Romanian Eagle

A Junker airliner passes through the clouds, preparing to land.

"Your Excellency Minister, we are about to land soon."

With a reminder, Ribbentrop's thoughts were taken back.

He recalled the previous exhortation by the head of state to him: Romania must be stabilized now, and a new exclusive alliance treaty with Romania needs to be signed, which is very important to Germany.

That’s right, the Führer has set his sights on the Polish corridor again. Hitler, who was fascinated by the restoration of the largest territory of the Third Reich, just after annexing the Czech Republic, he summoned the Polish Foreign Minister Colonel Baker, who had previously been pro-German, and issued an ultimatum to him to accept Germany. Conditions proposed in 1937-38 for the Danzig and Poland corridor.

In the face of Hitler's request, Colonel Baker refused to follow the established policy of the Polish government. And on March 31st, he went to London after obtaining the British diplomatic guarantee for Poland's independence, and signed the "British-Polish Security Assurance Agreement" with the UK on April 6th (and signed a similar agreement with France on May 19th).

In response, Hitler officially approved the White Plan to invade Poland on April 3. On April 28, Hitler announced the abrogation of the German-Polish Non-aggression Pact signed in 1935 on the grounds that Poland had signed a security guarantee treaty with the United Kingdom and lifted the quasi-ally state with Poland.

And in this case, the importance of Romania is mentioned in the first important position. It happened that Romania's dissatisfaction with Germany was soaring because of Germany's annexation of the Czech Republic. Moreover, the Polish Foreign Minister is also visiting Romania, which makes Hitler very vigilant. When this conflict with Poland, Romania cannot be drawn over by Poland.

Although it is impossible for Poland to give better conditions than Germany, it has to be visited. If Romania was drawn to the Polish side, Hitler would not dare to attack the Polish corridor. Poland and Romania are a huge challenge to Germany, and the British and French behind them are also likely to take the opportunity to attack, which is completely a replica of World War I and two fronts. Hitler would never allow such a thing to happen.

Moreover, Hitler also gave a concession condition before coming, and he must keep Romania in the alliance. However, it was entirely up to Ribbentrop to decide how to talk in the middle, so he was both excited and worried about it.

But whatever his mood, the Junkers landed at Bucharest's airport.

And the Romanian Foreign Minister Kostel, who was waiting on the side, immediately greeted him with a smile.

"Hello, Mr. Ribbentrop. Welcome to Bucharest."

"Hello, Your Excellency Coster. Thank you very much for welcoming me in person."

After a brief warm welcome from the guest of honor, Ribbentrop and Coster left together in a car.

In the car, Ribbentrop immediately asked what he was most concerned about. "I heard that Colonel Baker, the Polish foreign minister, is visiting Romania."

"It's nothing, Colonel Baker is here to talk about economic and trade cooperation between the two countries and other issues."

Facing the German foreign minister beside him, Kostel replied indifferently. Only now did I know that I asked Romania. When I dismembered and annexed the Czech Republic, I didn't even have a connection, and it was too disrespectful to Romania. Yes, Foreign Secretary Costel has a share among the disgruntled.

Ribbentrop was not offended by a soft nail being hit here by Costel. He was also mentally prepared for this. Before the annexation and dismemberment of the Czech Republic, Germany did not go through with Romania, and everyone complained. But this time, he was mentally prepared.

When Ribbentrop had just arrived in Bucharest, the Polish Foreign Minister Colonel Baker had just walked out of the Prime Minister's Office.

Just talking with Prime Minister Mihalakah,

He didn't get the results he wanted.

Although he has played all the cards given to him by the Polish government, he still failed to achieve the result he wanted, turning the Robo alliance from a pure anti-Soviet alliance to a real alliance.

Colonel Baker recalled the development of the relationship between the two countries over the years and could not help but regret. Why didn't the government see the prodigal ambitions of the German head of state before, if it had seen it before, it would make Poland's diplomacy more proactive. At least diplomacy with Romania should be further strengthened.

Unfortunately, after the death of Marshal Piłsudski, Poland's diplomatic work became more important to Britain and France under the government's instructions. This is not without basis. According to the military's prediction, as long as the Polish army withstands the German attack on the border for a month, the attack from Britain and France will be enough to defeat Germany.

Therefore, it is not unreasonable for Poland to focus its diplomatic work on Britain and France. Moreover, the results of diplomatic work with Britain and France are also very good. The "British-Polish Security Assurance Agreement" and the "French-Polish Security Assurance Agreement" have been signed one after another, allowing Poland to gain a strong ally in the west of Germany.

And what satisfied Poland most with these two clauses was that as long as Poland was attacked by Germany, Britain and France would provide unconditional military assistance to Poland and were obliged to declare war on Germany. Only such a guarantee can satisfy Poland, and it is not worth the efforts of Poland to focus its diplomatic work on Britain and France in recent years.

However, there are gains and losses. Germany took the opportunity to strengthen its diplomatic work with Romania and signed the terms of the alliance when Poland put its diplomatic work on Britain and France. This made Poland a little uncomfortable. Although it signed the same alliance with the Soviet Union as Poland, it is believed that Hitler, like Poland, wanted to turn this alliance clause into a substantial alliance.

During Baker's visit to Romania this time, it was obvious that Romania's attitude was very vague, and basically did not give any affirmative answers. Although Baker does not understand Chinese, he must know the meaning of the phrase "for sale".

And just as Colonel Baker was about to return to the car to rest, he saw a car with a Polish badge creaked to a stop in front of him.

Ambassador Belowski's secretary jumped out. "Minister, I just got the news that German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop arrived in Bucharest and was greeted by His Excellency Foreign Minister Kostel."

Hearing this news made Baker feel the seriousness of the matter, and saw his face tighten. "Drive immediately, go back to the embassy, ​​and stop for the afternoon trip first."

Colonel Baker thought on his knees and knew the intention of the German foreign minister. He must be the same as himself. So now he needs to discuss countermeasures with the embassy, ​​and at the same time telegram to Huasha, asking for better conditions for himself. Baker had a hunch that this diplomatic work was related to Poland's survival. Although he didn't know why he suddenly felt this way, the idea suddenly appeared in his mind.