Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 478: Neighbors
"panzervor!" The imperial head of state enthusiastically stood in the commander's tower and waved his arms forward twice.
The mighty Maybach engine began to roar, and the engine exhaust pipe spewed a pungent cyan smoke, the huge steel car body trembled in place, and then began to slowly move forward.
"I don't think this is a good idea, General." The chief of staff of the high command whispered to Weierle. At this moment, he is standing on the stand of the weapons test site with a group of commanders, facing the new head of the Führer. Toy salute.
"But the Führer looks very happy, so there is no problem at all." Weierle raised his arm with a relaxed smile on his face.
"Berlin peace parade, when European countries will send the most elite guards of honor to gather in the capital of the empire. This is a stage to show the world the mighty power of the Greater German Empire. I request that all participating troops must go all out because of this. To the dignity of the German nation." Brausic stroked his newly cultivated mustache, and the commander-in-chief of the army felt that this would look more majestic.
"But the head of state should stand on the podium and accept the tribute of all visitors, rather than standing in the command tower of a tank. This is really not solemn enough." Keitel looked worried.
"Your Excellency Marshal, I disagree with this statement of yours? Why is it not solemn to stand on the tank." Guderian felt that Keitel's words were a bit harsh, which was equivalent to hitting a large number of tank commanders.
"You know I didn't mean that, General Guderian." Keitel glanced at the sting coldly.
"The Führer’s exclusive tank regiment will all undergo similar modifications? Is there time for it." Klug considered the problem from a realistic perspective.
"Rheinmetall is working overtime to produce accessories. They promise to complete all the work within a week." Weirler turned his head and said to Klug.
"In addition, the head of state just wanted to try his car. As for how to arrange the military parade, there is no definite plan until now, so it is too early for you to say this. And I can guarantee that the head of state will not I would like to hear the kind of words just now, and I hope you can pay attention to your words, your honorable marshal." Weierle turned to Keitel and said.
"The Führer is the supreme leader of the empire. Every decision he makes is meaningful and well-thought-out, so don't try to influence the Führer's thoughts, your Chief of Staff." Lundstede reminded .
"You all know that I didn’t mean that. How could I want to influence the decision of the Führer, let alone question my loyalty to the Führer." Keitel just casually expressed her thoughts, not understanding why. Rebuked by colleagues.
The chief of staff made a big splash in the Italian campaign, and for a while, the popularity of the people faintly overwhelmed Brausic. After being touted by the media, Keitel felt a little self-inflated in the command. The foundation is not very strong, and of course it has caused dissatisfaction among neighboring colleagues. Otherwise, just a word of gossip, even if it involves the head of the empire, it will not be besieged by a group of people.
"How about you? Daogen!" Xu Jun held the bakelite shell of the headset microphone and shouted to Daogen in the turret.
"It's very good, my head of state." Dogan sat on the communication stand, clutching the frame of the side radio station.
"Let's run another lap." Xu Jun ordered.
"Yes, my head." Randolph responded loudly.
"Randolph, go full speed! Panzer, vor!" Head Xu Da yelled happily.
"Yes, my head!" Randolph happily stepped on the accelerator.
Head Xu Da grasped the cold iron handrail next to the control tower, and the improved tank No. 4 equipped with chrome-plated mirror armor began to dash forward at full speed.
The Hydra Legion finally left the Spanish border, which really relieved the Spanish dictator. This kind of substantial pressure is not something ordinary people can bear. Franco had to rely on sleeping pills to fall asleep some time ago.
This is really torturous. The Germans neither declare war nor retreat. The powerful tanks circle the border every day, and from time to time they will engage in the last live ammunition drills, just as if they are wealthy and they don’t care. How much fuel and shells will be wasted.
How could Spain stand this? Franco quickly dispatched envoys to negotiate. Spanish diplomats almost said all the good things, but the legion commander Mordel remained unmoved, claiming that the legion was operating on French territory, not unlike Spain. Anything, besides, this is the decision of the Imperial High Command. If there is any problem, go to the High Command to complain. He is only implementing the orders of the head of the Third Reich.
Franco has no other choice but to continuously send reinforcements to the north. Almost all the elite forces of the Madrid Phalange party have been transferred to the northern border, but the more troops are invested, the sense of crisis in the hearts of the Spaniards has become more serious. .
When Germany declared war on Italy, the Spanish government and the opposition immediately fell into a panic. Italy is Spain’s closest ally. In terms of military strength and equipment, all of them far surpass Spain. However, such a powerful Italian armed forces sit on guard. The defense of the Alps, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, was defeated in the face of an attack by the German Wehrmacht. Spanish generals believed that the Spanish army would be the defense, and it would never be any better.
At this time, the two infantry regiments of the German Army have landed in the Port of Gibraltar and began to assist the British defenders there to strengthen the defense of the fortress. The opportunity to attack the fortress from land has been lost, and Spain cannot recapture this land by force. .
Franco realized that he had to stand in line, otherwise Spain would be isolated by the whole of Europe. If he didn't know how to choose, it would be too late to say anything when the German Wehrmacht came to Madrid.
What bothered Franco even more was that the Portuguese dictator Antonio de Oliveira Salazar completely threw away his morals, and did not even say hello, and went straight into the embrace of Germany.
The "great Portuguese" completely discarded the pretense of neutrality and sent a diplomatic envoy to Berlin to sign a package cooperation agreement with Germany, and at the same time represent the Portuguese government to join the new German-led European order. Portugal has opened naval ports and bases to the British, French and German navies. The warships of the Three Kingdoms can not only dock at ports that use Portugal at will, but also can obtain the supplies and repairs they need in any Portuguese colony.
Portugal has also signed an order with a British shipyard and ordered four cutting-edge [Cleopatra-class] air defense cruisers, two of which are produced in Plymouth, UK, and the other two are assembled in Portuguese domestic shipyards.
At the same time, the Portuguese army is rapidly being Germanized, and Spanish intelligence agencies have discovered that a part of the Portuguese army has been replaced with German-made m40 helmets. Within a week, three large transport fleets entered the Port of Lisbon, filled with infantry weapons and ammunition produced by Germany.
Franco suddenly realized that he might be in danger of being attacked back and forth, and this time he has no African colonies to back up. The port of Ceuta and Melilla have fallen into French control. Generally, in this case, it is absolutely impossible to get it back without using war methods~IndoMTL.com~ But everyone knows the consequences of starting a war, no one will be stupid. Go to war with France.
Franco knew that he had pitted the Germans, especially regarding the trade of rare minerals. He almost openly robbed the Germans. The Germans will not forget these things. Spain will pay for its greed. He must be prepared for heavy bleeding. Now the new German head of state is much more dangerous than Hitler, and his style is more cunning and insidious. If he is not careful, the fate of next door Italy will be a lesson.
The so-called Italian army attacked and killed the German observers. Franco didn’t believe a word. Although Mussolini was an idiot, he had many sensible people, like this old trick. Thanks to Stade being able to play over and over again.
Franco is an old cunning model. He doesn't care about personal honor or disgrace. On the same day that France broke through the northern border of Italy and occupied Genana, Franco also sent a special mission to Berlin and the Spanish envoy took it. He wrote a personal letter to the German head of state, which is said to be full of flattering words, which is regarded as a symbol of the dictator's submission to the German head of state.
Although the Spaniards have unruly personality, they are not stupid people who don't know how to advance and retreat. That kind of stupid has long since died in the Civil War, and now almost all of them are human spirits. They all know that at this time, it is more advantageous for Spain to take refuge in the Germans, so no one, whether it is high-level politicians or the general public, stood up against Franco's decision.
Spain agreed to join the new European order and recognized Germany’s absolute leadership. Xu Jun completed an unprecedented achievement. The young head of state took only five months to bring European countries into a certain Unification in form.
A new and powerful European Union, for the first time in its entirety, appeared before the eyes of Europeans. (To be continued.)