On 6 August, the day before the Germans left for Brazil for reinforcements, a package of contracts between Britain and the Axis (except Japan) was signed in The Hague. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

This made the black cat and others breathe a sigh of relief, and what they are most afraid of now is that Germany will suddenly turn its face and raise the offer - after Germany decided to accept the terms of the armistice in the last war, the Entente had shamelessly played this hand, when the German government's authority had tended to collapse, and the army was recovering one after another, and it did not even have the ability to resist, so it could only be slaughtered by others.

Now it seems that Germany is still very trustworthy, and the two sides quickly fulfilled the preliminary conditions according to the terms: Germany relaxed the import of British food, energy and other necessities, and released 100,000 British prisoners in advance; Britain promised to demobilize its armed forces and obtain parliamentary approval within 15 days, as well as to deliver the Savage hull and related technical information to Germany, and Hoffman had instructed the designers to transform the ship into an anti-aircraft battleship – the only anti-aircraft battleship in the world without a single main gun.

After being re-sworn in as king, Black Cat made a great personal sacrifice, he did not ask Parliament to call Simpson queen, and he also gave up his direct heirship - he had to give up the throne because of this marriage. This action resolved the last trace of conflict between him and the Anglican Church, and also reflected his image of sacrificing his personal image. The British people looked at the new king with mixed feelings, and listened to his vision and heart for the future of the country: "I am not here for the right, I am here for the fate and future of this country, if you want me to leave in the future, I will not hesitate to announce the abdication of the ......"

In order to take care of the emotions of the King and Mrs. Simpson, Parliament and Edward agreed that Mrs. Simpson would be honored as "Her Royal Highness Madame" at home and enjoy the treatment of a queen when visiting abroad. Mrs. Simpson herself, though still a little emotional, wisely did not say anything - she is an American, and this identity is important and sensitive.

Hoffmann and Ribbentrop privately promised that if she could give birth to a male heir in the future and uphold Anglo-German friendship, Germany would find a way to help her offspring ascend to the throne, no matter how difficult it was.

This promise was even hidden from the Black Cat himself, and Mrs. Simpson was very pleased with it. In her opinion, the German Führer will speak much more heavily as a world leader in the future, and won't this restoration rely on the power of Germany? The conditions given by Germany are not bad, although she is an American, but she sincerely believes that cooperation with Germany is the best way out for Britain.

As for the Anglo-Japanese peace, the two sides also negotiated on the basis of the original conditions, and although there were voices in Britain that the price to pay for a mere piece of Pakistan was a bit high, the Japanese representative pointed out that this was not only a ransom for the Northwest India, but also a reparation paid by Britain after the armistice -- Britain handed over all its equipment to Germany as reparations, but did not hand over reparations to Japan.

Germany said that it had already suppressed the price once and could not press it again, otherwise Japan would not be able to stop the attack on Pakistan.

In the end, Iran intervened as an intermediary under the hint of Germany: Britain transferred some technologies such as metallurgy and shipbuilding to Iran, and then Iran paid 3 million tons of crude oil to Japan on its behalf, also in two years, and Japan reduced its requirements for 1 million tons of special steel from Britain.

Pahlavi was grateful to Germany for the deal, which was not the most advanced technology, but it was much better for Germany to come forward than Iran to negotiate on its own, and he patted his chest and said that he would accept the petromark system – the fundamental system that Hoffman tied all the Middle Eastern countries together.

Unlike the petrodollar in history, the German-led oil fund controls at least two-thirds of the Middle East's oil production and penetrates into all aspects of development, and the remaining one-third of the production is also directly or indirectly influenced by Germany, which means that the OPEC organization in the future directly controls the oil fund.

In addition to economic and financial control, Germany also directly occupied protectorates and military bases, and stationed powerful forces, which were much tighter than those controlled by the United States. At the same time, Germany does not have to support a Jewish force to disgust the Arabs like the United States, which is very beneficial to the stability of the Middle East order in the future.

With the end of the war on the Eastern Front and the gradual operation of the oil mark, all countries need to rely on the oil fund controlled by Germany to supply crude oil, and Germany has taken the opportunity to recover the original issued mark government bonds.

In view of the fact that Germany has won successive battles on the battlefield, not only subdued Europe, conquered Africa, and even taken half of South America, and even squeezed out an American republic from Brazil, everyone is optimistic about the prospect of German hegemony and the mark, and the value of the mark has been rising. Generally speaking, a strong local currency is not conducive to exports, but Germany needs to import a large amount of materials to sustain the war, and the high value of the local currency saves costs.

Although at this moment, Germany no longer needs to pay real money to buy materials, as long as the printing press is started, but Hoffman and Speer are very clear-headed, these debts will be repaid in the future, if it is a democratic political system that will be replaced by a general election in 4-5 years, Hoffman of course does not care about what to do in the future, it must be how to be cool now, but in the future, the National Socialist Party will still be in power, this routine cannot be played like this, and they have to find a way to export some materials and technology to maintain the balance, so that the trade deficit is not outrageous.

Although Germany's current economic structure, which is focused on developing its military industry, is deformed, it does not mean that it cannot be exported, still less that it cannot make money. Iran, Iraq, Argentina and a number of Axis brothers cried and shouted for the equipment in Germany's hands, and those who had the money to buy Germany's first-class equipment in service, such as Pahlavi, a local tyrant who specially wanted the most advanced jets, Tiger Leopard tanks, STG43 assault rifles, and even the Axis class booked 2 ships to prepare for a good time in the future. Recently, I heard that Germany was going to shoot the train gun, he didn't even pay back the price, and directly grabbed 4 K5 guns and left, finally his brain was not burned out, and he didn't say that he wanted to buy Gustav - who is he going to fight when he buys this thing?

Argentina is a little poorer but has a need for modernization, so it will buy weapons such as No. 4, 98K, and 37mm anti-aircraft guns eliminated by Germany.

As for the Eastern European countries, which are more financially shy about it, they directly use the exchange of materials as a means to buy captured Soviet-made and American-made weapons from Germany, such as Soviet artillery and American M1 rifles.

In the end, all the scrap copper and rotten iron that could not be sold were stuffed into Japan, and they were asked to go to the Far East to make a second-hand difference. The budget-conscious Japanese always panned for gold in the garbage heap first, and then sold the rest of the goods to both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. This kind of work has always been carried out by the relatively poor Japanese Army, and the Navy is much richer, and Horiyoshi equips the Marine Corps with a complete set of American weapons and advanced German weapons.

Even the Army, after fighting the Indian campaign, was more generous than before, and the entire Japanese Army had more than 4,000 tanks - not the original thin-skinned coffin, at least the tanks above the level of No. 3, mainly No. 4, Sherman and T-34. With the success of Japan's imitation of the T-34, the proportion of T-34 equipment is slowly increasing.

Now the army has its eye on the German panzergrenadier system, intending to develop Japanese mecha infantry. Since the terrain in Asia was more complex than in Europe, the German armored vehicles built on the basis of half-track vehicles were not very suitable for Japan, and Ishihara and Yamashita believed that full-tracked armored vehicles were needed - they could be fewer, equipped with only 3-4 mecha infantry divisions.

This requirement is also in line with Hoffman's proposal to develop a full-tracked infantry fighting vehicle, although there is a tender for the design of a light combat vehicle in the E series, but it is clearly impossible to achieve it overnight.

After comparison and research, the designer proposed two sets of emergency construction plans: one based on the No. 3 tank chassis foundation for transformation, and one based on the 38T tank chassis foundation transformation. Relatively speaking, No. 3 has a larger number of chassis, more chassis, and more technology diffusion - Italy and other countries also have it, and the cost will be higher than that of 38T transformed products.

Considering that there will not be much use in large-scale warfare in the future, Hoffman decided to develop an infantry fighting vehicle based on chassis No. 3 for the transition before the E series was put into service.

However, the weight of more than 20 tons of No. 3 is obviously too heavy, and after research, it is determined that the weight cannot exceed 15 tons, and each car has 1 person as a co-pilot, and can carry 10 soldiers who ride back to back, exactly 12 people constitute an infantry squad. The engine remains the same as before, the speed requirement is increased to 60 km/h after weight reduction, and the hull is equipped with a 20mm cannon and a 7.92mm MG42 machine gun, arranged front and rear, while the crew can also attack with STG43 rifles through the firing hole.

There is a rear door in the rear compartment of the vehicle for passengers to enter and exit, and they can escape from the top in case of emergency. The design was completed in less than two months, and with a stroke of his pen, Hoffman asked for 50 vehicles to be retrofitted first, and if feasible, to prepare to retrofit 1,000 vehicles for the troops.

In order to be consistent with the original armored car naming, the armored personnel carrier of the No. 3 chassis was codenamed Sdkfz.281, nicknamed "wolf", Japan recognized the improvement, hoping that Germany would be able to transfer the finalized technical data to Japan in the future, and Hoffman also generously agreed to this small request of the Japanese, after all, the Japanese had just spent a lot of money, and they always had to give a little discount.

During this period, Japan frantically purchased equipment, especially advanced radars, aircraft, antiaircraft guns, etc., and the Combined Fleet even bought and bought. In just three months from May to July, Germany successively delivered 400 Do-412, 600 Ju-198 and 600 Bf-319 to Japan, more than 3,000 supporting engines, more than 400 sets of sea radars, and more than 200 sets of twin 128mm anti-aircraft guns.

In particular, the Bf-319 (Gale Change) provided at the end, due to the difference in the tactical use of Japan and Germany, the main fighter of the United Fleet is Gale Change, and the proportion of purple electric change in the fighter is less than one-third, but Akamatsu Sadaaki and other ace pilots like to use Purple Electric Change, in order to take care of this part of the pilots and take into account the need to intercept the US 4-round heavy bomber, some aircraft carriers are also equipped with a batch of purple power change.

Hearing the news that the Combined Fleet was pouring out to the east, Hoffman nodded slightly: "The good days of the Americans have finally come......"