For the strange "friendship" between Germany and the Soviet Union, Britain, France and other countries thought that it would not last long. In their imagination, Germany would tear up its face with the Soviet Union immediately after the Polish campaign. The two armies a and c The group would attack the Soviet Belarusian front and the Ukrainian front as soon as the battle was over. fastest update
However, things did not progress as they thought. Instead of tearing their faces and beating their heads, Germany and the Soviet Union held a joint military parade for the three countries. Stalin even said to Lyon at the military parade, "Using The blood-bonded friendship between the German and Soviet peoples will continue and be strengthened."
In fact, the strategic assumptions of Britain, France and other countries are not wrong. The "friendship" between Germany and the Soviet Union is only superficial. Sooner or later, Germany will tear up its face with the Soviet Union and have a real fight.
Because the Soviet Union and Germany have a long-standing feud, and Lyon, together with the German High Command, issued a plan for the invasion of the Soviet Union called "Barbarossa" very early.
However, Britain, France and other countries did not know the existence of "Barbarossa", so Britain, France and other allies began to reflect on whether there was a problem with their strategic assumptions, should they take advantage of the fact that the main German troops were still on the eastern front to correct the mistakes they made earlier? A surprise attack was launched in western Germany, which was empty of troops.
However, after intense discussions, the Allies chose not to attack Germany, on the grounds that "Germany will not attack the Soviet Union, and it will certainly not attack the stronger Allies. If Germany wants to attack the Allies, The Soviet Union will definitely be dealt with first. So instead of attacking Germany first, it is better to wait for Germany and the Soviet Union to break through, and the Allies sit on the sidelines and harvest the fisherman."
If Lyon had known this bizarre reason, he would definitely have laughed twice, and then asked Churchill and Le Brun where the confidence came from, and dared to say that Germany would definitely attack the Soviet Union first.
But even if the Allies reacted, they also lost the best chance to attack Germany.
On June 3, after a short rest, Army Group A on the Eastern Front took the train back to Germany and headed to the Western Front in an orderly manner to make up for Germany's loopholes in the Western Front. The c army group continued to be stationed in the German-occupied areas of Poland to stabilize the situation in post-war Poland.
Berlin, Germany, the Führer's Manor.
At this moment, Lyon is sitting on the lawn of the manor with a special guest, enjoying a cozy afternoon tea time.
"Respected Head of State, to be honest, I really envy you for having such a beautiful family." A middle-aged man in his 50s sat beside Leon and looked at Sophia and Ann who were playing not far away. Jericha said to Leon with a smile.
"Haha, Mr. Wittgenstein is joking." Leon laughed, "Don't you also have a wonderful family? The harmony within the Wittgenstein family makes most people envious!"
Speaking of the Wittgenstein family, everyone may be unfamiliar, but when it comes to the "sixth European empire", some people have heard of it, and this "sixth European empire" refers to the Wittgenstein family.
The economic strength of the Wittgenstein family is extremely terrifying. The previous parent, Karl Wittgenstein, even used the power of a family to fund Galchak and Denikin to fight against the entire Soviet Union at the beginning of the Soviet Union.
"No no, the relationship between our family is really good, but my family culture is terrible for me." Ludwig Wittgenstein waved his hand with a wry smile, "I have been abused by my father since I was a child. Educated in business, but God knows, I have no interest in business, what I really love is art! I have the soul of art, but I have to deal with dirty money all day long, I think you can understand that, Mr. Lyon a feeling."
"That's really uncomfortable." Leon shrugged, "But Mr. Wittgenstein, since the end of the last world war, your family's strength has been declining."
Hearing this, Wittgenstein raised his eyebrows and said, "Why does Your Excellency the Führer care about our Wittgenstein family?"
"Because I think your family is a good partner." Leon smiled meaningfully.
"Partners? What does the Führer want to cooperate with us?" Wittgenstein asked with interest.
Although Ludwig Wittgenstein is keen on art and philosophy, as the current head of the Wittgenstein family, he is also full of talent in business, so after Lyon talked about cooperation, he came to be interested and wanted to see See what the most powerful man in Germany is proposing for cooperation.
"Let me first explain that although you are the head of state of Germany, if your proposed cooperation project does not meet our appetite, we will still choose to reject it." Ludwig Wittgenstein added.
His words had a hint of warning, but with economic strength at his level, he was indeed qualified to say such things to Leon.
"How could it be? Our cooperation with people has always been based on mutual trust, and we will never force anyone to cooperate with us." Leon said seriously, of course, everyone knows whether what he said is true or false. .
"Also, the cooperation project I propose will definitely suit your appetite. After all, I don't think anyone would be interested in monopolizing the European market."
"What, what?" Wittgenstein was taken aback.
Although he roughly guessed that Germany might attack France based on the recent movements of the German army, he never imagined that Lyon's appetite would be so great that it would eat the whole of Europe!
"I said, I want to dominate the whole of Europe, I want to establish a new order in Europe!" Lyon repeated, "Now, as the head of Germany and the initiator of the new order, I sincerely invite you, Dear Ludwig Witt Mr. Gerstein, join our plan and share the whole of Europe with us!"
"I need time to calm down!" Wittgenstein said in a trembling voice.
"Please! I have plenty of time to wait for you to give me an answer." Lyon replied, "but I think you should be very aware of our strength, I think you understand what the powerful Wehrmacht and German SS will give us. Plan to add a commitment that's big enough!"
What Lyon said was indeed right. Wittgenstein was very aware of Germany's strength. After all, it was not impossible to dismantle Poland's existence within a month and give them some time to overturn the whole of Europe.
"Well, in order to show our sincerity, I will send you a gift on behalf of the German government and the Axis Group." Lyon took out a document from the adjutant's bag beside him and handed it to Wittgenstein.
Wittgenstein's puzzled result file, he opened it and was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth.