Chapter 121: 121 Franco's Chips

"Mr. Special Envoy. Accardo smiled and got on the sofa, took a cup of hot coffee from Anna, and said to the Spaniard in front of him with a smile: "War, you have to rely on us, so I suggest that you should play football to be more developed." ”

"FΓΌhrer...... Mr. The Spanish envoy was a little displeased with his face, but he still pleaded: "Spain has fired the first shot for the Western world against the Comintern! Germany, as one of the leaders of the capitalist countries, should be on Spain's side!

"I am glad of your words, but we should see the status quo. Accardo waved his hand, put the coffee in his other hand on the coffee table in front of him, and continued to smile and said: "First, the first shot was fired more than ten years ago, and second, Germany is still far from being arrogant. Germany is the world's recognized pioneer! Mr. Special Envoy! When Germany executed 500 communists, the Spaniards were still voting for them. ”

As he spoke, he walked to his desk, picked up an economic document on the table, flicked the corner, and clicked: "Look, Ford of the United States is preparing to build three automobile factories in Germany to compete with Mercedes-Benz for market share in the whole of Europe. ”

Then he threw the document back on the table and picked up another one: "Romania hopes to import our export 38T tanks, this order was originally for Czechoslovakia, but now it has been transferred to me." ”

Looking at the somewhat unknown Spanish envoy, Accardo continued to speak: "Now that Germany has just taken back the Eastern Province, as well as the Sudetenland Province and the Slovak Province, we have too many things to digest and too many things to improve, and if there is no necessary reason, Germany does not want to complicate the situation in Europe at this stage." ”

Accardo said that if there was no necessary reason, the words automatically came into the ears of the Spanish envoy and were automatically understood as "if there is a necessary reason, then Germany will intervene." ”

Our leader, Franco, assures you that Spain, under his rule, will firmly support Germany's diplomatic propositions. ”

"This kind of promise doesn't even need a child to fight, Mr. Envoy. Accardo laughed and said, "You must know that today you can support me because of interests, then tomorrow you will betray me because of interests." What I need is a treaty of protection of interests, Mr. Special Envoy!"

......To be honest, Franco sent this envoy to Germany to ask for help, but it was also a last resort, because the traditional powers that had won the war had little interest in participating in the Spanish Civil War because of the economic crisis.

Both the British and French governments have made their stance of non-intervention, and although they have secretly supported Franco with a lot of weapons and ammunition, they still have a detached mediation face on the surface.

The U.S. government was outnumbered by other powers, so it did not respond much to the Spanish Civil War. So the only thing Franco can count on now is the original backup plan, that is, Italy, which has not improved since the Roman Empire, and Germany, which has just lost the war and has a slightly less influence.

"Then, let's ask Yuan Xiansheng to make a list, and if we can accept it, we will immediately start a comprehensive cooperation. At this point, the Spanish envoy simply singled out once, and pushed the problem to Accardo with both hands, with a posture of talking about it if it was possible, and not talking about it if it couldn't be done.

"You know, I'm from the Wehrmacht, and this time I'm still relying on the Wehrmacht, so I have to ask for some benefits for the Wehrmacht, some tangible benefits. Accardo no longer had a smile on his face, but said sternly, "Then let's talk about the conditions of the military first." ”

"Yuan Xiansheng, I know that Germany has always wanted to be able to have a naval base in the Mediterranean, and Spain is willing to provide such a port, which will be leased to Germany for 1 mark for 99 years. The Spanish envoy knew that it would not work without showing a little so-called sincerity, so he generously stated his price.

"In the Atlantic, I want three, and in the Mediterranean, I want two, also on lend-lease, but the infrastructure needs to be built by the Spanish. Accardo stretched out five fingers: "Five ports!

"Three! We can lease up to three of you! And Spain must be allowed to set up customs at these three ports!" the Spanish envoy gritted his teeth and stretched out three fingers.

"Okay! 2 in the Atlantic direction, 1 in the Mediterranean!" Accardo nodded: "But we need Spain to import 15 million barrels of oil from France and England at the cost of Germany, but we have to buy it in the name of Spain!"

"In addition, I now represent the interests of many German consortia, and they have elected me as their spokesman, and I cannot be derelict in my duties, Mr. Special Envoy, are you right?" Accardo asked, and without waiting for the Spanish envoy to answer, he said directly: "So I want Spain to lower the tariff on German goods by 30%, and to allow Germans to invest in any aspect in Spain." ”

"At most, we can only reduce the tariff by 10 percent! Otherwise, we will not be able to account for Britain and France!" said the envoy with a wave of his hand.

"Twenty percent!" Accardo snorted coldly, "It can't be less." ”

"If that's all there is, on behalf of our leader, Monsieur Franco, I promise you terms. The Spanish envoy took out his handkerchief, wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, and replied with some weakness.

"That's all, how is this possible?" Accardo waved his hand: "Spain must sign an agreement to officially become allies with Germany and Italy, allowing German troops to deploy forces in the necessary areas when fighting against a common enemy. ”

"How can this be done?" The Spanish envoy's body tensed up suddenly: "It is absolutely impossible to deploy troops on our territory! Spain will not be able to sign such an alliance agreement, and if this is known to its own people, we will immediately lose the support of the people." ”

"Of course it was a secret agreement, and it was only intended to prevent the destruction of German installations in Spain by hostile German countries, and it was not intended to deploy troops in Spain at all times. You can draw up the terms!" Accardo hoped that this would reassure the Spanish envoy.

"Even so, I feel that Germany is asking too much. The Spanish envoy's tone was tinged with dissatisfaction.

"You don't have a choice! Mr. Special Envoy! I have accurate information that General Franco lost his line just a day ago! Cordoba has been occupied by the Republican Army! Now the troops of the Republican Army are advancing towards Seville, if Franco does not get a large amount of arms and aid, then you can go back a few days later to guard his body!"

"This ...... The price we have paid is too great! I hope you will be merciful enough to make some concessions. The Spanish envoy sighed helplessly and said in a tone that bordered on pleading.

"Concessions are not acceptable to all sectors of the German community. But do you want to listen to it, what can Spain get?" Accardo asked with a smile: "Or do you want to listen to what the future leader of Spain, Franco, can get?"

"What?" the Spanish envoy was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously asked.

"Germany will send a corps of 500 officers, and Mr. Franco will train his army, and at the same time we will send a force of more than 2,000 men to Spain to take over the partial command of the Spanish army and help Spain win the civil war!" Accardo handed the Spanish envoy a copy of the message: "If the tide of the war changes, we will send more troops, up to more than 30,000 men." ”

Accardo walked to the front of the map and showed the Spanish envoy the route: "Passing through northern Italy, boarding the transport, the best planes and tanks in the world produced by Germany will be transported to the Spanish battlefield, and these weapons and equipment will help Mr. Franco defeat his opponent easily." ”

"Yuan Xiansheng, can you guarantee that the army is the most elite? The weapons and equipment are the best?" the Spanish envoy asked with a frown: "The weapons and equipment we need are being used by the Wehrmacht, not obsolete garbage." ”

"If you're not too troublesome and like thrift. Towards the end of the negotiations, Accardo joked in a good mood: "I don't mind if you go to our Wehrmacht garrison and pick it up yourself!"

"When will these materials and personnel be in place?" the Spanish envoy anxiously asked the question he wanted to know most.

Accardo was also very generous and immediately offered his most satisfactory answer: "Mr. Envoy, the first transport ship, already loaded with bullets and shells, can be rushed from Italy to Spain at any time. ”

"We need a lot of guns, a lot of ammunition, but the most important thing is machine guns, a lot of light machine guns...... Of course, aircraft artillery is also very short of us. As soon as the Spanish envoy heard this, he immediately came to his senses.

"Go to my Foreign Minister Angela Merkel, as long as you sign the agreement. These things can be shipped right away. Accardo said with a smile, like a fox that had triumphed: "I am more kind to lend you a new fighter, it is a good thing, I promise you that it can defeat any enemy aircraft! But the rent will be calculated separately, don't look at me with that kind of resentful eyes, this plane has just entered service in our Germany, and I did my best to persuade General Catherine to come up with 50 ......"

On September 17, 1934, Germany signed a secret alliance with Spain, and the German navy obtained a secret base south of the English Channel, and the reinforced Franco army began a frantic counterattack, moving back to the disadvantage in one go, giving the capitalist countries hope of defeating the Bolsheviks in the Spanish Civil War again.

Under the protection of the Italian Navy, German transports were almost in a straight line in the Mediterranean, and a large number of weapons and personnel were transported to Spain to do their part to defeat the International. Thanks to this aid, the industry of Czechoslovakia, which had been sluggish, was revitalized in the hands of the FΓΌhrer.

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