The 3rd Reich began to actively deal with the consequences of the Saar Region's plebiscus. The other country, Gaul, was also very concerned about this matter.
The governor of Gaul, Albert Lebrun, gathered Prime Minister Pierre Flandin, Foreign Affairs Chief Bouison, Defense Chief General Wei Gang, Army Chief of Staff General Gamelin, and others to discuss countermeasures.
"Gentlemen, according to the original treaty, the Saar Region is about to hold a national vote. Even though we've been working hard to assimilate the residents of Saar for the past decade, we've been trying to get rid of them. Unfortunately, our assimilation policy did not succeed. Those people are still extremely hostile towards us. In addition to the Third Reich's propaganda there. We can foresee that in this plebiscus, most of the citizens of Saar will choose to return to the 3rd Reich.”Albert-Lebrun was a little worried.
"Those Germanic people are too stubborn. It is indeed very difficult to assimilate them. We tried a lot, but in the end, we still failed.”Prime Minister Pierre Flandin looked depressed.
"Then what should we do? Could they just watch helplessly as the Third Reich took back Saar Region?”Bouison asked.
"Saar is very important. Not only does it have a developed heavy industry, but it also has an extremely important strategic location. Once the 3rd Reich takes back Saar Region, it will develop greatly and pose a huge threat to us!”General Wei Gang said.
"But now that the national vote is imminent, we can't possibly refuse to hold a national vote, can we? If that happens, it will be a huge blow to our reputation.”Albert-Lebrun frowned.
"Your Excellency, from the military's point of view, continuing to occupy Saar Region will be very beneficial to us! Thus, we must think of a way to continue controlling Saar Region.”Army Chief of Staff General Gamelin said.
Albert Brun nodded. He naturally knew this.
"Gentlemen, the Saar Region is very important to us. Naturally, we have to think of a way to annex the Saar Region. However, the Third Reich would definitely not agree to it and would even strongly oppose it. So, how can we achieve our goal?”Albert-Lebrun asked.
"Your Excellency, if we send more troops into Saar Region and occupy this place by force, we will be able to do so. If we don't back down even in the face of international condemnation, the Third Reich won't be able to do anything to us.”General Wei Gang said.
This might damage the reputation of Gaul, but it would benefit them.
For a country, reputation was naturally very important.
However, what was more important was undoubtedly the benefits.
If they could occupy Saar, it would not only increase the strength of Gaul, but also weaken the strength of the Third Reich. It was undoubtedly a good thing to kill two birds with one stone.
"If conflict or even war breaks out because of this, can we defeat the Third Reich in one fell swoop?”Albert-Lebrun asked.
As the ruler of Gaul, he had to prepare for the worst.
"Your Excellency, the Third Reich might not dare to start a war with us for the sake of Saar Region. Even if they were to fight, they would not win. The current Gaul Kingdom had an army of 800,000. Much more than the Third Reich." Admiral Wei Gang was very confident.
"But according to the information we have, the Third Reich has recently begun to secretly expand its army.”Prime Minister Pierre Flandin reminded.
"Yes, the Third Reich is like a mouse, secretly expanding its army. That was simply shameful. Their actions were undoubtedly blatantly breaking the treaty they had signed. We can even use this as a condition to declare war on the Third Reich!”General Wei Gang said.
However, the situation in Gaul was also very bad. The economic crisis had a great impact on Gaul, causing it to suffer heavy losses. Until now, he had not been able to walk out of it.
"Your Excellency, we can still unite with the Flanders Kingdom. Although the Flanders Kingdom was only a small country, they were equally hostile to the Third Reich. They were extremely wary of them. If we join forces with them, we can suppress the Third Reich!”Admiral Gamelin added.
"Very good. In that case, we are invincible.”Albert-Lebrun was very satisfied.
"Mr. Foreign Affairs Minister, you represent Gaul and go to Bolin to inform Hess. Let them agree to cancel the Saar Region's vote and allow Saar Region to be incorporated into Gaul. Otherwise, we will use them as an excuse to break the treaty and start a war against them!”Albert-Lebrun said.
"Yes, Your Excellency!" Bouison replied.
They knew very well that this was merely a threat to the Third Reich.
If the Third Reich was frightened, then everything would be easy to resolve.
But the most important question was, would the Third Reich be frightened?
This book is provided by FunNovel Novel Book | Fan Fiction Novel [Beautiful Free Novel Book]