Chapter 167: Thunder faintly
The handwriting on the letter was very sloppy, and the person who wrote the letter must have been extremely excited at the time, and in Xu Jun's opinion, it was more likely because of excitement.
How can you not be excited, since before the start of the war, it has been suppressed by the aura of Germany, and after the war, it has become a laughing stock because of its embarrassing achievements, this time it can be regarded as finding the weakness of the Germans, so that he can regain a city. Mussolini must have been very proud when he wrote the letter, and perhaps he was still imagining the expression on Xu Jun's face when he received the letter, and he could finally throw the humiliation he had received back in the face of the little German bastard at once.
Xu Jun looked at the letter paper in his hand casually, although some words were difficult to read, but the words before and after the connection could basically guess what they meant. The information he had at his disposal was already able to sketch out the outline of the whole thing, so he could roughly guess what Mussolini would have written in the letter. Reading this letter was just to re-verify his previous judgment, and at the same time, Xu Jun also wanted to see with his own eyes the legendary cheekiness of the Italian Caesar and his unfathomable bottom line.
Xu Jun was angry after only reading the first paragraph, Mussolini really didn't disappoint him, this guy's thinking is really different from ordinary people.
"Welle, come and hear this." With a sneer on the corner of Xu Jun's mouth, he took the letter and read it aloud. "Italy has never forgotten its role in the Iron Covenant, and when Germany needed help, the Kingdom of Italy, under my leadership, did not hesitate to carry out its agreement with Germany without being fully prepared. In the face of an overwhelmingly superior enemy, the Italian army was undaunted and fought valiantly against the fierce French army. ”
"The Italian Army has behaved very bravely, my Führer." Wehrle agrees with this without changing his face.
"But I did not see the sincerity of the German allies, and did not receive the slightest help from Germany when the Italians shed their blood for the cause of the Germans. Germany completely failed to fulfill the terms of the Iron Pact, and in this war completely threw aside its most loyal and staunch Italian allies. Both by air and by land. Not a single German soldier came to the aid of the Italian army. Germany should bear the main responsibility for the losses suffered by Italy in this war. When Xu Jun read this, he raised his head and glanced at Ziano on the other side, the Italian envoy's face was stiff at this time, and he could clearly see the cold sweat on his forehead.
"Count Ziano, I'm a little confused about this. Hasn't the Italian Army been winning all the time? According to statistics, at least three French army groups should have been eliminated. A week earlier, the radio in Rome had also published a victory communiqué, in which the bomber brigade commanded by you, Count Ziano, had won a brilliant victory. Colleagues in the German High Command expressed to me their admiration for the fighting power of Italy's allies and their confidence in Italy's accomplishment of its strategic objectives. But it doesn't seem to be the case at all, can you give us a clear explanation? "Werler aggressively interrogated Ziano, and the Italian big mouth was so sore that there were too many feet. You can grab a handful casually.
In the original history, Germany and Italy established a joint operations committee to communicate, and Italy still lied to the Germans about the military situation, and the Germans had actually seen through the tricks of the Italians a long time ago, Mussolini just wanted to be able to get a piece of the pie when the fruit was finally picked, and Hitler was embarrassed at this time, and opened his eyes and connived at the childish behavior of the Italian leader.
The Italian army's record on the French border was so ugly that Hitler began to doubt his fascist predecessors, and by the time he finally realized the true strength of the Italian army, he had already been mired in the quagmire.
Hitler was a good-looking guy. He refused to admit that he had been deceived by the Italian parallel import, gritted his teeth and wiped his ass for his big chin for three years, and spent a lot of valuable military power and resources in the deserts of the Balkans and Africa, but in exchange for the Italians did not hesitate to turn back. A whole 600,000 German troops were thus cut off on the Apennine Peninsula.
The Italians decisively surrendered their names with the lives of the former leader's entire family, and poured the dirty water on Mussolini and Hitler. They didn't even have time to wipe the shit off their butts, and they directly changed their appearance into partners of justice and role models for free nations. Everything was considered the sin of the Germans. The peace-loving Italians entered the war under duress from the forces of evil, and they happily humiliated the corpses of Mussolini's family who had been beaten into a sieve, while declaring themselves to be a peace-loving people. Shamelessly proclaim that enjoying life is their national talent. It feels like it might be insulting to the wallgrass plant, and Xu Jun has been looking for other suitable alternative words to describe the country.
"The Italian army fought valiantly, but due to the terrain, although it inflicted heavy losses on the enemy, it also suffered a lot of losses. Also, honorable Führer, this is a personal letter from the Prime Minister of the Kingdom to you, is it a little inappropriate to read it aloud in such a public way. I know that the contents of the letter may upset you, but I would also like to ask you to show the leaders of Italy the utmost respect. Ziano's defense was a little weak, and he could not tell the other side that the Italian army had been repeatedly beaten by the French and had completely lost its offensive ability.
In fact, Italy had long wanted the Germans to come to their aid, but Mussolini refused to bow to the young German Führer because of his high status. If Hitler was still there, he might still be able to ask for help with a gentle face. But Reinhardt. Feng. Stadler's twenty-eight-year-old German dictator should have offered support to the Italian army and obediently presented the fruits of victory to his fascist predecessors, and the armistice negotiations with the French should be led by him, an experienced world leader.
The German army was already holding his breath, and what bothered him even more was that there were signs that the German Führer was in frequent contact with the French government, and it was clear that the blonde was ready to kick him out of the way and sign an armistice with the French on his own. Italy suffered such heavy losses, in the end it may be empty, how could he endure it, Mussolini felt naked contempt and humiliation from the actions of the Germans, so he deliberately tried to find a way to retaliate, but it really made him think of an idea, so he made Xu Jun make this play in front of him.
"In my opinion, this is not a personal letter at all. This is an ultimatum to me, to the German government, to the German people. This was a blatant violation of Germany's national interests and a shameless betrayal of the Iron Covenant. Xu Jun slammed the letter on the table, and the German Führer angrily expressed his opinion on the contents of the letter.
"His Excellency Mussolini believes that Italy has done its duty and deserves to be rewarded accordingly. He believed that the German Government lacked the sincerity to implement the Covenant and that the Italian side had no intention of continuing this vague cooperation. Italy will continue to abide by the treaty of friendship with the German government, but from now on Italy will no longer inform Germany of its actions, and the Italian government will determine and choose the targets and areas to attack at its own discretion. Italy no longer needed German assistance, and at the same time did not want any German power to intervene. Xu Jun slapped the table hard.
"Prime Minister Mussolini's meaning is already clear, he has broken the iron pact between us, and he thinks he can hide his next plan? He thought he could humiliate me in this way? Xu Jun stared at Ziano's eyes.
God knows where he got the courage to make such a declaration, and what prompted him to make such an arrogant decision. He thought he could challenge the leadership of the Third Reich in this great cause? He wants to make decisions for the mighty Third Reich? Tell the German people what should be touched and what should not be touched. Where did he get the confidence to see himself as the conqueror and ruler of Europe, wanting to master the Mediterranean? He couldn't even master a small pillbox in the Alps. Since he was ready to reach out to the interests of Germany. I swear, he'll see what he wants. Xu Jun stood up.
"Now, Mr. Ziano, your mission has been accomplished. Please get out of my sight immediately, or I can't guarantee that I will be able to control the anger in my chest the next moment. Eric, take him out. Xu Jun turned his back and walked to the window and pushed it open.
Ziano was frightened by the sudden anger of the other party. The man, who was eight years younger, flares up like a blazing fire. The Italian knew that he had been cheated by his father-in-law again, and that things were slipping in the direction he least wanted to see, but he could only leave this room for the time being. Because any justification now would only make things worse, Ziano sighed and stood up, and before leaving, he looked back at the dictator again, and from that back he seemed to see a volcano about to erupt, which in the next second could erupt with terrifying power, pouring death and fear on ignorant mortals.
"He's gone, my Führer." Weierle walked behind Xu Jun and said.
"He would immediately report my reaction to Mussolini, hoping to delay their movement a little. We're probably going to have to stay up all night tonight and have to figure out a preliminary plan. Contact the French immediately, I want to speak to Pétain personally. Spain has joined forces with Italy, and it will not be good news for France.
They wanted to take Gibraltar from the British and turn the Mediterranean into "our sea", and Mussolini and Franco really had a good eye, and they thought they had chosen a good time. The German army is fighting in full force against the British, neither the British nor the Germans have the energy and strength to intervene in the battle here, and when we defeat the British, they have already obtained the results they want, but we can only watch them steal the throat of the Mediterranean from the hands of Germany in the way of the treaty of friendship. It's a pity that they misjudged the situation, and I'm going to teach them a hard lesson about what happens if they try to fool the strong. At this time, Xu Jun's face did not show the slightest anger, and he looked completely calm as usual.
Weirle nodded respectfully and stepped back, and Himmler hurriedly stepped up. "My Führer, the SS is always at your orders."
"Mobilize all your forces at once, I believe that the Italians must have a special intelligence channel with us, and these rats must be found. In addition, the Spanish and Italian embassies and consulates were immediately monitored to see who was in contact with them. Now that they have been detected by us, they will definitely find a way to remedy it, and this is when they show their flaws. This time let them remember that sometimes the wrong allies are more deadly than the wrong enemies. Xu Jun looked at the sunset on the horizon, took a deep breath with his hands behind his back, and the next work was going to increase, but this was also the opportunity he had been waiting for.
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