The military conference lasted for more than six hours. Aside from determining the detailed assignments for every unit in each theater during the first few days of the war, it also clarified the war's objective: to make the British see the outcome of the war by crushing the Russians, and then begin peace talks with Britain.
In his final mobilization speech, the German Prime Minister once again emphasized the importance and necessity of attacking Russia. The leader whom the Germans regarded as great declared:
The Russians will certainly regard this war as the decisive battle between the ideologies of the two nations. This also means that they will never be able to retreat from the battlefield.
We must uphold the conviction of completely shattering the enemy's ideology and wage an all-out war against Russia.
We must take the enemy's powerful air raids into account and respond to them flexibly. Only then can we clear the obstacles from our army's path.
For us, perhaps the most arduous part of the war will be the first six weeks. I hope all of you understand what our objective is. We do not seek to defeat this country, but to defeat the terrifying ideology born from it.
When he mentioned the British, the leader spoke with a trace of resentment: "The British refuse to reach an understanding with Germany. To guard against us, they are even planning to join forces with the Russians.
This is a betrayal of every nation in the world that opposes Russia's ideology, and an abandonment of all the people of Europe.
Once we lose this war, all of Europe will be swept along by this terrible ideology. If the British fail to realize this, they will sooner or later lose their hegemony and their position as the world's most