Chapter Twenty-Four: Kyogen
Sure enough, after listening to Rita's reaction, Hitler's expression looked a little softened, but the anger hidden in his eyes did not disappear. Zhuo Fei stood up indifferently, strode to the large world map hanging on the wall, and then turned back to look at Hitler, "Your Excellency, please see, this is Germany, judging from this map, the area of Germany is not very large, and it is bordered by Denmark to the north, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France to the west, Switzerland and Austria to the south, and the Czech Republic and Poland to the east. ”
"The First World War was a long time ago, and I wasn't even born at that time, so I can't say anything about it. What I want to say is, is the German development programme that you have drawn up yourself really accurate? There is nothing wrong with the barrenness of Germany's size and resources that constrained its development, and throughout Europe, the former empire on which the sun never sets has gradually fallen, and the Gauls are also keen on romantic love and pleasure, and other European countries are no match for Germany. ”
Zhuo Fei said this, pointing diagonally upwards with the wooden stick in his hand, "This is the Soviet Union, I think you regard the Slavs as Germany's great enemy, mainly because you value the various mineral resources of the Soviet Union, the most important of which is the oil that Germany is short of." War is inseparable from resources, and without enough resources, war becomes a game. Germany has already lost the first war, and if it loses again, perhaps all the courage in the blood of the Germans will be gone, and these are precisely what you cannot tolerate in the Führer. ”
Zhuo Fei's two successive words finally won Hitler's secret affirmation, and he said that the young man brought by Gustav was not a straw bag. Zhuo Fei didn't plan to stop, and continued to point at the position of the Soviet Union with the wooden stick in his hand and said, "After the October Revolution, the Soviet Union has been committed to the development of the industrial system, and after 1937, the total industrial output value of the Soviet Union jumped to the first place in Europe and the second in the world. However, the Soviet Union's one-sided emphasis on giving priority to the development of heavy industry led to the long-term backwardness of agriculture and light industry, which ultimately restricted the development of heavy industry. The Soviet Union's one-sided emphasis on output and output resulted in monotonous products and poor quality, and the neglect of the development of light industry led to a shortage of consumer goods. This will have a direct impact on the improvement of people's living standards. ”
"In 1932-1933 in Soviet Ukraine, it is estimated that between 2.4 million and 7.5 million Ukrainians died in this incident. According to the Americans' investigations, there were famines in various parts of the Soviet Union at that time, but the Soviets themselves attributed these famines to the events in Ukraine. The Soviet Union had a vast territory and a large population, but they focused only on the development of heavy industry, which made food production and light industrial products relatively low, and such an unbalanced country had a fatal problem in itself, and there was no need for you, Führer, to regard the Soviet Union as a great enemy. ”
"Maybe the Führer you said that it was a few years ago, and that the current Soviet Union should have developed more horizontally, but this is not the case. After going through ***, according to the information I have, after Stalin came to power, he was actively carrying out the Great Purge. After 1934, Stalin carried out a purge of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and the development of the Soviet Union was severely constrained by the pervasive political censorship, the ubiquitous suspicion of "espionage sabotage", public trials, imprisonment and the death penalty. ”
Of course, Hitler was no stranger to what Zhuo Fei said now, in fact, when he learned that the Soviet Union was undergoing internal purge, Hitler, who had already regarded the Soviet Union as a great enemy, was not idle. Tukhachevsky was the most talented and prestigious marshal of the Soviet Red Army, the second leader of the Gestapo, Reinhard. Heydrich, knowing the inside story of the Soviet purge and rebellion, forged a document on Hitler's orders in an attempt to get rid of Tukhachevsky through Stalin's hands.
Zhuo Fei didn't know this, he just explained his views to Hitler as he had imagined, "The Soviet Union is still in the midst of the Great Purge, and I don't think Germany should touch the Soviets at this time, and it is best to help Stalin add fuel to the fire and let their Great Purge continue for a while." Germany could even unite Britain and France, after all, the British and French did not want to see the Soviet Union really strong. ”
Instigating civil strife in the country and supporting separatist forces is something that the United States often does in later generations, and Zhuo Fei is just reading from the script. Seeing that Hitler's face had changed slightly, Zhuo Fei added, "It's not that Germany wants to whisper to Britain and France, in the face of national interests, personal honor and disgrace are secondary." Uniting Britain and France to contain the Soviet Union would win the support of Britain and France, at least to a certain extent, such as the Czechoslovak issue, which would speed up the process. ”
Zhuo Fei suddenly mentioned Czechoslovakia, Hitler couldn't help but pause, and then his face became serious, Britain and France recently threw out the Czechoslovak question to Germany, which is still a secret in the German leadership, but how did this young man in front of him know? Zhuo Fei immediately laughed dryly, "Your Excellency, Britain and France use Czechoslovakia to talk about things, nothing more than to obtain the production rights of penicillin as soon as possible, and I, the person who developed penicillin, naturally also know some gossip." ”
Zhuo Fei's explanation did not dispel Hitler's doubts, but his face was slightly better, he had just suspected that Zhuo Fei would be a spy from another country who came to spy on intelligence. "I have just said all this in order to prove to you, the Führer, that the Slavs are definitely not potential enemies of Germany, at least not now. Moreover, before Germany has screened a sufficient amount of supplies, showing malice towards the Soviet Union will only lead to an early outbreak of war, and I believe that the Führer should know that Germany is not yet capable of resisting the Soviet heavy industrial system. ”
Zhuo Fei's words made Hitler nod involuntarily, Germany's industry is not weak, but if it is compared with the Soviet Union, Germany is obviously weaker. "So what do you think Germany should do now? Do you just do nothing? Hitler took the initiative to ask Zhuo Fei for the first time, and Rita paused for a moment, and then translated Hitler's words to Zhuo Fei.
"It's right to attack from a distance, but it doesn't apply to Germany, because if Germany wants to develop, geographical restrictions are the most troublesome, so it has to expand outward. I admit that the German soldiers may be the strongest army in the world, but I will say that if I am given the equipment I want, I can arm and train the soldiers of any country in the world to be the strongest soldiers. Zhuo Fei's words finally made Hitler laugh again, he didn't believe Zhuo Fei's words just now.
"Your Excellency, the new gun I showed you earlier is the best proof that I can suppress the attack of a squad of German soldiers with only three of those new rifles. I can suppress a squad with only three new rifles, which means that I can spare no less than 10 people to do other things, and these 10 people can operate machine guns, mortars and even combat vehicles, so that a unit equipped with new weapons will be a nightmare for the old army. ”
"It's just a rifle, and for a war, it's not a decisive factor." Hitler was a person who had experienced World War I, and naturally knew what was going on the battlefield, and it was precisely because Hitler had personally experienced World War I that he highly respected such powerful weapons as large-caliber artillery. "If I have a lot of artillery and tanks, no amount of new rifles you have will work, and the war will never be won by replacing it with new rifles."
"yes, that's what I'm going to say next." Zhuo Fei couldn't help but agree with Hitler's words just now. "The USSR had the strongest heavy industry in Europe, and my friends in the United States have proven that factories for the production of tractors can be converted into tank factories at any time, if desired. The Soviets could easily produce thousands of tanks and planes with their heavy industrial system, and they were not short of fuel for the Reich, and if the Reich chose to engage with the Soviets, it would be faced with an overwhelming barrage of tanks and planes, wondering if the Reich was ready to deal with them. ”
Hitler never liked people talking against him, but he had to admit in his heart that what Zhuo Fei said was also something he had been worried about. The heavy industrial system of the Soviet Union was terrible, and although Germany's industrial strength was not bad, Germany lacked the resources needed for industry, especially the oil needed for the war. "Your Excellency, if I said that I have a way to help the Empire solve these troubles, would you choose to believe me?" Seeing that the heat was almost over, Zhuo Fei threw the bait at Hitler again in a timely manner.
Zhuo Fei's words made Hitler's brows jump, and he almost called someone to come in and take this kid to prison immediately, but Hitler didn't do this, just calmed down and looked at Zhuo Fei. "The empire is now importing oil from Mexico, and the reason why Mexico is increasing its oil exports to the empire is because Blackwater has helped Mexico build large oil fields. Blackwater has gained the friendship of the Mexican government and employs a lot of experienced Anglo-American oil specialists, and I would say that black market oil is my company, and, I promise, I can produce oil in Germany. ”
"What did you say?" Hitler could no longer control his emotions and suddenly stood up in front of Rita. The oil problem has always been a big problem for Germany's development, and before Hitler came to power, the Germans had been engaged in oil exploration in the territory several times, but the results were very disappointing to the German government. Everyone really thought that there was no oil in Germany, but Zhuo Fei suddenly came to this scene, and he couldn't help Hitler to be so excited, if Germany had its own oil fields, then everything would have changed.