Chapter 815: Moustache's Probe, France's Concession

After learning that the mustache had already taken action in Germany, Arthur actually knew that the mustache's action would inevitably succeed.

Although the German states have certain strength, this does not mean that the states are united.

Because of Germany's defeat in World War I, Germany almost went to a republic. Under such circumstances, the monarchs of the states are more or less constrained by the government, and there are even monarchs who are completely hollowed out by the state government.

Under the premise that their own thrones are at risk, the monarchs of the states have no strength to compete with the imperial government.

In other words, as long as the imperial government promises to guarantee the thrones of the monarchs of the states, it can exchange for the support of the monarchs of the states for the imperial government.

This will lead to more serious divisions between the states, and they will no longer pose a threat to the unified imperial government.

After all, the reason why the German region was unified at that time was not because the military strength of the Kingdom of Prussia, which constituted the main part of the German Empire, was too strong?

Sure enough, it was just as Arthur expected.

It took Germany less than two months to quickly control the two largest states in North and South Germany, the Kingdom of Bavaria and the Kingdom of Hanover.

This also means that Germany has basically restored unity, and the imperial government has regained control of the entire country.

The imperial government, through its own actions, has taken control of all of Germany's 150,000 troops.

Although the German army is only 150,000, the soldiers who make up the German army are, under normal circumstances, fully qualified as low-level officers at the level of platoon leaders.

These German soldiers are all carefully selected elites, each of whom has served for more than five years and has undergone a lot of training and tests.

It can be said that the combat effectiveness of these 150,000 German troops is far greater than the 600,000 troops of the Kingdom of Italy in Arthur's heart.

From this point, it is enough to prove the terrible status of the German army in Arthur's heart. If Germany did not have a large-scale navy at present, I am afraid that Arthur would not be so at ease to watch the development of the situation in Europe.

This is also the biggest good news. Even if Germany's industrial strength is not weak, it is very difficult to develop a strong navy from scratch.

Even if the Germans were given ten years, the size of Germany's navy was destined to be inferior to that of Britain, and even whether it could be comparable to Australasia was still unknown.

Under this premise, it would be much easier for the world to defeat Germany now than in history.

The little mustache who completely unified Germany was also in high spirits at this time. As the real ruler of Germany, the little mustache knew that his steps could not be stopped.

The current state of Germany is not good. Compared with the German Empire before World War I, the current Germany can be said to be a residual blood version.

Needless to say, the ceded territory has also suffered huge losses in Germany's industry and economy. Only the population has increased a little compared to before World War I.

In terms of industry, although Germany's industry has recovered to world-class level, it is not much different from France, the victorious country.

But the problem is that Germany's industry is not what it needs, but what other victorious countries in Europe need.

Germany's industry is generally dominated by low-end processed products, which are also low-priced industrial products of Germany that European countries rely on.

In addition, there are only some heavy industries with high noise and pollution, which have been transferred to Germany by European countries.

Although these heavy industries are stationed in Germany, their ownership still belongs to foreign countries. These foreign factories hire German employees at low prices, let German workers endure a high-noise and heavily polluted working environment, and then sell a series of industrial products to foreign countries at low prices.

In this process, Germany can only squeeze a little income from those German workers in addition to a little tariff.

Such development is extremely unhealthy, and it is also the fundamental reason why Germany's industry currently looks strong, but in fact it does not help Germany's overall strength.

If Germany wants to restore the strength of the former Second Empire, it must boldly take its first step.

For a crazy enough person like the mustache, what is the first step of the current German government? Of course, it is to test the attitude of Britain and France.

Although the mustache wants to abolish the Rhineland demilitarized zone, he is also afraid of setbacks in this matter.

After thinking for a while, the mustache decided to put his first step on military expansion, adopting the principle of a small amount of military expansion to test the attitude of Britain and France.

If Britain and France only protest diplomatically, it means that they can boldly expand their military.

If Britain and France strictly supervise Germany, and even threaten Germany to stop expanding its military at all costs, then it is time to think about how to deal with the threats from Britain and France.

In June 1933, the mustache who felt that he was ready officially issued an announcement.

It said that because of the chaotic society in Germany, the existing army was no longer able to maintain the current security situation in Germany.

In order to maintain national stability, the government decided to expand the army from 150,000 to 250,000, and completely resolve the gaps between the previous states, so that the German Empire would return to a unified country.

Although the scale of the expansion was not large, the number of German troops after the expansion was still less than that of either Britain or France.

But Germany had military restrictions after all, and the previous peace treaty only allowed Germany to have 150,000 troops.

Such a blatant military expansion by the mustache naturally made everyone look forward to the attitude of Britain and France.

As expected, Britain and France immediately began a diplomatic protest with righteous words, and even tried to submit the military expansion to the World Alliance, so as to cause the entire World Alliance to sanction Germany.

The mustache felt that he had caught a glimmer of hope in the reaction of Britain and France, and he decided to go crazy again to see the true attitude of Britain and France.

For this reason, the mustache specially sent his trusted subordinate, who is also the current German Foreign Minister, to France and Britain to persuade.

Because they knew that Britain was the boss of the World Alliance, the main target of the German persuasion was naturally the strongest British Empire.

The reason was still the same, but Germany also gave its own conditions.

First, the German army would never step into the Rhineland demilitarized zone, and the German army would not be equipped with large-scale heavy weapons.

Second, the weapons equipped by the German army were still restricted, and the weapons involving artillery and machine guns were all produced by British factories.

Third, Germany promised not to expand its navy and would not take back the Kiel Canal that had been opened.

Fourth, the expansion of the German army should be limited to 250,000. Unless the French also expand their army, Germany will not expand its army in the short term.

After Germany agreed to these four requirements, the British expressed a unified attitude in both explicit and implicit ways.

After dealing with the British, the remaining France was not so difficult to deal with.

From the appeasement policy of Britain and France towards Italy, it can be seen that neither Britain nor France wants to see a war at this time.

The foreign policy of the mustache reveals the word crazy. After the German Foreign Minister entered France, in addition to promising not to deploy troops on the German-French border, his attitude was very firm.

Because it is clear that the British will not object, the Germans have a certain confidence and can engage in diplomatic games with the French.

When the negotiations were deadlocked, the German Foreign Minister publicly stated that whether France agrees with Germany's expansion or not, Germany will expand its army according to the original plan.

The German government also gave its own attitude, which is to strengthen cooperation with Italy.

In mid-June 1933, Italy publicly announced that it would launch a military exercise on its northern border and invited the German military to visit.

Before the French could react to this move, the Austrian Empire to the north of Italy was the first to get restless.

There was no way, the most important core Austrian region of the Austrian Empire was under attack from both Germany and Italy.

The purpose of this exercise was also very simple, which was to achieve the method of "encircling Wei to save Zhao" by threatening Austria.

So the question is, Italy can use its own army to make a secret threat, will France use its own army to retaliate with the same threat?

If there had not been a war between Italy and the Abyssinian Empire before, perhaps the French would.

But the question is, knowing that Italy is already a crazy country that can start a war, will the French risk going to war with the entire German-Italian alliance just to expand their army by 100,000 for Germany?

Of course not.

This is not only the guess of the mustache, but also the final answer given by the French diplomatic attitude.

France retreated.

It is a result that seems unexpected, but it is not surprising if you think about it carefully.

But no matter what, the mustache successfully proved his conjecture, and the Germans finally had a chance to recover more than ten years after the end of World War I.

How much did the increase in the size of the German army from 150,000 to 250,000 change Germany?

First of all, the extra 100,000 troops are equivalent to 100,000 opportunities to work for the country.

Of course, the mustache will not owe these soldiers wages, which also means that these 100,000 soldier positions are actually the dream jobs of many Germans.

From the full German conscription office, it can be seen that the Germans are very interested in this position with food and accommodation, and the opportunity to avenge the former Germany.

Under the instigation of the speech expert mustache, the hatred of the Germans was successfully transferred to the French and Jewish capitalists.

One of the great benefits of doing this is that when the mustache is killing the Jews, these troops will not only not oppose, but will be the first to step forward with a grin.

For Arthur, the news that Germany successfully expanded the size of the army was definitely the biggest news in the first half of 1933.

Because this means that the madness of the mustache will officially begin, and the appeasement policy of Britain and France will also start from this moment.

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