It's been a long time since Reinhardt has been so embarrassed.

Sitting in front of him was the King of the British Empire, the King of Great Britain and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, or the Emperor of India.

It's just that this king is the predecessor's.

The former Edward VIII, now the Duke of Windsor, a man who was still the king of England just 5 years ago, was actually "kidnapped" to Berlin under the arrangement of Ross and Ribbentrop, who took the initiative to share Reinhardt's worries!

What's more, Reinhardt himself was completely unaware of this.

Knowing that this morning, when he got up to eat his morning, he saw a grinning Rose running over and excitedly saying that he wanted to tell him good news.

And the good news is that Ross took the initiative to share the pressure for the tired Reinhardt and found a "catalyst" to solve the British problem.

This was done by the Gestapo executive Ross and the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Third Reich, Ribbentrop, who worked together to kidnap the Duke of Windsor, who stayed there, from Portugal to Berlin!

At first, this was a small act of the initiative of Ribbentrop and Rose, and there was really no need to report it to Reinhardt.

At first, Ribbentrop only contacted the German representatives in Spain, and put the German ambassador to Madrid, Storler, in charge of detaining the Duke of Windsor, who had fled to Spain at that time, as the British military representative to France, for about two weeks.

At that time, France had just been defeated, and the Duke of Windsor urgently went to Spain with his wife almost two days before the surrender of the French government to avoid being captured by the Germans.

Unfortunately, the relationship between Spain and Germany was inextricably linked as early as the Civil War.

Although Spain chose neutrality in important military operations such as Germany's blitzkrieg on Poland, the surprise attack on France, and the crossing of the English Channel, this country was essentially a member of the Allied Powers, and it was a member of the Allied Powers early on.

As a matter of fact, after receiving the request of the German ambassador to Madrid, Spanish Foreign Minister Artiza immediately met with the Duke of Windsor at the request of the German side, and did not reveal at all that "this meeting was requested by Germany."

He then quickly sent the results of the meeting to Berlin in a "top secret" telegram: "The Duke of Windsor has agreed to accept a two-week political meeting arranged for him by the Spanish government to facilitate further grain trade between Spain and England." ”

The matter was not over here, and soon the leader of Spain, General Franco, also heard about the plan.

Franco, who didn't know the inside story, thought that this incident was from Reinhardt's instructions. And in order to win Reinhardt's favor and slightly offset the guilt of Spain not participating in the Allied military operations, Franco joined in uninvited and contributed to this plan.

After all, among the member states of the Central Powers, the Kingdom of Italy, the Third German Reich, and the Kingdom of Norway, had already participated in the landing war against the British.

In Africa, Vichy France, the Kingdom of Italy, and the Third German Reich also launched a series of wars against the British.

Only Spain, instead of joining the war, secretly made deals with the British, buying British grain and raw materials.

As a precondition for the British to make a deal, Spain was threatened not to participate in any military action in the Confederate camp.

It's not that Franco is bold and not afraid of Reinhardt's cleverness in liquidating his wall-riding policy, but because he has no choice but to do this!

Spain itself is only an agricultural country, and the previous three years of civil war have exhausted Spain's human and material resources.

Spain was in a depression after the civil war, and the country's economy was on the verge of collapse. Even the Spanish government itself admits that after the civil war, many areas were in ruins, with nearly 60 percent of houses destroyed, 40 percent of railway rolling stock damaged, and many bridges and road facilities damaged.

In fact, even Reinhardt received a report from the Gestapo on the Spanish side: "The situation in Spain has become more acute in the last three weeks...... Hunger riots can occur. Even the army did not receive enough food supplies. …… The prisoners were poorly fed, and their families were dying of starvation...... This country, even more chaotic than Germany under the Treaty of Versailles back then! ”

So, Reinhardt and Franco reached a tolerant acquiescence. Spain could not participate in the war operations of the Central Powers, and could also privately buy and sell grain and raw materials with the British.

After all, Reinhardt did not want Germany to provide all the burdens that Spain needed. They can get it from the British, so it's better. In this way, at least Spain would not be held back by the Allies.

Of course, Franco wasn't a fool either. In many small things within his means, the Spanish government he ruled almost always tacitly and intuitively served the interests of Germany first.

This time, for example, Franco generously agreed to give the Duke and Duchess of Windsor a huge, elegantly decorated castle and continue to provide them with living expenses, so that he could live the life he wanted to live as a king in Spain.

It was this large and elegant castle in Spain that Franco sent that really kept the Duke of Windsor for half a year. From the time of France's surrender to Germany in June last year, it remained until the start of the war between Germany and Great Britain in March!

If it is said that Ribbentrop's methods were quite mild before. Then, after Ross made a move, the straight line instantly hardened.

The Ross family directly sent Walter Schellenberg, the head of the SS security department, to lead a team of SS elites to rob the Duke of Windsor!

The most important thing is that it is more appropriate to "rob" people back from Spain than to "pick them up".

Moreover, because the SS special forces were all transferred to Spain to pick up people by Ross, they went to London to carry out the really difficult task of rescuing Moseley, but they could only temporarily send out Wehrmacht paratroopers such as Wren, who could speak English.

Therefore, in the face of this Duke of Windsor, who spent a lot of energy in the Third Reich and used up a favor owed by Franco, the key is that he didn't want to see yet, Reinhardt couldn't give a good face from the beginning.

"So, you came here to see me because you wanted to hear what I had to say?" Reinhardt held back the unhappiness in his heart, reluctantly put on a posture that a head of state should have, and said seriously.

However, his words almost choked the Duke of Windsor to death.

What do you want to hear from you, it's obvious that you forcibly kidnapped me, okay!

What can I say?!