The Rise of the Third Reich

Chapter 130 German Dream

"If the Baltic Republics, Czechoslovakia, and Austria all stand with Germany, then it will be difficult for the World Bank to succeed."

Schleicher did not know much about economics, but politics and diplomacy were not a problem for him. If the Baltic Republics, Czechoslovakia, and Austria were all economically integrated with Germany, the political unification process would probably be difficult to stop.

If these three countries were unified with Germany, they would become a first-class European power with more than 700,000 square kilometers, a population of more than 80 million, and industrial strength exceeding that of Britain and France combined. If Britain and France allow this Great Germany to appear, they must be crazy.

"But the World Bank and the European Bank are very beneficial to us Germans."

Hersman analyzed: "If Europe can be unified in a peaceful way, it means that Germans living all over Europe can be together... If we only count Germans who speak German, we have more than 80 million The population is twice that of France, and much more than the British colonial white population. Moreover, Hungary, Galicia, Slovenia, Croatia and Transylvania have all been ruled by our Germans for a long time.

If Europe were to be unified in some form, we Germans would most likely become the dominant power in Europe! "

"I think this is a dream!" Major General Schleicher stared at Hersmann, "Ludwig, but you look very awake."

"Yes, this is a dream, a dream, a dream belonging to Germany!" Hersman nodded seriously. "Germany is the center of Europe, and the Germans are the largest nation in Europe (Hersman ignored the Russians), and they are also the best! We are the backbone of Europe and should shoulder the responsibility of leading Europe."

"But the British and French will not agree!" Schleicher crossed his arms and looked at Hersmann.

"But we should tell the whole of Europe about this dream!" Hessmann opened his arms as if to hug someone, "Let everyone know what we Germany are fighting for, let everyone know what we Germans want to bring We want a united, prosperous, equal, developed and beautiful Europe. We want to tell everyone that we are not trying to enslave other nations, nor are we trying to plunder anyone’s wealth, but we are trying to unite Europeans to strive for happiness together. future. If we don’t do this, the future will belong to the United States and the Soviet Union!”

Hirschman knew the methods of US imperialism and Soviet revisionism. Whoever the US imperialists want to attack will hold high the banner of freedom and democracy. The Soviet revisionists, on the other hand, keep saying that they want to liberate all mankind. Therefore, if Germany wants to launch a war in the future, it must have a high-level reason and cannot be regarded as an evil fascist invader!

And that reason is to fight for European unity and prosperity. Although it is not as good as "liberating all mankind", it is not much worse than the "democratic freedom" of Americans.

Moreover, Hessman is not just shouting slogans, but actually intends to put them into practice. How else will we launch a world war in the future and acquire a lot of territory? To annex them all? This is not a good idea. Only places where the German population accounts for a certain proportion or territories with few indigenous people can be annexed. Otherwise, if we swallow too many non-Germans, we will probably create a large Austro-Hungarian Empire. This is not the result Hirschman wants!

His ideal is a great European Union led by a great German empire!

"This dream, uh, this dream is good, but should we keep it a secret?" Schleicher frowned and said.

It seems you don’t really understand politics! Hessmann heard this and thought to himself: Schleicher has accomplished many things in history. It can be said that he laid the material foundation for Hitler's subsequent expansion. Without his tireless efforts to promote Soviet-German barter and cooperation during the Weimar Republic, it would be difficult to say whether German industry without the Soviet market and raw materials could have supported Hitler until Hitler came to power. Historically, the Weimar Republic had no colonies and no gold foreign exchange reserves. , the industrial output exceeded that of the Second Empire in the late 1920s! But the capable Schleicher only acted and did not say anything. Even if he later became a general and prime minister, he never said out loud what he wanted to bring to Germany! This is probably the biggest reason why he was defeated miserably by Hitler, right?

"No, we should say it loudly!" Hessmann shook his head and said solemnly, "We should let the German people and the European people know what we are going to do, why we are going to do it, and what will happen after we do it. What good is it for Germany and the people of Europe?”

"Oh, that sounds like an election."

"What our Army needs now is something similar to an election platform," Hersman winked at Schleicher. "Perhaps we should establish an organization like the Army Policy Council, and then publish the Army's views on Europe in its name. and insights into world political landscape.”

"What's the point of doing this?"

"Let others know why we launched the world war!" Hersman replied in a serious tone, "and let others know that we launched the war for the long-term happiness of the European people."

"It sounds like you are talking in your sleep, will anyone believe it?"

Hersman asked rhetorically: "Does anyone believe that the Bolsheviks want to liberate all mankind?"

Schleicher was silent for a moment, and finally nodded, "Okay, you've convinced me that we can set up a policy committee, just under the Ministry of National Defense... You can serve as president concurrently, I don't want to be with you. But besides saying stupid things, this policy meeting also needs to do something practical.”

"whats the matter?"

"Study how Germany can achieve unification with Austria, the Czech Republic, and the Baltic Republics without the use of force, and recover West Prussia and the Free City of Danzig."

"Okay." Hessmann achieved his goal and smiled at Schleicher with satisfaction. "General, I think the merger of Austria, the Czech Republic, the Baltic States and West Prussia will be the first step for Germany to lead Europe. !”

"Well, that's it." Schleicher saw Hersman getting up to leave and waved again, "Let's go in a moment. There is one more thing you must deal with."

"whats the matter?"

"Do you know Karl Marx?"

"You know, the one who wrote "Das Kapital" is dead."

"That's not that, I'm talking about an aircraft carrier!"

"Oh, the 'Karl Marx' we did together with the Soviet Union?"

The "Karl Marx" was the first ship of the 15,000-ton aircraft carrier that Hersmann and Stalin finalized in 1924 to jointly develop it.

The ship has a standard displacement of up to 15,500 tons and a full load displacement of 19,500 tons; the overall length is 227.34 meters, the width is 21.33 meters, the molded depth is 20.3 meters, and the draft is 7.6 meters; the flight deck is 216.9 meters long and 27 meters wide; it is equipped with 8 heavy oil tanks produced in Germany It has a dedicated boiler and 4 German-made steam turbines. The output power of the main engine is as high as 136,800 horsepower; the maximum speed is 31 knots and the endurance is 8,200 nautical miles/16 knots; it is equipped with 8 twin-mounted 88mm caliber high-level dual-purpose guns, and the twin-mounted 20 16 mm-caliber anti-aircraft guns; can carry 57 (up to 73) carrier-based aircraft.

"Our naval attaché in the Soviet Union reported that the Soviet Union is preparing to unveil this aircraft carrier on May 1 as a tribute to Labor Day. Afterwards, this aircraft carrier will leave the Black Sea for the Far East and join the Pacific Ocean together with the battleship 'Paris Commune' Fleet." Schleicher looked at Hessmann, "Now the Soviets have changed their plans, very high-profile, this will cause an uproar!"

"This may be related to the recent situation in China. The Soviet Union needs to strengthen the Pacific Fleet to deter Japan." Hersman also frowned. Although he did not deliberately change the historical process of China, some things have happened in China in this time and space. The changes caused a tense confrontation between the Soviet Union and Japan.

Historically, around 1928, the Soviet Union was at a disadvantage in the Far East—the Red Navy's Pacific Fleet was very weak and could not compare with the powerful Japanese Combined Fleet. At that time, the Soviet Red Air Force did not have long-range bombers that could threaten Japanese territory.

But in this time and space, the situation was very different - Soviet-German cooperation not only strengthened Germany's industrial strength, but also made the Soviet Union stronger than it had been in history. Just when the Japan-Soviet crisis occurred, the Soviet Red Navy and Red Air Force acquired two weapons that the Japanese were extremely afraid of. The 15,000-ton aircraft carrier "Karl Marx" and its combat radius could cover Tokyo and Wujun Port. and Zusenberg's long-range heavy bomber TB-2.

So when the Soviet Union and Japan faced off over the China issue, Stalin displayed the TB-2 long-range bomber in a high-profile manner, and was also preparing to reveal the "Karl Marx" aircraft carrier to the world on May 1!

"The whole world knows that the Soviet Union built aircraft carriers and aircraft with our help," Schleicher said. "Although this is necessary for our Germany to restore its industrial strength, it may still cause the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Japan to dissatisfaction, we must study countermeasures.”

Germany is a country lacking raw materials, lacking everything except coal. Therefore, Germany's industrial development in this time and space is better than in history, which means that Germany needs to import more raw materials. The only way to obtain cheap and large quantities of raw materials was through barter between the Soviet Union and Germany. If the Soviet Union was to be willing to supply Germany with cheap raw materials, Germany would naturally have to provide some real products. However, the Soviet Union's current high-profile display of the treasures it obtained from Germany may bring unnecessary troubles to Soviet-German cooperation.

However, in Hersman's view, the crisis caused by the advanced weapons provided by Germany to the Soviet Union was actually a major opportunity. As long as it is used well, Germany can get a powerful Japan as an ally in future wars.

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