On August 16, 1936, the closing day of the 11th Olympic Games, President Eric delivered an impassioned speech at the closing ceremony, and then quickly left without staying for the closing performance because of the imminent war.

Bustling Berlin is bustling with activity, and cheerleaders and sports fans from all over the world are still eager to stay in Berlin after the sporting events.

With more tourists, policing in Berlin became much more complicated, and Justice Minister Obaden von Holwig had to ask Eric to intervene and involve Kluger's National Guard.

As soon as Holwig left the president's office, Foreign Minister Niu Wright came to him. Before Eric could speak, the usually calm Niu Wright entered the door and shouted that there was good news to report.

Finland has formally signed a close German-Finnish military alliance with Germany in Helsinki and joined the European Union at the same time.

"That's great news! Your Excellency My Minister for Foreign Affairs. Good work, please sit down, I have wine here, how about we have a toast to celebrate you? Eric raised the bottle in his hand and shook it.

"Great, Mr. President. I'd love to, oh, can I add ice? Niu Wright is a well-known wine taster in Germany, and of course he knows that the presidential palace has good wine.

"Of course, if you like that. Oh, I forgot you're a German wine expert. Eric said with a smile.

At that time, the EU, as a trade organization of the multilateral system, did not have the conditions to unite and take the initiative to declare war on other countries, and in the event of a war in one of them, the WTO countries had no obligation to assist them in jointly resisting the enemy. However, a military alliance is a completely different matter, and whether one of the countries is actively attacking or passively defending, the allied countries must share the same hatred for the enemy and participate in the war together.

Germany, Norway, Denmark, Turkey, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Arabia, and even Iran and Iraq are military allies. Sweden, Afghanistan, Czechoslovakia, and Italy are only members of the European Union, and there is no reason to enter the war unless the member states of the organization are invaded by foreign enemies.

The reason why Finland's alliance was so important to Germany was that Eric lacked a pretext to enter the war. It seems that the military alliance, although only a formality, is also a very important link, and now Germany can launch an attack on the Soviet army in the name of justice.

As we all know, if Germany won the war to aid Finland, it would be more glorious and more countries would support it. If you lose, then the righteousness is over, and although you lose, you are still glorious.

It is precisely because of the growing circle of friends in Germany that the Soviet Union is sitting on pins and needles, and in order to achieve the goal of self-preservation, it has to show its spikes all over its body. As Germany's actions became clearer, the Soviet Union would not stupidly wait to be slaughtered, and while Germany was expanding its military in a high-profile manner, the Soviet Union was also trying to strengthen its defenses.

The Soviet Union, which had never lacked human resources, was more direct than Germany's military expansion. After a mobilization order, it took only two years to recruit more than 400 troops and go to the front one after another. As a result, the "Five-Year Plan for Economic Development" promulgated in China has almost all been lost due to job vacancies.

Soviet heavy industry, which had been siphoned off by Germany, was hit hard, and there was hardly a decent factory to be found in the country, and even light industry was implicated. Then, because of the mass conscription, agricultural production also suffered the fate of losing its laborers.

On the other hand, in Germany, because of the acceleration of the automation process, a large number of laborers have been liberated from the complicated handicraft industry and have become unemployed and socially idle, and many young people of school age have begun to feel that joining the army is also a good choice, so joining the army is the best way to contribute to domestic economic development and social stability.

At this time, the balance of victory was reversed, and the Federal Republic of Germany, with more than a dozen important teammates, did not have to pay attention to the Soviet Union at all.

It was an overwhelming contact, and it was also a hard-hitting contact, and everyone's nerves were tense when both sides were not to be outdone. However, Eric was still gathering strength and waiting for an opportunity to strike a fatal blow at the Soviet Union.

Eric, who stared at the map every day and studied it carefully, kept telling himself not to be negligent and not to play with the lives of soldiers. Every day, the CIA and MIA would report thousands of words, and he would personally study them. No matter how big or small, I have seen it all in person.

From 1934 to the present, it took two years to transform private enterprises to raise German arms production to a terrible level. Germany, which imports 600 million tonnes of oil annually, accounts for 90% of the world's production. 50% of this came from the United States, which also caused the wealth of the United States to swell rapidly, and the haze of economic decline gradually dissipated.

In the eyes of the people, the war between Europe and the Soviet Union is too far away, and whether it can be fought or not is two theories. However, the German top brass has never had a relaxed day, and the quieter it is, the easier it is to feel that the sting period before the German attack is over.

With the war imminent, both sides are looking back to examine their own size and capabilities, especially Germany's pre-war preparations, which are simply meticulous.

Looking at the proportion of steel production, except for Sweden's own increased demand and a corresponding decrease in exports, Germany still broke through the 300 million tons annual production mark and became the absolute number one in the world. However, this is all due to having sufficient reserves. However, Eric understands that it is absolutely impossible to maintain this level all the time. Because Britain and the United States accounted for more than half of the 300 million steel raw material imports, once Germany and the Soviet Union went to war, Britain and the United States may deliberately make Germany's production demand embarrassing.

In 1935, the first batch of transformed private enterprises cooperated with old aviation companies to increase the production capacity of BF109 fighters to 3,000 aircraft per year, and the annual output of F190 also reached 1,500 aircraft. Attention has been paid to the rest of the aircraft types, with a total of 3,000 units produced per year.

Due to the restrictions of the "New Naval Treaty between Britain and Germany", many projects of naval ships were forced to stop. However, this decision has opened up new opportunities for development for the Army and Air Force.

The position of the No. 4 tank was relegated to a second place by the appearance of the No. 5 tank, which was named the Leopard after entering service, and is being supplied to the troops at an average rate of five units per day. And the production of tanks No. 3 and No. 4 has not stopped, after all, it will take time to replace, even if the Type 3 and Che IV tanks will eventually withdraw from the historical stage of the German Army, they can also be sold to allies and overseas countries as foreign trade equipment.

Germany, which originally had only one tank army, expanded to six equal units in just one year. This devilish pace of development not only unnerved the Soviet Union, but also Britain, the United States and other countries were paying close attention.

The Soviet Union has abundant natural resources and a strong sense of scientific and technological development, but the No. 3 tank is still the main combat vehicle of its army. After obtaining the technical data of the German No. 5 Leopard tank through abnormal means, due to insufficient domestic equipment and talent reserves, it was forced to temporarily give up and began to independently develop its own light tank.

As we all know, the weapon development cycle is very long, not to mention that a fearsome land tiger must go through strict examination and approval before being put into the army. However, time was running out for the Soviets. In order to improve the combat effectiveness of the troops as soon as possible, the Soviet Union had to continue to mass-produce the No. 3 tank to solve the urgent need, and even imitate Germany's own magic reform and upgrading.

In order to increase the striking capability of the Type III tank, the Soviets ingeniously erected the 152-mm large-caliber howitzer alive on the small base of the Type III tank, and as a result, mechanical failures continued, and even top-heavy and very prone to capsizing.

Fortunately, because of the transmission of the Germans, the output naturally did not fall much, and because of the small cost of the mature No. 3 tank, the production speed and share of the Soviets were almost the same as those of Germany.

Seeing that it could not crack the technology of more advanced German tanks, the Soviet Union began to do the opposite, designing its own anti-tank weapons, that is, anti-tank guns. If the offense does not work, then the defense, with a variety of large-caliber artillery, the Soviets seem to be very confident in their own production of anti-tank guns, and through repeated verification, it is determined that this type of weapon is the best way to resist the German attack.

Without complex parts, anti-tank guns and artillery guns were produced at an alarming rate. In addition, the Soviets were learning and imitating the Germans' movement warfare. The generals of the Soviet Army, represented by Zhukov, insisted on emphasizing the movement of the troops, and at the same time commissioned tens of thousands of trucks to cooperate with the operation.

It seems that Zhukov and a group of other high-ranking Soviet officials thought of not only defending, but also choosing to counterattack when the time was right.

In terms of air force construction, the Soviet Union seems to have more experience. Unlike the all-metal structure of Germany, the Soviets preferred planes made of wood, which were cheap and did not require high-power engines. However, a highly inhumane statement is worth pondering. Because the supply of soldiers is readily available and can be followed one after another, the slogan of the Soviets is: If you hurt one, you will earn, and if you change one, you will win.

However, the development of the navy has become a military shortcoming of the Soviet Union, and since it cannot catch up, it will simply give up. Whether it is the Baltic Sea or the Black Sea, let alone the North Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean, several ironclad ships of the Soviets are not opponents of the EU at all, and once a naval war breaks out, they will only be forced to retreat in the harbor, so the Soviets do not want to compete with the EU at sea.

Germany has never ceased to infiltrate intelligence into the Soviet Union, and at the same time wants to disrupt the social base and leadership of the Soviet Union. In this regard, the CIA's investment was very large, even in the high-level areas of the Soviet Union.

For many years, the Soviet Union had thought of dealing a heavy blow to the enemy within its borders, but because of the enemy's ability to lurk on the hidden front and the cunning of his actions, it was not easy to suppress the enemy. After a few rounds of the contest, the Soviets suffered some dumb losses. Having learned from the painful experience, policymakers have decisively adopted the means of political influence in order to release goodwill and summon the hearts and minds of those who are losing.

It was expected that there would be a "Grena incident" similar to that of Germany, but because the Soviet leaders succeeded in resolving this contradiction, Germany still did not see this amazing thing after all.

Eric couldn't help but be a little disappointed, but after thinking about it, perhaps it was precisely because of the EU's step-by-step pressure that the Soviet Union completely abandoned the idea of shutting down the outside world and first securing the interior.

Ramsden receives countless pieces of domestic and foreign intelligence every day, analyzes them through the translation and telecommunications department, and reports them to the presidential office so that Eric can make corresponding countermeasures, especially the information on the Soviet side.

What kind of situation will happen to the USSR without purge?