While the rest of the country was reacting to the agreement between Germany and Italy, there was peace within Germany and Italy.

After the signing of the agreement between Germany and Italy, Hitler did not rush to return to Germany, but followed Mussolini's invitation to start a high-level meeting between the two heads of state in Venice.

Speaking of which, this should be the second official private meeting between the heads of state of Germany and Italy.

Even when the two countries signed the agreement before, it was only the foreign ministers of each country who came forward, and the heads of state of the two sides did not come out in person.

Hitler's invitation to visit Italy in person proved that he had abandoned his previous preconceptions about Italy and Mussolini.

Yes, even though Mussolini was Hitler's predecessor in the struggle for power and dictatorship, after the first meeting with Mussolini, Hitler actually had a lot of prejudices against Mussolini.

The reason was that when Hitler was invited to visit Italy for the first time, he was very much looking forward to the meeting with Mussolini.

Hitler even called his meeting with Mussolini a "great meeting" in his private conversations with his subordinates.

But when it came time to meet, Hitler was surprised by Mussolini's exaggerated spectacle. In order to show his pomp, Mussolini used a large number of honor guards and popular welcomes when welcoming Hitler.

You must know that when the two met, it was the worst time of the economic crisis. Not to mention Italy, a country with a relatively less severe economic crisis, it is absolutely impossible for people to spontaneously gather around to welcome someone.

But Mussolini was stunned and didn't care what to do, and in the days after his meeting with Hitler, he maintained a rather exaggerated pomp and spectacle, which surprised Hitler, who had already taken control of the German power.

But surprise to surprise, Hitler would not indulge in such pomp, but despised Mussolini, who loved pomp and vanity.

On the other hand, when Mussolini and Hitler held a private meeting, the excited and anxious Hitler couldn't wait to express his thoughts to what he considered to be his close "comrade-in-arms".

With his eloquence and excellent oratorical skills, Hitler presented Mussolini with his grand plans.

But the problem arises, because Hitler, when he was full of words, did not take into account Mussolini's thoughts in the slightest.

Mussolini, who could not say a word, was very dissatisfied with the actions of his junior Hitler, and naturally did not listen to Hitler's plan in his heart.

The two heads of state, who have such a huge gap in their actions, naturally broke up unhappily when they met for the first time.

This is also the reason why Hitler was biased against Mussolini. If it weren't for the enormous restrictions that Germany is currently suffering, I am afraid that the handshake between Hitler and Mussolini would have been a long time coming.

Venice, Mussolini and Hitler's second talks.

With the lessons learned from the first time, the two of them were obviously much more sincere the second time. Hitler would have taken care of Mussolini's sentiments when he spoke, and at least the talks would have turned out to be real two-party talks, rather than Hitler's unilateral rhetoric.

However, Mussolini was still shocked by Hitler's bold idea.

Not to mention Germany, which currently has a total of only 150,000 troops, even Italy, which has undergone many military expansions, does not dare to have such a crazy idea at this time.

According to Hitler's bold vision, Germany and Italy would divide the Austrian Empire, Hungary and Poland into the two most powerful states in Central Europe.

After completely dominating the whole of Central Europe, Germany and Italy will advance westward, destroying France, the most formidable enemy on the European continent, and will have almost achieved German and Italian hegemony in Europe.

Then there was the crazy idea of destroying Britain across the ocean and carving up the whole of Europe with Italy.

Mussolini was directly shocked by such crazy ideas, and exclaimed in a gaffe that Hitler was a mad madman.

In the face of Mussolini's somewhat rude exclamation, Hitler was not angry. After all, he also understood how crazy his plan was, which almost meant that Germany and Italy were going to be the enemy of the whole world.

"Your Excellency Hitler, don't you think your ideas are a little too crazy?" Adjusting his mentality a little, Mussolini asked with some disbelief: "The annexation of Austria and Poland may seem wonderful, but it means that we are going to be enemies of England and France."

IMHO, judging by the current military strength of our two countries, it is clear that they cannot be an opponent of Britain.

What's more, Australasia is also closely monitoring the situation in Europe. Once Europe enters the battlefield, Australasia will be the country that will ultimately profit as a huge supplier of goods.

I don't think we'll be able to win the war with the British, French, and Australian forces unless you can find us new strong allies. ”

Hearing Mussolini say this, Hitler was not in a hurry, but said proudly: "I have already taken into account all the problems I am worried about, if war really breaks out in Europe, there will be countries that will drag Australasia for us."

Even, if its preparatory plan can be successful, Australasia will not join the entire war. ”

Hitler's answer was confident, and he did not worry about Australasia as a spoiler.

"Do you mean the islanders?" Mussolini was not stupid either, and quickly understood the country to which Hitler was referring to.

In fact, in addition to Britain and France, the only country that has the strength to pose a threat to the Australasian mainland is indeed the island country.

The overall strength of the island country may not be that of the top powers, but it is seriously biased in military aspects, but it also has the military strength of the top powers.

From this point of view, the island nation is indeed the only country around the Pacific Ocean that poses a threat to Australasia and can even achieve equilibrium.

As for the preliminary plan of the island nation mentioned by Hitler, it is actually the war that the island nation is currently waging.

If it can win the war, the overall strength of the island nation can indeed usher in a great improvement.

By that time, the island nation was indeed a formidable adversary, and there was not the slightest problem in dragging Australasia from interfering in the war in Europe.

With Australasia dragged down and the United States already destroyed, even if a war broke out with Britain and France, it would only be an intra-European war.

That being the case, Mussolini was a little relieved. If it had only been a war on a European scale, it would not have been impossible for Germany and Italy to win.

After all, there are not many great powers in Europe, and there are only three really powerful opponents: Britain, France and Austria.

Even if Soviet Russia won the war, it would take a long time to recover. What's more, the combat effectiveness of the Russian army has always been not very good, and Mussolini did not take the Russian army very seriously.

In addition, Britain, France and Austria actually have their own shortcomings. The British only had a strong navy, and if they could gain superiority on the European continent, the British would have nothing but blockade Europe.

Although the French army is strong, it can be seen from the various actions of France before that the French are obviously afraid of war.

Cowardice before a fight, this is already half lost at the military level. What's more, if France had not had so many allies in World War I in history, Germany would have defeated France long ago and was under the siege of Paris.

This time, without the intervention of the United States and Australasia, even if Germany and Italy were to challenge Britain, France, and Austria, Hitler was very confident.

What's more, Germany at this time will definitely not be the Germany of World War I. In Germany in World War I, Wilhelm II's power had been hollowed out for most of the time, and the army and government were almost entirely in the hands of the Junker aristocracy.

And now, with far more SS than the army, Hitler firmly controls the power and military power of Germany, which has not been possible by Wilhelm II before.

A completely condensed Germany would have a much greater fighting potential than it had during the First World War.

Coupled with the fact that Italy, whose military strength had improved much compared to World War I (at least Mussolini thought so), it was not impossible to accomplish Hitler's vision of dominating all of Europe.

"Your Excellency Hitler, as soon as the news of our agreement is announced, I am afraid that it will arouse the suspicion of Britain and France.

If possible, your country needs to prepare for war as soon as possible and expand the number of troops as much as possible. The talks between the two sides were very satisfying, which made Mussolini speak more.

It is clear that Mussolini was more concerned about whether the number of German troops would affect the implementation of the German and Italian plans.

Even though Germany's army once claimed to be the largest army in the world, its current army is only 150,000 people.

Even if it expands to 1 million after the outbreak of the war, it is definitely an army composed of new recruits, and it is difficult to guarantee combat effectiveness.

Only by expanding the army to a normal size before the war and carrying out rigorous training can ensure that the army can display excellent combat effectiveness after the outbreak of war and quickly achieve the strategic goals agreed upon by the two men.

"Italy's support is needed for this." Hitler said: "If we want to expand the size of the army, Britain and France will never agree."

But judging by the attitude of Britain and France, they absolutely do not want a war with us. Therefore, we must be determined to expand our army, even if it is at the cost of a war with Britain and France.

I believe that the British and French will retreat when they learn of our attitude, and our army can be expanded to a reasonable number. ”

The reason why the size of the German army has not expanded is because of the restrictions imposed on Germany by Britain and France.

However, it can be seen from the expansion of Italy to the Abyssinian Empire that Britain and France will most likely compromise in this regard.

Britain and France did not want to see a war, so they had to agree to the expansion of the German army.

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