The situation is deteriorating step by step, Yang Rui is not God after all, and he cannot use God's hand to change the direction of history. At first, he thought that he could not only control East Asia, but also exert influence on Germany, but he did not want the German side to become powerless because of the deliberate indulgence of the British, which may have been the price of the proximity of China and France, which was probably seen by the British as a cooperation between China and France, when the Bank of France deliberately collapsed the Vienna Credit Bank and finally removed the pound from the gold standard.

Based on this, the gradual loosening of restrictions on Germany was put on the agenda, and once the Anglo-German naval treaty was signed, the arms limitation clause of the Treaty of Versailles on Germany was useless, and only the territories lost by Germany in the treaty had not been returned, but this was only temporary. Driven by revanchism, the recapture of Lorraine and Alsace in the south, West Prussia and Upper Silesia in the west was simply logical, but France in the south and the Czech Republic and Poland in the west were inevitable.

"Father, Sister Li is here." After Gu Weijun left, Yang Rui was pondering, but Rebecca came half an hour later.

"Hmm." Yang Rui waved his hand, he knew that Rebecca was back, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly.

"Uncle, Herman, he ......" As soon as they met, Rebecca apologized for her husband, but this was not what Yang Rui wanted to hear.

"He is the chancellor of Germany and the leader of the National Socialist Party, so it is natural for him to say this in public." Yang Rui was unmoved and looked kind, "How is the child?" Hans, Rudolph, and Anja ......" Yang Rui muttered the names of the three children and took out three prepared gifts. Fertility is being encouraged throughout Germany, and Goering, chancellor, has given birth to three, and is said to have a fourth. "Hans must be sixteen years old, right? He should go back to China once at his convenience. He is the established heir to the title and must go to the Ministry of Rites once. ”

"Yes. Uncle. Infected by Yang Rui's kindness when he handed over the gift, Rebecca's heart was full of warmth.

"This is a briefing on the situation of the fiefdom, as well as the income and expenditure." Yang Rui took out a booklet from Yang Wuming's side again. "The railway from Changchun to Yanbian and then to Qingjin in North Korea has been opened, and the income from the fiefdom has been good over the years, so you have to have a lot of private money."

"Yes, uncle." Rebecca came to ease tensions, and another purpose was to persuade Yang Rui to support Germany and keep a certain distance from France, not wanting to talk about family matters when they met. She listened quietly to Yang Rui's chatter, and finally arrived: "Uncle, what if...... If there is really a war in Europe. Then you still have Chinese ......"

"Europe must remain peaceful. When Europe is in chaos, the whole world is in chaos. "Yang Rui knew that she came to say this, and he didn't want to answer, but he had to answer." China and Japan are both signatories to the Treaty of Versailles, and just like this time they sent troops to East Africa, China and Japan will certainly do their best to safeguard world peace and the reputation of the League of Nations. Happily, we are not the only ones who have such thoughts, even Soviet Russia sent a division to East Africa. ”

Shortly after the landing of the Sino-Japanese fleet in Skimayo. The domestic air force set out from Khoram Shahr in Persia and rushed to East Africa by sea, and at the same time, other countries that heard that China and Japan were on a foothold flocked to the country with their own dry rations. The strongest of them was the Soviet Union, and the most active was Greece, which sent a total of more than 40,000 troops.

"But it doesn't bring real benefits." Rebecca also knew that sending troops to East Africa was a move by China and Japan. If you can send troops to East Africa, you can naturally send troops to France, therefore. This move caused public opinion within the National Socialist Party, which had seen Britain and France so weak before. Goering had already begun to plan for the Rhine Demilitarized Zone, but the high-profile attitude of China and Japan made him temporarily dismiss this idea

Lacking reliable supplies and reinforcements, the Italian Army in Italian Somalia was unable to resist the attack of the 100,000-strong army of the International Coalition Army, and they had retreated into Abyssinian territory to cross Abyssinia to return to Italian Eritrea in the north. The war reached this point, which meant the defeat of Italy's annexation of Abyssinia, and if Germany had violated the Treaty of Versailles and marched into the Rhine Demilitarized Zone, the 100,000 Allied troops might have moved to France.

Was Germany really ready for war? Apparently not. If the German army failed to advance into the Rhine demilitarized zone, the National Socialist Party would be in a similar position to Mussolini in Italy, facing not only the danger of its downfall, but also the danger of personal safety.

"Peace in both Asia and Europe is the hope of China, Japan and North Korea, not only of China, Japan and North Korea, but also of most countries in the world." Yang Rui said, "The traps in the last Versailles Treaty are destined to detonate the war, and if Germany insists on getting back what it has lost through negotiations, the result will be a second destruction." ”

"Uncle, is it because of peace or destruction?" Rebecca's question only points to the heart of Yang Rui's words: whether Germany can't take back what belongs to it because of the need for peace, or whether it prevents war because Germany will be destroyed again. From Yang Rui's point of view, the former is self-interested, while the latter is altruistic.

"Both." Seeing that Rebecca asked the question to the end, Yang Rui no longer kept it. "There are only two countries that are the most unsustainable in terms of economic crisis and that would cause a world war if a war breaks out: Germany and the United States," he said. As for Soviet Russia, the unique political system made her extremely patient, and no matter how bad the economy was, it was nothing more than starving to death of more Ukrainian peasants, and Stalin did not have to worry about public opinion, for him, those were petty bourgeois elements, and they should be eliminated as soon as possible.

Now the whole world will see who starts the war first, you or the United States. If it's the United States, that's fine, but of course, it's China and Japan that suffer, after all, what's good for Germany is not necessarily good for us; If it were Germany, then it is certain that even if we did not send troops to Europe, American troops would have crossed the ocean and landed in Britain and France, as they had done in the last war. For the United States, which was still in the midst of the Great Depression at this time, war was the best economic booster, and post-war Europe needed to be rebuilt and people needed goods, which was enough to bring the United States out of the Great Depression and prosper for decades. Do you really want to selflessly save America at the cost of German self-destruction? ”

"No, Hermann, he just wants to reforge the glory of Germany." Rebecca said, but her expression began to look solemn.

"For whatever reason. With the current public opinion and the situation in Germany, it would be unjust to go to war. Unrighteousness will be requisitioned, and requisition will be destroyed. Other countries have unintended benefits to be reaped from this conquest, and the ruins of Europe are a good thing for Asia, and good for the Americas. You can tell Herman to return his comrades, and if you don't believe me, you can try. Yang Rui said.

This concludes the conversation. When Rebecca got home, he saw that Goering was waiting, and when he saw Rebecca's expression, he immediately asked, "What did he say, my dear?" Did he veto the plan to attack Russia? ”

"Didn't say that." Rebecca pushed him away: "He said that now it depends on who goes to war first between us and the United States, and if it is us, then no matter what the reason, 'going to war is unjust.'" Unrighteousness is requisition, and requisition is destruction. I don't think it's a good thing to attack Russia, for to attack Russia is to annex Poland or Czechs, and according to the treaty, England and France will declare war on us. In order to avoid worries and prevent fighting on two fronts, we must first defeat France and Britain, or at least defeat France......"

"No, no. Together with Poland, we will attack Russia. Goering said.

"Really? Are you sure? Rebecca looked at her husband.

"This is one of the possibilities, but only after we reclaim the Rhine." Goering, he instead remembered Yang Rui's speech at the cemetery and the views he had expressed during his previous trip to China. He felt more and more that he was just as stubborn as the Polish Foreign Minister, Colonel Beck, who had expressed his reluctance to sign an anti-communist pact with Germany, as if it would make Poland a vassal of Germany, and that he really thought that Poland was the most powerful country in Eastern Europe!

"Hermann......" Goering wrung his eyebrows. Rebecca leaned over him, "I don't think what my uncle said is necessarily unreasonable. In the event of a war in Europe. The Americans will come across the ocean, and they desperately need a war to save the domestic economy. ”

"But what do they get?" Goering knew that the American form was not good either. The government fed a large number of people on deficit finances, but he could hardly believe that the Americans would send troops to Europe in such a dire situation.

"No, they don't want anything, they just want to destroy all of Europe with bombers." Rebecca added, "It's an anonymous point of view, he says it's what my uncle said, and economic interests are more important than territorial interests." I think maybe we should wait a little longer, and it won't take too long, as long as there is a war between China and the United States. ”

Glancing at his wife, and then thinking of the changes in the international situation after the failure of the naval negotiations in London, Goering said in disbelief: "Why would he rather go to war with the United States than attack Russia with us, is it really for Germany?" ”

"I can't find an answer to that." "But obviously, if we provoke a war, the result will be that all countries, including the United States, declare war on us, as they did last time." China and Japan will certainly send troops as well, as this time against Italy. ”

Goering had some fighting spirit, but when he talked about Italy, his eyes were full of helplessness - just now he received the news of Mussolini's death. Mussolini was an example for him and the National Socialist Party, and although he was so proud that he disdained to cooperate with Germany, Goering still hoped that he would finally work closely with Germany after seeing the true colors of Britain and France and the weakness of Italy itself, but he did not expect such a 'revolutionary mentor' to die like this.

Goering received the news of Mussolini's death half a day later, and Jando, who had come from Switzerland, also brought the news.

"Is it really a suicide?" Yang Rui smiled after hearing the news, he understood very well that Mussolini was killed by him and Yang Du.

"It's a suicide, but who knows?" "Now Italy is in chaos, and it is said that the governor of Libya, Itano Balbo, will take his place. ”

"It can't be!" Yang Rui threw the newspaper on his lap aside, "Balbo was not in Rome when he had the accident, which means that he didn't know about the suicide." Since he doesn't know, it's not that he's manipulating this suicide, he's going back to die. ”

"Really?" Yang Du asked a little suspiciously, but he was a little convinced. Yang Rui's judgment of the international situation has always been accurate.

"If it were Goering's suicide, I would believe it was a real suicide, but Italy, I don't believe it. If Goering had committed suicide and then his successor had gone to Berlin to take over, I believe that he would have become the next ruler of Germany, but Italy, I do not believe. Yang Rui said, he looked at Yang Du's puzzled gaze, and said: "Italy's political environment is much worse than Germany's, even worse than France's. Well, let's not talk about Italy, he's destined to mess around for a while, that's enough, let's talk about something else. ”

Italy was only an episode, although it was essentially the trigger for the outbreak of war in Europe - the appeasement policy of Britain and France was initially aimed at Italy rather than Germany, and it was with Italy as an example that Hitler followed in Mussolini's footsteps.

"It's not what we assumed it was before." As soon as Yang Du opened his mouth, it was bad news. "It was France that was most happy about Italy's defeat in East Africa, and Britain was most worried. Now there is news that Britain is in contact with Germany, and that the two countries will soon sign a military treaty, which is tantamount to freeing Germany from the shackles imposed on Versailles. ”

"There are deserved consequences." Yang Rui pondered, "But it is already a good result for Britain to come forward and not Germany to relieve itself." What I am most afraid of is that Goering is fearless and willful towards Britain and France, and that is a disaster. ”

"In addition, the British are urging us to withdraw our troops as soon as possible." Yang Du said again. "They concluded that as a result of this blow, Italy would soon withdraw its troops from Africa, and that the gathering of 100,000 troops of the League of Nations in East Africa was no longer necessary."

"They're afraid we'll be there." Yang Rui said with a smile. Although Somalia has no resources, once China and Japan get there, the entire Indian Ocean will become very unsafe for Britain, and India may also lose it, so it is no wonder that Britain is in a hurry. "And will they agree to our conditions?"

"Basically agreed. It's just that Americans will believe it? They were against the League of Nations from the beginning. Yang Du said. Last month in London, they vigorously condemned us for conniving at Japan, and decided that East Asia would be a strategic place for war. ”

"It doesn't matter if they believe it or not, but if the bystanders believe it, at least we can sell a lot of bonds in wartime." Yang Rui said. After entering the Mediterranean, he suddenly felt that Europe was the center of the world. To win the war in the Pacific, China should borrow resources from here, and the sale of war bonds is one of them.

"Hey! It was like a wall suddenly collapsed, and that's when I realized that I had lived on the edge of a cliff before. Yang Du thought about what had happened in the past few days since the failure of the negotiations in London, and sighed with heartfelt emotion. Although he was prepared, he did not expect the war to be so close to China. "It's a pity that the domestic princes are still confused and can't see the international trend clearly."

As soon as he said "domestic ......", Yang Rui remembered those domestic teasing parties. The Kuomintang vigorously advocated the dissolution of the alliance and the renegotiation; The National Socialist Party believed that no one but them could reverse the tide of the situation at the juncture of the approaching war, and the representatives of the gentry who wore the hat of the Revival Society, looking not from the left or from the right, questioned Prime Minister Mu Xiangyue and Foreign Affairs Secretary Wang Zhengting twice in three days, and were almost in a panic. However, the only good thing is that those who opposed sending troops to East Africa before now all say that maintaining world peace is the duty of every member of the League of Nations......

In contrast to China, Japanese politics is much calmer, but in Tokyo unsurprisingly, a large march broke out, with all marchers dressed in kimonos chanting 'Respect for the Emperor'. They burned suits in Hibiya Park, stopped American-made cars they saw along the way, and not only reprimanded the owners of them as non-nationals, but also beat them -- Kentoshi Tanaka, a driver of a Ford pickup truck, was hit on the head with a U-shaped steel lock, causing his skull to be pierced and he fell to the ground unconscious.

"Gentlemen, don't be too pessimistic, we should have more confidence in them." Yang Rui said: "After all, people who came from the Manchu Qing Dynasty still remember the horror of foreign guns and cannons in their hearts, and the United States is the most powerful of the powers, and it is normal to be afraid. (To be continued.) )