Glorious Mission 1937

Poland surrendered, and this Eastern European military power that dared to go to war with Germany and the Soviet Union ten years ago perished, and it was only one month before Germany launched an attack on Poland. While being surprised, they were even more terrified. They seemed to see the German Empire from World War I again.

But what is incredible is that although Britain and France are well aware of the threat of Germany, they did not stand still on the Western Front when Poland was attacked by Germany, especially France, which had the most powerful army in the world at the time, with millions of troops Quietly looking at the 26 German divisions facing each other, under such a huge advantage, the French army not only failed to seize the opportunity, but sat quietly behind the steel and concrete fortifications, watching a The quixotic heroic allies were thus destroyed by the Germans.

The inaction of Britain and France alarmed the Eastern European countries. Their national strength is not as good as Poland, and their army is even less pitiful. If Germany attacks them, then it is foreseeable what the result will be. Therefore, before Germany has any new trends, Eastern Europe and Southern Europe Some small countries have offered olive branches to Germany.

In fact, not only the small countries in Eastern Europe are panicking, Britain and France are now also scared. Although they seem to be very powerful at this time, they actually know their own situation, especially France, which claims to have the world's largest army.Prior to this, the French "government" had made a clear guarantee to the Polish "government" in the Franco-Polish military agreement that once Poland was co-opted by Germany and other countries, the French side "would be ready within three days after the general mobilization order was issued." gradually launch an offensive against a limited number of targets within a period of time”.The treaty further stipulated: "Once Germany attacks Poland with its main force, France will launch an offensive against Germany with its main force from the 3th day after the French general mobilization begins."

When Colonel Jacques Linz, the Deputy Chief of Staff of Poland at that time, asked how many troops France could send to participate in this large-scale offensive, General Gamelin of France once told him.France can send about 35 to 38 divisions by then. [

But in fact, France was not ready for war at all.In other words, Britain and France, especially France, are in a state of no military preparation.This is not groundless, first when Germany launched an attack on Poland.As an ally of Poland, France's military industry has not kept up with the pace of the times at all, and it has not even shifted to the wartime track economically, and it lacks material preparations.

At that time, France could only produce 38 aircraft per month, while Germany had already produced more than 1942 aircraft per month.Anti-tank guns on the French front at the time of the war.Anti-aircraft guns and light machine guns are in short supply, and even the pistols worn by generals are hard to find.In the face of the enemy, many skilled workers in munitions factories were transferred from the public factory "to clean the garden or peel yams" to do some handy work; those in the factory also "worked at a peacetime speed" and did not work overtime.All munitions orders and the establishment of new factories were done according to the plan of fighting in [-].However, the war finally broke out earlier than its subjective wishes, and the soldiers and civilians were reluctantly drawn into the war, but they lacked fighting enthusiasm.Some people don't even know where Danzig is, and feel no need to "die for Danzig".The above-mentioned messy situation reflects to a certain extent the reality that France is not only participating in the war but also lacks material and spiritual preparations.

However, Germany's clean capture of Poland created a big opportunity for Chen Feng.The strong rise of Germany alarmed Britain and France. Britain hastily dispatched troops to its colonies and member states of the Commonwealth to return to Europe, and at the same time mobilized money and materials to prepare for war.As the largest member state of the Commonwealth of Nations, Australia has of course received a request from the British "government". According to the meaning of the British "government", Australia will provide the UK with at least 30 billion pounds in funding and more than 5 troops.

Fortunately, the army, after all, Australia now has 9 troops. Although only 9 of the 1 troops are regular troops, and the rest are irregular troops, the Australian "government" believes that as long as a period of training is completed, all There is no problem with [-] to [-] troops.

But this 30 billion pounds of money is not a small number.You must know that 30 billion pounds is equivalent to 135 billion US dollars.At this time, Australia has a population of less than 700 million, and its annual fiscal revenue is less than 150 billion U.S. dollars. This is not counted as the "government"'s normal budget, and the annual balance is less than 25 billion U.S. dollars.It is of course impossible to say that the whole of Australia cannot collect 30 billion pounds, but once such a huge sum of money is handed over to the British "government".Then Australia will face a very serious financial crisis.

At a time when the Australian "government" is in crisis, its finance minister, Arthur Gaidar, proposed to the "government" that it may consider resuming negotiations with the Chinese warlord Chen Feng. This sum of money can not only help the home country survive the crisis, but at the same time protect itself from financial crisis.

More importantly, Arthur believes that world war is inevitable, so the penicillin drug that can treat knife wounds will definitely become a war resource that countries are vying for, and the price of penicillin drug will definitely increase again by then Therefore, if the formula and production process of the penicillin "drug" are obtained before the outbreak of large-scale war, it is undoubtedly a cash cow. At that time, the "government" can not only obtain a large amount of fiscal revenue, but also obtain more something other than money.

Arthur's proposal was approved by the then Australian Prime Minister Menzies, and soon the cabinet held an emergency meeting, and 96% of the cabinet members agreed to restart negotiations with Chen Feng.

Soon the Australian "government" got in touch with Yan Changxi, Chen Feng's fourth concubine, and hoped that the two sides would resume negotiations on the purchase of the island. Yan Changxi was not very active about this, and the news from the United States made the Australian "government" very upset. Frustrated, the US "government" seems to be negotiating with Chen Feng, intending to sell several large islands near the Philippines, including Luzon Island, to Chen Feng, and the price only needs to be less than [-] billion US dollars.

Fortunately, they did not reach a final agreement, and the Australian "government" is still very confident in New Guinea and Tasmania. After all, the huge area advantage of New Guinea is not comparable to any island in any country. In contrast, Menzies hastily sent a negotiating team led by the Minister of Finance to the United States.

Their efforts paid off. Yan Changxi agreed to formally restart negotiations. Australia also knew that the situation was not good for them this time, so they took the initiative to lower the sale price and were willing to pay 200 billion U.S. dollars in cash and the patent of the penicillin drug. Authorization to sell New Guinea and Tasmania.

However, this price was not accepted by Yan Changxi's negotiating team. The reason is, of course, that although Australia has sovereignty over the islands of New Guinea and Tasmania, it has hardly carried out any infrastructure construction on the islands. Now these two islands are almost In a barren land, even if the Chen family bought these two islands, they would need a lot of money for basic renovations. The money spent would be an astronomical figure, so it is better to buy a smaller area with In the end, Yan Changxi's negotiating team offered a purchase price of 100 billion U.S. dollars and a patent license for the penicillin drug, or 200 billion U.S. dollars in cash.

Of course, this price cannot be accepted by the Australian "government". Price bottom line, so do not agree with this price.

It was not until October 10 that the two parties finally finalized the amount of the transaction. The Chen family finally bought the islands of New Guinea and Tasmania that originally belonged to Australia for US$8 billion and the price of the patent license for the penicillin drug. It was settled, but Chen Feng also put forward 140 subsidiary conditions before buying the island, just like the subsidiary conditions Australia had before selling the island.

: The penicillin "drug" produced in Australia cannot be sold to Japan, nor can it be sold to Japan under the guise of other countries.

: Before the mineral resources on New Guinea were developed, Australia would establish a peaceful and friendly trade relationship with the Chen family to provide necessary resources, such as iron ore and copper ore, for the development of New Guinea.

: After the transaction is completed, the guards of the Chen family will be stationed in New Guinea. Within three years, Australia has the responsibility and obligation to protect New Guinea and Tasmania, whether it is a private force or a state force. Australia We must do our best to protect the investment of the Chen family on the island!

: Since the signing of the agreement, all assets on the island have been sealed up, and all properties that belonged to Australia belong to the Chen family. At the same time, all private property on the island cannot include land, mines, forests, rivers, lakes, etc., except for residents’ normal houses. Except for land use, all land resources on the two islands belong to the Chen family.

The third of these four subsidiary conditions made Australia consider it for a few days. The first two Australia agreed without even thinking about it. They know the relationship between China and Japan and the rules. Of course, such important war materials It cannot be obtained by hostile countries. [

However, it is very embarrassing for Australia to protect these two islands.As a famous anti-Japanese general in China, Chen Feng could imagine the hatred between him and Japan. More importantly, they could imagine that after Chen Feng bought these two big islands, he would definitely build some military facilities. If this is an excuse to attack these two islands, then it is justifiable, after all, the two sides are still in a state of war!

But thinking of the Philippines and many islands separated by the United States, the Australian "government" believes that Japan should not send troops to attack these two islands in order to avoid stalemate with other countries in the world. In addition, this transaction is very important to them. Therefore, after careful consideration, the Australian "government" agreed to Chen Feng's four conditions! (To be continued.)

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