Sch?nbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austria
"From today onwards, Germany and Austria have officially merged. The former Republic of Austria has joined the German Empire and exists as the Eastern Province of the Empire.”
Minister Ribbentrop signed the document and handed it to Adolf, who was sitting at the end of the long table.
"A wise choice." Adolf glanced at it briefly and signed his name. Then he stood up and exchanged documents with the Austrian president opposite him. Then, they signed their names and positions.
The reporters at the side quickly raised their cameras to take photos. They knew that the headlines that would be published in major European newspapers the next day were right in front of them.
"Then…what is your next step?”
After the signing ceremony, Adolf and his trusted aide Rommel stood together, admiring the beautiful spring water.
"Continue east." Adolf explained his plan.
"Xiangdong? Do you mean the Soviet Slovakia?”Rommel was worthy of being a famous general. He knew the geography of Europe like the back of his hand.
However, he quickly raised his doubts.
"But Fuhrer, the Soviet Slovakia isn't weak like Austria. It has an entire alliance behind it.”Rommel looked at Adolf.
Adolf nodded.
He naturally knew the alliance Rommel was talking about. It was an alliance formed by the three countries of fry, Romania, and Slovakia. Although these three countries were all small countries, the alliance formed by them was still a headache for any big country.
The title of " Little Alliance " had been around for a long time.
"So…what do you plan to do?" Rommel looked at Adolf and asked respectfully.
" There are plenty of copper mines in fry, oil in Romania, and advanced military industries and strong border defense in czech. I'm going to start with the Slovakia.”
Adolf said.
" The military strength of the Soviet Slovakia is the strongest among the three countries. If we rashly start a war, once the other two countries follow up, the war situation will be extremely disadvantageous to the Empire.”Rommel said worriedly.
" There are many Germans in the ethnic group of the Soviet Slovakia. Most of them are concentrated in the Sudeten region, which used to be the territory of the Austro-Hun Empire. After the disintegration of the empire, it was included in the independent Soviet Union. We can use our model to solve the Austrian problem to win them over.”
Adolf said.
Compared to Austria, the Soviet Slovakia was much tougher. On the one hand, its military strength was not weak. On the other hand, it had at least two resource-rich allies.
If they really fought, it would be a tough battle with the Empire's current strength. Of course, this did not include the possible intervention of Britain, France, and the Soviet Union.
"I've heard about your new tank. The Panther tank is indeed very powerful, but it can't be mass produced yet. The Empire's current combat power is very high, but to unleash it, it has to be a full-scale war.”Rommel said.
"Our new weapons cannot be used on the battlefield for the time being. Remember, ace weapons are reserved for the most powerful enemies.”Adolf frowned." And now is not the time for us to bleed, Lieutenant General.”
"Please clarify, Chancellor!" Rommel stood at attention.
"You don't have to go out for this. I'll take care of it. What I need you to do now is to go back and study the armor tactics in the desert.”
Adolf said.
" Desert area?!"
Rommel was stunned. The desert did not seem to have anything to do with the Soviet Slovakia.
" Your talents shouldn't be spent on dealing with these small countries. In the future, the Empire will face all kinds of powerful enemies. I just received intelligence that Mussolini's army is having a hard time in North Africa. I think that their equipment is advanced, but they are still being attacked by the natives. This is inseparable from their lack of decent tactics. In the future, we will inevitably go to war with Great Britain. At that time, what we will fight for on land will be nothing more than the colonies in Africa.”
Adolf turned around and said," I've ordered the Imperial Intelligence Agency to get ready. You will take off from Vienna this afternoon and go to Italy. You will follow the Italian army to Africa as the Imperial Military Observer. This time, you will no longer have the right to command, but you can observe and study. Remember, guard against the Italian people. They are not reliable people.”
"Understood." Rommel saluted.
Currently, the British Empire's attention was focused on the battlefield in North Africa. Although they had not directly intervened in the war, it was only a matter of time.
However, as long as Italy did not fail, the Ying people in Europe would retreat again and again. This was why Adolf dared to prepare to annex the Sudetenland at this time.
France would not initiate a war without the support of Britain, and the Soviet Union had just been stabilized by him. From both the east and west perspectives, the current situation was beneficial to Adolf.
" The territory of the Soviet Union is far more valuable than the territory of the Slovakia Union. It is one of the most developed industrial centers in Europe and has boosted the industrial level of the entire country. The Soviet Union is currently the seventh largest industrial country in the world.”
Adolf thought.
If they could annex the Republic, then the Empire's industrial capabilities would rise to another level, especially in light weapons.
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