Madrid, Spain.

"Have you heard, it seems that our 10 German armament divisions have received a batch of new German equipment and upgraded their weapons. And our German armored division, I heard that it was also replenished with a batch of weapons called the Stalker tank destroyer. ”

A well-informed guard, while standing guard for Franco's military meeting, quietly chatted privately with another tall guard who was standing guard with him.

However, his colleague did not show the slightest surprise, but looked at the self-proclaimed well-informed guard with disdain: "Your news is outdated. Didn't you listen to the announcement made this morning by German Führer Reinhardt? ”

"A declaration of a counterattack against the Soviet Union?" The guard was puzzled and puzzled, "I didn't listen." What's so nice about this kind of announcement, isn't it just that the big man tells a lot of tirades as usual? And, what does this have to do with our German mechanics updating their equipment? ”

Hearing the guard say this, the tall guard continued to preach: "It seems that you don't know why General Franco convened this military meeting, do you? ”

"I don't know." The well-informed guards were now black-eyed, and they couldn't say anything.

"Hey, forget it, I'll tell you directly." The tall guard didn't sell it, and directly explained his confusion: "The reason why our German mechanic division was able to get the new generation of equipment sent by the Germans is not because the Germans need us to continue to fight for them. This morning, the German Führer had already mentioned in his proclamation that the Allied forces fighting back against the Soviet Union would soon be supported by reinforcements from many countries, including Spanish troops. ”

"And this kind of thing?!" The guard, who thought he was well-informed at first, now has wide eyes and looks at the tall guard with an incredulous expression: "Why haven't I heard even a little wind until now?" It stands to reason that we in Spain shouldn't have been ignorant of such a big thing! ”

Although this time, the guards are not so well informed. However, he had always been very good at finding out information before. Therefore, his news network was unaware of the fact that Spain sent troops to assist Germany in counterattacking the Soviet Union, which was not normal in the first place.

"That's why General Franco convened today's meeting...... "The tall guard said with some tears and laughter: "Participating in the war is such a big thing, even General Franco himself doesn't know it!" ”

That's right, Franco was completely trapped. Without his knowledge, Reinhardt was also counted as a member of the anti-Soviet army.

The most nonsense thing is that Franco did not dare to say no to Reinhardt's self-assertion.

The whole of Europe, even a superpower like the British Empire, was beaten by Germany to the brink of extinction. A second-tier country like Spain, which had been devastated by the civil war, had no courage to oppose Germany.

"Smack!" While the two guards were chatting about their dereliction of duty, Franco in the conference room was furious and smashed the cup in front of him.

"Reinhardt is trying to force us to get on the German chariot! And without our own consent, we counted Spain directly! Franco shouted in front of his cronies with some gaffe: "What qualifications does he have, he must also declare war on the Soviet Union, and he must also send 11 divisions of elite troops to fight for them!" ”

Although, as a member of the Central Powers and an ally with Germany as early as the Civil War, Spain should have assumed the obligation of war against the Soviet Union, moreover. Reinhardt asked Franco to send 10 German Spanish infantry divisions and 1 German Spanish armored division, which were also clearly stated when they participated in the Spanish Civil War before, that the command belonged to Germany.

However, when he was actually asked to take on this obligation, Franco still felt reluctant.

After all, he is the leader of Spain, the dictator who rules Spain. Whether or not Spain would enter the international war should have been decided by him, the Spanish leader, not Reinhardt, the leader of the Germans.

In Franco's eyes, Reinhardt was clearly crossing the line.

Of course, he also acknowledged that Spain should indeed shoulder the military burden within the Allies and contribute to the alliance. Moreover, Spain's performance before this was indeed very unkind, and it was basically in a state of not contributing if it could not contribute.

As for the 11 German armouring expeditionary forces that Reinhardt asked the Spanish government to send, they were indeed the troops that Franco promised to hand over to the German generals in order to win the civil war.

It's just that these troops were only commanded by Rommel once during the Civil War. After the victory of the war, it was immediately returned to the Spanish Army Command with the departure of Rommel, so Franco gradually forgot that these 11 divisions were still in command of the Germans.

It's been 4 years, and after the end of the civil war, 4 years have passed. In the past four years, Spain seems to have occupied a great element of luck, enjoying the status of a member of the Central Powers, but it does not need to send a lot of manpower and material resources to fight against the hostile forces of the Central Powers, as Italy did.

To this day, they are recalled, and as soon as they came up, they were directly asked to send a large expeditionary force of 11 divisions to participate in the battle.

Germany, on the other hand, first announced that Spain would participate in the war against the Soviet Union, and then told the Spanish government that "you must come to help."

The Germans even made a provision for the pairs of helpers, requiring Spain to send 11 German mechanics to help.

It's so outrageous. Is this asking for help? It is clearly to make people be cattle and horses!

Crucially, Franco can't object yet.

Because of the limited national strength, coupled with the fact that he has personally seen the powerful combat capability of the German army, Franco now does not even have the confidence to use the all-Spanish army to block only 10 German divisions!

Franco still remembers the fact that Rommel brought a German division to sweep through more than 200,000 Republicans in and around Madrid.

If the Germans were not happy and sent 10 divisions from the army that had recently been transferred back from England, they would not directly occupy the whole of Spain.

In that case, Franco wouldn't even have his current status, and he would only become a prisoner.

"Which of you has any way to meet the demands of the Germans without tying our fate to Germany?" Franco ended up brainstorming a way to solve the problem: "After all, if the Soviets win in the end, I hope that Spain will have an excuse to make peace, rather than a mortal enmity with the Soviet government." ”