CHAPTER 57 57 The Great Merchants of the Netherlands
The sound of leather boots tapping on the ground was heard in the long corridor, far and near, and on one side of the corridor, hurried footsteps stopped outside the door of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and there was a knock on the door of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: "Dang, dang, dang." ”
"Please come in. "Streismann is discussing with Accardo and Carl Benz how to set up a factory in the forest to evade the Coalition Arms Control Committee. Hearing a knock on the door, they had to pause their discussion and set their eyes on the door.
A diplomat hurriedly walked in, and then raised his right hand in front of Accardo and the others: "Long live the Greater German Party!" ”
As he spoke, he handed the text in his clip to Accardo, and then took a few steps back respectfully, waiting aside.
Streismann and others gathered around, and they were all stunned when they saw the text on the text: early this morning, the staff of the French embassy protested to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a strict protest, accusing the Wehrmacht of secretly producing submarines in several dockyards in the Netherlands. At the same time, France also exerted pressure on the Dutch government to help France investigate the docks that secretly helped Germany produce submarines, and to hand over the submarines manufactured by these docks.
"This time it was bad, if the French had any proof, we would have been in a very passive situation. Streisman said with a frown.
Karl Benz narrowed his eyes and coughed twice before he said in an old voice, "It's not easy." ”
Accardo frowned and was silent for a moment before he spoke, "Didn't we prevent this from happening? However, I think that although the French know some information this time, they should not have a complete chain of evidence. ”
"Why?" the young diplomat couldn't help but ask.
Accardo glanced at him and laughed, "Because if they find conclusive evidence, it will not be a diplomatic action, but a military operation - they will rush in and shoot me to death in the first place." ”
The diplomat's face turned red, and he bowed his head and said no more.
Accardo patted him on the shoulder, showing comfort, and then said: "Go to the party headquarters, inform the people of the Propaganda Department to wait for me in the conference room, and I will go over to give them a meeting and assign tasks......
He looked at Stlesmann again: "The Foreign Office is fully operational, denying any French accusations, and putting all the problems on the French side, saying that they are slander!"
"Send a telegram to Dönitz, who is stationed in The Hague, Netherlands, and tell him to immediately carry out Plan C, and lead his men to act immediately. Accardo turned back to his secretary, Sindra, who had just walked through the door, and ordered, "Call General Hamestain of the General Headquarters!
Karl Benz, as one of the drafters of this plan C, naturally knew the contents of this plan. The so-called Plan C is a plan used to cover up the truth after the Wehrmacht is exposed, and this plan includes many parts, for example, the Plan C implemented by Dönitz, who is in charge of the command of the Netherlands, is to lead five submarines secretly built by the Navy to go to sea to evade, and the Plan C implemented by General Hamestin is to temporarily ask a part of the Wehrmacht to withdraw from the barracks and disband and hide to meet the surprise inspection of the Allied Arms Control Committee.
After assigning the task, Accardo walked to Streisman's desk, grabbed the phone, and ordered, "Pick me up from the office of the president of the Krupp plant." ”
After the phone was answered, Accardo couldn't wait to ask: "Krupp, how are you arranging on the Dutch side? Can you deal with a diplomatic crisis? The French know about our affairs in the Netherlands." ”
"I've done everything I need to do, and the outcome will depend on how my Dutch friends choose. Krupp said with some heaviness: "If they give up those investments and go to France, we can't do anything." By that time......"
"At that time, I will carry the black cauldron! The future of the Wehrmacht depends on you!" Accardo took over and said: "We must not stop at all! I will continue both while I am and after I leave! This is the mission of the German people to the Greater German Party!"
"Long live the Greater German Party!" said Krupp on the other end of the phone: "Let's wait for news! ”
Accardo put down the phone and rushed with Streesmann and the others to the headquarters of the Greater German Party on Wilhelmstrasse, where they met Matehoff and Fanny, who had been waiting for them for a long time.
"Needless to say, is there any countermeasure?" Accardo asked as soon as he sat down, his eyes rolling around the faces of Matehoff and Fanny.
"We must clarify this incident and immediately fight back in the newspapers! The French are making false accusations! This is a false accusation!" Mathoff said angrily.
Fanny played with her slender fingers, raised the corners of her mouth and smiled without speaking.
"Miss Fanny, do you have any good mention?" Accardo asked with a frown when he saw Fanny's expression.
"Okay, I haven't thought of it yet, but I'm at least not in such a hurry to make mistakes. Fanny sneered: "What do you think of the newspaper clarification, Minister Matthoff? Is our newspaper the spokesperson of the military? Need us to clarify? What do we use to clarify? Are you going to go to the Wehrmacht archives and turn over all the confidential documents?"
"Miss Fanny, that's enough! Minister Matthoff is also too anxious, and his loyalty is known to the whole party. Accardo interrupted Fanny, then asked, "To the point, what can we do!"
Hearing that Accardo only mentions loyalty and does not say anything else is a disguised indication that Mathoff is indeed less loyal than he is to the Greater German Party in terms of ability. However, this still made Mathoff breathe a sigh of relief, because he was originally only a newspaper editor, and it was only because he joined the Greater German Party relatively early and has always been a diehard loyalist of Accardo that he was placed in his current position, and he did not need any other talents, as long as he remained loyal.
"The only thing we can do now is to make a statement that the French are too much to deceive people, to arouse the resistance of the German people, and to build momentum for the Greater German Party, while on the Wehrmacht's side, I feel that we can only wait for the results of the next step to consider countermeasures, and we can do nothing now. Fanny thought for a moment and said.
"Very well! Accardo stood up and said, "Immediately start the work of incitement, get people to boycott French goods, march in the streets, cooperate with the work of Streismán, and force the government to side with us." ”
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At the same time, the Dutch government is also convening an emergency meeting to discuss the strict protest by France.
"Gentlemen, the IVS company in The Hague has been discovered by the French, and this leak has brought a very serious crisis to our diplomacy, and we need to address this incident immediately so that it does not continue to affect our diplomatic strategy. An old politician's trembling speech silenced the entire venue.
"The French are a little too much! We are not a defeated country! Why should we hand over the technology and equipment to build submarines?" said a young Dutch government official, frowning, "Do they think of themselves as world leaders?"
Another politician, who was a little balding in the middle of his hair, retorted: "Now that the French government is stronger, there is no need for us to offend a strong France for the sake of a weak Germany." ”
"Then what about the interests of the Netherlands? France is strong, so they can manipulate our decisions at will, take our gold coins and technology, right?" The young Dutch official was a little excited: "This is aggression!
"Hmph, I see that you are saying this because you have received the benefits of the Germans!" the bald politician snorted coldly and said, "We are responsible for the whole Dutch people!"
"Don't slander your colleagues!" a middle-aged official with a big beard on his face slapped the table and shouted: "We should represent the interests of the whole of Holland, and not be the lackeys of the French!
"You ......" The balding politician stood up and was about to scold back, but the officials and politicians around him burst into laughter, and the scene was a bit chaotic.
"Silence! This is a high-level meeting! Not a vegetable market!" The old politician who was the first to speak just now finally couldn't help but speak, and as soon as he spoke, everyone fell silent, and the entire venue was instantly silent.
The old politician looked around at everyone, then coughed twice, and then continued to tremble and say: "Since everyone can't convince the other side, let's use the most democratic way to decide!" ”
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Outside the British Embassy, Accardo got out of the car, Anna got out of the car and waited aside, and when Accardo got out of the car, she reached out to help him close the car door. Accardo took off his leather gloves, dusted off his clothes, and walked to the gate of the ancient building.
A smiling middle-aged man in a colonel's uniform walked out of the British embassy and hugged Accardo very warmly: "General Accardo! It's been a long time since I've seen you! Come on, come on, please. ”
"Colonel Smith!" Accardo nodded very gentlemanly, "It's been a long time!
"Japan's expansion in the Far East has been curbed, and the interests of the British Empire in China have been continued, so I have been promoted!" Colonel Smith said with a smile, pointing to his epaulettes and smirking.
"Well, now that I have a little trouble, would you like to sue me what is the attitude of the British Government?" Accardo suddenly stopped as he walked up the stairs and stared at Colonel Smith as he asked.