Zhang Meng hurriedly returned to Chang'an on Air Force One special plane. As soon as he returned to Daming Palace, civil and military officials handed over signs to request an audience. Zhang Meng immediately convened an emergency imperial meeting.

Zhang Wei was reinstated as the Foreign Minister, but unexpectedly, the first thing he did was to receive an emergency document from the embassy of Germany and Italy in Tang. Germany suddenly took action against Poland without any other country, with the purpose of catching it unexpectedly and testing the effect of the blitzkrieg for the first time. After Germany took action against Poland, Britain and France's vital interests in Poland were violated and they immediately declared war on Germany. Italy, as an ally of Germany, immediately fulfilled the alliance treaty and declared war on Britain and France the next day. At the same time, like Germany, it also sent official documents to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Tang Empire.

Zhang Meng knew what the content of the official document was without reading it. It was nothing more than that Germany and Italy agreed with the friendly cooperation and alliance between the Tang Dynasty and demanded that the Tang Empire declare war on Britain and France.

Zhang Wei smiled bitterly and nodded at Zhang Meng's judgment, which was completely correct.

The German army blitzed into Poland, and Britain, France and Italy declared war on each other, which means that the Second World War had officially broke out, two years earlier than Zhang Meng knew. Once the Tang Dynasty intervened, it means that Asia was also involved, and the Second World War broke out in full swing.

Germany suddenly blitzed Poland and had the courage to face the declaration of war between Britain and France. This was very surprising, but after careful consideration, it was reasonable.

Not to mention that Germany was sooner or later forced to resist due to its defeat in the First World War, Hitler's ambition to launch World War II was already known to Sima Zhao, but it was just a matter of time. Originally, Hitler's alliance would be Italy and Japan. But both countries were too weak, and Japan could not provide any support to Germany far away in Europe. Germany and Japan were really because Japan's opponents, including China, were too weak. Hitler had no choice but to choose Japan because of his fear of the United States, and hoped that Japan would restrain the United States at a critical moment.

However, with the strong rise of the Tang Empire, Japan was beaten to flee and cede land for peace, and Hitler's goal was immediately shifted from Japan to the Tang Empire. Strategically, it formed an alliance with the Tang Empire because the Tang Empire was too good, and the territory and colonies of Britain, France and the United States were all in front, behind, and left and right. It was just possible to restrain the forces of Britain, France and the United States during wartime and reduce the military pressure of the German army in Europe. On the tactical level, the military cooperation between the Tang Empire and Germany was ordered by the Tang Empire and Germany.

The German weapons and equipment were quickly updated. Advanced weapons and equipment such as the Junker 87 fighter (German version of Tang Army Raptor Fighter), Junker 88 bomber (German version of Tang Army Hellfire Bomber), and Leopard main battle tanks (German version of Tang Army Tiger King main battle tanks) developed by the Tang Empire for the German Wehrmacht Force for the German Wehrmacht Force, which was in the lead in Europe and was in line with the essence of the German new tactical blitzkrieg ideas, thus giving the German confidence to launch a world war in advance.

On the other hand, the Tang Empire provided a large amount of low-interest loans to Germany, which allowed the German army to be fully financially guaranteed. Britain, France and other countries were unable to compete with the advanced weapons and equipment such as the Tang Dynasty for military equipment, so they implemented an appeasement policy against Germany. They hoped to temporarily suspend the time when the German invasion of Britain and France. Britain and France took advantage of this time to step up the research and development and production of new weapons and equipment in China that could fight against the German army. Hitler obviously understood this truth, so he did not want to give Britain and France sufficient preparation time, so he started the war in advance.

Of course, Hitler had another thing hidden from the Tang Empire and Italy, that is, Hitler had secretly signed a non-aggression treaty with the Soviet Union the day before sending troops to Poland, and the additional clauses were for the two countries to share Poland together. I have to admire Hitler's superb political skills and wisdom. In this way, even if Britain and France declared war on Germany, they did not dare to directly send troops to attack Germany. Instead, they were worried about the union between Germany and the Soviet Union.

At the same time, Britain and France were also concerned about another important factor, that is, the Tang Empire, which was far away in the Pacific, because the Tang Empire was also an ally of Germany. The reason why Britain and France only declared war but did not send troops was also concerned about the reaction of the Tang Empire, and they were worried that the Tang Empire would also be involved in the war, so that Britain and France would be in danger in the Asian colonies. After all, the Tang Dynasty was obviously in an advantage in the second Tang-Japanese War.

"Your Highness, please think twice. I do not recommend participating in the war now. I think it is better to see the situation first. Europe will start another war, which is a good time to make a fortune by selling arms and strategic materials. The United States in the last World War was able to become stronger by selling arms and supplies to all parties. The Empire should also follow the United States' approach at present. After all, the Empire has hoarded a huge amount of strategic materials during the global economic crisis, and now it can be sold to warring countries at a high price, which will make huge profits." The Prime Minister of the Cabinet Zeng Guochang said first. Before this, the Cabinet had held an emergency meeting, and all the ministers exchanged opinions. Therefore, Zeng Guochang's attitude at this moment basically represents the opinions of most people in the Cabinet.

However, there were different opinions in the previous cabinet meeting, representing the Tang army, which was the pro-war faction.

At this time, the Tang army was at its peak, and it was a glorious moment. The military officials were even more confident, and they did not agree with the cabinet's opinions.

"Your Highness, it is the time to seize the British and French colonies. In the surrounding areas of the empire, the French Pacific colonies have always been the last obstacle to the empire's construction of an absolute defense circle and the key to the final closure of the absolute defense circle. Now the French and Japanese army colluded with each other to establish airport runways and station troops on many islands to build fortifications, which is a huge security risk for the empire and needs to be removed in time. At the same time, the British colony Australia is right in front of us, which is the main supply place for the empire's mineral resources, food, meat and wood resources, and is also the strategic rear of the empire. Once the British and the empire change their faces and terminate the cooperation between Australia and the empire, it will cause heavy losses to the empire. If time goes by, the British and Australian troops strengthen their defense, the empire will pay more costs and time when the empire takes action. I hope your Highness will ruling!" The voice of the defense minister Cai Zhenghua was loud and surrounded the hall for a long time.

Others didn't say anything, but in fact they were these two attitudes. Zhang Meng didn't need to ask for opinions one by one, as they had already figured it out.

Both sides have pros and cons. Zhang Meng thought of making a fortune in war and occupying territory and expanding territory, but it was difficult to make a choice for a while.

Just when Zhang Meng was hesitating and making a decision, Zhang Wei hurried out for a while and soon came back with a ugly expression.

"Your Highness, I think we have no choice!" Zhang Wei smiled bitterly, and immediately handed Zhang Meng a latest foreign affairs report in her hand, and said: "Just just now, Japan declared war on Germany and Italy respectively!"

Zeng Guochang and other cabinet ministers who supported the suspension of the war were stunned and then shook their heads helplessly. Obviously, they had guessed the result.

Zhang Meng also smiled bitterly and said, "It was difficult to make up his mind, but now it seems that we have no choice. Since Japan has declared war on Germany and Italy, Britain and France will soon declare war on our Tang Empire, so we don't have to hesitate. Notify Menxia Province to prepare to draft an edict to declare war on Britain and France. The Ministry of National Defense will hold a general mobilization order for war in a while. Since we want to join the war, we have to move faster."
Chapter completed!