"In two days, I'll give you a gift you like, I'm sure you'll be able to use it right away." Before parting, Reinhardt gave Raeder one last reassurance.

In fact, this gift has long been secretive. Reinhardt had promised to give Raeder three more battleships, but Raeder had only received one so far. But on the other hand, in the cooperation with the Soviet Union, Reinhardt received a large amount of resources and raw materials from Stalin, and of the three battleships promised to be built for the Soviet Union, only one was delivered to the Soviet Navy, and it was also the battleship with the most loopholes built in the same period.

Originally named "Lenin's Mentor" and "Stalin's Leader," the two battleships that truly gathered Germany's strongest scientific and technological crystallization, are still under the control of German "inspectors" to "test" their performance.

This kind of test is not the same as the "Peter the Great" sea trial with the Soviets. This time, it was taken over by the active sailors of the German Navy, and German soldiers were arranged in place for every post.

As for the officers and men of the Soviet Navy who will be in charge of the handover in the future, they have not even seen these two battleships in person.

"Führer! Big things are not good. As soon as Raeder was sent away, Reinhardt didn't even have time to catch his breath when he ushered in Rose in a hurry.

"Why are you so flustered?" Reinhardt squinted at the sweaty Ross, and said in a serious tone: "Whoever achieves great things must be in danger." You've been more than me for so many years, why haven't you learned my excellent qualities? ”

"Come on, come on, drink saliva." Facing Rose, who knew the roots, Reinhardt also relaxed a lot, and got rid of the depression and worry just now. He was even in the mood to instruct Ross, handing him a glass of water while reminding Ross not to be nervous.

Unlike Raeder, who relied on his own ability and seniority, Rose did not have much brilliance in his actions except for his patriotic enthusiasm and crazy admiration and loyalty to Reinhardt. And as the specific person in charge of leading the Gestapo, Ross's loyalty is necessary.

In addition, many spies and reactionaries who needed to be seized by the Gestapo, as well as important foreign intelligence that needed to be spied on by them, were reflected in Reinhardt's mind. Therefore, Rose's slight lack of ability can be tolerated a little by Reinhardt.

Of course, it is necessary to improve. With his own experience in later life, and the promotion of a large number of outstanding members of the Gestapo to assist Ross, Reinhardt is sure that he has helped Ross improve his efficiency.

In short, in front of Rose, Reinhardt can barely act as an experienced pseudo-insider.

"Thank you." Flattered with both hands, Rose took the glass of water from Reinhardt and drank it down.

Although Ross knew that Reinhardt was only caring for friends after a long period of contact. But it is an honor to be able to let the Führer personally hand water to his subordinates. So Ross was still very satisfied and respectfully took the glass.

"By the way, what do you mean by saying that the big thing is not good?" Reinhardt asked as he picked up another glass of water on the table and drank it.

Of course, it's not that Reinhardt has nothing to eat, and usually likes to put two glasses of water on the table. It's just that Raeder didn't drink the water he prepared just now, so he had an extra glass.

If Ross had known, Reinhardt had given him the cup that someone else had left for not drinking. I guess it won't be so flattering.......

"Stalin personally sent a message and specified that you would reply to the Führer personally." Rose put down the glass in his right hand and handed Reinhardt a document in his left arm.

A document from Stalin?

This time it was Reinhardt's turn to get nervous. How? This was remembered before the battleship given to them was officially handed over to Raeder.

Come to think of it, it seems that these two battleships have been in arrears for a little longer. Halfway through, Reinhardt also used almost every excuse he could.

To debug, to detect, to modify part of the original design defects found, to add new instruments........

There is also the fact that the time is not coincidental, and I haven't taken care of it; Recently, there have been a lot of things, and I accidentally forgot about it; Why do you keep urging, do our Soviet friends not trust us, and we were going to deliver it at the end of the month, but now the friendship between the two countries has been hurt, and we decided to deliver it later........

Anyway, Reinhardt is like an uncle who owes money, and finds all kinds of professional or scoundrel excuses to shirk. By now, even his cheek, which was thicker than the city walls, felt a little embarrassed to find an excuse to delay again.

After thinking about it for a while, Reinhardt really couldn't think of any excuse to make it up, so he simply thought about it, the documents were all here, and I would like to take a look at it first. If you really encounter Stalin mentioning the battleship inside, say that you didn't see anything!

Thinking about this, Reinhardt was less nervous. Reaching out for the document in front of him, he calmly browsed it.

"Reinhardt, my old friend, we haven't seen each other for more than ten years. Time passed quickly, but the friendship we took at the beginning has grown at an even faster rate over the years......."

For this kind of, Reinhardt skimmed ten lines at a glance. Based on his understanding of Stalin, it is estimated that this kind of polite remark was written by a random committee member, and even he himself did not know what to write, so it did not have much practical significance.

After skipping a large paragraph, Reinhardt finally found the main point in the second half of the document: "According to the treaty signed by your foreign minister, Ribbentrop, in Moscow last August,......."

When Reinhardt saw this Stalinist opening statement, Reinhardt was relieved.

This passage does not refer to Germany as "your country", as the usual diplomats say, but rather "your country" with a bit of pride. Obviously, this is Stalin's usual way of speaking, and in the Soviet Union, he was the only one who could speak.

And when he mentioned the treaty signed by Ribbentrop in August last year, he undoubtedly referred to the Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact. This treaty has nothing to do with the battleship deal brokered by Reinhardt himself.

"The three Baltic states have always been European outposts of anti-Bolshevism, and the Soviet Union has reached its limit of tolerance for such a state of affairs. Now our Red Army will make a new round of actions in order to maintain the stability of the Motherland. In doing so, it is hoped that your country will refrain from any form of assistance to the three Baltic states, regardless of military and political ........, as promised in the Treaty"

After reading it, Reinhardt was completely relieved, looked at Ross with disdain, and said, "This is what you said about a big deal, isn't it?" ”

Ross nodded and replied seriously: "Yes, the Soviet government may be about to annex the three Baltic states. If they succeed in annexing, it will also pose a threat to our national defense. ”

"We are about to fight with Britain and France, isn't it good that a few small countries help distract the Soviet Union?" Reinhardt waved his hand and said, "When they are done annexing those small countries, we should also finish cleaning up France." At that time, the Soviet Union will have only one more sortie to threaten us, and what we will lose is a great enemy in the whole west, and a large number of defensive forces to be paid for it. ”

Rose looked at Reinhardt with some strange looks. How? The Führer actually thinks that it will take the Reich to completely defeat France faster than the Soviet Union to annex three small countries?!