When the news that penicillin was about to enter mass production reached Edel, Edel was troubled by one thing.
In fact, Edel had forgotten about penicillin before. He didn't see it until Fleming invented penicillin and it appeared in the newspaper. But fortunately, Edel had enough funds, and Professor Bolwin was responsible for the development of mustard gas.
Feeling guilty, he turned to medicine and studied medicine. Of course, he strongly supported this rare talent in Romania.
It is very important for Romania to hear the news that penicillin will be mass-produced now. Among other things, the treatment of wounded soldiers can reduce the loss of manpower in Romania.
In the ensuing war, Romania's manpower among the countries was slightly more than that of Italy, which was at the bottom. However, it was still not comparable to other major participating countries. This also caused Romania to cherish every manpower used.
Moreover, penicillin also has good effects on other diseases. Many inflammations and tuberculosis. Especially tuberculosis is a common disease now, and the characteristics of airborne infection make it extremely harmful to the human body. Penicillin has miraculous effects on its treatment.
Now the news that penicillin will be industrialized and mass-produced naturally requires the cooperation of the government. So Edel handed the news to the guard after reading it.
"Send it to the Prime Minister's Office and ask the Prime Minister and others to start the construction of the penicillin factory immediately. If there are any problems, let Professor Bolvin provide technical guidance."
After waiting for the guards to leave, Edel picked up the telegram he had read before and felt an unusual headache.
There was nothing in this telegram. It was just news about Germany’s occupation of the Czech Republic.
Here we need to explain the situation in the Czech Republic. After the signing of the Munich Agreement, the Czech Republic, which ceded the Sudetenland, was disheartened. In their eyes, they had been betrayed by Britain and France, and they lost the dangerous Sudetenland Mountains as a refuge to continue to maintain the country.
Sovereign independence is no longer possible.
Moreover, at this time, Poland and Hungary, who were nearby, also took the opportunity to invade the Czech territory. Poland took the lead in occupying Cieszyn, and then also occupied several villages in the Slovak province.
Hitler later recognized Poland's actions. In addition, Hitler also gave the Kosch plan to Hungary to win over the Hungarian government.
On the other hand, after the Czech Republic fell into chaos, the Slovaks, who had been suppressed for a long time, established the Slovak Autonomous Government in the Slovak Province.
With internal worries and powerful enemies outside, the Czech Republic had no choice but to seek refuge with Germany. Perhaps in the eyes of the world, isn't this the act of joining a tiger feeding a tiger?
But this is just what ordinary people think. For the ruling class, protecting their interests is the top priority.
Hitler saw this very clearly. So he intimidated the new Czech president, Imir Khacha, and declared that he "advised" the president to recognize Germany's occupation of Czechoslovakia, otherwise he would send the air force to bomb Prague.
On the other hand, he assured the Czech ruling class that they would not touch their interests.
In the face of Hitler's coercion, the Czech government, which had no resistance in its heart, gave in obediently. So Hitler, who got the result he wanted, ordered the German army to invade the Czech Republic immediately on March 15.
This almost became a replica of the march into Austria, except without the flowers and welcoming crowds. Because Hacha ordered the Czechoslovak troops not to resist the Germans, the entire march was very "peaceful".
Hitler also came to Prague Castle on March 16 and announced the end of the Czechoslovak regime. As in history, Slovakia was independent, and as for the Czech part, two protectorates were established, "Bohemia and Moravia Protectorate"
"State". The laws and policies exercised by these two nominal protectorates are no different from those of Germany. In fact, they are regarded as another way of saying annexation.
Moreover, after Germany annexed the Czech Republic, it immediately invested a large amount of money in transforming its industry to better meet Germany's needs. After acquiring the Czech Republic, Germany's military industry has been greatly improved. This former Austro-Hungarian industrial base has played a vital role in Germany's industrial transformation.
Supplements are comprehensive. Especially in the arms industry, Skoda's annual arms output is equivalent to the output of the United Kingdom. And among the industrialized countries in the Czech Republic, it ranks 7th in the world, second only to the United States, the Soviet Union, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Romania.
, after law.
If before annexing the Czech Republic, Hitler could only rely on intimidation to make Britain and France give in, then now he can use military strength to make Britain and France think twice.
As for Germany's move to annex and dismember the Czech Republic, Britain and France did not express any excitement, even though the Czech Republic had previously been an important ally.
The performance of Britain and France made many countries begin to consider their relations with Britain and France. For a time, contacts between countries became increasingly frequent, and officials in charge of diplomatic work were active all over the world. And now there is a thick smell of gunpowder smoke in the sky over Europe, and even ordinary people can
smell.
In Romania, however, they were in an anxious mood regarding Germany's actions of annexing and dismembering the Czech Republic.
Although Germany still respects Romania very much and did not take the opportunity to bring Hungary to its side, and Slovakia was also independent. Although Slovakia is just a puppet state, it is much better than a direct border between the two countries.
However, although Germany respects Romania in these aspects, Romania feels like it has been cheated on the terms of the crucial Munich Conference.
Because of the common advance and retreat with Germany at the Munich Conference, Britain and France had a new view on Romania's relations. During that time, Britain and France did a lot of diplomatic work on Romania, but considering the terms of the alliance with Germany, they did not
There were not many responses from Britain and France.
Of course, the main reason was that the conditions offered by Britain and France were not enough for Romania to abandon Germany. However, when Germany annexed and dismembered the Czech Republic, Romania felt pressure.
First of all, the diplomatic attitude of Britain and France towards Romania has dropped a lot, and Greece has also used Italy's annexation of the Kingdom of Albania as an excuse to massively expand its army. Moreover, a lot of arms have been directly shipped by Britain and France in the name of loans. So the Greek army currently reaches 30
Thousands of people, this made Mussolini, who still wanted to cause some trouble to take advantage of Greece, stop his small actions.
Seeing that the consequences of Germany's annexation of the Czech Republic are shared by both countries, how can this satisfy Romania? Although Edel knows that this is just the beginning, many people in the country have different opinions on whether to continue to maintain the alliance with Germany.
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Although Edel can suppress it with his own prestige, how can he suppress this kind of thing? It is like a spring. The harder it is pressed, the greater the rebound force. And no matter how high Edel's prestige is, he cannot do everything in accordance with it.
own thoughts.
And he also wanted to see Germany's reaction to this, and how much attention it paid to Romania as an ally. So despite the headache, Edel continued to wait.
