Chapter 71 71 can't see through
In fact, Accardo has always been troubled because of his series of actions that changed history, so that what should have happened on January 30, 1926, did not happen. Britain was supposed to withdraw from the Rhineland on this day, but because of a series of treaties between the two sides that allowed Germany to expand its Wehrmacht, Britain's trust in Germany was reduced, and the withdrawal did not take place.
Therefore, in the Rhineland region of Germany, there is still a small British expeditionary force. Although the army was not very numerous, its existence represented the incompleteness of German territory - although Belgium and France also had troops stationed in the Rhineland, and these countries jointly controlled the German demilitarized zone.
Germany's gradual economic improvement also brought Britain to the light, so the largest workers' strike in history, which was supposed to break out in Britain in May 1926, was postponed until December 29, 1926, in an improved economic environment.
This time Accardo decided to trust Streisman again and gave him his idea as a diplomatic task. Streismann did not postpone either, and immediately organized his men to go to Britain to launch a diplomatic offensive.
In addition, Accardo sent his newly-known confidant, Jaylin Nik Kasia, the father of Mercedes, to secretly travel to the Middle East to meet with Ibn Saud, who had become the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia in January 1926.
This Ibn Saud, his deeds could be a novel. In 1891, his father fled his family to Kuwait to escape the constant armed attacks of the Rashid tribes in the neighboring region. Twelve-year-old Ibn Saud settled there with his father. During this time, he studied commentaries, hadiths, teachings, history, and military affairs from his teachers, and engaged in social activities with his father.
The turning point came in late 1901, when he returned to the Arabian Peninsula with his troops, and in January of the following year, he captured Riyadh by surprise attack and re-established the Saudi dynasty. In 1903~1907, the Rashid and their supporters, the Turkish army, were defeated and the Qaseem region was unified.
In 1913 he seized Hasa from the Turks the province on the west coast of the Persian Gulf. In 1919~1925, he conquered the Emirate of Asir on the Red Sea coast, the Rashid dynasty in the northern Jebel Shamal region of Najd, and the Hijaz kingdom ruled by Sharif Hussein of Mecca (who became caliph in 1924), and occupied Mecca, Jeddah and Medina. At this point, the vast area between the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea was included in the territory of the Saudi dynasty.
In this war for the unification of Saudi Arabia by Ibn Saud, the German Wehrmacht and the British government played such a disgraceful role as military advisers and arms dealers, and it can be said that the reason why Ibn Saud was able to take the whole of Saudi Arabia so smoothly was inseparable from the support of Britain and Germany.
I don't know why, now no country in the world has recognized this uncrowned king of Saudi Arabia, and Accardo decided to be the first to go to Daoxi, by the way, to talk to the ruler about the oil import and export trade in the Saudi region. Of course, he did not intend to eat alone, but wanted to bring the British and French together after making a good impression on Ibn Saud.
Thus began a huge German diplomatic combination. This made January 1927 the famous month of victory for German diplomacy.
In accordance with the spirit, the commander-in-chief of the German army, General Hamestein, personally visited France, signed a memorandum of understanding with the French, the two countries were to cooperate in the military field, and an agreement was reached to strictly prevent infiltration.
This was followed by a series of economic agreements with the British government, whereby the German government used potatoes and canned goods to repay war reparations to Britain in advance, and the British government used these materials to appease the striking workers - and the British government then issued a statement announcing the withdrawal of all expeditionary forces stationed in Germany before Valentine's Day on February 14, 1927.
This was followed by the establishment of friendly relations between Germany and Saudi Arabia on an equal footing, and the following day, both Britain and France recognized Ibn Saud's rule in the region and signed a treaty of friendship with them. Subsequently, several countries, led by Germany, signed an agreement with Ibn Saudi Arabia for short, the content of which was very simple: Britain, France, Germany, and the United States invested $10 billion to buy the right to exploit the resources of the entire territory of Saudi Arabia. Any resources mined are divided into 10 shares, 2 to Germany, 2 to the United Kingdom, 2 to France, 1 to the United States, and 3 to the Saudis themselves.
In February 1927, the second month after the agreement was signed, German and British exploration experts discovered oil in Saudi Arabia, and then oil exploration teams from various countries drove into Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and other places to set up equipment to exploit local oil resources.
This discovery made the economies of Britain, France, Germany, and the United States, which were already facing collapse, slightly better, and the British government was very satisfied with Germany's diplomatic generosity and humility, and immediately ordered the withdrawal of the British expeditionary force from the Rhineland.
Under the overwhelming publicity, Accardo Rudolf was once again praised by the people for leading this diplomatic activity as the party chairman of the Greater German Party, and even the elderly President Hindenburg attended the celebration ceremony with his sick body in tow, and even praised Accardo in public as "the first person to restore German sovereignty in five years".
This diplomatic victory reassured the worried Hindenburg, who was still suffering from the clashes between Accardo's SS and Hitler's SA, which caused great social turmoil in Germany, with bloody street incidents occurring every day, and even murders on the streets.
However, Accardo's diplomatic victory gave him a holy aura again, and Hindenburg's original intention of fighting fifty boards was dismantled in favor of a unilateral purge of the stormtroopers. The police department sent personnel to seal down many Nazi Party branches, confiscated all Nazi Party flags and armbands, and the SA was told that they were not allowed to wear medal armbands or parade with flags, which caused the Nazi Party to suffer heavy losses for a while.
However, Hitler did not sit still, relying on the secret funding of the French, he annexed several small parties without power, secretly developed a regular political force, and prepared to concentrate on winning the upcoming parliamentary elections.
Diplomatic activity in Saudi Arabia has made a lot of money for Accardo, and it has also re-enriched the budget of the stretched Wehrmacht, which has expanded to 900 armored units in the mountains of Bavaria, enough to equip three tank divisions that are nearly full of strength, and these armored troops are training day and night to make final preparations to crush their opponents.
However, on this day, an old acquaintance of Accardo came to the headquarters of the Wehrmacht, and this person was none other than British Colonel Smith, and when Accardo heard that it was him, he made a little preparation and asked Smith to come to his office.
"Accardo, my dear friend, I have taken a medallion. As soon as he saw Colonel Smith, he pointed to the sign on his chest and showed off.
Accardo motioned for Anna to pour Smith a cup of coffee, then smiled and said, "Then you should invite me to dinner, Mr. Smith." ”
"Hahahaha! There are too many people who want to invite Aka to dinner now, I'm afraid I won't even be able to line up!" Smith said while laughing, and glanced at Anna who was pouring coffee next to him in amazement, and raised his eyebrows: "You are enjoying it more and more, secretaries are such amazing beauties." ”
"Don't bother, the last time I was desperate to see you, you should have seen Secretary Anna. Accardo laughed, "What did you come to me for?"
"I'll tell you the truth, this time I came to ask you for a friend in the navy, I heard that you also have connections in the navy, and my friend wants to ask you for a favor. Smith took a sip of coffee, took two sips, and sighed: "Your coffee-making skills are really average, and I still think black tea tastes better." ”
"If you're here for a drink, I'll give you red wine, but I'll say first, I'm not going to talk about business when I'm drinking. Accardo feigned annoyance.
Smith waved his hand and sighed: "You really can't afford to make a little joke, I really doubt that you are the emperor of Germany, and I can't tolerate others saying that Germany is not good at all." ”
Without waiting for Accardo to speak, he continued: "Okay! No kidding! One of our transport ships has disappeared in the North Atlantic, and this military transport ship has transported a large number of munitions, as well as several of our important engineers. My Government will do whatever it takes to find the ship. ”
He accentuated his tone as he said the words at any cost, and as he spoke, he looked at Accardo, hoping to see something in Accardo's face.
Unfortunately, he didn't see anything, and Accardo was naturally surprised for a moment, and then asked, "You mean, let's help you find a missing transport?"
"That's right. Smith nodded, he was only ordered to test Accardo's reaction, because the British had confirmed that the ship had sunk a few days earlier, and some wreckage had been found near the sinking site, but unfortunately no live mouth was found.
"Germany will send 10 destroyers to participate in the search and rescue. Accardo thought for a moment and said, "But it is not easy to find a transport ship in such a large area of the North Atlantic. ”
"Thank you. Smith stood up, gratefully holding out his hand and clasping it with Accardo's hand.
As he walked out of the Wehrmacht General Headquarters, the naval officer brought by Smith frowned and asked, "It seems that this Accardo really doesn't know about our shipwreck." ”
"No! I don't understand this person!" Smith waved his hand, glancing at the good old man in Accardo's office. He narrowed his eyes and sighed before he said slowly, "We can only say that we didn't test the result! ”