Beiyang reactionaries

Before they discovered this, Duan Xun had already started the research and development work.

"Tap-tap-"

"Prime Minister, something happened."

Not long after Zhao Zhongyao left, Yan Huiqing walked in slowly.With a serious expression on his face, he sat in front of Duan Xun and said, "Prime Minister, just an hour ago, the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Sukarno, was unable to issue a 'Notice to the National People'."

"What is the specific content?"

Duan Xun also became very serious.

Because the current world is very restless.After Germany completely annexed Austria on March 1937, 3, they did not stop their expansion at all.Only three months later, that is, in late June, Germany started their pace of expansion again, and quarreled with Czechoslovakia.

Because of the Sudetenland problem.

The Sudeten Germans, with the support of Hitler, have been fighting with Czechoslovakia.Of course, when there was no Hitler, the Germans in Sudeten also had trouble with Czechoslovakia.

Because the formation of Czechoslovakia is interesting.

After the end of the First World War, Britain and France stipulated that the main ethnic group of the new country should have more than two-thirds of the country's population.After the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the situation at that time was that there were more than 600 million Czechs, and the Germans in the Sudetenland region easily exceeded 300 million. There are also some other ethnic groups with a population of about [-] million.The Czech Republic cannot meet the conditions of a newborn country.Therefore, the method adopted by the Czech Republic at this time is to merge the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Sudetenland to form a new country, Czechoslovakia.

In this way, there are 600 million Czechs and 200 million Slovaks, with a combined population of more than 800 million, which can meet the requirements for the newborn country.As a result, the Germans went from a large nation during the Austro-Hungarian Empire to a minority in Czechoslovakia.

Czechs and Slovaks became the main ethnic groups in Czechoslovakia.

This made the German nation in the Sudeten area very dissatisfied.Therefore, these people have always had a bad relationship with the Czechoslovak government.With Hitler's coming to power, the relationship between the German nation and the Czechoslovak government became even worse.

After all, with Hitler's support, their backs are getting harder and harder.

In recent years, Hitler has frequently met with national leaders in this region, encouraging them to negotiate with the Czechoslovak government.The requirements were conditions that Czechoslovakia simply could not meet.Including the equality and full autonomy of the Sudetenland with the Czech government, and compensation for all the losses caused by the inequality suffered by the Germans from 1918 onwards.

The result is that the negotiations are getting more and more deadlocked.

For Hitler, it was not expected, or in other words, he did not want their negotiations to succeed.Therefore, after the negotiations reached a deadlock, he sent troops to the border under the pretext of protecting the local German nation.

Caused the famous "June Crisis".

War is imminent.

Britain, France, and the Soviet Union all paid attention to this matter.They held a "safety meeting" to discuss the matter.Britain, France, and the Soviet Union all demanded that Germany stop such dangerous actions, but Germany went its own way.Today's Hitler is no longer the Hitler who just became Chancellor of Germany four years ago.The Germany of today is not the Germany of the past.

Today's Germany is a country whose annual military expenditure exceeds 70 billion U.S. dollars, which is the sum of the military expenditures of the United Kingdom and France.Now Germany is a military power with more than 170 million troops, 2000 tanks, and more than 3000 aircraft.

Hitler was also very confident.

Moreover, every time Britain and France retreated at critical moments in the past few times, Hitler saw the sternness of Britain and France, and he already understood that they lacked confidence.Therefore, Britain and France were ignored at all, and troops continued to march to the border, putting pressure on Czechoslovakia.

Czechoslovakia was born as the industrial base of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and its industrial strength is very strong.So they also mobilized for war.The current European atmosphere is very dignified.

Britain and France met frequently and visited Hitler in order to resolve the current problem.

If Europe is not peaceful, Duan Xun has long thought that Asia will not be peaceful either.After all, this is a great opportunity for Japan.The energies of Britain and France have been held back by Germany in Europe, and now is a good time to do it.

"In Sukarno's 'Notice to the National People', Irian Island was included in the territory of the Republic of Indonesia. Sukarno said that Irian Island was forcibly occupied by colonists 100 years ago and then forcibly handed over Territory of the Republic of Indonesia to Australia."

"Irian, Irian."

Duan Xun turned his attention to the map of Southeast Asia in front of the table.

Irian Island, historically, was the place where the tug-of-war of World War II took place.The Japanese army and the US military fought here, and both sides suffered heavy losses.Now Japan has taken a fancy to Irian Island and is going to take Irian Island.

But it was not Japan who came forward in person, but let the Republic of Indonesia charge forward.Let the Republic of Indonesia declare that Irian Island is Indonesia's territory, and then Japan has an excuse to intervene.

"Let's observe the situation first."

"Yes."

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"Ambassador Wei, thank you for your support."

"It should. This is the basic spirit of our country's diplomacy. Moreover, your country and our country have been friends for many years. When we need our country, our country is obliged to do so."

The situation in Europe today is not good and the situation is turbulent.

Britain, France and the Soviet Union are opposing Germany's persecution of Czechoslovakia, and Czechoslovakia has also begun to mobilize the country to defend Czechoslovakia.And Germany didn't take the warnings of Britain, France and the Soviet Union seriously at all, and still went its own way.

On the one hand, Germany continued to support the German nation in the Sudetenland region, and on the other hand, it sent troops to threaten Czechoslovakia.At this time, the role of allies is reflected.Italy helped Germany deal with it, and kept in contact with high-level officials in Britain and France, buying time for Germany and allies for Germany.With the support of Italy, Britain and France would not dare to go to war with Germany at will in Europe.

After all, although Britain and France are powerful, Germany and Italy are not easy to mess with.Especially in Germany now, the size of the army and military expenditure have already surpassed those of the United Kingdom and France.Neither Britain nor France wanted to go to war directly with such a Germany.

Therefore, the current situation in Europe is relatively stalemate.

The statements of China and Japan at this time are also very interesting.Both countries have stated that they support the self-determination of the people in the Sudetenland region, and the world should respect the wishes of the people in the Sudetenland region.This is the view that China and Japan have always supported.No matter in Asia or in Europe, China and Japan hold such views.This point of view is very obvious at this time, and it is supporting Germany.Although China and Japan are not European countries, the support of the two countries is still very beneficial to Germany.

The two are very familiar.

The cooperation between China and Germany in these years has been negotiated by two people.Ribbentrop is a direct descendant of Hitler. He started as Hitler's diplomatic adviser and now serves as the German foreign minister. His power in Germany is growing.

Of course, Ribbentrop's climbing speed is so fast, but also because he has made great contributions over the years.

"Ambassador Wei, our country hopes to strengthen cooperation with your country. I hope to get more support from your country."

"Mr. Minister, you are too polite. In the past 20 years, our two countries have cooperated tacitly, and the friendship has deepened. There is no one who supports the other, but mutual benefit. Mr. Minister, if there is anything, you can speak directly."

"Then I'll just say it directly. Ambassador Wei, this is the list of supplies that our country needs. I hope your country can give priority to supporting our needs."

Ribbentrop took out a list of supplies from the briefcase and handed it to Wei Chen's group.

Wei Chen's group took a look at it, and they were already shocked.Because Germany wants too many things, many times more than the normal trade between China and Germany in the past, and Germany needs it very urgently.

I hope China can give priority to supporting them and supply these things in a short time.

All important items.

Germany wants 3.7 tons of tungsten placer, 4 tons of pure tin, 1.3 tons of nickel ore, 1 tons of chromium ore, 5000 tons of antimony ore, 3000 tons of mercury, 5 tons of blister copper, and 50 tons of manganese ore. 50 tons of natural rubber, 500 tons of bristles, 400 million tons of flour, 300 million tons of soybeans, 3 tons of tung oil, and 1000 tons of raw silk.

Of course it's not just these.

Germany also wants a large amount of peanut and egg products.

Take a deep breath.

The Wei Chen group has been in Germany for many years, and knows that Germany has been developing its armaments and preparing for war over the years.Therefore, in the cooperation between China and Germany in these years, China has provided Germany with a large amount of raw materials.Most of them flow into the military industry.

But that kind of import is relatively normal, and it is all the materials needed for Germany's development, which is consistent with the situation of German industry.But this time, the quantity that Germany will import obviously exceeds the raw materials needed for normal production in Germany.

Wei Chen's team immediately thought of one thing, that is, Germany is hoarding supplies, hoarding war supplies.Although Hitler called for Germany to be self-sufficient, he hoped that Germany's raw materials could meet the needs of German industry.But the reality is far from being so optimistic. There is almost no shortage of raw materials needed by German industry.Except for the abundant coal mines, Germany lacks almost all other resources and needs to import them from abroad.

Especially seeing that Germany wanted 500 tons of bristles, Wei Chen knew that this was not a normal demand.