The opening ceremony of the 1936 Berlin Olympics was undoubtedly the most spectacular Berlin Empire Stadium, which can accommodate 110,000 spectators, was packed. [Novels are updated quickly, no pop-ups, please search] When Rudendolf and Hitler appeared on the rostrum, everyone stood up and raised their hands, shouting the slogan "Long live the German Empire", the scene was breathtaking.

Italian leader Mussolini and his son-in-law, the new Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Italy, also felt the rise of Germany, a barbaric country that had always been "riding" Italy's neck on the rostrum of the Imperial Stadium.

Although the fascist leaders of Italy were reluctant to admit it, Germany was ultimately a powerful industrialized country that Italy could not reach. The country's industry, science and technology and education were outstanding all over the world. Moreover, as early as the second half of the last century, the German Empire took advantage of the opportunity of the Second Industrial Revolution to become the first and second industrial country in Europe and the second world. Although it experienced a crushing defeat in a world war, the German industry was still growing rapidly, and it always followed the United States, an industrial giant across the ocean.

No matter how hard Italy works, it ranks at the bottom among industrialized countries. In Mussolini's view, Italy's weak industrial strength is not because it has no technology. Italians can produce the best cars and aircraft in the world. Although Italy's air-cooled engine technology is much worse than Germany, Italy's liquid-cooled engine is not behind. In the design and field of military aircraft, Italy is at the world's leading level.

But watching the already-leading Germany's rapid progress since 1931 made Mussolini feel some of the injustice of fate. He worked hard for Italy for more than ten years, but his achievements were far less than one-tenth of what Hitler had gained in just a few years.

Moreover, due to the rise of Germany, Britain, France and the United States have also begun to expand their military preparations. The naval holiday era has ended, and countries are planning to build new battleships and aircraft carriers. Various new aircraft and new tanks and armored vehicles are emerging one after another. The theory of mechanized armies has also begun to become popular in Britain, France and Germany.

Judging from the current trend, the funds required to arm a strong future mechanized army will be astronomical!

Such mechanized armies still require strong industrial strength as backing. If the Germans have such industrial strength, they produced million tons in 1935! Italy only had 00,000 tons, one tenth of the former. It is only slightly more than the 1.7 million tons of the Bohemia Federation, which was just controlled by Germany and 1.5 million tons of Poland. Moreover, because Italy has extremely lacked the various resources needed to develop heavy industry, it is already very difficult to further develop.

Therefore, the fascist leaders of Italy believed that if the major European powers began to expand their arms and prepare for war, then with their strong industrial advantages, they would be able to catch up with Italy soon, just like the situation after Germany began to expand its arms and prepare for war.

In a few years, Italy's military advantage may disappear!

Therefore, it is necessary to take advantage of Italy's military advantage and expand its sphere of influence in and around the Mediterranean as much as possible.

Now Abyssia has been trampled by Italy. If we can use the opportunity of the Spanish Civil War to turn Spain into a vassal of Italy, then the revival of the Roman Empire will be about half successful...

With a lot of thought, the Italian fascist leader did not pay attention to the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games at all. I don’t know how long it took to hear his son-in-law Ziano’s voice: “Leader, Prime Minister Hitler will talk to you in the VIP lounge.”

Only then did Mussolini realize that the opening ceremony of the Olympics had ended, Rudendolf and Hitler had both left the rostrum, and the Germans in the stadium stands were leaving the court in an orderly manner. This was completely different from the Italians who liked to scatter!

Mussolini stood up and looked around and found that his "old friend" Admiral Hessman was standing in the aisle, waving to himself with a plump blonde beauty beside him, his Countess wife Chloe.

"Okay. Let's go to the VIP lounge with Earl Hessman." Mussolini made up his military uniform. "I think this First Military Control Commissioner (Hersman is the Deputy Chief of Staff, but his current power is almost comparable to that of the First Military Control Commissioner Rudendolf in World War I) will definitely attend the talks."

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"The leader, the General Staff of the Defense Forces, told me that Spain's Defense Governor (referring to the rebels) has suffered a great setback in the past ten days."

In a well-decorated lounge, after a few greetings with the visiting Mussolini, Adolf Hitler told the other party about the Spanish Civil War in German with a strong Austrian accent.

"The uprising failed in most densely populated and industrially developed provinces, and the Defense Governor also lost their leader, General San Hurho. The Republicans also formed numerous militias.

In addition, most of the Spanish navy and air force are on the side of the republicans. Without strong external interference, the failure of the Defense Governing Council is inevitable."

Hitler spoke very coldly, as if he had little interest in interference. However, this attitude made Mussolini feel assured that he had long regarded the Mediterranean coast as the territory of the "Roman Empire".

"So Italy is ready to send troops to intervene!" Mussolini replied in clear, standard German, "Before coming to Berlin, I had agreed to General Franco (who became the leader of the Spanish rebels after he fell on a plane in San Hurjo).

More than one billion liras were gone! Hessman sat alone on a leather sofa. He thought in his mind that Italy spent the money in this war first, the Second Abyssian War, and then the Spanish War. Before World War II, Italy fought two huge wars and spent too much money on Abyssia's colonial cause. So much so that by 1940, the national treasury was empty and the strategic reserves were seriously insufficient, so he could only be a drag on Germany during World War II.

However, Hessmann did not intend to dissuade Mussolini. This was impossible. Moreover, Germany did need a battlefield to test weapons.

In addition, a weak Italy is also conducive to Germany's establishment of the leadership of the Axis powers.

"In fact, we and the Portuguese have begun to intervene in the war," Mussolini said. "Our planes have transported 14,000 Spanish soldiers from Morocco to Spain. The Salazar government of Portugal is also on our side and allows us to transport weapons and troops through Portuguese ports... With our support from both our and Portugal, I believe that the Spanish Defense Governor will soon turn the bad situation around."

The Italian leader cleared his throat, held his hands tightly, leaned forward and said, "If Germany was willing to stand with us, victory would come sooner."

"Does Britain and France know about your actions in Spain? Do they agree?" asked Adolf Hitler.

"Of course they know, Mr. Prime Minister." Mussolini smiled contemptuously, "You should know the system of these two countries... what democracy, freedom, peace, this useless concept has turned their people and government into cartilage. They clearly hate the Bolsheviks in Spain, but they dare not send troops. So they can only rely on us Italy!

Moreover, the Grand Duke Church is on our side!”

The revolutionary action of killing priests in Spain was certainly progressive, but this behavior also turned the powerful Roman Catholic Church into a mortal enemy. In this era, the Roman Church had an influence on the politics of many European and American countries, many devout Catholics would follow the church’s opinions to vote!

"Mr. Prime Minister, Britain, France and the Soviet Union are preparing to establish a non-interference committee." German Foreign Minister Niu Wright, who was present, told Hitler. "Obviously their attitude is non-interference."

"Well," Hitler nodded, looked at Hessman again. Hessman smiled and said, "Mr. Prime Minister, the Soviet Union hopes that we will not interfere. As a condition, they can recognize that we merge with Borussia, Bohemia, and Austria and restore the imperial system!"

Mussolini seemed to have anticipated these problems and immediately smiled and said, "Our Italian Kingdom can support Germany in restoring the imperial system, which is Germany's internal affairs. As for the Borussia, Bohemia and Austria issues... South Tyrol is always an obstacle."

"The Germans there can be moved to Germany," Hitler said. "After the merger of Bohemia, Austria and Boro, Germany will be a European power of 750,000 square kilometers, and we have a lot of empty spaces. So we don't care about South Tyrol, which is hundreds of square kilometers."

"There are also the population in Trieste that speaks German and Slovenian..." Mussolini saw that Hitler was easy to speak, so he played on the spot and added codes.

"It's all ours!" Hitler waved his hand and said, "But... we need to sign a treaty with Italy. Our two countries should establish a special relationship, which will be the political basis for our participation in the Italian-led war of interference in the Spanish!"

Hessman added: "We will send a volunteer army to Spain with a total number of no more than 10,000 including the Air Force and Army armored forces, including artillery."
Chapter completed!