Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 257:

Because he was going to the shooting range in Kummersdorf, Xu Jun took a Mercedes-Benz G4 six-wheel off-road sedan this time, but it was not the convertible model that Hitler loved, but a box version with enhanced bullet-proof armor.

The G4 in which Xu Jun was seated was specially modified by Mercedes. It just joined the Führer fleet in early December. The total weight of the car body has increased to five tons, which is almost a ton and a half more than the prototype. The 115-horsepower eight-cylinder four-stroke engine is equipped with a new type of turbocharger, and the road speed is increased to 90 kilometers per hour.

The paint of the whole car is silver-gray with pearl luster, with bright black fenders, and all exterior parts are plated with chrome. Except for the imperial head of state flag hung on the flagpoles on both sides of the front, there are no other redundant signs on the whole car, which increases the difficulty of identifying potential attackers. This type of off-road sedan is not unique to the head of state. It is in the high-level command organization of the German army. It is not uncommon, such as the few marshals who often come to the Prime Minister's Office.

Extending his body on the spacious leather back seat, the head of state opened the storage box in the middle of the seat and found in the silver-plated ashtray that he had smoked half of the cigar last time. The head of state picked up the half of the cigar, hesitated for a moment, looked down at the sign on it, and then pressed the electronic cigarette lighter inserted in the ashtray.

"Give me the telegram from Shanghai, Eric." Xu Jun said to the adjutant sitting across from him.

"Please wait a minute." Tysenhofen picked up the briefcase on the seat next to him and pulled out a folder from it.

"It's our Mr. Earl." Looking up at the telegram, he turned to Weirler and said with a smile.

"There should be results this time." Weierle also laughed.

After being promoted, Stauffenberg became very energetic. He would send a detailed report to Xu Jun almost every week, telling him about the status quo of the magical capital he witnessed in Shanghai and negotiating with Japanese diplomats. At least two-thirds of the content is this kind of information, and the remaining one-third is collected confidential information and requests for various issues.

Staufenberg knows very well that although he is a plenipotentiary envoy, Berlin is always watching the situation in East Asia. He doesn't have the space and leeway to act on his own likes and dislikes. He is just a middle-ranking officer in the German Army. Being the representative of the head of state does not mean that he has the power to do whatever he wants. Count Stauffenberg dare not forget this.

This is also Xu Jun's greatest merit. Until his defeat, the earl has been demanding himself with strict aristocratic standards. He insisted on the Bavarian aristocracy's understanding and judgment of loyalty and honor from beginning to end. In history, he even persuaded himself to accept the idea of ​​the Nazis persecuting the Jews because he believed Hitler was a leader worthy of the German allegiance.

This earl is different from Baker’s group of conspirators. He is an idealist. He joined the anti-Hitler gang halfway through. What he wants is different from everyone else. He really wants to save his people. With the motherland, and other people in the gang, even the core members, are just for their own interests or want to take power from the Nazi Party.

"Long live the holy German Empire." This is the last word of the earl in the world. His awe-inspiring behavior caused the officers responsible for the execution to dare not let him shout all the slogans.

Xu Jun didn’t worry about such a day at all. The earl put a handbag at his feet, because as long as he can lead Germany to victory, the German Wehrmacht will not betray him, even if it is Baker’s conspiracy. Home, and only dared to jump out of the chaos after the main German army was defeated on the Eastern Front.

"The Japanese once again chose to back down, but they should be close to their bottom line. If they continue to persecute, they may encounter strong backlash from the other party." Xu Jun turned a page of documents and smiled to Wei Erle said.

"The information we have obtained shows that the Japanese cabinet has encountered considerable pressure during this period." Weierle replied.

"The pressure from the cabinet is not only from their military, but the Japanese chaebol should have also intervened. Go back and let the embassy in Japan pay attention to collecting relevant information." Xu Jun held a half of the cigar in his mouth, and then picked up the already The popped cigarette lighter lit the **** of the cigar.

"Unfortunately, I still can't open the Chinese market, my head of state." Weierle felt a little regretful.

The Japanese side did make concessions and opened the passage of German caravans to the mainland, but in fact the entire South and Central China market has basically been controlled by Japanese capital, and it is difficult for German products to gain a foothold in the Japanese occupation zone. . At this time, Japan has excluded almost all foreign capital from its sphere of influence, regarded China as its own bag, and regarded its interests in China as its own prohibition.

Asia is the Asia of Asians. This slogan was finally chanted by the Japanese. Nationalism is generally effective in this situation. Except for China, which is being invaded, almost all Western colonies in Asia are right. The Japanese slogans resonated somewhat.

This is the main reason why these colonies in history would wave their flags to welcome the Japanese invading army. Many people thought that the Japanese really came for the freedom of Asians, but they did not expect that they would wait for more brutal killing and enslavement than those European colonists.

The nationalist education in Japan has gone crazy and has evolved into Yamato national supremacy racism. They discriminate against all countries and nations that are lagging behind Japan, even to the point of anti-humanity. The inferior races serve the noble Yamato nation. This is the blessing of these backward races. The responsibility of the Japanese is to "civilize" the ideas of these nations, so that they will surrender willingly at the feet of the emperor and become the subjects of the Japanese empire. Allegiance to the Japanese Empire.

It is with this arrogant idea that Japanese senior management manages these occupied areas in Southeast Asia, and the result is that after the war, the Japanese ~IndoMTL.com~ has been infamous in these areas for a long time. However, because of the needs of the Cold War after the war, the Americans worked hard to endorse the Japanese, and the Japanese took the opportunity to erase the crimes they had committed, and for a time even regarded themselves as victims of the war.

"Do we have any products that need to be dumped in China? Not at all, Weierle, we are not the United Kingdom, we don’t need to compete with Japan for the market in the Yangtze River basin, or the trade share of these areas in southern China. We just need to maintain The trade with Chongqing is enough. Now you see, what we have gained, the right to do business directly with the hinterland of China, is actually far beyond my previous expectations. Japan is by no means a nation that is willing to give in vain, they are now Backing is to move forward in the future. I can guess what the Japanese prime minister thought when he made this decision, and at the same time, I can guess what he wants in return from us. "

"Same as before? The empire's recognition of the puppet government?"

"No, Weierle, you underestimate the ambitions of the Japanese. What they want is Japan’s recognition of Asian rule. Ribbentrop told me that Hiroshi Oshima repeatedly proposed Request, I have a separate interview. Japan obviously wants to restart negotiations on the Japan-Germany alliance, and then delimit the sphere of influence between the two sides." Xu Jun dusted the cigar duster and turned a page of telegram again.

"Look at this paragraph, Weierle, Wang Puppet's secret agent headquarters in Shanghai, no longer exists." Seeing here, the head of state couldn't help but refreshed.

"To be completely razed to the ground? It seems that the earl was having a good time in Shanghai." Weierle said with a smile.

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