Rommel's second telegram was a request for Hitler to lease the Ceuta Peninsula to the Spanish dictator Franco.

There are two gates in the Strait of Gibraltar, namely the Gibraltar Peninsula and the Ceuta Peninsula, Gibraltar has been occupied by the British for more than 300 years, and Spain has claimed and attacked several times, but has not recovered the Gibraltar fortress.

In order to protect the Strait of Gibraltar and protect the Mediterranean shipping routes, Britain could never return the Gibraltar fortress to Spain.

But there is another peninsula in Spain that is stuck in the Strait of Gibraltar, and that is the Ceuta Peninsula, but Spain has been in decline since the Armada was annihilated by the British, and the Spanish Navy is no longer able to threaten the Strait of Gibraltar.

Now the situation is different, the fortress of Gibraltar has been completely wiped out, and only the larger Ceuta Peninsula is left stuck in the Strait of Gibraltar, and the strategic position of Ceuta is becoming more and more important.

It was impossible for Hitler not to be unaware of the strategic position of the Ceuta peninsula, and when Rommel made this request to Hitler, Hitler agreed to Rommel's request without thinking.

In addition, Hitler also asked Foreign Minister Ribbentrop to fly to Spain immediately to negotiate with Franco about the lease of the Ceuta Peninsula.

The reason why Hitler did not hesitate to agree to Rommel's request is actually to blame Franco's character as a wall-to-wall grass.

Second, during the Spanish Civil War, Hitler spent a lot of effort to help Franco win the civil war, but Franco always stabbed twice, and Hitler hated Franco to death as a dictator.

Now that Rommel has entered the heart of Spain, if Franco dares not to lease the Ceuta Peninsula to Germany, hehe...... Spain will also be the next France, Hitler has prepared this in his mind, and Germany in France is also preparing to attack Spain.

Political negotiations were not Rommel's business, Rommel only needed to conduct military exercises outside the Spanish capital of Madrid with four Panzer Divisions of the Seventh Panzer Army.

The German foreign minister, backed by tens of thousands of elite lions of the Seventh Panzer Army, was unusually tough at the negotiating table, and he also gave Franco an ultimatum that Spain would be a hostile country if he did not agree to Germany's Lend-Lease demands after three days.

Germany's ways and means of fighting hostile countries Some time ago, the war was already very telling, that is, it directly sent troops to destroy its country, and Denmark, Norway, Belgium, France, etc., all ended up like this.

France, known as the number one land power in Europe, has several times the size of Spain in terms of land area and population, and it surrendered without even holding on for 50 days.

Negotiations between Germany and Spain were taking place in the capital, and Rommel's military exercises were becoming more and more intense outside the Spanish capital, and earth-shattering explosions were heard inside the city every day.

Weak countries have no diplomacy, this is not only for China in the past, it is applicable to any country, Spain, a country that has just ended the civil war, under the pressure of Germany's strong force, there is no capital to resist, not to mention that Rommel's Seventh Panzer Army has been under their capital.

On December 17, 1049, Germany and Spain signed the Treaty of Lease of Ceuta, under which Spain leased the Ceuta Peninsula to Germany for 99 years at an annual rent of one million marks (which could buy twenty No. 4 tanks).

Hitler immediately dispatched seven or eight destroyers, one battle cruiser, and five or six submarines to the Ceuta Peninsula, and Britain's Mediterranean route was completely cut off.

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Rommel's clear-code telegram of Gibraltar reached the United States, and the owners of several major casinos in Alaska fainted on the spot, and the helmsmen of several major financial conglomerates in the United States were slightly better, but this unfortunate news still brought tears to their eyes.

This is a $40 billion bet, and 30 percent of the American people have more or less bought the bet, and so many people are involved, and a few financial institutions absolutely dare not repay their debts.

If the major financial institutions in the United States really want to do this, the angry American people will completely wipe out their businesses and their net worth.

Even if the president of the United States is their elected spokesperson, he does not dare to favor casinos and financial institutions in this matter, and if there is not enough cash, they will auction off their assets, and it is the government that comes forward, because the bet is so widely implicated in the United States that no one dares to anger the millions of people who bought the bet.

Immediately after receiving Rommel's telegram that Gibraltar had been captured, the United States Government ordered the freezing of all assets of the casino and several major financial institutions, and then the casinos and financial institutions began to pay compensation under the supervision of the United States Government.

This order of the US government was broadcast by Roosevelt on the radio, and the streets of the United States immediately became a sea of joy, and all those who bought Rommel won participated in the street carnival.

Ninety percent of the American people buy Rommel to win, and only 10 percent of the old gamblers are because they are too sensible, and they buy Rommel to lose, and now they have nothing to lose.

Those who bet on Rommel's victory are partying in the streets of the United States, and these Americans celebrate Rommel's victory with songs and dances, and their praise for Rommel resounded in the streets of the United States.

"Well, our Rommel is invincible!"

"Of course, the strongest fortress in the world is **** in front of General Rommel."

"Our Rommel, oh oh oh...... Wan Sheng, Wan Sheng ......"

"Hey, man, how much did you win this time."

"This time I bought Rommel, I bought it a little late, I only bought a total of 20,000 US dollars, plus the 3,000 US dollars I bought in the early stage, I won more than 3,000 US dollars."

"That's a little little, I bought half a million dollars in one go, still at 3; I bought it at 1 o'clock, which is much more profitable than the stock market, and Lao Tzu made nearly 200,000 US dollars in just a few days. ”

"Congratulations, brother, next time Rommel is at war, let's just buy Rommel win."

"Of course."

In the United States, a country where heroes are worshipped, Rommel's fans have grown like a blowout, various fan groups have been established, and Rommel's popularity in the United States has soared.

The studios of Hollywood in the United States saw a huge business opportunity, and since there are so many Rommel fans in the United States, Hollywood must make money by making a movie about Rommel.

Besides, those who bought Rommel have now made a lot of money, as long as they tout Rommel's movie, as long as it is not too badly made, Rommel fans with money in their pockets will definitely watch it!

Paramount, one of Hollywood's major studios, immediately prepared for the filming of "Rommel's", and MGM planned to shoot "Our Rommel", both of which were films that praised and touted Rommel.

But the starting point of these two films is different, Paramount's "Rommel" movie expresses personal heroism, and Acura's praise is Rommel's individuality, similar to Rommel is heroic invincibility.

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