235 Italy attacks Greece
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"What's going on? The Italian side didn't mention attacking Greece to us, did it? Moreover, relations between Greece and us are not bad, and Italy should know this very well! ”
Heydrich looked at Ribbentrop in front of him, unable to believe the news brought by his foreign minister, which was completely unreasonable.
"Yuan, I immediately found the Italian ambassador, but he didn't know much about it, it seemed that this was a very top-secret operation, and even their own diplomatic department didn't know about it before. In addition, I have made representations with the Italian government, but they have not yet responded to our message. ”
"Nonsense! This is nonsense! ”
With a bang, Heydrich slammed the pen in his hand on the table, he really couldn't understand what this Mussolini had in his head, Greece was originally mixed with Britain, and now Britain has become a puppet of Germany, Greece naturally began to have the slenderness of falling to Germany, and now if Italy does something to Greece, it is tantamount to completely pushing Greece to the hostile side of Germany.
At the same time, it will also push the British civil tendencies, which have been difficult to control, in the direction of the anti-German-Italian alliance. You know, the British have always considered themselves the protectors of Greece.
"Yuan, what do we do next? If we continue to ignore this, it will be very detrimental to us. ”
"I also know the disadvantage! But the question is, what do I do now? On the one hand, we are allies, on the other hand, we are fighting for the country, and the geographical location of Greece is so important, no matter how it is handled, Germany will lose its trust in society! The Italians are caught in the middle, and they did this without considering our needs at all! ”
"I don't think they necessarily didn't think about it, if they really didn't think about it, I'm afraid they would have informed us a long time ago, otherwise they wouldn't have even hidden their own diplomatic department."
"Do you have any ideas on this matter?"
"Let's wait and see, I'm going to wait and draw up a draft that shows that we don't know anything about it, and then we don't get involved in the war between the two countries, so that although it seems that nothing has been done, it can at least reassure other countries that we will not do anything against countries with whom we have no hatred, let alone countries that are relatively friendly to us."
As Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ribbentrop knew that this was a very severe test for himself, and he had to deal with this matter, and he already knew that Germany was going to take action against the Soviet Union next, and it was difficult for Germany to intervene at this time, and preparing for war was the most important thing.
"Okay, just do as you say, I'll go to the Supreme Command later, you have to keep an eye on the movements of Italy and Greece, and if there is any change, immediately send someone to the Supreme Command to inform me."
Sending Ribbentrop off, Heydrich did not delay any longer, and went straight to the High Command with a casual piece of clothing, where he had to gather all the generals at once to assess the impact of the war between Italy and Greece on the next German attack on the Soviet Union, and in addition, the development of a plan for the attack on the Soviet Union had to be accelerated.
The line was in a hurry, but after reaching the Supreme Command, Heydrich's hanging heart was immediately relaxed, because the opinion of the Supreme Command was almost unanimous, Greece could never be Italy's opponent, it was only a matter of time before Italy attacked Greece, and if Italy could successfully defeat Greece, then it would be relatively beneficial to Germany.
Greece has always refused to fully turn to Germany, and if it were to wait until the future war requires troops to pass in the direction of Greece, it may encounter some obstacles, and once it becomes Italian territory, the result will be very different, and it is natural that it will pass through the territory of its own allies.
"That's fine, so that we can wait for the news that Italy will take Greece, but how long do you think it will take for Italy to take Greece? I don't want my allies to delay too long or suffer losses by attacking Greece. ”
"Yuan, please rest assured, we have made calculations, it is estimated that at most one month, before entering December, Italy can fully occupy Greece, of course, this is still the longest calculation, most of us think that Italy should not take more than half a month to conquer Greece."
William Keitel smiled brightly, for in the eyes of the generals of the High Command, the Greek attitude of impartiality had always been a problem, and once Italy had solved the Greek problem, they would have saved a lot of trouble when they were to conduct war operations in the future.
Looking at the entire operational map, the southernmost point of Germany's route to attack the Soviet Union was limited to Poland, because the special domestic situation in Hungary further south made it impossible for their government to allow the Germans to attack from there, but Romania further south was a good place to attack.
Romania had already had a bitter feud with the Soviet Union over Bessarabia, and the Romanians would definitely be more than happy to have a German team stationed there, and they would be in a position that would take the heart of Ukraine directly.
However, because Romania is separated from Germany by a Hungary, the Germans are completely unable to enter Romania.
Originally, the Supreme Command had abandoned this route, but the news that Italy was suddenly at war with Greece today, gave the generals hope again, because, as long as Greece can fully fall to Germany, then the German army can enter from Greece, and then through camouflage, with the help of the Bulgarian military, it will pass through the eyes of the Bulgarian people through their country, and then it can quietly enter Romania!
Standing in the High Command, listening to Keitel talking about the importance of Greece by his side, and at the same time saying that Italy could easily solve Greece, Heydrich should have been very calm in his heart, and full of confidence and expectation, but why did he have a faint uneasiness in his heart?
"Why do you feel this way?"
Heydrich muttered unconsciously.
"Yuan, what's wrong? Is there anything wrong with what I said? ”
Keitel, who was standing on the sidelines, obviously thought that he had said something wrong, and did not realize that Heydrich was only born because of the subtle uneasiness in his heart.
"Nothing wrong! By the way, you immediately contact the Huaxia First Division and ask Li to take a plane over now! ”
To be continued.
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