Berlin, Olaf Palace.

"I propose, to celebrate the return of the beautiful Hawaiian Islands to civilization, cheers!"

It was none other than the German Emperor, who was admired and worshipped by all the people. William III, our unique protagonist - Chentian.

"Cheers!" There are all sorts of different accents rushing around, American German, Russian German, and it seems that French, British, and so on.

"Mr. Ambassador!" Chen Tian took a sip of the red wine in his glass, and then looked at the American ambassador Kordell, who was two steps away. Hull.

Hull bowed slightly, indicating that he was listening.

"I sincerely hope that we can reach an agreement with your country on the Hawaiian Islands, and even from the perspective of a businessman, I think my government's proposal for a lease replacement is very reasonable!"

Chentian's lease exchange refers to a diplomatic proposal made by the German government to the U.S. government after the German army completely occupied the Hawaiian Islands, the content is that the ownership of the Hawaiian Islands still belongs to the U.S. government, but the next 99 years must be leased to the German government free of charge, in exchange, the German government will end the 10-year lease of Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire allowed by Germany in the 1924 German-American "Atlanta Treaty", once this lease exchange is approved by both parties. The United States will resume reunification except for California, Texas, and New Mexico. - Hull smiled and said: "Your Majesty the Kaiser, Washington has reacted positively to the proposal made by your government, and a special mission will arrive in Germany next month for formal consultations with your government!" ”

Although the content of these words is positive, it is of any value to Chentian, and for the seasoned American ambassador, Chentian nodded noncommittally.

As everyone knows, once the German occupation of the Hawaiian Islands becomes a reasonable and lawful act, the United States will basically push out of Asia, and although the Philippines and the Aleutian Islands still nominally belong to the US government, the German government still has a five-year lease period for New York, Washington, Montana, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. As far as the US government is concerned, the signing of the "Treaty of Atlanta" was completely forced by the situation, and in fact the German government's lease of the nine northeastern and northwestern states of the United States did not last for a single day, and the erosion of the US economy by German capital increased by one point.

Therefore, Chen Tian is not worried that the Americans will not agree to this lease replacement proposal. Even if the U.S. government refuses, their navy and army simply don't have the strength to trek across the ocean to "take over" the Hawaiian Islands, after all, the "Treaty of Atlanta" is like a heavy lock around the neck of the Americans, although Germany did not forcibly confiscate even one U.S. ** ship after the war, but the U.S. government's financial resources can not support even 1/3 of the original navy - the only few remaining warships of more than 30,000 tons after the war were dismantled according to the treaty, and many of the warships below 30,000 tons were used to offset the war reparations owed to Mexico. By 1929, the once boastful U.S. Navy had only four battleships, 12 cruisers, a few destroyers, patrol gunboats, and submarines of less than 1,000 tons, and the Army, with 200,000 regular troops and 300,000 National Guards, could not compete with the South Cluster of North American troops sent by Germany to the United States. Feng. The powerful corps commanded by Dimlin included 12 native German divisions, 12 African colonial divisions, 3 Polish divisions, and 2 French divisions. 4 of them are standard armored divisions. There are also 4 lightly armored divisions, 72 cavalry companies and 4 army aviation wings, plus a total strength of more than 600,000 logistics personnel, making it Germany's largest overseas dispatch.

Furthermore. In Canada, which is next to the United States, the German North American Sending Army Cluster commanded by German Army Generals Félix, von Bosmeir, also has a strong strength, with 7 German divisions, 9 African colonial divisions, and 1 Polish division, with a total strength of more than 350,000 troops. The existence of the North and South clusters made the situation in North America quite stable even during the German-Japanese War, and neither the US government nor the remnants of the British Empire had any chance to make trouble.

In the plan of Chentian and the German High Command, once the German and American governments reached a lease exchange agreement, part of Marshal Dimmerin's North American Dispatch Army South Cluster would be directly transferred to Hawaii to garrison, part of it would be strengthened to the North Cluster of Bosmail, and part of it would be used to occupy the Philippines, so that the High Command would not need to transfer troops from the mainland. The total strength of the German Native Corps will also be kept within 1.5 million, of which nearly half are colonial troops from Africa and volunteers from Poland and France.

Putting aside Hull's emotionless smiling face, Chentian turned to the other side, where there were several foreigners who had considerable respect for him, one was Peter Fraser, the ambassador of the New Zealand government-in-exile to Berlin, the other was Arthur Faden, the ambassador of Australia, and several other high-ranking officials of the New Zealand and Australian government-in-exile. With the landing of the coalition troops in New Zealand and the imminent recovery of Oceania, these Australian and new dignitaries have also been very active recently, on the one hand, they continue to raise funds for the coalition army, on the other hand, they are actively campaigning for the reconstruction of their country and government institutions, of course, they also have a common purpose, that is, to sign a long-term and effective cooperation agreement with the German government, in other words, to get the military, economic and political support of the German government. Before that, they had chosen the Kingdom of Britain as their new patron, which was the most acceptable choice for them from emotional reasons, but the politicians were very clear, and the Kingdom of Britain was now dependent on Germany for its existence.

Tatsuten did not like politicians, and had a little friendliness, a little sympathy, and perhaps some pity for the people of Oceania, but the greatest willingness to support the coalition army's counterattack on Oceania was also the word "profit", on the one hand, to prevent the Japanese from obtaining valuable strategic resources from the rich Australia and New Zealand, and on the other hand, to obtain minerals, meat and wool from there through the Kingdom of Britain.

Still, the words on the scene have to be said. Chen Tian looked at the guests from Australia and New Zealand in front of him, and also raised his glass, "The liberation of Hawaii will be an example for the recovery of Oceania, as long as we continue to work hard, as long as our local army continues to move forward bravely, the goal of liberating the people and rebuilding the homeland is not far away!" ”

New Zealand's ambassador, Fraser, hastened to reply: "Your Majesty the Kaiser. On behalf of the Government and people of New Zealand, I would like to thank you for your strong support for the liberation of our country, and may the friendship between New Zealand and Germany last forever! ”

Australian Ambassador Faden was in the same tone.

"Well, very good, very good, may our friendship last forever!" Chen Tian nodded with satisfaction, as if he had seen the scene of the Japanese forces being expelled from Oceania, if the loss of the Hawaiian Islands was just an overseas base with a very prominent strategic location, then once Oceania was lost, the loss of Japan's war potential would be incalculable.

As far as Chentian knows. Although Japan's occupation of Oceania was just over a year, the strategic resources obtained from Australia and New Zealand were tens of thousands of tons, and a large amount of gold, ore, wool, cattle and sheep added considerable impetus to Japan's war machine. However, the outbreak of war and the blockade of German ocean-going submarines put the Japanese army's maritime transportation in an unprecedented predicament, and in the three months after the start of the war between Germany and Japan, more than 40 German ocean-going submarines operating between Australia and Japan sank more than 300 Japanese transport ships, with a total tonnage of nearly 1 million tons, while the annual shipbuilding capacity of the whole of Japan in 1928 was only 2 million tons!

At the same time, 800,000 tons of iron ore and 200,000 tons of rare metal ores, precious metals, meat, and wool will also sink into the sea, and Japan's steel production of 3 million tons will fall by one-quarter.

The engine production and textile industries have also been affected to a great extent.

"Wait until the whole of New Zealand is recovered. I hope that Your Majesty will come to New Zealand as a guest! The people will be so honored! Regardless of how much time it would take for the coalition forces to fully occupy New Zealand, Fraser couldn't wait to extend the invitation.

"There will be a chance!" Chen Tian said with a smile, maybe he will become the first monarch to travel around the world twice. But that should be after he retires.

Over the next few weeks, the good news came like a sugar gourd, starting with Midway, another world-famous island that was taken by the German Navy and Marines in one fell swoop, and lasted less than 24 hours before and after the battle; Then, after more than six hours of fierce fighting, the coalition forces successfully captured Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, and the morale-boosting coalition landing force quickly swept through the north and south of New Zealand. On 10 April, the last Japanese troops in New Zealand surrendered to the Allied forces, and New Zealand was declared liberated; On April 15, the massive Tahiti offensive and defensive battle broke out, the main force of the attack was the German 9th and 10th Marine Divisions and the 12th African Colonial Army, under the cover of aircraft and heavy artillery, the Germans captured the Japanese main battery four days later, when the German heavy artillery began to condescendingly shell the Japanese ships in the port, Vice Admiral Eguchi Kinma, commander of the Japanese garrison, committed suicide by disemboweling in his captain's room. After the failure of the breakout, the remaining 3 cruisers and 22 light ships of the Japanese army were sunk by German heavy artillery one by one, and less than 100 of the more than 6,000 defenders of the fortress surrendered, and the German troops also paid the price of more than 5,000 people.

On the same day that the Germans captured Tahiti, the U.S. delegation finally signed the "German-U.S. North America-Hawaii Land Lease Replacement Agreement," the Hawaiian Islands were officially occupied by the Germans by way of Lend-Lease, and Germany ended the lease of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Washington ahead of schedule. Leases in Massachusetts and Connecticut. Just three months later, this subsidiary clause became a reality.

On April 22, in Calcutta, India, a grand entrance ceremony was held for the German-Turkish Joint Expeditionary Force, the winner of the Battle of the Ganges. For the inhabitants of India, the essence of this battle was nothing more than the defeat of one invader by another, but out of awe of the new ruler and disgust with the tyrannical rule of the Japanese army, tens of thousands of Indians still took to the streets today with flowers and small flags.

"Huo, there are so many people here!"

Looking at the crowded scene outside the car window, the German Crown Prince Andres, who served as a staff officer of the General Headquarters of the German Expeditionary Force, couldn't help but whisper that he was sitting in a semi-armored wheeled command vehicle at this time, and the front and rear columns were wheeled armored vehicles with similar appearances.

"Your Highness, according to incomplete statistics, the population of this country is 30,000, which is more than 3 times the total population of Germany!"

Sitting across from Andrés was a gray-haired veteran who had apparently heard the former crown prince muttering.

Andres nodded and said humbly: "Your Excellency General, I am now your staff officer, so please call me Your Highness."

In your army, I'm Andres. Lieutenant William! ”

The veteran smiled helplessly, "Your Highness, you are really stubborn!" Well, Lieutenant Andres, as far as I know, India is a country with a large population, but the people here are ignorant and lack fighting spirit, which is why it was occupied by the British Empire, Japan and Germany! They welcomed us only because we were softer with the colonial people, while the Japanese had a brutal and high-handed policy! ”

"But my father once told me that no nation is born stupid, and that their backwardness is due to a detour on the road of historical development, or because they have missed the leap point of civilization progress! If they receive the same education as us, their personal abilities are not much worse than ours! ”

Seeing some consternation on the face of the old general opposite, Andres added:

"Of course, the overall strength of a nation is inseparable from the traditional characteristics of the nation, such as the Jews who are good at business, the Germans who are brave, disciplined and creative, the British who always adhere to their manners, the Japanese who are aggressive and fanatical in their worship of their emperor, and the Indians ......"

"Devout Hindus!" The young officer next to Andrés suddenly took over and said that like Andres, he was not yet 18 years old this year, and he also had the rank of lieutenant and the same royal status, but his father was the king of the Kingdom of Britain and the former crown prince of Bavaria, Ruprecht.