Chapter 217: In Great Britain (7)
On the way, Edward VIII and Hoffmann were a little heavy-hearted, and they talked to each other a lot less, and they talked about the situation in South Africa, and the British side was obviously very painful about the change of territory in South Africa, which meant that the British Empire lost the fruits of the Boer War of 1902, which was considered to be the beginning of Great Britain's decline. However, the black cat wisely did not dwell too much on this, it is already an established fact, what else can be said? And the German side did not give South Africa a chance, as long as Shi Mozi stood up, the German army would treat the South African army and the US army differently, but unfortunately he did not choose to do so.
The Black Cat now said that he wanted to fight for measures concerning South African prisoners of war, administrative power, and future policy, which Ribbentrop had in fact communicated and coordinated with the diplomatic system very well, and he wanted to get personal assurances from Hoffman.
Hoffman understood his uneasiness and said with relief: "Your Majesty, I suggest that you strengthen the management of South Africa, there are not many white Africans, and it will be easy for you to control the situation if you move 501 million from the mainland casually." Personally, your idea of adopting the Dominion of Development is certainly to reduce the burden on the mother country, but is it not cultivating their centrifugal force? To this day, in addition to the British Empire's four dominions, which still support the British Führer as their own head, how much of the other centripetal force do they have towards the mother country? I am afraid that this centripetal force is not as good as that of Pakistan, but Germany is different, and we have learned the relevant lessons, and in the construction of the American republics and African republics, we have clearly defined the subordinate relations between these countries and their mother countries, and have made unified arrangements in the political, economic, military and social systems, and we do not want to interfere in the administration of internal affairs and justice by the administrative authorities in these territories, but this does not mean that they can do whatever they want outside the scope of the German family."
What Hoffmann meant by this statement is that Germany is currently enacting three laws, namely, the Law on Relations with Allies, the Law on Relations with Allies, and the Law on Relations with Friendly Countries, to adjust Germany's relations with other countries, and at the same time to adapt to the new situation after the disintegration of the Axis camp in the future, which only existed to confront the Allies, and if an armistice agreement is signed with the United States in the future, it will naturally not be able to retain this military and political organization that makes the United States uneasy, but will need to replace it with other organizations.
At present, European countries have basically agreed to the principle of European defense integration and collective self-defense, but there are still many debates about whether to include territories that are closely related to Europe but do not belong to the European category (such as North Africa and the Middle East), so when necessary, Germany has to jump out of the framework agreement of the European Union to organize another military and political alliance.
The so-called pro-confederation refers to places such as the American republics and African republics, where the military, diplomacy, law, and ideology are highly consistent with Germany, internal affairs, judicial autonomy, and military diplomacy are managed by Berlin, and some countries in the Middle East, African colonies, and Asian territories currently protected by Germany are also under the jurisdiction of the "pro-confederation" category, but there are slight differences, in general, the Third Reich is the patriarch of this big family, and the Third Reich has a duty of security and protection to all pro-states, even if other allies do not help, Germany also has to "stick a knife in both sides" for its kinship;
The so-called allies,
It is a country with a political, military, diplomatic or other alliance with Germany, and in the future the European Union, the Berlin Treaty Organization or other regional organizations can be classified into this category, and the overall is a transnational organization with the Third Reich as the core;
The so-called friendly countries are countries that have diplomatic relations with Germany and have not been hostile to them, and are applicable to most countries in the world.
In general, it is to implement Germany's three-ring diplomacy: the first ring is the German family headed by Germany, which is the basic plate of the Third Reich, even if the people rebel and leave, this basic plate cannot be shaken, and its closeness exceeds that of the British Commonwealth; The second ring is the Berlin Treaty Organization and the European Union Organization, a multinational organization led by Germany, which is a system imposed on the maximum of allies to isolate and attack competitors; The third ring is the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, etc., of which Germany is the key party, which is a system to promote the standardization, normalization and integration of global governance, which is not targeted in nature.
The three-ring diplomacy is like three concentric circles, showing Germany's rights, obligations and energy, stabilizing the relations between major powers and the world system, and not only conveying Germany's voice, but also avoiding taking the road of going it alone, which Hoffman tries to avoid, and the power of any country is limited, beyond this limit, the empire can easily achieve internal collapse. Although there are doubts about whether the Third Reich is a thousand-year reich, Hoffmann hopes to exist for at least 100 years, at least he will not see any signs of collapse before he dies, and as for the future, that is something that a new generation of German leaders need to worry about.
Both sides had their own agendas, and soon they were contemplating themselves in the car.
The black cat is thinking about how to start from Ranke, on the one hand, it can positively guide and publicize the heroes who fight for the interests of the British Empire to the end, which is of great benefit to strengthening the legitimacy and authority of the current government, and on the other hand, it is necessary not to turn this sentiment into resistance and resistance to Germany, he knows very well that Germany can tolerate itself to make some propaganda with great fanfare, and even talk about some bad things about Germany, such as bombing, such as submarine warfare causing damage to the lives and property of the British people, etc., The Germans can readily admit these and even make some apologies, but Germany admits that the starting point and purpose of these events is not to beg Britain for mercy or beg for forgiveness, but the real purpose is to achieve reconciliation and eventually integrate Great Britain into the European continent.
Hoffman is thinking about how to work hard from the system and means, so that the British Empire is as obedient as possible, unprincipled, unconditional concession is obviously not possible, he must promote the reconciliation between Britain and Germany on the one hand, and on the other hand, he must use both soft and hard means to force the British people to recognize the situation, but he knows that Britain has the idea of "Brexit" and "Brexit" in history, and it is the direction that politicians should focus on thinking about to make the British people inseparable from the EU in terms of systems and interests as much as possible.
The trouble for Britain is that there are also Canada and the United States, and although the proposal of the two British measures has greatly reduced the difficulty of solving the British problem, on the other hand, Qiu Fatzi, who is not willing to be lonely, will definitely seize this opportunity to make trouble for himself. At the beginning, when the two factions in Britain were fighting, Germany hid in the shadows and could give full play to the role of offshore balance, but now Germany is directly rushing to the front line, and Churchill is playing tricks in the shadows
By the early morning of the next day, the black cat realized that the minor problems he had encountered in the car were not worth mentioning, and he was now facing even greater trouble.
"Damn it, why didn't it explode, I saw the car driving by, and I pressed the button"
Owen cursed, then restrained.
"Your Majesty, we have caught a saboteur who confesses that his target is the German Führer" Early in the morning, Edward VIII received a call from Big C, asking for an urgent meeting, and then came in a hurry with Attlee and Aiden.
"God," said Edward VIII, surprised, "what's the matter?" What did you capture when the convoy passed by in the afternoon? ”
"No, it was arrested later." Aiden's face was so gloomy that he almost dripped water, he and Attlee were also in the same fleet, although the assassin target was the Führer, but there was no guarantee that the two would not suffer from the fish in the pond, so he was still afraid to come all the way.
After being introduced by Big C, Edward VIII realized that the patrol had captured a suspicious man late last night, and after searching, a radio detonator was found on his body, and a bomb was also seized at the scene.
"This bomb is so powerful that it was carefully modified by technical experts using an anti-tank mine, which can be exploded by radio command and planted on the road where the main convoy passed this afternoon"
"Was it because of some glitch that people were lucky enough to escape?" Edward suddenly remembered that he and the Führer had gone to the cemetery because of a temporary change of itinerary, and had taken a different path.
"No?" Big C shook his head with a heavy face, "This is the sabotage of our joint efforts with the Germans Today, the high-power jammer was activated during the convoy's journey, and the radio signal was blocked as much as possible within a radius of 3 kilometers from the convoy, according to the confession, he witnessed the convoy with a telescope at a distance of 1 km from the road, and then tried to detonate it, but because the signal was blocked, although the specially coded explosion command was issued, it was not received by the mines, so it failed to explode."
Owen was also arrested for this reason: the expert swore to him that the bomb was reliable and foolproof, but it did not explode, and he decided to check it overnight, which alarmed the patrol, and this suspicious appearance directly led to Owen's arrest.
"In addition, since the night before yesterday, we have used technical means to take down two radio stations in a row," Big C said his judgment as he pondered, "All the clues point to one direction, the British longbowmen!"