Chapter 1503: The Empire Does Not Allow It

What to build an airport, what aquatic product processing plant, these are secondary, for a country dominated by fishing, fishing range, fishing resources, that is the most important.

There are a lot of high-quality fish in the waters around Iceland, but until now, there is no proper law to protect Iceland's fishing resources, Icelanders can go fishing, and at the same time, British fishing boats, Norwegian fishing boats, etc., can go to the waters near them to fish.

In later generations, the conflict between Iceland and Britain also ended here, and British fishing boats ran into Icelandic waters to fish, triggering many maritime confrontations, and Iceland's small fishing boat rammed British frigates in order to defend their rights.

Ciric comes from the later generations, and knows best what Iceland needs, the first one is all foreshadowing, and the last one is the big killer.

Under the governance of Germany, there has been a trend towards unification in Europe, in this case, Germany wants to divide the fishing range of various countries, that is a matter of course, as long as Germany is divided, then who dares to disobey?

Without the protection of the state, do ordinary fishermen dare to illegally cross the border to fish?

Hearing Ribbentrop's words, the eyes of both men widened, and the fatigue dissipated, and Hermann said, "Yes, it is long overdue to clarify the scope of our fishing, so as not to be poached." ”

Not only in later generations, but even in previous history, the history of Icelandic struggles almost always began with foreign fishing boats.

They are desperate to protect their interests.

Seeing the performance of the two, Ribbentrop knew that he had once again guessed by Führer Ciric, and that as long as the Icelanders were divided into their fishing grounds, the Icelanders would definitely be grateful to Dade.

"Thank you Germany for your support for us, and we will raise our hands in favor of all German policies." Herman said.

When Ribbentrop took out the area divided by the fishing grounds, they were excited, as they needed, and now, look at the fishing boats of the British, do they dare to cross the line to fish!

When the time comes, just complain directly to Germany and see how Germany cleans them up.

"Yes, we are willing to implement all German policies in Europe, including the use of the euro." Anades followed suit.

The trend of European unification has become more and more obvious, an intuitive phenomenon is the continuous expansion of the euro area, for the small Iceland, its own currency is still a big burden, directly adopt the European unified currency, the benefits are more, can be more convenient and effective in the fishery trade, both sides use the same currency, there is no exchange rate trouble.

They could think of all these things, but they missed one.

"We have one more small request." Ribbentrop said: "I hope that you will retract your previous declaration, continue to recognize the status of King Christian X of Iceland, and restore Iceland to the status quo ante of 1918, when Iceland was a dependent sovereign of the Kingdom of Denmark." ”

These words instantly made the two of them stunned.

Iceland is a small country with a small population, so historically, it has not been independent for a long time, specifically until 1944, when it was officially declared independent, and until then, it has been a vassal of other countries.

After changing hands several times, Iceland was a colony of the King of Norway until the 1814 partition of the Danish-Norwegian United Kingdom under the Kiel Agreement, and thereafter became a vassal state of Denmark.

However, Denmark was in decline and it was difficult to maintain absolute control over Iceland, so Icelanders continued to fight for autonomy.

In 1874, the Danish government granted Iceland limited autonomy, and in 1918, Denmark and Iceland signed an Act of Association, in which Denmark recognized the Kingdom of Iceland as a sovereign state attached to the Kingdom of Denmark. Since then, Iceland has further gained independence and sovereignty similar to that of a protectorate in internal affairs, and Denmark has retained power in foreign affairs and defence.

At the same time, King Christian X of Denmark was also the king of Iceland.

It was only a matter of a few days that Germany launched the European War and destroyed Britain and France, and Denmark was easily destroyed.

Seeing the destruction of its overlord, Iceland immediately realized that the opportunity had come, and the Icelandic parliament announced that the Icelandic government would take back the powers of Iceland's foreign affairs and other affairs from the Danish king. In this way, it is almost a sign of Iceland's independence, and it is just a referendum away.

The Icelanders did not want to remain under Danish rule, they wanted complete independence.

However, Germany did not allow it.

The reason is very simple: Germany has to take precautions, Germany has to set a rule, a standard, and it cannot casually engage in independence, and the empire will not allow it.

In later generations, after the end of World War II, the strength of the old countries of Britain and France was greatly weakened, and when they saw this opportunity, those colonies immediately moved their minds and continued to pursue independence, and in the end, all of them became independent countries.

They are happy, what good is it for Germany? Africa, as an important source of raw materials and a dumping ground for cheap industrial products, has a great effect on the empire, and they must not have any signs of independence, this is an iron law.

Now, let's start in Iceland.

Denmark has not yet perished, and even if Denmark does, Iceland's powers should be directly under the jurisdiction of Germany.

Denmark was occupied by Germany and soon became a "partner country" of Germany. It belongs to the second echelon like Britain and France, and the first echelon is such servant countries as Italy, Spain, and Romania.

King Christian X of Denmark refused to take refuge abroad, choosing instead to stay with his subjects. Through the king's mediation, Denmark was able to maintain a high degree of autonomy among the occupation powers of Nazi Germany.

At his behest, the Danish ambassador to the United States, Henrik Kaufmann, organized the Free Danish Movement, handed over Iceland and the Faroe Islands to the Allies, and at the same time demanded that the entire Danish merchant fleet, with 1.2 million deadweight tons, and more than 50,000 well-trained sailors assist the Allies.

And now it's different, it's the general trend, and he should be able to know how to choose. Under German surveillance, the flames of the Danish underground movement had long been extinguished.

And now, Germany is doing this, it is also to give Christian X a reassurance, follow Germany, Germany will not treat Denmark badly, look, the power of Iceland is not what Germany wants you back.

This, of course, would embarrass the Icelanders, who of course had to make concessions on other issues if the Germans gave Iceland a big pie in terms of the fishing range.

If the Icelanders did not agree, then Germany did not mind putting pressure on the Icelanders over the fishing range.

After a long time, Herman nodded: "Okay, we accept." ”