Emperor Song Biao visited Iran for four days, met with many people, and did not solve any problems in essence, but fortunately, the situation of the whole country in Iran is not bad, at least not to the extent that the contradictions intensify, the empire provides long-term credit and capital export, so that Iran's economic development is also very fast, and Iran has also absorbed the special model of the empire on a large scale in the national economic policy, the development of the country's infrastructure and economy is relatively stable, and the military strength is also in a leading position in the Middle East.

Iran's internal problems are complex, but they are not necessarily bad for the empire, at least it is not worried about Iran's future opportunities to challenge the empire's authority and leadership within the Asian League.

After his trip to Iran, Emperor Song Biao flew to Poland to meet with his old friend Artur. President Martos.

At this time, Poland has abolished the original dual head system, adopted a single head of state system similar to the United States, the presidential power is very large, under the influence of Nazism, President Artur is actually the real leader of Poland, he controls the Polish army and everything.

Song Biao visited Poland for two days, and did not discuss any substantive topics with President Artur, but simply to meet old friends, let alone give President Artur any advice, because he did not know how to talk about it.

Human feelings are complex, and reason is actually complex.

After his visit to Poland, Emperor Song Biao continued his visit to Germany with Adolf of Nazi Germany. Hitler's Führer Meeting, at this time, Germany had made all preparations for an attack on France, and if it were not for Emperor Song Biao's sudden visit to Europe, Hitler's Führer would have signed a formal military order a week earlier.

Emperor Song Biao also knew very well that he could only buy some time for France, because what Nazi Germany was going to do was absolutely impossible to stop.

Prior to this visit, the assets of the four major trust companies of the Reich Central had been clearly sold in Germany, and most of the buyers were German political axes and American consortiums, although the prices were not high, but they were worthy of the efforts of the four major Reich companies in the past two decades.

The Empire's private sector and private investment in Germany was relatively small, far less than the scale of investment in France and Sweden, and in this decade, the Empire's main focus of support in Europe was Spain, the main investor was Sweden, and China and France remained strategic partners with a large scale of mutual investment.

China and France are now signing the Sino-French Comprehensive Strategic Cooperation Treaty, note the use of the word "treaty" here, which means that the agreement has strict restrictions on both sides, for example, if France is invaded by Germany, China must unconditionally interrupt the sale of strategic and military materials to Germany, and prohibit the transfer of technology to Germany, and at the same time have the responsibility to provide France with all intelligence support.

In the whole world, only France and Brazil have signed agreements with China at this level, which means that France and Brazil are two quasi-allies of China, and the two sides are mutually beneficial, France uses its special relationship with China to maintain its privileged position in Europe and the world, and China also relies on its special relationship with France to ensure its economic and trade interests in France and its colonies, and at the same time exert influence in Europe through cooperation with France.

China and Brazil are in exactly the same situation, with Brazil using China's support to balance U.S. influence in South America, and China working with Brazil to assert its interests and voice in the Americas.

In addition to France, China also has Spain, Sweden, Germany, Poland, and Greece in Europe, so it must be a very embarrassing situation now.

Therefore, Emperor Song Biao's visit to Europe also shouldered the hopes of many Europeans, hoping that he could mediate the tense German-French contradictions, and he obviously could not do this, but he could at least make Germany wait for the time being, and give Germany a little more time for himself and a little more time for France.

During his visit to Europe, Germany and France gave a situation not to go to war for the time being, and Germany in particular had to have some scruples.

For the Chinese Empire, it is very crucial to be able to take advantage of the hard-won delay period of His Majesty's visit to Europe to quickly resolve the Sino-British and Japanese problems.

After his visit to France, Emperor Song Biao arrived in England, and the Imperial Central Combined Air Fleet arrived at the same time as the Portsmouth seaport to open its exhibits to the British public and to hold a joint military air show with British naval aviation.

After a three-day visit to Britain, Emperor Song Biao went to Sweden again to sign the Sino-Swiss Comprehensive Strategic Cooperation Treaty and the Sino-Swiss Free Trade Agreement with the Swedish government.

This is very important, because the scale of Chinese investment in Sweden is very high, Chinese capital accounts for more than one-third of the Swedish national economy, and almost all Swedish banks and important enterprises have Chinese capital in their own countries.

This means that China must sign a stricter mutual protection pact with Sweden to prevent Nazi Germany from attacking Sweden, which would completely anger China if it did attack Sweden.

After this, Emperor Song Biao continued his visit to Spain in the south.

Human aging is an inevitable process, and the continuous visit for half a month made Emperor Song Biao feel the decay of his body more deeply, which is an irresistible force, and every year, he will feel the fear of death closer.

He has learned how to pass with death.

He acknowledges his old age, his vicissitudes, and his increasingly conservative mentality, and asks everyone to forgive him.

In the course of his visit to Europe, the political axes and heads of state of each of the countries visited should be aware of this, and the Asian emperor who once swept Asia and established immortal feats was already a mild-mannered and slightly old-fashioned old gentleman.

Many times, he still stubbornly hates false politeness as he did in the past, and hates those cumbersome and useless schedules, but more often, he will reduce those unnecessary arrangements.

Whether it was Führer Hitler, or French President Paul . Renault, on the other hand, prefers to deal with this old emperor who is no longer aggressive.

Especially to Paul. For President Renaud, even the old Asian emperor was always his first savior, and even the ordinary people of France firmly believed that as long as China continued to maintain the special relationship of the Sino-French quasi-alliance, the Germans would not challenge France's position in Europe, let alone wage war against France...... Unless the Germans are crazy.

The fact is that the Germans did go crazy, and this was the case during Emperor Song Biao's visit to France with Paul. The first consensus reached by President Renault.

The new French president gave Emperor Song Biao a sense of hope, and although he was also the leader of a left-wing party, compared to his predecessor, President Lelumbus, Paul Biao. On many issues, Renault had a more common language with the empire and with Emperor Song Biao.

When the time entered the middle of August of this year, Emperor Song Biao came to the hot Spain, this time of year to visit Spain must be a very bad choice, because this is the hottest time of the year in Spain, the only good news is that the empire's refrigerators and air conditioners have also ushered in the best sales season.

The current home appliance industry is like chip manufacturing in the 21st century, it is simply the pinnacle of the human science and technology industry, there are only a handful of countries that can produce these products, and the European industry that is busy with war and preparing for war is unable to get involved, and there is no energy to catch up in this field, only China and the United States have carried out unprecedented development in this field, and continue to innovate.

In the field of television manufacturing, the British took a shortcut of mechanical scanning, which took shape early and declined early, while the empire and the United States were electronically scanning, and in terms of implementation, the electronic scanning TVs in China and the United States originated from their respective military radar display technologies.

The air conditioner was invented in the United States, while the refrigerator was invented in China.

This is a new era, but in the international market, the expansion rate of China's home appliance industry is significantly faster, and Spain and France are the European markets where the expansion of the imperial home appliance industry is most obvious.

After arriving in Madrid, the capital of Spain, Emperor Song Biao first met with President Franco, who appeared calmer and more kind than ever in the face of the Spanish ruler, who claimed to be his protégé.

Europeans who don't know that he had just beaten the Mossadegh prime minister in Iran generally thought that the Asian emperor who had shocked the world had become an approachable and amiable old emperor because of his age, just like the Pope, with a lofty position but always with good intentions.

In order to welcome the visit of His Majesty in the middle of summer, the Führer Franco made ample preparations and arranged the residence of His Majesty the Emperor in the palace of the Royal Convent of El Escorial on the outskirts of Madrid, which is quiet and elegant, and brings together the masterpieces of the past 400 years and the masterpieces of the past 400 years.

After arriving in Spain, Emperor Song Biao lived here and met with President Franco, who had come to visit him, to exchange views on political issues in Europe and the international world.

Song Biao didn't like ** rule, but he was still very interested in the special political system set up by President Franco in Spain, and he also admired President Franco himself.

Francisco. Franco was actually a very good and powerful man, which is why he was able to make a name for himself in Spain and Europe after more than thirty years of ** rule.

In a way, he had to choose ** in order to maintain the chaos in Spain during this period, but he did lack enough means to build Spain's economy and rebuild Spain's glory, and the empire just made up for his shortcomings in this area.

Spain is the only country in Europe to have a Chinese advisory group, and not only a large number of military advisers work in Spain, but also a much larger number of economic and political advisers, including state advisers from the Chinese Empire, which can only be found in the countries of the Asian League.

This is not because the Spanish political axe lacks the ability to govern itself, but because Spain does need more support and assistance, and the Imperial Central Policy Bureau has long retained the Southern European Institute of Political Science and Law in Madrid, which provides various think tank advice and governing opinions for the Spanish political axe.

At the suggestion of the Southern European Institute of Political Science and Law, President Franco reorganized the Falangist Party into the Spanish National Revolutionary Party, with populist liberalist ideas as the main body, with the characteristics of Nazi fascism, and also absorbed a large number of Soviet and socialist social structural frameworks, making the Spanish National Revolutionary Party a cellular party organization, similar to the Soviet party, but at the same time promoting and encouraging the capital economy.

Such Spain does not warmly welcome foreign investment, except for China, but the Chinese capital investment is also based on the consortium and the four major trust companies, through the integration of a number of banks, CITIC and the Far East consortium in Spain to form a new Spanish International Bank, as the center of the Spanish financial industry.

Franco's political axe absorbed the five-year plan of the empire, and ensured the rapid progress of the country's infrastructure and basic industry through the implementation of a planned national economy through the Executive Yuan, through large-scale loans from the central government and consortia of the empire, and cooperation with the empire in technology and industry.

It is under this series of reasons that Emperor Song Biao did not reject the system implemented by President Franco in Spain, which was very special and effective in maintaining the stability of Spain, so that Spain's first plan in the past five years could be effectively implemented.

Franco also adopted extremism for a period of time, and the methods of internal repression were too bloody and cruel, but under the persuasion of Emperor Song Biao and his state adviser in Spain, he still made more improvements in the past two years, and absorbed more policies from the imperial model, which was different from Europe and the United States, and also different from the Soviet-German way to maintain his rule.

If you see him as a **, it's a bit difficult to evaluate, but if you see him as a quasi-emperor, a regent, you will understand that what he did turned out to be.

Yes.

That's it.

Emperor Song Biao was very good at understanding his heart.

President Franco has always claimed to be a disciple and follower of Emperor Hua, of course, this is a bit of a tarnished of the political innocence of Emperor Song, because Emperor Song is not a **, but he not only said so, but also learned very well.

During these two days, Francisco. President Franco also lived in the annex of the palace of the royal convent of El Escorial, and like a normal and traditional junior, he constantly asked questions in his daily meetings and conversations with the Song Emperor.

They really walked in the garden like the elders and the younger generations, and had in-depth discussions on various issues.

For this junior who was sent to the door and was still qualified, Emperor Song's biggest advice to him was to find a suitable balance between sternness and benevolence, and to give the people a real sense of security.

As for what Franco did in Catalonia, he didn't have much of a problem with that, after all, it was only a small part of Spain.

…… Evening is approaching.

The flames of Madrid are still scorching, the palace of the royal convent of El Escorial is quite peaceful and secluded, and Emperor Song Biao and President Franco in his heyday of middle age take a walk in the covered bridge garden in the style of an Islamic garden.

They had just discussed the Franco-German issue again, and President Franco was still very eager to find an accurate answer, that is, what would China do if Germany attacked France?

Emperor Song Biao never gave a real answer, he just sighed every time, showing the complexity and prudence of this question.

Following his custom, the guards prepared tea and herbal tea in the cool area of the corridor near the fountain, and he invited Francisco. President Franco sat down here to taste Chinese herbal tea.

This is not the first time Franco has tasted herbal tea, but unlike the warm herbal tea that Song Biao drank, what he drank was the iced herbal tea that he usually used in summer, which was indeed more thirst-quenching and cool.

Even if it wasn't the first time, President Franco looked surprised and sighed with Emperor Song Biao: "This is really a very good tea, and everyone should be able to drink it in a hot country like Spain." ”

Song Biao nodded and said, "There is bottled herbal tea in China, which is sweeter, and my recipe is used within the royal family, which is relatively milder and suitable for long-term drinking." Herbal tea is not a simple tea soup, but a common prescription of traditional Chinese medicine, which can be drunk in summer to quench thirst and avoid heat stroke. ”

President Franco praised: "It was so good that I can't wait for everyone in Spain to share it." ”

Emperor Song Biao just smiled slightly.

President Franco is indeed very much like him twenty years ago, except that he knows how to maintain his reputation for a long time.

After a moment of thought, he decided to return to the previous topic and answered with President Franco: "On the question of Germany and France, I can tell you accurately now that if Spain is invaded by a foreign enemy, China will not sit idly by, because we are a very strict empire that requires us to abide by our commitments, and we will definitely do what we promise, even if we can't do it, we will at least make every effort according to our promises." You're a smart guy, and I think you've pretty much got the answer you want. ”

President Franco suddenly realized, but still asked: "Just separated by such a distance from a Eurasian continent, whether your country can really effectively fight a decisive battle with Germany in Europe, I am afraid is a question?" ”

Emperor Song Biao replied simply: "On the question of Germany, I don't think that the empire will go to war with Germany, but I think that the foundation of war is population and resources, and the key factors that determine the final direction of a long-term war are resources and population, which means that Germany's strategic weakness is not Europe, but in his rear." I think you have enough military literacy to estimate this. ”

President Franco understood what Emperor Song meant, and nodded his head in acknowledgment.

Song Biao's answer has always been vague, not so much that he wanted to warn Germany clearly and sternly, but that he simply asked Germany to give France a little time, and Germany was indeed forced to give France some time to prepare.

Through loan support, the Reich helped France, which had been financially strapped for the past decade, to complete the entire Maginot Line, allowing France to protect the French Eastern Front with the entire fortress-style defensive line, and in terms of military equipment, the Reich also provided France with the same military and technical assistance as Germany.

Out of respect for Marcel. In recognition of Dassault's talent, the Northeast Heavy Industry Consortium invested in the establishment of a French Dassault Aircraft Company with Dassault, while Renault, the holding company of Northeast Heavy Industries, and Citroen, the holding company of the Jiangnan Foundation, have the ability to produce aircraft.

Through the operation of the enterprise, France has the aviation industry and fighter aircraft in Europe that is currently second only to Britain and Germany. After President Reynaud came to power, he also quickly corrected the absurd mistakes made by his predecessor President Lelumbus, and did everything he could to order fighter planes from enterprises, and during President Lelumb's ten-year term, except for the Maginot Line and part of the army's mechanization reform, the entire French [***] force has been groggy and lacking in progress, and there is no improvement in modern military equipment in the real sense, and it is still at the level of 1930.

The gap could not be reversed in a month, but the military advisory group appointed by the Reich to France was rewarded by the French and Paul. President Reynaud has all his confidence, and France is speeding up at all costs the creation of a good air force to compete for air supremacy, as recommended by the Advisory Group on Chinese Affairs, and ordering large quantities of modern military equipment from the Reich to compensate for the mistakes it has made over the past decade.

During his visit to France, Emperor Song Biao suggested that France should have the perseverance to persevere even if Paris and most of France were abandoned, and seize the time to build new fortifications in the south to prevent the German mechanization from rushing forward, and to strengthen sufficient troops on the Maginot Line, especially to strengthen the deployment of air force, artillery and rocket artillery units, so as to prevent the German blitzkrieg as much as possible.

France was really well suited to Armageddon by armored forces, and a few hilly terrains did not have any natural deterrent effect at all.

Compared with the vast depth of the empire and the Soviet Union, France is a country that can be penetrated by large mechanical forces in a week, and for the empire, it is almost impossible to expect France to resist for a year and a half, and the long Maginot Line seems to be unbreakable, but as long as it is broken through, it can basically mean the fall of the entire country.

Emperor Song Biao did not even expect the French people to toss a decent guerrilla war.

As for Spain, neutrality is the best option, but the problem is that in the face of Spain, which is extremely biased towards China, it is basically impossible for Germany to let it remain neutral, which is really a lingering trouble.

After the German occupation of Norway and Denmark in a blitzkrieg, the anti-fascist vigilance around the world had never been stronger, and during the German invasion of Norway, both France and Britain sent small forces into the war to try to prevent the German occupation of Norway.

The complex political situation in the world meant that Britain and France did not declare war on Germany, but it was difficult to avoid declaring war on each other.

At this moment, in the quiet and remote palace of the royal monastery of El Escorial, Emperor Song Biao's mood is actually very solemn, it is undeniable that he and the empire still have a certain degree of influence on Hitler, Nazi Germany has not yet torn its face with Britain and France at this time, to a large extent, because of his sudden visit, so that Germany does not dare to act rashly for the time being.

At least during the period when Emperor Song Biao was still in Europe, Germany was unwilling to attack France at the risk of directly leading China into the war, and on the premise that he did not have the premise of challenging the Chinese Empire, Hitler was not willing to take too much risk to completely provoke China and His Majesty the Emperor, in the eyes of Nazi Germany and the Führer Hitler, if they could destroy France in a lightning flash, even if China would be angry, they would eventually maintain a peaceful posture with Germany, unless they really angered His Majesty.

In fact, it may be so.

Even for the British Empire, which was once arrogant and is still very arrogant, a Germany with a resource base in Eastern Europe is too terrible, except for China and the United States, there is no other country in the world that can defeat such a Germany, but it is obvious that China and the United States will not be involved in this kind of thing, after all, it is in Europe, far from China and the United States.

(To be continued)