novelhk Chapter 910
Chapter 910
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Colombia, this was the first time that the German Empire sent a government official to visit their country, so after receiving the news, they did not dare to be careless and immediately began to prepare in a hurry.
If the visitor was not the Third Reich, which was in the limelight at the time, but any other ordinary country, the Colombians would definitely not take it so seriously.
For them, the visit of the Third Reich, especially involving such an important diplomatic occasion as the Foreign Minister’s personal visit, they naturally have to pay double attention to it. Otherwise, if they are not well entertained or impolite, they may offend the Third Reich!
Small countries are particularly concerned about the feelings of other countries, especially those that are stronger than themselves, for fear of leaving a bad impression on the other party and damaging their own image, so Colombia held a grand welcome ceremony for Ribbentrop! Ribbentrop, who had just got off the airship, was shocked to see a large group of Colombians dressed in leather shoes and ready at the airport!
“Wow, are these people here to welcome us?”
The accompanying diplomats were obviously caught off guard by this scene and were all stunned.
“Haha, it seems so. The other party seems to attach great importance to our visit. The reception standard should be top-notch. Look, President Mendes came to the airport to greet us in person!”
Deputy Foreign Minister Neyor smiled and pointed to a middle-aged man in his fifties in formal wear at the airport, and said to Ribbentrop and other members of the delegation.
Everyone followed Neyor’s line of sight and saw the President Mendes of Colombia.
Seeing this scene, Ribbentrop couldn’t help but smile slightly. This is a good start!
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Hans’s Foreign Minister suddenly visited South America and first visited Colombia, his northern neighbor. This news made the Samba country in the south deeply uneasy!
“What are the Hans trying to do? Are they trying to interfere in the internal affairs of South America?”
The people of Samba originally had no ill will towards the Third Reich. After all, before this, the two countries had a common enemy – Eagle Sauce!
So their interests are the same when it comes to dealing with Eagle Sauce.
When Eagle Sauce declared war on Hans and Hans sent troops to North America, and the two countries were fighting fiercely on the two battlefields of the Atlantic and North America, Samba did not stop causing trouble for Eagle Sauce in South America and supporting Hans.
As a result, it was now their turn to reap the benefits. The Third Reich suddenly jumped out.
This filled Samba with doubts. What exactly were they trying to do with the Third Reich? What was their purpose? And why did they look for Columbia instead of themselves?
“Maybe the Third Reich visited Colombia because the Colombian army had previously occupied the Panama Canal?”
The Defense Minister tried to analyze.”This canal is extremely important to the United States, and it may be equally important to the Third Reich. After all, it is a key waterway. The Third Reich obviously hopes to control it in its own hands and is unwilling to be controlled by others. So I think they came to Colombia most likely because of this matter!”
This analysis is reasonable. After thinking about it, the government officials of Samba had to admit that this possibility is very high!
In fact, if it weren’t for the fact that the location is too far away and it is a bit out of reach, Samba itself would want to seize the Panama Canal!
There are two important waterways in South America, one is the Panama Canal in Central America, and the other is the Strait of Magellan in the south.
These two important waterways have nothing to do with Samba. Among them, the Panama Canal is located in Panama. It was previously controlled by the Eagle Sauce Lock and is now taken away by Columbia.
The Strait of Magellan in the south is shared by Chile and Argentina. These two key waterways are not under the control of Samba, and they can’t exert any influence at all!
Controlling key waterways is extremely important for major powers. In order to control Europe, the British used dozens of wars and spent hundreds of years to seize the Strait of Gibraltar and the Suez Canal from their enemies. They even fought against the Dardani in the hands of the native chickens. The British Empire had the idea of controlling the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus. During World War I, they launched the Dardanelles War, but failed.
However, even if they failed to control the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus, with the Strait of Gibraltar and the Suez Canal, the British Empire could still firmly control the Mediterranean and spread their influence throughout southern Europe!
In the Far East, the British Empire also controlled the key Strait of Malacca. Together with the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, the British Empire almost blocked all sea routes to the Asian Pacific region, which made their colonies in South Asia extremely stable and almost unaffected by any countries outside the region.
As long as the navy of the British Empire continues to remain strong, the South Asian region will be as stable as Mount Tai, and no one can threaten them.
For a powerful country that aspires to become the hegemon of South America, failing to control the key waterways is obviously not what the Samba people want to see, so they are as eager to seize these two key waterways as the Third Reich!
“In addition to this reason, are there other possibilities, such as inviting the Colombian army to join the German army in North America and jointly attack the Eagle Sauce?”
After the Minister of Defense proposed a possibility, everyone’s minds began to become active, and they all put forward their own different opinions.
“I think this is unlikely. The German army has won the Battle of the Atlantic. They can send troops from their homeland to North America to participate in the war in North America. With the strength of the German army, they do not need a large number of weak vassal troops, and these vassal troops may even cause trouble for them!”
The combat effectiveness of the vassal troops is uneven, and the quality and morale of the soldiers are not very good. It is definitely not possible to expect them to fight hard battles. If the enemy finds a breakthrough from them, they will not only be unable to help, but will also drag down the German army. Therefore, the German army rarely uses vassal troops in the war.
Obviously, this is a lesson learned from the failure of World War II in history. The performance of the armies of those vassal states in Eastern Europe is really unsightly, which makes Mainz lose confidence in them. Instead of sending them up to make up the numbers, it is better not to have them!
“Could it be another independent battlefield, an area where no German troops were fighting?”
A staff officer pointed to an area on the map and said to everyone.
At the same time, in the capital of Colombia, Ribbentrop and Mendes had a similar conversation.