Valevsky, as a member of the General Military Commission of the Soviet Navy personally appointed by Stalin and the director of the Navy's Political Propaganda Department, his task was to be in charge of Soviet-German naval cooperation projects.
After receiving Reinhard's proactive invitation, Walevsky, who had long been urged by Stalin to inquire about Germany's project to build battleships for the Soviet Union, immediately boarded a special plane to Berlin.
As soon as the special plane arrived in Berlin, Reinhardt immediately went to the airport to meet Walevsky in person. And because he knew that the Soviet government was accustomed to finding people who could speak German to contact him, Reinhardt did not bother to bring a translator.
"Hi! My friend." Reinhard stepped forward quickly, took Warevsky's hand enthusiastically and said: "Don't worry, since your country's leader Mr. Stalin and I are good brothers, and you are
If you are his subordinate, then I will definitely treat you as my direct subordinate."
Although he vaguely felt something was wrong, after all, German was not Walevsky’s mother tongue. He did not go around the bush and said repeatedly: “I’m really sorry to bother the Führer.”
"No, no, I won't be polite." Reinhard sneered after taking advantage. When he goes to Stalin to complain another day, he can just complain that you want to change your career and become a subordinate of the German head of state.
Warevsky, who did not realize that he had been tricked, still had the illusion that the German head of state was easy to talk to, so he simply went straight to the topic with this approachable head of state and said: "Dear Mr. Head of State, I am here this time
Germany, mainly for the military cooperation between the two countries during the Weimar Republic. Although the German government has changed, after all, you and our current leader of the Soviet Union, Chairman Stalin, were in charge of this project at that time, so Germany should not have broken the contract.
intention?"
Isn’t this nonsense? Why did I come to you today to break the appointment? You really think I have nothing to do and just like to chat!
"Our answer is always yes. The Soviet Union and Germany have a long history of friendship, and Chairman Stalin and I are good brothers. There is no such thing as breaking the contract," Reinhardt said with a smile.
Welcome.
"So, why haven't the three battleships Germany agreed to build for the Soviet Union been delivered yet? You know, even we have already launched two battleships with the drawings given by your country. The Soviet Union has already delivered the three battleships Germany requested.
The steel and other raw materials have been delivered, and the oil and grain as substitutes for payment have been given long ago. It stands to reason that the construction should have been completed in Germany, right?" Warevsky asked respectfully.
Hearing Walevsky's question, Reinhardt, who had a ghost in his heart, was stunned for a moment, and then he let out a long sigh, and his eyes suddenly turned red and said: "I feel sad and angry when I talk about this. I can't say it's good.
Even though the head of state came from the navy, those bastards didn’t buy my fault at all. On the surface, they agreed with me to build battleships for the Soviet Union first, but secretly, they launched 12 destroyers and 2 cruisers. But.
It's the turn of the battleship to be built for the Soviet Union, but it has not been completed yet. You said, my subordinates are all acting in such a disobedient way, how can I be the head of state? I think back then, if I hadn't proposed the rainbow...
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"Wait a minute, according to the Führer's wishes, is it possible that the battleships for the Soviet Union haven't been built yet?" Seeing that Reinhard was about to lose control of his chatter, Warewski quickly brought the topic back on track: "The Führer
Sir, when you invite the Soviet Union to send representatives, you are not going to use this kind of rhetoric to deal with us, right? No matter how you say it, you should give a suitable explanation."
Hearing this, Reinhard raised his eyebrows and pretended to be angry: "I treat you like a subordinate, and you talk to me like this?! Don't you even have the most basic respect?! You treat me like a subordinate."
Did your superiors read it?!"
You are not my superior to begin with. Warevsky said in a dumbfounded voice: "I'm sorry, I was rude just now. Then..."
In fact, Reinhard knew very well that the rhetoric just mentioned was impossible to deal with the Soviet government. Among other things, his cunning "good brother" Stalin would not buy it.
In addition, this was a critical period when Soviet Union and Germany were taking advantage of each other, and neither could do without the other. Naturally, Reinhardt was not willing to offend Stalin for this matter.
If the Soviet Union could send troops to Poland first, the benefits to Germany would be beyond the equivalent of three battleships. Although the historical German-Polish battle lasted less than a month, the casualties were minimal compared to the total number of troops. However,
, the military aspects of this war are not what Reinhard wants to change.
What Reinhard wanted to change was Germany's political status.
To put it nicely (to put it lightly), it is to implement the justice hoped by Britain and France, and to defend the capitalist world against the Soviet Union's invasion of Europe. To put it more realistically, it is to seek a buffer zone in the east for Germany and to prevent Germany from the Soviet Union's "thunderstorm" in the future.
"Aggression plan. At the same time, eliminate Poland, an unfriendly country that has occupied German land and will not return it, and has certain strength, to eliminate unstable factors.
If the Soviet Union can be allowed to send troops earlier than in history and attack Poland before Germany, it will further ignite the fear of the Soviet Union in Britain and France, and further deepen their appeasement policy.
By then, Britain and France will no longer be able to attack Germany from behind. In this war, Germany's status will be even more transcendent.
The most important thing is that Rondstadt, the spiritual leader of the Wehrmacht who is always at odds with him, owes him an elegant "naked trip to Berlin."
Thinking of this, Reinhard smiled kindly at Warevsky and said: "Don't worry, the Soviet Union's affairs are my business. Although the navy generals under me crossed the river and demolished the bridge, they were short-sighted and did not understand the overall situation...
...You dare not take me as the head of state seriously. But after all, I am still the leader of a country, right? Can I handle such a small thing?"
After listening to Reinhard's eloquent scolding for half an hour, he was filled with righteous indignation and reprimanded his naval generals without any emphasis on how shameless he was, how he took the overall situation into consideration, and how many ways he had thought of for the benefit of the Soviet Union.
Fight for it with all your strength. Just when Warevs thought that he might not be able to make a difference if he went back, Reinhardt's last words gave him hope.
Although Reinhard had complained to him before, and his shameless image made Walevsky want to use his character of a fighting nation to punch this guy twice and make him
Shut your mouth.
But just a second before Warevsky felt that he was about to explode, he was fed "a piece of candy". What does this mean? Everything has been settled. Why did you complain to me inexplicably just now? Are you kidding me?
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As if he didn't see Walevsky's expression, Reinhard continued to talk: "My biggest problem is that I am too honest and trustworthy. Although there are all the difficulties I just mentioned, these are all
This is not an excuse or reason for breach of contract! When it comes to this project to build battleships for the Soviet Union, I have always freed up manpower from the Navy. Without further ado, I will take you to visit it now."
