tied.

In terms of national defense construction, Germany must keep pace with the times, and it is impossible to hold on to the defects for a long time, which is Eric's purpose.

In 1934, on a crisp autumn day, British Prime Minister Macdonald led a delegation to visit Germany. During this three-day state visit, he expects Germany to work with Britain to find a new way out of the new international order, and to persuade Eric to keep up with Britain as much as possible.

The state ceremony was very solemn, but MacDonald seemed to be preoccupied. After all, what kind of person Eric is, he has no bottom in his heart.

Before the formal bilateral talks, McDonald and Eric had a private exchange for nearly an hour. Because the host's style of acting is a bit peculiar, and the cabinet officials had reminded themselves before the visit, MacDonald made such a request, so as not to appear foreign on the spot during the talks between the two sides.

Eric accommodated MacDonald's request as best he could, and without anyone involved, the two of them closed the door for a heart-to-heart exchange.

There is a small VIP reception room next to the presidential office of Hanseasa Palace, which used to be a place for Germany to receive foreign heads of state, but because of the expansion of Germany's foreign exchanges, the original reception room can no longer meet the needs of reception work.

The two had already met for the first time at the grand welcome ceremony, and this time, Eric was here to greet MacDonald warmly once again. The two shook hands and embraced, greeted each other very gentlemanly, and then entered into a substantive conversation.

"I didn't expect Mr. President to be so young, it's really terrifying!"

McDonald's opening remarks made Eric seem a little carried away.

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister is also a man in his prime, and I think there should be a common language between you and me." Eric's praise is also on point, it's just that MacDonald isn't young anymore.

"I heard that Mr. President has a distinct personality and has never played according to routines, but he can govern Germany so well, which I did not expect."

"Zhang Chi has a degree and follows the trend, I am just looking at the problem from the perspective of a businessman, as for governing the country, it is the credit of officials and people at all levels."

"Mr. President, you have been too modest. I have heard about the current situation in Germany, and since Mr. President does everything he wants, he cannot be swayed by other people. MacDonald said it lightly, but provocatively.

As soon as these words came out, Eric's face suddenly changed slightly, and the boss in his heart was unhappy, because this was obviously accusing the German president of being a dictator. But he didn't let it go, and continued to talk to MacDonald politely.

"According to His Excellency the Prime Minister, what should I do so that others can influence me?" Eric simply threw the topic to MacDonald.

"Mr. President has misunderstood, misunderstood! I think it's important to start by talking about Germany's views on defense construction. Isn't it, Mr. President. ”

"Oh yes, of course, not only about Germany, but on the contrary, we have always felt that the views of the British Empire were more important."

"Nope! No, no! Compared with Germany, Britain's three-armed forces construction has long been outdated, and I am afraid it cannot be compared with Germany......"

"Germany and Britain complement each other's strengths, have a high degree of political mutual trust, and above all work together economically has been fruitful. In terms of military development, Germany has always followed the example of Britain and made gradual progress, and I think we will not have any differences. ”

"All countries have different views on the development of the German army, and I think that your country's approach is inappropriate, and besides, the unlimited expansion of armaments and warfare will also bring an extremely heavy burden to the people."

"From the First World War to the present, Germany has experienced several good periods of economic development, and has successfully avoided the economic crisis affecting the world, and continues to maintain a trend of rapid development.

"The 5.8 million troops under the command of Mr. President alone are obviously beyond the scope of Germany's security and defense, which is very worrying."

"I don't understand this, the territory of the British Empire is far inferior to Germany, the population is not as good as Germany, and the country's economic aggregate is even less than Germany, but it has armed forces comparable to Germany. Eric laughed.

Eric's words made MacDonald feel embarrassed.

The two went back and forth, pointing the tip of a needle to the wheat mang, slowly changing the taste.

MacDonald was choked again and again, but he didn't dare to lie when he was angry, thinking to himself, today is a hob meat. So, he always wants to find Eric's weak link and then deliver a fatal blow.

As the host, Eric is always kind and unpleasant, no matter how exciting and provocative MacDonald is.

"The occurrence of the 'Grena Incident' just shows that Mr. President's arms expansion war is not accepted by the general public and is contrary to the mainstream public opinion, isn't it?" MacDonald once again launched a new offensive.

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister is biased, and if you were careful to understand the truth, you would not say so. I don't think Britain will tolerate those who condemn the country to the enemy, right? When it comes to mainstream public opinion, I feel extremely honored. It is precisely because of the severe crackdown on the very small number of people who condemn the country to defect to the enemy that Germany has become more supportive and has made a fundamental adjustment to the presidency. ”

MacDonald almost turned his back on it, because what Eric said was also true.

Next, the two returned to the military issue. MacDonald has always criticized Eric for being self-respecting and not taking into account the feelings of his neighbors.

Eric, for his part, took a-for-tat response, accusing Britain and the United States of deliberately indulging the Soviet Union in causing trouble, and that its actions had brought devastating harm to European civilization. At the same time, Eric strongly demanded that Britain take the lead in initiating sanctions against the Soviet Union's erroneous behavior, or take military action, otherwise, Germany would not sit idly by, and would not hesitate to use force to fight back if necessary, so as to achieve the goal of stopping the Soviet Union's arrogance and continuous aggression in the west.

MacDonald asked Eric not to be impulsive, to deal with it calmly, to suspend the expansion of the army, or to reduce the size first. After all, Germany has allies such as Britain, the United States, and France, and there is no need to spend huge military expenditures to support such a huge army.

Eric thanked MacDonald for his bold words and agreed with and respected the views of Britain and the United States on the Soviet Union's invasion of the West.

Next, MacDonald proposed to abolish the old naval treaty between the two countries, suggesting that a new naval treaty be signed under the supervision of the observer state, and at the same time, demanding that Germany stop all shipbuilding projects before the new treaty entered into force.

Eric did not reject MacDonald's request to abolish the original naval treaty between the two countries, nor did he object to the signing of a new naval treaty, and made it clear that the relevant date and content of the re-signing need to be redetermined.

Finally, there is a good start, as long as the navy has the advantage, he is not afraid that the German army will be able to make a fuss, this is the security thinking of the British.

MacDonald felt that Eric was the hob meat, but as long as he was expected to solve the Navy's problems, everything was fine.

After a three-day visit to Berlin, Macdonald ended his trip to Germany with great satisfaction.

As for the French side, in the face of Germany's growing military buildup, their approach was not merely based on diplomatic efforts. During the period of Dumei's administration, because of the initiative to reconcile with Germany, the two sides stopped the expansion of their military for many years and have been conscientiously implementing the disarmament policy. Now, France is finally starting to do the opposite.

France does not seek to expand its military suddenly and dramatically, as Germany did, but rather considers putting in corresponding defense facilities on the border between the two countries.

Surprisingly, Eric had expected the French to build a new Maginot Line, only to find to the dismay that the French did not seem to be planning to defend themselves against their old enemies to the east in the same way that history had taken place.

The Maginot Line did not magically reappear, and in fact there was no need for such a stirring along the border between the two countries. In the face of German questioning, the French had no choice but to squeak and say that it was a necessary defensive measure to defend against the Soviets.

The French are working the border, seemingly passive defense, but in fact there is also an element of active attack. This time, the scattered use of tanks as infantry support weapons was not exactly copied.

The French went against the norm and abandoned almost all the cannons and well-powered tanks that they had previously developed, and used all the reparations from Germany for the improvement of the German No. 3 tank, and continued to dig deep into the technical potential to develop a variety of new tanks.

With the lessons of the First World War, France also used a lot of brains in the depth of defense, and hid relatively advanced fighters in the mountains of the third line of defense. At the same time, there has been no relaxation in the training of fighter and air force pilots, and good results have been achieved.

In order to achieve the goal of effectively confronting Germany and truly obtaining strong rear support in wartime, France also cleaned up and rectified all military industrial enterprises in its territory, and then national defense orders flew into the desks of enterprise owners like snowflakes.

This is the French who have been woken up, and once they get serious, they will become tough opponents for each other.

The Americans are secretly happy that they can make money without stopping as long as the global war continues. In order to achieve their own goals, the Americans even fanned the flames everywhere without stopping.

For the first time, the British objected to the United States on the issue of the Soviet Union's invasion of the West, but today's Britain is no longer the British Empire of the First World War, and it is slowly falling behind the United States and Germany, both economically and militarily, although MacDonald did not admit this fact.

Eric fully affirmed Britain's attitude and warned the United States not to play with fire on European issues. However, the US rebuttal also carries a lot of weight, and does not seem to take the British and German statements seriously.

This is a common occurrence for Eric, and he does not expect the United States to rein in its behavior amid reproaches and protests. However, MacDonald was very angry in his heart and expressed strong dissatisfaction with the bottom line of the United States' repeated provocations against Britain.

The United States ignored the reprimands of Britain and Germany, and not only visited the Soviet Union one after another, but also gave the Soviet Union great help in tank suspension technology.

In order to make money, Americans can turn a blind eye to the suffering of the people in the war zone, but the slogan of humanitarianism is louder than anyone else.