Chapter 144

Prime Minister's residence, London, UK.

"Mr. Prime Minister!" A British naval officer handed a report to MacDonald, who was drinking coffee. "Our intelligence confirmed that the German Navy is building two huge hulls. The two battleships originally built for us have basically stopped working now."

"The Germans are going to war?" MacDonald frowned and looked at the naval officer who had come to report: "what do the French say? The joint arms control commission should stop this, shouldn't it? "

"Mr. prime minister, if you turn on the radio, you will probably receive the German head of state, akkado? Rudolph's national speech. " "The German announced the abolition of the joint arms control commission and the expulsion of all foreign troops on German territory," the officer said in a somewhat stiff tone

"It's impossible!" MacDonald finally put down his coffee and turned on the radio. Then he heard acardo's inspiring cry accompanied by the hissing of radio interference: "gentlemen! There is still an institution in our territory that hinders our independence! This organization compresses our army and does not give us the right to defend ourselves! Should we tolerate such inequality? no Should we let others take care of our family? no Freedom is our yearning! Strong is the basis of German survival! So I solemnly announce here! The German government no longer recognizes the legitimacy of the Allied arms control commission! The German government will order the joint arms control commission to disband and leave German land within a time limit! "

"My God! Inform your majesty! In the next 24 hours, I want the number, equipment and preparation of all units that can operate! Tell all the generals who are not on leave to come to my office. " With a dignified expression on his face, MacDonald said to his secretary, "immediately issue an order to inform the Embassy in Germany and be ready to evacuate at any time!"

British Embassy, Berlin, Germany.

Smith was watching his adjutant with several embassy staff stuffing his suitcase with all kinds of things: "hurry up, gentlemen! Or we won't be able to leave! Damn arcado! Is he crazy all of a sudden? It's a time to challenge the bottom line of tolerance in all countries. "

"How could they do that? This is starting a war! " "Just received a phone call from the French Embassy, the German Foreign Ministry officially issued a notice to expel the Allied arms control commission," the adjutant said

"Now I don't know what the Germans want to do!" Smith sighed and said, "do they want to fight another world war? And then lose and lose? "

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On the French border, officers are busy distributing bullets to all the soldiers, and engineers are strengthening the surface of the Maginot Line in some areas. The whole magino line is a busy scene.

After receiving the notice from Germany, France began to mobilize its own troops. 11 divisions moved towards the German French border. If the 15 divisions stationed on the border were included, France had already garrisoned more than 300000 troops on the Maginot line alone. This number is still increasing. France expects that eventually 50 divisions may reach the German French border, tear up the German Ziegfeld line from there and enter Germany.

"Colonel de Gaulle! You are promoted to major general in charge of the new French first armored division. " An old general waited for Charles de Gaulle standing in front of him to salute before he continued: "immediately join the newly formed border group 2 army and go to the rear of the Maginot Line for standby!"

"Yes! General Charles de Gaulle stood at attention and asked in a low voice, "will France declare war on Germany?"

"General de Gaulle, in fact, I'm not optimistic about this battle. If it starts, our task is to attack the enemy's Ziegfeld line, and we expect to lose more than 10 divisions." The Veteran General sighed and said, "so we hope that the Germans realize that war is imminent and finally compromise with us."

War is just a threat. It only starts when the threat doesn't work. This is the calculation of the French. The French government, which has just stepped out of the economic crisis, does not want to see its efforts destroyed by the war. What France hopes to see is that the German people themselves will drive the head of state, akkado, out of power and resume the joint Arms Control Commission.

"What happened to our tanks?" After a pause, the old general asked Charles de Gaulle, the commander of the only French armored division, "are you confident of defeating the Germans?"

"General, according to the experience of the Spanish Civil War, we have improved the tank design, thickened the armor around the tank, and equipped with larger caliber tank guns. I am confident that we will teach the German tank soldiers a profound lesson after the war begins!" Charles de Gaulle confidently said: "our tanks are superior to German tank 3 in firepower and protection."

"Information from England yesterday." The old general was obviously a little worried: "the German may have a new type of tank with a large body and may be equipped with thicker armor! That's what they came to from the track width of the German tank they happened to see. "

"The mention of those damned Brits makes people angry." Charles de Gaulle frowned and complained: "if they didn't always want to use the rise of Germany to contain US and help the Germans hide so much information, we would not have been hoodwinked until now!"

"It's no use talking about politicians now! What we have to do is to fulfill our military duty! Help those stupid politicians clean their ass The old general narrowed his eyes and said, "be ready for war! At least I personally think that the German head of state is much better than the stupid politicians in our country. Since he has come forward to challenge us, it is not so easy for him to compromise. "“ Yes Charles de Gaulle turned and walked out of the old general's office“ The German army is increasing its strength. In the final report of the joint arms control commission, we can see that Germany is manufacturing large quantities of ammunition and improving their rifles and individual combat equipment. " A British general took the report and analyzed it to MacDonald bit by bit: "Mr. prime minister, all the signs indicate that Germany is expanding its army."“ The air force is sure to attack German military facilities, even if there are signs that their air force has a new type of fighter, but the number is not too much! We can send 500 bombers to attack their airports. " Said an air force general“ The Royal Navy can easily destroy the German Navy. As long as we attack, we can completely block all German waterways. Compared with our navy, their navy is not even an opponent, and can only be a target at most. " Said the Admiral triumphantly“ In fact, Germany has been acting according to our plan, hasn't it? " MacDonald thought for a moment and said, "they're going to develop a large army, so they can hold the French down for us - but their navy and air force are very weak, and that's enough to reassure us."“ In theory, "he said Another official nodded and said, "in fact, Germany has always maintained a good cooperative relationship with us, especially in dealing with the growing Soviet Navy. They have given us a lot of help." The British Royal Navy minister is one of the people who most want to fight a war, because the German Navy is too weak to cause him any loss, and the reputation of winning the war is a huge temptation for him: "then we can't ignore Germany's actions! We should sink their warships and tell them who is the leader of the world“ Sir With a sigh, MacDonald said, "we've been out of the joint Arms Control Council for a long time. I can't persuade his Majesty the king to approve the use of our Royal Navy because Germany has expelled a French led organization! " After a pause, he continued: "in fact, the possibility of war against Germany is very low. Before this meeting, I was informed that his Majesty the king and the finance minister did not think it necessary to mobilize the army to fight against Germany because of a diplomatic crisis. They hope that a diplomatic mediation or a low-intensity military action will be our goal. "“ But we should do something. " The general of the air force looked at all the people and said, "we must warn the Germans not to forget the pain of defeat and let them remember the position of the British Empire."“ That's right The official who spoke just now agreed: "what's more, we can't allow the Germans to develop their own military forces at will. The last war proved that it was very dangerous! We should firmly control the expansion of German power, so that we can better control the situation in the European continent. "“ To put it simply, the German head of state will not shrink back easily. The official written documents sent by the German Ministry of foreign affairs and their embassies are all packing up. It seems that they are more looking forward to a new world war than we are. " The army general said in a voice“ Americans also don't want to see the European continent in chaos before the economic crisis is over. " The foreign secretary frowned and said, "but the U.S. ambassador has suggested that we solve this crisis in a more peaceful and effective way." Prime Minister MacDonald looked at his foreign secretary and asked, "what better advice does the U.S. government have?"“ They suggest that we block oil routes in the Middle East and cancel Germany's share of oil in the Middle East. " The foreign minister said with a smirk: "destroying Germany's oil reserves limits its military development. Unless their aircraft, tanks and warships don't use oil, they can only accept all our conditions!"“ So that's the best solution we have at the moment! " MacDonald said with a smile: "tell the French, we share German oil together! Let them provide the port, and the Royal Navy will settle the dispute! "