"I think it's doable!" Grandval's statement was eventually agreed by the Commander-in-Chief of the Swedish Air Force: "Without our military status, they are not the Swedish national army, but a civilian army." ”

Seeing that his idea had been supported by his colleagues, Grandwal clenched his fists excitedly, and immediately added: "For the League of Nations, we can publicize to the permanent members of the League of Nations, such as Britain and even France, that this is a strong volunteer division formed by the Swedish Army. ”

"To the Soviet Union, or to make a public statement, we can declare that Sweden is strictly neutral and does not send any regular troops. The Swedish Volunteer Division for Finland is a civilian armed force whose actions have nothing to do with the Swedish government. ”

In this way, he did not openly offend the Soviet Union, but also fulfilled his responsibilities as a founding member of the League of Nations. While killing two birds with one stone, we can also gain the friendship of the Finnish government, and subtly be regarded as a leader by the Nordic countries, increasing regional influence. ”

Knocking on the table, Grandval looked around at everyone with a torch in his eyes: "Think about it, if you think about it, what we have to get all this is just a downsized division with about 2 reinforced infantry battalions as the main force, plus hundreds of logistics personnel. It's a great deal for the Kingdom of Sweden! ”

Grandval said the key point, emotional, foaming at the mouth, and for a moment infected everyone around him.

"Acting has to be enough! In that case, we in the Air Force might as well join one. It just so happened that the Air Force still had 12 backward fighters and 5 old bombers, so I transferred 8 more logistics planes, making up 25 planes, and together they became volunteer troops, and they were discharged from the military and sent to Finland. The commander-in-chief of the Air Force was the first to stand up and say: "Send a division, plus so many planes." We are also considered to have done our best, and what dare the remaining villains of the League of Nations say to us?! ”

Grandval looked at him, nodded, reached out and patted him on the shoulder, then turned to the king again and said:

"Your Majesty, if we don't do anything, if we accept the British demand, then the Germans should also attack us!"

"As the commander-in-chief of the Swedish Army, I must explain," said Grandwal in a serious voice, "Our army is not afraid of the British soldiers, so we can have nothing to fear." But if the opponent is replaced by the Germans, we may have to consider surrender. ”

Grandval's words were unpleasant, but they made sense.

How strong was Poland at the beginning? They sat on 200,000 iron cavalry and 800,000 infantry, both economically and militarily, with the support of Britain and France.

But what happened in the end? After a month of fighting with the Germans, the army was defeated. Poland, the "cavalry kingdom" that defeated the Soviet Union, was powerless to fight back under the blitzkrieg of the German army! The only large-scale counterattack was calculated by the German Chief of Staff Manstein, constituting a textbook defeat!

Compared with Sweden, Poland has a territory of 388,000 square kilometers, ranking sixth in Europe, which means that in Europe, Poland's territory is second only to Sweden, which is the fifth.

Poland's population of about 35 million far exceeds Sweden's population of more than 9 million, ranking sixth in Europe, second only to the Soviet Union, Germany, Britain, France, and Italy!

Territorially and demographically, Poland is far more of a standard European power than Sweden.

In terms of military strength, Poland even ranked fifth in Europe. Its allies, Britain and France, also claim to be the first and second in Europe, respectively.

But such a powerful combination was swept by the German army, which was recognized as inferior to Italy and only the fourth in Europe, in a month!

Now, Sweden's military strength is definitely not comparable to that of Poland. And its only quasi-ally is a Norway. Norway's military strength is only 10 in Europe, and it is difficult to protect itself, so how can we help each other?

Admiral Grandval's divergent thinking led to the fact that the conference, which was convened in response to British demands, was drawn to relations with Germany. And the atmosphere of the meeting has changed from the previous comfortable and self-satisfied to a little heavy.

Everyone is not afraid of the British Empire, but they are quite afraid of the German Third Reich, which is close at hand.

The king pondered for a moment and whispered to Grandval, "If we start expanding our army now, we can at least double our forces." In that case, will it be possible to greatly strengthen our military confidence?"

"Meaningless!" Grandval shook his head and said in a deep voice, "If it is the British Expeditionary Force from the west, then we only need 100,000 men to intercept them on the mountains on the border with Norway. But if the Germans in the south attacked, even if we expanded the army to 300,000, the chances of holding it were less than 100%! ”

"That's right," the Swedish commander-in-chief of the Air Force explained from his own domain: "Our southern ports were completely exposed to the bombing of the Luftwaffe. And our air force and air defense forces will absolutely not be able to stop the powerful German air force. ”

Hearing this, the king looked solemnly at his commander-in-chief, but the other party smiled bitterly back.

"Don't look at me, I didn't speak from the beginning." The commander-in-chief of the navy replied with a smile and a smile: "Our navy can only be called the boss in the Nordic brother countries such as Norway, Denmark or Finland. Neither the Royal Navy nor the Imperial Navy of Germany can cope with the past. ”

The king frowned, folded his hands, dragged his chin and said slowly, "So, I understand. Once we have a bad relationship with Germany, our navy, army, and air force will not be able to guarantee national security. Therefore, all our actions now must be premised on not offending Germany. ”

Everyone nodded silently and said nothing.

"Alright, I see!" In the end, His Majesty the King made the decision: "In short, the British request must be refused, so as to ensure that there is no stalemate on the German side." As for sending troops to Finland......"

Glancing at Admiral Grandval, the king touched his chin and said in thought: "Grandval, you put forward the idea, and you are in charge of this matter. ”

"The others, cooperate with Admiral Grandval as much as possible." The king waved his hand and ordered.

"Yes!" And they all stood together in answer.

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At the same time, the Danish royal family's meeting came to an end.

"700 tons of gold as compensation, this German Führer is intent on making things difficult for us!" The aged king of Denmark lamented: "Even if I loot the whole country, I will never be able to get so much gold." ”

Unlike other Nordic countries, Norway, Sweden and Germany have at least one trench made of seawater through which they can fight against tigers.

Denmark, on the other hand, has almost no barriers to lean on.

In such a dangerous geographical environment, Denmark once took the initiative to attack, and now that operation is used as a handle by the German Führer, and he insists on seeking justice.

It's all 70 years ago, who can say this justice?!

But now the royal family that leads Denmark can only count on this so-called justice.

Where is justice? Of course, I looked for the League of Nations! Doesn't the League of Nations exist to settle disputes?

The Danish royal family has also put a lot of thought into how to curry favor with the League of Nations. At least, on the matter of aiding Finland announced by the League of Nations, the small Denmark sent thousands of volunteers to Finland in response to the call of the League of Nations.

To say that behind these large numbers of Danish volunteers, there is no state support, no one will believe it.

And the reason why the Danish royal family did this was not because of the selflessness of the duke, but because of the dedication to the noble cause of aiding Finland.

Their real purpose, on the one hand, was to show their loyalty to the League of Nations in the name of aiding Finland.

After all, Germany has long since withdrawn from the League of Nations, and a member like Denmark that responds to the call of the League of Nations will certainly be more favored by the League of Nations than a non-member of the League.

Therefore, if the League of Nations were to decide on this justice, there would be a good chance that the verdict would be biased in Denmark's favor.

On the other hand, and most importantly, when Finland was attacked by the Soviet Union, Denmark actively responded to the call for assistance from the League of Nations and joined the League of Nations to aid the Finnish army. It was also hoped that when Denmark was attacked by Germany another day, many other members of the League of Nations would be able to send troops to the rescue.

"Let's make our attitude clear to England and France, this is our only hope now. Otherwise, we would have to prepare for the surrender to Germany. ”

After leaving such a sentence in disappointment, the Danish king announced lightly: "The meeting is adjourned!" ”

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