"You are not going to pass through Belgium and Luxembourg" On 25 September, Hersmann moved into the Villa de Torlonia in Rome, where the Mussolini family lived, along with Chloe and Rudolf Hess.
Mr. and Mrs.
Hesman and Mr. and Mrs.
Hess moved in as VIPs.
At dinner that day, the Italian leader also asked questions about Germany's "passing through Belgium and Luxembourg."
The Italian leader, like the British and French military strategists, believed that Germany would attack France from the ground only through Belgium and Luxembourg, as in the last world war.
"Why pass from Belgium and Luxembourg," Hersmann said, putting down his knife and fork, shrugging his shoulders, "what General Duhey's theory of air supremacy says is victory to master air supremacy."
Without air supremacy is doomed to defeat and accept whatever conditions the victors are willing to impose.
And we in Germany have a much more powerful air force than France and England, and we now have 4,000 of the most modern fighters and bombers, which basically wiped out the Polish air force with more than 1,000 aircraft in just a few hours in the Polish campaign, and their own losses are minimal.
On 3 September, our planes also bombed Scarpa Bay, destroying 3 British aircraft carriers, sinking 2 British battleships, and severely damaging several others And we have a lot of heavy bombers that we can use to destroy Paris, Lyon and Marseille.
I have 1000 heavy bombers, and 1300 twin-engine medium bombers.
The former can carry 8 tons of bombs, the latter can also carry 2 to 3 tons of bombs, and if I give the order, 10,000 tons of bombs will fall in Paris tonight."
Hersman, of course, was bluffing, he simply did not have 1000 heavy bombers, not even 100, and the number of medium bombers was less than 1000.
And Hersmann did not intend to raze Paris to the ground with a plane.
However, after becoming chief of the General Staff, Hersman's first order was to the Strategic Deception Bureau.
He demanded that the Bureau of Strategic Deception release enough and true false information to convince the French that tens of thousands of tons of bombs would soon fall on Paris, and that so many bombs would fall from the sky every day "Besides, our navy is strong enough," Hersman said triumphantly, "the British had only four fast carriers before the war, and three at Scapa Flow, and now there is only one Ark Royal left to accompany the fleet."
And we now have two Seydlitz class This will allow us to send 2 fleets of broken ships with fast battleships and fast aircraft carriers.
They will work with the submarines to destroy the British sea lines.
Britain and France simply could not withstand such a blow, so in a maximum of 6 months they would make peace and meet the demands of Germany. ” It is unrealistic to drop 10,000 tons of bombs a day in Paris, but it is possible to inflict heavy damage on the British convoy with a fleet of destroyers and submarines.
The reconnaissance aircraft of the Broken Fleet can act as the eyes of the submarine, guiding the underwater wolves to attack the British fleet.
At the same time, the "Scharnhorst" class battleships themselves were also a weapon for breaking diplomatic relations, and for a fleet without battleship escort, if they encountered "Shane" and "wolves" at the same time, they could only be completely annihilated.
And a fleet with a battleship escort is not necessarily safe, because the battleship itself is the prey of the submarine.
When the time comes, it will be important for destroyers to protect battleships or merchant ships Mussolini's admirals had already conducted war games for such a difficult problem and came to the conclusion that "Britain would be very difficult to deal with."
"It seems that you do not have to go through Belgium and Luxembourg," Mussolini seemed a little disappointed when he said this, and he paused and asked again in fluent German, "I don't think you will unconditionally recognize the neutrality of these two countries."
"Of course," said Rudolf Hess, "first of all, Luxembourg, the Government of Luxembourg must apologize for the injustice suffered by Her Majesty Archduchess Mariadellaid, and build a cathedral named after Archduchess Marie Adelaide in honor of her."
Archduchess Mariadella was the monarch of Luxembourg during the First World War, and because of her pro-German during the First World War, she was originally German, but was forced to abdicate after the war, went to Italy and secluded into a monastery, and died in Germany at the age of 29.
"Luxembourg politicians who are responsible for the abdication of the Grand Duke, even the slightest responsibility, must immediately withdraw from politics and never be allowed to enter politics again," Rudolf Hess added.
Mussolini nodded, this condition is actually not too harsh, at least it does not propose to merge with Luxembourg.
"In addition, there is one condition," Rudolf Hess said, "that Luxembourg must guarantee its membership in the European Union, the European Common Market and the European Mark Zone after the end of the war." ” "What" the Italian leader was stunned, "the European Union, the European Common Market and the European Mark Zone you really want to do this" Mussolini, of course, knew what the EU, the Euromark and the European Common Market were.
However, he did not expect that Germany would be so determined to push them forward, and would not hesitate to use war to achieve their goals.
"Yes," Hersmann said, "we are fighting for a united Europe, and we will not only ask Luxembourg to join, but we will also have the same terms in the final peace treaty with Poland."
If Belgium wants to gain neutrality, it must also join, and must also return the reparations to the cantons.
Otherwise, Belgium would have to return all the wealth that had been plundered from Germany, including the machinery they had dismantled and destroyed, the indemnities, and the in-kind indemnities, all of which would be converted into gold and returned to Germany."
Germany, Poland, Belgium, Luxembourg, and probably the pro-German Slovakia and Hungary Mussolini calculated in their hearts that the European Union, the European Common Market, and the European Mark Zone would include at least six countries.
Sooner or later, the Netherlands and Denmark will also be able to enter, and Sweden, Norway and Finland will not be able to run either.
"Well, if France wants peace," Mussolini asked tentatively.
"France will return half of Alsace and Lorraine to join the European Union, the European Common Market and the European Mark Zone."
"In addition, the gold and foreign exchange reserves of the Bank of France must be deposited in European banks.
This is also what we ask of Belgium, Luxembourg and Poland, and our own gold and foreign exchange will be deposited in the European bank headquartered in Geneva. ” "Bank of Europe" "It's the European Development Bank," Rudolf Hess said, "and we're going to restructure it into a European bank, with all non-Euromark countries taking their stakes out."
The new European Bank will be responsible for discovering the Euromark, which will be the only central bank in the Euromark area. ” The Germans were really fighting for a unified European market, and Mussolini was very surprised.
And he asked, "And what about Britain, and you will ask Britain."
"No," Hirschman shook his head, "we will not ask Britain to join, they will be excluded from the European Union, the European Common Market, and the Euromark Zone, and what we demand from Britain is to return the reparations and the colonies." ” Mussolini finally understood Hersmann's "victory route", using bombing and blockade to force Britain and France to submit, and at the same time forcing or luring European countries into a German-dominated European common market and the European mark area, just like the German Customs Union that once appeared in German history.
And this new "Europa Tariff and Monetary Union" will also exclude the British and Soviet Mussolini estimates, and Italy will certainly not join it.
This would ensure Germany's dominance in the customs and monetary union in the same way that Prussia had in the German Customs Union.
Over time, Germany will be able to integrate the countries that have joined the "Europa Tariff and Monetary Union" into a single unit, which will be an intercontinental country as large as the United States and the Soviet Union However, such a calculation may not be accepted by the British Empire, nor will Italy Ukraine, near Cherkasy.
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The red flag has fluttered over the city of Cherkasy, and the glorious Workers' and Peasants' Red Army has driven out the evil white bandits and brought liberation and happiness to the poor and middle Ukrainian peasants around Cherkasy.
As the first secretary of the Ukrainian Bolshevik Party, Comrade Khrushchev also began to visit the countryside around Cherkasy, despite the threat of the small detachments of the White Bandit Army, which were still rampant.
It is now the season of autumn harvest, and wheat is generally growing well in right-bank Ukraine and looks better than left-bank Ukraine.
Moreover, there were many kulaks in the area, and the houses in the countryside were very beautiful and sturdy, horses were everywhere, and cattle and sheep were abundant.
Khrushchev especially picked out the meal when he walked into several smoking peasant houses, and found that these Ukrainian rich peasants also ate very well, with a lot of meat and dairy products, and bread was almost open to eat.
This made Khrushchev very uncomfortable to think that "socialism" seemed to be more socialist in the countryside of right-bank Ukraine than on the collective farms on the left bank "How are the poor peasants living here?"
Khrushchev's car stopped in a Ukrainian village, looked out the window, and then asked a leader of the Bolshevik party organization in right-bank Ukraine who accompanied him on his visit.
"Comrade Secretary," the old Bolshevik, who had been fighting in right-bank Ukraine for nearly 20 years, was stunned, and then replied very seriously, "the people I have been visiting in the past few days are all poor peasant families.
Most of the Cherkasy landlords and kulaks had fled, leaving behind middle and poor peasants who had little property. ” t1706231537: