Chapter 355 355 Dinner
Although the Führer's Mansion has been seen outside, and countless newspaper photos have made the appearance of this building no longer mysterious, few people can still enter it, and few people can really touch the heart of the empire.
Despite being prepared for the worst, Wilhelmina was still quite curious about the Führer of the Third Reich. After all, now her Netherlands is already a "sacred and inalienable part of Germany's territory". This sentence was said by the Führer, and it was full of unreasonable and arrogant domineering.
After stepping out of the beautiful Mercedes limousine, and only looking at the German Führer's mansion at night, Wilhelmina walked into the hall of the building, surrounded by attendants. When the waiter opened the door, the former Dutch queen entered, still shocked by the sight before her, and could no longer speak.
In the hall, the walls are white marble, the floor is white marble, and even the pillars are white marble. On this white background, there is a more luxurious and crazy color, all the ornaments, all are golden yellow, with Wilhelmina's eyes, it is natural to see that those golden ornaments are made of gold very thin gold leaf pasted on.
On the dome of the hall, a huge crystal lamp hangs. It is dotted with hundreds of electric bulbs that emit white light. Naturally, there are various crystals and other ornaments on it, which will shine like day at night. Wilhelmina, who had seen this huge chandelier, naturally knew how much it was worth, because it was removed from her royal palace in the Netherlands.
Huge crystal lamps illuminate the entire hall as if it were daylight. The fine velvet curtains and the fine frescoes on the windows were worth a lot of money, and the most astonishing thing was the whole set of precious antique furniture, which Wilhelmina had also seen, because it was the favorite treasure of the Danish king. The precious belongings and the surrounding fabrics decorated with various colors of silk suddenly make people feel like they have entered heaven.
"The great Führer really knows how to enjoy it. Wilhelmina frowned and said sarcastically, but at the same time couldn't help but sigh secretly in her heart. Instead of looking at the snow-white marble wall and floor tiles used throughout the building, the furniture and various decorations in this hall looted from several royal castles alone are already extravagant as one can imagine. Wilhelmina couldn't even calculate exactly how much it would cost to complete such a palace of art that gathered the treasures of the royal families of various countries.
In fact, Wilhelmina misunderstood Accardo, after all, he didn't have the energy to ask how much some façade-decorated furniture and chandeliers were worth, because there were more things waiting for him to decide.
These artistic treasures brought from the Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark were looted from all over the country by the SS and some of the great nobles in order to curry favor with the Führer or simply to "dedicate themselves to the beloved Führer." Although it is valuable on the outside, it really doesn't take much effort.
Accardo even admonished Reinhardt and the others because of these things, telling them not to do such inconsequential things as much as possible, although they prevented the continued plundering of other countries' artistic treasures for a certain time, but Accardo himself knew that this could only be slightly alleviated, but it could not prevent such things from happening in the first place.
The distinguished guests invited today are diverse, including the Italian ambassador to Germany, the ambassador of the Republic of China to Germany, and all kinds of dignitaries in political circles. But these people, compared to the upcoming big names, seem to have insufficient weight in the core interests of the empire.
Among the big names who received the invitation this time were the former Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, His Majesty Christian X of Denmark, the former King of Belgium Leopold III, and of course, the King of Norway Haakon VII, who had just been sent to Berlin.
Of course, in addition to King Leopold III, there were also General Grudeau, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Belgian Dispatch Army, the former Belgian major general, and now the general of the Third Reich, who was personally ordered by Accardo. This Belgian anti-German element, who defected to death in the Anglo-French coalition forces, has now become a pro-German Belgian military representative after propaganda and packaging.
In addition to these captive European royal families, there were also the rulers of Germany's client states, the most important of which was Antonescu, the leader of Romania, who provided more than half of Germany's oil resources. As one of Germany's most important allies, Antonescu was placed at the side of Führer Accardo Rudolph.
Along with the former Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands came in with Mr. Ambassador of the Republic of China to Germany. He couldn't believe his eyes, could he really see and touch this qiē in front of him? Is such luxury and exquisiteness really made by a country that had just been defeated in World War I? It seems that as the victorious country in World War I, China's current situation is not as good as one-tenth of that of the defeated country in front of it, right?
Start by pushing open the door from the attendant of the Führer's Mansion who leads the way. The exclamations of the ambassadors of some small countries and the nobles never stopped. Even after entering the hall, these people are still like a group of hillbillies who have never seen the world, and from time to time they are amazed by a small detail that suddenly appears. Aside from the amazement, the only thought in everyone's minds was to ask each other which seemingly inconspicuous little thing was the treasure from which palace it had been looted.
On a long table facing the door, covered with fine silk, was a tower of wine glasses stacked with transparent crystal cups of the same size, and a waiter dressed in costume. Pouring wine into the wine glass tower. Red wines from France are slowly filling up the wine glass tower.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I believe that no one doubts that Germany can sweep through France and win the war, as it did then. Most of you here are already part of the Third Reich, so this honor belongs to each and every one of you!" Accardo raised his glass and began his toasting speech: "The Empire will be invincible, and you will also become the new nobles of the Empire to witness the rise of the Empire!"
"Cheers to the Führer!" Krupp on the side raised his glass and laughed loudly: "I wish our Führer good health!"
"Cheers to the Führer!" everyone had to raise their glasses, and here there were either national ambassadors who were asking for Germany, or vassal states that relied on Germany's snort, and then the nobles who had fallen to the country, who dared not to give face to this Führer who was in the ascendant of the sun?
"Thank you, distinguished guests!" Accardo echoed, raising his glass, "Today is a memorable day, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Luxembourg and other regions have reached an agreement with the Third German Reich to merge into the Holy Greater German Third Reich. From today onwards, this empire will be the world's most powerful country, and it will be invincible in our hands. ”
"Long live the Führer! Long live the Holy Great German Third Reich!" all the leading figures of the Third Reich stood up, raised their right hands and saluted. Among them were business leaders Bosch and Krupp, military tycoons Field Marshal Brauchitsch, General Gubau, and SS leader Reinhardt, who was described by outsiders as the devil. And, of course, the Führer's die-hard loyalist, Jelyn Nike, and Foreign Minister Angela Merkel.
What is this? The army has already taken control of the entire territory of these countries, and even the special governors in charge of these occupied territories have been dispatched, and we, the prisoners, do not agree to sign and merge into the so-called "Holy Great German Third Reich," and you still want to slaughter us and make an example of us? Several kings and queens who had to stand up and salute were all thinking with hatred in their hearts.
But if you think about it, you will never dare to say it. Even if there are still resistance elements in some parts of these countries, and even a small part of these countries is still not occupied by the German army, but now they are really sitting here, and they have to think about their own personal safety - this damned butcher Accardo Rudolf called himself the Führer like a gentleman when he was civilized, and when he turned his face, he did not hide what kind of royal nobleman you were, if you don't believe it, the former Kaiser Wilhelm II is an example.
Just as everyone was changing glasses, an SS officer came over with Mercedes, Anna and Fanny, three beautiful women with strong enough aura to make people retreat, and General Grudo was chatting and laughing at the reception.
He walked up to Accardo and whispered in Accardo's ear, "We have found one of the British female spies, who was killed in the resistance, and the other is still missing. ”
Accardo nodded, and then continued with Admiral Grudo on the topic of how to govern Belgium together: "Mr. Grudo, as I just said, I have decided to arm 200,000 Belgian troops in the future when conditions permit, and administer the French region together with the existing army. ”
Grudo had already thought about it while Accardo was listening to the report, so he immediately responded: "I believe that in the future, the French region will develop even better under the management of the Holy Great German Third Reich." ”
Accardo smiled, laughing very happily, he raised his glass again: "Let's raise our glasses again, just now the Empire has cracked a British spy case, and the female spy led by the empire has been killed, the empire ...... It's still solid!"
"Cheers!" everyone raised their glasses willingly, or unwillingly.