Chapter VIII Preparation Plan
In any country, no matter what career it is, it is impossible to quickly rise without interpersonal relationships..com has a good background and actions that are enough to make people agree on, and rapid promotion of soldiers has become a matter of course.
The Berlin Command is worrying about what military rank should be given to Xu Yang. The first-class Iron Cross, of course, can be awarded. That little guy has done a good job recently and deserves the command to award him a first-class Iron Cross.
Loeb was promoted to general and was transferred to Kassel to build the 2nd Army. He was appointed commander-in-chief of the 2nd Army. He needed to be mentally prepared and serve as the commander-in-chief of the Western Front during wartime. He personally believed that he needed to be prepared for France for a long time to take military operations. Loeb's ability to defend against defense was excavated, and he ordered the garrison to build fortresses and firepower batteries, believing that the sacred mission of the field commander was to prevent the enemy's attacks.
Braushić was also promoted to general and transferred back to Berlin. He will prepare for a long time to build an army headquarters. In the future, he may need to remotely control the military operations of the Southern Army in Berlin.
Although Guderian's armored division performed well in this military operation, it still cannot prove the role of armored troops on the battlefield. It is undeniable that the armored troops have high mobility and are very suitable for raids. Considering that they will fight France in the future, the commander-in-chief ordered Guderian's first armored division to be stationed in Essen and ready to attack France at any time.
Germany won and the Wehrmacht won. The will of the whole country was unprecedentedly unified. They felt that it was time to expand their military power and many generals were used. The Wehrmacht not only sent the 11th Infantry Division to Konesburg in East Prussia, but also transferred the newly built 26th Air Force troops to overestimate their ability. They felt that it was time to teach Poland a lesson.
A talent was reused; Longdestedt was appointed commander of the 3rd Division and commander of the Third Military Region of Berlin. After half a year, he became the commander of the First Army in Berlin, with four infantry divisions and two cavalry divisions. After consultation with the government, the National Defense Forces Command decided to transfer Longdestedt and his troops to Stettin, meet with the 12th Infantry Division there, waiting for orders, and he may be the world's attention as the first armed forces to retake Danze.
And just as a series of orders were sent out from Berlin, the heart of Germany, Xu Yang came back, with only two people; Barbarossa Rick, Weister Joseph.
At this time, Xu Yang was in the commander-in-chief, where he would meet Erich Manstein, and then get to know each other. The two of them would work together in the future. They would work together to form a new armored division. The original expected plan was cancelled, and the number of the Second Armored Division was stolen by Longdestedt. Xu Yang would work with a stranger to build an armored division with a medium tank as the main force.
In recent years, Germany's industry has recovered and weapons technology has developed very well. History has always been driven by war. For the sake of military industry, the corresponding scientific and technological technology has developed rapidly, first used in military affairs, and finally benefited from people's livelihood.
Civilization has always been progressing in killing and destroyed in killing.
Rhine's victory stimulated the government and the National Wehrmacht, and greatly improved the people's self-esteem and confidence. Under a deliberate propaganda, the people began to prepare for war under the leadership of the government. This kind of preparation does not mean yelling, they used their enthusiasm to work. It seems that everyone knows that Germany will inevitably have a war in the future. If it is not prepared now, nothing will be done in the future.
In order to rectify the arms, the government issued a "Metallurgical Research Institute Securities" at the suggestion of Hal. The Metallurgical Research Institute is a purely fictitious institution, and its capital is provided by major arms manufacturers. The German government uses this securities to pay for arms purchase costs. With the guarantee of Deutsche Bank, this securities will not be cashed out after being handed over to the arms producers, or try to postpone the cashing period and pay the interest by the government. This is equivalent to Deutsche Bank providing the government with a huge amount of credit.
This measure was very successful. The money for the government to rectify the arms was not obtained from taxes at the bottom of society, but was exchanged with major arms manufacturers with future interests. Germany's arms were not only strengthened but did not increase the burden on the people. On the contrary, the construction of people's livelihood brought unlimited benefits to the people, and Germany's unemployment rate also dropped to an acceptable percentage.
Before the KSBC, that is, during the Weimar Republic, there was a shortage of raw materials and agricultural products for manufacturing arms, and the military's gasoline reserves were about to be exhausted. This shortage of materials was caused by the harsh conditions facing Germany's foreign trade. After the KSBC, the government had to take care of military expenditures and meet the economic needs of the people, which was actually impossible. It was not until early 1934 that Germany set the maximum wage limit, and the country was able to withdraw more money from the national annual income to repay the increasing public debt.
The mess left by the Weimar Republic could not be resolved for a while, which greatly affected the strategies of the early Third Reich of Germany. If the empire had not had a good finance minister, it would be hard to say whether Germany would have been in decline.
In order to solve the problem of Germany's huge unemployed population, Hal's ever-expanding arms need to stimulate the prosperity and development of the arms industry and related industries. Skilled workers were brought into the arsenal and unskilled workers built highways. After these unemployed troops entered the labor market, although the average salary was low, the overall purchasing power of society increased, and people did not have to hover on the hunger line.
People praised their finance minister, thanking the emperor from the bottom of their hearts and thanking everyone who could be grateful, and they finally had a job that could be self-reliant. The solution to the unemployment rate also eliminated the security problems in Germany. With a job, no one was willing to cause trouble again. They cherished this hard-earned job.
Of course, the lack of domestic basic consumer goods has made the increase in purchasing power only stay on the books. As one of the solutions, the government advocates a simple, peasant-style simple life for the public, seeking food and clothing rather than luxury. People are called on people to use fish instead of meat, use black bread instead of white bread, and use margarine instead of real butter. High-end foods such as game, shellfish, caviar, fat foie gras and imported high-end liquor are only sold in big restaurants and high-end food stores. Enjoying these delicacies is advertised as non-Germany, sinful and depraved. Ordinary middle-class delicacies such as tropical fruits, imported meat, coffee, white bread and fresh butter are not often seen in the German market.
Overall, poor Germany cannot withstand too much consumption, and the government needs to prepare too much. The people also understand this advocacy. They were once destitute and hungry. Luxury? No one wants to. They now like cannons more than butter!
Raw materials are Germany's biggest pain. Germany lacks raw materials and needs to buy a large part of the raw materials. This leads to the "preparation plan" advocated by Harr. Germany will exchange a large amount of agricultural products and raw materials from China, Denmark, the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries, and pay for advanced industrial products.
Speaking of China, Hal felt a headache. This distant country has enviable resources, but her industry is very backward. There is a very depressing term for "factory" there. She has huge resources but is unable to develop. Influenced by Xu Yang, Hal has a good impression of China, but... he is in a dilemma now.
Hal is a person with clear public and private affairs. He could not sacrifice the interests of Germany to help a country with good impressions. He paid attention to the observation and found a very confusing situation: that country did not even want Germany to help her build an industry, and would rather exchange a large number of resources for finished weapons than spend a few years to build her own military industry.
The more you come into contact with it, the more speechless it makes people feel. Hal understands the consequences of this. He has even seen that this country will suffer in the future!
The preparation plan even mentioned how to use the resources of the occupied land. The industrial investment structure will be adjusted as the burden on the economic system becomes increasingly heavy, so that the imbalances that arise between the various sectors will be corrected. Although some unexpected situations will inevitably arise in the economy, people cannot reason about this, because the military expenditure is so high that the German people generally believe that war is inevitable.
A strong sense of crisis has caused extreme tension in the production situation. Changes in the country's economic structure have gradually increased social pressure and also increased the temptation of war. Similarly, economic recovery and economic construction based on preparation have extremely dangerous limitations.
Fortunately, public opinion is supporting this kind of war economic mobilization. Major chaebols, capitalists and bankers have also seen future benefits. They believe that if they want to get benefits, they can only participate in construction continuously. Moreover, when preparing for the implementation of the war plan, they can still get benefits. The country's ordnance orders and various preferential policies make them wake up in their dreams.
The international environment is changing. In order to retrieve what belongs to Germany, everyone knows that war will definitely come, and if they are not prepared, they can only wait for others to perish.
A victory of recapturing Rhine gave all German people hope. They firmly believed that the international community treated Germany unfairly. The people with confidence began to move towards war step by step under the guidance of the government...
Chapter completed!