Chapter 680: The End of the Czech Republic
When the news that penicillin was about to enter mass production reached Eder, Eder was agonizing over one thing.
In fact, Eder had forgotten about penicillin before, and he didn't see it until Fleming's invention of penicillin appeared in the newspapers. Fortunately, with Eder's financial resources and Professor Bolvin's guilt for developing mustard gas, he turned to medicine, and of course he supported this rare talent in Romania.
It is very important to hear now that penicillin will be mass-produced in Romania at this time. Among other things, the treatment of wounded soldiers can reduce the loss of manpower for Romania.
In the ensuing battle, Romania had more manpower than Italy, which was at the bottom. However, it is still not comparable to other major belligerent countries, which also leads to the need for Romania to cherish every use of manpower.
Moreover, penicillin also has a good effect on other diseases. Many inflammations and tuberculosis. In particular, tuberculosis is a common disease nowadays, and the characteristics of airborne infection make it extremely harmful to the human body. Penicillin works wonders for its treatment.
Now the news that penicillin will be industrialized and mass-produced naturally requires the cooperation of the government. So Edel read it and gave the news to the guards.
"Send it to the Prime Minister's Office, let the Prime Minister start the construction of the penicillin factory immediately, and let Professor Boulwin give technical guidance if there are any problems."
After waiting for the guards to leave, Edel picked up the telegram he had read and felt an unusual headache.
There was nothing in this telegram, the news of the German occupation of the Czech Republic.
It is necessary to explain the situation in the Czech Republic, which was frustrated after the signing of the Munich Agreement, which ceded the Sudetenland. In their eyes, they have been betrayed by Britain and France, and have lost the dangerous Sudetenland as a shelter, and it is impossible to continue to maintain the country's sovereignty and independence.
And at this time, Poland and Hungary next to them also took the opportunity to invade the territory of the Czech Republic. Polansa was the first to occupy Ceszyn, and then several villages in the Slovak province.
Hitler, in turn, then recognized Poland's actions. In addition, Hitler also plotted Koshi to Hungary in order to win over the Hungarian government.
On the other hand, after the Czech Republic fell into chaos, the Slovaks, who had been suppressed for a long time, established a Slovak self-government in the Slovak province.
With internal troubles and a strong enemy outside, the Czech Republic had no choice but to take refuge in Germany. Perhaps, in the eyes of the world, isn't this an act of devoting oneself to raising tigers?
But this is only the opinion of ordinary people, and it is the number one priority for the ruling class to protect their interests.
And on this, Hitler saw very clearly. So he spoke to the new President of the Czech Republic, Imir. Hacha threatened, declaring, "advising" the president to recognize the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, or he would send the air force to bomb Prague. On the other hand, he promised the Czech ruling class that his interests would not be tampered with.
In the face of Hitler's coercion, the Czech government, which had long had no resistance mentality in its heart, obediently complied. So Hitler, having obtained the result he wanted, ordered the Germans to invade the Czech Republic immediately on March 15.
It became almost the same replica as the march into Austria, except for the absence of flowers and welcoming crowds. Because Hacha ordered the Czechoslovak army not to resist the Germans, the entire march was very "peaceful".
Hitler also came to Prague Castle on March 16 to announce the end of the Czechoslovak regime. As historically, Slovakia was independent, and as for the Czech part, two protectorates were created, the "Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia". The two nominal protectorates exercised laws and policies identical to those of Germany, and in fact were annexation, in other words.
Moreover, after Germany annexed the Czech Republic, it immediately invested a lot of money in its industrial transformation to better meet the needs of Germany. And in Germany, after the acquisition of the Czech Republic, its military industry was greatly improved. This former Austro-Hungarian industrial base complemented Germany in all aspects. Especially in the arms industry, Skoda's annual arms production is equivalent to that of the United Kingdom. Moreover, among the industrialized countries of the Czech Republic, it ranks 7th in the world, after the United States, the Soviet Union, Germany, Britain, Romania and France.
If before the annexation of the Czech Republic, Hitler could have made Britain and France make concessions only by intimidation, now he can make Britain and France think twice by virtue of his military strength.
Britain and France did not say anything agitated about Germany's annexation and dismemberment of the Czech Republic, even though the Czech Republic had previously been an important ally.
The performance of Britain and France has made many countries begin to consider relations with Britain and France. For a time, contacts between countries became more and more frequent, and officials in charge of diplomatic work were all over the world. And now the smell of gunpowder smoke over Europe is so thick that even ordinary people can smell it.
In Romania, however, there was a state of impatience about the annexation and dismemberment of the Czech Republic by Germany.
Although Germany still had great respect for Romania and did not take the opportunity to pull Hungary to its side, Slovakia was also independent. Although Slovakia is only a puppet state, it is much better than a direct border between the two countries.
But while Germany had more respect for Romania in these respects, Romania felt like it was being cheated on the terms of the crucial Munich Conference.
Because with Germany at the Munich Conference. The act of advancing and retreating together gave Britain and France a new perspective on Deroger relations. During that time, Britain and France did a lot of diplomatic work against Romania, but because of the terms of the alliance with Germany, the response to Britain and France was not much.
Of course, the main reason was that the conditions offered by Britain and France were not enough for Romania to abandon Germany. By the time Germany annexed and dismembered the Czechs, Romania was feeling the pressure.
First of all, the attitude of Britain and France towards Romania decreased considerably, and Greece also used Italy's annexation of the Kingdom of Albania as a reason to expand its army. And a lot of the arms were shipped directly by Britain and France in the name of loans. So at present, the Greek army has reached 300,000 people, which makes Mussolini, who still wants to make some events to take advantage of Greece, to stop small actions.
Seeing that the consequences of Germany's annexation of the Czechs were shared by both countries, how could this satisfy Romania from top to bottom. Although Eder knew that this was only the beginning, there were many people at home who disagreed on whether to maintain the alliance with Germany.
Although Eder can be forced down by virtue of his prestige, but how to force this kind of thing, this is like a spring, the harder you press, the stronger the rebound. And no matter how high Eder's prestige is, he can't do everything according to his own heart.
And he wanted to see how Germany reacted to it, and how seriously it valued Romania as an ally. So the headache is a headache, and Eder continues to wait.