In contrast to the Soviet Union's indifference to Germany, the Finnish attitude towards Germany was nothing short of enthusiastic, and their pick-up procession, led by Finnish President Küsti Kallio, brought together all the high-ranking officials of the Finnish government, and even a group of children were presenting flowers to Lyon.

"Mr. Kallio, you're really flattering to me." Leon hugged the flowers and smiled at Kallio.

"You didn't forget to help Finland become independent in the most difficult times, and now these bouquets of flowers are just a sign of Finland's heart!" "Germany is Finland's best friend, and the German people are the brothers of the Finnish people!" ”

Kallio's words can be described as touching, and even Leon, who is accustomed to intrigue, was almost deceived.

Leon wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said curtly: "It seems that it is my fault, long live the friendship of the people of Fender...... But I guess the Finnish brothers invited me here this time not just to catch up with the old days, right? ”

"Of course, of course." "The main reason is that we want to join the German-Italian and Czech Alliance and take our friendship to the next level!" ”

Of course, Kallio did not ask to join the Iron Pact for the sake of friendship between the two countries, he was attracted by the unity within the Axis countries during the armed conflict between Germany and France some time ago, and if Finland could join such a strong and united organization, the Soviet Union would have to weigh it carefully if it wanted to invade Finland again.

Leon was slightly taken aback when he heard Kallio's words, not because Finland knew about the secret treaty of the four countries (after all, the tacit understanding shown by the four countries after the conflict between Germany and France was too frightening, and anyone with a discerning eye knew that the four countries must have formed an alliance behind them), but because the request made by the Finnish side was beyond his expectations.

When Leon first came, he just thought that Kallio wanted to form an alliance with Germany, or wanted Germany to provide a batch of weapons to Finland, but he didn't expect Finland to have such a big appetite that he actually wanted to join the Iron Covenant and become a member of the Axis powers!

However, Lyon still welcomes countries that want to join the Iron Covenant, let alone Finland, a country with strong combat effectiveness and an ice-free port in the Arctic.

"Of course, it's okay for your country to join us, and I think Mussolini is also very welcoming to them." Leon said with a smile and welcomed Finland, "I'm afraid your country doesn't know, in addition to requiring all signatories to support each other in economic and other aspects, the Steel Pact also requires each country to protect each other, and after one side declares war on any country, the other signatories must also declare war on that country, I am afraid that your country will ......"

Kallio was overjoyed when he heard this, and what he wanted was this effect, as long as the Soviet Union dared to declare war on Finland, then the Soviet Union would have to deal with more than just Finland.

"No problem! Finland can guarantee compliance with everything in the Covenant! Kallio assured solemnly.

"Then on behalf of the leaders of the other Axis powers, I would like to welcome Finland as the fifth Axis power!" Leon held out his hand to Kallio and smiled.

"Thank you!" Kallio and Leon shook hands vigorously, "Also, the weapons and equipment of our current troops are too poor, there are only 28 tanks in the whole country, I want to ask German friends, can you support us with a batch of weapons?" ”

Sure enough, Leon sighed secretly, he knew he couldn't escape this.

"Mr. Carrio, it is not easy for us to finance Germany, if we provide direct support......," Leon said embarrassedly, "Otherwise, we can provide you with a low-interest loan, and you can use this loan to buy weapons from us, and we can sell them to you at cost price!" ”

Cario was slightly disappointed to hear that there was no free arms aid, but it would be nice to have a low-interest loan.

"Well, how many low-interest loans can you give us?" Cario asked.

"We can give you a loan of 30 million marks." Lyon began to incarnate as an arms dealer, "I can introduce you to a great small weapon, the Mauser 98K rifle from our Mauser company, it ......"

"Mr. Lyon, we are not going to purchase rifles, our homemade Mosin Nagant M/28-30 is very good." Cario awkwardly interrupted Leon's pitch, "We need heavy machine guns and tanks." ”

"Okay." Leon touched his nose and said, "As for the heavy machine gun, we don't have much of it ourselves, but I think you should be more interested in our MG42." ”

“MG42？ That's a good shot! "It's a pity that we don't have the bullets." ”

"You can rest assured that we can change the caliber."

"What about tanks?" Tanks, Kario asked, are Finland's most desperately needed weapon.

"As for tanks, we can provide you with export versions of tanks No. 3 and No. 4." "But to be honest, importing tanks is not a long-term solution, so you'd better come to us and buy a tank line." ”

"Can you provide us with a production line?" Kallio was stunned, he didn't expect Leon to be so generous, and the tank production line could be sold to other countries.

In fact, the reason why Lyon was willing to sell the tank production line was not because of generosity, but because Finland was an important part of his plan of attack on the Soviet Union, and if Finland, as a friendly army, could have the ability to produce tanks, then Germany's chances of victory in the future Soviet-German war would be improved by several points.

In addition to this reason, Lyon had something else to ask for.

"Yes, we can provide you with a tank production line, after all, who made us brothers?" Leon smiled and said, "But we don't sell the tank production line to you for money. ”

"No money?" Kallio asked, confused.

"We settle for raw materials and land." Leon said seductively.

"What does land mean?" Kallio said with an ugly face, "We will never sell our territory. ”

"No, no, no!" Leon shook his head and said, "We don't mean to buy your land, but to lease it, lease us a naval base, an army base, and an air base for 99 years." Moreover, our military stationed in your country can also send a teaching group free of charge to teach you advanced combat concepts! ”

Kallio was silent when he heard this, this is indeed a great temptation, as long as he nodded and agreed, Finland can change the current embarrassing situation of relying on the import and capture of tanks.

When Leon saw Kallio's appearance, he knew it was almost done.

"In this way, for the sake of the friendship between our two countries, in addition to the tank production line, we will lease you two light cruisers for one mark!" Leon said "generously".