Chapter 681: Bucharest Diplomatic Battle (I)

A Junkers airliner cuts through the clouds, ready to land.

"Your Excellency, you are about to land."

With a reminder, Ribbentrop's thoughts were brought back.

He remembered what the Führer had told him that Romania must now be stabilized, and that a new treaty of exclusionary alliance with Romania needed to be signed, which was very important for Germany.

Hitler, who was fascinated by the restoration of the largest territory of the Third Reich, summoned the Polish Foreign Minister Colonel Beck, who had previously been pro-German, to Colonel Beck, who had previously been pro-German, and issued him an ultimatum demanding that he accept the conditions put forward by Germany in 37-38 on the Danzig and Polish corridors.

Faced with Hitler's request, Colonel Beck, in accordance with the established policy of the Polish government, refused it. On 31 March, after receiving diplomatic assurances from Britain to Poland's independence, he went to London, and on 6 April signed the Anglo-Polish Agreement on Security Assurances with Great Britain (and on 19 May a similar agreement was signed with France).

In response, Hitler formally approved the White Plan for an invasion of Poland on April 3. On April 28, Hitler announced the abrogation of the 1935 German-Polish Non-Aggression Pact on the grounds that Poland had signed a security guarantee treaty with Great Britain, dissolving the status of a quasi-ally with Poland.

And in this case, the importance of Romania is mentioned in the first place. It happened that Romania was surging with discontent with Germany because of the German annexation of the Czech Republic. Moreover, the Polish Foreign Minister is also currently visiting Romania, which made Hitler very vigilant. At this time of conflict with Poland, Romania cannot be co-opted by Poland.

Although Poland could not have offered better terms than Germany, it had to be visited. If Romania had been drawn over to the Polish side, then Hitler would not have dared to strike at the Polish corridor. Poland and Romania were a huge challenge to Germany, and it was very likely that Britain and France would take the opportunity to attack, so it would be a complete replica of World War I and two fronts. Hitler would never allow such a thing to happen.

Moreover, Hitler also gave a concession condition before he came, and he must keep Romania in the League. However, it was entirely up to Ribbentrop to decide what to do in the middle, so he was both excited and worried about it.

But regardless of his mood, the Juncker plane landed at the airport in Bucharest.

Romanian Foreign Minister Kostel, who was waiting on the side, immediately greeted him with a smile.

"Hello, Monsieur Ribbentrop. Welcome to Bucharest. ”

"Hello, Lord Kostel. Thank you very much for welcoming you personally. ”

After a brief warm welcome of honour, Ribbentrop and Kostel left in a car.

In the car, Ribbentrop immediately asked about his current primary concern. "I heard that the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, Colonel Beck, is visiting Romania."

"It's nothing, Colonel Baker is here to talk about economic and trade cooperation between the two countries and other issues."

Facing the German Foreign Minister next to him, Kostel replied indifferently. Now I know that when I asked Romania, I didn't even have a breath when I dismembered and annexed the Czech Republic before, and it was too disrespectful to Romania. True, among the disgruntled people is Foreign Minister Kostel also has a copy.

Here Kostel hit a soft nail, and Ribbentrop was not angry. He was also mentally prepared for this, and Germany did not get angry with Romania about the annexation and dismemberment of the Czech Republic before, and everyone had complaints. But this time he was mentally prepared.

And when Ribbentrop had just arrived in Bucharest, the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Colonel Beck, had just walked out of the Prime Minister's Office.

Just talking to Prime Minister Mihrakai, he didn't get the results he wanted.

Although he had played all the cards given to him by the Polish government, he still did not achieve the results he wanted, transforming the Romanian League from a simple anti-Soviet alliance into a real alliance.

Colonel Baker remembered the development of relations between the two countries over the years and could not help but regret it a little. How could the previous government not see the prodigal ambitions of the German Führer, and if it had seen before, it would have made Poland's diplomacy more proactive. At the very least, diplomacy with Romania should be further strengthened.

However, it is a pity that after the death of Marshal Pilsudski, Polish diplomacy, under the instructions of the government, paid more attention to Britain and France. This was not unfounded, and according to the military's estimates, as long as the Polish army withstood the German attack on the border for a month, the attack from Britain and France would be enough to defeat the Germans.

So it is not for nothing that Poland focuses its diplomatic efforts on Britain and France. Moreover, the diplomatic work with Britain and France was also very good, and the "Anglo-Polish Security Guarantee Agreement" and the "Franco-Polish Security Guarantee Agreement" were signed one after another, so that Poland gained a weighty ally in the west of Germany.

Moreover, the most satisfying thing about these two clauses was that as long as Poland was attacked by Germany, Britain and France would unconditionally provide military assistance to Poland and would be obliged to declare war on Germany. Only such a guarantee can satisfy Poland and live up to Poland's efforts in recent years to put diplomatic work in Britain and France.

However, there were gains and losses, and Germany took advantage of Poland's diplomatic work on Britain and France, and took the opportunity to strengthen diplomatic work against Romania, and also signed the terms of the alliance. This made Poland a little uncomfortable, although it signed the same alliance with the Soviet Union as Poland, but I believe that Hitler absolutely wanted to turn this alliance clause into a substantive alliance like Poland.

During Beck's visit to Romania, it was obvious that Romania's attitude was very vague, and it basically did not give any affirmative answers, and when it was urgent, it used the excuse that it needed to be discussed. Although Baker does not understand Chinese, he must know the meaning of waiting for a price to sell.

And just as Colonel Baker was about to go back to the car to rest, he saw a car with a Polish insignia creak in front of him.

Ambassador Bolewski's secretary jumped out. "Minister, I have just received the news that German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop has arrived in Bucharest and is greeted by His Excellency Foreign Minister Kostel."

Hearing this news, Baker felt the seriousness of the matter, and saw his face tighten. "Drive back to the embassy immediately, and stop for the afternoon."

Colonel Beck thought on his knees that the German foreign minister must have come for the same purpose as himself. Now he needs to meet with the embassy to discuss countermeasures, and at the same time send a telegram to Warsaw, asking for better conditions for himself. Beck had a hunch that Poland's survival was at stake, and although he didn't know why he suddenly felt this way, the thought popped into his mind.