"Jonas, aren't you just as hard for me?" Waelter had a bitter face, his expression full of worry and hesitation. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Although he was amazed that his young nephew was able to make these very professional and accurate suggestions, after careful consideration, he found that these things were also difficult to implement. The mere establishment of a special committee to coordinate the country's military-industrial complex would simultaneously touch the interests of the Army, the SS, and a few industrial giants: they all have their own small stoves of fresh meat, and they eat every meal to their heart's content, and in such a situation, who would want to hand over all the ingredients to the canteen and go back to the big pot of rice to eat?

"Uncle, I want to emphasize to you once again that now we are fighting a national war of life and death between England and France! If we can't make even such a small change, what will we use to win this war? Fang Yan couldn't help but raise his voice and shouted. Fang Yan was really indignant in his heart at this moment: Since when will the centralized **** Germany have to do something and be more restrained than the Western countries of constitutional democracy? If it had been changed to the Kaiser period 25 years ago, Germany at this time would have already entered a state of national mobilization, as long as it could reach half of the arms production rate in history in 1944, Britain and France could be directly flattened by airplanes!

Wa Erte was silent, but in his heart, he gradually recognized Fang Yan's opinion. After all, Germany is not in peacetime, and since September 1 it has suffered nearly 40,000 casualties; While the ruling class still enjoys a life of intoxication, the death and disability benefits issued by the economic sector are a reminder of the very difference between war and peace. After all, Walter is also an old man who has personally experienced the national tragedy of 1919, and although money and power have brought him great temptation now, he has an untouchable bottom line in his heart: that is, the catastrophe like 20 years ago must not be repeated in the future.

"I will try to make these suggestions to the Führer. As for the choice of the Führer, whether those interest groups are willing to make sacrifices for the war or not, I have no control. Walter finally nodded and spoke in a deep voice. Looking at the slightly satisfied face of the young man in front of him, Waelt couldn't help but have a feeling that the other party was the nemesis of his life. When he came to him tonight, he not only lost a lot of his hard-earned Mark assets, but also drove himself to charge into the domestic political situation and launch a head-to-head confrontation with Himmler, Ley, Brauchitsch, Sperler and other core ministers and magnates. Walter sighed to himself, full of pessimism about tomorrow and the future: if things are really impossible, he can be an idle rich man in peace.

Fang Yan smiled and said mysteriously and confidently: "Uncle, you don't have to worry. I can assure you that it will not be long before the Führer agrees in its entirety with your proposal for an increase in armaments production. Seeing the smile on the other party's face, Walt's heart was full of doubts. However, Walter knew that his young nephew would never make uncertain judgments, and he must have been planning this matter for a long time.

"When our production tasks are rolled out, we need to pay more attention to the initial raw materials. After all, raw materials are the basis of all production, and Germany now needs to rely on imports to meet normal demand, except for coal, rubber, iron, tin, manganese, copper, aluminum, and other metal ores. Fang Yan spoke softly, quietly shifting the point of conversation without a trace, "By the way, I remember that the Nanking government in East Asia used to be a very important source of ore supply for Germany, and now we are still bartering with them?" ”

Valter stared quietly into Fang Yan's eyes, the scrutinizing gaze as if it was going to pass through his pupils and go to the deepest part of his heart; After a long while, V. Lt said slowly, "Jonas, I see that you seem to care about that ancient, large, but long decaying realm. Three years ago, when I first became Minister of Economy, it was you who suggested to me that we should vigorously engage in trade in goods for arms for raw materials with that country; And now you've just returned from fighting in the North Atlantic, and you've asked me about the state of trade with that country. I really don't understand why you set your sights on the Far East, almost half a world away? ”

Fang Yan gathered his mind and replied unhurriedly: "Because this trade is extremely beneficial to Germany. We don't need to spend any foreign exchange to exchange a small number of weapons for a large number of cheap raw materials for production; Neither the Soviet Union, nor Italy, Sweden, Romania, nor Japan, which controlled Manchuria and much of East Asia, could give Germany such a rich return. If it weren't for Japan's impatience to start a war in East Asia, I would even think that all raw materials, except oil, should have been obtained in this country through trade. ”

Valt's face remained solemn, but the suspicion and sharpness in his eyes had gradually faded. He was silent for a moment, then spoke, "Although this is not an area you should be concerned about, I might as well tell you something. The head of state has already ordered that all domestic arms enterprises will be prohibited from receiving new orders from the Chongqing government from November; As for the contracts that have already been signed, they are allowed to be completed. In addition, until the war in the Far East is extinguished, Germany will no longer engage in any trade with the Chongqing government through the Hebulou Company. As for why the Führer made this decision, Jonas, who is well versed in world politics, should not have any doubts. ”

Fang Yan nodded silently, and his heart felt heavy. The trade, which he promoted and strengthened out of selfishness, still failed to resist the huge historical inertia. By launching an all-out war of aggression against Chinese mainland, Japan directly forced Germany, which had always been at peace between China and Japan, to the point of having to have to have a showdown: whether to choose to support Nanjing for economic interests or to form an alliance with Japan for strategic interests.

Although Germany in this world line hesitated for a longer time on this choice question because its interests in China were significantly higher than in the same period in history, Hitler finally made the most realistic choice in the face of Japan's continuous diplomatic pressure. After all, Japan is an industrial country, and its naval strength is even more powerful in the Pacific. What's more, as the war continued, the Chongqing government, which had occupied a large part of the country and moved its capital west to Sichuan, had long since lost as much ore that could be used to exchange weapons. However, Fang Yan was not discouraged by this. This was only a temporary end, and as long as Germany could win the war, there would be plenty of opportunities to return to the Far East in the future.

Seeing Fang Yan's somewhat gloomy face, Van Ert comforted him, "You don't have to feel too frustrated. In fact, we've made enough money in the last few years of trading. For example, we have obtained 30,000 tons of tungsten ore, which is enough to equip tanks with hard-core armor-piercing shells in large quantities for the next two years. In addition, there are quite a lot of rare metals such as vanadium and chromium that are important strategic materials, which have greatly improved our resource reserves. ”

"Now that you have lost the Far East, an important source of raw materials, where are you going to make up for it, uncle?" Fang Yan reined in his thoughts and asked. "The day before you returned home, Foreign Minister Ribbentrop signed a trade agreement with the Soviets, under which the Soviets would sell 150 million marks worth of raw materials to Germany over the next six months. In addition, the economic negotiations between Germany and Romania are coming to an end. As long as the Romanians want to continue to exist in this world, they will surely submit to us. ”

"Romanian...... The fortunate country, having reaped so much after the end of the First World War, that it was time to spit out a portion of the interest to Germany. Fang Yan nodded, thinking to himself in his heart. While the Soviets alone were enough to provide everything Germany needed, Romania was clearly a much easier soft persimmon to pinch. Fang Yan estimated that the current Romania is afraid that it has long been worried about the current situation, and being able to break the fortune and eliminate the disaster here in Germany is already the most fortunate situation they are facing.

After fully realizing the intention of his trip, Fang Yan got up and said goodbye. Watt sent Fang Yan to the main entrance rather unhappily, and then watched him disappear into the corner of the street in the ordinary car. The moon is bright and clean, and the night breeze is blowing. Looking at the place where Fang Yan left, a complicated look flashed in his eyes, as if he had not expected a shock and shock, and as if he was unbelievable emotion and admiration.

"This little guy, he doesn't look like a professional officer at all, but like the prime minister who leads the overall situation!" Walt frowned slightly, and whispered silently in his heart. In his opinion, Fang Yan's practice of distracting his mind into all aspects was quite detrimental to his naval career; After all, no matter how shrewd and capable a person is, it is impossible to be perfect in all aspects. Just as he was thinking about how to get Fang Yan to focus his attention on his main business again, Waelter's heart suddenly jumped: Could it be that his young nephew did not plan to hang himself on the tree of a naval officer in the first place, and he still had ambitions in political power?

Unconsciously, the figure of Field Marshal Hindenburg in the presidential uniform appeared in his mind, and he was immediately startled by his own thoughts, and quickly shook his head in denial. At that time, Hindenburg was unsurpassed in the whole of Germany in terms of qualifications, military exploits, and prestige, and only then did he successfully grasp the power of the country. And now Fang Yan is still too young, there are not a hundred or eighty people who are more qualified than him, how can he have a chance? This must be just a delirious fantasy, and it seems that it is really time for the twilight of life. (To be continued.) )