Just when Stalin had already made his mind about Poland and began to hold a meeting with his senior staff, German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop came to Moscow unexpectedly and rushed to the Kremlin to prepare to visit Stalin.

As the current foreign minister of the Third Reich, Ribbentrop already enjoyed Reinhardt's trust in foreign affairs. Therefore, his coming to the Soviet Union this time is similar to carrying Reinhardt's sword of Shang Fang, and he has the right to sign a treaty directly with the Soviet Union.

As for Ribbentrop, Reinhardt actually didn't think about reusing it in the first place. In his view, Ribbentrop had only a chance to enter high society by marrying Annalith Heinkel, the daughter of the German champagne magnate Henkel. To put it bluntly, it is only by relying on the background of the father-in-law that he has the opportunity to live a romantic life.

As a time-traveler who has been suppressed by the rich second generation, Reinhardt looks down on this kind of person who relies on the background backstage the most. In his opinion, people who are really capable should rely on their own hard work and opportunities, just like themselves.

And every time I think of myself tying my head around my waist after crossing, I am terrified and I am afraid that I am finally mixed up to this day, but someone else married a wife and easily and safely walked to the peak of life, which made Reinhardt always can't help but be envious, and envy turns into jealousy to the extreme.

However, when Reinhardt later met Ribbentrop for the first time, his opinion changed.

In Reinhardt's words, Ribbentrop was one of the few visionaries in Germany today, who always understood what he really wanted and wanted in diplomacy.

Five years ago, Ribbentrop met Reinhardt for the first time, and he talked about his views on the "Anglo-German Naval Agreement" under Reinhardt's temptation. He believed that this agreement not only did not restrict the development of the German navy, but on the contrary created favorable conditions for the expansion of the German navy.

His ideas coincided with Reinhardt's, or rather, his vision was far ahead of most of his contemporaries.

Later, Ribbentrop followed Reinhardt to participate in the negotiation and signing of the German-Italian "anti-Soviet pact".

Two years ago, when Reinhardt decided to put the question of the integration of Austria on the agenda, Ribbentrop, who was already in the German Foreign Office, strongly supported Reinhardt's decision against public opinion, and privately submitted a report to Reinhardt, analyzing that "Britain will not take action against Austria."

Subsequently, he was instructed to draft an ultimatum to Austria. With the connivance of the British and French appeasement policies, Germany did successfully annex Austria.

Just when everyone was cheering at the German-Austrian merger, and the officials were immersed in this epic feat. Ribbentrop was the first to jump out and strongly advocate the transformation of Czechoslovakia into a German protectorate.

He also assured Reinhardt that he would "keep France out of the way" and that Britain was "going to give in as long as you show them that you will not back down." “

As an authority, Ribbentrop was able to make such a judgment. Without any reference, the policy proposal he put forward actually coincided with the plan of Reinhardt, the traverser!

Such a far-sighted politician naturally became the object of Reinhardt's attention. What's more, this person was good at catering to Reinhardt's instructions, and joined the Socialist Workers' Party early, swearing allegiance to Reinhardt. As a diplomat, his eloquence of reversing right and wrong was quite appetizing to Reinhardt.

There is such a smell....... A confidant of the same righteousness, Reinhardt naturally put aside his prejudices and turned to the confidence of using this diplomatic genius who has passed the test of history. If you think about it, eating soft rice is also an ability, isn't it? can eat soft rice so brazenly and with peace of mind, just with this thickness of cheek, people in the same way.......

This kind of talent is needed to engage in diplomacy. Not only must you have extraordinary insight, but you must also have a brazen spirit and the ability to tell nonsense with your eyes open.

The position of foreign minister is really not something that can be sat by just one person. Among them, the whirlwind, the counteroffer, the outwitting, the nervous, the bloody, the degree of intensity, is even no less than going to prostitution.

Speaking of which, since Reinhardt's crossing, I haven't seen many German officials who are thick-skinned enough to be diplomats. He is one of them, but the position of the Führer is inseparable from him.

Therefore, Ribbentrop, who was able to take on this important task, contacted Molotov, People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union, and after obtaining permission to visit the Soviet Union, he hurriedly took a special plane to the capital of the Soviet Union with Reinhardt's instructions to "pull the Soviet Union into the water as soon as possible."

You must know that at this time, the Soviet Union was focused on guarding against the "Peter the Great incident" by the British government, so it did not carry out cooperation negotiations with Britain and France that it had in history. At present, the Soviet Union has only one Western "friend" that can be found, for the time being, Germany.

In addition, the Soviet-German "friendship" is still quite harmonious, and Stalin happened to pay more attention to the Polish question. The object of Ribbentrop's talks was to be Stalin, the leader of the Soviet Union.

"Hello, the great Soviet leader, Mr. Stalin. It is a great honor to meet you. As soon as Ribbentrop met, he praised Stalin as is customary.

"I'm glad to meet you, too," said Stalin, shaking his standard beard, "and the German friend must have something to say to us when he came from afar." ”

Ribbentrop nodded humbly, and said with a serious expression: "That's right, according to the information we have received, the Soviet Red Army has been massively massing troops to the Soviet-Polish border recently. As you know, Poland's relations with Germany were now marked by a great war. The Führer hoped that I would be able to open a discussion with my Soviet friends about the coordination of future actions of the Soviet and German sides. ”

All day long hyping up the Soviet attack on Poland, your German newspaper is the loudest shout. Now it seems that we may really do it, and come to us to discuss it. Stalin secretly despised this group of German officials who did not know how to control the domestic media, and if they had not allowed the domestic media to talk nonsense, it is estimated that the Soviet Union would not have mobilized troops so quickly.

However, Stalin quickly calmed down his mental activity and turned to laughing: "You should know that, in addition to Germany, our relations with Poland in the USSR have always been bad. Personally, I can say that I hate this country that has brought me great defeats. ”

Then, in a serious tone, Stalin said: "Poland has taken too much land that should have been ours, and shouldn't the Soviet Union take it back?" I think our German friends can understand our desire to reclaim our territory. ”

Yes, in your eyes, all the territories of the world should be yours. Ribbentrop scolded inwardly, but on the surface he still greeted him with a smile: "Of course, we quite understand. ”