Chapter 537: Anglo-American and German Peace Talks
In the afternoon of the same day, Dönitz took office as the new head of state of Germany, and at the same time issued new personnel appointments, the commander-in-chief of the three armies remained unchanged, and Limer's position changed, and now Limer became the supreme commander of the German army -- chief of the general staff of the high command, although Dönitz was the Führer, he did not directly command the troops to fight, which was completely different from when Hitler was in power.
Because this coup d'état was attended by the commander-in-chief of the three German armies, and also included Limer, the deputy commander-in-chief of the SS, not to mention that Hitler's was indeed dead, the impact of this coup was not very great, even if there were some fanatical Nazis, they would not do anything too much under the inspiration of everything for Germany.
When Li Mo sat down as chief of the General Staff of the High Command, he carefully and comprehensively understood the real situation in Germany at this time, but in fact, the situation in Germany was already very serious at this time.
The first soldier is scarce, the total population of Germany is only 70 million, and the young and middle-aged men between the ages of 17 and 35 are only 15 million, and Germany has killed more than 2 million soldiers and disabled more than 3 million people since the beginning of the war, and now Germany's conscription conditions are from 16 to 45 years old.
Population was the most important resource for winning or losing a war, especially before the invention of the atomic bomb, which Germany could no longer afford.
Second, Germany's resources are seriously insufficient, mainly because of the serious shortage of aluminum ore to make aircraft, although Germany's aircraft industry is very huge, but it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, there is no aluminum ore material, what does Germany take to build an airplane, some allies of the European Union, aluminum ore output is not very much.
Third. The main source of iron ore in Germany is Sweden, which has no problem supplying iron ore to Germany because Germany has the upper hand for the time being.
Fourth, the United States and Britain have already launched their atomic bomb programs, and although Li Mo can temporarily sabotage their atomic bomb programs once or twice with hidden spies, these two countries will definitely build atomic bombs within two years, and the world will soon enter the atomic age.
There were various other reasons, so Limer had to lead Germany out of the shadow of the war as soon as possible, and negotiations were the only way out.
Of course, it is not to negotiate with Lao Maozi, but with Britain and the United States. Now is the time when they are at their weakest. And Germany, because it was winter at this time, would not start a large-scale war against the Soviet Union, and the negotiations were just right at this time.
With such a plan, Li Mo immediately found Führer Dönitz. The two of them breathed first. Then the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces was convened to discuss the matter of peace talks. Now that Germany is ostensibly strategically superior, but will soon be at the end of its rope, it is not a time to negotiate with victory. And when.
The Gestapo immediately used spies in Britain to expose one person and sent a telegram to Churchill that Limer personally sent to Elizabeth and Roosevelt.
When Churchill saw the time of this telegram, he couldn't believe that Germany, which was in full swing, actually wanted to negotiate peace, and it was actually sent by the invincible German god of war Li Mo himself.
Churchill was not happy at this time, the British people cursed Churchill, and the allies hated Churchill's betrayal of the Allies during the siege of the Ardennes area, and Churchill's resignation was a foregone conclusion, but this telegram gave Churchill a chance.
Churchill hurried to Buckingham Palace to find Queen Elizabeth, who was waiting to play with the two little princes.
"Her Majesty,...... Sky...... Great news! ”
Churchill ran while waving the telegram in his hand, Elizabeth's maid hurriedly stepped forward to take the telegram from Churchill's hand and sent it to Elizabeth's hand, Elizabeth immediately burst into tears after reading the telegram, this damned war can finally see a glimmer of hope.
"Your Majesty, what do you mean? I'll give Marshal Li Mo an answer. ”
"I agree in principle with the trilateral negotiations proposed by Germany, Britain, the United States and Germany, but the chief of the general staff of the German High Command must personally come to London to negotiate, this is my only condition, otherwise we will fight with Germany to the end."
Whether Elizabeth has eaten gunpowder, his lover Li Mo wants to reconcile with her now, but she wants to continue fighting, or if Elizabeth has another conspiracy, no one knows this.
"Your Majesty, I'll send a telegram back to Marshal Li Mo."
Li Mo did not resist Britain's request much, after all, both sides of such negotiations must send extremely important figures, at least at the level of defense ministers, and Li Mo, the chief of the general staff, is also suitable, and Britain's request is not excessive.
Britain, the United States and Germany set a date for February 4, 1942, despite the secret peace talks with the Soviet Union.
After receiving Churchill's telegram, Roosevelt also agreed in principle to negotiate with Germany, and the combat strength that broke out in Germany really scared Roosevelt, which was armed to the teeth with 200 Allied troops, but was annihilated by Limer.
On 4 February, Li Mo arrived in London, England on a special plane, and held tense negotiations with Churchill and Roosevelt.
The meaning of Britain, the United States and the United States was clear, Germany had to withdraw from the occupied European countries and at the same time dissolve the European Union. However, Limer only agreed to withdraw the troops stationed in the occupied countries of Germany and recognize these countries as independent countries, but on the condition that the EU was not dissolved, and whether these countries joined the EU or not, it was their own free will, and they were not subject to British and American interference.
In the end, everyone made concessions, and the conditions after the negotiations were:
"Germany's withdrawal from the occupied countries, which plus their non-membership in the European Union, is completely voluntary, and there is no coercion on all sides, but Germany must disintegrate the Soviet Union, preferably by breaking it up into a dozen small states."
The treaty between Britain, the United States and Germany was signed at noon on February 6, and when Li Mo walked out of the venue and was about to go to the airport, a team of royal guards suddenly appeared, blocking the way of Li Mo and his assistants.
This made Li Mo very surprised, now that the contract has been signed, Britain, the United States and Germany are no longer considered enemies, and after Li Mo returned to Germany, he released British and American prisoners of war, and now the British royal family is blocking his own way.
The leading British royal guard captain said to Li Mo very politely:
"His Royal Highness Prince Li Mo, I will take you back to the palace on the orders of the queen."
Li Mo's assistant hurriedly blocked Li Mo with his body,
Asked aloud
"What are you doing, we are negotiators,"
But is this useful, this is London, England, not an area controlled by Germany, Li Mo's secretary was pushed away, and the leading chief of the guard said to Li Mo's assistant:
"Your mission is accomplished, take the contract back to Germany! Now that Her Majesty has to deal with family matters, do you want to be involved too? ”
Li Mo's assistant was immediately chased away by the royal guards, and Li Mo was politely invited into the royal carriage and went straight to Buckingham Palace.
Not far away, Churchill and Roosevelt were watching the scene with great interest:
"Mr. Prime Minister, now we can sleep in peace, Germany's number one god of war is about to be imprisoned in bed by Queen Elizabeth, I'm afraid I won't be able to get out of bed for the rest of my life."
"Mr. President, didn't we say it in advance, this is Li Mo's voluntary stay in the UK, it is voluntary, and we don't have the slightest coercion."
"Yes, yes, Li Mo volunteered."
"President Roosevelt, can Germany defeat the Soviet Union without the invincible god of war Li Mo!"
"Don't worry about this, let's stop all aid to the Soviet Union from now on, plus those very good German marshals, such as Manstein, Rommel, etc., Stalin is a rabbit's tail, and it will definitely not grow."
…… (To be continued......)