At this moment, the strong neighbor to the east is growing too fast, and with its sheer size, it seems that Germany is slowly ceasing to be a thing. There is a world of difference between the danger of life and the disease of ringworm, and Eric must make a gesture between the two, otherwise the war will start and Germany will be attacked on both the east and the west.

Kesselring's perfect military plan suddenly became a little out of place. After a whole morning of discussion, the attitudes of the three people were almost surprisingly unanimous.

The reason why the German Confederation was able to quickly get out of the predicament after the beginning of the financial crisis is not unrelated to the timely adjustment of domestic and foreign policies, and it is inseparable from Eric's ingenious layout for nearly 10 years, after all, the scope of the financial turmoil and the damage to the global economy are beyond the imagination of economists in various countries, and it is a heavy blow to the emerging industries after the war.

Eric's response is to boost domestic demand and draw a network of rigid demand based on the existing territory and total population to offset the impact of the financial turmoil. At the same time, those countries that were already economically poor and backward took the opportunity to become good friends and friendly countries of Germany, so that Germany basically achieved the effect of being independent.

In fact, Germany has not been affected much by the financial turmoil, and four countries, such as Bulgaria, Hungary, Norway and Denmark, have followed Germany without distraction and enjoyed the dividends brought by harmonious coexistence. Everyone's eyes are not blind, and Germany's ability to remain calm at a time of global economic turmoil speaks volumes.

Of course, Eric is not stupid, and while running with a bunch of "little brothers", Germany has also received a vast market in these neighboring countries. This kind of market will not be one-way, and even if it is, Eric does not want to do so, because as long as it can create continuous benefits for both sides, it will be possible to win over these vital allies in the future, and let them know who they can only eat and drink with now.

Since the end of 1928, Bulgaria, Hungary, Norway, and Denmark have been strengthening economic and trade cooperation with Germany. Norway on the edge of the Arctic Circle was the first to learn from this, and the degree of cooperation is no less than that of Denmark, a "subordinate country".

Seeing that the above-mentioned four countries were eating and drinking and living comfortably in the midst of this economic turmoil, the Czech Republic and Sweden did not dare to hesitate and applied to join this emerging economic cooperation circle one after another.

When Eric received the application of various countries to join the cooperation circle, his heart blossomed, and he immediately called Prime Minister Hans Luther, asking the entire cabinet to attach great importance to this multi-party cooperation, and solemnly gave this cooperation circle a resounding name - the European Economic Union, referred to as the European Union.

Turkey has always been an old henchman dangling behind Germany's ass, and with the accession of the Czech Republic and Sweden to the European Union, it finally took the initiative to find the door regardless of the decency of its own "big country". After taking off all the clothes, everyone is covered with skin and bones, and no one has to laugh at anyone. Turkey wanted to save face, but only had the ambition of a great power and lacked the stature and potential of a great power, and Kemmel eventually realized that he could no longer afford any useful equipment with only the lease fees of the oil pipeline and the extortion of his neighbors.

Immediately afterwards, Greece also put aside its previous suspicion with Bulgaria, sent special envoys in succession, and repeatedly asked for membership in the European Union through Prime Minister Hans Luther, and Eric also readily agreed.

The EU's terms are very concise, and the main purpose is to carry out multilateral trade cooperation under a fair and just framework, and to communicate with each other and benefit each other. As a major importer and exporter in Europe and an initiator of the European Union, Germany will play a leading role in many places, and when applying these provisions, it belongs to the middle category.

By contrast, Sweden and Norway are exporters with relatively sizable trade surpluses, and the financial turmoil does not seem to pose a threat to them under the influence of Germany. Denmark, as a major importer and consumer, has a significant trade deficit, and on the surface, it seems to be at a loss, but with the support of Germany, it is barely flat.

When the global economy was affected by the financial turmoil in the United States and there was a mourning, the European Economic Union, led by Germany, was like opening a small stove in the collective big pot rice camp, which seemed calm and insignificant.

Seeing that most of the European countries have entered the European Union, and the small life is comfortable, Britain has to pour all its resentment on the United States. In fact, if both the UK and the US can set the right mindset and be fair and just, it may not lead to a global financial turmoil. However, both countries want to put their own countries first, and both countries have pushed the global economy to the brink in the fight to renew the terms of bilateral trade, and as a result, the global economy has been pushed to a desperate end.

As an intermediary between Britain and the United States, France has suffered a lot. Prime Minister Du Mei has always been unable to figure out that Britain, the United States, Germany, and France are all neighbors, so why is the gap between people so big? Look at Germany's allies, all of them eat and drink, but he can only survive in the gap between Britain and the United States, and even have to pay for their own economic interests for their selfishness.

After seeing the truth clearly, Prime Minister Dume couldn't bear it anymore, and finally decided to secretly get rid of the shadow of Britain and the United States, and instructed the French ambassador in Berlin to take the initiative to find German Chancellor Hans Luther through the relationship of German Foreign Minister Konstantin von Niu Wright, intending to quietly join the European Economic Union under the leadership of Eric and share the fair and just peace dividend.

France was bound by the terms of the alliance with Britain and the United States, and it was regarded as treacherous to join other international organizations before the termination of the treaty, and it would inevitably be suppressed and sanctioned by the original organization, and even politically isolated.

In this way, France weighed up and decided to take a gamble, although it could not openly join the EU system in the end, but with the witness and guarantee of the German government, it unilaterally signed bilateral trade agreements with other countries.

In contrast, France is not a full member of the European Union, and there are relatively few benefits, but Prime Minister Dume is very satisfied, at least he can find that Germany has not abandoned its neighbors in the grief of the global economic crisis, and while the United States continues to initiate trade frictions, France will not continue to be mired in the mud of the trade dispute between Britain and the United States.

The day after France signed a multilateral trade agreement with the EU countries, it immediately claimed that it had cut the content of the originally planned military cooperation between Britain and France by a very large part. In the name of saving money, it is actually intended to be shown to Germany, as a way to show France's sincerity to the EU organization.

At this moment, Britain is still arguing with the United States in a heated manner, and there is a great possibility that it will not be able to give up. Eric, who had been watching from the sidelines, immediately found the opportunity, took advantage of the situation, and began to take the initiative to extend an olive branch to Britain.

Soon after, the German ambassador to London, Andreas von Schmidt, went to 10 Chinatown and respectfully delivered some orders for natural resources that were slightly lacking in quality to British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald's desk, making him happy.

The reason why Eric did this was to make money was only one aspect, and in the final analysis, he wanted to do another big thing, that is, to do everything possible to appease the West, and then free up his hands to concentrate on dealing with the Soviet Union in the east.

In Eric's opinion, this seemingly huge guy has become a little impatient, and after receiving technical support from Germany, he is constantly provoking Germany's bottom line.

In the elegant president's private study, there is a mountain of intelligence from the I.I.A. and the Military Intelligence Agency, mostly accurate information about the Soviet Union. The reason why Eric chose to hold this meeting of the three in his study was to make it easier to access.

The mountain rain is coming, and no one can stop it.

"Generals, the Soviet Union suddenly has 46 more divisions on the Finnish border, of which two armored divisions that were supposed to be in the Far East have also quietly opened here, what does Big Bear want to do?" Eric asked loudly with a copy of the information he had just brought from Brauchitsch.

"Our Barbarossa Plan has not been implemented, and it seems that the Soviets can't wait." Hofmann has always liked to go out to fight fierce battles, and at this time he has long been impatient.

"The increase of troops and the transfer of defense, these two seem to have no direct connection with Germany, but in fact the Soviets are touching our bottom line. For now, we must build up our armaments, and we can no longer afford to watch the Soviets arrogant just because we weigh international relations. Brauchitsch has always been steady, but at this moment he is also actively encouraging Eric to be ready for battle.

Eric did not speak, but acquiesced to Hoffmann and Brauchitsch's suggestion.

At this time, the Federal Republic of Germany had been focusing on training and accumulating elite officers at the grassroots level for 11 years, and it was a shame to build a regular army of 3 million men within a month. As long as Eric sends a war mobilization to the whole country and distributes every conscript with neat combat equipment, he can immediately go to the battlefield after three months of military training.

"We have 72 divisions on active duty, most of which are veterans of many battles. As long as the Western Front does not make enemies with Britain and France for the time being, it will be more than enough to deal with the Eastern Front. Hoffman immediately stood up and asked Eric to fight.

"General, please take a seat." Eric beckoned to Hoffman and got up to retrieve the copy of the Barbarossa Plan that Hoffman had drafted a few years earlier.

"We are not belligerent, but the Soviets do not seem to want us to enjoy peace, my generals, this plan has been sleeping soundly in the presidential palace for five whole years, and it is time to let it work." Eric carefully put the "Barbarossa Plan" on the desk, and instructed Hoffman to take it back to the General Staff, and gather elites at all levels to quickly organize and improve it for implementation.

Seeing the plan see the light of day again, Hoffman was very excited. He hadn't fought for more than ten years, and as an old professional soldier, he felt particularly uncomfortable.

"The Ministry of National Defense should attach great importance to the work of revising this plan, and mobilize scattered personnel of the joint intelligence and military intelligence to carefully survey and map the fortresses and offensive routes in various places, and cannot imagine it out of thin air." Eric said to Brauchitsch.

"Yes! Mr. President. We will follow it carefully. Brauchitsch replied aloud from his feet.

"Alright, my generals, use your talents, the time is almost coming to make the Soviets tremble!" Eric leaned forward and slammed his fist into the bookcase. Please pay attention to the latest chapters in the future