Chapter 145: The Honest and Trustworthy Reinhardt
As a member of the General Military Council of the Soviet Navy personally appointed by Stalin and head of the Navy's Political Propaganda Department, Valevsky was tasked with the Soviet-German naval cooperation project.
After receiving Reinhardt's invitation, Warevsky, who had long been urged by Stalin to inquire about Germany's project of building battleships for the Soviet Union, immediately boarded a special plane to Berlin.
As soon as the plane arrived in Berlin, Reinhardt immediately went to the airport to meet Warrewski. And knowing that the Soviet government was accustomed to finding German-speaking people to contact him, Reinhardt did not bother to bring an interpreter.
"Hey! My friend. Reinhardt stepped forward quickly, took Warevsky's hand enthusiastically and said: "Don't worry, since I am good brothers with the leader of your country, Mr. Stalin, and you are his subordinate, then I will definitely treat you as my own subordinate." ”
Although he vaguely felt that something was wrong, German was not Warevsky's mother tongue after all, and he did not bypass the bend and said repeatedly: "I'm really sorry, I'm bothering the Führer." ”
"Where, where, I'll not be polite." Taking advantage of Reinhardt, he smiled secretly, and when he went to Stalin to complain another day, it was just right to sue you for changing your court and defecting to the subordinate who became the head of Germany.
Warevsky, who did not find that he was set up, still had the illusion that the German Führer was very talkative, so he simply went straight to the point with the approachable Führer: "Dear Führer, I have come to Germany this time mainly for the military cooperation between the two countries that began during the Weimar Republic. Although the German government has changed, after all, you and Chairman Stalin, the current leader of the Soviet Union, were in charge of this project at that time, so the German side should have no intention of breaking the treaty, right? ”
Isn't this nonsense? Why are you looking for you today to break the contract, I really like to chat blindly when I have nothing to do!
Our answer is always yes. The Soviet Union and Germany already have a long-standing friendship, and since I am good brothers with Chairman Stalin, there is no such thing as breaking the treaty. Reinhardt greeted with a smile.
"So, why haven't the three battleships that Germany agreed to build for the Soviet Union have not been delivered yet? You know, even if we ourselves take the drawings given by your country, we have already launched 2 battleships. The Soviet Union has already delivered all the raw materials such as steel requested by Germany, and the oil and grain as a substitute for payment have long been given, so it stands to reason that Germany should have made it too, right? Valentski asked respectfully.
Hearing Warrefsky's question, Reinhardt, who had a ghost in his heart, was stunned for a moment, and then let out a long sigh, and his eyes suddenly turned a little red and said: "I am sad and indignant when I talk about this." If you want to say that I am a Führer from the Navy, but those bastards don't buy my account. On the surface, they told me that they would build battleships for the Soviet Union first, but behind the scenes, they all launched 12 destroyers and 2 cruisers. But it was the turn of the battleships built for the Soviet Union, but they were not yet completed. You say, my subordinates have all violated the yang and yin like this, how can I be the head of state. I think in the first place, if I hadn't proposed the rainbow ........"
"Wait, according to the Führer's meaning, could it be that the battleships for the USSR have not yet been built?" Seeing that Reinhardt's chatterbox was about to be uncontrollable, Warrewski hurriedly brought the topic back on track: "Yuan Xiansheng invited the Soviet Union to send representatives, won't he be ready to perfunctory us with such a set of rhetoric?" No matter how you say it, shouldn't you give a proper statement? ”
Hearing this, Reinhardt raised his eyebrows and said angrily: "I treat you as a subordinate, and you talk to me like this?!" Don't you even have the most basic respect?! Do you see me as a superior?! ”
You're not my superior. Warevsky said with a smile and a smile: "I'm sorry, I was rude just now. That ........."
In fact, Reinhardt knew very well that it was impossible to perfunctory the Soviet government, and if nothing else, his cunning "good brother" Stalin would not buy it.
In addition, this was a critical period for the Soviet Union and Germany to use each other, and no one could do without each other, and Reinhardt was naturally unwilling to blame Stalin for this incident.
If the Soviet Union could send troops to Poland first, the benefits to Germany would not be equivalent to three battleships. Although the historical Battle of Debo lasted no more than a month, the casualties were even more negligible than the total number of troops. However, the military aspect of this war is not something that Reinhardt wants to change.
What Reinhardt wanted to change was Germany's political position.
To put it nicely (to put it mildly) is to carry out the justice that Britain and France hoped for, to defend the capitalist world against the Soviet invasion of Europe. To put it more practically, it is to seek a buffer zone in the east for Germany, and to protect Germany itself from the future "thunderstorm" aggression plan of the Soviet Union. At the same time, it is necessary to eliminate such an unfriendly country as Poland, which occupies German land and does not return it, and has a certain strength, and excludes the factors of instability.
If the Soviet Union can be allowed to send troops one step ahead of history, it will attack Poland before Germany. That would further ignite the fear of Britain and France against the Soviet Union, and it would further intensify their appeasement policy.
At that time, Britain and France would have been even less likely to attack Germany from the back. In this war, Germany's position will be even more transcendent.
The most important thing is to make Rundstead, the spiritual leader of the Wehrmacht who always works against him, owe himself an elegant "trip to Berlin".
Thinking of this, Reinhardt smiled at Warevsky with a kind face: "Don't worry, the affairs of the Soviet Union are my business." Although my group of navy generals crossed the river and demolished the bridge, they were blind and did not understand the overall situation......... You still dare not take me as the head of state in your eyes. But I'm still the leader of a country after all, am I? Can I not handle this little thing? ”
After listening to Reinhardt's scolding for half an hour, he was filled with righteous indignation and rebuked his admirals for how shameless they were, how he took the overall situation into account, and how many ways he thought of to fight for the interests of the Soviet Union. Just when Walleves felt that he would probably not be able to pay the bill back, Reinhardt's last words gave him hope.
Although Reinhardt's previous complaining prevarication against himself, a shameless image of foaming at the mouth, made Warrewski quite want to give full play to his fighting national character, give this guy two punches, and make him shut his stinky mouth.
But just a second before Warevsky felt that he was about to explode, he was fed "a piece of sugar". What does this mean, everything is done, what kind of bitterness did you inexplicably tell me just now, make me play?
As if he didn't see Warrewski's expression, Reinhardt continued to gush: "The biggest fault of me is that I am too honest and trustworthy. Despite the difficulties I just mentioned, these are not excuses and justifications for default! If you want to talk about this project to build battleships for the Soviet Union, I have always freed up manpower from the navy. Without further ado, I'll take you on a tour now. ”