"My Führer, those Japanese are already waiting outside, do you want to see them now?"

Ribbentrop humbly stood beside Xu Jun and asked in a low voice.

"Hmm...... Let them in. ”

Xu Jun turned from the window and handed the document in his hand to his vice foreign minister.

"What should come will always come......"

Xu Jun brushed the broken hair in front of his forehead, straightened his clothes slightly, and then walked towards the side door leading to the conference room with his hands behind his back.

"Mr. Ambassador, the Führer invites you in."

Ribbentrop smiled and stood in front of Hiroshi Oshima and whispered.

"Ah, thank you, Mr. Minister."

Hiroshi Oshima had already risen from the ornate sofa in the lounge, and when he heard Ribbentrop's words, he quickly exchanged glances with his companions, and then slowly lifted the briefcase he had been holding on his chest, straightened his shirt, and put on his top hat.

"Wait a minute, Mr. Minister, please tell the Führer that Keitel and General Manstein are already on their way and will arrive here on time."

Tysenhofen said loudly with the phone.

"Well, I see, Eric."

Ribbentrop smiled and waved his hand at Tysenhofen, then turned to the group of Japanese and urged: "Everyone, please come with me, the Führer is still waiting." ”

"Ah, yes, please lead the way, Mr. Minister."

The young lieutenant was startled by the sudden and respectful bow of the Japanese envoys to Tysenhowen, who was sitting behind the desk, before starting. Before Tysenhofen could react, the well-dressed Japanese had already walked quickly into Xu Jun's office after Ribbentrop with a restrained expression.

"Oh?"

Tysenhofen scratched his head in confusion, then shrugged his shoulders.

"What a strange bunch of people."

Perhaps the most concerned about the sudden change of top leadership in Germany in June is the Japanese government.

Last year, the German government signed the "Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact" with Russia without informing the Japanese government, which caught the Japanese government by surprise. Prime Minister Kiichiro Hiranuma, who had just come to power, had managed to survive the tremendous pressure brought to him by the defeat at Nomenkan, and was burying his head in planning an alliance with Germany and Italy to jointly deal with Russia's imperial plan. The grand plan of the Great Japanese Empire, united with Germany and Italy, and held its arms to Maozi to find the field, saw that it was in vain, and the Hiranuma cabinet had to be dissolved on the spot.

It's only been seven months since I tossed back and forth, but the poor Prime Minister of the Empire hasn't even had time to sit on his ass at this time, and he really can't cry when he encounters this kind of bad luck.

The German-Japanese relations, which had been developing rapidly on the surface, came to a standstill like stepping on the brakes, and the call for a German-Japanese alliance in Japan came to an abrupt end. For a time, both the Japanese government and the opposition blamed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for failing to get half a cent in advance. After spending so much manpower and material resources, and not knowing anything about such an important diplomatic event, how can such a Ministry of Foreign Affairs continue to be trusted? The officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were so baddenized by incompetence, dereliction of duty, idiocy, waste, and so on that the entire Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not dare to tell anyone what they were doing when they went out during that time.

Next on the stage was Prime Minister Nobuyuki Abe, who suffered as much as Prime Minister Hiranuma. Not long after he took up his post, the army general was overwhelmed by a large number of domestic trade contradictions and food shortages. Although he struggled hard, he quickly lost the trust of everyone in the Japanese government and the opposition, and was forced to resign and step down. He is even worse than Kiichiro Hiranuma, he has only been in power for less than three months, which is shorter than in Xu Jun's original time and space. Abe's incompetent performance completely disgraced the face of the Japanese army generals, and immediately after stepping down, he was kicked aside by the military department and sat on the cold bench.

Abe's unfortunate successor was Admiral Mitsumasa Yonechi, a prime minister who was a good prime minister who maintained the navy's glorious tradition of careful thinking and was able to calmly conceive Japan's development policy. However, what is unexpected is that in addition to inheriting the navy's calm way of thinking, the admiral also inherited the navy's tradition of always being close to Britain and the United States. This attitude of Minee completely infuriated the army system, which had always hated Britain and the United States. With the resignation of War Minister Shunroku Hata and the resignation of the cabinet, Mitsumasa Yonechi had no choice but to grit his teeth and bow down. He lasted three and a half months, more than ten days more than Abe's stupid, and finally didn't disgrace the navy.

Then there is the current Prime Minister Fumiro Konoe, a political veteran who has stepped down more than a year later, and has made a comeback at the emperor's behest to form a cabinet again, more than two months earlier than in history.

It was only at this time that Japan's foreign affairs department finally breathed a sigh of relief. Foreign Minister Yoyo Matsuoka of the Konoe Cabinet, the famous "continental" diplomat, once again picked up the plan for an alliance with Germany and Italy. This time, however, the target of the Triple Alliance is no longer Russia in the north, but the United States across the Pacific Ocean. The radical Matsuoka was even ready to start negotiations with Russia as soon as the trilateral alliance was successful, in an effort to draw Russia into the Triple Alliance and confront the United States with the strength of the four powers.

Officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs began to prepare for the revival of the former prestige of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after they had a clear goal. However, before they could finish the basic adjustment of Japan's foreign policy, the Germans, who had been at peace for a few days, once again made a major event that shocked the world.

After careful preparations, Germany suddenly launched a lightning attack on the European Low Countries. When they first learned of the news, the Japanese side was really taken aback, they could not imagine that Germany would be so impatient and challenge the most powerful coalition of European countries on its own. The ensuing development of the situation made the Japanese even more stunned, and the German ** team showed extraordinary combat effectiveness. The seemingly powerful British and French armies were powerless in front of the German ** team, and watched the German ** team rampage across the European land into no man's land.

Public opinion in Japan is boiling again, and the topic of the German-Japanese alliance once again occupies a dominant position among the people after dinner. In particular, the young officers in the army, their eyes were so aroused by the brilliant results of the German war that their eyes were green and their blood boiled, and these fanatical fellows even shouted the slogan that we must not miss this bus, and won the approval of most of the senior generals in the army.

It's not just the military that thinks this way, but also the majority of the cabinet. Many people believe that with the good relations that Japan and Germany have maintained before, and with the previous "International Agreement on Industry" at the bottom, Japan will definitely be able to ride the free ride of Germany's world domination.

Seeing that Britain and France were about to be completely defeated by Germany, at that time, except for the United States on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, no country in Asia could stop the progress of the Japanese imperial army, and it was not far from the day when His Majesty the Emperor realized his ideal of eight desolations and one space. But no one expected that while the whole country was cheering, the Germans once again played a super joke on the Japanese, and their head of state was actually replaced.

When the Ministry of Foreign Affairs learned of the news, the Minister of Foreign Affairs could hardly believe it was true.

What the hell are the Germans doing, and how many Japanese prime ministers do they want to die. Last time, I played a remnant of a flat swamp, causing Japan to change three governments in more than a year, and two of them added up to less than half a year, and the political situation in Japan was in chaos. Now that the new Konoe Cabinet had just come to power, the strategy of southward expansion had finally been decided, and Japan was preparing to launch a new round of diplomatic mediation of the German-Italian-Japanese alliance, the Germans were again engaged in this situation. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs had previously studied Hitler's personal character and habits in order to curry favor with the German Führer, but now it is good that the target of the study did not say a word of greeting, but hung up.

When they learned that it was the young deputy Führer Reinhardt, who had kept a low profile, he was replaced. Feng. At Stad's time, officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs felt that the problem had become serious. Air Marshal Goering was originally second on the list of succession to the German Führer, but now the German Führer is in third place, and he has been an idle minister in the government, and has not attracted the attention of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs until he became military commander. The intelligence services of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had earlier collected a lot of information about the German leaders, most of them Hitler and Goering, and had assembled three filing cabinets. None of these documents are about the Deputy Führer.

It's also to blame Reinhardt for hiding too tightly, he has always lived in a simple and sneaky place, except for the high-level Nazi rallies, all other activities are present for three minutes, he has not participated in a diplomatic banquet held by the Japanese embassy, and he never accepts interviews with reporters, compared to his lively predecessor, it is like a person from two worlds. His incomprehensible low-key led the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' intelligence services to selectively ignore him after discovering that it was difficult to obtain valuable information from him.

The Imperial Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which is now dignified, knows almost nothing about the situation of the new German Führer. The information in the intelligence department about this von. Stadt's information, all the photo archives add up to less than ten pages, how can this not make those diplomats depressed. When it was learned that the new head of state of Germany was this old man, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Japanese Empire was immediately panicked. Matsuoka Yoyo was dumbfounded on the spot, if this matter spreads, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' pile of idiots, dereliction of duty, and waste hats will never want to take off.

The furious Foreign Minister ordered that he must obtain all the information of the new German Führer before the defeat and surrender of France, otherwise he would expel all those involved in it, even if the man was enshrined by the Emperor, and there would be no good fruit to eat. The Foreign Minister gave the order, and the poor group of officials below had no choice but to jump up and down to search for the personal information of the German Führer. All kinds of tricks and relationships were used, and Japanese diplomats gave up their high salaries.

However, they were disappointed that the information was just as short and terrible no matter which source they came from. The resume of the German Führer was as clean as a blank sheet of paper, which made the Japanese wonder if this guy had fallen from the sky. And the most unbelievable thing for the Japanese is that they originally wanted to get a message from the German Embassy in Japan. General Ott found out something, but he never expected that the ambassador would know as little about his new head of state as they did. He also hung a portrait of the new head of state in the embassy, and he couldn't even tell how tall his big boss was.

In the end, the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who were cornered, had no choice but to risk being ridiculed and turned to the military intelligence of the Japanese army and navy for help. But the results were disappointing, and the Japanese military did not establish a reliable intelligence network in Europe. It is no wonder that the army and navy have no other source of intelligence in Europe other than military attachés in the embassies, and besides, they are only concerned with military-related information, and there is less information about the political leaders of various countries than the Ministry of Foreign Affairs itself collects.

Just when the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were in complete despair, they received unexpected help, and the personal assistant of the German ambassador extended a helping hand to them. The German named Sorge provided the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with detailed information about the new German Führer, including his personality, habits, personal preferences, and even his personal finances, all of which were incredibly detailed. Sorge claimed to have studied the Reich Führer in Berlin, when he was only the Reich Führer. Although the leader of the Nazi Party did not like to be interviewed by journalists and attend rallies, he often participated in the activities of the Nazi Party. Sorge personally heard this information from people close to Reinhardt as a journalist. Sorge also joked to Japanese officials that he originally wanted to use these materials as a basis to write a few touted articles for the deputy head of state as a ladder to advancement, but he was sent to Japan before he could start writing. After arriving in Japan, he was busy with the work of newspapers and embassies, and had no time for private creation, so these materials were put aside. When he heard from Ambassador Ott that the Japanese side wanted to find information about the German Führer, as Japan's most sincere friend, he very much hoped that he could do something for Japan.

The officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were really grateful for Sorge's enthusiastic help, and several officials secretly made up their minds that after this matter was over, they would definitely reward Sorge heavily and repay this great kindness.

Looking at the detailed information in his hand, Matsuoka Yoyo's face finally showed a smile. The Italian embassy has already sent a telegram that Mussolini's government has agreed to an alliance with Japan, and now it is up to the new German head of state to decide. Now that we have this information at hand, we have a greater certainty of leveling the young German Führer.

Speaking from the bottom of his heart, Matsuoka is not worried that there will really be any changes on the German side, even if there is a change of leadership, and the conclusion of the Japan-Germany-Italy alliance is already the trend of the times, and no one can change it. Friendly relations between Germany and Japan have been developing for more than a year or two, and the two sides have enjoyed good cooperation in various fields. Germany and Japan had signed the International Agreement on Production before that, which could already be seen as an informal form of alliance. Moreover, Germany had just won over France and occupied a number of Low Countries such as Belgium and the Netherlands, and was now in need of political assistance. The only countries that could now echo Germany politically were Italy and Japan, and Matsuoka saw no reason for Germany to abandon these two allies. Unless that Reinhardt is crazy, he will be more than happy to form an alliance with Japan.

At the cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Konoe had already determined that the strategic direction of the later imperial period would be in the south, taking advantage of the fact that Britain and France and other countries had just been defeated by Germany and were unable to protect their South Asian colonies, they would expand into Southeast Asia and occupy the rich resources of Southeast Asia, and only by relying on these resources could Japan continue the war. Japan must make full use of the impact of Germany's victory at the present stage and direct the attention of the United States to the direction of Europe as much as possible, so that Japan can free up its hands to solve the problems of those Asian colonies as soon as possible.

While Matsuoka was sitting at his desk as he was studying the draft agreement for the alliance with Germany drawn up by the Cabinet, an urgent encrypted telegram from the Japanese Embassy in Italy was placed in front of him.

Before he could finish the first part of the telegram, the Japanese Foreign Minister stood up in surprise.

"What a bunch of idiots! Sooner or later, the great ideals of His Majesty the Emperor will be destroyed at the hands of this group of idiot soldiers. ”

Matsuoka held down his swelling forehead weakly and slowly collapsed on the seat. The telegram between his fingers slowly drifted to his feet.

A few lines of small print were written in red pencil on the telenewspaper

"Today, we received a report from the German side that the Imperial Army Observer Mission to Germany had clashed fiercely with the German side, and the exact situation is unknown. The two Governors of Y.T have been detained by the German side. I have tried my best to communicate with the German side, but no result has been reached. The German side was vague on this matter, and it seems that the problem is more serious than expected. w。 ”