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A mighty steel train billows green smoke across the Great Plains of Ukraine, this is not a simple train, but Hoffman's Führer's train. Not only does it have heavy armor, but it is surrounded by thousands of Führer Guard Flag Teams, and there are planes constantly circling overhead.

While the "Pearl of Peace" project was in full swing, Hoffmann once again left Berlin for the Eastern Front, on the one hand, to begin his visits to the countries of the East, and on the other hand, to deploy the next stage of his strategic approach to Russia.

On the fertile plains of Ukraine, it was the golden harvest season, and the Ukrainian peasants who were working in the fields just looked up curiously at the special train, and immediately lowered their heads again to harvest their crops - yes, themselves! For the vast majority of Ukrainians under the age of 50, they almost never own their own crops. For as long as they can remember, all fields belonged to the Soviets.

Although they toiled to grow a large amount of grain, all the land and output belonged to the collective farm, and even if everyone was a member of the collective farm, they could not determine the ownership of the grain.

Curious children often ask their elders, "Why do we grow so much food and sometimes go hungry?" ”

"Because all the grain was delivered to Moscow to Comrade Stalin."

"Comrade Stalin alone has to eat so much grain?"

"He doesn't want to eat it, but the party and the country want to eat it......"

However, from 1943 onwards, the situation was different. The independent Ukrainian government conveyed the Führer's opinion that the land of all collective farms should be distributed to the Ukrainian people who support the government in a whole, fair and equitable manner, and that if they are willing to join the Ukrainian Defense Forces and fight side by side with the Axis allies, they can enjoy more and better land division policies. At first everyone didn't believe this, the Germans had such good intentions? The Führer defeated Stalin, and actually did not want Ukrainian land, but in turn distributed land to the Ukrainian people?

Although owning their own land is the "Ukrainian dream" of every Ukrainian, when the dream comes out, the vast majority of people are a little disbelieving. They were worried and privately communicated: Is this a measure of the government, saying that it is distributed according to the person, and the government will send troops to steal the grain during the autumn harvest? Or is it that they don't know how to grab grain, but they have to set a high tax, just like renting the fields of the landlords and lords in the first place? Or is it true that the distribution of land is true, but not for nothing, and that Ukrainians must shell out a large sum of money - a debt that will never be paid off for generations?

The rumors were shattered one by one, the Ukrainian people happily took the land and began spring ploughing in disbelief, and although everyone wanted to be a little more diverse, no one was sure what the situation would be in the future - what if Comrade Stalin returned? Will the land have to be collectivized again? Ukraine has suffered no less.

To tell the truth, Hoffman is not a saint, he understands the importance and strategic value of Ukraine very well, but after repeatedly weighing the pros and cons and thinking, he finally changed his mind to take the initiative to annex Ukraine - although he really wants this place of Ukraine, and Germany also needs Ukraine as a grain producing area, but the difference between the Ukrainian people and the German people is too great, even in the time of the Brandenburg Knights, the Holy Roman Empire did not rule this land, and the annexation will inevitably bring all kinds of water and soil adaptation.

In the end, he abandoned this goal and instead wanted to maintain a close, friendly and independent Ukrainian regime towards Germany within the framework of the European Union, and this friendship could not be based on military "liberation" or the relationship between leaders, but there must be other, more important and far-reaching strategies. Gaining independence for Ukraine is a short-term goal, but the distribution of collective land is a long-term goal. As long as this policy is successful, no matter how politically volatile, and as long as Ukraine is no longer subverted or annexed, the Ukrainian people will always remember the benefits of the Germans and turn this gratitude into unwavering support.

At a meeting of the top leaders of the National Socialist Party, Hoffmann stressed more than once: "After the end of the war and the establishment of the European Union, our relations with Italy and other countries will be readjusted, and the support and cooperation of the Eastern countries will be our most crucial core, not only the first line of defense against the Bolsheviks, but also the key pillar of consolidating our united Europe and determining Germany's position." ”

The policies of the Eastern countries can be summarized in three aspects: political independence - ideology-form is premised on pro-morality and nationalism is fundamental; Self-reliance in national defense -- all countries should establish a complete military system, maintain close ties with the German Wehrmacht, gradually get rid of the dependence on the German army for protection, and finally achieve unity of equipment, establishment and command; Comprehensive economic reciprocity - the countries of the East are integrated into the overall economic and industrial division of labor system in Germany, and the people enjoy all kinds of freedoms and have clear goals to strive for.

In order to strengthen the promotion of policy, he not only issued the "Joint Declaration on Safeguarding the Independence and National Liberation of the Eastern Countries," which made it clear that Germany had no territorial claims to any country, but also organized and armed the national defense forces of various countries, and also adopted the strategy of dividing the land into households -- more Bolsheviks than Bolsheviks. Even in order to develop agriculture, Hoffman went to great lengths to squeeze out more than 2 million tons of diesel fuel from the extremely valuable army fuel for spring plowing in the eastern countries.

His efforts paid off, and from late July, the eastern countries, including the Baltics, Belarus, Ukraine and other countries, entered the autumn harvest season one after another, and a large area of oats, wheat and corn entered the harvest period, and August-September was the climax of the autumn harvest.

He lowered the curtain of the carriage, pointed to the harvest scene outside, and said to Speer, who accompanied the inspection: "This is really a refreshing scene, as if to stop and take a good look." ”

"Do you regret giving up Ukraine?"

"No, I was a little reluctant when I first decided, but now I am completely relieved."

"Then you have to take a good look at this rare harvest scene." "Agricultural experts have estimated that the total grain production of the Eastern countries is expected to reach 40 million to 50 million tons, and Ukraine alone may exceed 35 million tons," Speer said. ”

"How many are we?"

"Less than 25 million, that's still a large number of prisoners of war farming in Poland......"

"Let the train stop in front, I'm going down to see this harvest scene."

Of course, inspecting agriculture was not Hoffman's main task, he never understood agriculture, let alone playing the role of a national leader who knew everything and could guide any work, but he knew the importance of these tens of millions of tons of grain.

He lamented: "This time the autumn harvest is completed, the fate of the Eastern Front is basically decided, and Stalin will never come back......" (To be continued. )