Chapter 83: The Congressional Election (I)
Comfortable life always flies by, and the honeymoon of the first month of marriage passes quickly.
This month Lyon is comfortable in foreign countries, but some people in Germany are not very comfortable.
Over the years, the People's Will Party has grown stronger in Germany and has even caught up with the Social Democrats in terms of popular base.
So there was no need to worry about the people, and Lyon secretly instructed Ludwig, who was in charge of the overall situation in the country, that the time had come for him to let go of the Wehrmacht and fight all the hostile forces with all his might.
Thus, the strength of the SS as a militarized organization began to be truly demonstrated, and they carried loaded rifles to protect the various branches of the Popular Will Party.
Since then, organizations such as the Armed Guards, as long as they dare to come, have not been able to return alive.
The propaganda organizations, which had lost the threat of hostile forces, began to carry out highly effective propaganda, whistling up and down the streets and alleys of various cities in trucks full of propaganda slogans, spreading the ideas of the People's Will Party to everyone.
With this powerful propaganda offensive, more and more people began to reach out to and support the People's Will Party in Lyon, and the streets began to be filled with raised right hands and "Hey! Andres! ".
Berlin Air Base, Germany.
Ludwig was waiting by the tarmac with a pair of elite SS soldiers, waiting for Lyon's plane to land.
More than ten minutes later, several black dots appeared in the distant sky. Slowly, the black spots grew bigger and bigger, and it was the Junkers G.38 transport plane and several escort fighters that Lyon was riding.
The massive G·38 landed firmly on the runway under the pilot's pilot, and then slowly taxied in front of Ludwig.
The hatch opened, and Leon stepped off the plane with the beautiful Sophia, and Ludwig led the SS elite to meet him quickly.
"Chairman, welcome home." Ludwig saluted and said.
"Ludwig, I've worked you during my absence." Leon patted Ludwig on the shoulder and smiled.
"It's not hard, it's what I'm supposed to do." Ludwig stood straight and replied loudly.
"Also, Chairman, the Königsberg shipyard has asked me to tell you that the construction of the battleship Admiral Scheer is about to reach the stage of finalizing the main gun, and they would like to ask you how the development progress of the 380mm/L55 main gun is, and if it is really impossible to make such a large diameter of the main gun, please inform them as soon as possible, they will have to redesign the turret spacing." Ludwig said as he led Leon and Sophia to the prepared car.
Leon nodded, got into the car and said, "I'll call Gustav later, if it really doesn't work, then let's use the 52x diameter." ”
A little more than ten minutes later, Leon took Sophia to their new home, a manor house on the outskirts of Germany (a wedding gift from a wealthy Jewish Chamber of Commerce).
Pushing open the door of the main building in the manor, Leon led Sophia into the living room, the living room was not very luxurious, but revealed a faint warmth.
Leon was very happy with this, he didn't like how splendid his home was, and that his home should have the appearance of a home.
Sophia was also satisfied, and she smiled and joked to Leon: "Our new home is great!" To tell you the truth, when I heard you say abroad that the Jews gave us a large estate, I was worried that our new home would be full of gold. ”
"Haha." Leon laughed, "If it's all gold, then I might as well go back to my old little house." ”
"Alright." Sophia patted Leon gently, "Don't you have something to look for Mr. Gustav?" Come on, I'm just in time to visit our new home. ”
Leon kissed Sophia lightly, then walked over to the phone and picked it up, asking the operator to transfer it to Gustav's house.
"Hey, hello, this is Gustav Krupp, may I ask who you are?" A familiar voice came over the phone.
"Gustav, it's me, Leon." Leon said.
"Leon? Are you back from your honeymoon? Gustav asked in surprise.
"yes, just got home."
"Home? That little house next to the War Department or where? "I've heard that those rich Jews paid a lot of money to give you a big estate as a wedding gift." ”
"I'm on the manor right now." Leon smiled, "What, are you interested in coming over and having a look?" ”
"Haha." Gustav smiled, "If you have a chance, I will definitely go and see what the big manor is like, I have never seen a big manor before." ”
"Okay, don't be kidding, the German arms giants haven't seen the manor? I'm guessing you have a lot of them to your name. Leon smiled and said, "Let's get down to business, a few days ago, the people at the Königsberg shipyard urged me to quickly determine the main gun of the Admiral Scheer class, so today I will call you and ask, has the 380mm/L55 main gun Krupp been developed?" ”
"Ugh." Gustav sighed, which slowed Leon's heart by half a beat, "Of course it's done." ”
"You still sigh after the development is completed?!" Leon said angrily.
"It's really difficult to design this type of gun, so I feel like it." Gustav said "mischievously".
Leon was a little speechless: "Okay, then I'll make a decision with the people at the shipyard, you arrange for your factory to produce 16 doors first, and I will send someone to sign a contract with you in a few days." ”
"No problem." Krupp promised, "By the way, Chairman, are you sure that there will be a referendum in next month's parliamentary elections?" ”
Leon was silent for a while, and then said: "To be honest, I am not absolutely sure that we will win the majority of seats in the National Assembly by defeating the Social Democrats, but I dare say that the gap between us and the Social Democrats will never be very large!" ”
"So, if we win, who will you put in the next president and prime minister?" Gustav asked.
"Chancellor, Hans Luther or Streesmann are good choices." After a moment's thought, Leon said, "And the president, I think it's more appropriate for Hindenburg to be re-elected." ”
"Hindenburg?" Gustav was taken aback, "He's on the side of the Social Democrats!" ”
"That's right, it's from the side of the Social Democrats." Leon smiled a little meaningfully, "But I know him too well, his thirst for power cannot be stopped, and if we are willing to hand over the presidency to him, he will definitely choose to leave the Social Democratic Party and join us!" ”
"You have a point." Gustav agreed, "It would be nice if he could join us, his prestige would take us even further." ”