Chapter 620: Testing the Bottom Line of Each Other
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Baden was convinced that the little fox would never be an old fox, and Baden was the old fox, so he dared to cooperate with Hitler and did not feel that he was seeking skin with the tiger.
Hitler did not reveal it, his shrewdness could have crushed Prince Baden long ago.
Since Prince Baden was so confident, Hitler was also happy to do the trick, because it would also be of great benefit to him to bring down Schriefen.
"Your Royal Highness, there is a good opportunity to make trouble for General Shi Lifen right now!"
Hearing Hitler's initiative, Prince Baden was also relieved to know that the cooperation between the two had officially begun.
"What chance?"
"The Chinese Empire already knew that it was the Empire's Seawolf submarines that attacked their merchant ships and warships, and although there is no evidence, it has launched a full-scale retaliatory action against the Empire."
Prince Baden nodded: "I know this, if you want to say that you use this to accuse Schriefen, then you will be exempt." β
The submarine forces of the Imperial Chinese Navy retaliated by secretly sinking a large number of German merchant ships and warships, but unfortunately the German Empire had no evidence and could not accuse the Chinese Empire of retaliation, so it could only suffer a dumb loss.
Because of this incident, Prince Baden did not report to Wilhelm II during his lifetime, but it had no effect, because Schriefen had a high status in the German Imperial Navy, and Prince Baden could not move Schriefen at all.
There was no reason why Hitler should not know about this kind of thing, and he himself was in control of the Gestapo, the largest underground intelligence service in the German Empire.
"General Shi Lifen is a famous general on land, of course it is impossible for you to use the setbacks of the navy to find trouble with him!"
Prince Baden asked angrily: "Then if you have any good ideas, just say it, I just saved your life!" β
Hitler smiled slightly, so he suggested: "The military retaliation of the Chinese Empire is about to begin, and the loss of the navy is only one of them, according to the information I have, soon the Chinese Empire will stir up trouble, this time it will be on land, and it will be done in German Southwest Africa." β
"German South-West Africa? Why is it there? β
Prince Baden looked puzzled.
Hitler explained: "German South-West Africa was not entirely owned by the Reich, and before the Reich acquired Southwest Africa, the British Empire received the Walvis Bay area, and after the World War, the Walvis Bay area was transferred to the Chinese Empire. In other words, in the current Southwest Africa, in addition to the Empire, the Chinese Empire also has a territory. β
Prince Baden suddenly frowned and said: "You said that you got the information that the Chinese Empire wants to start a war against the Empire's Southwest Africa and start a war for no reason, even if it is a war in the colonies, the Empire cannot retreat, and the Sino-German War is about to break out in full force?" β
Hitler smiled, shook his head again, and explained: "From what I know about the Chinese Empire, they like to achieve maximum value at the lowest cost. The Chinese Empire's attack on German Southwest Africa was just a tentative military operation, and they did not know the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Army and the Red Line of the Empire, so they would use this military operation in German Southwest Africa to test the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Army and the endurance of the Empire. β
Prince Baden suddenly realized: "So, if we win the battle in German Southwest Africa, the Chinese Empire will be jealous of the Empire and will not easily launch a full-scale war against the Empire?" β
Hitler nodded and said, "That's it!" But even if we win, it will only stop the Chinese Empire from launching an all-out war against us for a short time. With the intelligence capabilities of the Chinese Empire, it will soon be discovered that although the Empire has a strong military, it is a pity that the staying power is seriously insufficient, we are short of money and resources, and once a full-scale war starts, the Empire will hold out for four years at most. β
Prince Baden suddenly said nervously: "Can only hold on for four years? Can't we win the Chinese Empire? β
Hitler smiled mysteriously and said: "It is not impossible to win the Chinese Empire, but we must win by surprise!" β
Prince Baden asked, "For example?" β
Hitler laughed: "For example, if we accelerate the development of nuclear weapons, as long as we take the lead in developing nuclear weapons, we can defeat the Chinese Empire, and the worst result will be a draw." β
Prince Baden was stunned for a moment, and immediately remembered that Hitler had been in charge of developing nuclear weapons before.
In the past, only Wilhelm II and Hitler knew about the ghost project, but now Prince Baden also knows this secret, and his shrewdness is obviously much stronger than that of Wilhelm II, guessing that Hitler must have embezzled a huge amount of money when he was in charge of nuclear weapons research and development.
At that moment, Prince Baden guessed Hitler's careful thoughts, and immediately smiled mysteriously.
However, Prince Baden did not intend to expose it, after all, he wanted to use Hitler.
"Let's not talk about this issue for a while, but how to bring down Shi Lifen?"
Seeing that Prince Baden changed the subject, Hitler just smiled faintly and did not ask questions, so he made his proposal.
"Shi Lifen likes to do it himself, and the prince only needs to let Shi Lifen know that German Southwest Africa is very dangerous, and a military conflict with the Chinese Empire is about to break out, and the German defense there is lax and vulnerable, then Shi Lifen will definitely personally deploy the local defense."
Prince Baden was shocked and said, "Are you going to kill Shi Lifen directly?" By the hand of the Chinese Empire? β
Hitler nodded very calmly.
Prince Baden was speechless, but he thought it was a good idea. But deep down, there is vigilance, this Hitler is really ruthless enough, he has decided to kill Hitler as soon as he kills Schriefen.
The two foxes, one old and one young, smiled maliciously at the end of the discussion.
Hitler left the Chancellery and immediately went to Heinrich's house.
Today, Heinrich has become a giant in the Imperial German Navy, because of his outstanding performance during the World War, he was reused by Wilhelm II and his position in the navy was consolidated.
Of course, all this was given by Hitler, and without Hitler's support, Heinrich would not have been able to get away with it today.
So Heinrich was very grateful and had always been Hitler's confidant.
Hitler was not polite to Heinrich either, and directly assigned him a task.
"The Chinese Empire is about to take action against German Southwest Africa, where the German army is backward in equipment and undertrained, so I want you to immediately send a batch of advanced arms to support there, and at the same time transfer a group of Gestapo to help."
Heinrich asked with a puzzled face, "Isn't this to get rid of Schrifen?" Send them advanced weapons, and send the Gestapo to help? I don't know what you mean? β
Hitler explained: "It is inevitable to get rid of Schriefen, and if he does not die, I will have to die." But getting rid of him is not now, we also have to do it for the future of the German Empire. If German Southwest Africa had been lost prematurely, the German Empire would not have had enough time to prepare for war and would hardly have been able to withstand the first wave of the Chinese Empire's offensive. β
Heinrich continued: "Are you planning to let the war drag on in Southeast Africa?" β
Hitler nodded and said, "It will take at least four or five years to delay, otherwise it will be difficult for the empire to survive." β
Although Heinrich did not know what Hitler was planning, he was a staunch supporter of Hitler.
"Don't worry, I'll do what you order!"
Soon, under the covert operation of Prince Baden and Hitler, the military of the German Empire realized the serious problem of German Southwest Africa, with backward equipment and lax combat readiness.
Realizing this problem, Schrien, as the Minister of Defense, was immediately furious and immediately decided to personally go to German Southwest Africa to check the combat readiness.
In addition to helping the Germans transport large quantities of weapons and ammunition to German Southwest Africa, Heinrich also secretly escorted a group of Gestapo.
This is an army trained by Hitler, which is capable of special operations in addition to being competent for intelligence work.
You must know that in history, the first country in the world to have professional special forces was Nazi Germany, and Hitler's SS had the first special combat team.
Now Hitler saw the special forces of the Chinese Empire, so he also prepared his own special forces for the first time, and under the name of the Gestapo, he used the method of training agents and spies to form the first Hitler's own special forces, which were very powerful in combat and quite well-equipped.
Looking at the whole world, in the absence of special forces in various countries, the Gestapo special forces of the German Empire will become the only special operations force that can compete with the special forces of the Chinese Empire.
Unbeknownst to him, Schriefen had been betrayed by Prince Baden and Hitler, and had fallen victim to the first post-war land contest between the Chinese Empire and the German Empire, and that he himself was foolishly counting money for others.
The German Empire had 20,000 troops stationed in German Southwest Africa, and due to the special circumstances of Africa, this German army had never encountered any decent battles, only wars with the local natives, and fought with the British and French armies, but the combat effectiveness was very weak.
Just as it is the same reason that if you often play chess with a stinky chess basket, the more you play, the more you play, the more you play, the more stinky it becomes, this German army unit in German southwest Africa has been fighting against the armies of second- and third-rate countries for a long time, and its own combat effectiveness has quickly dropped to the level of second- and third-rate countries.
Any military strategist understands this truth, so Schrifeng was very anxious, and could not wait to rush to Monrovia, the seat of German southwest Africa, and then began to urgently increase troops, strengthen coastal fortifications, and hoard military supplies to the Dudman fortress inland, ready to compete with the Chinese Empire.
According to the intelligence assessment of the German Empire, the Chinese Empire is most likely to launch a local war to test the military strength and war preparation capabilities of the German Empire.
On the other side, near the coastline of the northwest corner of German southwest Africa, in the Roberts Harbor region of Walvis Bay, the Shence Army of the Chinese Empire also continued to increase troops to this area, and a large number of warships gathered.
The Atlantic Fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy blocked the entire Atlantic Ocean, from Angra HeroΓsmo to the Tsaigi Islands, and then to the Cape Verde Islands, blocking the passage of the main force of the High Seas Fleet of the Imperial German Navy to reinforce German Southwest Africa, and transferred the Indian Ocean Fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy from the Indian Ocean to assemble in Roberts Harbor to prepare for a large-scale attack on German Southwest Africa.
The military of the Chinese Empire made this decision because, first, in response to Li Weiguo's call, it launched a military retaliatory action against the German Empire, and second, considering that during the Hundred Years War between Britain and France, the British and French navies fought in all seas of the world, but there was no decisive battle on the European continent, and Britain and France always maintained restraint and only fought at sea, which provided reference experience for the Chinese Empire.
So this time, the Chinese Empire did not choose to directly attack the European battlefield, but first engaged in a colonial war with the German Empire, completely cutting off the supply of raw materials to the German Empire's overseas colonies, such as German East Africa and German Southwest Africa, which were rich in gold and important for the economic development of the German Empire.
The first war took place in German Southwest Africa, and it was also the reaction of the Chinese Empire to test the German Empire.
Of course, the Chinese Empire always needs some reason to attack the colonies of the German Empire, otherwise it will be impossible to explain to the people of the Chinese Empire if they provoke a war, after all, most of the people of the Chinese Empire do not like war, and at least there must be a practical excuse, otherwise the National Assembly and the people's congresses across the country will hit the nail on the head.
In today's Chinese Empire, with the deepening of democratization, the local people's congresses have gradually learned to defend their rights, and the people have actively participated in politics and formed an optimistic obligation.
The Chinese Empire also planned this war very carefully, and Li Weiguo even returned to Wuhan, the Great Kyoto, directly from Chang'an, Xijing, and personally convened an imperial meeting to discuss specific action strategies with the civil and military officials.
"Your Majesty, the West Africa Station of S.H.I.E.L.D. has launched an operation, taking advantage of the conflict of interests between the locals and the Germans to provoke incidents. At present, the German Empire has 20,000 troops stationed in German Southwest Africa, and the Imperial Shence Army has stationed more than 50,000 troops. β
Mingyue took the lead in reporting to Li Weiguo.
Zhang Xiaoliu suddenly said happily: "Great, 50,000 Shence troops are enough to destroy 20,000 German troops and occupy the entire territory of German Southwest Africa." β
Before Zhang Xiaoliu could be happy for three seconds, Mingyue then interrupted him and said: "That was yesterday's news, as of today's report, our intelligence officers intercepted the secret telegram of the German Imperial military, and the German Defense Minister Admiral Schriepin personally took a warship to German Southwest Africa, and transported an unknown amount of weapons and ammunition, in addition, the German Navy's high seas fleet was also dispatched, and the current situation is unknown." There is reason to suspect that the German Empire was aware of the Reich's upcoming military operations in German South-West Africa. β
The civil and military officials were very surprised, they did not understand why the German Empire was aware of it, thinking that there was an internal ghost within the Chinese Empire.
Only Li Weiguo was not surprised, he knew about the imminent outbreak of the local war, and Hitler also knew about it, and even more people knew about it.
"Since Schliefen personally went to German Southwest Africa, it is just right to kill him together and defeat the god of war of the German Empire, which is estimated to be a huge spiritual blow to the military of the German Empire!"