"Eric, I want to be alone for a while and not let outsiders disturb me." Xu Jun raised his wrist behind his back and motioned for the adjutant to wait outside the house.

"Yes, my Führer." Tysenhowen slammed the heel of his boot neatly, and closed the heavy carved oak door for the Führer as usual.

With the crisp sound of the door latch, Xu Jun sprinted through the wide office at a speed of 100 meters and rushed into the side door to the right of the desk.

As mentioned above, there are two doors at each end of the Prime Minister's Office, the two on the east side are actually common on the outside, and the appearance of two doors is purely for aesthetic symmetry, and the two side doors on the west side, the one on the left is behind a special passage leading to the Cabinet Chamber, which has never been used in history, and behind the door on the right is the Führer's private dressing room and bathroom, which is also divided into two rooms with a wooden partition, and a side door is opened in the direction of the special passage and the garden. The Führer is guaranteed easy access to this intimate place.

Two minutes later, the Reich Führer, relieved and whistling with ease, pushed open the side door of the bathroom and entered the internal aisle reserved for the Führer.

This time he almost lost his temper in public, it can only be said that it is still because of inexperience, he should not have drunk so much tea at breakfast, let alone drank two cups of coffee for refreshment, he completely forgot that thing also has a diuretic effect, it can be said that today's things are all done by himself, and he can't blame others at all.

At this time, Xu Jun didn't know that his abnormal reaction after the event had attracted the attention of a large number of well-intentioned people, and in the eyes of that group of politicians with amazing brains, every move of the head of the empire was a sign of the clouds and rains in the European political arena.

Who had angered the Reich Head, what was he angry about, perhaps something had happened somewhere, or perhaps he had received some bad news, and for a time there was a private undercurrent of opinion, and all kinds of reliable and unreliable speculations began to circulate among the embassies of various countries, and the speed exceeded that of the most violent epidemic at that time.

"There was not the slightest room for compromise on the part of Gibraltar, and the British Empire never considered this issue." Sitting on a gorgeous velvet sofa in the lounge, Viscount Edward of Halifax. Mr. Wood flicked his index finger at the Spanish ambassador to Germany, firmly indicating the attitude of the British Empire.

The glorious British Empire will never give up any of its colonies, and this is already the consensus of the British government and the opposition, and even the Labour Party, which has always been in opposition to the tune, does not dare to provoke in the slightest on this issue, because this is already the general trend of the British people's will, and anyone who goes against it is a traitor who has been struck by lightning.

When the two German infantry regiments entered the fortress of Gibraltar, it was a sign that the Spanish armed adventure had completely failed, and theoretically they had lost their best chance to regain this lost territory.

But what can this dictator do, not to see that the immediate legion of the German Führer has already spread along the line of the Pyrenees?

Not to mention the Luftwaffe bomber group, which played on the edge of Spanish airspace for three days, on the contrary, the fighters of the Spanish Air Force did not dare to take a step beyond the minepool, although they also flew the same Mercedes-Schmidt, but the difference between B and E in the model is not just a letter difference.

The Spanish had personally learned about the fighting power of the Luftwaffe in the Civil War, and the "Condor Legion" sent by Germany directly intervened in the Spanish Civil War, the most famous of which was the disaster in the small town of Guernica.

Picasso also took the opportunity to paint Guernica to hype himself, in fact, this painting was haphazardly pieced together from some drawings of bullfighting that he had drawn a few years earlier, and the layout of the picture was copied from a famous oil painting from the 18th century.

Historically, the town was not a civilian destination for peace and tranquility as the left-wing literati called it, but the town of 5,000 people had not only 2,000 republican troops, but also three small arsenals.

Legend has it that German bombers bombed around the town for three hours, but this claim is flawed from both equipment and tactical standpoints. At that time, Germany was using the Junker Aunt JU52/3MG3e that could carry bombs, and it took more than two hours to travel back and forth from the base to Guernica.

As for the specific number of deaths, in a batch of literary works, the number ranges from 1,600 to 3,000, but in fact all the dead are evidenced by the records registered by the Spanish Civil Affairs Department at the time, except for a few whose bodies are unrecognizable, the other dead all have names and surnames, and the total number is only 126.

The reason why the number of people has increased more than tenfold was originally a press release from The Times, which was deliberately exaggerated by British politics for the purpose of cracking down on the appeasement faction in the country, which shows that the production of fake news by major British media is not a new thing, but an inherent skill inherited from history.

According to the combat records of the Spanish Air Force, the target of this bombing was not the city, but the bridge outside Guernica, but because the German pilots were inexperienced, they did not use professional bombers, and because of the bad weather of the day, some of the bombs and incendiary bombs fell into the town.

Because the nearest fire brigade was thirty kilometers away, it was already two hours after they arrived, and by this time the fire had already burned 70 percent of the town's buildings. So it is accurate to say that the town was burned by fire, not by German bombs, as the literature says.

Turning back to the question of Gibraltar, Franco seemed to want to struggle for the last time, and he also knew that it was a pipe dream to completely reclaim the fortress, just to gain the support of Germany, and the symbolic stationing of Spanish troops in Gibraltar, even a squad of infantry, could give him an account at home.

The previous move in the Gibraltar region was too large, and the current situation was embarrassing for the dictator.

Franco's failure to attend the ceremony in person was a major diplomatic misstep, and Spain would have been further marginalized if the Germans interpreted it negatively.

Spain's dependence on foreign trade, the single variety of local industrial and mineral products, the weak manufacturing industry, and the lack of overseas commodity markets, the cornerstone of that powerful maritime empire has been gone, the economic damage caused by the civil war has not been recovered, and there are many ethnic contradictions in various places, thanks to Franco's strong personal strength and the support of the army and big capitalists, this dictatorial government can barely be maintained.

Spain is rich in iron ore and coal mines, but looking at which country in Europe does not have these two minerals, it could still rely on the export of tungsten sand to make some money, but after the end of the European war, Germany suddenly stopped importing tungsten sand, and the United States immediately stopped hoarding, as a result, the price of tungsten sand in Spain plunged instantly, and it hit back to the price five years ago.

And because he offended the Germans, even if the Spanish side is willing to reduce the price, Germany says that the uncle doesn't want it, and you can sell whoever you want.

According to internal information obtained by Spain, Germany has a new source of tungsten ore, and given Germany's recent moves in Asia, it can be judged that it should be related to China.

China's tungsten sand exports did occupy the majority of the world mining market in the early years, but because of the Sino-Japanese war, it began to shrink year by year, and Spain was secretly happy about it at that time. Now it seems that Germany should have opened up the joints on the Japanese side and regained the import channel of China's tungsten sand.

This Spanish ambassador to Germany was Eugenio. Espinosa. Morality. Lowes. General Monteros, the first undersecretary of foreign affairs appointed by Franco's government, was the first to storm Madrid with the Francisco regiment he commanded during the civil war, so he also served as director of the Spanish War College for one term.

This time, Franco sent him to Germany to replace his former ambassador, Anthony Brown, who hated the Nazis. Admiral Omagaz, who hated the Nazis for a very real reason, simply because he liked to buy and collect art, and the so-called avant-garde works that fascinated him were classified by the Nazis as decadent art and banned from public display and sale in Europe.

General Montrose was not very averse to the Nazis, and he spoke German fluently, making him the perfect candidate for ambassadorship. The general, who had made a name for himself at home, was not very interested in the appointment, and only out of duty to the country would leave Madrid, which he loved, in an attempt to help Spain out of its current predicament.

However, this general is not a professional diplomat after all, he not only chose the wrong person to talk to, but also chose the wrong topic of conversation, and as a result, Viscount Wood will die there, and there is no place to vent his resentment.

PS: Thank you all for your support, you are trying to get back into shape.

I'll take the time to introduce you to Hawaii in the following chapters, but it's too late today, so I'm going to rest.