Battle of the Third Reich

"However, whether my head of state, Bonomi can be trusted, we are not sure yet. I suggest to test him first, at least let him clarify his attitude towards Germany." Don’t look at Kettle’s strategy. Very sensitive, but he has an unusual sense of smell for such political issues.

"Of course he is not trustworthy, and all other socialists are the same. The situation in the Fascist National Party is even worse, with a large number of speculators, scammers, villains and neuropaths." Borman added indifferently.

"I have to remind you, my head of state. This is not a good idea. The current situation in Italy is very worrying. I think that for the current chaos in Italy, the most effective way is to use force to suppress or completely eliminate all dissatisfaction with Germany. Power." Yodel suggested.

"Yes, like what we did in Poland, it seems to be very effective right now, isn't it." Ribbentrop nodded in agreement with Yoder.

"That's it, I don't think it's necessary to give Italians any preferential treatment conditions. They have defeated, and of course they have to obey our will to defeat the country." Blauchic said excitedly on the table.

"My head of state, we also have to consider the thoughts of our allies. If Italy does not pay enough for their actions, what will France and Britain think." Goebbels reminded respectfully.

"The French and British governments are currently very concerned about Italy's post-war handling issues, and they both want to strike a hard shot in Italy to make up for the huge losses caused by the European war." Ribbentrop said to the Minister of Propaganda.

"I know all the problems you said, I hope you will put your vision on a higher level, because this is not simply how to deal with the problem of a defeated country. In fact, these problems are directly related to our follow-up implementation of the Soviet strategy. "" Xu Jun waved his hand and stopped Weierle who was about to speak.

"Italy is an authoritarian country on the surface, but in fact a large number of opposition forces are lurking underwater. After this war, these forces were all exposed. This has to be said to be an unexpected gain, allowing us to see clearly. Clear the true situation of this country.

Extreme nationalists, who believe in the fundamentalist fascist ideas, oppose Mussolini's reforms to the National Party policy after taking office, and oppose the compromise of the old Italian forces, including the royal aristocracy and the northern capitalists.

The Italian Socialist Party, including the Reformist Socialist Party, are realists who will compromise, make concessions, and will succumb to powerful forces on the surface, but they must never relax their vigilance against them. They are naturally experts in conspiracy, just like This Bonomi.

In addition, although they have been seriously hit in the past few years, they still hide a large number of supporters in towns and villages in northern Italy. According to intelligence, many of them have infiltrated the Italian government and army.

There are also royalists, aristocratic groups loyal to the tradition and the Savoy royal family, the Pope of the Vatican, Italian capitalists and chaebol groups, local separatists in Sicily, mafia, etc.

And we must note that there is one of the most powerful forces, that is, members of the Fascist National Party who are still loyal to Mussolini. We can find from the confessions of the prisoners of war that at least 60% of the members of the Italian army are still loyal to this leader and his fascist theory.

There are also the Montenegrin Legion, they are Mussolini's diehards, which is why Badoglio exhausted his efforts to transfer them away from Mussolini. As long as these people remain loyal to this leader, no one dares to force him to step down. "Xu Jun picked up a document on the table and threw it on the table."

"We have studied this issue specifically, and if Mussolini's leadership is lost, these forces will soon split up and confront." Weiler said to everyone present.

"This is what I am most worried about. If we let it go, Italy will soon have a civil war." Xu Jun picked up the half cigar in the ashtray and struck a match.

"Now it is only in keeping with the stability of the Italian political situation that it is more in the interest of us and those of our allies." Xu Jun pointed to the document in front of him with a cigar.

"I certainly remember the cases of tiger farming in history, and I am not the stupid Roman emperors. I will not give Mussolini a chance to rise again. His role can only be a puppet of the Third Reich. He must Understand that the reason why he retained the position of prime minister is entirely out of my compassion and generosity. We want to make this leader understand that full cooperation is his only choice, and don’t deliberately talk about conditions with the Third Reich. As for Bonomi I don’t trust him. He is just an insurance to deter this leader. This socialist has little actual strength except for his qualifications and reputation. Of course, if we get our support, it is another matter.

My request to Italy is that the Italian army must be abolished to a third before the expansion. Nine infantry divisions and an armored division are sufficient for them to maintain the security of the country and the colonies. As for Italy’s national security, there is no need to worry at all. The governments of Germany, France and Britain will provide adequate protection.

The Italian Air Force can only keep five fighter wing, the number of aircraft is controlled within 200, and within five years, the development of any new aircraft type is prohibited.

The Italian navy must disarm and hand over all large ships to the Germans as compensation for this war. This is an absolutely non-negotiable issue.

However, we also know that it is not easy to achieve this goal, so we must get the cooperation of the Italian side. At this time, we must see whether Mussolini is smart enough, but I believe he must know what to do, he Hate the navy who betrayed him. "Xu Jun paused and looked around.

"We want to guard against the desperation of the Italian navy, my head." Brauchic said.

"It's true, we have to be prepared for an accident. The Italian navy is likely to force a breakout, and even all will sink in the port. Before they are disarmed, anything may happen.

Therefore, we have to make preparations for both hands. Once the plan fails, we can only retreat second, confiscate all ships on the berth, confiscate all Italian naval shipyards and related materials. "Xu Jun took a cigar and spit out a cigarette.

"The manufacturing system in this country is different from ours, and even from most European countries. They lack raw materials for production, and almost all materials need to be imported from abroad. Especially in recent years, Germany has become his largest supplier of materials. The scale of production has been very limited. Except for a few large manufacturing complexes, many of the rest are small workshops operated by private and family members.

Therefore, the Italian industrial system will not help us much in our current strategy. On the contrary, we have to ensure their supply of energy and raw materials and maintain the domestic production and operation.

But Italy has a fairly complete technology research and development system. They have a lot of interesting creative products. Italian universities have trained a large number of talents in chemistry, physics, medicine, and architecture. After the defeat, the lives of these people will definitely not be better. We can recruit Italian scientific research groups and organizations to absorb them into our scientific research and development system.

They also have many excellent precision manufacturing workers, which is what we lack. The Italian industry will shrink after the war, and we can hire a large number of these people to work in Germany.

And we can foresee that after Italy’s disarmament, there will be the largest group of unemployed laborers and bankrupt farmers in Europe. These surplus labors are also urgently needed. We can bring in Italian labor in large quantities, especially those with higher education and technical training, let them produce weapons for us in German factories, and reclaim our labor on German land, and we only pay for it. "After Xu Jun said, he smiled a little proudly.

"And the money for hiring them will come from the war reparations in Italy, my head of state." Borman also laughed after listening.

"Genius idea, my head." Brauchic never let go of any touted opportunities.

"We also need to obtain the right to explore and deposit minerals in the Italian colonies. At the same time, Italy wants to open up their market to us. Even if we don't mention it, the British and French parties will definitely raise it. Sirs, according to my research , Meaning it belongs to the central region of Libya, may contain a lot of oil resources." Xu Jun stood up and walked to the map again.

"Just in this area, look at this mountain range, and the shape of this coastline. Have you noticed the boundary line of this desert? Look at this, here and here, do you see this highland, these geology? The structure clearly shows that there must be oil underneath this area." Faced with a group of laymen, the head of empire started nonsense without any care.

"It turns out, is this his real purpose?" Goebbels sighed secretly, and at the moment his doubts about the Italian war were suddenly brightened.

"It's worthy of the head of state, and even geology is involved." Although Kettle didn't understand a sentence, it seemed very powerful.

"It's great, congratulations, this will be a great discovery that can be recorded in history. My head of state." Bolman took the lead and applauded, and he began to plan whether he could invest in an oil company.

"It takes at least a year or two to develop this field. During this period, we also need to improve our drilling technology and equipment. In this regard, we have obtained some technical support from the United States. These oil burial sites are generally deep, Our technical experts are developing drilling equipment capable of drilling two to three thousand meters. We are developing more advanced drilling rigs and drill bits, as well as more efficient mining technology. I can proudly tell you that Germany has made oil technology Some gratifying achievements, I believe that a major technical breakthrough will soon be achieved." Xu Jun took a map and turned back to the conference table.

"Okay, this is my initial treatment plan. You can think about it after you go back. If you have any questions or different opinions, you can ask me at the meeting tomorrow." Xu Jun glanced at both sides. Press out the cigar head in the ashtray.

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