Chapter 332 Luncheon (Reorganization of Yugoslavia)
In the huge and gorgeous lounge of the Prime Minister's Office, the German head of state returned to the bedroom on the second floor of the old Prime Minister's Office alone in a happy intrigue.
The new head of state private housekeeper, Bourne Fitt, had been waiting there for a long time. Then, with the help of him and two servants, Xu Jun changed into his second dress today.
This is a dark blue men's dress with a large lapel, just above the waist, the lapels on both sides are open, connected by a gold chain between the two buttons. Inside is a white shirt and a suit clip of the same color. A white silk bow tie is worn between the hard collar of the shirt, and a shiny Knight's iron cross hanging below.
The dress was wearing a marshal's gold eaves on his shoulder, a golden ornament was hung on his right shoulder, and a gold cross medal of war merit and qualifications on the left chest. On the left side, he was wearing a silver armor assault seal and a black war wound medal. These two medals were obtained by him in the Battle of Dunkirk. For Xu Jun, it was a precious memory and glory.
The lower body of the dress was straight-leg trousers with legs closed, with golden bands sewn on the edges of the trousers representing the rank of marshals, and a pair of short black leather shoes with light that can be seen on their feet.
This is actually a banquet dress for the Luftwaffe. Theoretically, the head of state of the empire was also the marshal of the Luftwaffe. Because after Goering was secretly executed by Hitler, he had always served as commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe, and no new candidate has been appointed yet.
This is not the first time Xu Jun wore a Luftwaffe uniform. He had worn it on the French front. However, it was indeed the first time to attend such a high-standard diplomatic banquet. The reason for the head of state made this choice was very simple, that is, he thought this dress looked very handsome.
When Dieshenhoven entered the room for the third time, the clock hand on the wall just slid past twelve o'clock.
Because the number of guests at this banquet is huge, from status, status, customs, and tastes, this is the case.
In order to reduce the pressure on the chefs of the Prime Minister's Office and to make it easier for everyone to communicate with each other during the meal, the luncheon was set up as a buffet, and guests can use the required food, drinks and wine at will according to their personal taste.
German cuisine has historically incorporated a large number of European flavors, and its taste is relatively close to normal humans, so there is no crazy dark food.
German enema sometimes uses some very well-skinned raw materials, such as pig blood and internal organs. These were originally the favorites of German farmers, and the dignitaries present might not get used to it, so the chefs of the Prime Minister's Office added a lot of spices to it. Unexpectedly, these special enemas were sought after by most guests.
"This taste is very unique, completely different from what I ate in Munich when I was young." British envoy Viscount Wood forked two more enemas into his plate, and then scooped a spoonful of thick sauce from the porcelain bowl on the side and poured it on it.
"The key is cinnamon and onion, Lord Viscount." The conversation was made by Yugoslavia's Regent Prince Paul, the notorious prodigal son at Oxford University, who was also trained to become a foodie.
This time, Prince Paul was openly the leader of Yugoslavia and led a large-scale envoy to attend the German victory parade.
Because of the different identities and missions they shoulder, their mood will certainly change accordingly. His Highness the Prince is now full of complacent ambitions and looks full of redness.
The three Yugoslavian armies are undergoing reorganization and training from German advisers. Before coming, the government had just signed a weapon order worth ten million marks with Germany. Yugoslavia needs to update their infantry light weapons, and at the same time they want to purchase a batch of new types of artillery, at least to eliminate the antique artillery inherited from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Some Serbian nobles with sensitive sense of smell have already noticed the smell of war, but Yugoslavia is not ready to face foreign enemies. They don’t even know where the enemy will attack. The only thing they can do now is to reorganize domestic forces and eliminate those hidden dangers that have existed long ago.
The Serbs have admired the strong since ancient times, especially when they saw Germany killing their old enemies and the Italians in a devastating way, they are now full of awe of Germany, just as they were in awe of the Ottomans back then. The Croats still miss the rule of Habsburg. They regard Germany as the heir to Austria and are full of closeness to Germany.
So with the help of German consultants, the previously troublesome reorganization problem was solved because both Serbians and Croats were willing to obey the orders and requirements of German consultants. All the German consultants needed to do was to try their best to keep a bowl of water even, without showing any tendencies in daily life, he could be welcomed by all Yugoslav soldiers.
Yugoslavia is now marching their first truly armored brigade. Previously, the entire Yugoslavia army had a total of 200 tanks, more than 90% of them were French goods, and there were also a very small number of Czech products.
Yugoslavia is equipped with a total of eight S1-D light tanks produced by Czech Skoda. In fact, it is a light tank developed specifically for Yugoslavia based on the chassis of the MU-4 light tank, an experimental model that failed to bid by the Czech Army.
This small tank with a total weight of only 4.8 tons has a low box-shaped combat chamber. A Skoda 37mm anti-tank gun is fixedly installed forward. The body tube can deflect from left to right and left for fifteen degrees. The thickest front upper armor on the vehicle reaches 22 mm. The power is a 60-horsepower Skoda six-cylinder engine with a speed of 41 kilometers per hour. This thing is not just a light tank, but a tank destroyer.
The Yugoslav also once made some of their own improvement suggestions to the Czech factory, trying to purchase another hundred of these hidden buckles, but before the Czech responded, the entire Czechoslovakia was gone in the blink of an eye.
Yugoslavia also ordered a large number of tanks from France. The two countries were not very close in the 1930s, but they had military cooperation before.
The Yugoslavs first purchased fifty French-made R35 tanks, but they did not respond well to this tank, mainly because they felt that the speed of this tank was too slow. The Yugoslavs cannot be blamed for being too impatient, with the maximum speed of R35 being only twenty kilometers per hour.
By the way, I would like to mention that in history, a group of Polish tank soldiers actually drove this kind of tank and fled from Poland to Romania. Now it seems that these people should not even see the shadow of the German army when they escaped, because if they really encountered the German army, they would definitely not be able to escape at this speed.
The French made the R35 to assist infantry attacks. This is a very orthodox infantry tank and does not need to have a high speed per hour. However, when facing the German army's rapid armor tactics, this slow tank is a bit unacceptable.
The Yugoslav Army also purchased fifty Renault NC27 tanks, which were actually Renault D1 tanks that had been eliminated by the French army. These tanks developed in 1931 were long outdated. The French Army threw them all into Turkish Nice as "training vehicles", and some of them were sold to Yugoslavs.
The French threw more than that garbage. They also sold fifty Renault FT-17s from World War I to the Yugoslavs. It was a real blessing that the French could still produce so many antiques that could be moved. If there was no trick in this transaction, it would be that even ghosts could not deceive them.
Chapter completed!