Chapter 815 Mustache’s temptation, France’s concession

After learning that Mustache had taken action inside Germany, Arthur actually knew that Mustache's action would definitely succeed.

Although the German states have a certain degree of strength, this does not mean that the states are united.

Because of Germany's defeat in World War I, Germany almost became a republic. Under such circumstances, the monarchs of each state are more or less constrained by the government, and there are even monarchs who are completely ignored by the state government.

Under the premise that their own thrones are at risk, the monarchs of various states have no strength to compete with the imperial government.

In other words, as long as the imperial government promises to guarantee the throne of the monarchs of each state, it can obtain the support of the imperial government from the monarchs of each state.

This will lead to more serious divisions among the states, and they will no longer threaten the unified imperial government.

After all, the reason why the German region was unified at that time was not because the military strength of the Kingdom of Prussia, which constituted the main part of the German Empire, was too strong?

Sure enough, it was just as Arthur expected.

In less than two months, Germany quickly controlled the two largest states in northern and southern Germany, the Kingdom of Bavaria and the Kingdom of Hanover.

This also meant that Germany was basically restored to unity, and the imperial government regained control of the entire country.

The imperial government, through its own actions, took all of Germany's 150,000-strong army into its own hands.

Although the German army only has 150,000 soldiers, the soldiers who make up the German army can, under normal circumstances, serve as low-level officers at the platoon leader level.

These German soldiers are all carefully selected elite soldiers. Each of them is an elite soldier who has served for more than five years and has undergone a lot of training and testing.

It can be said that the combat effectiveness of these 150,000 German troops far exceeded the 600,000 troops of the Kingdom of Italy in Arthur's mind.

From this point, it is enough to confirm the terrible status of the German army in Arthur's heart. If Germany did not currently have a large-scale navy, I am afraid Arthur would not sit back and watch the development of the situation in Europe with such peace of mind.

This is also the biggest good news. Even if Germany's industrial strength is not weak, it is very difficult to develop a powerful navy from scratch.

Even if the Germans are given ten years, the size of the German navy is destined to be inferior to that of the United Kingdom, and it is unknown whether it can even compare with Australasia.

Under such a premise, it is much easier for the world to defeat Germany today than it was in history.

Mustache, who has completely unified Germany, can be considered high-spirited at this time. As the true ruler of Germany, Mustache understands that he cannot stop.

The current state of Germany is not good. Compared with the German Empire before World War I, the current Germany can be said to be a weak version.

Needless to say, the territory that was ceded went without saying. Germany's industry and economy also suffered huge losses. Only the population increased compared with before World War I.

In terms of industry, although Germany's industry has returned to world-class status, it is not much different from France, the victorious country.

But the problem is that Germany's industry is not what it needs, but what other victorious countries in Europe need.

German industry is generally dominated by low-end processed products, which are also low-priced German industrial products that European countries rely on.

In addition, there are only some heavy industries with high noise and pollution, which have been transferred to Germany by European countries.

Although these heavy industries are based in Germany, their ownership still belongs abroad. These foreign factories hire German employees at low prices, subject German workers to a noisy and polluted working environment, and then sell a series of industrial products abroad at low prices.

In this process, Germany can only squeeze a little income from those German workers, except for a little tariff.

This kind of development is extremely unhealthy, and it is also the fundamental reason why Germany's industry currently looks strong, but in fact it does not contribute to Germany's overall strength.

If Germany wants to restore the strength of its former Second Empire, it must take its first bold step.

For a man as crazy as Mustache, what is the first step for the German government now? Of course it was to test the attitude of Britain and France.

Although Mustache really wants to abolish the Rhineland Demilitarized Zone, Mustache is also afraid of setbacks on this matter.

After pondering for a moment, Mustache decided to take his first action on military expansion and adopt the principle of small-scale military expansion to test the attitude of Britain and France towards this.

If Britain and France only protest diplomatically, it means that they can boldly expand their military.

If Britain and France strictly supervise Germany and even use all means to threaten Germany to stop its military expansion, then it is time to think about how to deal with the threat from Britain and France.

In June 1933, Mustache felt that he was ready and officially made an announcement.

It said that because of Germany's chaotic society, the existing army is no longer able to maintain the current security situation in Germany.

In order to maintain the stability of the country, the government decided to expand the army from 150,000 to 250,000, and completely resolve the gaps between the previous states, turning the German Empire back into a unified country.

Although the scale of the military expansion is not large, the number of German troops after the completion of the expansion is still smaller than that of either Britain or France.

But Germany has military restrictions after all. The previous peace treaty only allowed Germany to have 150,000 troops.

Mustache's such an aboveboard military expansion behavior naturally made everyone look forward to the attitude of Britain and France towards this.

As expected, Britain and France immediately began righteous diplomatic protests, and even tried to submit the military expansion matter to the World Alliance, so as to trigger sanctions against Germany by the entire World Alliance.

Mustache felt that he had caught a glimmer of hope in the reaction of Britain and France, and he decided to go crazy again to see clearly the true attitude of Britain and France towards this.

To this end, Mustache specially sent his confidant, who is also the current German Foreign Minister, to France and the United Kingdom for persuasion.

Because they know that Britain is the leader of the World Alliance, the main target of the Germans' persuasion is naturally the British Empire, which is currently the strongest.

The reason is still the same, but Germany also gave its own conditions.

First of all, the German army will never step into the Rhineland Demilitarized Zone, and the German army will not be equipped with large-scale heavy weapons.

Secondly, the weapons equipped by the German army are still restricted, and all weapons related to artillery and machine guns are produced by British factories.

Third, Germany promised not to expand its navy and not take back the opened Kiel Canal.

Fourth, the expansion of the German army should be limited to 250,000. Unless the French also expand their army, Germany will not expand its army in a short time.

After Germany agreed to these four demands, the British expressed their unified attitude overtly and covertly.

After dealing with the British, the remaining France is actually not that difficult to deal with.

It can be seen from the appeasement policy of Britain and France towards Italy that neither Britain nor France want to see a war at this time.

Mustache's foreign policy all reveals the word crazy. After the German Foreign Minister entered France, in addition to promising not to deploy troops on the German-French border, his attitude was very firm.

Because it is already clear that the British will not object, the Germans have a certain confidence and can engage in diplomatic games with the French.

When the negotiations reached a stalemate, the German Foreign Minister publicly stated that regardless of whether France agreed with Germany's military expansion, Germany would expand its military as planned.

The German government has also given its own attitude, which is to strengthen cooperation with Italy.

In mid-June 1933, Italy publicly stated that it would launch a military exercise on its northern border and also invited the German military to visit.

Before the French could react to this move, the Austrian Empire in northern Italy could not sit still.

There is no way, the Austrian region, the most important core of the Austrian Empire, is under attack from the north and south by Germany and Italy.

The purpose of this exercise is also very simple, which is to encircle Wei and save Zhao by threatening Austria.

So the question is, Italy can use its own troops to make secret threats. Will France use its own troops to make the same threat in response?

If there had not been the previous war between Italy and the Abyssinian Empire, perhaps the French would have.

But the question is, knowing that Italy is already a crazy country capable of starting a war, will the French risk going to war with the entire German-Italian alliance just to expand Germany's army by 100,000?

of course not.

This is not only Mustache's guess, but also the final answer given by France's diplomatic attitude.

France backed down.

It is a result that seems surprising, but when you think about it carefully, it is not unexpected.

But in any case, Mustache successfully proved his conjecture, allowing the Germans to finally have a chance to recover more than ten years after the end of World War I.

The size of the German army increased from 150,000 to 250,000. How much did it change Germany?

First of all, the extra 100,000 troops are equivalent to 100,000 opportunities to work for the country.

Of course, Mustache will not owe the salaries of these soldiers. This also means that these 100,000 soldier positions are actually the dream jobs of many Germans.

It can be seen from the fact that the German recruitment office is full that the Germans are very interested in this position that provides food and housing and the opportunity to avenge Germany.

Encouraged by the speech expert Mustache, the hatred of the Germans was successfully transferred to the French and Jewish capitalists.

One of the great advantages of doing this is that when Mustache is killing the Jews, these troops will not only not object, but will be the first to step forward with a grin.

For Arthur, the news that Germany had successfully expanded its army was definitely the biggest news in the first half of 1933.

Because this means that the mustache's crazy road will officially begin, and the appeasement policy of Britain and France that continues to retreat will also begin from this moment.

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