Battle of the Third Reich

"Eric, I want to stay alone for a while, and don't let outsiders bother me." Xu Jun raised his wrists on his back and motioned for the adjutant to wait outside.

"Yes, my head." Disenhofen knocked his heels down and closed the heavy carved oak door for the head as usual.

With the clear sound of the door lock, Xu Jun sprinted through the wide office at a speed of 100 meters and rushed into the side door on the right side of the desk.

As mentioned earlier, there are two doors at each end of the prime minister’s office. The two doors on the east side are actually common on the outside. The two doors are made out of pure symmetry. The two side doors on the west side are on the left. Behind that fan is a dedicated passage leading to a cabinet meeting room that has never been used in history. Behind the right door is the head’s private changing and washing room, which is divided into two internal and external rooms with wooden partitions. A side door was opened in the direction of the aisle and the garden to ensure that the head of state could easily enter this private place.

Two minutes later, the emperor's head with a relieved face, whistling with ease in his mouth, he pushed open the side door of the bathroom and entered the internal aisle exclusively for the head.

This time he almost lost his gaze in public. It can only be said that it was due to inexperience. He should not have drank so much tea at breakfast, nor should he drink two cups of coffee for refreshment. He completely forgot that thing. The child also has the effect of diuresis. It can be said that today's things are done by himself, and he can't complain at all.

At this time, Xu Jun did not know his abnormal reaction after the end of the event, which had already attracted the attention of a large number of interested people. In the eyes of the group of politicians with amazing brains, every move of the empire's head portends the ** of European politics. Overcast.

Who actually angered the head of the empire, what is he angry about for something, maybe something has changed, or he has received some bad news, and under the current privately, there are many different opinions, all kinds of reliable and unreliable Spectral speculation began to spread among embassies in various countries at a faster rate than the most violent infectious diseases of the time.

"There is no room for compromise in Gibraltar. The British Empire never considered this issue." Sitting on the gorgeous velvet sofa in the lounge, Mr. Edward Wood, the Viscount of Halifax, gently shook his index finger at the Spanish ambassador to Germany , Firmly demonstrated the attitude of the British Empire.

The glorious British Empire will never give up any colony. This is already the consensus of the British government and the opposition. Even the Labor Party, which has always sang the opposites, does not dare to provoke the slightest question on this issue, because this is already the general trend of the British people. All are traitors who are struck by thunder.

When the two German infantry regiments entered the fortress of Gibraltar, it was heralded that the Spanish armed adventure had completely failed. In theory, they lost the best chance of recovering this lost ground. The Spaniards have never been so close to success. Franco was so suffocated.

But what could the dictator do? Didn't see the direct legion of the German head of state, already spreading along the Pyrenees?

Not to mention the Luftwaffe bombers of the German Air Force, who beat the ball on the edge of the Spanish airspace for three days. On the contrary, the Spanish Air Force fighters did not dare to cross the minefield. Although they were also driven by Messerschmitt, the models b and e It's not just the difference in letters.

For the combat power of the Luftwaffe, the Spaniards had personally taught them in the Civil War. The "Vulture Legion" sent by Germany directly intervened in the Spanish Civil War. The most famous bombing operation was the one in the small town of Guernica. Disaster.

At that time, Picasso also took the opportunity to paint a "Gernica" self-hyped one. In fact, this picture was made up by some of the paintings about bullfighting that he painted a few years ago. The layout of the picture was also copied. A famous oil painting in the eighth century.

Historically, this town was not a so-called peaceful and peaceful civilian target among the left-wing population. This town with a permanent population of 5,000 not only has 2,000 Republican troops stationed, but also has three small arsenals.

Legend has it that the German bombers bombed the town for three hours in a row, but from the perspective of equipment and tactics, this kind of statement is completely flawed. Germany was using the ju52/3mg3e type aunt Junker, which can mount bombs. It takes more than two hours to travel from the base to Guernica.

As for the specific number of deaths, in a batch of literary works, this number ranges from 1,600 to 3,000, but in fact all the dead have the record registered by the Spanish Civil Affairs Bureau at the time, except for a few corpses that cannot be identified. All the other deceased persons have surnames, and together there are only 126 people.

The reason for the number of people has more than ten times. The original source is a "Times" press release. That is a deliberately exaggerated report made by the British political arena to combat domestic appeasement. Fake news is not a new thing, but an inherent skill with historical heritage.

According to the combat record of the Spanish Air Force, the bombing target was not a city, but a bridge outside the city of Guernica. As a result, the German pilots had insufficient experience and they were not using professional bombers. , Some bombs and incendiary bombs fell into the town.

Because the nearest fire brigade was 30 kilometers away, it was two hours after they arrived, and the fire had already burned 70% of the town’s buildings. So it is accurate to say that the town was burned by the fire, not the literary works that were razed to the ground by German bombs.

Turning the topic back to Gibraltar, Franco seems to want to struggle for the last time. He also knows that it is a daydream to completely withdraw this fortress, but he wants to get German support and symbolically station the Spanish army in Gibraltar, even if it is a The infantry of the class can make him accountable in the country.

The movement of the troops deployed in the Gibraltar area was too large, and the current situation embarrassed the dictator.

Franco did not come to Berlin to observe the ceremony this time. This is obviously a major diplomatic mistake. If the German side interprets it negatively, Spain will definitely be marginalized by the other side.

Spain’s dependence on foreign trade is very strong, the local industrial and mineral products are single, the manufacturing industry is weak, and there is also a lack of commodity markets overseas. The cornerstone of that powerful maritime empire was gone, and the damage caused to the economy by the civil war has not been restored. The ethnic conflicts in various places are so heavy that Franco personally is strong enough, and has the support of the army and big capitalists, which barely maintains this authoritarian government.

Spain is rich in iron ore and coal mines, but looking at which country in Europe does not have these two minerals, it was originally possible to rely on the export of tungsten sand to get some money, but after the end of the European War, Germany suddenly terminated the import of tungsten sand, and the United States immediately stopped After hoarding, the price of Spanish tungsten sand dived instantly, hitting the price five years ago.

And because of the offense to the Germans, even if Spain is willing to lower the price, Germany says that the uncle does not want to sell, whoever you want to sell.

According to internal rumors obtained by Spain, Germany has a new source of tungsten ore. Given Germany's recent moves in Asia, it can be judged that it is related to China.

China's tungsten sand exports did occupy the bulk of the world's mining market in the early years, but because of the Sino-Japanese War, it began to shrink year by year. At that time, Spain was still very happy about this. Now it seems that Germany should have opened up the joints on the other side of Japan and regained the import channel of tungsten sand from China.

This Spanish ambassador to Germany was General Eugenio Espinoza de los Montrose, the first deputy foreign minister appointed by the Franco government, and the first of the Francisco Corps he commanded during the civil war. He rushed into Madrid, so he also served as the president of the Spanish Academy of War.

This time Franco sent him to Germany to replace Admiral Anthony Omargaz, the former ambassador who hated the Nazis. The admiral hated the Nazis for very real reasons, just because he likes to buy and collect art, Those so-called avant-garde works that fascinated him were classified as decadent artworks by the Nazis, and were forbidden to be publicly displayed and sold in Europe.

General Montrose was not very disgusted with the Nazis. He also spoke fluent German and became the best ambassador. From the personal perspective of this general, he has achieved great fame in the country, and he did not have much interest in this appointment. Only because of his responsibility to the country, he will resolutely leave Madrid, which he loves, and try to help Spain get rid of by himself. Current dilemma.

However, this general is not a professional diplomat after all. He not only chose the wrong object of conversation, but also chose the wrong topic of conversation. As a result, he was killed by Viscount Wood, and there was no place to vent his full of grudges.

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