Of course, it was impossible, Britain and France had their own methods, so Chamberlain still convened the cabinet members to discuss countermeasures.

Since Britain and France wanted to instigate Germany to attack the Soviet Union, they could bring disaster to the east and give Britain enough time to develop advanced weapons, and at the same time, when Germany and the Soviet Union were both defeated, they could unite with the Soviet Union and completely kill Germany, and of course, they could also unite with Germany and completely carve up the Soviet Union. If the situation is really what Britain and France expected, Britain and France will make a lot of money, and the industry and science and technology of Germany, the territory and resources of the Soviet Union, no matter which country Britain and France carve up, the harvest will be sky-high.

If Germany does not fight the Soviet Union and turns around and does not attack Britain and France first, then Britain and France will not lift a stone to shoot themselves in the foot, so this secret sabotage activity is absolutely indispensable, and the Anglo-French alliance does not need to consider sending troops to Romania, but can only be blackhanded.

At the Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street, Chamberlain convened a cabinet meeting on September 26. This cabinet is different from the peacetime cabinet and is called a wartime cabinet. Due to the outbreak of the Great War, in order to increase the efficiency of decision-making and the secrecy of secrets, only a few people were in the wartime cabinet. Neville? Neville Chamberlain: Prime Minister and Leader of the House of Commons? Samuel? Sir Hall: Lord of the Seals? John? Sir Simon: Chancellor of the Exchequer? Lord Halifax: Foreign Secretary? Leslie? Hall Belisha: Secretary of War? Kingsley? Sir Wood: Air Lord? Churchill: First Admiralty? Lord Chatfield: Minister of Defence? Lord Hankey: Regardless of the ministers? Stewart? Menzies: MI6 chief

Chamberlain was obviously much older, and Germany's aggressive momentum and strong attacking ability did make Chamberlain restless and exhausted.

"Ministers, I think you have all read the documents in your hands, and now I would like to ask a question, how to sabotage Germany's arms-for-oil program without Germany's knowledge or arouse Germany's anger, and let's talk about our own strategy."

This time it was the British Secretary of Defense who spoke first, and Chamberlain asked twice, but no one answered, which made the atmosphere a little awkward, Churchill had a strategy, but Churchill did not want to express his position immediately.

"Mr. Prime Minister, it is very difficult for you to fulfill this request, and you want to sabotage the deal with Germany, and you want Germany not to know, or not to be angry if you know it, I don't think there is such a perfect thing in the world."

After the British Minister of Defense finished speaking, he stopped expressing his position, and Chamberlain, who had no choice, had to name Churchill to speak. Churchill was not willing to engage in a head-on conflict with Chamberlain, and the King of England had made it clear to Churchill that Britain now needed Chamberlain to deal with Germany, and when the Anglo-German war broke out, it would be when Chamberlain stepped down.

"Ahem...... Mr. Prime Minister, I think we can go directly to Antonescu, the Romanian **, we will smash it with money, we will give him as much as he wants, and then let him blow up the oil field himself, this oil field that he himself blew up, or what accident caused the oil field to be blown up, this is none of our business. ”

When Churchill said this, the British Chancellor of the Exchequer quit and hurriedly snatched Churchill's words and shouted very dissatisfied:

"I say, Mr. Churchill, your proposal is feasible, if Antonescu the lion opens his mouth! If you want hundreds of millions of pounds to open your mouth, will we give it too? Even if we buy all the oil in Romania, it will cost less than 100 million pounds, and in addition, our current budget has been completed, and all the projects are investing a lot, especially weapons research and development, which has cost us a lot of money, and now we really don't have much money, I can come up with a maximum of 20 million pounds to implement Mr. Churchill's plan. ”

Churchill did not speak in order to avoid an argument with Chamberlain, but it did not mean that Churchill's fiery temper was corrected, and Churchill listened to the Chancellor of the Exchequer calling him poor again, and took a hard puff of smoke, which almost smoked the people in the conference room to death.

"I said Chancellor of the Exchequer, you know that you are complaining, this is a matter of life and death for Britain, you only take 20 million out, enough for what to do, Antonescu will blow up his own oil fields for your 20 million pounds, you are dreaming. If Britain is full of people like you who want money and don't want to die, it will be a matter of time before Britain is destroyed by the Germans, and if that is the case, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, even if you have a lot of property, will be looted by the Germans, and even the wives and daughters will be robbed by the Germans and pressed on the bed as horses to ride. ”

Churchill still couldn't change his foul mouth, and he was going to carry out a personal attack when he said it was good, and even the wife and daughter of the Chancellor of the Exchequer were also piggybacked.

"You, you ,......"

British Chancellor of the Exchequer Simon couldn't say a word, thinking about the wife he had just taken, and the two daughters who were waiting to be written, Simon almost vomited blood, and he couldn't say a word angrily.

"Smack......

Churchill slammed his big pipe on the table, and then looked contemptuously at Simon, who couldn't say a word:

"You, what are you, am I not telling the truth, if Britain is defeated and surrendered, do you think the Germans will spare you war criminals? All of us here will be hanged by the Germans, will your property, your women, still be saved? Absolutely not. ”

Silence, deathly silence, what Churchill said, though harsh, was also telling the truth.

At this time, the British Chancellor of the Exchequer was not as angry as he was just now, and finally held back a sentence for a long time.

"Now we have 60 million pounds on our books, and I have invested the rest of the money in weapons research and development and production, and it is true that there is no money, and now I say that this 60 million pounds will be used to carry out Churchill's plan."

The current exchange rate is 1 pound to 4 dollars, which is almost 240 million dollars, and 1 gram of gold is only sold for 1 dollar in 39 years, which is a lot of money.

Of course, Churchill knew the current financial situation of Britain, and now Churchill is in charge of Britain's weapons research and development and production, and these funds have basically hollowed out most of the British budget, and Churchill saw that the hard-pressed Chancellor of the Exchequer was willing to come up with 60 million pounds, so he was not noisy or noisy, and he thought that the British Chancellor of the Exchequer was really cheap, Churchill did not scold him for refusing to give money, and Churchill obediently took out the money after a while.

After the problem of funding is solved, the rest is the work of the British ** Intelligence Department, and of course, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also has to contribute, and they will begin to discuss specific action steps.

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September 28, 1939

It was destined to be a turbulent day, on which the Soviet Union was stationed in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia one after another. The successive stationing of Soviet troops in various countries and the establishment of new governments essentially caused the three countries to completely lose their independence. The three Governments must act in accordance with Moscow's instructions or the will of Moscow's representatives in the implementation of any important measure. The three Baltic states were outraged by the Soviet Union's coercion and forced them to sign a treaty of mutual assistance, lacked trust in Stalin's leadership, and were worried about the future of the three Baltic states.

The Soviet Union had already effectively annexed the three Baltic states, and the Soviet Union had sent troops to protect the three Baltic states.

Since the war had already begun, the major powers had their own plans, so the Soviet Union's annexation of the three Baltic countries did not cause much repercussions in the international community. Germany was too busy on the Western Front to look eastward, and it did not want to sever ties with the Soviet Union prematurely. When the three Baltic states asked Germany to mediate, Germany's attitude was that "this is purely a matter for the USSR and the Baltic states" and that "Germany has no intention of interfering in the political affairs of the Baltic states." The attitude of Britain and France was also negative, and the British and French armies, under the strong military deterrence of the German army, were neither able nor able to take care of the three Baltic states in Eastern Europe, and they could only resign themselves to the actions of the Soviet Union in the three Baltic states.

German exercises on the Romanian border were also in full swing, with the sound of artillery and the roar of armor, and the lure of British and French interests was also thrown at Romania, and the British bid was 60 million pounds in compensation for Romania to blow up the oil fields itself.

The tricks of various countries have been shown, and the choice depends on the Romanian ** Antonescu, Antonescu has military talent and administrative organization ability, but Romania's backward industrial base and scientific and technological strength make Romania still a typical agricultural country, Antonescu must choose the most beneficial side for Romania in the current situation.

What is the most beneficial for Romania, the actual situation of each country is different, the needs will be different, Romania now needs security the most, this is the most important, not long ago, Hungary, the Soviet Union and Bulgaria have sent troops to occupy a lot of Romania, in the final analysis, Romania does not have a strong armed force, although Romania is a neutral country, but the surrounding evil neighbors are still eyeing Romania.

As for who can protect Romania more, this does not need to be considered much to know, Germany can protect Romania the most, and now Romania is already a neighbor of Germany, if Romania refuses Germany's request, it is likely that Germany will immediately start a war against Romania, and Romania's demise will be a matter of minutes, don't expect Britain, France or the Soviet Union to send troops to help Romania, there is no such possibility.

On the other hand, Romania can obtain technical support from Germany to achieve basic industrialization of the country, although Germany cannot give Romania the most advanced technology, but some basic industries will still support.

In this case, Antonescu could only choose who to choose, of course, only Germany, the British and French money temptation and the Soviet Union's invasion of the three Baltic countries did not give Romania a choice, and the arms for oil plan between Romania and Germany was quickly finalized.

Germany paid not only for the arms it had captured, but also for the sale of tanks No. 3 and No. 4 to Romania, and for the construction of factories for Romania, which would pay for these expenses with oil.

…… (To be continued.) )