Chapter Eighty-Eight: Hitler's Diplomacy

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Zhang Jun had to pretend not to hear it, who called himself not qualified enough, just endure it, and just scold, but if anyone touches Zhang Jun's bottom line, Zhang Jun is also a ruthless guy.

By May 1939, the total strength of the German armed forces was about 7.3 million (in addition to more than 1.2 million employees). The Army (about 5.2 million men) has 214 divisions (169 infantry divisions, 21+4 tank divisions, 14 motorized divisions, 10 other divisions, and 7 independent brigades. The Germans had 5,639 tanks and artillery pieces, more than 10,000 aircraft, and more than 61,000 artillery pieces and mortars. By May 1939, the Navy had 5 battleships, 4 light and heavy cruisers, 43 destroyers and mine-striking ships, 161 submarines, and a number of other ships. The German armed forces are fully deployed and have two years of experience in practical exercises.

Is that enough troops? If you only fight one country, it should be enough, but Germany must fight one must also guard against another, fortunately Germany has a complete reserve system, now Germany has a hundred reserve divisions, about 1.5 million people, this reserve is absolutely not enough, must be increased to 200 reserve divisions, the regular army must be increased to 10 million, of course, it cannot be achieved in the short term, it will take about a year or two, the head of state has been doing the expansion of the army, no need for Zhang Jun to mix, and the German Wehrmacht has changed the weapons, Just enough to arm those reserve forces.

Time!! It has been more than two years since he traveled to Germany, and it turned out that Zhang Jun thought that time was enough, but now it seems that it is still not enough! Germany is not ready for a full-scale war, but history waits for no one, it is really a very helpless thing, now all the German fire companies are working overtime to produce weapons, or can not meet the needs of Germany, Zhang Jun's refitting plan is also very influential, Zhang Jun in order to make better use of other countries' ammunition and arsenals in the future war, take the initiative to change Germany's bullet standards, and the large-scale light weapons refitting caused by it, also affected Hitler's expansion and weapons production plan, It seems that nothing can be perfect.

While Zhang Jun was busy with weapons, Hitler launched his diplomatic offensive, first with Poland, where Hitler sent a new foreign minister, Joachim von Ribbentrop, to meet with the Polish ambassador and proposed that the alliance must be premised on the transfer of Danzig to Germany and the construction of a highway in the corridor area to connect German territory, and if Poland agreed, Hitler would give Poland future territories in northern Ukraine, and would extend the German-Polish Pact for 25 years as compensation. However, Poland believed that if it joined the German-led military alliance, it would be reduced to a satellite state, and even eventually its statehood would be threatened, just as Czech Republic was annexed by Germany, so Bechoral rejected his proposal, and the Polish Foreign Ministry and the military leaders were in agreement, and the Polish government leaders did not trust Hitler. On May 21, Becquerel traveled to Berlin to meet with Hitler.

Hitler began the first negotiations in the Reichstag parlor:

"Monsieur Becquerel, you should know that the Danzig region has been the sacred territory of the great Germany since ancient times, but our sacred territory was stolen by you after the First World War, and now that the great Germany is rising, it is time for you to return the Danzig region and the Danzig corridor unconditionally."

"Monsieur Hitler, the Danzig area and the Danzig Corridor were reparations that you gave to our country after the last world war, and I remind you, Monsieur Hitler, that is reparation, and since it is reparation, what reason do we have to pay it back to you? No, never. ”

Neither side addressed each other by title, but by the term "sir", and the content of the words was also full of gunpowder, and Hitler took a tough attitude and insisted that Poland return the German territories, and Poland was also emboldened. Because on March 21, 1939, Britain and France formally formed a military alliance and gave Poland a security guarantee on the 31st, which strengthened Poland's confidence.

Hitler's negotiations with Poland soon broke down, and on 13 May Hitler had the German High Command issue the "Instruction on the Unanimous Preparations of the Armed Forces for War." Germany and Poland were on the verge of war, and Hitler, although he failed in negotiations with Poland, soon chose a new negotiating partner, Stalin, and Poland began to tighten ties with Britain and France. Is Britain, France, and Poland really as harmonious as it seems? Not necessarily!!!

Although Britain and France were traditional allies, fighting side by side in World War I against Germany and in the Russian Civil War, they responded differently to Poland's demands. In order to maintain the balance of power in Europe, Britain did not want to weaken Germany too much and make France too strong, so Poland refused to ask for help in the 20s. Britain believed that Poland was an ally of France and had no interest in Britain itself, and Prime Minister David Lloyd George did not even know where the Polish territory of Silesia was, and once said: "The Polish people have never in the course of history shown themselves capable of maintaining their independence for long." Foreign Secretary Sir Austin Chamberlain also stated in February 1925 that "no British government would and would never sacrifice the life of a British grenadier in order to protect the Polish Corridor." France, on the other hand, was an ally of Poland and hoped that the latter would replace Russia, so it always sided with the German-Polish territorial question. On the other hand, however, the relationship between France and Poland was not reciprocal, and France sometimes undermined Polish interests for its own purposes, and Poland's foreign policy was largely constrained by it. In other words, if France turned its back on Poland, the latter would lose its only strong ally on the continent and would be left militarily isolated.

Britain was also aware of the change in relations between Germany and Poland, and on March 31, 1939, Poland received assurances from Great Britain that it would preserve the territorial integrity of the former; On 16 May, Becquerel traveled to London to sign the Anglo-Polish Treaty on Security Assurances; On 19 May, Poland signed a similar protocol with France, stating that when Poland was attacked, the French would attack Germany, and similarly, when France and Belgium were attacked by Germany, Poland would attack the latter. On the 28th of the same month, Hitler announced the abrogation of the German-Polish Non-Aggression Pact on the grounds that Poland was under the protection of Britain and France, and ordered the German army to prepare for an attack on the country by August. On the other hand, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain still believed that war could have been avoided if he had reached an agreement with Hitler on Danzig (and perhaps the Polish Corridor).

On June 1, 1939, Hitler flew to Moscow and Stalin began formal diplomatic talks, which stunned Britain, France and Poland, how could Germany, which was originally very hostile to the Soviet Union, suddenly get together with the Soviet Union, if Germany really formed an alliance with the Soviet Union, the balance of the whole Europe would be broken, Germany had advanced science and technology, the Soviet Union had a population and endless minerals and oil, if the two countries were to form an alliance. Britain, France, Poland and other countries can only face the fate of being ravaged, and will only be crushed to death like ants, Hitler is negotiating with Stalin, but Britain and France have set aside Poland for the new new changes, and have launched secret negotiations to discuss how to sabotage or win over Germany so that he will not have a possible alliance with the Soviet Union.

The relationship between Europe is too complicated, and it must be carefully sorted out to understand, first Hitler demanded that Poland return Danzig and the Danzig corridor territory, Poland held itself an alliance with Britain and France, and sternly refused, Hitler issued a war mobilization order, and at the same time visited the Soviet Union, Britain and France did not have a good understanding, and immediately set aside Poland to start secret discussions, discussing how to destroy or win over Germany not to form an alliance with the Soviet Union.

The intricate relations in Europe also gave Hitler the stage to gallop across the country, and the opportunity to cross the left and right, Hitler planned to use the cheapest promises and the most false lies to achieve his own division and disintegration of Britain, France, Poland, and the Soviet Union.

Hitler, who was in the Soviet Union, received a telegram from China that night, saying that Britain and France had invited Hitler or ministerial-level personnel to visit, and Hitler secretly rejoiced, and it seemed that his little carrot head was right, and in dealing with Poland, it was completely possible to make full use of the contradictions and disagreements between Britain, France, Poland, and the Soviet Union to make a big fuss, and now this effect has begun to appear.

Most of the time Britain and France saw that Germany and the Soviet Union might form an alliance, and hurriedly put aside Poland and secretly negotiated some terms, without thinking that it was definitely some terms for betraying Poland, Britain and France did not hesitate to choose to betray their teammates in the face of the imminent huge crisis, so as to protect their own interests.

Hitler, who received the telegram, urgently ordered Ribbentrop, the foreign minister at home, to use his own radio in Moscow to immediately launch secret negotiations with Britain and France on behalf of Hitler himself, Hitler's bottom line was that Britain and France could loudly condemn Germany when Germany attacked Poland, and reiterate the alliance agreement between Britain, France and Poland, but Britain and France's support for Poland was limited to verbal support and could not give Poland any substantive help, and if Britain and France agreed, Hitler would not sign any alliance agreement with the Soviet UnionThe time is within five days.

After Hitler met with Stalin in Moscow in the Soviet Union, he did not talk to Stalin about military issues, and as for the alliance, he did not mention a word, but talked with the Soviet Union about the division of Poland between Germany and the Soviet Union, in order to divide the territory of Poland, the two pairs fought at the negotiating table every day, you come and go, do not give in to each other, they all want to divide a little more Polish territory, how to divide Poland is to follow the negotiators to negotiate, the two leaders are very friendly on the surface, Hitler and Stalin are in front of many media, The two shook hands very amicably, and the content of the talks was how to deepen the economic ties between the two countries, and at this time, the eyes of countries all over the world paid attention to the talks between the Soviet Union and Germany, and they all paid close attention to the strategic trend between the Soviet Union and Germany.

Of course, the Soviet-German talks were also of great significance to the Soviet Union, because it was such an intimate negotiation between the Red Soviet Union and the leader of the first capitalist country, and Soviet-German cooperation can be said to be a major event that will affect world history.

Soon the Soviet-German talks, which attracted the attention of the whole world, were immediately attracted by another major event, that is, the fierce fighting between the Soviet Union and Japan in the Nomenkan area on May 16, 1939.

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Declaration of the Battle of the Three Rivers

The horn has sounded, and the pace of war is approaching.

Listen! That's the footsteps of the enemy, let's fight! My book buddy.

The honor of the Führer needs to be defended by you.

I'd rather turn into a bunch of skeletons than fight to the end! -

This is our immortal spirit! -

It is enough for the enemy to kneel at our feet and cry.

We have no way back - only an offensive! Offensive! On the offensive! ……

Tears rolled down her mother's face, and "My Führer" was behind her.

It's time to fight for honor, and the blood is already surging.

The last leaves on the dry branches were knocked off by the cold wind.

- Lightning tore through the load-bearing darkness in the distance,

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