Chapter 69
On October 3, 1935 AD, the Kingdom of Caesar used the border conflict between Abyssinia and its colonies as an excuse and rejected all requests for reconciliation from Abyssinia. It dispatched 500,000 troops and launched an attack on Abyssinia. attack.
Although Abyssinia defeated the invasion of the Kingdom of Caesar decades ago and defended the country's independence.
But, decades later. Abyssinia remains poor and backward.
On the other hand, although the Kingdom of Caesar developed slowly. But at least it is one of the world's great powers. It is equipped with a large number of aircraft, artillery and tanks. Naturally, it is not comparable to Abyssinia, which is poorly equipped and even lacks rifles. It can only fight with bows and arrows and swords and guns.
The national strength of both sides is no longer on the same level.
The Kingdom of Caesar has a population of more than 40 million and strong industrial strength, capable of manufacturing almost all weapons and equipment on its own.
The army of Caesar's Kingdom that invaded Abyssinia was also fully armed.
Abyssinia, on the other hand, has a population of just over 10 million. And the industry is almost blank. The army's weapons and equipment are also very poor.
Even in this battle, Abyssinia mobilized a total of 800,000 troops to resist the attack of the Kingdom of Caesar, but it still ended in failure. The emperor's child, Selassie I, also had to go into exile on the Empire on which the sun never sets.
However, there is no doubt that Abyssinia failed in this war.
But what really surprised everyone was that the Kingdom of Caesar invested half a million well-equipped elite troops, but it took a full five months to capture Abyssinia.
Moreover, during the war, the Kingdom of Caesar even used poison gas, a weapon that was strictly prohibited. It also cost tens of thousands of people to defeat Abyssinia.
This shows how bad the combat effectiveness of the Caesar Kingdom's army is.
The invasion of Abyssinia by the Kingdom of Caesar naturally attracted strong condemnation from the international community.
In particular, the Kingdom of Gaul and the Empire on which the sun never sets asked the Kingdom of Caesar to stop the invasion.
However, they are just showing off, and the thunder is loud but the rain is small.
Even though they shouted loudly, they did not provide any support to Abyssinia. In fact, no effective sanctions were launched against the Kingdom of Caesar. The Suez Canal, controlled by the Empire, is still open to the Kingdom of Caesar as usual, allowing the Kingdom of Caesar to easily mobilize troops from the mainland to Abyssinia.
It can be seen that the Sun Never Sets Empire and the Kingdom of Gaul did not take Abyssinia seriously at all.
They preferred to sacrifice Abyssinia to satisfy Caesar's kingdom. So that Caesar's Kingdom can launch an attack in the direction they want.
The"Anti-Bear Alliance Agreement" signed by the Third Reich and the Kingdom of Caesar successfully confused the Gauls and the Empire on which the sun never sets.
In order for the Third Reich and the Kingdom of Caesar to launch an attack on the Woolly Bear Alliance, they naturally have to continue to meet the growing needs of the Third Reich and the Kingdom of Caesar.
At the end of 1935, Hess openly proposed at a cabinet meeting that reparations after the defeat of the previous war would no longer be paid.
According to the"Contract of Versailles" signed that year, the Third Reich had to pay war reparations of 269 billion gold marks, divided into 42 years. At the same time, the Third Reich had to claim twelve percent of the value of its annual exports.
Such conditions are undoubtedly extremely harsh.
Even though the Allied Victory Committee later agreed to the Allies' new request and reduced the compensation to 132 billion gold marks and interest. This works out to two billion marks per year. At the same time, 26 percent of the export value must be paid.
You know, the Third Reich's annual fiscal revenue is only 3.4 billion marks. More than half was used to pay off war reparations. This naturally caused the Third Reich's countermeasure finance to fall into a huge crisis.
Fortunately, after the economic crisis broke out, the Third Reich's economy also suffered a heavy blow, and it began to use this as a reason to request a delay in the payment of war reparations.
However, as the economy recovers.
The Third Reich has now taken the lead in emerging from the economic crisis.
The Allies defeated the Commission and naturally required the Third Reich to continue to implement the treaty and pay war reparations.
This is two billion marks per year, a lot of money!
To hand over such a huge number to the Allied Powers for nothing is completely to support the enemy.
If it remains in the Third Reich and is used to expand the army, it will be enough for the Third Reich's military power to develop by leaps and bounds.
Therefore, Hess is not prepared to pay these war reparations anymore.
"Your Excellency, if you can let go of this debt, it would be the best. In this case, we will have enough funds to invest in economic development and armaments."Deputy Prime Minister Papen said
"Yes, Your Excellency. If this money can be saved, our financial pressure will not be so great." Von Kolosik also said
"However, Your Excellency, the Allied Powers may not agree."Foreign Affairs Minister Konstantin von Neuratt looked worried.
