Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 203: Telegram (Part 1)

Although it is an old house built 40 years ago, the facilities inside the hotel are in good condition. It can be seen that the daily maintenance work is done with great care. The Rose Hotel has two of the most high-end royal suites. Only VIPs with a certain status can stay. Of course, the price is quite expensive. The rent for one night is almost equivalent to the salary of an ordinary worker in London for two months.

The room layout is full of Victorian British style, ancient and heavy carved oak furniture, pastel vases with Western porcelain paintings, brass-clad self-ringing bells ticking, and window lintels hanging with hollows Patterned gauze curtains, linen tablecloths with green flowers are also stitched with delicate lace.

The raised bed with bronze bedposts on the four corners is covered with white silk sheets as white as snowflakes. The thin blanket with the lion heraldic pattern is neatly stacked in front of the pillows, and the silk mosquito nets are light in the breeze rolled by the ceiling fan. Swing lightly. Every inch of the decoration in this room is showing the guests the exquisiteness of the early industrial age, the British unassuming and implicit luxury.

The previous owner of this room was Randolph, and the staff who cleaned the room even cleared out a lot of personal debris left by the lieutenant colonel. Obviously, he was going to return here to continue after finishing the front-line work. live. No one had thought that the Führer would come to this hotel before, and of course the best room would be reserved for the officer with the highest rank.

There are two senior suites. Randolph is in better condition than the other. In theory, the head of state must live in the best one. There is no need to argue about this issue.

With the approval of the head of state, the attendant replaced the hotel’s original bedding. The hygienic conditions of that era were beyond the imagination of future generations. Even some high-end hotels at that time were still infested with fleas and bugs. The reason why silk bedding is sought after by the upper class in Europe is that in addition to the silky and delicate touch, it is also because the silk is so tightly woven that fleas and bed bugs cannot survive in it.

Don’t think that the author is too exaggerated. The best products sold in Europe in the early twentieth century were all kinds of insecticides and lice. The poison "Zyklon B" used to kill Jews in Nazi history was itself. It is a publicly available civilian insecticide that can be bought in any community pharmacy in Germany. The US Customs has also used this drug for a while to remove lice and quarantine European immigrants who went to the New World to pan for gold.

In the individual equipment of the German Army, there is a dedicated anti-lice meal, but historically the Eastern Front German Army still caused a large number of non-combat attrition due to typhoid fever and other diseases transmitted by fleas. In fact, even in the 21st century, Europeans still have not gotten rid of the problem of lice and fleas.

After the attendant prepared the room, Xu Jun and Weierle left the lounge and returned to their respective rooms to rest. As mentioned earlier, the head of the empire was woken up in the morning, and was already quite tired after running around.

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"Are you really going to hire that housekeeper? My head of state." Weierle asked. The general had just finished a comfortable bath, and at the moment he was only wearing a nightgown.

"Leave aside this, what do you think of this telegram." Xu Jun also just took a shower, wearing the white silk pajamas given by the secretaries.

"Count Stauffenberg...he gave us a problem." Weierle said, scratching his forehead.

"Anyway, our attitude must be tough, to give the Japanese a clear signal." Xu Jun walked to the round table and sat down and took a cigar from the humidor.

"I fully agree with your decision, my head of state." The chief of staff nodded his head.

If you don’t break up and crush these Japanese people, they will add comments at the end of your words. They think they have understood the true thoughts of the other party. Regarding the Japanese brain supplement ability, Wei Erle has learned from Oshima Hiroshi many times.

This telegram was received by the head of state while taking a bath. Because the communication level is relatively high, it needs to be delivered to the head of state as soon as possible. So when Disenhofen delivered the telegram, Xu Jun soaked in the bathtub happily .

"Japan must open up the business route from Shanghai to the area controlled by the national army. They are not allowed to bargain at all. The last time Marshal Blumberg was assassinated and the concession invasion has not yet ended. The Japanese cabinet thought it could be so easy Did the misconception pass?" Xu Jun lit his cigar and flicked the matchstick into the ashtray.

"Regarding the earl’s request, I think it needs to be handled with caution. It is not a wise thing to overstimulate the nerves of the Japanese." Weirler took off the monocle and placed it with the telegram. On the desktop.

"This is not a simple military or diplomatic issue. It should be treated as a political issue. Weirle, we don’t need to care about what the Japanese think. Now Britain and France are waiting to see us. The attitude on this incident and the handling of this matter have touched the core foundation of the European Union. If we do not stand with Britain and France, then what is the significance of this alliance." Xu Jun dangling his cigar and standing. I got up and started pacing back and forth on the Persian wool rug in the living room.

"The Japanese want to continue to maintain the land military blockade of Shanghai. We have no objection to this. But they must ensure that European companies have the right of free passage on Chinese territory. Don’t forget that the Japanese government has not formally agreed with China. The government declares war, and we have every right to operate outside the military conflict zone." Xu Jun's emotions became a little excited.

In this period of history, because both China and Japan did not declare war, the Japanese government could not openly annex those occupied areas. In order to circumvent the constraints of international law, the Japanese military has fostered a number of puppet regimes in China.

These pseudo-regimes claimed to be local regimes established by the Chinese themselves, and signed a treaty with Japan, allowing the Japanese government to station troops in their controlled areas, thereby avoiding the possibility of international interference.

Although the powers knew in their hearts that the Japanese were playing tricks of stealing their ears and stealing bells, none of them were willing to stand up to expose these scams. Japan’s absolute military superiority in Asia led those countries with interests to choose to sit and wait. New changes are emerging.

So at present, in the legal sense, Shanghai should belong to the Chongqing government. Germany still recognizes the legality of the Chongqing government at this time. The Japanese side claimed that Shanghai was a municipality of the Wang Puppet regime, but so far, apart from a few countries such as Siam ~ IndoMTL.com~, no Western powers are willing to recognize the Nanjing regime. But no matter which side you choose, what is certain is that this place does not belong to the territory of the Japanese Empire, and Japan does not have the right to rule here.

So before the outbreak of the Pacific War, the area actually controlled by Japan in Shanghai was only the Japanese Concession. Other urban areas, such as Huxi Maltu, were externally managed by members of the Wang Puppet regime, and the Japanese military and police could not make it public in these areas. Come forward, at the same time, the British and French concession forces cannot cross the boundary casually.

In history, because Britain, France and other countries have fallen into the European battlefield, the powers did not retain much power in Asia. As a result, the Wang puppet government relied on the support of the Japanese, stupefied to suppress the concession authorities frequently bowing to them.

But now that Xu Jun has come to this time and space, the military strength of European powers in Asia has not declined, but has increased significantly.

The impact of this change is still unclear for a while, but one thing is very clear, that is, the scumbag of Wang Puppet in Nanjing, the future will be very difficult.

PS: Thank you for your support, the author will continue to work hard.

The style of painting is back again. o(〃'▽'〃)o