848 Sunset of the Old Empire: A bandit from China

April 1, 1939, St. Petersburg, Smonnier Palace.

"My Führer, are you still in the habit of living in this Smonnier Palace? It was partially destroyed by the Bolsheviks during the war, and it has just been renovated, and you are the first guest to stay here! It's just that this season in Russia is really a bit cold, not the best season, and if you can come a month later, it will be refreshing. ”

It was the Prime Minister of the Russian Empire, Duke Kerensky, who spoke. The Russian politician in his sixties looked very thin, his goatee was gray, and it was clear that being prime minister of the ruined Russian Empire was not an easy task. Moreover, Russia is no longer the powerful empire that dominates the Eurasian continent, but a "buffer state" sandwiched between the two major imperialist countries, China and Germany. After hundreds of years of imperialism, it is really a little unaccustomed to being a weak country with its tail between its legs......

It's just that no matter how unaccustomed he is, Kerensky does not dare to show even a little bit of the demeanor of a great power prime minister in front of Hitler. It's completely flattering. But in my heart, I don't stop complaining about the great Anastasia NV Emperor. Because it was this NV Emperor who invited Hitler and Luo Yaoguo, the two big devils, to Petersburg to hold a "continental conference", and it is said that the NV Emperor wanted to help China and Germany mend the rift caused by the "Japanese nuclear incident".

What a nosy NV emperor! Out of the corner of his eye, Kerensky glanced at the blonde, blue-eyed, handsome Prince Ludwig next to Hitler. sighed in his heart: "I'm afraid that Your Majesty the Emperor is the biggest contradiction between China and Germany, right?" ”

"Well, this Smonier Palace is very nice, and I feel honored to live here." Probably because the German Army finally came up with a plan to destroy France, and this plan was still to Hitler's appetite! So the Führer looks in a good mood. Walk around the luxurious halls of the Smonnier Palace with your hands behind your back, admiring the paintings hanging on the walls.

"By the way, my old friend Marshal Luo Yaoguo is here in Petersburg today. Where does he live now? Hitler seemed to ask indifferently.

Kerensky's heart chuckled. He said in a hurry: "Marshal Luo Yaoguo...... He arrived in Petersburg yesterday afternoon and is now collapsing in the Winter Palace. ”

The relationship between Generalissimo Erosa and Anastasia I, where else can he live in the Winter Palace if he does not live in Petersburg? And the two of them also live in a room generously and sleep on a chuáng! And it's also the chuáng that only successive Russian tsars and empresses can sleep on. Hearing this, a hint of haze flashed across the face of Prince Ludwig next to Hitler, but it quickly returned to normal.

"Oh, it's the Hermitage...... Got it. Hitler frowned slightly, was silent for a while, and then said slowly: "Please tell His Majesty the Emperor NV that Mr. Prime Minister will arrange for me to have dinner with Marshal Luo Yaoguo." ”

"Okay, I'll arrange it." Kerensky bowed slightly to Hitler, turned away, his back a little gloomy, and slowly disappeared outside the hall.

"Ludwig, you go back to Berlin at once, I have a very important document that I forgot there. Go to Mrs. Schroeder and she will tell you what the document is. Hitler suddenly turned to the young and handsome prince and said. The prince of Württemberg, who had a modest position in the SS, had only recently been transferred to Hitler's side as an aide-de-camp.

"Yes, my Führer!" Ludwig gave a military salute to Hitler, turned and left.

"Führer, did you really ask Prince Ludwig to return to Berlin?" As soon as Ludwig left, Hitler's foreign minister, Ribbentrop, approached him and whispered in Hitler's ear: "The prince is a very good Germanic young man, and he is a good candidate in terms of appearance, knowledge, conversation, and birth. ”

"It's a pity that the Russian NV Emperor is no longer a 17 or 8-year-old girl." Hitler spoke softly, his voice so low that only he could hear it. "Everything this she-fox does now is just for power! In order to seize power, in order to keep power, she did everything. And now that the war in Western Europe is about to start, it's not the time to tear your face with Luo Yaoguo......"

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Luo Yaoguo was talking with An Sihua, Wan Yanhao, and Wu Tuohao at this time, and the place was in the small living room of the Russian NV Emperor in the Winter Palace. The war in Europe, after a period of stagnacy, now seems to have reached the point where it is on the verge of breaking out. Having sent a powerful armored army, China was naturally one of the main players in the imminent outbreak of the Great War in Western Europe. The meeting between Luo Yaoguo and Hitler in Petersburg was actually to coordinate the actions of the two countries in the ensuing Western European war. This is also the most important reason why Luo Yaoguo instructed Anastasia to invite Hitler to Petersburg.

As for repairing Sino-German relations...... After defeating Britain and France, Sino-German relations may be difficult to repair! Besides, how can the great empire of the two worlds become close friends? This is like the relationship between the Soviet Union and the United States, or the United States, China, and Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. There is always more competition than cooperation, and if it weren't for the destruction of nuclear weapons, I'm afraid that the world war would have been fought n times!

And the war has reached this point, and it is time for Luo Yaoguo to worry about the post-war pattern. As in the past, there were some minor problems with the original layout of our Generalissimo Luo. It always seems that the plan is not keeping up with the change.

The United States, which was originally thought to be the strongest in the new post-war order, is now being bullied by the "weak" Japan! Hawaii was lost, the Pacific Fleet was crippled, and now it is still nested in San Diego and does not dare to go out, and in the end it is not even possible to save the Panama Canal. What is even more surprising is that at the end of last month, a Central American federation composed of six countries, including Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala, and supported by Japan and Germany in front of and behind the scenes, emerged. And the first thing this Central American Federation did after its opening was to issue an eviction order to the American ** team entrenched in the San Lorenzo Fortress on the east bank of the Panama Canal! It also announced the resumption of the Panama Canal Zone and the confiscation of all U.S. investments in the Central American Federation. In short, it is clear that it is to oppose the United States. And last night, this country, which had just been established for a few days in the United States, openly declared war on the United States.

As for the South American countries, which were cut off from land ties with the United States by the Central American Federation, this period was an atmosphere on the eve of the "black revolution", and fascist parties in various countries appeared one after another, all of them holding high the banner of anti-American. Although they have not yet begun to usurp power by force, they have already frightened the ruling authorities of those South American countries into pretending to be "anti-American" elements one by one.

Such a person who has lost the Hawaiian Islands, almost lost his Latin American backyard, and was hit by a Japanese suicide plane is full of US imperialism, no matter how you look at it, it does not look like the chief of the three great powers after the war! It seems that the German Empire, which ruled most of Europe and all of Africa, and also had a large following in the Middle East and South America, was the real postwar boss.

And China, after all, has a thin foundation, although it has been up for more than ten years, it has also supported a little family business and laid a large piece of territory. But if you want to use this to fight against an old industrial empire like Germany, I'm afraid it's still wishful thinking! Moreover, although the territory seized by China is rich in resources, it is almost always undeveloped land. Without decades of construction, it will not become a developed area at all. The lands conquered by Germany were the birthplaces of industrial civilization......

Therefore, the future pattern is likely to be the strongest in Germany, followed by China, the third in the United States, and the second is always the most difficult to be!

When it came to these questions, the four people in this room all felt a burst of brain pain! After discussing it for a long time, no conclusions were drawn.

"Brother Sihua, is Britain's operation to send troops to Western Europe over?" Luo Yaoguo leaned back on the sofa, looked at An Sihua opposite him, and turned the topic back to the Western European war that was about to start.

At this stage, Britain's large-scale military build-up to the Western European continent has come to an end, and there is a British Expeditionary Force Command in France, and the former Chief of the British General Staff, Admiral Verrick, has just been appointed commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force. The British Expeditionary Force was under the command of the British First, Second and Third Armies, and the First Armored Corps. However, the British military level is different from ours, and the troops under its jurisdiction are uncertain. At present, there are a total of 20 motorized infantry divisions and two armored divisions in the four British **, plus some independent troops, the total strength is about 600,000! It has more than 1,200 tanks, about half of which are Matilda 2. In addition, Britain is sending about 20 fighter squadrons and 10 bomber squadrons to France. These fighter squadrons are equipped with the most advanced British Hurricane fighters, and the bomber squadrons are dominated by Blenheim bombers, as if there were no dive bombers......"

Luo Yaoguo said in a low voice: "Why are there only 600,000 people? And there are only 2 armored divisions...... Didn't you say there were four? He twisted his gaze at Wan Yanhao, who was pondering, "Wen Qiang, you are in charge of the European intelligence system, do you know where the remaining troops of the British are?" ”

Wan Yanhao seemed to be still thinking about the future positioning of China and Germany, and was awakened by Luo Yaoguo's words, and pondered for a while before he said slowly: "One of the other two British armored divisions went to the Middle East and was under the command of the 8th Army, and the other went to Australia, which just left from France at the end of last month. For this reason, Prime Minister Daladier did not fail to protest. As for the British Army...... There are about 600,000 on the mainland, more than 500,000 in the Middle East Military Region, nearly 700,000 in the Aussie and New Zealand Military Region, and about 100,000 in Ceylon. India now has more than a million Anglo-Indian troops, and although their combat effectiveness is not strong, their numbers are still increasing. ”

Luo Yaoguo smiled bitterly and nodded, "Then it seems that this British Empire will also use its main forces against us!" ”

Wan Yanhao looked up and thought for a while, and finally shook his head. "It can't be said that the more than 1.3 million people of the British Expeditionary Force and the Home Army are jīng sharp, and the Middle East Army and the Australian New Army can only be regarded as mediocre. The Anglo-Indian army is basically scum, even the Gurkha mercenaries among them are not very powerful, and even the Soviet Red Army is inferior to ......"

"Was the Soviet Red Army weak?" Luo Yaoguo interrupted him, "The Soviet Red Army was defeated in both weaponry and politics, and the combat effectiveness of their Red officers and soldiers is still not weak. If the British and French armies were stronger than them, then this battle might really be uncertain. As he spoke, he glanced at An Sihua and Wu Tuohao again. Sihua, Mouxian, what do you think? Will the Germans suffer in the face of the French and the British this time? ”

An Sihua frowned, glanced at Wu Tuohao, and said: "I personally believe that Germany may experience some setbacks, but the final victory will definitely belong to Germany." So we should now think about how to deal with the problem of a strong Germany...... Although we have an advantage in population, land, and resources, the gap in our industrial base is still too great, and without ten or twenty years of catching up, I am afraid that we will not be Germany's opponent at all. Unless we make Germany ......"

Speaking of this, An Sihua had a trace of pain on his face, and he wanted to continue, but was interrupted by Luo Yaoguo shaking his head slightly, Luo Yaoguo looked up at the portrait of Emperor Anastasia on the wall, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"No, you don't! In the future, we will have a way to restrain Germany, and I believe that although competition and confrontation between China and Germany are inevitable in the future, the possibility of war is almost zero. Therefore, in this battle, we still have to do our best to assist Hitler in victory. After all...... France and Britain still owe us a lot of old debts in China, let's settle them all this time! I heard that after the First World War, the amount of reparations imposed on Germany by the Entente was 269 billion gold marks! ”

Speaking of this, Luo Yaoguo had an expression on his face that opened his eyes when he saw money, and he smiled:

"After we defeated Britain and France, why should we ask them to lose tens of billions of dollars? And the Palace of Versailles, the British Museum, etc...... Wen Qiang, you have to investigate how many good things are worth grabbing! By the way, there are many old banks in the Netherlands, Belgium, and France, and they should also be investigated for me! ”

"Mou Xian, the task of snatching things will be responsible for you! Uh, to set up a special army to rob things, we must choose honest and reliable comrades to rob, and the things we grab must be returned to the public, and it is strictly forbidden to embezzle, you know? By the way, don't do the murder, arson, and robbery after you rob it, we're just asking for money......"

Looking at Luo Yaoguo's current appearance, it seems that he is ready to fight to grab a vote, where is there still a little bit of the demeanor of a leader of a big country? It's a mountain king! And Wan Yanhao and Wu Tuohao, the two henchmen of the Whampoa department, of course, also looked like they were leaping and trying, and they both patted xiōng to ensure that they completed the robbery task.

Only An Sihua, who had half Germanic blood, seemed to have a clear conscience, and his face was embarrassed.

"Auxiliary text, this is not good, the honor of our Wehrmacht ......"

"What's wrong?" Luo Yaoguo rarely pulled down his face in front of An Sihua, he glanced at General An coldly, his eyes were like a cold blade, and even An Sihua felt a little chill down his spine. However, this feeling passed quickly, and Luo Yaoguo still smiled gently, as if he was comforting his number one henchman.

He smiled and said, "Sihua, we have sent hundreds of thousands of troops to Europe, and they are all the sharpest armored armies...... If you return empty-handed, how can you tell the people Jiāo? Can we say to the people that your sons died fighting for the world empire of the Germans? Can you say that the wealth you have created by your hard work has been used in a battle that has nothing to do with our country? If we say that, how many people will support us? So be sure to take advantage of the battle in Western Europe! Only in this way can the national jiāo generation. ”

"Teacher An, the assistant marshal is right, the people have been suffering for so many years to support our national defense force, isn't it just for this opportunity!"

"Yes! Wasn't most of the wealth gathered in Western Europe scraped from the heads of the colonial peoples? We just take these ill-gotten gains and use them where they are useful to the country and the nation. ”

Luo Yaoguo's two good students also persuaded hard, both of them were righteous and strict, and said that the cause of robbery in Europe was a great thing for the country and the people. Although An Sihua does not agree with this fallacious reasoning, fortunately he is not a master with a particularly sense of justice. I don't know where that little conscience just now.

He pondered for a while, nodded and said, "Our First Panzer Army is estimated to be arranged to fight the Netherlands and Belgium on the northern front, and Paris is estimated to miss it...... Otherwise, I'll go talk to Guderian and ask him to go to the center with an Panzer Corps, so that this Panzer Corps will have a chance to go straight to Paris!

In addition, we should not only keep our eyes on gold antiques, but also large industrial enterprises, universities and research institutes in France, the Netherlands and Belgium. The technical information is also a very valuable asset, and we should set up a special unit dedicated to collecting technical information and experts. Of course, for those technical talents, we are not good at using strong, otherwise we will not be able to work hard to catch them. ”

"What about the machines? Shall we send someone to move it too? Wu Tuohao reminded.

"No, then the movement will be too big, and we are only supporting characters in this war after all." Luo Yaoguo shook his head and immediately denied Wu Tuohao's idea, "We can't be a million-dollar ** team is transparent!" By the way, you should also be careful when robbing banks and museums, and if the Germans have already started to maintain order, don't do it. Therefore, it is better to have special units in the rear of the front-line troops and concentrate their forces in a few major cities. ”

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