Chapitre 50: Surprise
The two said and walked to the sofa, took a glass of wine and sat down, and then got down to business.
"First of all, on behalf of all the Jews in our country and in the world, I would like to thank you for personally leading the rescue of innocent people from fire and water last time in Munich." Albert said seriously.
"Oh, that's what I should do, we in Germany love peace, how can we allow such a cruel thing to happen?" Leon waved his hand and said.
"Well, Germany's yearning for peace is in the eyes of all of us, and I believe that the Wehrmacht will not make mistakes like the Second Reich in your hands, General Lyon." Albert looked directly into Leon's eyes and said.
"Of course, I am also very opposed to war personally, and I believe that everything should follow the will of the people, and the people love peace, so why should we, as servants of the people, go against this will?" Leon took a sip of wine, not caring about the warning in Prince Albert's mouth, and said with a smile.
This sentence also has other meanings, the implication is that as long as the people agree to war, then he will not hesitate to start it. However, Albert obviously did not hear the sound, he nodded with satisfaction, and touched the glass with Leon.
"However, Prince Albert, although we in Germany are peace-loving, our neighbor France has been developing armaments, which worries us very much." Leon said sincerely.
Albert frowned lightly and said, "Please rest assured General Lyon, if France dares to start a war, we will definitely stand on your side."
"Of course, we know that your Congress supports us, but France now has the world's largest army force, and our existing 100,000 defense forces alone cannot stop the French attack." Leon paused and continued, "I'm afraid that when the time comes, after France occupies our Germany, it will cross the English Channel to attack your country!" "
The meaning of Lyon's words is very clear, that is, to tell the British that the French army is fully capable of crushing the existing Britain and Germany, and if you still refuse to loosen the Treaty of Versailles, then you will be unlucky when the French fight ashore.
Britain also understood France's current army strength, and although it was very dangerous to break the Treaty of Versailles, it was obviously even more dangerous to lose France, which was restrained by Germany.
Albert looked entangled, he thought carefully for a long time, and then drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, and said to Leon: "General Leon, I understand, I will reflect the situation in your country upward when I go back." "
Leon nodded gratefully, but snorted coldly in his heart, this group of stupid British, daydreaming all day, and wanted to win over Germany against France, and wanted to jam the number of German **** troops at 100,000, obviously wanting to use Germany as cannon fodder.
However, the purpose of Lyon's trip had been achieved, and in Lyon's plan, Britain directly promised to abrogate the Treaty of Versailles, and now Ken considered that there was hope.
Lyon is not in a hurry, sooner or later the strength of the French will exceed the bottom line of the British, and at that time, Germany will not care even if it directly tears up the contract.
Speaking of this, Albert understood Germany's wishes, and Lyon had secretly leaked that Germany was also interested in forming an alliance, and they were willing to suppress France together with Britain, as long as Britain was willing to agree to German expansion.
So Albert, who had completed the task, casually made an excuse and left the banquet with Princess Elizabeth and hurried to meet with Prime Minister Baldwin.
"Germany is willing to agree to ally with us." Albert said hurriedly as soon as he saw Baldwin.
"What about the conditions? They definitely have conditions! Baldwin said calmly.
"The condition is that we have to promise them to expand the army!" Albert was embarrassed, "Although I think this is a reasonable request, if Germany expands its army and then turns to cooperation with France, then we will really be finished." "
"No, compared to Britain, France is the country that Germany hates the most, after all, France still occupies the Alsace-Lorraine area." Baldwin is not at all optimistic about German-French cooperation.
Baldwin is worthy of being the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and he is indeed accurate in this regard, according to Lyon's current plan, the first object of revenge after Germany's re-emergence is France. For Germany, if France does not die, they will not be able to dominate Europe.
"So you decided to agree to the expansion of German troops?" Albert asked hesitantly.
"Yes! You can't want the horse to run and not give the horse grass. Baldwin nodded and continued, "But there must be limits to the expansion of the army, and I intend to let them expand the army by 200,000, so that they have 300,000 defense forces, which is enough to last until the arrival of international arbitration." "
"I'm afraid 300,000 is not enough, you must know that now France has more than 60 divisions and more than 700,000 troops, and they also have a powerful navy and air force, which Germany cannot resist." Albert did not think that the additional 200,000 Wehrmacht would help Germany, it was better not to relax the stranglehold on Germany.
"So I intend to allow Germany to have a navy strong enough to counter France." Baldwin said slowly.
"Navy?! This... Doesn't that threaten us? Albert was taken aback, having served in the Royal Navy and understanding how much trouble the German High Seas Fleet had caused Britain.
"So I will conclude an agreement with them to limit the tonnage of their navy." Baldwin touched his chin, thought for a moment and said, "I think 20% of our gross tonnage is more appropriate, so that they are not enough to threaten us and not defeat the French navy." Oh yes, we have to get them to join the Washington Naval Treaty so that other countries don't oppose our decision. "
The Washington Naval Treaty, signed on February 6, 1922, stipulated that the tonnage of the capital ships of the signatory countries should not exceed 35,560 tons, the caliber of the guns should not exceed 16 inches (406 mm), and the total tonnage ratio of the navies of the United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy was 10:10:6:5:5. Because of Lyon's flaws in Britain and France, after several fanning efforts, the Anglo-German Naval Treaty, which should have been signed in 1935, was brought forward by 10 years, which made the future even more deviated from the track of history.
The next morning, Lyon had planned to leave England for France today to continue his plans to travel around Europe. Just as he and Sophia walked out of the hotel, he received a notice from the British to stay for an extra day, and that tomorrow afternoon the British would hold a meeting in Portsmouth on the revision of parts of the Treaty of Versailles, at which Lyon would attend as a representative of the German side.
Receiving this news, Leon was completely confused, he couldn't believe his ears, it was like you were working hard to make a living, and suddenly someone came to you and said that one of your relatives abroad had died, leaving you billions of dollars in inheritance for you to hurry up and collect.
After the sluggishness was ecstasy, Leon hugged Sophia beside him and kissed him deeply, and then looked up to the sky and laughed.
Sophia's face was also red with joy, and the soldiers around her made her understand how severely the Treaty of Versailles restricted Germany.
However, what made her happy to the point of blushing was not all the news, but that she understood that the man she loved in front of her would become a hero of the whole of Germany when she returned home!
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