Recently, Reinhardt can be said to be sad. Germany's military power has grown almost exponentially over the past few years, but the diplomatic environment has become increasingly hostile. By the end of 1935, the German army had not been able to deploy a single soldier on the other side of the Rhine. The Treaty of Versailles, which was becoming more and more fragile, was erected again. In particular, the relevant provisions on the east bank of the Rhine, which do not allow the deployment of troops, have been repeatedly emphasized by the French government. There is a great possibility that the French army may send troops at any time to maintain the atmosphere of the status quo on the east bank of the Rhine.

However, German troops cannot be deployed on the territory of Germany. This is unreasonable for any country!

Internationally, however, no one sympathized with Germany. In this regard, Reinhardt could only sigh helplessly, there are really too few friends in Germany.

Except for the Soviet friends who had evil intentions and did not want to export the revolution all the time, Germany could only find a true friend with Italy.

Historically, Italy has shown itself to be the worst ally of Germany, despite all its ugliness. However, Italy was still an ally of Germany.

Historically, Italy had provided Germany with a huge number of Allied forces. In North Africa, Italy provided hundreds of thousands of troops to assist Germany in containing the Commonwealth coalition forces. In the Balkans, Italy sent tens of thousands of troops to suppress the guerrillas on behalf of Germany. In the Soviet Union, Italy dispatched an army group to coordinate with the Germans to stabilize the defensive line. On the southern line of France, Italy....... Well, this doesn't count.

In short, without Italy's million-strong army to share the pressure, the German army would have dispersed at least more than 100,000 men to accomplish the tasks that the Italian army has historically accomplished. At least, that's what Reinhardt thought.

The alliance with Italy is not a brainless continuation of Reinhardt's history. Rather, it was a final decision that went through a lot of deliberation, and for this decision he had been thinking about all the time in recent years. The result of this thinking was that Germany had to and could only form an alliance with Italy.

From the point of view of choice, Germany was defeated by Britain and France and other Entente countries in World War I, so there were irreconcilable contradictions between Germany and them, and it was naturally difficult to form an alliance with Britain and France. Historically, Hitler has always fantasized about forming an alliance with Britain, but Britain was stumbled to the end, wasting a lot of good opportunities.

Although Reinhardt had good relations with the Soviet leadership, the Soviets and Germany also had a lot of cooperation. But from an ideological point of view, the Soviet Union and Germany are two systems that are absolutely impossible to be allies.

And Italy, which has been verified by history, is undoubtedly the most "reliable" ally that Germany can find now.

Of course, from the point of view of strength, although Italy developed relatively late on the road of capitalist economy and was inferior to Britain and France, its naval and air forces were still the strongest in southern Europe. In terms of data alone, Italy is still full of confidence.

From the point of view of purpose, Mussolini came to power with the intention of rebuilding the glory of the Roma Empire, and wanted to turn the Mediterranean Sea into an internal lake of Italy. Britain and France were the biggest obstacles to Mussolini's dream.

Later, if Germany wanted to really rise from a desperate situation, it would have to fight with Britain and France. With the same enemy, the alliance between the two sides will come naturally.

Correspondingly, from a military point of view, if Germany wants to rise, it must first dominate the European continent. Italy, on the other hand, was bent on expanding its sphere of influence from the Mediterranean to North Africa. For the time being, there is no conflict between the strategic development directions of the two countries, and there is no need to give up any interests after the alliance is formed.

Looking back at the geographical perspective, Germany has strong enemies in both the east and the west, so Germany also needs a neighbor to help itself. Allied with Italy, Germany could avoid being attacked by the enemy in three directions, east, west, and south, as in the First World War. At the same time, Italy can also be used to drag down part of the British army in North Africa from both land and sea directions, and relieve the pressure on the future Western Front.

Most importantly, the alliance with Italy indirectly protected the security of Germany's southern route, which allowed the intensive industrial agriculture in southern Germany to develop steadily. You must know that in history, Italy made a significant contribution to Germany's resistance to the Allies on the Southern Front. Without the Normandy landings, the Allied offensive on the Southern Front would never have been able to shake the foundations of Germany.

In the case of Reinhardt's traditional view from the East, of course. From the point of view of morale, if Germany does not have a strong ally, it is likely that Germany will go it alone with the whole of Europe, which will seriously reduce the confidence of the Chinese people in victory. The participation of allies, especially a contemporary power such as Italy, is a reminder of the people's desire for victory, and it is also an encouragement to the hearts of the people. After all, Italy in 1935 was seen by many countries as a European military power.

Therefore, even if Reinhardt knew that Italy was in ruins, he could only form an alliance with it. Otherwise, Germany's diplomacy will soon be very isolated and painful. In the future, Germany's annexation of many Germanic ethnic regions would not be possible without the support of Italy.

Unfortunately, the moment Reinhardt stepped off the plane and set foot on Italian soil, he still regretted it a little.

Along the way, Reinhardt was completely disappointed by what he had seen and heard. At the naval port of Naples where Mussolini chose to meet Reinhardt, Reinhardt seemed to recall for a moment all the shortcomings of Italy in World War II.

Italians, it seems, will always only make a fuss on the surface. This decaying country, under the leadership of the stupid Mussolini, no longer deserves to be called a great power.

They put all their energy into the decoration of the façade. And he was so proud of it. The Naples naval base, which looks full of modern technology and covers an area that is even larger than all the naval bases in Germany, is the garbage they piled up with money!

This base is of no use except to make ordinary people who have no military understanding at all marvel at the majesty of the buildings in the base, and be amazed by the number and size of the warships.

Reinhardt believed that only a newly built German armored regiment equipped with T3 tanks would be needed to raze this beautiful, gorgeously decorated, so-called well-defended base, which could never be breached!

"Idiot!" Reinhardt squeezed the word out between his teeth.

Mussolini's original intention may have been to let Reinhardt feel Italy's best naval strength in this naval base and show off it. But now Reinhardt is full of disdain. The two German Gestapo interpreters who accompanied him were already clearly feeling Reinhardt's mood change.

When Mussolini appeared in front of everyone, a hint of playfulness flashed on Reinhardt's face.

He crossed over to Reinhardt Heydrich, and his appearance was not good-looking enough. As a result, Mussolini, the bald fat man, was even uglier, not only ugly, but also looked stupid!

Reinhardt couldn't imagine how this guy could possibly think of himself as a modern-day Caesar.

Just his dignity?!