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Chapter 871: Having an affair

Germany's rhythm is very clear. It annexed Austria in March last year, Sudetenland in September, and Czechoslovakia in March this year, with a gap of six months between each annexation.

According to this calculation, Germany will complete the annexation of Czechoslovakia before September this year, and then launch an attack on Poland in September.

Before annexing Czechoslovakia, Germany had expanded its army to 50 divisions with a total strength of nearly 100 million people.

In addition to Germany, Austria, Sudetenland, and Hungary have also begun mobilization.

Even without counting these vassal troops, the German army's strength has already surpassed that of France.

Like Germany, Russia and its allies are also expanding their military forces in preparation for the impending war.

To George's surprise, France did not raise its alert and turned a blind eye to the increasingly powerful German army.

Britain did announce an expansion of its military by 20 troops, but the troops were not recruited from its own country, but were British-Indian troops drawn from India.

When George saw this news, he knew that the Anglo-French alliance was completely hopeless.

To prevent the German army from taking risks, George ordered the Russian army to be expanded to 100 million people, and ordered the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Goryeo, the Grand Duchy of Yuriev, as well as Australia and the Kingdom of Montenegro to carry out partial mobilization.

This command is very interesting.

George did not even spare the Kingdom of Montenegro, which had a population of less than one million.

The only order not given was to the Kingdom of Romania.

The Kingdom of Romania did not need George's order. After Georgy called on Carol to abdicate, the Kingdom of Romania had already begun mobilization.

George believed that the Kingdom of Romania was cooperating with Germany in mobilization.

Christmas comes quietly in a weird and tense atmosphere.

Germany has made frequent attacks in the past two years and reaped rich rewards, so this Christmas in Germany is unusually lively. Hindenburg delivered a national speech on Christmas Day, calling on all Germans to unite and work hard to build a strong Germany.

Britain and France also held grand celebrations, but George just regarded it as a carnival before doomsday.

There is no movement in Russia, the Orthodox Christmas is in half a month.

Carol finally returned to Bucharest and delivered a stern speech warning the Kingdom of Greece not to interfere in the internal affairs of the Kingdom of Romania.

Georgi responded sharply, saying that Carol's irrational behavior would bring great disaster to the Kingdom of Romania.

George ignored the two's verbal attacks and kept a close eye on Germany's movements.

After annexing Czechoslovakia, the German army expanded again to 70 divisions, including the vassal troops, and the total strength was close to 190 million.

In order to dispel Russia's doubts, German dictator Ribbentrop came to Russia to explain to Vasily in person that the German expansion was not aimed at Russia.

Ribbentrop was outspoken, claiming that Germany must wash away the shame imposed on it by the Treaty of Versailles.

Once Germany defeats Britain and France, Germany will begin to disarm.

Vasily also said frankly that Russia also participated in the Treaty of Versailles. How will Germany treat Russia?

"After the end of the World War, Russia was the first to lend a helping hand to Germany, thus avoiding a more serious disaster for Germany. All Germans will remember this."

Ribbentrop took a good attitude and put all the blame on Britain and France.

George just listened and didn't say anything.

Perhaps Germany really wants to coexist peacefully with Russia after defeating Britain and France.

But what if Britain can’t be defeated in a short period of time?
By then, even if the Junker nobles do not want to go to war with Russia, they will be tied to the chariot by the mustache men.

"To cross the English Channel you must have a stronger navy."

Vasily hoped that the German army and the British and French forces would perish together.

"Britain has invested all its resources in the navy. It is impossible for our navy to surpass the British army in a short period of time. Fortunately, we have a strong air force, and we can rely on the air force to fly across the English Channel."

Ribbentrop was confident that the Germans had found a solution.

Since the end of the last world war, the Germans have learned from their mistakes and have been summarizing and reflecting.

The reason why the mustache guy wants to maintain relations with Russia is one of the results of his reflection.

There is now a consensus in Germany that if Germany had not been led by Britain and actively provoked an arms race with Britain before the outbreak of the world war, Germany could have concentrated all its resources on the army and defeated France.

Another major reason for Germany's failure was that it was attacked from all sides.

During the world wars, the Russian Empire saved the British and French forces at least twice, but suffered heavy losses due to rash attacks, which ultimately led to the demise of the empire.

After the dictatorship came to power, Britain took the initiative to tear up the Washington Naval Treaty and devoted all its efforts to expanding its navy, attempting to provoke a new arms race. This time, the dictatorship did not fall for it and focused on developing the army, learning from its mistakes.

At the end, Vasily asked Ribbentrop to convey his greetings to German Emperor Wilhelm II.

As soon as Ribbentrop left, Vasily judged that there would be a war between Germany and Russia.

Taking into account Germany's strength, Vasily suggested that after Germany defeated France, Germany should immediately declare war on Germany while the main force of the army had not yet been transferred back and the domestic strength was weak.

The German navy was weak, and even if it landed on British soil with its air superiority, it would be difficult to completely defeat Britain.

Britain had plans to move its capital during the last World War.

Once Britain moved its capital to Canada, no matter how powerful the German Air Force was, it would be out of reach.

George hesitated.

Once Russia took the initiative to declare war on Germany, the course of World War II would be completely changed.

"George, don't hesitate, this is a critical moment."

Vasily chose the right time.

"Okay, that's what we've decided."

George followed suit, as this would minimize Russian casualties.

The little mustache man doesn't know that Russia is ready to cut off the source of the problem and implement the "White Plan" according to the predetermined plan.

France and Poland are allies. Germany will not take the initiative to attack France before eliminating the threat from Poland, otherwise Germany will fall into the embarrassing situation of being attacked from both sides.

The Poles have also realized that the situation is becoming increasingly dangerous. Earlier this year, as the German army was expanding its forces for the second time, Polish Prime Minister Władysław Sikorski ordered Poland to carry out a general mobilization.

Although Poland had a large number of troops, their equipment was backward and their training was lax, and the gap in strength between them and the German army was huge.

Prior to this, Poland had signed the German-Polish Non-Aggression Pact with Germany.

Just as August began, Germany announced the abolition of the German-Polish Non-Aggression Pact on the grounds that the alliance between Poland, Britain and France posed a serious threat to Germany's security.

George has become accustomed to Germany's repeated breaking of contracts.

Chamberlain did not think this was a prelude to war, and he was still working hard to push Germany and Poland to reach an agreement on Danzig and the Polish Corridor in order to avoid war.

Just as Germany tore up the German-Polish Non-Aggression Pact, Ribbentrop visited Russia again to emphasize the validity and legitimacy of the Russo-German Non-Aggression Pact.

The news George received was that the German army was ready to attack and could launch an attack on Poland at any time.

Threatened by war between Germany and Poland, Russian troops also began to move towards the Russian-Polish border to prevent the war between Germany and Poland from spreading to Russia.

What George did not expect was that Sikorski, regardless of the threat from the German army, transferred part of his troops to the Russian-Polish border to guard against the Russian invasion.

Piłsudski died two years ago.

First there was Piłsudski, and now there is Sikorski.

George couldn't help but sigh, it's true that the smaller the temple, the more evil spirits there are, and the shallower the pond, the more turtles there are.

Karl the Younger noticed that the relationship between Russia and Poland was becoming increasingly tense, and actually suggested that the Russian and German armies launch attacks on Poland at the same time to continue dividing Poland.

George wasn't interested in Carl Jr.'s suggestion.

After the end of World War II, Russia either deported the Poles in Russia back to Poland or dispersed them to Siberia, so the hatred of the Poles towards Russia is even greater than that towards the Germans.

Otherwise Sikorski wouldn't have done it.

While Germany was sharpening its knives, Georgi, who had been repeatedly provoked by Carol, finally couldn't bear it anymore and seized the Romanian tanker "Bucharest" passing through Greece.

The Bucharest was fully loaded with oil and was originally scheduled to go to Germany.

The Bucharest is a tanker owned by Carol.

Carol was very angry and threatened Georgi that if he did not release "Bucharest" immediately, it might cause a war between the Kingdom of Romania and the Kingdom of Greece.

"You're a coward who can only hide in a woman's crotch. Come on if you can!"

Georgy is fearless.

Rumor has it that Ribbentrop was having an affair with Carol's mistress, Elena.

(End of this chapter)