Chapter 147 German Airlines

After the easing of relations between Germany and France, French President Poincaré finally breathed a sigh of relief and evacuated part of the highly dense troops in the east to the western coastal area, so as to alleviate the difficulties of replenishment caused by the economic backwardness of the east and to meet the needs of overseas colonies at any time.

Lloyd George's British Empire and the United States have always pandered to each other on the surface, but secretly fought each other. Because the consumption brought by the war was too great, the tentacles of the empire had to shrink somewhat, so as not to lose more than the gains. After the "Berlin Peace Treaty" received some German ships, the situation of the navy improved, and the control of southwestern Asia was quickly strengthened, and the only headache was that many of the places in the Elite Pass overlapped with the United States, which often caused disagreement between the two countries. George understood that the British Empire had lost its former aura, so he had to swallow his anger, force a smile, and even blindly act as a follower to the Americans.

Eric Adrian used his wits to solve the immediate crisis, and immediately telegraphed to Admiral Franz Hipper to take back all the ships on combat duty in the English Channel, and he was really worried about whether the old warships would be able to sail back to his port.

It has been rainy for the past few days, but Eric is in a very good mood, he feels that this kind of weather is suitable for him to think calmly, even if the old French Prime Minister Clemenceau repeatedly accused the German Confederation of unilaterally tearing up the "Berlin Peace Treaty", he was not angry. Eric secretly laughed, it was clear that you were the first to give up the peace treaty, but you put the blame on Germany, it's really not a fucking thing, sometimes, he really wanted to give Clemenceau a loud ear scraper, but Eric knew that it was impossible, and he could only scold in his heart, just relieve the evil anger. Fortunately, the seats on the global hero list have not yet been arranged, and Britain and the United States are only testing each other, and Germany can take a breath at this time and put down the burden of the "Berlin Peace Treaty" to make an economic and military breakthrough.

After receiving the order of the Supreme Führer, Guderian immediately selected elite soldiers and strong generals, and in addition to the combat command vehicle and the maintenance and support vehicle accompanying the army, he organized 30 brand-new German Type III tanks, two German Type IIIA improved tanks, 10 armed personnel carriers, and a lineup of 1,000 lightly armed soldiers, and drove to Warsaw, Poland, to participate in this joint military exercise led by Germany and participated by Poland. The engineering troops quickly built pontoon bridges on the water, and the mechanized troops crossed the Oder River and the marshes of western Poland and advanced all the way to the east.

Three days later, the German and Polish armies assembled in the northeastern mountains 150 kilometers away from Warsaw, and Guderian quickly held pre-exercise meetings with the commanders of Poznan and other places to determine the slogan and external name of the exercise. Since the military exercise between the two countries has broken the taboo between the two camps in the world after World War I, this military exercise can only be based on solidarity and mutual assistance and visits and exchanges, highlighting the high degree of mutual trust between the two countries.

The Polish oblasts attached great importance to this military exercise, and participated in the exercise with the strength of an integrated division of the Eastern Group Army. Before the start of the exercise, the German and Polish ** teams were divided into A and B armies after being mixed into preset blocking areas before the war, including trenches and anti-tank piles, barbed wire, etc., and then carried out free confrontation, with the order of the military commander of the Polish observation group, the tank troops of the A army took the lead in attacking and marched to the forward positions of the B army, and the heavy firepower of both sides was covered by a carpet of fire, and in an instant, the positions of the two sides were flashing with fire, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, and the bunkers of the B army were immediately damaged. In overcoming the heavy artillery fire of Army A, Army B carried out a strategic shift with the help of the cover of the nearby forest. Just as Army A was advancing bravely, Army B's heavy artillery roared in unison, and shells whistled out one after another, flying towards Army A's light infantry advance team. At this time, the tank armored vehicles of the B Army came out of the nameless swamp, and the two armies were suddenly staggered, and the light infantry of the two sides engaged in a short-range confrontation and hand-to-hand combat.

Dozens of tank armored vehicles were speeding through the black earth, rampage, and the rumbling roar was deafening. As the turret turns, yellow flames are spewed out, making it a sight to behold.

At the observation seat, the Polish military chief and the local people cheered happily and gave a standing ovation.

The Soviet side learned of the German-Polish military exercises a few days ago, and Foreign Minister Miller briefed the Soviet side in advance, pointing out that the exercise was only for the purpose of exchange and exchanges, and was not aimed at the contradictions between Poland and the Soviet Union. At the same time, Prime Minister Gustav Stresemann also sent a telegram to the Soviet side to make a statement on the Polish military exercise, and claimed that Germany and the Soviet Union have extensive interests and will not change the current good economic and trade cooperation and diplomatic relations between Germany and the Soviet Union because of a small friction between Poland and the Soviet Union.

Gold, foreign exchange, and barter were the main trade methods of international transactions at this time, and the main reason why Germany's orders for importing raw materials from the United States had not been fully unimpeded was that President Eric was unwilling to use domestic gold reserves and limited foreign exchange, but bartered according to the model of Central and South America and southern Europe. However, the United States has already begun to create an international transaction currency in US dollars, and does not intend to engage in so-called barter with Germany for a long time, and this has brought many uncertain factors to the economic and trade relations between the two countries, especially the issue of the US dollar exchange rate. In fact, the aggressive posture of the United States in international trade has indeed put pressure on Germany, not to mention that there are not many things that Germany can come up with to trade resources, which makes Americans begin to feel boring, after all, what Americans want most is domestic employment and a large amount of foreign exchange reserves, not only to act as consumers of Germans, but also to put forward different requirements in different states of the United States.

Making money is a matter for both sides, and Eric is now able to organize domestic production of raw materials all over the world, so he doesn't intend to hang himself from a tree. Soon after, the world's major media broke the news that the German Federal Airlines, which was established under the leadership of the Eric Group, was established by the German president's wife, and just a dozen days later, the United States on the other side of the ocean began to sit still. Because the birth of this company will herald the reduction of global distances and the possibility of new opportunities for German foreign trade.

Deutsche Federal Aviation financed funds from other local German companies in the form of Eric Group holdings, and purchased 26 F-D25-4 civil airliners from Junkers Aircraft Company in one go, D25 stands for 25 seats, which is currently the largest aircraft in terms of passenger capacity. However, the price of the start-up airline is quite expensive, and the common class cannot afford it, after all, a ticket costs half a month's expenses of an ordinary family, so it can only be regarded as a substitute car for high-level, aristocratic and businessmen. Next, Federal Airlines will connect with other countries and free humanity from the shackles of land and water transportation.

This earth-shattering move shocked the world, and they sent people to Germany to understand the market. At this time, Federal Airlines began to operate in cooperation with the government and major domestic enterprises, and the newly built civil airports around the country were also half of the state and Federal Airlines, and the latter slowly repaid half of the loan in the later operation, which not only saved the initial capital, but also built an ideal platform for the domestic aviation network. If the establishment of Federal Airlines has a strong government color, then Lufthansa, which was founded by the Lufthansa Alliance, which started in trade, has become a representative of private enterprises and is different from the high-end customer positioning of Federal Airlines. In the order, they eliminated the ancillary equipment on the plane that was reserved for high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen, saving nearly half of the space. After giving full play to the large capacity of the aircraft, it has 35 passenger seats, which saves costs, lowers fares, and also establishes a firm foothold for the company's start-up. Lufthansa does not intend to compete with the federal airlines in the international market, for the time being, it only serves domestic regional lines, with short take-off and landing distances, fast speeds, and therefore does not provide catering and alcohol services, so that Lufthansa has won a broad low-end passenger flow market among the domestic middle and lower income groups.

As a response to the arrogant approach of the United States, Eric's move is indeed very clever, since you can't find something by bending down to find you, it is better for you to turn back and take the initiative to find me.

Because of the Lorraine crisis, the Transylvanian War, the German-Austrian alliance, the Anglo-German maritime alliance, the German-French rapprochement and a series of major actions, Berlin has become the focus of politics, military and diplomacy almost all over the world, and foreign guests traveling to and from all over Germany have tasted the benefits of air passenger transportation. Convenient, fast and safe, it is also much more novel than land and water transportation, and people are also passing on their happiness and feelings to the world when their work efficiency is greatly improved. Many foreign friends will talk about it after returning to their own countries, hoping that their countries can quickly integrate into this international channel and move closer to Germany from various fields, because at this time only Germany has this comprehensive technical level.

Technology can make a nation proud and proud, and Eric's never-ending pace of progress has put pressure on the United States and given Britain and France a taste of sourness. While the world is looking up to Germany, many countries have also begun to put forward development projects and set up R&D teams, hoping to design their own passenger aircraft as soon as possible and compete for this huge cake in the field of international air passenger transportation. However, such a project needs to integrate too many resources, too wide, at this time the world is not developed in science and technology, want to start from scratch in the research and development of large aircraft, almost in the dark, foolishly. After tossing and turning several times, they realized that high-tech talents, advanced software and hardware facilities, support from national policies, sufficient funds, and a good internal and external environment are all indispensable and very important, and if these conditions are not in place, it will be impossible to reach the current level of Germany.

Countries are basically facing the same problem as yesterday, the lack of institutions or agents that can effectively integrate national resources, and it is difficult for enterprises to spontaneously match good partners, which not only greatly consumes credibility, but also wastes time and money. Of course, the benefits vary greatly depending on the national situation, but some countries find a way to solve the failure, while most choose to give up. In fact, it is easy to say that everyone should start with education, just like Germany.

The cultivation of high-tech talents is inseparable from education, especially gradual education, from the initial germination to higher education, which are interlocking. Education requires a lot of financial investment and a strong backing from the state. And only with talent is not enough, advanced software and hardware facilities are also the basis for a wide range of talents, this aspect needs more national coordination, and then science and technology and the level of national economic development to adapt, only in this way can we bear fruitful results like Germany.

In contrast, the Ottoman Empire made a wise move, they simply abandoned their research and development plans, and the ambassador to Germany met directly with German Chancellor Stresemann at the behest of the Sultan, hoping to buy F-D25-4 passenger planes directly from Germany, with a view to setting up a domestic regional passenger platform before opening international routes.