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Chapter 47 Iron and Blood (8)

"Adolf! Adolf! We succeeded! We won!"

"Hermann, you commanded really well. I think you can be a marshal in the future!" Hitler excitedly patted Gorene on the shoulder, "Transfer the good news. The revolutionary provisional government defeated the reactionary government's offense, which shows that the German people support us! It shows that the party's cause is bright and promising."

Rudendolf, who accompanied Hitler and others to check the positions, curled his lips: If you win so many thousand people, you can become a marshal in the future? I commanded hundreds of thousands of troops to annihilate the millions of Russian troops on the Eastern Front until now, but you have not become a marshal. Where do you have the confidence? But now he scoffed at Sickett. What about the 100,000 elite troops in the National Defense Forces that he promised to fight? What about the Berlin garrison regiment that he promised to fight? Why did he retreat after fighting? He admitted defeat? Alas... Iron-blooded Germany is really out of salvation, and the regular army can't even defeat the militia at first.

Only Strassel's face was very bad: before the war started, he repeatedly persuaded Hitler not to Meng Lang and to act cautiously. Now, not only did he expect a one-sided scene, but the government forces were defeated by the stormtroopers and commandos, which was equivalent to "slapping" his face. Now the old enemies Goring and Rom are basically no longer looking at him directly. If Hitler hadn't taken the overall situation into consideration and said that he would unite, these two could have handed over themselves as surrender.

"The leader, the leader... Berlin sent a message that Sikte has increased his troops..."

"Where did he get so many soldiers?"

"Rail workers said there are many troops in the Ruhr area starting to draw out."

"Bastard! Bastard! Sickett is Germany's number one traitor!" Hitler cursed in a rage, "Don't retain troops to deal with the French and Belgians who occupied our territory, they come to deal with the revolutionary regime instead. The reactionaries are indeed shameless traitors!"

The others were stunned, like falling into an ice cave. Although everyone was extremely excited now, they were actually a little upset. When they heard that two divisions were coming, they knew that they were in trouble - those heavy artillery alone could not cope with it. The Berlin Garrison was not so much defeated by the military force of the Kuomintang Party, but rather by underestimating the enemy, being arrogant, and not adapting to street fighting. It was barely forced to deal with thousands of people in a regiment, but it was hard to say that two divisions would come. Not to mention weapons, the number of people could kill the Kuomintang Party.

Goring did not expect that the National Defense Forces' attitude was so firm. Didn't there be any room for political compromise? - Look at the Italians? When Mussolini entered Rome, the National Defense Forces did not interfere at all! Is Sickett's head full of shit? Didn't the National Defense Forces claim to have always opposed democracy and supported the imperial system? He never expected that the National Defense Forces certainly hated the Weimar government, but also hated the lower-class workers who rebelled and came to power. Now, the behavior of Hitler and the National War Party was exactly the same as the November Revolution of the Socialist Party left and the Spartacus a few years ago.

Not only were German domestic political critics who joked about the Berlin Garrison, but also the international community also laughed at me: The German army, which was known as the first force in China and Europe, could not even suppress small rebellions? It seems that the Germans were degenerating faster than they thought! The French media was filled with joy, and the Versailles Contract was done well! The anti-Germany Allies including Poland, Czech Republic, Belgium, and the Netherlands were all excited.

However, the British's reaction was very different: Britain was not willing to be too weakened by Germany, especially after France was the only one in Europe, they urgently needed other forces to balance France's influence. At the beginning, the offshore balance of Great Britain was targeted at the Germans, but now it had to be changed to French according to local conditions. Therefore, they were really worried about the Weimar Defense Force's performance - it would be fine if the Germans dared not resist in the Ruhr area. Now they can't even suppress the rebellion in some places, and the Germans are so cowardly?

Is the restrictions of the 100,000 National Wehrmacht too strict? The British were wondering whether to double the German standing army - anyway, the German Navy has been completely finished, and the German army is stronger and will not threaten Great Britain, but will only make the French uncomfortable.

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This incident also unexpectedly stimulated Curzon to speed up the handling of the Italian and Greek crisis. In the eyes of these old gentlemen, if Hitler came to power, his government would be almost the same as Italy. Once Germany and Italy join forces, the balance of power between China and Europe, especially Southern Europe, will be broken. This situation cannot occur. Therefore, it is necessary to persuade Greece to accept the Italian conditions as soon as possible. The Italians asked for $30 million, of course, but it is even more ridiculous for the Greeks to bargain 3 million US dollars. Is Italy's current cost to this is only 3 million?

On December 20, the British government formally summoned the Greek ambassador to inform the UK of its decision: Once Greece has a war with Italy, Turkey or Bulgaria due to the current dispute, Great Britain will remain silent! The meaning of this sentence is very clear, and the Mediterranean fleet and British troops cannot be expected to pay for the Greeks' stupidity.

The decision was exposed by the newspaper industry the next day. Kou Song was furious, but the social response exceeded expectations: the people unanimously applauded this, believing that the government had done something extremely right, which caused the shaky election situation to rise by several percentage points, and directly gave a shot in the general election next month.

Now he knows how tired the people are!

The British government's decision and the response from British society reached the Greek government word for word. Faced with the gloating of France, the British did not support it, Italy, Turkey and small encirclements were pressing step by step, the Greek authorities began to panic and prepared to raise the quotation.

"Calai... tell you good news." On December 24, on Christmas Eve, Mussolini actually called Contini with a spring breeze on his face, "The Greeks surrendered. They asked us for compensation of 15 million yuan through the British. I added another 2 million yuan, and the final price was 17 million yuan! As a concession, we promised not to sell the other three Queen-class battleships to Turkey, and other conditions were the same!"

Contini laughed: The next three warships worth $6 million were worth of Turks that could not afford them! The reason for buying them was to pretend to scare the Greeks. Kemal and Mussolini both understood this principle, and everyone had a very happy time to play these games!

"Then I want to congratulate the leaders! You have led the Italians to show morale and prestige, and laid the foundation for the style of a strong country. The facts have proved that the Socialist Party is a group of jumping clowns, which also shows that you said that the path you adhere to is the only correct path for Italy's development, and the Party is the fundamental magic weapon for all victory and the general line of the new era." Contini said with a smile, "Youth Daily is preparing to publish an editorial after the dust settles this matter, pointing out that unity is the only way out for the Italian people, and unity has a specific connotation - for a long time now and in the future, the whole Italian people will further unite around the Party Central Committee with you as the leader, and further hold high the 'three flags' and is the only organization, ideological and institutional guarantee for Italy to continue to move forward and win!"

Mussolini laughed: After all, he was a top student at the University of Rome. His words were very good at this - what is the "general line", the "fundamental magic weapon", the "three flags", and the "only organization, thoughts, and institutional guarantees". He heard that he had a deep foundation in revolutionary theory, which was better than the old subordinate of the Black Shirt Party who only knew how to flatter him as "wise and powerful".
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