Chapter 263: Romanian Oil

Eventually, Himmler and Limmer reached an agreement, Himmler handed over the Gestapo's intelligence service to Limer, and Limer would provide Himmler with equipment for seven divisions, three of which were armoured. Of course, these weapons also have to be paid.

In the future, Himmler wants to ask Li Mo for weapons and equipment to expand the Waffen-SS, and Li Mo will definitely take off a few pieces of meat from Himmler.

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During this time, Li Mo has not gone home to accompany Selena for a long time, and now that he has returned to Berlin, of course he has to go back to accompany Selena well, it is normal for husband and wife to be in harmony with me, but Selena's stomach is not angry, Krupp used to worry about the heir of his family, and now the British princess Elizabeth gave birth to two sons for Li Mo, and Krupp goes to work every day with a smile on his face.

The next morning, Li Mo called his brother Tian Tian and asked him to immediately hand over the Gestapo intelligence service to Himmler.

Li Mo is not very proficient in spy warfare, he got this position for his brother, mainly to plant a nail in the intelligence system, so that he can get the information he needs as soon as possible in the future, and at the same time can eliminate the mutual constraints of the two German intelligence agencies.

After Li Mo and Tian Tian finished the phone call, they planned to take a look at the Krupp company and take stock of the weapons and equipment produced by the Krupp company, the most important of which was the Krupp company's Leopard tank production line that had just been built.

As a result, before Li Mo went out, the high command called Li Mo to inform him that he would immediately prepare the weapons and equipment needed by the Seventh Panzer Army, and then transport them to Warsaw to equip the troops, and then immediately go to the Romanian border for exercises after the preparations were completed.

The operation, of course, was intended to deter Romania. Germany's main purpose was to get Romanian oil and to get Romania into the German camp.

Why did the High Command transfer the Seventh Panzer Corps, which had just been formed by Limer and Rommel? Now many of Germany's elite troops have begun to be transferred to the French border, and Rommel and Limer's Seventh Panzer Corps has just been formed, and its combat effectiveness has certainly not yet been formed, so it has been exercised by the Romanian border of the high command.

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German Foreign Minister Joachim arrived in Bucharest, Romania, on September 26 to begin diplomatic negotiations with Poland.

Yang? Antonescu is the prime minister of Romania, in fact Antonescu is the dictator of Romania, and Antonescu uses his absolute power to cancel the constitution. The parliament was dissolved and Carol II was expelled. Mihai I was renamed king, and by this time the king was already a puppet, and all the power was in the hands of Antonescu.

The German Foreign Minister, of course, went directly to the person in charge of Romania, which at this time was a neutral country. Antonescu is not a fool either. Now Britain, France, Germany, and the Soviet Union are all eyeing Romania. On the surface, Germany has a slight military advantage, but Britain, France and the Soviet Union are not weak, and Antonescu certainly will not choose to take sides now. Antonescu's plan was to stand there if he was strong.

In this case, the diplomatic efforts of the German foreign minister can be imagined, and the three countries of Britain, France and the Soviet Union have not received any valuable commitments, and Antonescu just does not express his position anyway, whether he agrees with Germany's arms for oil plan, does not deny or affirm.

This was a big deal for the foreign ministers of the three countries, who circled around Antonescu almost every day, but things soon took a turn for the better, because Antonescu held a meeting to discuss which side Romania should be on, some pro-German, some pro-British and French, but not pro-Soviet, because the Soviet Union had just occupied a state in Romania. In this case, there can only be a quarrel, and it seems that the result cannot be obtained by means of discussion, and it can only be Antonescu's own idea, and Antonescu has no choice but to express his opinion at the meeting, "Whoever is good will stand over there".

In the afternoon of the same day, the German military intelligence and the British MI6 received the information, but the Soviet Union did not receive this information. It is impossible for the Romanians to send information to the Soviets who invaded their own country, it is treason, pro-German or pro-Anglo-French, it is only a matter of political choice.

The German military intelligence bureau sent the information it had received to the Ministry of Defense, which handed it over to the High Command, and the High Command to Hitler's office, and after Hitler's chief of staff Bauman had sorted it out, it would report it to Hitler for approval. In such a process, the Soviet Union obtained information about Romania from Germany.

In this way, the German Military Intelligence Bureau, the Ministry of Defense, the High Command, and the Führer's Office absolutely hide the high-ranking spies of the Soviet Union, and the position of this spy is not low, otherwise it is impossible to easily steal German intelligence, who will it be? Now no one knows.

In the light of this update, the three countries began to study new options to deal with the unexpected situation in Romania.

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Germany has long drawn up a plan to conduct simultaneous exercises in both directions on the Romanian border, and to demonstrate to Romania nakedly, the meaning is obvious, if you do not agree with my arms-for-oil plan, my exercises may turn into attacks.

The Kremlin's war conference room was also a gathering of generals at this time, and more than a dozen famous generals such as Zhukov, Chuikov, Petrov, etc., were all summoned by Stalin to study countermeasures. Those who opposed Stalin or made Stalin feel a little disloyal were all purged, and Stalin was able to choose a few of the remaining people who could fight, and there was still some discernment.

The first to express his opinion, of course, was Stalin:

"Comrades, Germany has begun to carry out a very urgent strategic plan, which is now in your hands, which basically consists of exchanging the captured Czech and Polish weapons for Romanian oil, and Romania's total oil production has reached 8.7 million tons, and the Romanian government has 4.35 million tons at its disposal, and Germany has demanded that Romania export oil to Germany no less than three million tons per year.

If Germany is allowed to obtain Romanian oil, Germany will completely get rid of our control over their oil, which is very dangerous for the Soviet Union, so we must find a way to sabotage Germany's arms and oil deal with Romania, and Romania's idea is that if it is strong on that side, it will go to that side, and now you will talk about your views. ”

Zhukov was the first to stand up and speak, not because Zhukov thought he was deeply trusted by Stalin, but because Zhukov had such a temperament and was finally dismissed by Khrushchev because of his character.

"Comrade Stalin, I don't think we can use force against Romania at this time, some time ago we occupied a Romanian state, and if we are threatening Romania with troops, we will quickly push Romania into the arms of Germany, which can send troops to Romania and enter into an armed conflict head-on with us. (To be continued......)

PS: It's the last two days of the month, brothers, see if you still have a monthly pass in your pocket.

For the sake of the fallen leaves, I can persistently insist on 3 more parts a day, and all kinds of requests!!!