"Eric, I want to stay alone for a while and don't let outsiders disturb me." Xu Jun raised his wrist behind his back and signaled the adjutant to wait outside the house.

"As for orders, my head of state." Diesenhofen hit the heel of the boot neatly and closed the heavy carved oak door for the head of state as usual.

With the crisp sound of the door lock, Xu Jun passed through the wide office at a speed of 100 meters and rushed into the side door to the right of the desk.

As mentioned in the previous article, there are two doors at both ends of the Prime Minister's office. The two doors on the east side are actually common on the outside. They are made into two doors, purely for aesthetic symmetry. The two side doors on the west side are a dedicated passage behind the left side, leading to the cabinet conference hall that has never been used in history. Behind the right door is the head of state's private dressing and toilet room. The inside is also divided into two inner and outer rooms with a wooden partition. A side door is opened to the dedicated aisle and garden, ensuring that the head of state can easily enter this private place.

Two minutes later, the head of empire, who looked relieved, whistled easily. He pushed open the side door of the bathroom and walked into the internal aisle dedicated to the head of state.

This time he almost lost his composure in public. It can only be said that it was because of his lack of experience. He shouldn't have drunk so much tea at breakfast, and he shouldn't have drunk two cups of coffee to refresh himself. He completely forgot that thing has diuretic effects. It can be said that he did everything today himself and could not blame others at all.

At this time, Xu Jun didn't know his abnormal reaction after the event, which had attracted the attention of a large number of interested people. In the eyes of those amazing politicians, the every move of the head of state of the empire indicates the sunny and clearness of European politics.

Who angered the head of the empire? What was he angry about? Perhaps something happened somewhere, or maybe he received some bad news. For a while, there were many undercurrents in private. Various reliable and unreliable speculations began to spread among missions from various countries, with speed exceeding the most violent infectious disease at that time.

"There is no room for compromise in Gibraltar, and the British Empire has never considered this issue." Sitting on the gorgeous velvet sofa in the lounge, Mr. Edward Wood, Viscount Halifax, gently shook his index finger at the Spanish ambassador to Germany, firmly demonstrating the attitude of the British Empire.

The glorious British Empire will never give up any colonies. This is already a consensus among the British government and the opposition. Even the Labor Party, which has always been an opposite, dare not make any provocation on this issue, because this is the general trend of the British people. Anyone who sings opposite is a traitor struck by lightning.

When the two German infantry regiments entered the Gibraltar Fortress, it indicates that Spain's armed adventure had completely failed. In theory, they lost the best opportunity to regain this lost land. The Spaniards have never been so close to success. It is conceivable how frustrating Franco was at that time.

But what can this dictator do? Has the direct legion of the German head of state been unfolded along the Pyrenees?

Not to mention the Luftwaffe bomber group, which played side-by-side on the edge of Spanish airspace every few days. On the contrary, the Spanish Air Force fighter planes did not dare to step over the line. Although they were also driving Mercedeschmidt, the b and e in the model were not just a letter difference.

The Spanish had personally experienced the combat effectiveness of the Luftwaffe in the civil war. The "Condor Legion" sent by Germany directly intervened in the Spanish Civil War. The most famous bombing operation was the disaster in the town of Guernica.

Picasso also took the opportunity to draw a picture of Guernica and hype it up. In fact, this painting was pieced together by him using some drawings about bullfighting he drew a few years ago. The layout of the picture also plagiarized a famous oil painting from the 18th century.

Historically, this small town was not the so-called peaceful and tranquil civilian target among the left-wing literary people. This town with a permanent population of 5,000 not only had two thousand Republican troops, but also built three small arsenals.

Legend has it that German bombers bombed the town for three hours in a row, but from a equipment and tactical perspective, this statement is simply full of loopholes. Germany used the Junker Aunt Ju52/3mg3e type that could be mounted on the bombs, and it took more than two hours to travel from the base to Guernyka.

As for the specific number of deaths, in a batch of literary works, this number ranges from 1,600 to 3,000, but in fact, all the dead had records registered by the Spanish Civil Affairs Bureau at that time as evidence. Except for a few corpses that could not be identified, all the other dead had names and surnames, and the total total was only 126.

The reason why the number of people has increased by more than ten times was the original source of a press release from the Times, which was a deliberately exaggerated report made by British politics for the purpose of cracking down on domestic appeasements. This shows that the major British media are not new things to create fake news, but inherent skills with historical heritage.

According to the Spanish Air Force's combat records, the target of this bombing was not the city, but the bridge outside Guernica. As a result, because the German pilots lacked experience and used professional bombs, and the harsh weather on that day, some bombs and incendiary bombs fell into the town.

Because the nearest fire brigade was thirty kilometers away, and it was two hours after they arrived, the fire had burned down 70% of the town's buildings. So to be precise, the town was burned by the fire, not as mentioned in the literature, and was razed to the ground by German bombs.

When the topic turned to the issue of Gibraltar, Franco seemed to want to struggle for the last time. He also knew that completely retracting the fortress was a daydream, just to gain support from Germany. He symbolically dispatched Spanish troops in Gibraltar, even a squad of infantry, could allow him to explain it at home.

The movement of dispatching troops in the Gibraltar area before was too large, and the current situation made the dictator very embarrassed.

Franco did not come to Berlin in person to watch the ceremony this time, which is obviously a major diplomatic mistake. If Germany makes a negative interpretation, Spain will inevitably be even more marginalized by the other side.

Spain has a strong dependence on foreign trade, with a single local industrial and mining product product, a weak manufacturing industry, and a lack of commodity markets overseas. The cornerstone of the powerful maritime empire back then has disappeared, the damage caused to the economy by the civil war has been delayed, and ethnic conflicts in various places are full of people. Thanks to Franco's personal strength and the support of the army and large capitalists, this has barely maintained this dictatorial government.

Spain has a wealth of iron ore and coal mines, but looking at which country in Europe does not have these two minerals, it could have relied on exporting tungsten sand to get some money. However, after the end of the European War, Germany suddenly terminated the import of tungsten sand, and the United States immediately stopped hoarding. As a result, the price of tungsten sand in Spain instantly plunged, and it immediately returned to the price of five years ago.

Moreover, because of offending the Germans, even if Spain is willing to lower prices, Germany says that the old man doesn't want it, and you can sell whoever you want.

According to internal news obtained by Spain, Germany has a new source of tungsten ore. Given Germany's recent actions in Asia, it can be judged that it should be related to China.

China's tungsten sand exports did occupy the majority of the world's mining market in the early years, but due to the Sino-Japanese War, it began to shrink year by year. At that time, Spain was still secretly happy about it. Now it seems that Germany should have opened up the joints of Japan and regained the import channels of China's tungsten sand.

This Spanish ambassador to Germany was General Eugenio Espinosa de Los Montros, the first deputy minister of diplomacy appointed by the Franco government. During the civil war, the Francisco legion he commanded was the first to rush into Madrid, so he also served as the dean of the Spanish War Academy.

This time Franco sent him to Germany to replace Admiral Anthony Omagaz, the former ambassador who hated Nazis. The reason why this admiral hated the Nazis was very real. The so-called avant-garde works that fascinated him were included in the category of decadent art by the Nazis and were forbidden to publicly display and sell them in Europe.

General Montros was not very disgusted with the Nazis. He could speak fluent German, so he became the best ambassador. Personally, he had achieved success in the country and was not very interested in this appointment. He only resolutely left Madrid, which he loved, and tried to help Spain get rid of its current predicament by his own efforts.

However, this general was not a professional diplomat after all. Not only did he choose the wrong person to talk to, but he also chose the wrong topic to talk to. As a result, Viscount Wood was about to die there, with his resentment full of no place to vent.

ps: Thank you for your support and are working hard to restore your state.

I will take time to introduce my experiences about Hawaii in the following chapters. It is too late today and I need to rest.
Chapter completed!