The night of September 6, 1939 was very unpeaceful, first of all, British and German planes engaged in a fierce air battle over the Netherlands, and the places of engagement were in the skies of Hardenberg, Emmen, Kufolden, Hochfen, and other places in Germany, close to the east of the Netherlands.

Not only were machine guns and machine guns firing at each other in the sky, but there were also strings of bombs falling to the ground - British bombs, of course, and many bombers were chased by German BF-110s and had to drop their bombs to escape.

The bomb landed on Dutch soil, creating many large craters and destroying a farmhouse, killing several farmers and a herd of cows. Several more bombs fell in the center of Hochfen, blowing up a fountain that was more than 100 years old. Several planes crashed into the Netherlands, all of them British Wellington-type bombers. And, of course, the British pilots who parachuted down in the Netherlands.

All this suggests that the neutral position of the Netherlands has been completely destroyed, and now both Britain and Germany have an excuse to encroach on it!

And Berlin was also bombed!

Schleicher's assurances were not fulfilled, and it was very difficult to intercept enemy bombers at night, unless radar could be installed on the planes. Eight squadrons of the British dispersed as soon as they approached Germany - it was precisely because German radars detected that they were about to disperse and break into Germany that the Air Defense Command decisively ordered the fighters to cross the border. But 31 Wellington medium bombers from 3 squadrons flew over Berlin and dropped more than 50 tons of bombs.

Most of the bombs landed at the Berlin Zoo, killing the zoo's only elephant, destroying many cages, escaping many animals, including several wild wolves and tigers and leopards, and losing a giant panda gifted by the Chinese government.

In addition, 22 Berlin citizens were killed in the bombing, 13 were wounded, and dozens of houses were damaged to varying degrees.

The anti-aircraft guns deployed in Berlin roared for most of the night, firing tens of thousands of shells into the air indiscriminately, shooting down only two Wellington bombers, and a few crew members parachuted out and landed in the city of Berlin. And in order to capture them, the SS and the People's Stormtroopers tossed until the afternoon of the next day.

In short, the first bombing of Berlin did not cause much damage. But it caused a lot of chaos, and most of the citizens of Berlin were angry. The next morning, Hitler made a hysterical speech to the crowd gathered in front of the Chancellery, declaring that he would retaliate by razing London to the ground with bombers!

Immediately after the collapse of the sea, Hitler called Field Marshal Schleicher to his office and had a secret conversation behind closed doors.

"Leader, the Air Force can now send up to 38 He-111s, and the Navy has 109 He-111s and 80 Ju88s available. A total of 227 planes can take off from the three major airports of the HNA in Wilhelmshaven tonight to bomb London! ”

Schleicher, too, seems to have been outraged by the British air raids on Berlin, having already ordered the Air Force and Naval Aviation to prepare bombers.

"Bombing London?" Hitler glared at Schleicher fiercely, "Now is not the time to think about bombing London!" Your BF-110 intruded into Dutch airspace last night, fought air battles with the British, and shot down quite a few British planes, making a lot of noise...... Now the whole world knows that this is the case! ”

The whole world knows that the war has reached Dutch airspace.

However, there are two versions of the "Dutch air war incident" known to the people of the world, one is the Goebel version, the German propaganda minister has just held a press conference, accusing British bombers of flying over the airspace of the neutral Netherlands, swooping into German territory, and slaughtering unarmed civilians and elephants!

The other version is Churchill's version, in which Churchill, the British Admiralty, told reporters in Whitehall Street with gauze wrapped around his head as if he were an Arab: British bombers were driven into Dutch airspace by German fighters...... Just as the British pilots were preparing to land at a Dutch airport in accordance with international law and be supervised, German planes involuntarily intruded into Dutch airspace and not only shot down British bombers, but also dropped bombs on Dutch soil, in a vain attempt to blame Britain!

Whether Churchill was right or Goebel was right, one thing is certain: the neutrality of the Netherlands has been undermined - the Netherlands is not the United States, and its neutrality is based not on its own strength, but on the recognition of the belligerents.

And now that both Britain and Germany have invaded Dutch airspace and are still fighting in Dutch airspace, then Dutch neutrality does not exist.

Now the question is only when was the Netherlands officially drawn into the war, and on which side?

Hitler sighed and added: "I sent Ribbentrop to Amsterdam last night, and I did not ask the Netherlands to join us, but only that the Netherlands would delay for two weeks...... Kurt, how much time do you say it will take for the mechanized troops of France to reach the German-Dutch border if both the Netherlands and Belgium join the war? ”

Schleicher thought for a moment and said: "I don't know much about the situation of the French, if it were to replace us with Germany, we would be able to mobilize troops in place in a week at most, and it would take another three days to complete the deployment, and we would be able to launch an attack in 10 days!" ”

"Today is September 7," Hitler said, "as soon as September 17?" ”

"If the Netherlands and Belgium do decide to go to war, we will launch air strikes on bridges and roads in both countries." "This would slow down the advance of the French army," Schleicher said...... It can be postponed for 10 days. ”

"As soon as September 27?"

"Yes." Schleicher nodded, "If France's mechanized forces are as good as ours." ”

Hitler took a breath, "Now it's up to Ribbentrop to do it!" ”

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"You invaded our airspace first, and then German planes came to intercept it, didn't you?" Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Netherlands, Hendricus. Clariant is meeting with the visiting British Foreign Secretary, Viscount Halifax.

The Viscount of Halifax arrived in Amsterdam earlier than Ribbentrop, arriving on the afternoon of 6 September. He came to Holland for only one purpose, which was to persuade the Netherlands to join the Central Powers in the war against Germany.

In response to the question of the chairman of the Dutch Council of Ministers, Viscount Halifax just smiled slightly: "It doesn't matter who comes first, what matters is who can win!" ”

He looked at the chairman of the Dutch Council of Ministers, who was pale and full of fear in his eyes, and said in a very confident tone: "If you join today, then at least 50 divisions of French and British troops will arrive in the eastern part of the Netherlands by the end of September." This is a formidable assault force that includes two powerful armored divisions, a large number of mechanized and motorized units! They will flood into Germany and defeat Germany again in a month at most. In this way, the Netherlands could claim compensation from Germany for the losses they had suffered in this war. ”

The speed of the Anglo-French mobilization was indeed not comparable with that of the German army, and the end of September was the fastest time given by Ganmalin, and if the Germans delayed the Allied forces with bombers, the time to complete the deployment would certainly be greatly delayed.

But this was not a problem, because as soon as the Netherlands entered the war, Germany had to move the main forces from Poland to the Western Front for defense. In this way, the Polish army would be able to take advantage of the opportunity to counterattack, and the war would turn into a protracted war, just like the previous one.

Relying on the blood transfusion of the huge overseas colonies and the naval blockade of Germany, Britain and France were sure to achieve the final victory.

As for how many bombs and shells the Dutch will suffer, who cares?

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"Airborne Lviv? Nothing, absolutely nothing. ”

Soviet envoy Levinov had just learned about the operation of the British and German air forces in Dutch airspace, because from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m., he had been in contact with Moscow in the Soviet embassy by secret telegram to verify a somewhat strange thing -- the Polish government in exile in Lublin had sent a telegram saying that on September 6 several thousand Soviet paratroopers had landed in Lviv and occupied the Lviv airport!

After confirming that the Soviets had not landed in Lviv, Litvinov hurried to 10 Downing Street to meet Chamberlain.

"Could it be the Germans who landed in Lviv?" Litvinov asked with some concern, "The German army is advancing very quickly, and it may be about to invade Ukraine." ”

"No, their offensive has been thwarted." Zhang Bailun replied with a smile, "On September 6, the vanguard of the German army on the southern front attacked 30 kilometers south of Warsaw, but they did not take advantage of the victory to pursue and rush to Warsaw, which was in a panic, but turned back and advanced to the Vistula River in the north, as if they wanted to join a group of German troops going south. This stupid move gave Marshal Reiz-Himigwe an excellent opportunity to counterattack...... I think the miracle on the Marne will now be repeated on the Vistula! Moreover, the Dutch will soon join the Allies, and Belgium will then fight with us. So that Germany could not rely on the Siegfried Line to protect their flanks, they would soon be in a desperate situation! ”

"Will the Dutch really join the Allies?" Litvinov was a little skeptical, "Maybe they will join the German side, after all, the Dutch royal family has a good relationship with the German royal family, and Kaiser Wilhelm has taken refuge in the Netherlands for more than ten years." ”

"It's not a question of whether the relationship is good or not," said Chamberlain, smiling, "but who will win!" The Germans were at war with the most powerful navy and the most powerful army in the world, and their defeat was inevitable. ”

"Well, when can we start negotiations with the Poles on the issue of the independence of Ukraine?" Litvinov did not want to listen to Chamberlain's nonsense at all, he only cared about Ukraine now - because Stalin also cared only about Ukraine now!

The Soviet Red Army really did not airdrop troops to Lviv! Then the one who landed there on September 6 was undoubtedly the Germans! (To be continued.) )