Italy was pitted with 200 tons of gold, and instantly became the laughing stock of the whole world.

For the sake of face, Mo Lini was obviously not prepared to give 200 tons of gold to the Chinese Empire, otherwise the domestic monetary and financial system alone would directly collapse the Kingdom of Italy.

Enlisting the help of the German Empire was the only option for Mozé Lini.

Of course, she could spit out all the gold that had embezzled the treasury, and she could also stop the gold run in the country, but she would never do that, because spitting out gold would be worse than killing her.

Berlin, Hitler's official residence.

When he saw the telegram for help from the Motorist, Hitler was also speechless and smiled wryly.

"This girl, I don't know if it's right or wrong to choose her! Ay! ”

Hitler sighed, the original choice of Italy was also to reduce the military pressure of the German Empire, and to use Italy in the Mediterranean direction to block the Chinese Empire.

It seems that Italy can throw away this burden now, but before it is thrown away, it seems that it can be reused.

The annexation of Italy was also a strategic goal for the future of the German Empire.

However, the German Empire also faced the same embarrassment as the Chinese Empire, that is, it could not attack its allies, at least not on the surface, and it would leave a stench for thousands of years.

Therefore, if the German Empire wants to annex Italy, it must first let Italy go to war with the Chinese Empire, and then the German army can enter Italy justifiably and occupy Italy.

However, this operation requires extreme care, and if it is not done properly, it will backfire.

This is just like the Korean War in history, when China did not have nuclear weapons, and in the face of the United States, which possessed nuclear weapons, it was necessary to hold a sense of proportion, and if it was not properly operated, it might be attacked by the United States.

Today, the German Empire wants to intervene in Italy, although it does not have to worry about the threat of nuclear weapons from the Chinese Empire, but it also needs to control the scale of the conflict and avoid the flames of war from reaching the German Empire itself.

After thinking about it for a while, Hitler decided to intervene in this matter and help Italy, that is, to help Germany.

After reporting to Prince Baden, and receiving the support of most of the German military, Hitler personally stepped in this time and began to prepare.

In the foreseeable future, the Chinese Empire will launch a military attack on the Kingdom of Italy, at which point the German army will organize a unit of the European Union Volunteer Army to enter Italy to fight, with the ultimate goal of driving the Chinese Imperial Army out of Italy.

But before that, Hitler had to give the Italian government a little more delay to give Hitler time to organize the EU volunteers.

Of course, there are not too many so-called EU countries, basically only the German Empire.

Under the banner of the European Union, it was Hitler's strategy to drag the European countries into the water together.

No matter how angry the rest of Europe may be, it will not be able to prevent the citizens of their countries from entering the Italian battlefield under the banner of volunteers.

During the Boer War launched by Britain against South Africa in history, European countries organized volunteers to participate in the war, although the result was still defeated, but it set a precedent, that is, to participate in the war as volunteers, which would not affect the country to which the volunteers belonged.

The German Empire was involved in the Italian War as a volunteer, and even if the Chinese Empire knew that it was deliberately by the German Empire, it could not use this excuse to start a war with the German Empire.

This was Hitler's plan, but to start a war with the Chinese Empire, he had to make preparations in many ways.

So Hitler responded to the Mollyni and asked her to delay as much time as possible, while Hitler and the German Imperial military also stepped up the recruitment of volunteers and equipment.

The volunteers were simple, and the main force must have been soldiers in the regular army of the German Empire. For this reason, a large number of elite soldiers of the German army retired and became civilians, ready to become volunteers at any time to participate in the war on the Italian peninsula.

Most of the volunteers from other European countries were hired for money to involve them in the war on the Italian peninsula, in order to drag the European countries into the water and annoy the Chinese Empire, and at the same time there was a hint of lawlessness, so that the Chinese Empire could not blame the German Empire alone.

It's easy to volunteer, but the equipment is a little trickier.

With the lessons of the recent Liberian War, the German Imperial military has a better understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Chinese Imperial Shence Army, which has an overwhelming advantage in the navy, army, and air force.

However, the German Imperial Army was not without the ability to resist at all, and at least some weapons and equipment were still able to pose a serious threat to the Chinese Imperial Army.

For example, the last German organ rocket artillery unit in the Liberian War, although for some reason, failed to inflict heavy damage on the Chinese Imperial Army, but was wiped out by the Chinese Imperial Air Force at night, but the power of the organ rocket artillery is obvious to all, as long as it is used well, such as taking the lead in intercepting the attack of the Chinese Imperial Air Force during the battle, then it is possible to give full play to the power of the organ rocket artillery.

The terrain of Italy is mainly mountainous, and it is estimated that the organ rocket launchers will have quite good tactical effect if they hide in a hidden place in the mountains and launch a sudden attack.

Hitler did not expect to defeat the Imperial Chinese Army at the beginning, so his strategy was to protract the war of resistance, hiding the EU volunteers in the mountains of Italy, and fighting a long-term war of attrition with the Imperial Chinese Army.

If Italy could be used to hold back the Chinese Empire and help the German Empire gain precious respite for development, then Hitler would have been very happy to do it.

Having made up his mind, Hitler went into action.

At the same time, negotiations between the Chinese Empire and the Kingdom of Italy were also tense.

The Chinese Empire demanded two hundred tons of gold from Italy, but if it could, the Chinese Empire did not care about these two hundred tons of gold, but needed an excuse to clean up Italy and cut off the arms of the German Empire. He even sent troops to occupy Italy and opened a land passage on the European continent to attack the German mainland.

This is a long-term strategic decision and part of the Cold War confrontation between China and Germany.

In order to put pressure on Italy, the Chinese Imperial Military constantly increased its forces in the Mediterranean.

Corsica and Sardinia, the two large Mediterranean islands, originally had the combined military bases of the army, navy and air force of the Chinese Empire, and now they are constantly increasing their troops, with a large number of fighters and bombers stationed at the airfields, and the Navy's Atlantic Fleet, the Mediterranean Fleet, and the African task force that has just ended the Liberian War, have also transferred their main battleships and aircraft carriers to the Mediterranean, and tens of thousands of marines have followed.

In less than a month, the total strength of the Chinese Empire in the Mediterranean had reached 200,000, and the clouds of war hung over Europe.