Chapter 194

Time, has crossed to 1937, in the entire history, this is a turbulent year.

This year, a large-scale military operation took place in the Far East, and China suffered a barbaric invasion. This year, Maozi in the north carried out the Great Cleansing to a new level. Stalin personally pointed out that there were still Japanese, German and Japanese in the party. Trotskyist spies, and as a result, Tukhachevsky was unfortunately recruited and became the top general to be purged.

In Europe, the civil war in Spain is still brewing, ready to be pushed to a higher level.

"General Cyric, you are very happy." At the new year's military meeting, Franco saw Cyric who came and was very happy. After more than a month of dormancy, Cyric finally agreed to attend. Military meeting!

Franco was like a mirror in his heart. Cyric was able to participate in this meeting because he was forced to make concessions in principle in many aspects.

For example, Franco has signed a new decree allowing Germany to mine minerals. Although the decree stipulates that foreign shares in Spanish mining companies must not exceed 40 percent, it is only ten percentage points higher than before. However, if foreign capital wants to increase its shareholding, it is not impossible to consider it.

Next, Bernhardt proposed that 20 percent of the capital should be raised from the society, which would be subscribed by the Spaniards of Seymour-Montania.

Since Franco was now completely reliant on German military power, Franco turned a blind eye to this plan and let it go.

By January of this year, five anonymous companies had acquired the Seymour-Montania mining rights. According to the decree, Germany owns 40% of the shares; in fact, through several anonymous companies, Germany controls the other 35% of the shares.

Because the scope of the Mining Act only covered mainland Spain, not Morocco, the Seymour-Montania company bought most of the shares of the various mining companies in Rif, and the Franco government also allowed Germany to Morocco established a sole proprietorship company called "Mauritania".

In this way, the plan to control the Spanish mining industry has finally progressed smoothly in Spain.

Franco has made a series of friendly measures, which have brought great benefits to Germany. Correspondingly, Cyric has also ended this kind of non-violent and non-cooperative behavior, and the two sides continue to discuss the new year's cooperation. The war started detailed consultations.

Of course, the heads of other military districts, as well as the commander of the Italian intervention army, all attended the meeting.

The topic of the meeting is the next action, how to proceed.

"For various reasons, our last action was unfavorable." Franco said: "Now, we need to get stronger and prepare for a second attack. The shortage of troops is the first problem we face. In this regard , we hope that our Italian and German friends can give us more support."

The first question posed by Franco was to increase troops!

If you want to fight, you need someone, and now, the Madrid army on the opposite side is constantly increasing in number, and Franco also hopes that the more people he has, the better. Although he is constantly expanding his National Army, foreign aid is more important.

It can be said that if there was no international column, he would have taken down Madrid long ago, and now, if he wants to successfully take down Madrid, he must have enough troops, and the support from Germany and Italy is very important.

And, by contrast, he values ​​Germany even more!

"We can continue to increase our troops." Cyric said: "In terms of aviation, we intend to double the size of the air force. At the same time, in terms of ground troops, in order to better assist our allies, we have decided to mobilize more troops to bring our most The elite Waffen SS 1st Panzer Division, mobilize."

In an instant, Franco was overjoyed: "That's really good!"

The combat effectiveness of the Waffen SS is far greater than that of the German Army, because all the good equipment is given priority to the Waffen SS. For example, the Panther tanks are given to them first. Said to be Hitler's direct line of troops!

Now, to mobilize an armored division, it can be said that it does not matter if the Italian troops are withdrawn. With this armored division, it is enough to sweep Madrid!

The mobilization of the 1st Armored Division was something Cyric had been thinking about recently.

Historically, Germany's aid to Spain was mainly the air force, that is, the Condor Legion, although there were also ground troops, which were almost negligible.

But now, Cyric has traveled through and is familiar with the future of Spain. Of course, Cyric does not want such a thing to happen again, so Cyric wants to change all this!

One of the most important points is to deploy a powerful force in Spain. Even if the Spanish Civil War is over, this force will not withdraw. It is necessary to establish a military base in Spain! In this way, after the start of World War II, Germany can attack France from both directions from Spain and the mainland!

After much deliberation, and after returning to Berlin and interviewing Hitler, the decision was finally made to mobilize a coup d'etat Panzer Division!

Now, the second armored division of the Waffen SS has also been fully staffed and is undergoing training, and the first armored division has just been pulled up to test their combat effectiveness!

Franco was overjoyed. Now, he has fully understood the insidiousness of Cyric, who wants to exchange domestic mines for military support.

Last year, I didn't cooperate because I didn't agree to their conditions. Now, Germany has got what they wanted, and of course they will increase their support to Spain.

Well, now thank them for their support. After Madrid has been conquered, and Spain has become a firm seat, the conditions of those mines can be changed slowly.

The Italian side is also quite happy. Now, they have invested a lot of money in this operation. Moreover, Mussolini did not have so many moths. Mussolini almost always gave selflessly, so, Italy, mired in the quagmire of war, is now unable to invest more money.

In this case, it would be good for Italy to maintain the status quo, and it would be the best choice to have Germany increase its troops.

"As long as the German army turns around, we can immediately launch an attack on Madrid." Franco vowed: "I believe that we will be able to defeat Madrid this time!"

Hearing this, Cyric shook his head: "General Franco, you are too eager for quick success. Have you really not seriously considered the plan I proposed last time?"