Chapter 131 The full outbreak of World War II
This trip to the mountain city was not very meaningful to Wu Siren, but instead allowed him to see all the ugly things in the national government, which made him hate the "Apple fans" in his previous life. If Chang Kaishen really did the world, Wu Siren probably wouldn't be much better in China in the future than the "third brother".
After quietly returning to Yuzhou, Wu Siren began to adjust all development directions, including the army, and began to comprehensively carry out infrastructure construction in Yuzhou, especially water conservancy facilities. The European War is about to begin, and the Pacific War will not be too far away in the future. China's War of Resistance will also enter a new era.
In his previous life, Wu Siren watched a movie called "1942". He was particularly impressed by the plot. He had specially checked relevant information and found that China suffered much heavier in history than in the movies. Therefore, since he retired to Yuzhou, he has been working hard to prepare.
"Nothing happened in Yuzhou during this period, right?"
Chen Ziliang shook his head repeatedly: "Mr. Li, the Yanzhou, has contacted him twice. The Red Party hopes that we can help them cultivate a group of military-industrial talents?"
"This is a political party that is ambitious to do practical things. Unlike Shancheng, it only wants to take advantage of tricks."
"The commander seems that this trip to the mountain city is not pleasant!" Chen Ziliang sighed.
Wu Siren waved his hand and smiled bitterly: "The central government has no hope, but now we have to fight against foreign enemies under the leadership of such a regime. Because there is no better choice, I sometimes feel very tired and a little overwhelmed. Chief of Staff, I have something to ask you. I am planning to establish a political party so that I can better prepare for the War of Resistance and future plans."
Chen Ziliang said excitedly: "I have advised you before, but the commander always has doubts about this."
"It's not that I don't know the benefits of establishing a political party to military construction and future plans, but once we take this step, it means that it will inevitably become the focus of attention of all parties. Shancheng will also start to be wary of us, but now we have to do it. The central government has already thought about us. I'm afraid that the people below will not be able to hold on. You can count it tomorrow. I want to see through this matter to see who have been bribed by Shancheng. Remember to keep this matter a little more confidential?"
Chen Ziliang pondered for a moment and asked: What is our party’s name? What is its goal? I think there should be no problems with the heads of each division. After all, the establishment of a political party will greatly promote our future development. I believe that most generals and officials of the Tax Police Corps will not object."
Wu Siren nodded quickly, agreed and said, "I also believe that the brothers of the Tax Police Corps will not have too many objections. Our political party is called the 'Huaxia Baath Party'! I am the chairman of the party, and you are the secretary-general and responsible for the preparations. The goal program is aimed at reviving the Chinese nation. I will try to see if I can bring the Zhigong Party in at that time."
Chen Ziliang smiled and said, "Okay, I believe that with Mr. Situ Xianyi joining us, our development overseas will be even smoother."
"This is the party platform and party constitution I have drafted. Let's see what else needs to be supplemented."
Wu Siren was a loyal member of the Red Party in his previous life. The drafting of the Party Program and Party Constitution borrowed many of the Red Party's programs and added a lot of populist things. Wu Siren was disdainful of Western democracy. The fact that the American imperialists in later generations were torn apart by Sichuan's founding made Wu Siren very wary of Western democratic policies.
After Chen Ziliang left with Wu Siren's party plan and party constitution drafted by Wu Siren, Wu Siren immediately reported to the US imperialist empire to direct Lan Yanzhi and Wu Yuanliang's next action. Given that Europe may have a war in September, various raw materials and mechanical equipment will increase prices significantly by then, he decided to let the Wu family join hands with the Chinese capitalists led by the Cleveland Consortium and Situ Meitang to purchase grain, steel and other materials in the US imperialist empire, purchase machine tools, electronic instruments, engines and other equipment, and purchase stocks related to steel, chemicals, arms, etc., and take this opportunity to buy at the bottom.
In 1938, the US imperialists' economy fell into a low again. From the beginning of the year to now, the factory operating rate was less than 50%, and the unemployed population reached 10 million. If it were the general election this year, Roosevelt might have lost the election due to bad economic conditions. In real history, it would take Europe to break out and the US imperial economy would miraculously come back to life, and then decades of glory. This is why the US imperialists fully supported Germany and Japan to launch aggression before the Pacific War. The main purpose was to sell materials and transfer economic pressure. In this time and space, due to Wu Siren's advance industrial layout, the US imperialists' economic recovery was indirectly advanced, and there was almost no obstacle to buying at the bottom.
On August 29, just as the Wu family and allies were successful in various procurements of the US imperialists, the German government interrupted the radio, telegraph and telephone communications with the outside world at 12 noon Berlin time. The day before, the last batch of French and Johnniu journalists and non-public civilians had hurriedly retreated to the nearest border. At the same time, the German Foreign Ministry sent a telegram to the embassy and consulates in Poland, Gaul Chicken and Johnniu, demanding that German citizens leave as quickly as possible.
The sudden telecommunications control in Germany caused panic around the world. Although the French government did not know what happened, it immediately issued a general mobilization order, announcing that the frontline defense and the Maginot defense line were in a state of first-level combat readiness. At the same time, it recruited young French and colonials to join the army, requiring the shortest time to expand the number of military service from 1.9 million to 3 million, of which 2.5 million were the army to fight against Germany's possible attack on Poland.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, the ambassador of John Bull to Berlin took a plane to Berchtesgaden and handed a letter from Chamberlain to Mustache. In the letter, Prime Minister John Bull flatly claimed that Great Britain would fulfill its obligations to Poland with "all the power it possesses". Mustache roared angrily and replied that if John Bull dared to declare war on Germany, he would find that Germany was "prepared and unwavering". Mustache also said, "I am forty-nine years old, and I would rather fight now than fight at fifty-five or sixty."
However, as far as one's heart is concerned, Xiao Wang is still quite afraid of the threat from Britain and France. After all, Germany lost to the war between the east and west sides in the last European war. The reason why the telecommunications contact was suddenly interrupted this time was to test what reaction the UK and France would have.
The bearded man rushed back to Berlin that night and summoned the French ambassador immediately, trying to persuade France and Britain to not intervene in the German war against Poland for the last time. The French ambassador Kurond showed to the beard with the most serious attitude that if Germany attacked Poland, he would find that France "will fight with Poland with its full strength." Two hours later, French Prime Minister Daraday delivered a speech to all the Gaul chicken citizens through the radio, reiterating that if Poland is attacked, France will fulfill its obligations.
In this case, once Germany takes action against Poland, Germany will enter a state of war with Britain and France, and Xiaomou is suddenly in a difficult choice. In order to alleviate the confrontation with Britain and France, Xiaomou has temporarily changed his opinion and demanded to obtain Danze and other Baltic coastal areas from Poland, so that Germany and East Prussia can be connected. These places can hold a referendum to decide the final ownership. In this way, John Bull may accept it, and Poland will definitely not allow it. There will be a conflict between the two, so Chamberlain is given an excuse to get rid of his guarantees to Poland.
As for the Gaul chicken, the beard believed that France would follow the John Cow, just as it has been since the Rhineland crisis in 1936. After all, in the Gaul chicken, many people protested to the government against the war.
Previously, Frandan, the leader of the Democratic Union, who served as Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, went to the Army to meet Daraday and asked him not to drag the Gaul chicken to the war. Frandan claimed that he was authorized by his friends in politics to tell the Prime Minister to fully support the policy of compromise to avoid war. Also on that morning, the Royalist Party's "France Action" published an editorial by Charles Moras with a front-page headline. The author and the newspaper have a wide range of readers among the Army and Navy officers. The editorial said that the English and Jews were pushing France into war, and those cabinet members who advocated toughness were portrayed as "a small European group of people who were keen on destroying world peace."
As the terror brought to Europe and even the world on the 29th was too profound, the number of pacifists in John's cow and Gaul's chicken increased rapidly, and the call for compromise continued to increase and the influence continued to expand, which brought new hope to the beard.
At one o'clock in the morning on August 30, Hitler summoned Ambassador John Bull, Neville Henderson, and said that in order to satisfy the English government, Germany agreed to negotiate with the Poles, but the Polish government must send a full envoy to Germany and must arrive before 6 p.m. the next day.
Bone, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Defense of Gaul Chicken, immediately telegraphed the Gaul Chicken ambassador to Warsaw, urging the Polish government to agree immediately. With the lessons of Austria and Czechoslovakia, the Polish government did not retreat and announced a general mobilization at noon on the 30th. Due to Poland's refusal to cooperate, Germany once again interrupted its telecommunications contact with the outside world on the 31st.
In the past two days, the ** propaganda machine was fully activated. German newspapers, radio stations, and news agencies announced in succession that "Warsha threatened to bomb Danze!" "The extremely crazy Poles launched an incredible provocation." On the morning of the 31st, the front page of the Berlin Daily was: "Poland was completely trapped in riots, the Germanic families were fleeing, and the Polish army advanced to the edge of the German border." The title of the "Twelve O'clock" was: "This kind of fire-playing action is too excessive. Three German passenger planes were shot by the Poles, and many Germanic farmhouses in the Danze corridor became a sea of fire!" The title of the "People's Observer" was: "The whole territory of Poland is in war fanaticism! 1.5 million people have been mobilized! The army is continuously transported to the border! Upper Silesia is in chaos!"
The whole of Europe once again felt the terrifying atmosphere of the storm. The Pope, President Roosevelt of Hawks, King of Belgium, and Queen of the Netherlands jointly issued a call for Germany to remain calm, otherwise a new world war would break out.
At 6 p.m. on August 31, Xiaomousha issued Operational Order No. 1: Now the political possibility of peacefully dealing with the situation that Germany cannot tolerate on the eastern border has been completely lost, and I decided to resolve it by force. The attack on Poland will be carried out according to the preparations stipulated in the White Plan! The attack time is 4:45 a.m. on September 1.
When night shrouded the land of Europe, 1.5 million German troops began to enter the frontier of the Polish border, waiting for Fo Xiao to attack. At this time, all German radio stations broadcast Xiao Bei's speech. Xiao Bei said how he kindly made a "peace proposal" to Poland, how sincere, how fair and practical this suggestion was "roughly rejected" by Poland. At the same time, a SS disguised as a Polish army and launched an attack on Germany, so the war of "for tooth" and "respect for force with force" began.
At dawn on September 1, 1939, the German army crossed the Polish border in large numbers, and advanced to Warsaw in three directions, north, south and west. In the sky, German aircraft flew towards their targets, Polish troops, arsenals, bridges, railways and cities. A few minutes later, these planes made the Poles taste the sudden death and destruction from the air for the first time, regardless of military and civilians.
At 10 o'clock in the morning, Xiaoma did not wear a brown ** Party uniform, but a military gray suit. He took a bus to the Clore Opera House to attend the parliamentary meeting held there. Since the parliament was held temporarily, many members who were not in Berlin could not attend, so the SS in the guards of Xiaoma and Gorene replaced them, played the role of parliamentarians, and agreed to declare war on Poland.
The Bearded Man's speech on the declaration of war against Poland caused thunderous applause in the parliament. In the private room of the diplomats, the Japanese ambassador kept applauding. At the end of the meeting, the members of the parliament stood up from their seats, with Hitler and Gorene's bodyguards, and Gorene's chairman announced "unanimous approval".
It was Thursday, and Berlin was calm in the morning. Although important news came from the radio and morning report, the pedestrians on the street were very cold about it. Most Germans couldn't help but think of the tragic experience after the defeat of Germany in the last European war, and were full of concern for the future. In the distant East, it was already afternoon. The news of the war in Europe began, which made the Chinese forces excited.
Chapter completed!