Bang!

April 21. After a thump, the rotating president of the German Federal Upper House read according to the document after confirming the number of votes: "Pass." ”

After hearing the final results announced by the Speaker, Brauchitsch and other defense generals and some parliamentarians who supported the increase in the defense budget gave a standing ovation and congratulations.

Brauchitsch looked gratefully at Max's chief of staff, who was standing at the door of the conference room waiting for the results, and the latter nodded at him and quickly left the room to report to the president.

"That's the general situation, there is no danger, and the help given by Madame in it plays a key role." Max explained the situation and then appropriately mentioned Dinah.

"Okay, don't thank her from time to time, why doesn't anyone thank me?" Eric was looking at a contract for multinational economic cooperation that Stresemann had drafted.

As if remembering something, Eric asked, "Did Minister Miller get the news?" ”

Max flipped through the itinerary and replied: "Yes, we only need to wait until the end of next year's US election, and Minister Miller can officially discuss your visit with the United States on behalf of Germany." ”

"Do you know why I got the word out so early?" Eric chuckled and continued to look at the manuscript in his hand.

"In addition to the Army Command, which is not too enthusiastic, the Navy Command and the newly formed Air Force Command are lively." Max laughed when he remembered the trick Eric had played this time.

"It's time to make them anxious, a navy, an air force, all because I have always intervened and developed the habit of waiting for the commander, this time I don't provoke them, I don't know what it will be like to be lazy." Eric put down the manuscript and picked up his teacup, looked out the window and said, "Don't think that Germany didn't lose in the last war and think that the next war will still be so lucky. ”

Max was a little far away from Eric, and Eric's voice was not loud, so he didn't hear clearly, and asked, "What?" ”

Eric didn't answer him, but said, "It's nothing, I'm ready for a meeting, and I've got such a large sum of money, it's time to ask them how they spent it." ”

Fritz Toth, Rundstedt, Hipper, and Brauchitsch rushed to the presidential palace without waiting for Max's herald to inform the first stop, followed by the entire cabinet. Everyone knows that the fact that the Ministry of Defense was able to apply for funding of 8.55 billion federal marks this time is inseparable from the president's intentional promotion, as a maverick President Eric, he has never made the slightest concession in power, and the president who should have been shelved is used as a dictatorship in the hands of Eric.

As Minister of Defense, Brauchitsch had to weigh the three armed forces in order to determine the actual military expenditure of each army, and there was no concrete and feasible plan for the military expenditure he had just received, so he could only listen to the president's arrangement at the meeting.

In a conference room large enough to accommodate the people who had gone before, almost the entire federal hierarchy had gathered at the table, the first time since the publication of the federal mark in 1920 that it had gathered so neatly.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you have made a lot of money this time, do you have any good news for me? The fact that 95 billion federal marks have been wiped out by you really doesn't know what to say. Eric shuddered a little now when he thought about how such a huge sum of income had been looted by these guys.

From the current prevailing exchange rate, at this time 1 dollar can be exchanged for about 1.5 federal marks, although there are some fluctuations, but basically Alma tries its best to maintain stability, which is also Eric's request, whether a country's money is worth anything, not in a short period of appreciation, but in a long-term stable currency value.

What is the concept of 95 billion federal marks? In 1919, the gross domestic product of the United States was only $86 billion, and 95 billion marks was converted into $63.3 billion in dollars. While the United States in 1919 earned partly dividends from wartime loans, Germany earned almost all of the value it created.

Fritz Thoth was one of the most qualified people in the room to ask for money, because the German Air Force had been in a state of stagnation since the establishment of the Wehrmacht, and the air commander who had made great achievements for the former Reich Air Force in World War I was eager to develop his blueprint, which he wanted to build a German Bundestag defense system dominated by the air force.

Seeing that Toth seemed to have something to say, Eric asked with interest, "My Air Force Commander, what do you have to say?" ”

As soon as Toth heard this, everyone quieted down and looked at him, he immediately stood up and said: "China's air force system is still at the level of the past few years, Mr. President said that now science and technology are changing with each passing day, we need to have a far-sighted attitude to develop all walks of life, and the air force is certainly no exception." He took the materials handed over by William Caitlin and said: "With the various front-line intelligence brought to the army by the weak air force in the last war and the series of air battles triggered by the interception of the enemy's aerial reconnaissance of our side, it is not difficult to see that the future air force will inevitably play an indispensable and important role in the battlefield." For example, the F-200C reconnaissance aircraft, which is now quite effective, will cost 280,000 marks for one aircraft, and...

Before Toth finished speaking, he saw Rundstedt get up and say, "Just say how much you want, everyone is short of time, and I don't have time to listen to you." ”

The corners of Toth's mouth tugged and he didn't refute, he gritted his teeth and said, "4 percent!" Before everyone could react, he continued to explain: "4 percent, this is today's expenditure, and next year it can be a little less, after all, all the work of the Air Force needs to be rolled out at the same time, and the expenditure in the first year will definitely be very large." ”

"You fart! You took 4 percent, is it difficult to let Marshal Hippel take 1 percent? Rundstedt shouted angrily, although on the surface he was accusing Toth of shamelessness, but none of the people present were stupid, especially Hipper, who heard that the Navy took 1 percent? At that time, he was furious and shouted at Longdstedt: "1 into? Do you let us Navy kayak? ”

The ensuing scene began to be chaotic as Eric expected, because the budget meeting was intended to be held in a fixed pattern once a year, so the size of the delegates from all sides was ten or even twenty, and the whole assembly room was full of 1,000 people. Although the place is big enough, it can't withstand the chaos. This large conference room is also like the layout of the upper house of the National Assembly, which is arranged in a semi-circular style, one is to gather sounds, and more importantly, it is convenient for discussion. Eric is undoubtedly in the center, flanked by the entire cabinet, and on the left and right are Chancellor Stresemann and Vice President Hindenburg.

Seeing that the scene was a little chaotic, as President Eric, it was not good to press the scene directly, but the prime minister couldn't sit idly by, he stood up and slapped the table fiercely and shouted: "Shut up!" ”

The chaotic scene finally returned to the original point under the stop of Stresemann, Eric didn't expect that a casual point would make this group of people blow up, and he shook his head and understood the person in front of him very well.

The Air Force said that it was short of money to start, so why not the Navy? Some of the newly built ships needed to be delivered to the British as compensation, and the remaining old warships were not wanted by the British, and the Germans themselves did not look down on them, and they were no different from starting at all. In fact, the slightly better army is the same, because Eric wants to create a new equipment system and abandon the mature ammunition system and chooses the submerged ammunition system, so the situation of the army is not much better, many equipment is still in the blank, except for the tanks used for training and the export type of tanks are a little improved, other light weapons and so on are still a blank sheet of paper, and they have not solved all kinds of incurable diseases and cannot be equipped on a large scale.

Even if Eric won 9% of the defense spending for the Ministry of Defense under the coordination of multiple parties, it is still a little insufficient, but the matter has come to this point, and the year can only be planned head-on.

Seeing that everyone was quiet, Eric said to Stresemann, "Let's start." ”