Jiang Cheng suppressed the urge to kick the fat man away, said a few words to Golin, and then pulled Chen Nan to catch up with Schacht who had already walked away.
"Schachter, you still have to help me." Jiang Cheng grabbed Schacht and said.
Schacht smiled apologetically and said, "Sorry, Jiang, I really don't like Golin. Tell me, what can I do for you?"
Schacht had reason to dislike Goering. As early as 1936, Goering was appointed as the plenipotentiary of the "Four-Year Plan". This "Plenipotentiary of the Four-Year Plan" had serious institutional conflicts with the Reich Ministry of Economic Affairs.
The overlap inevitably led to the conflict between Schacht and Göring.
Schacht had hated the "Four-Year Plan" since its inception, not only because it restricted the fight for power, but also because it was a completely war-oriented plan for Germany to be barely self-sufficient in four years.
Schacht angrily accused Göring that "your foreign exchange policy, your production policy and your fiscal policy are unreliable." However, Hitler said in this dispute that he "avoided all attempts at world industry and world trade policy and replaced them with
In order to concentrate all efforts, it aims to open up a way of survival for its people to obtain a living space to gain a foothold in the next century..."
Fortunately, after receiving Jiang Cheng's explanation, Schacht no longer held the illusion of preventing Germany from falling into war, but wanted to make Germany suffer less harm in this war. Especially after seeing Jiang Cheng's Rome plan,
Schacht couldn't help but have the idea of integrating the economies of all European countries to form a large economy. He firmly believed that political unity was not as strong as economic unity.
Schacht even got up late at night to turn over the pages of Chinese history and went to the East to find the secret of the great unification.
Of course, this was Schacht's initial thought at night. After all, Germany had only captured the Sudetenland. It was still far from the country in Schacht's dream.
Change the subject
Jiang Cheng spread his hands and said, "Look, I have issued a military order in front of the head of state. I have methods for production capacity, but I need a lot of raw materials to produce weapons. Most of the iron ore in Czechoslovakia will soon become the empire's."
Well, can you think of something for me in this regard? For example, sell me more iron ore, or simply sell me some iron ore."
Schacht said with some embarrassment, "My friend, you should know that although our industry in Germany is strong, it is a country lacking in resources. In addition to abundant coal, iron ore, oil, rubber, and special metals are all in short supply.
, Now all the steel plants are asking for iron sand. As early as a few months ago, the iron ore in Czechoslovakia was already reserved. If you want it now, you really can’t get it."
Schacht said in a low voice, "And if you really achieve the output you said, it will definitely have an impact on several current military industrial companies. If they unite to fight you, I'm afraid you won't be able to stand it either."
, why not take this opportunity to chat with them?”
Jiang Cheng nodded in agreement. The heavy steel industry is a monopoly industry. If a bad wolf suddenly comes in to grab food, other people will definitely be unwilling to do so. If they don't distribute their interests well, there will definitely be a lot of trouble in the end.
Jiang Cheng asked, "Can you please help me make an appointment with them? It's best if all those families can come. I will hold a salon and we can sit down and chat together."
Schacht smiled and patted Jiang Cheng on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, these people are the most loyal entrepreneurs in the empire, and since the head of state has approved it, their first thought will definitely be cooperation, and I will too."
I'm here to stay with you. If anything happens, I will come out and smooth things over, at least it won't be too ugly."
Jiang Cheng said with some gratitude, "Schachter, I really don't know how to thank you. You have helped me so much."
Schacht shook his head and said, "This is as it should be. After all, everything you do is beneficial to our empire."
Jiang Cheng touched his nose guiltily and mumbled a few words. Five days later, outside a villa in the suburbs of Berlin, a dozen cars were parked in the yard, and a group of well-dressed men were sitting on the sofa chatting.
Jiang Cheng has met most of these people more than once. They are all giants of German steel and military industry, such as Krupp, Mauser, Rhineland, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Porsche, Volkswagen, MAN, Maybach and other companies. These are the companies.
Their joint efforts allowed Hitler to have the strongest army in the world in the future.
Jiang Cheng walked out and smiled at everyone, "Thank you for coming to this gathering. Everyone's time is precious. I will just say it directly. Everyone should know that our Weihua officially acquired the company a week ago.
Skoda Military Factory, this military factory covers a wide range of production, from rifles, machine guns to tanks and cannon engines. As someone who has just entered the military industry, I hope to communicate with you through this gathering to see how to contribute to the empire.
Make more contributions to the future.”
Alfred Krupp was the leader of Krupp at this time. He was also one of the steel oligarchs and one of the top kings among many companies. Germany's defeat in World War I caused huge changes in his childhood. The Kaiser
The abdication of the throne, the forced demolition of factories by the Allies, the declaration of his father Gustav Krupp as a war criminal, the establishment of the Weimar Republic, the workers' uprising and occupation of Essen, and the French occupation of the Ruhr area, all of which made him extremely eager for revenge, and also
This made him a die-hard loyalist to Hitler and the Nazi Party.
Krupp looked at Jiang Cheng with a sneer and said, "Jiang, we all know the strength of your Weihua. You also have military factories in the United States, but they are just gunpowder factories. You Chinese do not have much experience in real military production, and we
I am very worried that you will destroy the Skoda Arsenal, and as far as I know, you made a promise to the head of state to triple the production capacity in one year, which makes us even more worried. You must know that factory production requires a screw-by-screw operation.
These products are all intended to be weapons for the imperial army. Once there is any flaw, at least it will cause soldiers to die in battle, and at worst, it may even cause the failure of a war."
Jiang Cheng shrugged and said, "You can rest assured on this point. Everyone in the Imperial Inspection Department should have learned this, and our company's product quality requirements are not lower than yours. We at Weihua do not want to become enemies with you.
But we hope that we can help each other survive. For example, Mr. Mauser's 98K rifle will be our main imitation product in the future. We will give Mauser the patent fees it deserves for each rifle and negotiate with Mauser.
We guarantee that our increase in production will not result in any loss of profits for Mauser. Similarly, we will inevitably imitate Krupp's cannons in the future, and we are willing to discuss production issues together."
Several other people looked at each other and nodded in agreement. Although the war has not started yet, the German army has continued to receive orders, which is enough to feed the various companies here.
Jiang Cheng then suggested, "And for the benefit of the empire, I propose to establish a joint research center. For example, like our study of Centurions this time, we can exchange information and technology with each other in a timely manner."
Speaking of the Centurion, except for Mauser and BMW, several companies that are not involved feel a headache. Whether it is tank guns or engines, everything has benefited these companies a lot, but until now, no one can take it.
Coming up with a plan that was comparable to this tank made them, who had always been proud, feel frustrated and helpless in terms of process technology for the first time.
Jiang Cheng smiled and said, "Everyone should know that we in Weihua have a lot of new technologies. For the victory of the empire, we are willing to share these technologies with everyone. In exchange, we hope to get a share of the steel and other materials we need."
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At this time, everyone understood Jiang Cheng's intention of calling so many entrepreneurs. Schacht coughed lightly and said, "This is what the empire wants to see. After all, everyone is working for the empire."
The 39-year-old Schacht is no longer as authoritative among entrepreneurs as he was a few years ago, but entrepreneurs still give him some face. Dr. Porsche said, "The steel we need is high-quality steel that can be used as weapons. This
We need high-quality iron sand to smelt it. Our own production is only so much, and we also need to import a large amount of iron ore from abroad. The iron ore in Czechoslovakia is a rare rich iron ore in the country. If you want us to take it out, we will be in a difficult position.
Ah. And according to the arrangement of the empire, we have to store a large amount of iron ore for emergencies, so it will be difficult to give you a share."
Jiang Cheng rolled his eyes and said, "Actually, the ore is in the ground. The main reason is that our mining speed is inefficient. I have a way to speed up our mining speed. We can cooperate in mining, so we can achieve a win-win situation, right?"
The other business owners looked at each other, and none of them were willing to give up their precious iron ore to cooperate with the young guy in front of them. After all, no one knew whether the new technology would work or not, but the iron ore they gave out was real.
While Jiang Cheng was negotiating with the German military-industrial oligarchy, Hitler finally showed his fangs to the world again.
On April 1, 1939, Slovakia declared independence and Czechoslovakia officially split. Since that day was April Fool's Day, most people in Europe regarded this matter as a joke. However, the news in the next few days informed the world that the Germans had already
Premeditated.
On the same day, Slovakia requested protection from Germany. The German army, which had been prepared for a long time, crossed the border that had just been drawn for less than four months and marched swaggeringly into Prague, which had always been the capital of Czechoslovakia.
There are more than three million people of German origin in Czechoslovakia. These people watched the troops of the same descent as themselves within the cordon organized by the police and cheered. Hitler arrived here triumphantly in just 18 hours.
, he sat in the car and kept waving to the people around him, while countless people kept stretching their arms and shouting slogans "Hey! Hitler"
In the government building, a large number of Czechoslovak officials stood uneasily at the door of a room. The guards kept calling their names to let people in. Some of the people who came out were happy, some were dejected, and some were shouting and cursing loudly.
Being carried away by the guards, some remained silent, as if everything had nothing to do with them.
Hitler walked into the presidential palace. Himmler had been waiting for a long time. When he saw Hitler, he quickly stepped forward and lowered his head and said, "Sorry, my Führer, we seem to be a step too late. Beneš and those who have been opposing the empire have disappeared.
They disappeared, and they also took away more than 100 million Reichsmarks and a large number of confidential documents."
Hitler frowned, leaned against the window, looked at the cheering parade downstairs and said, "Benes has great prestige here in Czechoslovakia, and many people are supporting him. Now he has money. If he is allowed
If it continues to develop, it will definitely bring huge trouble to the empire, Cha! I must find him and ask him to send him to the gallows and hang him!!"
Hitler thought about something and asked, "So what about the agreement we prepared? What should we do? Did he take Zhang away?"
Himmler shook his head and said, "That's not true. He probably thinks it won't be useful to take him away. I think the president can be dealt with as missing and let Vice President Emil Khacha sign the agreement."
Hitler thought for a while and said, "Then let's do it this way. It must be done quickly and no excuses can be given to Britain and France."
Himmler nodded to express his understanding and continued to report, "We have taken control of all banks, government buildings and military camps, ammunition depots, power plants and other important places, and have begun to clean up the former government officials who opposed the Reich."
Hitler nodded with satisfaction and said, "Well done, but it's not enough. It's not just government officials, but also businessmen, literati, artists, and scientists. Anyone who opposes the empire must be eliminated physically and mentally. Don't give them any chance."
, the great cause of the empire has just begun, and we must not give them the opportunity to grow."
As he said this, a secretary knocked on the door and said, "My head of state, the British secret message."
Hitler took it and looked at it, but it was a private telegram from Chamberlain, asking Hitler whether this was the end of an old adventure or the beginning of a new one? If it was the end, I hope Hitler could explain it to the public.
To appease the people of Europe, if this is the beginning, I hope Hitler can seriously consider the German name and world peace again, and there are hints between the lines that this is the last concession.
Hitler shook his head with a sneer, handed the telegram to Himmler and said, "Britain is still arrogant as always, thinking that everything is under their control. But this is fine, we can make them mistakenly think that we are satisfied."
--London
Chamberlain was anxiously waiting for something in the room. Finally, an old gentleman came in and said, "Hitler has sent a telegram back. Please take a look."
Chamberlain read it and found that the telegram roughly stated that this time was caused by the civil strife in Czechoslovakia, and that Germany's purpose had always been to hope that all Germanic people could live fairly and freely in one country, so there would be no other territorial demands.
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Chamberlain nodded reassuringly and said, "Fortunately, it's not the worst situation we expected. Let's go to the parliament immediately. Everyone should be impatient."
That night, various newspapers in London published Chamberlain's speech in the House of Commons: "The independence of Slovakia has brought the Czechoslovak state to an end due to internal divisions. Therefore, the British government no longer assumes the obligation to protect the new national borders of Czechoslovakia."
In a room, a fat man looked at the words on the newspaper with a sneer. His pipe kept smoking, he shook his head and threw the newspaper aside, closing his eyes and thinking.
On April 2, 1939, after being ignored by Hitler for three hours, the Vice President of Czechoslovakia, Emil Khacha, signed in trepidation, officially representing Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovakia, one of the top ten industrial countries, disappeared from the map and was replaced by
The protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was a vassal state of Germany, and it was clearly determined by law that these two countries would become official German territories in the future.
