Although Britain and France have temporarily suspended Romania's military threat, the heavy troops stationed at the border have not changed. Moreover, the Romanian fleet also appeared in the Mediterranean, but this time its propaganda was to go to Italy for military exchanges.
Romania temporarily suspended military operations, which gave Britain and France a sigh of relief. However, Greece was still worried. However, compared with Romania's casual mobilization of 500,000 people, Greece could only mobilize 300,000 people with all its strength, because Greece always mobilized 300,000 people.
The population is less than 7 million. And whether Greece can even equip the 300,000 people with guns is a problem, because Greece’s reserves are simply not enough.
According to the latest news from Romania, Greece currently has weapons and equipment in reserve that can only equip 200,000 people at most. Greece is currently purchasing weapons and equipment from abroad, but it is difficult to buy and obtain weapons because many countries are afraid of competing with Romania and dare not buy them from themselves.
You can draw it from your own reserves and can only produce it now.
In addition, the current attitude of Britain and France is also interesting. Countries closely related to Britain and France are not interested in Greece's procurement contracts and versions. It is said that Britain and France do not want to irritate Romania too much now, and believe that Britain and France are delaying time in preparing for war in Greece.
But no matter how they purchase weapons and equipment, the Greeks alone are no match for Romania.
The gap between professional soldiers and conscripted soldiers is there, and compared with World War I, the requirements for soldiers are higher now. Going to the battlefield without a long period of training is a crime.
Therefore, Romania is not panic at all and is still making its preparations step by step.
However, compared with Romania's calmness, Britain and France are very busy. Now that British and French envoys are traveling all over Europe, they need to understand the attitudes of other countries and their views on these two crises. However, the main goal of Britain and France is still to focus on
Regarding the two countries involved, Germany and Romania, the crisis affecting European peace can only be resolved by reaching an agreement with these two countries.
For this reason, British Prime Minister Chamberlain even took a plane to talk with heads of state. Although planes are no longer the exclusive preserve of adventurers, flying by plane is still risky. As Prime Minister, Chamberlain actually took a plane in order to rush for time. It seems like this
The prime minister also fought for peace in Europe.
Chamberlain first had a conversation with French Prime Minister Daladier, but no one knew the content of the conversation. Then Chamberlain rushed to see Hitler and heard that Hitler did not even go to the station to greet him.
And now, Chamberlain, who had just gotten off the plane and was covered in dust, arrived in Bucharest. The flight all the way made this 67-year-old man look a little tired in his eyes.
Faced with the visit of the British Prime Minister, Romanian Foreign Minister Costel greeted him at the scene. "Welcome to Bucharest, Your Excellency."
"Hello, Mr. Costel."
There were no flowers or crowds to greet him, but Chamberlain didn't care about it, at least he was treated much better than he was in Germany. At that time, not only did Hitler not greet him, but no other high-ranking government officials welcomed him.
"Your Excellency Prime Minister, we have prepared a place for you to stay."
Facing Coster's words, Chamberlain quickly shook his head and said, "No, no, I want to go see His Majesty the King of your country now."
Chamberlain was very clear about who could make the final decision in Romania. He was not rushing this time just to rest. Otherwise, why not take the train? At least it would allow him to rest better. Flying was too much trouble, and so far he still has no idea.
I feel that my old bones are aching.
"Your Excellency Prime Minister, I think you should take a rest. Your current mental state is not very good."
Faced with Costel's dissuasion, Chamberlain insisted on his opinion. "I'm fine now and don't need to rest."
Faced with Chamberlain's insistence, Foreign Secretary Coster immediately took the Prime Minister into a waiting car.
On the way to the palace, no one talked in the car. Chamberlain was thinking about how to convince Eder when he saw him next, while Costel was because of other reasons.
As he arrived at the palace, the lonely and sleepy journey finally came to an end. But to Chamberlain's delight, Romanian Prime Minister Mihalakai and Deputy Prime Minister Kerstev were waiting for him at the door.
"It seems that Romania has a better attitude than Germany. Maybe the breakthrough lies in Romania."
With a thought flashing through his mind, Chamberlain stepped out of the car and faced the two prime ministers who greeted him with a smile.
"Hello, Mr. Chamberlain."
"Hello, Your Excellencies Mihalakai and Kirstev. Thank you very much to the two Prime Ministers for welcoming us."
After a brief mask, Chamberlain took the initiative to raise the topic. "We have always respected Romania. Your country blocked the red threat in Eastern Europe and made outstanding contributions to world peace. This is enough for all countries in the world to be grateful to your country."
But your country’s sudden request for Greece to return its territory is enough to disrupt the peace situation in Europe, which is puzzling.”
Facing Chamberlain's words, Kerstev replied coldly. "This is nothing to explain, because Greece oppresses the local Bulgarians, which is enough to show that the previous treaty was wrong. Since it is a mistake, it needs to be corrected, and it is corrected now."
It's time."
Compared with Deputy Prime Minister Kerstev's speech, Prime Minister Mihalakai had a much better attitude. "Okay, don't keep your Majesty waiting."
Although Prime Minister Mihalaka shut down the topic, Chamberlain still got the information he wanted. It seems that the influence of Bulgarians in this coalition government is much higher than previously expected.
After meeting Edel, Chamberlain discovered that there was no one else here except Edel, not even the clerk.
"Hello, Your Majesty Edel."
"Hello, Mr. Chamberlain"
After a brief greeting, Chamberlain spoke of his purpose. "Your Majesty Edel, your country's actions in Greece will completely create new turmoil in Europe. You must know that your country is also a beneficiary country of the Versailles System. Such actions must be
It will lead to other countries following suit, which will plunge Europe into various disputes. You must know that there are ethnic minorities in every country. If such a big war breaks out because of a small misunderstanding and injustice, Europe will never have peace."
Although what Chamberlain said was very pleasant, Edel was unmoved. Is the name of the UK a troublemaker for nothing? The UK has rich experience in dealing with this problem.
He shook his head and said, "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, you are wrong. The Greek and Czech issues this time were caused by a few countries using the Treaty of Versailles to target ethnic minorities with nationalism and achieve their purpose of diverting public attention.
Among them, Greece and the Czech Republic are representatives. We cannot give these countries the illusion that the international community can do nothing to them, nor can we just apologize and ignore them. As the proverb often says, if an apology works,
So what do you want the police to do?"
Of course, Edel said this without a blush or a heartbeat. The Jews in Germany and the Hungarians in Romania could not speak because no one spoke for them.
Facing Edel's speech, Chamberlain knew its intention, but he knew that he still had to fight for what he had to fight for. Britain did not want the Mediterranean to become more lively. There were already three powers in the Mediterranean, and no one was willing to force one of them to join.
"Your Majesty Eder, I can understand your country's mood, but neither our country nor France agree with the return of territory to Greece. This will increase tension in the Balkans and is detrimental to all countries."
Faced with Chamberlain's words, Edel picked up a document and handed it to Chamberlain and said, "I stopped the Romanian action precisely because of my respect for Britain and France, but our patience is very limited. This is the mobilization order given to me by the military.
, I haven't signed it yet, and I don't want to sign it. But I will sign it if necessary."
Chamberlain listened to Edel's speech and looked at this Romanian mobilization order, which is the war mobilization prepared by the Romanian military. According to this decree, Romania will recruit men aged 18-35 to join the army. The requirement is to recruit 1.2 million people at one time
.
It was obvious that this mobilization order was prepared for British and French intervention. Looking at this, Chamberlain felt that the war was about to fall in front of him. Thinking of the previous discussion with French Prime Minister Daladier, the old man could not sit still. He was now
