Chapter two hundred and eighteen the strongest invincible Italy
The British now regard Churchill as their savior, but does Churchill really have the talent or judgment to rival Reinhardt?
The answer is yes, absolutely no!
Not to mention that Reinhardt's ability to predict things comes from historical inevitability that has already happened. Even through the God's perspective of later generations, Reinhardt's vision is much wider than that of his contemporaries.
On the other hand, Churchill's previous prediction of Germany's victory was just a mentality of exaggerating the crisis to increase the public's recognition of his point of view. It happened that Germany actually won a complete victory, which made Churchill's original deliberately exaggerated conjecture
became a fact.
What is even more ridiculous is that Churchill, the savior in the eyes of the British, respected Mussolini, the Italian leader who secretly allied with Germany, as his idol!
As early as 1927, when Churchill visited Rome, he publicly lamented: "If I were Italian, I would have worn the uniform of the Italian Blackwood Army."
Later at the press conference, Churchill confirmed in public: "If I were Italian, I would stand on the same front as Mussolini's party and fight Bolshevism until we win."
In Churchill's view, the friendship between Britain and Italy began as early as the eras of Garibald and Cavour. The reason why Italy participated in the Allied war against Germany was also due to the significant influence of Britain.
As the leader of Italy, Prime Minister Mussolini was simply a model for contemporary leaders of various countries in Churchill’s eyes!
Churchill did not even doubt that the Italian leader would definitely leave "the footprints of a lion" in history in the future.
Recently, he has privately reflected more than once and concluded the reasons for the development of the situation. Chamberlain's failure was that he originally expected Poland to become a strong ally of Britain in Europe, but ignored Italy, a traditional European power that was far better than Poland!
The French Third Republic is already fighting side by side with the British Empire, so Italy's attitude will be the key to determining the final outcome!
If Italy helps Germany, this world war-level European showdown will become a 2v2 stalemate. If Italy sides with the United Kingdom, then the British side will evolve into an overwhelming victory of 3v1 in the future. Even if the Kingdom of Italy chooses neutrality, Britain, France and
The duel between Germany is also a 2v1 duel that is more beneficial to the British side.
Churchill also believed that Italy's propaganda of having an army of 3 million people would not be too big. After all, in his eyes, Italy was a more centralized country than the United Kingdom and even Germany. With Italy's population base of 41 million,
, coupled with the large number of troops provided by the colonies, it is easy to form a force of 3 million!
But in fact, the reason why Italy has so many paper troops is simply to order a large number of civil servants to "put on military uniforms" and forcibly fill up the army. However, the actual number of Italian troops barely reaches 1.63 million.
And this was the result of Mussolini's recent military expansion during the Polish campaign.
But while Churchill was still indulging in his wishful thinking of winning over Mussolini, Mussolini, whom he admired, had personally rushed to Berlin, Germany, and started a discussion with Reinhard on the future of the war.
"With all due respect, you, the great Italian leader, have always been my spiritual mentor. Berlin being able to welcome a great man like you to visit will add infinite honor to this city." As soon as we met, Reinhard said
Praise Mussolini to the sky.
"Hahaha, I can see that your words come from the bottom of your heart." Mussolini's envy, which he had been harboring before, suddenly disappeared after being praised by Reinhard, the German head of state who had just won the Battle of Poland.
It disappeared without a trace in an instant.
Looking at this arrogant fool, Reinhard felt mixed emotions in his heart. Which eye did you have to tell that I have developed my heart? I suggest you really dig out that dog eye.
Although he was despised in his heart, Reinhard showed no intention of stopping the flattery on his lips: "I'm really surprised that Mr. Leader can speak German so fluently. It's really amazing that you have such a talent.
Lucky for the Italian people.”
"Hahaha, yes, you are very knowledgeable. Not only can I speak German well, but I can also speak English and French fluently." Mussolini's tone was full of unconcealable joy. For this person who can speak well
He liked the German head of state from the bottom of his heart.
But Mussolini didn't notice that Reinhardt's seemingly respectful gaze showed bursts of contempt and disdain from time to time.
Can you speak four languages? That is the job of a translator, not a task for a national leader! This can only be said to be a skill of an ordinary person. For a leader of a country, it is not even considered a worthwhile task.
Proud talent. As the Prime Minister of Italy, he cannot sort out government affairs at home and promote the country's prestige externally. He only has the capital to stand on two sides because of the strength of Germany. He is not ashamed but proud of it.
What really made Reinhard feel incredible was Mussolini's generous statement next: "Although Italy began to contain the one million French troops deployed in the Alps for the Germans as early as the Polish campaign, but
This is not the end. Once Germany can beat the British and French forces to the point where they will collapse with one more punch, the Kingdom of Italy will be happy to punch the German army and send out a large army to wipe out the millions of French troops in the Alps."
There are 1 million troops in that damn place in the Alps? This bald man must have been drinking fake wine!
Not to mention how ridiculous Mussolini's practice of deliberately exaggerating the number of French troops facing the Italian army was for the sake of face. I, Reinhardt, am also the head of the Third Reich. Even if I don't rely on the prophetic advantage of the time traveler,
It is possible to find out the approximate number of French troops in the Alps. Is it meaningful to lie about this kind of thing?
Besides, this guarantee that "when the British and French coalition forces are at a point where they can fall with just one punch, Italy will immediately send troops", does this make the entire German top management, including Reinhardt, look like a pig?!
If it really gets to that point, doesn’t Germany know that it can handle the final blow on its own? Why does it need Italy to do it?!
Suppressing his disgust at the bald man's smart-aleck behavior, and with the mentality that you just don't cause trouble, Reinhardt pretended to be Mussolini's leader and flattered him without any bottom line: "As the conqueror of Ethiopia,
, the winner of the Spanish battlefield, this final blow of the Kingdom of Italy will definitely be thunderous and shock the whole world!"
Mussolini thought to himself, "Why is this German head of state so lovable? Not only does he speak nicely, but he can also 'work' for himself without even realizing it!"
Reinhard was also thinking in his mind, "You can fight whenever you like, but you can't beat me anyway. Did Italy, known as the strongest country in Southern Europe, win any wars after 1939?!"