Chapter two hundred and ninetieth is the uncle who owes money
"In two days, I will give you a gift you like. I believe you will need it right away." Reinhardt gave Redel one last reassurance before leaving.
In fact, there is no secret about this gift. Reinhardt promised to give Redel 3 more battleships, but Redel has actually only received one so far. But on the other hand, cooperation with the Soviet Union
In the content, Reinhard received a large amount of resources and raw materials from Stalin and promised to build three battleships for the Soviet Union. However, only one was delivered to the Soviet Navy, and it was the battleship with the most loopholes built during the same period.
The two battleships originally named "Lenin Tutor" and "Stalin Leader", which truly gathered Germany's strongest technological achievements, are still under the control of German "inspectors" at this moment, "testing" various performances.
This kind of test is not the same as the sea test of the "Peter the Great" with the Soviets. This time it was actually taken over by active sailors of the German Navy, and Germans were assigned to every position.
As for the Soviet naval officers and soldiers who will be responsible for the handover in the future, they have not even seen the two battleships until now.
"Führer! Something bad has happened." As soon as Reinhard saw off Redel, before he could take a breath, he was greeted by Ross who was in a hurry again.
"What's going on that makes you so flustered?" Reinhard squinted at Ross, who was sweating profusely, and said earnestly: "Anyone who succeeds in great things must remain calm in the face of danger. You can at least stop me from being like this."
After so many years, why haven’t you learned any of my excellent qualities?”
"Come on, come on, let's have a drink of water." Faced with Rose who knew everything, Reinhardt also relaxed a lot, relieved of the depression and worry just now. He even had the mood to guide Rose, and reminded him while handing him a glass of water.
Ross, don't be nervous.
Unlike Raeder, who relied on his own ability and qualifications to rise to power, Roth, apart from his patriotic enthusiasm and his crazy admiration and loyalty to Reinhard, did not actually have much brilliance in his work. As a specific person who leads the Gestapo
In charge, Ross's loyalty is necessary.
In addition, there are many spies and reactionaries that need to be seized by the Gestapo, as well as important foreign intelligence that needs them to spy on, all of which are reflected in Reinhardt's mind. Therefore, Rose's slight shortcomings in ability can be eliminated by Reinhardt.
Be a little more tolerant.
Of course, improvement is still necessary. With his own experience and the promotion of a large number of outstanding Gestapo grassroots members to assist Ross, Reinhardt is convinced that he has helped Ross improve his work efficiency a lot.
In short, in front of Rose, Reinhardt could still barely act as an experienced pseudo-expert.
"Thank you." Rose took the glass of water from Reinhardt with both hands, and drank it in one gulp.
Although Ross knew from long-term contact that Reinhardt did this just as a concern between friends, it was an honor to have the head of state deliver water to his subordinates in person. So Ross was still very satisfied and respectful.
took the water glass.
"By the way, what do you mean when you say big things are bad?" Reinhard picked up another glass of water on the table and asked while drinking.
Of course, it wasn't that Reinhard had nothing to eat and he usually liked to put two glasses of water on the table. It was just that Redel didn't drink the water prepared for him just now, so he had an extra glass.
If Rose knew that the cup Reinhard handed him was left by someone else who didn't want to drink from it, he probably wouldn't be so flattered...
"Stalin personally sent the message and specified that the head of state should reply personally." Ross put down the water glass with his right hand, and then handed a document held under his left arm to Reinhardt.
Documents sent by Stalin?
This time it was Reinhardt's turn to be nervous. What? Even before the battleship given to them was officially handed over to Redel, he was already worried about it.
Thinking about it, it seems that the two battleships have been in arrears for a long time. In the middle of the process, Reinhard used almost every excuse available.
It needs to be debugged, tested, some of the original design flaws discovered need to be modified, and new instruments need to be added...
Also, the timing was unlucky and I didn’t take care of the delivery; I had a lot of things going on recently and I accidentally forgot about it; why do I keep urging? Do our Soviet friends don’t trust us? We were originally planning to deliver the goods at the end of the month, but now the friendship between the two countries has been hurt.
Yes, we decided to deliver it later...
Anyway, Reinhard is like an old man who owes money, finding all kinds of professional or rogue excuses to shirk. Now, even his face, which is thicker than the city wall, feels a little embarrassed to find excuses to delay.
After thinking about it for a while, Reinhard really couldn't think of any other excuse to make up, so he simply thought, the documents are all here, let's take a look first. If he really encounters Stalin mentioning battleships in it,
Just say you didn't see anything!
After thinking about this, Reinhard became less nervous. He reached for the documents in front of him and browsed them calmly.
"Reinhardt, my old friend, we parted ways in the blink of an eye. We haven't seen each other for more than ten years. Time has passed quickly, but the friendship we inherited has grown at a faster rate over the years.
With..."
For this kind of nonsense, Reinhard glanced at ten lines. Based on his understanding of Stalin, this kind of polite talk was probably written by a random committee member. Even he himself didn't know what he wrote, so he didn't write it.
How much practical significance.
After skipping a large section, Reinhard finally found the key point in the second half of the document: "According to the treaty signed by your country's Foreign Minister Ribbentrop in Moscow last August,...
..”
When Reinhard saw this Stalinist opening statement, Reinhard breathed a sigh of relief.
This passage is not like the usual rhetoric of diplomats. Instead of calling Germany "your country", it is called "your country" with a little arrogance. Obviously, this is Stalin's usual way of speaking. In the Soviet Union, there was only
He would talk like this.
When he mentioned the treaty signed by Ribbentrop in August last year, he was undoubtedly referring to the "Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact". This treaty has nothing to do with the battleship deal that Reinhard personally brokered.
"The three Baltic countries have always been the outposts of Europe's anti-Bolshevism, and the Soviet Union's tolerance of this situation has reached its limit. Now, our Red Army will take a new round of actions to maintain the stability of the motherland. In the process
, I hope that your country will not provide any form of assistance to the three Baltic countries, regardless of military or political matters, as promised in the treaty..."
After reading it, Reinhard was completely relieved and looked at Rose with disdain and said, "Is this what you said is a big deal?"
Ross nodded and replied seriously: "Yes, the Soviet government may soon annex the three Baltic countries. Once they successfully annex, it will also pose a threat to our national defense."
"We are about to start a war with Britain and France. Wouldn't it be a good thing to have a few small countries to help distract the Soviet Union?" Reinhardt waved his hand and said: "After they finish annexing those small countries, we should also finish them.
France. At that time, the Soviet Union will only have one more attack position to threaten us, but what we will lose is a formidable enemy in the entire west and the large amount of defense forces we need to pay for it."
Ross looked at Reinhardt strangely. What? The head of state actually believed that it would take the empire to completely defeat France faster than the Soviet Union annexed three small countries?!