877. Chapter 844: Declaration of war! Declaration of war!

Chapter 844 Declaration of war! Declare war!

Arthur was obviously aware of the large-scale mobilization of German troops.

Compared with the French government, which was indifferent, Arthur already understood in his heart that the appetite of the Germans would never be satisfied by a small Polish corridor.

Now that we know France's attitude of constantly giving in, why not take advantage of this opportunity to directly annex Poland, which has no preparations?

People like Arthur who are not crazy have such ideas, let alone the already crazy rulers of Germany and Italy.

After learning that the island country was constantly expanding its armaments and provoking Australasia in this regard, the Australasian government quickly came to the conclusion that the island country was attracting Australasia's attention. , Germany may take action soon.

For his own benefit, Arthur of course chose to take advantage of the situation.

The more lively the war is in Europe, the easier it will be for Australasia to gain greater benefits from the war.

In a world without the United States, the faster Europe falls, the more Australasia benefits.

In order to cooperate with the Germans, Arthur decided to further expand his armaments, making the Germans believe that Australasia's attention had been attracted by the islanders.

In fact, there is no cover-up of Australasia's hostility to island countries, and various arms expansions targeting island countries are endless.

As time came to October 3, 1935, a piece of news that shocked the entire Europe instantly ignited world public opinion.

The day before, October 2, a giant airship, the Wilhelm II, traveling from Berlin, Germany to Romania, crashed while passing through Polish territory.

Although Germany has not announced the cause of the airship crash, many photos of the airship burning in mid-air and the wreckage falling to the ground have been leaked.

You know, this airship is a truly giant airship. Being named after Wilhelm II, Emperor of the German Empire, is enough to prove that Germany attaches great importance to this airship.

In fact, this is indeed the case. Although airplanes have completely replaced airships at the strategic level, large airships still play a certain role in long-distance transportation and cargo transportation because they have an area that far exceeds that of airplanes.

For example, this super airship named William II is the largest aircraft in human history.

So the question is, why is only Germany among the major powers still vigorously developing airships?

This still has to mention the restrictions on Germany after World War I. Until Germany completely abolishes these restrictions, they will have no right to research and manufacture aircraft.

Since airplanes cannot be manufactured, airships can only become Germany's only option.

This is why airship accidents occur frequently and there are still many large and small airship airlines in Germany.

This airship, which suddenly exploded, burned and crashed in mid-air, was nearly 233 meters long and nearly 40 meters in diameter. It was definitely a behemoth in the sky.

Thanks to the large size of the airship, the Wilhelm II airship can accommodate 55 to 72 passengers and 42 to 55 airship crew members.

Among the forty or fifty airship crew members, there were also six to nine flight attendants, who were later called stewardesses.

In addition, the airship also has many facilities including bars, large restaurants, luxurious living areas, movie screening rooms, viewing rooms, etc.

Although the speed is only a pitiful 123 kilometers per hour, considering the luxurious personnel and facilities of this airship, this is definitely the highest service that aristocrats and capitalists can enjoy in the sky.

Precisely because most of the people who can enjoy such a luxurious airship are nobles and capitalists, the news of the crash of this airship instantly attracted the attention of the entire Europe.

As the owner of the airship, the German government immediately began an investigation. Because the airship crashed in Poland, the German government asked Poland to open its borders and allow Germany to send an investigation team to conduct in-depth investigations into Poland.

The Poles were unimpressed at first and agreed to the German request without thinking.

After all, the airship did crash in Poland. Logically speaking, Poland should agree to let the Germans investigate.

But soon, the Poles discovered something was wrong.

The German government rejected the Polish government's proposal for a joint investigation and simply collected the debris after the airship crash, basically ending the investigation.

But within a few days, the German government suddenly issued a statement stating that the Wilhelm II airship was ignited by a spark in the air and leaked hydrogen, which then caused the entire airship to explode and burn.

The question is, where did the sparks in the air come from?

Considering that the air forces of various countries currently have sufficient combat effectiveness, the German government has shifted all responsibilities to the Polish government.

The German Foreign Minister angrily stated in an interview that the Poles were very angry about Germany taking back the Polish Corridor, and they launched a terrorist attack against Germany.

In the face of a very surprised domestic and foreign media, the German Foreign Minister firmly stated that if the Poles did not plan this terrorist attack, they should hand over all their air forces to the Germans for inspection.

Secondly, Poland was the culprit of the airship explosion before Poland's evidence of guilt was completely cleared. As compensation for all members of the airship, the Polish government should pay a total of 18.77 million pounds in compensation and try the criminals who planned and launched the terrorist attacks.

Although the Poles have not yet figured out how they became the culprit of the airship explosion in just a few days, they will certainly not agree to the German demands. Although the compensation is not much for Poland, how can Poland admit that it did not do it?

Such a very obvious frame-up caused great dissatisfaction from the Polish government.

In interviews with foreign media, the Polish government also made a strong statement, saying that the Germans were simply framing the incident.

Moreover, officials from the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that all conclusions drawn by the Germans are their wild guesses and have nothing to do with reality.

If the Germans do not have sufficient evidence to prove that Poland was responsible for the airship crash, then it proves that Poland is not guilty.

Regarding the frame-up by the German government, the Polish government demanded compensation of 18.77 million pounds from the German government and publicly apologized to the Polish government.

It is clear that the two governments are at odds again.

This also has to mention the reaction of the people in Poland after being forced to cede the Polish Corridor.

The so-called Great Polandism is recognized by many Polish people. Faced with being forced to cede territory, which was contrary to Greater Polandism, the Polish people were quite dissatisfied.

What can the Polish government do? They could only keep stating that the cession of territory was forced, and even officials from their diplomatic department had little sense of participation in the second half of the peace talks.

This did have some effect. The people's dissatisfaction with the government's cession of territory was passed on to Germany, which invaded and occupied Polish territory, and to the French and Austrian empires, which condoned Germany.

Facing the above-board frame-up by the Germans, the Polish people can no longer bear it and demand that the government maintain a firm attitude in this diplomatic confrontation.

Although they were forced to cede the Polish Corridor, most of the Poles in this land were moved back to the country.

This has also led to the fact that Poland still has a population of more than 30 million. In this part of Europe, it is still considered a medium-sized country with a large territory and a large population.

You know, Spain, which attracts much attention from all countries, had only a population of about 25 million before the outbreak of the civil war. Since the civil war broke out, Spain has a population of 24 million, which is already pretty good. (Human casualties plus outflow of immigrants)

The Poles' resolutely confrontational attitude suited the German government.

Regardless of the reaction from the outside world, the German government put forward more stringent conditions, requiring the Polish government to open all air force bases to German investigation and provide flight records of all aircraft in Poland.

It was impossible for the Polish government to agree to the previous conditions, let alone the condition of almost exposing the air force data to the Germans.

After the Poles once again rejected their request, the German government stopped pretending. In the early morning of October 15, 1935, the German government sent a note to the Polish ambassador and handed over a declaration of war from the German government to the Polish government. The Polish ambassador was kicked out of the Foreign Ministry.

The Polish ambassador did not hesitate at all and quickly returned to the Polish embassy.

But the Polish Ambassador sadly discovered that the road back to the Polish Embassy was suddenly repaired urgently, and there was a car accident on another slightly farther road, which was blocked by water.

It is obvious that the German government is preventing the Polish ambassador from conveying information to Poland.

The helpless Polish ambassador could only choose to walk back to the embassy. This also made the journey that originally only took more than ten minutes suddenly turned into more than an hour.

At the same time as the declaration of war was submitted, hundreds of thousands of German troops on the German border and the Polish corridor moved toward the Polish border.

The Germans had made careful preparations before this and accumulated 350,000 troops on the eastern border.

These 350,000 troops all experienced the Spanish Civil War and can be considered Germany's elite army.

However, the Germans did not dare to be careless. The country they faced exceeded them in terms of military size alone.

Yes, Poland has more troops than Germany.

Because of the tragic history of the Poles, even though Poland regained its independence after World War I and gained a large amount of territory, the Poles still did not dare to relax at all.

Coupled with the Poles' so-called Greater Poland vision, the Poles are very keen to expand the size of their army and regard several major countries around them as imaginary enemies.

As of now, Poland's army has approximately 750,000 troops and has a large number of tanks and aircraft.

It can be said that from the perspective of the size of the army alone, the size of Poland's army is similar to that of Italy. This is why the Poles are confident that they can fight against Germany.

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