Chapter 59 - More handsome
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“Germany needs to revise the” Versailles Peace Treaty “! Just as the British maritime interests cannot be violated, the borders on both sides of Germany also need security guarantees. We need to justify the expansion of a group of defense forces to defend against threats from Poland and the Soviet Union. Recently, the French have shown more and more aggressiveness, so Germany needs strength to protect itself from aggression. “Akado looked at Smith, who was embarrassed.
Smith was silent. He wanted to let Germany and Britain reach a naval agreement to reduce the pressure on naval construction. The First World War had already strained the British finances. Is it the strategic goal of maintaining the world ’s largest navy? What an easy thing. But once the German navy withdrew from the competition, even if fewer warships were built, then the British navy could save a large number of warships to deal with the growing Italian navy and the US navy.
After thinking for a long time, Smith finally said: “Are you sure this defense force will be deployed on the border between Germany and Poland? And the scale is not huge?”
“Our neighbor, Poland, has 600,000 regular troops and more than 1,000 aircraft. Do you think our requirements are excessive? As long as the British government understands our actions, then Germany will expand a 100,000-strong force to defend against troops from the East. Threat, no soldiers of these troops will be sent to the German-French border, but we require at least one armored unit and a small number of aircraft. “Akado said while taking out a document and handing it to him Smith, motioned to see him.
Smith glanced at the cover and froze there, because the title of the document turned out to be “Pluto Project”. He grabbed the document excitedly and carefully read the terms.
It clearly stated that the German plan to secretly arm 250,000 soldiers against the growing threat from the East and the aggressiveness of France. The whole plan only expanded the Defense Force to a certain extent, so that it had certain defensive capabilities, and let Smith I am very happy that most of the German naval expansion plans of the “Pluto Project” are some destroyers used for port defense, and the artillery calibers are mostly small toys with a caliber of 150 mm.
Smith is even more gratified that even the 150mm caliber cannon, the Germans intend to give up. Those 88mm caliber guns are not a threat to British warships at all-as for torpedoes, their weapons have a range of several kilometers compared to British ones For cannons with a range of 20 kilometers, it is simply scrap iron.
“I have to report to London before I can give you an answer!” Colonel Smith closed the document and stood up and asked.
Akado pointed to the “Pluto Project” document in Smith’s hand and said: “Do not mind if I take it back. For the German Wehrmacht, this is a confidential document. If it was not because of such a bad thing, I I do n’t want to take it out for a foreign official. “
“Since I can show it to me, I might as well give it to me. I still have to rely on it to convince our officials.” Smith waved the document in his hand and asked, “Is it possible?”
“Okay! I hope this document will bring peace.” Akado sighed and said helplessly.
“Peace. Oh! Peace.” Smith walked to his wine cabinet, took out two glasses, poured whiskey, handed one of the glasses to Akado, and then raised the glass himself: “Respect for peace.”
“Respect for peace!” Akado also smiled and raised his glass.
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The French are completely dumbfounded. In Germany they are facing overwhelming denunciations. Everyone seems to be talking about the “Peace of Versailles”. Demonstrations against the disaster imposed by France on Germany are everywhere. Germans do not buy French goods. , Do not eat French food, and even even attack the French on the street.
If it is only Germany that is so in conflict with France, it will be easier to deal with, because after all, France uses thunder to deal with the German Wehrmacht this time. But first the Netherlands and the Germans stood together, leaving the French with a small loss. Afterwards, the British expressed their understanding of the situation in Germany, and some lawmakers even proposed to amend the “Peace of Versailles”. After a series of diplomatic mediations, the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs described the miserable situation of Germany as an injured country, which caused widespread sympathy from the international community. For a time, France became a lonely man.
The Netherlands was reluctant to surrender its own interests, helped the Germans to destroy the evidence, and left France with no means of attack for a while. The subsequent Dutch statement even directly slap the French.
The German Wehrmacht subsequently came forward to clarify the matter, claiming that there was no attempt to violate the “Versailles Peace Treaty”, and then spit out bitter water at the media, pointing to the map and saying that a soldier needs to patrol 4 kilometers to maintain the entire German border National defense forces are stretched, and there are reasons for journalists all over the world to stand on the side of the National Defense Forces.
The shot behind the British made the French even more difficult to say. Germany ’s unilateral compromise with Britain made Britain satisfied, and the practice of replacing naval strength with army strength is also in the interest of the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom has always wanted Germany And France are holding each other and have no time to look at the sea.
The Belgian grass is even more direct. After seeing the British position, it also turned to Germany in the afternoon, and even called the British and French ambassadors in order to sell it well, and proposed a proposal to revise the “Versailles Peace Treaty” with Germany.
Subsequently, German President Hindenburg delivered a speech at the Presidential Palace, encouraging the German people to break free of their shackles, and kindly accepted the Belgian envoy ’s proposal to revise the “Versailles Peace Treaty” again, and vigorously advocated the unparalleled friendship between Germany and Belgium and Britain. And at the end of the speech, at the end, a personal appointment was mentioned. Major Akkado Rudolf * was appointed as the Chief of the General Staff of the German Wehrmacht because of his outstanding accomplishments. He was solely responsible for the negotiation with representatives of the three countries.
Under the advocacy and instruction of the United Kingdom, there was a mixture of Japan ’s hypocrisy and bargaining with France and many other blunders. After more than five months of hard negotiations, the New Versailles Contract was finally adopted. In December 1925, the joint arms control committee began to implement it.
The National Defense Army has become the biggest beneficiary. Almost all the terms have been changed to give the Army officers a feeling of rebirth.
The new contract stipulates that the German Army maintains a scale of 250,000 people and can use automatic weapons such as light machine guns and submachine guns without restrictions. It allows the German Wehrmacht to equip 200 tanks with a weight of less than 20 tons, and the number of armored vehicles and cars will not be clear. limit.
Another condition for relaxation is to allow Germany to set up an army flight team. This unit is responsible for reconnaissance at the German border and the transportation of important military personnel. It is allowed to equip 40 speed-limiting biplanes and 10 transport aircraft.
The result of the argument with France is that the New Versailles Contract takes care of the French national sentiment and adds the following provisions.
Germany still cannot deploy armed forces in the Rhine Demilitarized Zone, and troops deployed on the German-French border cannot exceed 30,000 in two divisions. At the same time, more than 100,000 regular German troops will be scattered on the German border and will not be allowed to move closer to the French border.
Even though this contract still restricts the shackles of the German armed forces, Akado has turned this unfavorable situation into an effective counterattack. He broke the “Versailles Contract” and opened the door to another expansion for the Wehrmacht.
The first is the size of the National Defense Forces. 250,000 troops are recognized, and more than 100,000 troops can rise to the surface, which has effectively mitigated the already fragile Defense Fund ’s secret funding system. At least 100,000 people’s wages and equipment costs can ask the government for money instead of relying on privately raised funds to support them.
Moreover, Germany was allowed to update light weapons and automatic weapons, which made the modernization of the German Wehrmacht infantry a big step forward. At least the old and bulky weapons such as the Maktin heavy machine gun can die.
The second is that the German team is allowed to use aircraft. Although it is only a poor 50, it is a leap from scratch, which allows the German Wehrmacht system to blatantly train and recruit its own pilots without having to hide.
The most encouraging thing is that Germany is allowed to build its own armored force. Although the number is less than one-fifth of Poland, the National Defense Force can purchase its own tanks and open its own armored personnel training, which is better than in the The mountainous areas of southern Bavaria are more than twice as sneaky.
After the negotiations ended, the news came back to the country, and Major Actor Rudolph immediately became a well-known hero in Germany. He stood alone with his back to the camera and his photos were standing in front of a group of diplomats in Britain, France and Belgium. The headline of a big newspaper.
The title of the Deutsches Zeitung was the most condensed, and the photo was named “Who Will Follow Behind This Man”, and it became the best newspaper to buy at one time. It was printed 10 times and it was still in short supply. Germany has almost one copy.
People took to the streets shouting Akado ’s name and gathered in front of the gate of the coalition arms control committee building for a long time. They did not want to leave. This time, instead of throwing things inside, they raised their right hands high. The fifteen-degree angle points to the sky.
“Mold him as a **** admired by thousands of people? A leader that makes everyone crazy. Let these fanatics go with him.” Jag? Hugo looked out the window and shouted the name of Akado The parade crowd asked Fanny, who was also looking down at the crowd, “This is what you want?”
“No! Not enough! These are not enough!” Fanny was excited and breathless, she said, holding the window edge: “Next time, you will make him look more handsome.”