Chapter 25

Four magistrates died in Germany. It is rumored that it was a strange traffic accident such as a three car serial collision, which made everyone sweat for Germany.

At the beginning of 1922, cars were not as popular as they are now, and there was no endless traffic flow in the streets. Especially at 8:00 p.m., there were very few cars on the street. Against this background, a three car continuous high-speed collision case aroused many people's doubts, In particular, the accident happened when the four judges went to inspect a German military camp, which made the case more suspicious.

However, the German side did not cooperate with the French investigation of the case, and hastily ended the investigation as a traffic accident. The German side's representative, sikert, vomited bitterness in front of the Allied arms control commission, believing that it was suspicious for the French officials to go out late at night, which at least won the sympathy of some of the officials of the Allied Military Commission.

This incident has cooled the relationship between the defense forces and the French side to a freezing point. Both sides blame each other at international conferences. Another sudden crisis has made France unable to tolerate the hostile attitude of the German government any longer.

At the end of 1922, the German mark began to depreciate wildly. German leader Albert called the French Prime Minister and the British Prime Minister, and sent a note to the French and British ambassador to Germany. The purpose is to request the governments of the treaty countries to suspend the heavy war reparations demanded by the peace treaty of Versailles.

However, this seemingly helpless but reasonable request was rejected by French Prime Minister Raymond? Pengale refused. The French side has contributed to the fire by frequently mobilizing border troops, making it a bit difficult for the prime minister to ride a tiger. For a moment, the sky over Europe was overcast, and war seemed likely to break out at any time.

At this moment, in a conference room in Paris, France, the French high-level is holding an interim meeting for this matter. At the meeting, most of the generals thought that Germany should be sent out to completely destroy the whole European continent. However, those who know a little about politics are not optimistic about this plan. The United States, Britain and even the Soviet Union can not tolerate a strong France dominating the European continent. Therefore, once the action is launched, France will suffer from the enemy on several sides and fall into crisis.

"Mr. prime minister, we have to make the Germans pay the price! The blood of FA * people can't be shed in vain A general sits in his seat and talks to French Prime Minister Raymond? Pengale.

French Prime Minister Poincare shook his head helplessly: "Sir general! We can't declare war on a country because of an accident that looks like murder! The national budget has been tripled because of the end of the war. How can I support a huge war? "

"Hum." Another general sneered: "there are only 100000 people in Germany now. As long as we send out two groups of forces, we can completely destroy all their troops. Then we can fight to Berlin and let Albert and the hateful hickory kneel in front of us!"

"What about England? Have you ever thought that if we try to dominate Germany alone, Britain will stand on the side of Germany, and the United States will follow suit. Then the Treaty of Versailles will be a dog chain tied to us! " For a group of generals who don't understand politics, French Prime Minister Poincare has some helplessness. He has to translate the problems he faces into words that these generals can understand.

He pointed to the map and poked his finger at the border area between France and Germany, where there was a long thin line on the French territory: "Parliament has just passed the bill to build the Maginot defense line. Most of the military expenditure will be used to build this super defense line to ensure that France will never be invaded. Your attack plan will not be allowed at all."

"Well, sir, what if we make a little change to the plan?" In the corner, a colonel raised his hand: "we only send one division to occupy Ruhr, an important industrial base of Germany, on the ground of the war reparations that Germany owes us."

He stepped forward and said: "we can achieve two goals: first, recently, the coalition arms control commission received news that Germany is secretly expanding its army. Obviously, they are not willing to lose the last time. We can completely destroy the foundation of their rearmament! That's Ruhr Industrial Zone; Second, if Germany revolts, its military strength will be exposed, so that they will immediately arouse Britain's vigilance, so that our actions will not be hostile to Britain, right? "

"That's right, Colonel de Gaulle. In this way, our plan will be more secure, we will send fewer troops, and we will not cause hostility and resentment from the British government. As long as our foreign service sticks to it for a week, Germany will give in." A general stood up and said.

Colonel de Gaulle frowned: "general, I don't think we can be so optimistic about the situation. I expect it will take at least a month for this operation to achieve the desired results. We must be prepared that the German defense forces will not resist. "

"No resistance? Then we will occupy Ruhr and use the products there to make up for the cost of our troops and the compensation for the war. " The general gave a sneer.

What else did de Gaulle have to say, but he was interrupted by the prime minister, because the prime minister pangal couldn't wait to agree to this smaller plan of action. After all, it was too comfortable compared with the original plan of sending dozens of divisions: "no problem at all, sir. I will persuade the parliament to agree to the military's action."

"I wish the Germans were as stupid as our generals." At the end of the meeting, de Gaulle sighed to his deputy: "once this plan fails, no one can stop Germany from rearming itself." The plan of action to invade the Ruhr Industrial Zone in Germany was approved by the parliament. The French army immediately began to mobilize, and the logistics department began to distribute back-up ammunition and oil to the front-line troops participating in the operation“ Bell! Bell! Bell Major gascoir of the intelligence section of the general command of the German defense forces picked up the phone. A few seconds later, his eyebrows turned into a ball. Then, with his strong Prussian emphasis, he gave an order: "if there is any more information about this, report it directly to Colonel akado." Then he hung up the phone in a hurry, put his hat on his head, walked out of his office, went upstairs and came to a room with a closed door. There was a small wooden sign on the door that said "special affairs office". Gascol put on his clothes and knocked on the door. When he heard that he came in, he opened the door. Then he looked eagerly at the man sitting in front of him who didn't look up. With a click of his heel, he stood at attention and saluted: "Colonel akado! Information section has important information to report to you! The French have acted In fact, akado's rank is only two levels higher than that of him, and he is not the immediate superior of gascoir. After all, in name, the intelligence department is directly responsible for general hickett, and gascoir should not treat akado like this. However, akkado created Germany's current intelligence department and devoted himself to building the almost omnipresent German shadow force, which gave Germany's intelligence department a famous Gestapo. Major Gaskell, trained and promoted by akado, is a loyal subordinate who respects akado like a God. Therefore, the Gestapo of the German national defense intelligence branch, which sikert has always been very satisfied with, has always been an important force controlled by akkado“ Did the French act? " Akado looked up at his excited subordinates and began to smile: "they can't help it at last! Here's our chance“ As you expected, sir, the French are going to invade Ruhr. We have already deployed the 4th and 6th divisions near Ruhr half a month ago. This time, we can easily eat up the French invading forces. " Gascol felt that acardo's foresight was unmatched. He successfully predicted the French action content at the beginning of the crisis“ I don't want it any more! Plan a is shelved. I'll give an order to carry out plan B. I'll report it to general hickett immediately. This time, I'll bury a lot of people with this trap. " Akado waved his hand with a smile and said, "go back! Next time, don't come to me casually. If general hickett finds something, you may lose your position! " After gascol left, acardo took out the prepared plan and went to hickett's office under his arm“ Look at what you've done, the French have done! Do you know that once a war breaks out, we will be completely wiped out? " Hickory frowned at a relaxed face of acardo, feigned angry reproach: "tell me, what's your plan!"“ War will not break out! Because there will be no resistance from the IDF! " Akado said with a smile: "the resistance is spontaneous. It's the people of Ruhr Industrial Zone who started it! It's not our national defense forces. " As soon as he picked his eyebrows, hickory immediately understood what akado meant: "kill two birds with one stone! It's Colonel akado. "“ Didn't the general already think so? Otherwise, the first division and the 17th division, which have the strongest combat capability, will not be held in place, and there is no sign of half a point transfer. " Akkado was so relaxed that he couldn't see that he had attacked several enemies in France and Germany at the same time“ First, the inability of the national defense forces to fight back proves that military spending will continue to increase. The German government is in crisis and needs the support of the military, which we have earned; Second, there is a rift between the French government and the British government. The arms control commission has been hit hard. It's easier for us to fish in troubled waters. " "I feel more and more that it was right to choose you as my deputy," said hickett, looking at akado“ At least, it is absolutely right for the national defense forces! " Akkado looked at general hickett, who was more and more wary of him, and said this.