Raised as a family heir from an early age, Viscount Wood received an elite education at Eton College, won a parliamentary seat at a young age, and had a wealth of experience in overseas service and military service, which can be regarded as a model for British aristocratic parliamentarians.

Therefore, in the face of such a human spirit, verbal tricks and traps are useless, because when it comes to diplomatic deception, who else in the world can compare with the cunning British.

The British have long figured out the hole cards in the hands of the Spaniards, and they are not worried at all that the other party will dare to turn their faces.

At that time, the German army was ravaging the territory of France, and the Alpine pass was cut off, so Madrid surpassed Zurich in Switzerland in one fell swoop and became the largest spy distribution center in Europe.

The Spanish government will not be corrupted by the dictatorship, especially in the face of a general recession, when the bureaucratic habits of Spanish politics are deeply entrenched and government officials are as corrupt and greedy as ever.

A copy of the diplomatic correspondence that the general Montrose had carried was now in the briefcase of Viscount Wood, on which the British had spent only two thousand pounds, and the new Spanish ambassador to Germany had no secrets.

Spain's internal affairs were mired, but the British did not care about this, they only focused on issues related to the core interests of the Empire, such as the British Empire's maritime interests in the Mediterranean.

Gibraltar is the forbidden territory of His Majesty the British King, and it is just a hard step in Germany, who makes the German fist so hot, but you Spain don't know what to do when you are entangled.

Since the opening of the Mediterranean route, it has never been so valued by the imperial government and the opposition, and the colonial route is now equivalent to the lifeblood of the country, and only by keeping these routes open can the blood drawn by the empire from the colonies be continuously pumped into the veins of the British Isles. At present, the slightest attempt to threaten the security of the Mediterranean shipping route will trigger the most violent reaction from the British government and the public.

The British Mediterranean Fleet was repatriated to serve on the mainland, but the fleet was still in place, and the Royal Navy retained a highly mobile fleet consisting of two heavy cruisers and six light cruisers to maintain the security of the Mediterranean route and demonstrate the existence of imperial sea power.

To say that the Mediterranean Sea has become the inland sea of the European Union, and the surrounding area is either an ally or a colony, where is the threat, in the final analysis, the British are guarding against Spain.

In fact, it was not only the British who were staring at Spain, France also kept their distance from Spain, because the port of Ceuta on the other side of Gibraltar was still under the control of the French army, and the French government was obviously not prepared to return it to Franco.

If he was not satisfied, he would send troops to take it, and the navy of the French Republic, which had retained seventy percent of its strength, made Marshal Petain feel full of confidence.

The French Army is also being rebuilt at an astonishing pace, and if the war has just ended, the whole population should be in a war-weary and anti-war mood, and theoretically it is impossible to recruit volunteers.

But what kind of man is President Petain, the cunning can be used as a compliment on him, and the old marshal who lived through the two wars knows very well that the French people are actually very "simple", and as long as they still have trust in the government, politicians can instill in their heads all the ideas they need.

What else could be used to scare them now, except for the goose-walking group next door, who were now allies of France.

Seemingly overnight, all kinds of broadcasts, all kinds of literary publications, all kinds of big newspapers and tabloids in France. The literature of the lace gossip stalls appeared in unison, and the whole country began to frantically promote the "theory of misfortune".

It seems to be exactly the same as the same tricks used to scare Germany, and the French should be smarter this time, but to the surprise of all observers, these tricks are still very effective for ordinary French people, who generally do not have a high level of education.

Books related to Southeast Asia have been snapped up, a large number of so-called historical research and analysis articles have been published, experts and professors in colleges and universities have done their best, and the radio has been pouring out their mouths.

As a result, the soldiers who were originally going to retire and return home were required by the government to complete the rest of their military service, and the generals said that the world was not peaceful and peaceful, and that the despicable enemy was coveting the land of the republic, and the warriors must stand up to defend the safety of their families in the motherland.

Military schools began to absorb a large number of young freshmen, a number of outstanding soldiers were promoted to non-commissioned officers, a large number of serving officers were sent to Germany for further study, to learn the new tactics and equipment of the German army, and the goal of the French army was to build a strong reserve corps to deal with the coming war of attrition on a grand scale.

PS: I suddenly have something to go out today.,There's less content in this chapter.,I'm very sorry.,I'll make it up in the next chapter.。