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Chapter 658 Similar but different

It is believed that this man who was called "a man who could buy German champagne at the price of someone else's purchase of French champagne" was indeed very capable. At least, he brought back an agreement to Germany.

A deal that Hitler was eager to see hope. Although Britain, France and Italy did not have any other actions except for the signing of the Agreement on Joint Defense of France, Britain and Italy, this may not change at any time.

Any changes will interrupt Germany's development process. This is something Hitler didn't want to see. The agreement brought back by Ribbintrop to Germany directly laid the foundation for him to become a foreign minister!

April 13, 1937, Berlin.

Hitler held a meeting happily, and at which Ribbintrov and his surprise stood behind Hitler. Hitler took out a letter and handed it to the participants for circulating.

"Look! This is the efficiency I pursue! Ribbin Trov! He did a good job! Better than anyone else. I just asked for the attitude of Britain and Italy, but he brought me this agreement! This is the most precious gift! This is also a proof of ability!"

Hitler was excited again, stood up and pressed his hands on the table and shouted loudly to the participants! As his voice was heard, his hands were still waving, while some of the participants showed joy and some of the participants looked unpleasant.

When the letter was circulated to the hands of Minister of Economic Affairs Hermann Goring, he carefully read the letter.

"Oh, Lord Ahim von Ribbintrov

Dear Your Excellency

In the past few days, representatives of the German government and His Majesty the King's Government have held consultations and talks on the preparations for a meeting on naval arms issues.

I am honored to inform you that His Majesty the Government of England has agreed to the opinions put forward by the German Government on the future German naval military forces, namely:

The proportion of the future naval power of the German Navy to the total naval power of the United Kingdom and all member states of the Commonwealth should be 35:100. His Majesty the Government of the British King believes that this opinion is an extraordinary contribution made by the German government to maintaining the future naval military restriction system...

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Federal Affairs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Robert Anthony Aiden (Signed)”

After reading a letter, everyone roughly understood what the British thoughts were. The agreement was very simple, and he directly broke the so-called Treaty of Versailles! He fundamentally removed the shackles tied to Germany.

This treaty mainly stipulates that the total tonnage of German naval ships shall not exceed 35% of the total tonnage of commonwealth countries' naval ships stipulated in the Washington Naval Treaty and the London Naval Treaty.

In terms of submarines, Germany ensures that the tonnage of the retained submarines shall not exceed 45% of the total tonnage of the Commonwealth National Navy submarines.

Simply put, as long as Germany signs this agreement, they will legally possess arms! This is recognized by the United Kingdom, who signed the Treaty of Versailles at that time! It is legal!

"Hahaha... I have said a long time ago that these people are not a monolithic! They always have selfish intentions and gaps!" But when Hitler laughed, he said to everyone present.

"Now! My generals! It's time for you to show your skills! Let the damn Treaty of Versailles go to hell! Arm our troops! Let's prepare to get back the honors that belong to our Germany!!"

"Yes!! Dear the Head of State!!" War Minister Werner von Blomburg, Supreme Commander of the National Defense Forces William Keitel... and other German generals present stood up excitedly and responded loudly to the short Austrian corporal!

Regardless of whether it was admitted or not, this corporal indeed led Germany out of the predicament! It opened the shackles and allowed Germany to gain the right to stand up again! Just based on this point, these generals were willing to call "First of the People"!

"For Germany!!" Looking at these generals, Hitler roared with all his might! And with his roar, all the cabinet members present!

"Yes! Head of State! For Germany!!"

At the beginning of this day, Germany entered an emergency military expansion! The whole country cried bitterly for being able to re-owned the army, and there were many "博" flags flying on the streets! People raised their hands and called out the name of the head of state!

The army was quickly armed and the factory began to produce with all its strength! Their goal was to have the largest amount of armed forces belonged to the German army in the shortest time!

Britain was shaken, and Italy naturally would not continue to persist. This persistence was meaningless because a secret envoy slowly arrived in Germany with the plane.

The air in Europe began to gradually become solemn, and all parties also stared at the situation here with breath! A slight turbulence may trigger a war that swept the world again!

"These damn, traitorous British bitches!!" French President Albert Lebron roared in his office with a pale face, and in front of him was the chairman of the French Council of Ministers Leon Bloom, who looked at the president's angry but did not dare to say a word.

"It seems that none of us can count on it anymore! I just want to know. Can we punish those damn German guys? Tell them that we will cut off their fingers if we violate the signed agreement!"

"Sad! Mr. President, I don't think we can punish the Germans..." If someone else said this, Lebron would jump up and argue with him immediately! In World War I, was France defeated? No! We won!

But this speaker made Lebron unable to have any confidence. Because the speaker was promoted to French Marshal in 1918 and was once the Minister of Defense in 1934, Marshal Henry Philippe Baytang!

"Although I'm unwilling to admit it, in fact, France is no longer the same as before..." Philippe Betton sighed and said to the president.

"Are we still the soldiers who were willing to die on the battlefield now?" Betton looked at Lebron and whispered: "You answer me, do we still have such soldiers in France now?"

Lebron did not answer, but just sighed deeply. The current French soldiers are far from those in the War. The victory of the War won the time of France but also extricated the courage of France.

Everyone mentioned war. It was a terrifying and terrifying tone. Because of this fear, France's dominant idea was to limit Germany. Therefore, the appearance of things like the Treaty of Versailles was to appear.

And with the Treaty of Versailles, there is also the Maginot Line of Defense!

In 1919, just after the end of World War I, France began to argue about the issue of setting up defense lines on the German border. In 1925, a plan was formulated to build a regional system for the construction of ** foundations on the border. Partial construction was carried out in 1927. In 1928, a comprehensive construction project began!

This line of defense was not basically completed until 1936, and the entire project cost up to 6 billion francs!

This kind of crazy defense line similar to the ancient Great Wall in China has no effect. Unfortunately, people don’t know this yet.

"Marteor Betan, what I want to know is whether the Maginot line can block the Germans' footsteps?!" This is what Lebron cares about the most!

"I have said a long time ago! We must have an organization that unified command of all military groups and create an offensive 'deterrent' air force!" But Betton said to the president: "I often emphasize! We should maintain a strong mobile force behind a considerable distance from the defense line to cope with any situation of German breakthroughs!"

"Did anyone listen to me?! Who is developing the Air Force?! I only saw that our Air Force was reclaimed, and I did not see the development of the armored forces I hope to see. Now even the tiger in the Far East has a better experience in armored warfare than us!!"

Betton said to Lebron, not giving the president any face. He made Lebron extremely embarrassed. At this time, Lebron, as chairman of the French Council of Ministers, quickly rescued the siege.

"Marson Marshal, can we be able to learn? Moreover, our French Republic's industrial capacity is not worse than that of Germany. In fact, as long as we step up production, we can still make it..."

"Is it too late?! How much time will the Germans give us?! How much time will it take for a unit to form a combat power?! Can our existing troops withstand high-intensity combat?!"

I have to say that Betton is for a good soldier. But he is just for a good soldier. The politics he participates in will be in a mess. Because he does not understand politics.

When Germany began to march into France in 1940, the French army commanded by Morris Gustav Ganmolin and Maxim Weigang retreated step by step, and the domestic political situation was in chaos. Paul Ronno found Betan and became the deputy prime minister of the cabinet.

The old man with zero basic political intelligence was stupidly back, but he actually knew that France would completely fail, but made a choice. He chose to surrender.

These choices made him infamous for thousands of years. However, Charles de Gaulle, who was in the deputy minister of the Ministry of Defense and the Army, retreated to the UK to organize the "Free France" movement, and was finally recognized as "the greatest Frenchman ever"!

When you see China in a daze, you seem to be able to find such people. But they have changed their names, one is Henry Philippe Betton, and the other is Wang Zhaoming.

One is the French marshal, who was once called Verdun's savior, and the other is a revolutionary veteran who once assassinated the regent and was arrested and wrote a poem saying: "Turn the knife to make a quick move, and you will live up to the young man."

This is so similar...

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