"Mr. Andrés' sudden visit to the UK this time is probably due to some special circumstances." As soon as he arrived at Buckingham Palace, MacDonald said meaningfully.

"Haha, what does Mr. MacDonald say about that? Our two countries have always been friends, so how can we have a purpose when we visit a friend's house? Leon laughed and said, Let me tell me the purpose first, won't I lose first?

"Haha, it seems that I spent the belly of a gentleman." MacDonald laughed, "Since Mr. Andrés has no purpose, then I won't tell you about Austria." ”

Sample, when I don't know what you're doing? You still play Tai Chi with me, you weren't born when I played Tai Chi! MacDonald chuckled inwardly.

Leon was shocked when he heard this, it seems that the great powers of Germany want to annex Austria know about it, and it may not be so easy to get the support of Britain this time, Leon sighed in his heart, MacDonald, he is worthy of a 66-year-old old fox!

"We're going to talk about Austria too." Leon said slowly, "Austria has been forced to go by this economic crisis, and as its neighbor, we in Germany should be obliged to lend a helping hand to them!" ”

"Yes, Germany, as the least economically affected country in Europe so far, should lend a helping hand to countries in need." MacDonald said meaningfully, "For example, your old friend, the British Empire, needs your help very much!" ”

"Oh? So what kind of help does the British Empire need from us, Germany? Lyons naturally understood the overtone of this sentence: you want to annex Austria, you can! But we have to be helped out of the economic crisis!

"A loan, and your know-how to get out of the economic crisis." MacDonald said.

"The trick is easy to say." Leon nodded, "What about borrowing?" How much do you want? ”

"Not much, 100 tons of gold!" MacDonald quoted a "big" number.

"Are you joking?" Leon was taken aback by the number, "100 tons of gold? How can we have so much money? ”

"I believe that your country has it." McDonald Thief laughed, "100 tons of gold in exchange for you to go to Austria to 'help', I think it's very worthwhile." ”

"No, it's impossible!" Leon firmly refused, "Let's not say that we don't have this money, first of all, Mr. MacDonald, you made a mistake, we went to Austria to 'help', and no one can stop it!" I'm here to inform you, not to ask you! ”

As soon as MacDonald saw Leon's determined appearance, he knew that Germany would never agree to his demands, and the treacherous MacDonald quickly changed his demands, because less is less, and it is better than nothing.

"Haha, I was joking with your country before, how could we ask for a loan of 100 tons of gold?" MacDonald laughed, Leon almost believed that he was joking.

"So, how much does Mr. MacDonald want to borrow?" Leon asked warily.

"20 tonnes of gold, we will strongly support your 'help' to Austria internationally." MacDonald leaned over to Leon and said, "20 tons of gold, that's not a lot of money, is it?" 20 tons of gold in exchange for the support of the British Empire, absolutely no loss! ”

"Good!" Leon gritted his teeth, "The loan of 200,000 yuan, I will arrange for someone to send it to you immediately when I go back to Germany!" ”

"No, no, no, don't bother your navy." MacDonald said slyly, "These 20 tons of gold will be escorted by our Royal Navy!" ”

This old fox is really difficult, Leon thought.

"Okay, then I'll have to worry about your navy being in charge of the escort." Leon nodded in agreement.

"Excellent! Mr. Andrés was very helpful, and on behalf of the people of Austria and Great Britain, I thank you and Germany for your help! MacDonald said excitedly, "By the way, there is also your country's experience in getting out of the economic crisis, please tell us." ”

"Abolish the gold standard and implement cash-for-work!" Leon introduced.

"Well, that's all there is to it?" MacDonald asked, confused.

"That's it!" Leon replied in a firm tone.

Actually, of course, there are more than these two, but more specifically Lyon does not want to talk to MacDonald, after all, there are not many opportunities to hit the British like the economic crisis.

"This, okay." MacDonald felt as sick as eating a fly, and he felt like he was being tricked by Leon.

But since he did not know what exactly Germany had taken to combat the economic crisis, he could not directly accuse Lyon of being perfunctory.

"Then I won't disturb Mr. Andrés to rest." MacDonald stood up, he wanted to tell his economic experts as soon as possible the "secret" that Leon had told him, so that they could see if what Leon said was reliable, "Tomorrow we will arrange for Prince Albert to show you around our battlecruiser USS Hood to thank you for your assistance to us." ”

After saying that, he left Buckingham Palace and drove towards his prime minister's palace in a car.

The battlecruiser USS Hood? Leon was interested in thinking that this was the strongest British battle cruiser, so I would have to take a good look at it, and maybe I could learn the approximate combat strength of the home fleet from the Hood, so as to lay the foundation for a future battle.

The next morning, Leon, who was looking forward to seeing the battlecruiser Hood, got up early in the morning, and after eating a sumptuous breakfast prepared for him by the royal family, he returned to his room with a newspaper and waited.

It didn't take long for Albert to arrive in Leon's room at Buckingham Palace.

"Mr. Andrés! The battlecruiser HMS Hood is already outside the port of London, and we can now depart. Albert said to Leon.

"Really?" Leon closed the newspaper excitedly, "So, let's go now, shall we?" ”

Albert smiled and nodded, then took Leon out of Buckingham Palace, got into the car, and headed for the port of London.

Arriving at the port of London, Lyon saw the Hood in the middle of the sea in the distance, which was too deep to enter the port of London.

The two changed into a dinghy and soon came to the Hood.

It was only when he arrived on the Hood that Leon felt the strength of the battleship.

First of all, the full load displacement of 46,880 tons directly brings a sense of oppression, and secondly, the four twin-mounted 381mm/42 times diameter MKI main guns also give people a murderous feeling.

Although the Hood, equipped with the MKI main gun, was completely unable to defeat the two Admiral-class battleships in active service in Germany, they were running fast.

The Hood's top speed of 32 knots can completely bypass the Admiral Scheer class, which is only 24 knots, and thus hit an aircraft carrier without close protection from a high-speed battleship.

Germany must have a type of high-speed battleship! Leon secretly made up his mind.