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Chapter 867 The so-called justice

During the Cold War, some clever people jumped back and forth between the two major camps of the United States and the Soviet Union in pursuit of their own interests, setting a very bad example.

Although Germany is nominally in the Russian camp, it is actually wavering between the Russian and British and French camps.

Britain and France have no bottom line in pursuing their own interests.

George will not gamble Russia's future just to get angry with Britain and France.

No matter how Britain and France appease, the Moustache will not launch an attack on Russia before defeating France.

The French could not fail to realise this.

Since the French were willing to die, George was willing to bury them.

Germany does have a strong industrial heritage. Less than four months after the launch of Model 4, Germany launched Model .

Compared with Type 7.2, the weight of Type 20 increased to 7.92 tons, and the armament system was upgraded to a mm cannon and two mm machine guns.

Although the Germans have made significant progress, they are still not enough to pose a threat to Russia.

Compared with armored vehicles, German bombers have made more obvious progress. The first batch of bombers supporting Spain still used engines with only 690 horsepower, while the second batch had been upgraded to 1000 horsepower.

Russia is close to Germany and does not need strategic bombers, and the horsepower of its bombers is only 1200.

Data provided by Alpha shows that Germany now has more than 1500 pilots.

In Germany, more than 3,000 people are receiving relevant flight training in civil aviation clubs.

Russia has more than 5000 military pilots and more than 5000 civilians with pilot licenses.

Reminded by Polis, George increased his attention to the Kingdom of Romania.

Compared to Carol II, Romanian War Minister Ion Antonescu seemed more dangerous.

Antonescu was born into a military family. He made his mark in the Balkan Wars and performed well in the First World War. He served as a military attaché to Britain and France from 1922 to 1927 and had close relations with some British and French military and political leaders.

Antonescu was a staunch Romanianist. He disliked Germany and opposed being too close to Russia. He advocated an alliance with Britain and France and maintaining a more independent national policy.

George was curious.

The Kingdom of Romania does not border Britain or France, but is adjacent to Russia and Germany.

Doesn't forming an alliance with Britain and France mean clinging to Britain and France? Doesn't that mean it can protect Romania's independence?

In terms of foreign trade, Antonescu also advocated reducing dependence on Russia and increasing trade with Britain, France, and Germany, especially Germany.

Antonescu insisted that the Kingdom of Romania should rely on trade with Germany and gradually get rid of its dependence on Russia.

For Ferdinand's sake, George still has some affection for Carol II.

Antonescu actually wants to learn from Germany and jump back and forth. Is he tired of living?

Boris was still very patient with Carol II. As long as Carol didn't go too far, Boris didn't mind giving Carol a hand.

November 11th was the birthday of Queen Elizabeth of Polis. Polis invited Carol II to Adrianople and had a long talk with him.

Carol was not very sensitive to the situation in Europe and did not think that the situation in Europe had become so tense that World War II was about to break out.

"The German Wehrmacht has begun to equip itself with armored vehicles and fighter jets. Once Germany regains its strength, you know what the Germans will do."

Boris warned Carol not to be fooled by the Germans' friendliness.

In order to import oil from the Kingdom of Romania, the little mustache invited Carol to visit Germany and made substantial concessions in trade with the Kingdom of Romania, which benefited the Kingdom of Romania greatly.

Germany has annexed Austria. As one of the core countries of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire, most Austrians resent the Kingdom of Romania, which annexed large tracts of territory from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Moustache himself is Austrian.

How could it be friendly to the Kingdom of Romania!

"The Germans will seek revenge on the British and French, and then be defeated by the British and French forces, and be completely dismembered like the Austro-Hungarian Empire."

Carroll had far more confidence in the Anglo-French coalition than Pétain.

"What if the British and French forces were defeated by Germany?"

Boris reminded Carol that there was another possibility.

"Absolutely impossible!"

Carol is confident in her own judgment.

Not only was Carol full of confidence in Britain and France, but King George of Greece also did not believe that Germany could defeat the British and French forces, and he did not take Polis's reminder to strengthen armaments seriously.

This is understandable.

The Kingdom of Yugoslavia is between Greece and Germany. If Germany wants to attack Greece, it must first defeat Yugoslavia.

Once Germany launches an attack on the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Russia will take the initiative to intervene, and the focus of Germany's attack will shift to Russia.

So until Russia fell, the security of the Kingdom of Greece was guaranteed.

The only hidden danger comes from Italy.

But this has been largely compensated by the presence of Russian troops on Corfu.

After sending the two kings away, Boris sent a telegram to George, telling him the two's attitudes. George was a little sad, as the once indestructible Balkan Alliance seemed to be falling apart.

Polis knew that the Kingdom of Romania and the Kingdom of Greece were unreliable.

Although the Kingdom of Montenegro is loyal to the alliance, its strength is limited and the help it can provide to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia is also limited, so Polis can only rely on itself.

The Kingdom of Yugoslavia is mountainous and has a great geographical advantage.

Defense Minister Nicholas suggested to Polis that important factories and research and development institutions should be gradually moved to the mountainous areas, circular fortifications should be set up around the mountains, and explosives should be installed on all major traffic arteries in case of emergency.

The Kingdom of Yugoslavia had to guard not only against German attacks, but also against Italian attacks.

Italy is easy to deal with. Even without Russia's help, the Italian army is no match for the Yugoslav army.

If the German army launched an attack on Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia should prepare for the worst.

Boris adopted Nikola's suggestion and moved important factories to the mountains while distributing orders to related factories in Russia and Yugoslavia.

Yugoslavia had two armored divisions, equipped with 80 Russian third-generation armored vehicles and 160 second-generation armored vehicles. Facing the German armored forces, it had a huge technical advantage.

Once Germany declares war, it will certainly send out all its troops. At that time, the German armored forces will use their numerical advantage to overwhelm the Yugoslav armored forces.

Polis ordered 240 third-generation armored fighting vehicles from Siberian Heavy Industries to form two new armored divisions.

The Kingdom of Yugoslavia had about 210 fighter planes. Boris increased the number of fighter planes to 500 and the number of anti-aircraft guns to 1500 in an effort to prevent possible German attacks.

When Carol and Georgi found out, they didn't take it seriously.

At least for now, the little mustache guy has no intention of attacking Russia.

The Spanish rebels not only had the full support of Germany, but also the support of Britain, France and the United States.

Britain and France, based on Germany, supported the Spanish rebels in overthrowing the existing government.

The United States is betting on both sides, hoping to create chaos in the world.

Texaco, an American company, provided the National Army with the transportation and sale of 350 million tons of gasoline and provided an indefinite loan.

General Motors and Ford provided 1.2 trucks to the National Army.

DuPont supplied ammunition to the rebels.

It’s not that Russia has done nothing.

At the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, Russia repeatedly proposed to impose an arms embargo on Spain in order to control the scale of the civil war.

On this issue, the United Kingdom and the United States cooperated very well. Whenever the Spanish government was about to agree to an arms embargo, the British government would extend an olive branch to the Spanish government and take the initiative to donate weapons and ammunition to the Spanish government, undermining the embargo agreement.

After the Spanish government accepted weapons and ammunition assistance, DuPont provided more weapons and ammunition to the rebels to support them in continuing their fight.

The Spanish government's attitude is also not firm. Sometimes it calls for an arms embargo, and sometimes it opposes it.

Russia finally lost its patience with such inconsistency.

With the full support of Germany and the United States, the rebels advanced rapidly and captured the Spanish capital.

At this time, the armored vehicles that Germany provided to the Spanish rebels had been upgraded to Type 3.

The combat weight of the Type 19.4 armored fighting vehicle is 5 tons, it has a crew of 1 people, its weapons are a 50mm cannon and two 2mm machine guns, and its maximum road speed is 7.92 kilometers per hour. Its overall performance is almost the same as Russia's second-generation armored vehicles.

Type 3 was also the first armored fighting vehicle officially equipped by the German army.

In order to conceal his tracks, the company mass-produced the No. 3 rifle on the pretext of equipping the police force.

Britain and France remain silent on this.

George is still waiting for the Germans' No. 4. Germany has issued an initiative to Russia, Britain, France and Italy, proposing that the countries hold a meeting in Munich, Germany to reduce the risk of war in Europe.

George did not go to Munich, and Mannerheim represented Russia at the Munich Conference.

The purpose of the mustache is not to eliminate the risk of war, but to further expansion.

At the Munich Conference, Germany made territorial claims on the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia, demanding that the region be incorporated into Germany.

The Germans' reason was to respond to the just calls of the Germans in the Sudetenland.

This is funny.

Sudetenland is the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia. The local residents are Czechs and Slovaks, not Germans at all. Where does the call for justice come from?
“Yes, we should face up to the demands of the Sudeten people and meet their requirements.”

Wilt Chamberlain was determined to pursue appeasement to the end, and he would probably agree even if the Germans proposed to completely annex Czechoslovakia.

"If sacrificing the Sudetenland can reduce the risk of war, then this loss is acceptable to us."

French Prime Minister Edouard Daladier would rather die than let his friends die.

Mussolini looked at Mannerheim with a serious expression, but ultimately did not dare to speak.

Let’s not talk about whether there were Germans in Sudetenland.

There is a large population of Italians living in the Isonzo River basin of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

Aren’t their calls for justice worthy of attention?

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