What a shrewd man Stresemann was, and Eric's intention was evident that he had repeatedly asked France to send troops, and that he would rather put the total strength of the Wehrmacht on the table. Once France sends troops to the Balkans, it will be tantamount to supporting and acknowledging Germany's interests on the peninsula, and it will no longer be able to interfere in Germany's affairs in the Balkans.

No one will be treated with a two-faced country, and Eric is pushing France into such a situation. Not long ago, France sent Greece to attack Turkey, and then invaded Germany, and immediately sent troops to attack Greece with Germany, although it was more or less unspeakably sour, but as long as France was willing to do so, Germany also agreed to pay some price for it, and compared with the two, perhaps France was willing to submit to Germany's will for the sake of its own long-term peace and stability.

It dawned on Stresemann, and Rathenau understood the mystery.

At that moment, after a knock on the door, Max entered.

"Hello Mr. President! If you have something, you can share it. "Max came over after being notified by Annata, and the advisor area is not far from here.

"Hello Mr. Max, please be seated! In an eventful season, the country is the time to employ people, and now there are indeed some tasks that you need to handle in person. "Eric has been very polite to Max.

"Ask the president to arrange the mission." Max sat down next to Stresemann and said.

"I want you to go to London at once, and if you don't look for anyone, you will find Prime Minister Lloyd George......" Eric said with the intention of asking.

"Oh? I haven't been there for a long time, and maybe my friends in London are about to forget about me. Please Mr. President, please give me an account of the task, and I am willing to serve in the next place! "Max was the best person in Germany to deal with the Anglo-German question, and he was a figure with whom both governments agreed very much.

"Don't worry, my chief counsellor. This mission, it is easy to say, it is difficult to say, but you can't do it unless you are the chief inspector in person, you know, we are now engaged in a border war with Greece, I want Britain to send troops, it doesn't matter whether you participate in the war or not, but it must create a greater momentum. Eric said it very lightly and naturally.

Max was silent, a little embarrassed, and said thoughtfully for a long time: "Mr. President, I am afraid that only you can think of such a thing, in the past few years, Britain has lost many colonies in the East and swallowed it, which shows that its citizens want to rest and recuperate, and do not want to have any more wars, so let it send troops, which is too embarrassing for others." ”

Even Max said so, and it is clear that Germany will have to pay a lot of price if cooperation is to be reached.

Eric also has his own plans, and wants these countries to send troops entirely to pave the way for the next time they use troops against Siam, so that the British will no longer talk nonsense, and as for the terms of exchange, to some extent, they can only be proposed by the British themselves.

Not to mention Germany, even the whole of Europe has no rubber production area, the tropical humid climate of the Far East can grow such trees, the demand for rubber raw materials in developed countries is increasing day by day, once the purchase channel is choked, Germany's development will come to a standstill, and then many countries will follow suit.

Before World War I, there was no room for German intervention in the Far East, and it was difficult to balance domestic demand by imports for a long time. However, the Far East was originally a traditional British colony, and many small countries often looked up to the British, and if Britain agreed to send troops to the Mediterranean, the Far East would certainly look at it, thus paving the way for the German expedition to Siam.

Max knew the mystery, of course, but in order to convince Prime Minister Lloyd George, he had to lure him with profit, or he would not mention it at all.

Indonesia is a Dutch colony, Vietnam is in the hands of France, the Philippines is in the hands of the United States, and the rest is in the hands of the United Kingdom. There was only one remaining state of Siam, which had recently had a serious diplomatic incident during diplomatic negotiations with Germany. It is very obvious that the best way in front of you is to have your own planting territory, and if you can't talk about it, you can only threaten each other with force, which is the domineering of the strong.

Judging from the information sent back by Siam this time, the western part of Siam has discovered an astonishing amount of tin ore reserves, and Britain has long been tempted and has always been worried about German interference, so it has made a first move and created a series of diplomatic crises to obstruct it in a roundabout way.

Eric, of course, would not have been poked to his face, after all, Germany was still at a critical stage of the German-Italian war, and negotiations on the Suez Canal were still ongoing. After the end of the German-Italian war, Britain did not let Germany idle to take care of the interests of the Far East, and soon, the war between Greece and Turkey once again bound Germany to the European continent, especially the unprovoked attack on the German-Greek border, which made it impossible for Germany to withdraw.

Eric asked Britain to send troops, mainly symbolically on the edge of Greek territory, which was a show to put it bluntly, so that the British could feel that Germany was still making the British Empire a big brother, and that it would be able to get a more or less piece of the Siamese problem in the future, and that France, Italy, and the United States would also be brought in at that time. When you have more friends, things are easier.

Eric told Max what he thought, and then waited for the final reply from the chief counsel.

Max knew very well that as the chief of staff of the president, the president's first staff officer, he needed to serve the president and the country with all his might, and now that the president had explained the requirements and conditions for negotiations with the United Kingdom, he needed to slowly consider things himself. Max had been a guest of honour in Britain since the German Empire, and it was not a big deal to go to such a diplomatic mission, but the president's ideas were more or less mysterious, and Max could only do his best to analyze the possibility of success in this diplomacy based on what he knew about the actual situation.

After pondering, Max slowly stood up: "Mr. President, your great idea has surprised you, but I think it's worth trying. However, the British Prime Minister Lloyd George is not going to make Germany feel at ease, and we are now very clear that on the surface we appear to be hunting in the Mediterranean, but in fact we are plotting against the rubber forests of the Far East, so that on the Mediterranean issue, Prime Minister Lloyd George may take the opportunity to make some demands for consultations. ”

Eric knew in his heart that Britain had always refused to give up its rights and interests in the Mediterranean Sea because of the existence of the Suez Canal, and as a European island country, once it lost the initiative in the Mediterranean, it would be equivalent to weakening its control over the Far East. And the navy that Germany wants to vigorously develop will be placed either in the North Sea or in the Mediterranean, both of which will inevitably have friction with Britain, and Max's scruples are very reasonable, so the tone of the negotiations must first be set by Eric.

"What do you think the chief inspector thinks needs me to personally adjust, even if you say it, once you fly to London, you can only play freely on your own." Eric said with concern.

"Regarding the upper limit on the tonnage and performance of the warships of our Navy, the British will definitely bring it up, and Mr. President should deal with it in advance." Max points out Eric's pain directly, but it's better to be a prophet than an afterthought.

Eric blinked a few times, thinking it was a bit of a headache. He was unwilling to give up the interests of the Far East, and the tonnage of naval warships could not be given up, which was a question of whether Germany could gain a foothold in the seas.

No matter how strong the land is, even if Germany conquers Europe, it will be dragged to death because of the excessively long supply lines, and only by grasping the sea power in its hands can it have the ability to compete with the world powers.

"Speaking of the Navy, several shipyards have been quite angry recently, saying that the Admiralty has been dragging its feet and not releasing the news of building cruisers." Stresemann did hear this, and at first thought it was the entrepreneurs fooling around, but after a while, the complaints grew, and he figured out why. It turned out that the command of the Navy did not release news about the construction of other large ships such as cruisers and battleships, and everything was so quietly stopped halfway.

Speaking of this topic, Stresemann would love to be confirmed.

"Oh, I stopped it, because of the rush of time, I haven't explained the reason to you yet, because a 'secret equipment' is still in the land testing stage, if nothing else, it will be officially put into service soon, and it will take about a month to decide whether to equip it on the warship, sorry, it is currently in the secret stage, presumably you will not break the casserole and ask to the end." Eric explained, not saying what it was.

Max knew it, but he didn't have the right to explain, because he couldn't figure out the details of the radar equipment, and everything couldn't be revealed in advance. The Admiralty was about to announce the cruiser program when it was abruptly halted, with Max present, and Hippel then took part in land tests of the radar.

Hipper was nervous about this equipment being regarded as a treasure by the navy, for fear of leaking secrets, including the destroyer orders that had already been issued, and was ordered to suspend it in order to meet the requirements of the new rectification plan. The design of other large ships, such as cruisers, has been completely overturned, with radar in the main position on the upper deck.

Eric also understands this situation very well, the endless ocean seems to be unobstructed, but in fact, it is difficult to observe the enemy situation clearly from a distance of dozens of kilometers, and once the radar is added, the enemy target can be found from a long distance.

Not only warships, but even the Air Force's new fighter design scheme has begun to change, Eric plans to establish a secure radar monitoring network, and also considers installing huge radar equipment on reconnaissance aircraft, but it is not possible to do this at present, because the MKI radar is too big, and destroyers have to change drastically if they want to install it, and the aircraft will not be able to carry it.

There is no radar for the time being, and Eric has not forgotten to give the Air Force some benefits, such as the mechanical bomb thrower will be handed over to the Air Force, which is also a wish for Toth, who wants to build a strategic bombing force.

The Army rocket program has not yet entered service because of the problems that Eric does not want to expose prematurely, and although Rundstedt is in a hurry, it is useless to be anxious because Eric did not approve it.

Max, Stresemann, Rathenau and the others listened to Eric's plan and prepared for the next day's work with trepidation.

Although Greece was not a strong enemy, it was a key battle for Germany to unify the middle of Europe, and if it succeeded, Germany's first strategic goal was achieved, and if it did not succeed, Eric could not imagine what would happen next.