In the magnificent new Reich Chancellery, designed and built by Speer, Hilert stands in his office looking at the new map of Germany hanging on the wall.

On the map, due to the occupation of the Rhine Demilitarized Zone, the originally fragmented Germany was initially improved on the territory, however, Hitler was still hungry for more...

"Austria..."

After stroking the location of the Rhine demilitarized zone with his fingers, Hitler's fingers slipped to the location of Austria, where Hitler was born ...

For Hitler, it was not enough to stop at the Demilitarized Zone of the Rhine, but in his view the Germanic peoples needed a much greater living space, one that was not limited to Europe.

"Do you think that by co-opting Japan, you can really tie China to Germany's chariot?"

While obsessively looking at the map on the wall, Hitler said unusually calmly―――――― which surprised Goebbels and Hess behind Hitler, because people who are familiar with Hitler know very well that Hitler's character is very complex, but there is rarely calmness in these complex personalities...

"My Führer—" After pondering it in his head a few times, Hess said hesitantly. According to our reasoning, if Japan can be brought together, then there is a high probability that China will eventually be tied to the chariot. ”

Hearing Hess say this, the other people in the room also nodded, and they could see that what Hess had just said was exactly the decision they had made after researching.

"So..."

With his back to the crowd, Hitler nodded.

But it's no wonder they see it that way, because the relationship between China and Japan seems to outsiders to be like this.

It's like in another world, although Japan has caused a lot of suffering to China, there are still many "traitors" even during the War of Resistance Against Japan. Although there were many frictions between China and Japan during this period, and there were even incidents such as the "Tokyo Massacre", even so, there were still many "Japanese traitors" in Japan who regarded China as the only hope for "East Asian civilization".

When China's national strength is weak, there will still be people like Miyazaki, let alone China now.

Moreover, before the 226 coup d'état, Japan has always been in power with the democratic faction headed by Saionji Gongwang, although Japan's democracy during this period is relatively special, but Saionji and others are undoubtedly the more rational one.

They know very well that Japan is best served only by building good relations with China.

So although there was a period of tension between the two countries after the "Tokyo tragedy", because both sides intended to repair relations, the relationship between the two countries began to ease after the tension, and by the end of Xu Shichang's term of office, the relationship between the two countries had returned to a normal level, and by the end of Song Dinghan's term, at least at the government level, the relationship between the two countries had reached a point close to that of quasi-allies.

From an outsider's point of view, this is at least the first step for the two "East Asian civilizations" to unite with each other and jointly fight against the Caucasian state, and even some people in the upper echelons of the Japanese government see it this way.

As for the side of the national government? Putting aside the thoughts of the people and the people below, at least the upper echelons are well aware that no matter what kind of behavior the national government does now, there is deep malice behind these actions...

Every upper-level person in the national government is trustworthy, or only trustworthy people can sit in this position, so almost every upper-level person is very clear about the real purpose behind Yan Guang―――――――― when confiding in these people, Yan Guang is not afraid that they will leak out and destroy the plan, because the three generations of people in this circle have been investigated by the military intelligence and military defense bureaus, and they are usually under 24-hour monitoring, so there is no need to worry at all. …,

It is precisely for this reason that it is clear to almost everyone that everything that the Kuomintang-based government is doing to Japan is hypocritical, to paraphrase Yan Guang.

"Emotional liar."

Whatever the current government does, the real purpose is to make Japan a vassal state of China, and then to establish a modern version of the ancient tributary system in the Far East.

If you have to say it, it is equivalent to a combination of NATO and the Warsaw Pact.

Closer than NATO, looser than the Warsaw Pact.

Of course, in this system, China's dominance is the most important.

"Rebuild the tributary system..."

These six words made the older generation such as Xu Shichang and others deeply obsessed, and at the same time attracted the younger generation of Kuomintang Socialists.

Although they understand that the so-called modern tributary system certainly cannot be named after the subject state as in ancient times, it does not matter.

Restore the glory of Chinese civilization and rebuild the grace of the Celestial Empire.

It is absolutely impossible for Xu Shichang and others to have such an idea in their hearts, but in the past, China had been weak for a long time and could only survive in the cracks of the great powers, so such an idea could naturally only be buried deep in their hearts, and in the end even they forgot about it.

And yet, now...

Today's China is at least the world's leading power, if not the world's first.

With the increasing prosperity of the country, such thoughts were naturally dug out of their hearts...

The so-called how bold the people are, how productive the land is, and China's growing strength has given them a lot of confidence, so there is no need for Yan Guang to mobilize, Xu Shichang and others have already agreed.

Of course, Japan, Germany, the United States, Britain and other countries absolutely do not know this, and in their eyes, China and Japan are just two good countries that are about to wear the same pants.

In addition, while agreeing with Yan Guang, Xu Shichang, Song Dinghan and others are also deeply guilty in their hearts, because according to Yan Guang's plan, Germany will undoubtedly be pitted by China again, and unlike last time, this time China will dig a deep pit for Germany with its own hands.

It's just that they are all politicians who have been in politics for many years, or soldiers who have been in the battlefield for a long time, and these people know very well that their personal feelings must not be higher than the interests of the country, so although they feel guilty in their hearts, they still follow Yan Guang's plan...

(In addition, the construction of the new Reich Chancellery in Germany only began in 1938, when Hitler gave Speer a year to build it, but in the book this time was advanced by a year, so in 38 the new Chancellery appeared.) ）

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Of course, Hitler and others did not know Yan Guang's thoughts, and in their opinion, the relations between China and Japan were excellent, and as long as they could win over Japan, it would be very possible to tie China to the chariot as well.

In fact, it is not only Germany that thinks so, but also Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, France and other countries.

But it is no wonder that if you want to deceive others, you must first deceive yourself, and the plan that Yan Guang is implementing is known to only a few people even within the Kuomintang, let alone Germany and Japan.

As for the temporary reversal, what excuse should be made?

It's hard to find anything else these days, isn't it easy to find an excuse?

What's more, with Yan Guang's current prestige, even if there is no excuse, he can still turn his face when it's time to turn his face...

Not understanding this, Hitler continued to look at the map on the wall.

After quieting down, Hess and the others quickly understood that they should go out, so they hurriedly walked out of the room one by one.

But just as Speer was about to walk out, Hitler suddenly spoke.

"Speer, you and I can go out for a walk."

"Yes! My Führer! After a while, Hitler and Speer walked out of the room.

Walking in the marble gallery, which is twelve meters wide and two hundred meters long, Hitler nodded with satisfaction.

"Speer, you're doing a great job."

Hearing Hitler say this, Speer hurriedly bowed his head and said.

"This is what I should do, Führer..."

Built between January 1937 and January 1938 (or January 1939 in history), the heart of this magnificent new Imperial Chancellery is a Baroque palatial building. It was first built in 1730. It was then bought to the Radiziwill family in 1796. In 1875 it became the official residence of Bismarck, Chancellor of the German Empire. It has a good location. Make the Prime Minister's work easier. Modernized in 1878. It was still used as a government office building during the Weimar Republic.

In the autumn of 1933, Hitler summoned Speer and Paul to the table. Ludwig? Truster, asking about the construction of a new Imperial Chancellery. Hitler then appointed Speer head of the Committee for the Construction of the New Chancellery. Hitler stressed the need to build a platform overlooking the masses in order to facilitate rallies and summon the masses, and to avoid being surrounded by enthusiastic crowds in the streets. So Speer set up the "Balcony of History". We can still see Hitler waving to the crowd on the balcony in the news today. In his memoirs, Speer writes that Hitler described his work as the leader of the masses in the space of a theater stage.

The role of the "balcony of history" was Hitler's self-presentation and acceptance of the adoration of the German public. The new Third Reich Chancellery symbolizes Germany's entry into a new era of the Third Reich. Hitler said: "In December 1937 and January 1938, I decided to solve the Austrian question and create a Greater German Reich. Both symbolically and functionally, the old buildings could not be satisfied. I asked Albert? From 11 January 1938 to 10 January 1939, Professor Speer had to complete the construction of the Chancellery. ”

According to the historical archives of the Committee for the Construction of the New Chancellery, Speer's memoirs are completely fictitious. Detailed planning began in 1935. In the same year, Hitler himself designed a plan for the axial architecture of the Chancellery and the widening of the streets.

In fact, in 1935 he began to buy properties in the surrounding area. Demolition took place in 1936. Speer was built in June 1936. The project was also given budgetary priority for work. So what are the reasons to proceed into this quick plan. The answer was that in Hitler's plan it was the symbol of the mighty Greater German Reich, and the newly expanded Reich Chancellery was to be completed during the period of German integration with Austria.

Speer completed the construction of the Chancellery in January 1939. The building is characterized by a large enclosed building with a large number of tall and large spaces. The reception area, the corridor, the hall, all are tall halls, very long, empty and without any function. The large and high halls are one after the other. Even along the central axis, planning is completely unidirectional. From the gates of Wilhelmstrasse to Hitler's office center, there is no return route for visitors. You can only ridiculously follow the route you entered. The property has no advantages or features that are conducive to administrative offices and accommodation. It was actually used as a church to promote the National Socialist Party. The general architectural style is to make the visitor nervous, depressed, and succumb.

The first major diplomatic meeting in the history of the Reich Chancellery was on March 14, 1939, when Hitler met with the President of Czechoslovakia. Hacha. This was a legally necessary meeting of the German occupation of the entire territory of Czechoslovakia after the Munich Conference. Unbeknownst to Hacha, Hitler was asking him to sign a document approving the entry of German troops into the entire territory of Czechoslovakia.

In addition, when it comes to the Chancellery of the new empire, there is actually another allusion.

The marble gallery where Speer and Hitler now wander is twelve meters wide and two hundred meters long, modeled after the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles in France, and Speer said in his memoirs that Hitler was pleased with the marble gallery, which was twice as large as the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles, France. ..., at a dinner party, Hitler asked Madame Speer if the marble gallery designed by her husband was 100 meters long? Mrs. Speer said that he may have had structural and aesthetic considerations that the gallery was only ninety-six metres long. Hitler did not ask any more questions, but Mrs. Speer was clever enough to see Hitler's dissatisfaction.

When Hitler summoned Speer and offered to build a 100-meter-long marble gallery. Speer immediately said: "Führer, two hundred meters!" ”

This answer pleased Hitler, who gloated: "Foreign dignitaries will make a long journey from the entrance to the reception hall, and they will have a chance to taste the majesty of the German Empire!" ”

Speer was concerned that the polished marble floor was too smooth, and Hitler was pleased: "This is absolutely correct. He insisted. Diplomats should move carefully on slippery ground. ”

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"Speer, you answer me honestly, do you think the Chinese will really help us in the end..."

After walking some distance on the marble gallery, Hitler asked Speer.

“……… Since Hess and Goebbels think so—" Speer said cautiously after a moment's thought. "Then there should be no problem..."

“………”

Hitler was neither satisfied nor dissatisfied with Speer's answer, he simply continued to walk through the gallery, while Speer followed closely, with only the footsteps of two people in the marble gallery.

In fact, Hitler's sense of China is very complicated, as early as the First World War, as an Austrian Hitler participated in the First World War, at that time Hitler himself was still very fond of China, after all, China and Germany at that time can also be called the honeymoon period.

However, soon China became a member of the Entente, which made many people begin to scold China for betrayal, and even many Germans think that China is ungrateful, and Hitler is also one of them―――――― which is not difficult to understand, although not every foreigner is a racist, but at that time China was weak and had been bullied by foreign powers, at this time in Germany that had helped China, there were naturally many Germans who thought they were givers, although their giving was not gratuitous...

Then, it was the defeat of Germany.

When Germany was defeated, Hitler was in the hospital treating his eyes, which had been blinded by a mustard gas attack on the battlefield. When he learned the news, it was like five thunderbolts, and he cried bitterly. And many Germans, like him, are dying...

Later, the Treaty of Versailles humiliated Germany's conservative conservatism, but also brought the German economy to the brink of collapse, a reality that made many Germans feel even more hopeless.

That's when aid from China arrived.

Although China had made a foolish move during the Paris Peace Conference, China's assistance at this time was undoubtedly a relief for Germany, and it was also for this reason that many Germans began to change their views of China again, and Germany at this time also needed China's help very much, so the relationship between the two countries began to pick up.

Incidentally, Hitler also had a much better view of China at that time.

Although it didn't take long for the United States and other countries to begin to aid Germany, such as the "Dawes Plan" and other plans to reduce the burden on Germany, the United States and other countries were direct belligerents with Germany after all, and they were still after China, so Hitler and others' hatred for Britain, the United States and other countries still did not abate.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand, as I have said in the past, it is like when two people were facing the enemy, Britain and the United States stabbed Germany hard, and it would have been forgotten if they were stabbed to death, but at this time Britain and the United States suddenly found that they needed Germany to help them deal with another person called the Soviet Union, so Britain and the United States began to pay for the medical ......expenses for Germany out of their own pockets. Could it be that just because Britain and the United States paid for Germany's medical expenses, Germany can forget the severe pain and humiliation when it was stabbed?

As for China? During the First World War, China's main opponent was Turkey, which hardly met with Germany, and the "Washington Conference" sent a large amount of aid to Germany not long after, so Germany naturally did not hate China very much.

And...

Although Hitler was a fervent Germanic nationalist, he was well aware that China was no longer the China it was before World War I.

If China is a helper, then he will be a good helper, if he is an opponent, then China will be a very scary opponent.

Another point is that Hitler needed a helper to contain and deal with the Russians and Americans. Historically, this role has been played by Japan, but the Japanese have not done a very good job in this task.

At this time, the Outer Khingan Mountains had been recovered by the Kuomintang, which had severed the territorial connection between Japan and Russia, and Japan could not afford this task.

So Hitler needed China very much, and he needed China very much.

He needs China to help deal with Russia, he needs China to be responsible for containing the United States...

But at the same time, he also knows very well that if China is really involved, then after the end of the war, even if he can really get the expected living space, he will have to face the behemoth of China in the future...

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Hitler did not give China an invitation, because he knew very well that China, which opposed mononationalism, would resist both Germany and Italy, so Hitler gave the invitation to Japan. Because in the eyes of Hitler and others, as long as Japan joins their alliance, then it will not be far from China joining the alliance―――――― who told Yan Guang to do such a good job makes outsiders think that the relations between China and Japan are good.

At this time, in Japan, due to the great increase in military strength after the 226 coup, and the fact that Saionji Gongwang himself was old and frail and was no longer able to control the overall situation, after receiving Hitler's invitation, the Japanese government soon gladly sent a representative to Berlin.

However, before that, the Japanese government sent a special envoy to inquire about China's opinion.

Although most of the soldiers in the Japanese military department are idiots who have no brains and only blood, most of the people in power are still sensible, and in addition to the relationship between the two countries, there are various reasons in other aspects, so it is necessary to ask China's opinion.

It's just that the antipathy of the Kuomintang government to the Nazi Party is well known to the world, so before sending the envoy, they had expected that the Kuomintang government would definitely oppose it, but when the Japanese were surprised, after receiving the Japanese envoy, Gu Weijun actually agreed...

Although I don't understand what kind of medicine is sold in the Chinese's gourd, but since the Chinese have agreed, it is equivalent to having no worries, so not long after the Japanese representative arrived in Berlin, the Japanese government joined the "** International Agreement on Industry" signed by Germany and Italy earlier, so the axis of Germany, Italy and Japan was officially formed...

A few months later, Hitler sent troops to capture Austria, and when the German team stepped into Austria with neat steps, Hitler stood on the balcony of the old Austrian palace and announced the annexation of Austria to Germany...

"As the head of the German Reich, the accession of my homeland to the German Reich will go down in German history! The East, the oldest of the German nation, is now the newest fortress of the Reich! “

Facing the cheers of the Austrians under the palace, Hitler, who was standing on the balcony at this moment, was in high spirits ...

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The above passage is what Hitler once said in history when he announced the annexation of Austria to Germany, and by the way, I recommend you to watch Japan's NHK radio station's "Century of Reflections", the fourth episode is dedicated to Hitler, and the passage just now is from the real video version...