Chapter 59

"Germany needs to revise the Treaty of Versailles once again! Just as Britain's maritime interests are inviolable, Germany's bilateral borders need security. We need a legitimately expanded national defense force to defend against threats from Poland and the Soviet Union. Recently, the French have shown more and more aggressiveness, so Germany needs strength to protect itself from aggression. " With that, akado looked at Smith, who was in a bit of a dilemma.

Smith was silent. He wanted Germany and Britain to reach a naval agreement, so that Britain could reduce the pressure on naval construction. The first World War had stretched Britain's financial resources. It was not easy to maintain the world's largest Navy. However, once the German Navy withdraws from the competition and builds a few fewer warships, the British navy can also save a large number of warships to cope with the growing Italian Navy and the US Navy.

After thinking for a long time, Smith finally said, "are you sure this national defense force will be deployed on the border between Germany and Poland? And it's not huge? "

"Our neighbor Poland has 600000 regular troops and more than 1000 planes. Do you think our demands are too much? As long as the British government understands our actions, Germany will expand a force of 100000 people to defend against threats from the East. None of these troops will be sent to the German French border, but we require at least one armored force and a small number of aircraft. " Akado said as he took out a document and handed it to Smith to show him.

Smith took a look at the cover and was stunned because the title of the document was "plan Hades". He grabbed the document excitedly and carefully read the terms.

It clearly says that Germany plans to secretly arm 250000 soldiers to deal with the growing threat from the East and the aggressiveness of France. The whole plan only expands the national defense force to a certain extent, and what makes Smith very happy is that in the German Navy expansion plan of "plan Hades", the, Most of them are destroyers used to defend ports, and most of the guns are small toys with caliber of 150 mm.

Smith is even more gratified that even the 150 mm caliber guns, the Germans also intend to give up, those 88 mm caliber guns are not the threat of British warships - as for the torpedo weapon, its range of several thousand meters is just scrap compared with those British guns with a range of more than 20 kilometers.

"I'll report to London before I can give you an answer!" Colonel Smith closed the papers, stood up and asked.

Akkado pointed to the "plan Hades" document in Smith's hand and said: "do you mind if I take it back? It's still a confidential document for the German defense forces. If it wasn't for such a bad thing, I wouldn't take it out to a foreign official."

"If you can show it to me, why don't you give it to me? I have to rely on it to persuade our officials." Smith waved the document in his hand and asked, "is that ok?"

"All right! I hope this document can be exchanged for peace. " Akado sighed and said helplessly.

"Peace. oh Peace. " Smith went to his cupboard, took out two glasses, poured the whiskey, handed one of them to akado, and then raised his glass: "peace."

"To peace!" Akado also raised his glass with a smile.

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The French are completely stupid. In Germany, they are faced with overwhelming criticism. Everyone seems to be talking about the Treaty of Versailles. Demonstrations against the disaster imposed on Germany by France are everywhere. The Germans do not buy French goods, do not eat French food, and even attack the French in the street.

If it is only Germany that is so resistant to France, it is better to do so, because after all, France has used thunderous means to deal with the German defense forces this time. But first, the Dutch and the Germans stood together, making the French suffer a small loss. Later, the British expressed their understanding of the situation in Germany, and some members even proposed to amend the Treaty of Versailles. After a series of diplomatic mediation, the German Foreign Ministry described the situation of Germany as extremely miserable, which aroused widespread sympathy from the international community. For a moment, France was left alone.

The Netherlands was unwilling to hand over its own interests and helped the German destroy the evidence, leaving France without means of attack for a while. Then the Dutch statement directly slapped the French in the face.

The German national defense forces then came forward to clarify the matter, claiming that there was no attempt to violate the Treaty of Versailles. Then they vomited bitterness at the mass media, pointing to the map and saying that a soldier had to patrol 4 kilometers to maintain the entire German border. The national defense forces were at their wits' end, making reporters all over the world stand on the side of the German national defense forces.

The British shot behind the back makes it even more difficult for the French to say. Germany's unilateral compromise with Britain makes Britain satisfied. The practice of exchanging naval strength for army strength is also in Britain's interests. What Britain has always hoped is that Germany and France will restrict each other and have no time to care about the sea.

Belgium was even more direct. Seeing Britain's statement, it also fell to Germany that afternoon. In order to sell well, it even took the initiative to call together British and French ambassadors and put forward a proposal to amend the Treaty of Versailles with Germany.

Later, German President Hindenburg delivered a speech at the presidential palace, encouraging the German people to break free from their own shackles, and kindly accepted the bill proposed by the Belgian special envoy to amend the Versailles peace treaty again, vigorously advocating the incomparable friendship between Germany and Belgium and Britain. And at the end of the speech, there was a personnel appointment, akado? Rudolph was appointed chief of the general staff of the German national defense forces because of his outstanding service, and was fully responsible for the negotiation with the representatives of Britain, France and Belgium. Under the encouragement and instigation of Britain, there were Japan's insincere interference, bargaining with France, and many kinds of wrangles. After more than five months of hard negotiations, the new Versailles contract was finally passed and implemented in December 1925 at the joint arms control commission. The national defense army has become the biggest beneficiary, and almost all the terms have been changed, giving army officers a sense of rebirth. According to the new contract, the German army will maintain the size of 250000 people, can use automatic weapons such as light machine guns and submachine guns without restriction, and allow the German defense force to equip 200 tanks with a weight of less than 20 tons, while the number of armored vehicles and vehicles will not be subject to clear restrictions. Another relaxed condition is to allow Germany to set up an army flying team, which is responsible for the investigation of the German border and the transportation of important military personnel and materials. It is allowed to equip 40 limited speed biplane aircraft and 10 transport aircraft. The result of the dispute with France is that the new Versailles contract takes care of French national sentiment and adds the following clauses. Germany is still unable to deploy its armed forces in the Rhine demilitarized zone, and no more than 30000 troops can be deployed in two divisions on the German French border. At the same time, more than 100000 new German regular troops will be scattered on the German border and will not be allowed to move closer to the French border. Even though this contract is still the shackles of restricting the German armed forces, akado has turned this unfavorable situation into an effective counterattack. He broke the Versailles contract and opened the door to another expansion of the national defense forces. The first is the size of the national defense force. 250000 troops are recognized, and more than 100000 troops can come to the surface, which effectively alleviates the already fragile secret fund system of the national defense force. At least 100000 people's wages and equipment costs can be raised from the government rather than from private fund-raising. Moreover, Germany has been allowed to upgrade its light weapons and automatic weapons, which has made a big step forward in the modernization of the infantry of the German defense forces. At least the old and bulky machin heavy machine guns and other weapons can die. Secondly, the German * team was allowed to use airplanes. Although it was only 50 airplanes, it was a leap from scratch, which allowed the German defense force system to openly train and recruit its own pilots instead of hiding them. The most gratifying thing is that Germany is allowed to build its own armored forces, although the number is less than one fifth of Poland's, but the national defense forces can openly purchase their own tanks and combat vehicles, and carry out their own armored training, which is more than twice as good as sneaking in the mountainous areas of southern Bavaria. The negotiations are over, the news is back home, akado? Rudolph soon became a well-known German hero. The photo of him standing alone with his back to the camera in front of a group of diplomats from Britain, France and Belgium was printed on the front page of German newspapers. The headline of the big German newspaper is the most cohesive. It named this photo "who is willing to follow this man". It became the best newspaper to buy. After 10 times of printing, the supply still exceeds the demand. This issue of the newspaper is shared by almost everyone in Germany. People took to the streets, shouting the name of akado, gathered in front of the gate of the building of the joint arms control commission and refused to leave for a long time. This time, instead of throwing things inside, they raised their right hands and pointed at the sky at a 45 degree angle“ Make him a God that all people admire? A leader who drives everyone crazy. Let these fanatics go through fire and water with him. " Jagger? Hugo looked out of the window at the crowd shouting akado's name and asked Fanny, who also looked down at the crowd: "is this what you want?"“ no Not enough! That's not enough! " Fanny was a little excited and shortness of breath. She held the edge of the window and said, "next time, you should make him more handsome."