69novels Chapter 981
Chapter 981
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: 0.072s Scan: 0.068sMussolini is also a smart man. Seeing Mainz looking at him quietly without saying anything, he knew in his heart that the other party was waiting for him to express his position! He must express his position, but if he is asked to do it completely according to the requirements of Mainz and the Third Reich, he will definitely not be able to do it.
After all, Mussolini also has his own interests and Italy also has its own national interests. They can’t unconditionally meet all the requirements of the Third Reich!
Therefore, Mussolini smiled and said in a very relaxed tone:”Führer Mainz, it is not impossible for us to hand over the country’s military dominance and diplomatic power in Italy!”
As soon as Mussolini opened his mouth, Mainz knew that things were not that simple. When he heard the other party’s words at this time, he confirmed this point!
“”Tell me what you want!”
The other party is negotiating terms, and it seems that the other party has already thought of what kind of bargaining chips to ask for!
If the price is right, Mainz doesn’t mind doing a business with the other party.
After all, it is really difficult to conquer Italy!
The problem with Italy is that there are a lot of mountainous areas in the north, which makes it difficult for the German army to go directly over by land. The best way to deal with them is to send troops from both the north and the south.
The north sends the army to oppress and threaten the plains in northern Italy, while the south sends the navy and marines to threaten the security of the coastal areas in southern Italy!
Italy has an extremely long coastline, which makes most of their country under maritime threats. Once they cannot gain control of the Mediterranean, the security of Italy’s homeland is not guaranteed, so it is relatively easy to launch an attack from the south!
However, the problem now is that the main force of the German navy is not in Europe, but in North America. Before the Eagle Sauce is completely resolved, the German navy is unlikely to return to Europe.
The strength of the European home fleet is not enough to completely overwhelm the Italian navy, which makes the operation to threaten Italy from the sea. It is difficult to execute.
Therefore, in a short period of time, the German army really has no way to take over Italy.
Even if the battle in North America is over, when the main forces of the German navy and army return to Europe, Mainz does not intend to waste too much time on Italy. After all, the empire’s top priority is to defeat the bear in the east as soon as possible!
Italy has such a small area and such a small population. Even if they develop further, their potential is still limited.
But the bear in the east is different. The bear has a larger area, a larger population, and obviously greater potential. If the bear is allowed to continue to develop without any care… In this case, the bear is the biggest worry of the Third Reich, so the priority target of the empire must be those enemies that pose a greater threat to the empire!
But in this case, it will be difficult to solve the problem of Italy by means of force in a short time. If you want to complete the unification of Europe, you have to use other methods, such as forcing and luring the Italians to actively integrate into the European Union and hand over the power in their hands!
However, judging from Mussolini’s attitude, the Italians obviously do not have such a high level of ideological awareness!
Hearing Mainz’s words, Mussolini smiled:”We have all handed over our military sovereignty and diplomatic rights, what about the Third Reich?”
This question is a bit targeted, even a bit arrogant!
Mainz had said before that the Third Reich, as a leader, would take over the military sovereignty and diplomatic rights of various countries, but at this time Mussolini deliberately raised this question, obviously looking for trouble!
“What I mean is, there are so many countries in Europe, and the total number of troops in each country is obviously greater than that of the Third Reich. In this case, why don’t we simply establish a European joint army and have each country select qualified generals to lead this joint army?”
The leaders of various countries who had originally moved out their small stools and were ready to enter the watch mode, after hearing Mussolini’s words, they all agreed with it and nodded silently, obviously agreeing with Mussolini’s proposal!
What a joke, if this idea can really be realized, it will obviously be a great benefit to them!
After all, compared with the current situation, selecting generals of the European army through elections is equivalent to strengthening their power, freeing them from the status of puppets and vassals of the Third Reich and truly becoming the masters of Europe!
As a result, many people began to applaud and recognized Mussolini’s proposal.
“Europe is not big in size, and it is not very convenient to have so many countries. This will increase our internal friction, but will benefit countries with large populations like the Russian Bear and the Eagle Sauce. So if we unite, it will only benefit us and not harm us!”
Mussolini was more excited when he saw so many people standing up to support him!
Mainz did not rush to interrupt Mussolini, nor did he make any comments on his opinions. He was like a spectator, watching the other party’s performance leisurely!
He was very curious. Mussolini said so righteously. What did he want to do?
Based on Mainz’s understanding of this guy, he must have a reason for doing this!
“Therefore, we in Italy firmly support European integration and the establishment of a European joint army, because only in this way can we integrate the strength of our European countries and our more than 500 million people, so that we can become a strong whole!
When we are united in Europe, no country in the world will be able to confront us, nor will it be able to win in the competition with us!”
These words not only made everyone at the scene look at Mussolini with new eyes, but even Mainz looked at him sideways.
Did this guy get the wrong lines? Isn’t this his speech?
When he said this, why does it feel like it’s Mussolini, not him, who is promoting European integration?
Mainz became more and more curious, glanced at Mussolini, and then suddenly understood this guy’s purpose!
So that’s it!
No wonder he was like a chicken blood!
Just when Mainz figured out Mussolini’s purpose, he heard him continue:”Europe is not the Europe of any country, Europe is everyone’s Europe, so I think we should recommend a process to ensure that all countries participating in the European Union have the opportunity to be the masters of their own house, so I think the system of rotating presidency of the European Union should be implemented to ensure the interests of every country!”_