Chapter 128: The Arms King
"It's a long way to Africa, and I don't want to see your subordinates get sick on the way, so the necessary precautions are necessary."
Due to the limited conditions, there are not enough places to clean up at the moment, but Mikhailovich's subordinates are enjoying the gifts of nature on the coastline.
Alan Wilson divided the seaside into two areas, barely making it possible not to bathe in a mixed bath, with men on one side and women and children on the other.
If there is a sense of shame, if Mikhailovich's subordinates refuse, then there is only another way. There is only one place in Germany where such a large group can be disinfected, and that is the concentration camp gas chambers scattered throughout Germany.
After that, Alan Wilson reluctantly put down the binoculars and ended his observation of the Yugoslav woman's human body.
Collecting money to do things, he doesn't want the royalists who have high hopes to die on the road, and the preparations that should be made still have to be done.
Although it was a bit shameful to bathe in broad daylight by the crowd, Mikhailovich knew that he could not expect more under such conditions, and as for Alan Wilson holding a telescope and aiming at the female group, he treated it as if he didn't see it, and thanked him, "Liaison Officer Alan thought thoughtfully. ”
"Of course, I'm not a money-grubber. That's more than 200,000 lives, after all! Alan Wilson stood straight and sighed, "But I don't have the funds to help you too much, it costs money to do things, and it costs a lot of money, of course I know that by now, whether it is you or the Croats and Slovenes, they are all penniless, I don't want your money, but use your money to do your business." ”
"The money won't fall into my hands, but I can't expect everyone in this matter to be like me, to run for your business, with a good intention, can I? Mr. Mikhailovich. ”
Alan Wilson and Mihajlovich stood side by side by the sea, their mouths full of helplessness.
"Of course I understand that!" Mikhailovich is very convinced that Alan Wilson is a rhetoric, greed is a common problem for everyone, and it is very normal for Alan Wilson to say that he wants to take money to dredge up relations.
"It's good that you understand this truth, is the weapon you need really scrap metal? He said yes and yes, and he said no and no, and we need to make him be, so we have to dredge up the relationship. Alan Wilson said with a look on his face, "If you can quickly find enough money after arriving in Rhodesia, the harvest will continue to come." ”
"What is it?" Mikhailovich was stunned and had to ask further questions.
"For example, Germany's current military industry has to be dismantled and destroyed, which I personally think is a pity. After all, it costs money to destroy, and this is also an expense, if there is a buyer who can use the money to buy some production lines of light weapons. It's the best of both worlds. ”
The weapons given to these Yugoslav refugees were only used temporarily, and the weapons they bought needed to be maintained. In Africa, it is unknown how long these weapons can be used.
How to turn waste into treasure is the most important thing for the British Empire to consider now.
Since all countries now believe that Germany should completely abolish the military industry, there is no need to preserve the military production line during the war.
Alan Wilson felt that if Mikhailovich and others could get the funds as soon as possible after they arrived in Africa, then it would not matter if they gave some of the military industry that Germany was supposed to dismantle.
Of course, he will not do this by himself, it is harmless to meddle in anything, and he will never touch anything, Alan Wilson also has an account in his heart, and the benefits of this exchange belong to the British Empire.
This wave of population migration caused by the world war began with the movement of people who had been largely cleaned by the seashores to Africa, but this is still a drop in the bucket from the Germanic migrations that had already begun in Eastern Europe.
Where is the most suitable weapon for Mikhailovich in the German military industry? Alan Wilson understood as soon as he thought about it, Essen in the Ruhr area, where the Krupp family headquarters.
Mikhailovich was the last of the refugees to board the ship, and there was still time, and Alan Wilson happened to take him to the location of the Krupp family to let the other party have a look.
A few months ago, a tall man in a pinstriped suit and a felt top hat was escorted by three gun-wielding soldiers to board an American jeep. The jeep started with a bang and headed in the direction of Düsseldorf. This man was Alfred, the heir to the famous German arms empire; Krupp, who had just been arrested, was tried and imprisoned in Düsseldorf that night.
Alfred Krupp lived alone during the war, with no friends and only servants, and spent most of his evenings drinking whiskey and smoking camel cigarettes. In order to facilitate the appropriation of property in the occupied territories, Krupp intervened in industries such as coal mining, horse racing, foundry and blast furnaces.
As a world-renowned arms king, he was first captured after the defeat of Germany, and as for the huge Krupp military industry, which is currently being dismantled by British soldiers, and Krupp himself was handed over to the British army by the American army.
Düsseldorf is adjacent to the Ruhr industrial area to the north, Cologne to the southeast, and the inner city and most of the urban area are located on the east bank of the Rhine, and the western part of the river is only 13 kilometers away.
After three months back in Europe, Alan Wilson was finally able to start doing what he wanted to do, and see what legacy Germany's leading companies had left behind in the devastated British occupation zone.
Alfred Krupp, who had been raised according to the heirs of the family all his life, was now imprisoned, and on this day he was taken out by the guards, and he was probably interrogated again.
But to his surprise, there was a young man he had never seen before, and a middle-aged man who was a little sloppy. The young man was Alan Wilson, a middle-aged man who had already entered the stage of old age, the head of the Yugoslav Fatherland Army, Mikhailovich.
Alan Wilson came here not entirely to be funny, as the Soviet Union became stronger and stronger, the German arms king in front of him would be released sooner or later, but it was uncertain what year it was, this was inevitable and could not be changed.
Although the arms king in front of him was imprisoned for a short time, he could not change it, and in the sixties became Germany's business card again, Alan Wilson sat down and asked, "Do you speak English?" ”
"Of course!" Alfred Krupp replied indifferently, "You have confiscated all my property, what else do you have to ask?" ”
These are all temporary, Alan Wilson knows that sooner or later these family properties will be returned to the arms king in front of him, "Respected arms king, I am not talking about the issue of family property, that part is handled by others, I mainly want to talk about the non-military part of the Krupp family's industry, how to activate it, you must know that the current unemployment rate in Germany, whether it is an indicator or the real situation, is very not optimistic." ”
"I don't think you want Germany to fall back into the predicament it was after World War I. When you were young, but you experienced it firsthand, the Ruhr area was full of French and Belgian police, and you couldn't do anything about it. This was also the beginning of the German return to war, and people could not always be in a difficult situation. But Hitler's approach has proven to be a dead end. ”
"How to divest the military industry and become a German enterprise that serves ordinary people, this is what the British Empire is trying to do with Germany at the moment. Although you will be imprisoned for the time being, you can trust your assistants to help us carry out a certain degree of recovery production. ”
"Not only you, but I also hope that other companies in the Ruhr area will be able to help the Germans in distress at this time."
Alan Wilson knew that the Krupp family had an important position in the Ruhr area, and that the vast majority of the Ruhr area was under the management of the British-occupied area, the most important industrial area in Germany, and if it could cooperate with British policy, the recovery of the British occupied area would be more certain.
This was also the practice of the British Empire, which cooperated with the local landlords in the occupied areas to quell the discontent of the occupied territories. However, it is generally used in the colonies, but rarely in European countries.
"Can you set me free?" Alfred Krupp asked rhetorically, he had no hope in his heart.
"Can't! Your position in the German military-industrial complex, I don't need to say that you know it very well. Alan Wilson shrugged helplessly, "The person who is staring at you is not just a country, nor is it a person. Before the war is over, you can only stand trial. ”
Alan Wilson didn't say what happened after the war, but he left a thought for the arms king.
"It looks like I'm going to write a letter, and I want to improve my living environment." Alfred Krupp was silent for a moment, but finally agreed.
In any case, he still has feelings for the Ruhr area, where he grew up. I also don't want to see the citizens of my own country, and I am always shrouded in death.
Crucially, he has little choice. If you don't agree, all the property of the Krupp family will be confiscated, and if you are willing to cooperate, maybe you can keep some of it.
"Thank you for your cooperation in restoring order in the British-occupied territories." Alan Wilson nodded very politely, he also knew that this was the first step, and his journey to the Ruhr area had just begun.