Chapter 146: Military Exercises

Since Eric Adrian came to power, with the stability of the domestic political situation, he first adjusted Germany's international diplomatic strategy, actively approaching Britain in the west and Italy in the south, and at the same time began to oppose the Soviet Union in a high-profile manner on the surface, so as to gain the confidence of Britain and France.

In fact, Germany had secretly maintained close commercial and diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union, only superficially and subtly. Italy was chosen because its ideology was a Western system, and there were obvious similarities with Germany's development direction. The move closer to Britain is to increase Germany's diplomatic space in Europe, after all, Britain once dominated the political situation in Europe and the world, and was the center of power in the League of Nations, at least for now, the United States does not have mature leadership experience.

The violation of the terms of the Treaty of Berlin and the United British Empire to balance Europe were both measures that had a great impact on France, forcing France to abandon its hostility to Germany and follow Britain in compromising with Germany. However, the French were not fools, and in their opinion, although they suffered heavy losses in the First World War, they also gained a lot of experience, that is, active defense, as long as the defense was in place, the Germans were bound to pay a huge price in breaking through this iron cloth shirt. Perhaps France is not enough to match Germany in terms of economy, industry, and native population strength, but its military strength is not weak, so it is more appropriate to fight a defensive war. If France can get the support of Britain when France and Germany are in conflict, it will have a certain certainty of defeating Germany, otherwise it can only obey God's arrangement. However, the French also had their own ideas, and if they could turn Germany's attention to the east and let the Germans fight the Soviet Union, France would be able to firmly grasp the hegemony of the European continent. Therefore, French President Poincaré would rather sacrifice some European countries that are not particularly friendly to France, such as Czechoslovakia and Austria, in order to have good relations with Germany on the surface.

Eric was no fool and was very happy to receive the presidential envoy of Poincaré, and he did so in person, and expressed his urgent need for improved relations between Germany and France. While French President Poincaré and CEO Clemenceau no longer care about the feelings of the Czech Republic and other countries, Foreign Minister Mimi is stepping up his visits to the Czech Republic, Austria, and Hungary, and has carried out in-depth cooperation on a wide range of topics.

After the German III tank was delivered to Austria, he finally got an order from the Czech Republic, and at the same time as Guderian's new tank was designed, Eric immediately agreed to transfer the production line of the German III tank to the Czech Republic. This will bring a lot of convenience to Germany, first of all, to facilitate the domestic manufacturing industry to obtain timely renewal opportunities, and to facilitate Germany's participation in the Czech raw material resale trade to obtain more raw material imports, and then to strengthen the friendly exchanges between Germany and the Czech Republic to reduce the influence of the Soviet Union in the east.

French President Poincaré abandoned the Czech Republic and other countries in exchange for Britain's echo and pulled Britain into signing a collective security treaty to jointly restrain Germany, however, this move played into Germany's hands. On the one hand, Eric sincerely criticized the "Berlin Peace Treaty" for being unfair to Germany, and on the other hand, he pretended to break off economic and military cooperation with the Soviet Union, and then quietly continued to maintain long-term economic, trade and diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union through the Czech Republic.

Britain and France did not feel that anything was wrong, but were greatly relieved by this, because as long as Germany announced the severance of friendly relations with the Soviet Union, Germany could only be kidnapped on the chariot of the common fate of Europe, which was the wish of Britain and France all along. Germany seemed to be very obedient, and Britain also became very interested, so Britain began to consider easing the naval restrictions on Germany in the "Berlin Treaty", and at the same time openly signed a treaty on naval cooperation between Britain and Germany. Lloyd George's lunch was also not free, with Germany to fight against the maritime competition from other powers, Britain's maritime confidence would be even stronger, because many emerging countries already have very strong maritime power, and the current capabilities of Britain and France are not yet able to guarantee overseas interests, if you add the German Confederation, the British Empire's position in the Atlantic may be guaranteed.

British Prime Minister Lloyd George is of course also very aware of the risks associated with cooperating with Germany, but at least it can temporarily ease the military pressure overseas, because Britain's current naval mission far exceeds that of the United States, which is a large expense, mainly because the overseas fulcrum is far away, and it is very difficult to support at home, and if it is necessary to take care of the imperial interests around the world, it can only make conditional compromises to Germany in many aspects.

The world order has been disrupted by the Westerners themselves, and Eric immediately took advantage of the situation to turn the "Berlin Peace Treaty" into a castle in the air, and immediately sent Miller to lead a huge delegation to Hungary and Romania, striving to carry out a surprise exploitation of Transylvania's mineral resources at a time when countries are fighting each other for their own interests, and at the same time increase the export of capital and products to the small southern European countries abandoned by France.

At this time, the United States was much more relaxed, although it lost many soldiers' lives in World War I, but it earned a lot of foreign exchange for it, and it was in two oceans, leisurely, in addition to talking about it in the international arena, it was pointing fingers at Germany and France. Eric had a plan to visit the United States, mainly to solve the problem of the oil deal, but because President Wilson was still ill and the political situation was uncertain, he had to wait and see.

Eric always follows the idea that no matter what other countries want to do, their own things must be done well first, the military industry, the people's livelihood industry is the top priority, only when you are strong, others will listen to you carefully, otherwise, everything is not to be discussed. Fortunately, he met so many hardcore brothers during the First World War, and he didn't need to worry too much about anything other than controlling the overall situation. British Prime Minister Lloyd George's compromise with Germany was very clear, and Eric responded positively, with Britain as a partner, the problem could not be worse, so on the one hand, the naval cooperation agreement helped Britain relieve the pressure on the ocean, and also greatly liberated Germany's maritime undertakings.

Of course, the CIA, which was overseas, played a large role, and to a large extent, he relied on this information to adjust his foreign policy in a timely manner in order to maximize his interests.

Of course, it is not surprising that the latter has always had a historically friendly and traditional relationship with the German Confederation, but the former has divided a large amount of land in Germany, and thus cut off the land links between East Prussia and the German mainland, and is the most hated object of the German people and the Wehrmacht since the First World War, of course, Eric succeeded, and Poland was like a bridgehead, far separated from the USSR.

There are legitimate reasons for Eric Adrian to win over Poland, first of all, Germany does not want to fight on two fronts again, at this moment, France's attitude is not stable, if there is another war in the future, Poland's friendship with Germany and even the establishment of an alliance will be of great benefit, and as Poland becomes a friendly neighbor of Germany, as a bridgehead against the Soviet Union in the east, it has great political and military significance. In addition, Poland had good relations with Romania, and Poland was on the side of Germany, which was conducive to Germany's access to Romanian oil, and in the event of a naval blockade, Germany could rely on Romania's oil resources to solve its own economic and military difficulties. Bypassing the United States to buy oil in Central America and ore in the east, increasing trade volume and expanding trade objects with Southeast Europe, this series of measures has made Germany frequently encounter nectar and spring breeze. Of course, this is closely related to the barter and trade settlement system promoted by Eric Adrian, which does not require foreign exchange and gold.

Now, Eric faces a rather difficult problem: Poland is at a standoff with the Soviet Union, which is a major challenge to the German Confederation, which has always sought stability. Prime Minister Gustav Tremzemann has repeatedly expressed concern in this regard, but Eric hesitated and fell into a passive situation. At this time, unexpected good news came from the Czech side, which suddenly allowed Eric to find a solution.

It was confirmed that when Foreign Minister Miller visited Romania and Hungary, the head of the Soviet side was in the Czech Republic to choose a location for the future embassy, so Eric immediately asked Aynata to urgently inform Foreign Minister Miller to extend the route of the visit and go north to the Czech Republic, and then the Czech Republic would come forward to facilitate a meeting with the relevant responsible person of the Soviet Union.

At the same time, Gustavstet Zezemann suggested that if Mr. Müller could achieve the goal of visiting the Soviet Union directly, it would be possible for Polish-Soviet relations to return to normal, because the Soviet side had always attached importance to Germany's attitude.

Eric Adrian immediately waved his hand to stop it, saying that Germany did not need more than the heat of the relations between Poland and the Soviet Union, as long as they did not go to the battlefield, and the question now was not how to solve their contradictions, but it was better not to implicate Germany, after all, the Poles did not know that Germany was still doing business with the Soviets.

Stresemann's opinion was slightly different, because the current German-Polish relations were delicate, and Poland intended to turn to the West, but it needed strong support, otherwise they would be forced to fall to the Soviet Union. At present, Poland has asked the German Confederation to intervene, and the question before it is that Poland needs to see a tough Germany behind them, otherwise, they can resolve the contradictions privately, instead of letting Germany come forward.

Eric suddenly laughed, then patted Stresemann on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, my Excellency Prime Minister, Mr. Miller will continue north to meet with the Soviet representatives, and then let Guderian drive our Type III tanks to the border to conduct a small military exercise with Army Group B." ”

Stresemann also smiled: "I can only respect Your Excellency the President, I very much agree with your opinion, then it is decided." ”

Eric thought for a while, and felt that some things could have been easy to do, but they were always done in a way that made people laugh and cry, so he whispered: "Your Excellency, what do you think Poland should do now?" ”

Stresemann only smiled and did not answer, however, Eric repeatedly urged questions, and had to answer: "Poland is between the two powers, it is difficult to make a difference, but it can also benefit from the fish, not to the Soviet Union, not to the West, in this way, he can be left and right, otherwise, while choosing a side, he also chooses the enemy, but he has become the strategic depth of the two powers." Your Excellency, am I right? ”

Eric very much agrees with Stresemann's opinion: "With Chancellor Gustav Stresemann, Germany is safe. ”

Both of them burst out laughing at the same time.