Chapter 821: One Step Back, One Step Back

At this time, the mustache was sitting in his office, waiting nervously for the good news from the German Foreign Minister.

It was a bold decision to let the army enter the Rhineland demilitarized zone, and it might even provoke a super war.

Although the mustache was crazy, he had not completely lost his mind at this time. However, he still had such a crazy behavior under rational conditions, which also proved that the mustache, who was completely in a crazy state, would make a bolder and more shocking decision.

About half an hour later, the German Foreign Minister came to the German government to report to the mustache in person, and said that the British and French ambassadors had already sent messages to their countries.

The mustache nodded, and the current development of the matter was still within his expectations.

After thinking for a while, the mustache instructed his foreign minister: "Invite domestic and foreign media to the parliament, I will give an impromptu speech."

The German Parliament a little later.

Surrounded by many domestic and foreign media, under the gaze of many members of parliament, and under the attention of many curious German people around, the mustache began his inspiring speech.

"Gentlemen, ladies, all great and glorious German compatriots! As the Chancellor of the German Empire, I announce to you a great piece of good news:

The alliance between France and Austria has severely persecuted Germany's industrial production. We have to resist the Franco-Austrian alliance and face the threat from Russia.

For the benefit of all German people, three hours ago, I ordered the army to enter the Rhineland demilitarized zone and formally abolish the demilitarized zone.

From now on, German people can walk freely in any sovereign territory of Germany, and the German army will resolutely.

The German government will never give up any sovereignty we should have, nor will it allow any country to provoke the sovereignty of our national territory.

If the enemy wants to restore the demilitarized zone, let them step over my body! I believe that the German army has the confidence to maintain the security of our national territory, even if we have to fight to the last man for it."

The mustache's speech was calm and firm, revealing his attitude of not hesitating to fight Britain and France in order to abolish the demilitarized zone.

Such a firm attitude also infected members of the German Congress and the German people. There is no doubt that this was a very successful speech.

Although the mustache's slight trembling betrayed his inner thoughts, such an action was caused by the mustache's overly excited mood in the eyes of many media and the public.

It has to be admitted that the mustache at this time was mad with a hint of reason. He had the greedy and crazy mentality of a gambler, and had an extraordinary sense of international politics.

Before this action, the commander-in-chief of the German Army, Warner von Fritsch, had advised the mustache. General Warner von Fritsch believed that although the German army had expanded to 400,000, the only army that was truly combat-capable was the initial 150,000.

It was irrational to intensify the conflict with Britain and France at this time, and the current German army was obviously not the opponent of the French army.

Warner von Fritsch proposed to give the German army another year of training time. By 1935, the German army would not have to care about the faces of Britain and France and could enter the Rhineland demilitarized zone openly.

Although such a proposal seemed very appropriate, the mustache still rejected Warner von Fritsch's proposal.

He decided to make a big gamble. Once the action of abolishing the demilitarized zone succeeds, the little mustache will immediately become one of the greatest heads of government in German history, and will completely and firmly control Germany's military and political affairs.

But if it fails, the German army can only withdraw in disgrace. Under such circumstances, such an action that the German people have high hopes for will instead become the beginning of affecting the prestige of the little mustache and the stability of the regime.

Simply put, whether Germany is strong or not is directly linked to the result of this action to abolish the demilitarized zone.

In order to ensure the success of the action, the little mustache has also paid a lot of money.

Facing Italy, Germany's only ally at present, the little mustache has tried every means to seek Italy's consent, so that Italy can stand up to support Germany when the German diplomatic department expresses its position.

With Italy's support, Britain and France, who were already undecided, became more hesitant.

Although Britain and France are unwilling to see Germany abolish the Rhineland demilitarized zone, if a war is launched for this, it is what Britain and France are even more unwilling to see.

What's more, the enemies faced in this war are the two great powers of Germany and Italy.

Without seriously affecting themselves, the British would not let themselves fall into a passive state of war for the benefit of the French.

When the Franco-Austrian Alliance and the German-Italian Alliance were evenly matched, the British made a decision that they would regret in the future, that is, to temporarily let the Germans act.

The British Prime Minister at that time was MacDonald. In the final summary reported by Prime Minister MacDonald to George V, Prime Minister MacDonald mentioned: "Whether Germany with the Rhineland is stronger or France after the great expansion of its army, this may be an unsolved mystery.

But for the current British Empire, the threat of France is far greater than that of Germany. The strength of the Germans lies in their desire to seek revenge on the French, and the strength of the French lies in their desire to challenge the majesty of the British Empire in Europe."

Since the British became the world hegemon, their international foreign policy has basically only two parts.

The first part is the well-known regional balance policy. That is, a region cannot have only one powerful country, but must have two relatively balanced countries to restrain it.

The second part is the British Empire's policy of helping three and attacking two. To put it simply, the basic meaning of this part of foreign policy is to win over the world's third and target the world's second.

The British took a neutral stance in this action, which is definitely the result that Germany wants to see most.

As long as the British do not support France, France will never be able to start a war with Germany.

After all, the French are not stupid. Even if France can successfully defeat Germany, France after the war will definitely not be a match for the British.

It is with this idea in mind that the French did not have any extreme reaction in diplomacy, but simply transferred all the troops that controlled the trusteeship republic back to the country and continued to deploy them to the Franco-German border.

In this way, more than 300,000 of France's 600,000 troops have been deployed on the Franco-German border.

Among the remaining troops, in addition to more than 100,000 new recruits and more than 100,000 border garrison troops, there are less than 100,000 troops available for mobilization.

Being able to deploy most of the troops that can be mobilized on the Franco-German border has already proved that the French are wary of and value Germany at this time.

Although this diplomatic crisis was resolved peacefully, the impact on the European political situation is huge.

Britain and France have compromised with Germany one after another, which has forced many small and medium-sized European countries to face Germany, a powerful country that has abolished any restrictions.

If the previous Germany was just a struggling industrial power, then now Germany has completely become a great power and is moving towards the strongest ladder.

If the country that is most wary of Germany at this time should be Germany's eastern neighbor, the Republic of Poland, which was born after World War I.

If Germany can openly abolish the Rhineland demilitarized zone in the contract, will it recover the entire East Prussia?

You know, Poland was once divided by Germany and Russia and was re-established after World War I.

Once established, Poland annexed many German territories, and there were still a large number of Germans in Poland at this time.

Facing the crazy German army, even the powerful Britain and France had to temporarily avoid the edge. Can Poland, which has offended Germany, protect itself in such a European situation?

The answer is obvious: it is impossible.

Historically, Germany's first expansion move should be the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia.

But the problem is that Czechoslovakia at this time belonged to the Austrian Empire, and the Austrian Empire and France were allied, so Germany's target could not be the Austrian Empire in the short term.

And the countries to the west of Germany, apart from France, are only the three Low Countries.

Among the three Low Countries, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium have already declared neutrality. Germany cannot give others a handle for no reason before it has sufficient reasons to declare war.

Looking closely at the neighboring countries, the only country that can satisfy the appetite of the mustache and has enough excuses to declare war is Poland.

In particular, the Free City of Danzig, which was separated from Germany, is controlled by Poland, which is simply the best excuse to attack.

However, compared with the Rhineland region, Germany is not sure that Britain and France will allow Poland to be destroyed.

In order to successfully annex Poland, Germany must find a reliable partner with sufficient strength, just like it did when it divided Poland decades ago.

Poland has fewer potential targets for partners because of its relatively eastern location.

Italy, Germany's ally, has no idea about Poland. After all, the entire Austrian Empire is between Italy and Poland.

From the map, perhaps the only country that can divide Poland with Germany is Russia, which also divided Poland with Germany before.

After the unification of the Russians, they have been very low-key so far.

They also fulfilled their promises to Britain and France and did not actively spread their ideology to the West.

The little mustache is not sure if he can persuade Russia to join his action, even if the two countries divide the huge Poland.

But no matter what, the action must be taken. Even if the Russians do not agree to divide Poland, Poland and Germany are destined to have a war.

The little mustache, who is thinking about the plan, flashed a hint of excitement and madness in his eyes. He waved his hand and called his trusted subordinates.

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