Chapter three hundred and sixteen fighting for justice
"This is not a new war, this is just a continuation of the Ruhr War in 1923!"
In Germany, Reinhardt delivered a national radio mobilization speech in the early morning:
"In 1923, the French and Belgian armies brazenly invaded the Ruhr Industrial Area in Germany. At that time, they started a war.
From that day on, the war has always existed and has never ended.
In those days when we were weak, others bullied us, and even the weakest country (Belgium) trampled on us. But at that time, we could only scream to express strong indignation and protest.
Today is May 10, 1940. Today, we use the deafening sound of cannons to make the original invaders tremble! Today, we use iron and blood to crush their unreasonableness and tyranny, letting them know that we are not a group of people who only know how to protest.
coward!
We have the great ideal engraved on the German flag, and we have countless heroes who have been fighting for this ideal to this day! President Ebert, General Hindenburg, and Reinhard Heydrich as their aspirational successor,
They will all continue this ideal for the sake of Germany!
In Berlin today, nothing can save our motherland except this ideal! Fortunately, we now have the opportunity to implement this ideal. We are not like what we were when the Treaty of Versailles was signed 20 years ago.
of powerlessness.
The Treaty of Versailles is a great shame! We have the determination and reasons to refuse to implement it!
Do what we want, and if you want to fight, then fight! Then I will be able to see whether you are 70 million slaves or 70 million unyielding Germans!
This time, we fight for honor, to regain our freedom, dignity, glory and justice.
The Treaty of Versailles was unequal and an unjust treaty imposed on Germany by the great powers. It was a clause created by the British, French, and even the Belgians to enslave us.
They want to take away our freedom, and we will never allow it!
Unlike what they once did, we will not fight for slavery. We will fight for freedom and for justice that will reshape the world!
We must let the always proud British, the proud and invincible French, and the Belgians who take advantage of the situation know that the Germans are not machines, not cattle and horses, we are human beings! We are the Germans who have never surrendered!
No one can conquer us, no one can enslave us, and no one is allowed to despise us. My compatriots, the decisive battle with France's old enemy has begun in full force from today!
Last time, we fought the French for four years. But this time...I promise, it won't take more than four months.
Let us defeat Belgium, which loves robbery, France, which pursues hegemonism, and Britain, which pursues colonialism, and bring justice to Europe and the world!
Long live Germany and the German people! Long live justice!”
In the name of justice, Reinhard occupied the moral high ground from the beginning.
This time, the Third Reich did not attack the Netherlands, which had remained neutral since World War I, nor did it invade Norway, a neutral country in Northern Europe.
Reinhardt pointed all the spearheads of the German army at the real aggressor. Britain invaded Narvik, Norway, France and Belgium invaded Ruhr, Germany. Reshaping world justice, this illusive slogan,
It is extremely appropriate to apply it to Germany today.
At a time when the Kingdom of Norway has made a high-profile announcement to withdraw from the League of Nations and join the anti-colonial Allies led by Germany, more and more countries are beginning to sympathize with Germany.
International public opinion has begun to tend to support Germany, a country that finally emerged from the desperation of World War I and is now beginning to make practical guarantees for the neutrality of other small European countries.
The United States, on the other hand, has adopted a non-committal attitude towards this war.
On the one hand, the British side, which the United States favors, does not seem to have any reason worthy of public support from the United States. Their public opinion work is really poor.
Although the Admiralty Minister Churchill was no less eloquent than the German head of state Reinhardt, what he did gave people the bad feeling of an invader and was not worthy of praise.
On the other hand, a civil war in Europe fully meets the interests of the United States. Just like World War I, it would be better to smash Europe to pieces again. At that time, the United States only needs to finally declare that it is on the side of the victor.
, send troops to help the already dominant country win the war, and then you can sit at the negotiation table and enjoy the benefits of the winner.
Don't doubt the savvy of the Americans. In the original World War II, they effortlessly used some old warships and surplus materials to exchange them for a large number of overseas military bases from the British, and subtly took over
The sun never sets on the British Empire.
Now, the possibility of civil war in European countries is simply a situation that the U.S. government thinks about day and night. Expecting the United States, which wants this to happen the most, to stand up and call for restraint from both sides is tantamount to expecting that all American politicians are idiots with negative IQs.
What's more, even if the U.S. government calls on both sides to exercise restraint, it will have no effect. On the current European battlefield, the various armies are on the verge of an arrow, with no way back. No one will allow the other side to withdraw from the war while maintaining its strength, leaving behind
It will cause trouble later. Germany does not allow it, nor does Britain or France!
In contrast, Italy appears to be much more active. Mussolini, Italy's "contemporary Caesar" who had long been cooperating with Reinhardt, asked Britain and France to export more materials to Italy at low prices.
, as a thank you for Italy's neutrality. On the other hand, he asked Reinhardt for strategic supplies as a military supply guarantee for Italy's upcoming participation in the war.
In response to Mussolini's request, Britain and France cautiously agreed to export some cotton, grain, machine tools and other non-strategic materials. Both Britain and France hoped that these things could stabilize Italy, but they were unwilling to let Italy buy them from them.
Strategic materials such as oil, so it is possible to use these materials against ourselves in the future.
Reinhardt's performance seemed a bit strange and over the top. On the one hand, he declined Mussolini's proposal to import large quantities of coal mines, but on the other hand, he offered to provide Italy with Germany's advanced fighter technology as compensation, expressing his willingness to provide it.
German technical personnel and drawings jointly developed a new fighter aircraft for the Italian Air Force.
As for Italy's participation in the war, Reinhard unexpectedly showed little enthusiasm and seemed vaguely reluctant.
Mussolini was very confused. Didn't he know that with the support of Italy, the fourth largest country in Europe, Germany would have a lot less military pressure?!
