Chapter 57: If you have money, you can do whatever you want (7,200 monthly passes)
Ps: Congratulations to the book friend "Boring Little Lion" to become the leader of this book, and I still owe 2 additional updates, and there are 2 guaranteed updates today......
"Okay, I'll put up with it, let me go back and think about it!"
Albert just smiled and said no more: the subtext of the sentence could be heard by fools that the Wehrmacht was prepared to do his good, and he had promised to increase the military spending for the Wehrmacht anyway, and it was impossible to bleed any more. Now he is looking forward to how much tax revenue will the government increase from the $42 million purchase? At least 4 million, right?
In the evening, the Krupp representative called Antonio: "The terms have been agreed with President Albert, and the attitude of the military has been relaxed, but we think it would be better for you to talk to General Sickett again......"
"Young Master, it looks like Sickert has additional conditions."
"Today's soldiers are more proficient than one in war, and one is better at asking for money and interests." Contini smiled slightly, "It's okay, I'll go see him......"
"Don't throw any more money." Antonio bared his teeth and said, "Now we are typical adults who are stupid and have a lot of money, industrial equipment and products are still the basic number, and the price increase will not go anywhere, and the armament is a bottomless pit......"
"Don't throw money, don't throw money ......"
Hearing Contini say this, Antonio lost his confidence and muttered: "Less, less, no more than 5 million ......"
Contini laughed: "If you don't throw money at it, you might be able to make some money." ”
"Earn points?" Antonio shook his head, now a small loss is a gain, if it weren't for the good rise of the US stock market, and the young master speculated in Germany and made a big vote, he wouldn't be so crazy!
In the evening, Salvatore, the Italian military attache in Germany, was about to attend a party with a German nobleman's wife, when he suddenly received a call from the ambassador asking him to accompany a man to visit General Sickett.
"Who...... Tomorrow is not okay, I have something to do today, and I have an appointment for dinner! ”
"It's okay tomorrow, if you're not afraid of the other party's madness."
"Who the hell? If you don't get mad, who else can control me? Salvatore thought to himself, if it weren't for giving you some face, I wouldn't be afraid if you were mad.
"Prince Ziano is here, and he's going to see Sickt tonight! Are you still going to ask someone for dinner? ”
"Forehead......" Salvatore suddenly turned into a duck with his neck clutched, and he couldn't make a sound for a long time, and after a full 10 seconds of silence, he said, "Okay, I'll ...... it"
He didn't dare to say that he had made an appointment, let alone that he might not necessarily guarantee that he would be able to make an appointment with Sickert, because the other party was not an ordinary person, it was Ciano Jr., the No. 1 princeling party in Italy - how embarrassed the Socialist Party was, and how the president of the Supreme Court stepped down, is it not clear to the outside world, and the people in the circle are still unclear?
I'd rather offend old Chiano than offend little Chiano - this is already the consensus in the system, offending old Chiano won't happen, offending little Chiano, then wait for a series of troubles to come to the door, this young master won't stop if he doesn't knock you down and stink.
Having figured out the day, Salvatore managed to make everything so that at 7 o'clock in the evening Sictor would be waiting for Contini at the headquarters of the Defence Forces.
Before seven o'clock, Sickert was already in his office to review the official documents and begin to deal with the results of the damage caused by the Munich rebellion, the loss of 1,500 men may not have been a lot to him who had experienced the Russian front battle, but now it was a major event - after all, it was not the time to mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops, and now the Wehrmacht was only 100,000 men at full strength, and the army was even less.
In addition to the losses, Sickert was even more moved and distressed by the tactical dilemma, and finally used 2 divisions and more than 20,000 troops to push over and overwhelm the National Socialist Party, after all, the number of the opponent was less than 4,000, and he couldn't even do a rifle with a single man, and he didn't have any artillery, if it was a regular army to hold such a city defense, the loss would definitely not be 1,500, but probably 5,500 - he felt a little desperate about this kind of street fighting, but he couldn't think of a better way than to fill in people's lives.
Perhaps we should think about a completely new tactical topic? Think about the problem of urban street fighting after trench warfare, and form a new professional street combat unit just like the storm commando team was formed?
Irritably, he put the damage report aside and plucked off his monolith, staring straight out the window, repeatedly discerning something in the darkness.
He hadn't slept well lately because of the events in the Ruhr area, and not resisting was not what he expected, but he had to act like this - for this he had almost become a traitor in the eyes of the common people. Hitler had lost, but no one thought he had lost, and this man, an Austrian, had given himself to Germany to such an extent that he was more German than a German. Although the defense force can consistently carry out orders, it does not mean that there are no ideas below, and the current soldiers are all former company commanders and battalion commander-level officers, will they not know the inside story?
His thoughts were soon interrupted, however, as Salvatore had brought Contini to visit.
Compared with Sickett's tired face, Contini has a much more spring breeze on his face, although he is the soul of an uncle in his 40s, but his body is still a 21-year-old young man, and the taste of willfully throwing money and shooting cases is still quite refreshing - who doesn't have a time when he is young and arrogant?
"Your Excellency General, take the liberty to come and visit, this is ......" Salvatore was just about to introduce, but was interrupted very unceremoniously by Sickert, "I know who he is, he knows what he is going to do, and he knows what good things he has done, you don't need to talk too much, you can step down first!" ”
Salvatore paused for a moment in the face of such rude words, and finally shrugged his shoulders helplessly and retreated.
"Your Excellency has a great grudge against me...... "Contini grinned as he sat down on the sofa, "but that's fine, it makes me see a general who is bold and daring, and not a politician who is submissive and steered by the wind - but can this resentment be expressed in the presence of the French occupation forces?" ”
"It seems that you don't want Hitler's life anymore, if so, I suggest that you better talk to me politely, in this country, my words still have weight, I can let him die, I can also let him live."
"I believe it, so don't you think I've come to visit? It's just that this hospitality...... "Contini stalled his hands," and "didn't even have a cup of coffee...... No matter how much the mark depreciates, it won't even be able to afford coffee, right? ”
"Don't talk to me about these useless ......," Sickert lashed, "You still want coffee?" See what good things you've done? Your crime is enough for me to arrest you and shoot you!" ”
"Crime?" Contini said with an innocent face, "You recognize the wrong person, I sympathize with the National Socialist Party, and I am friends with Adolf Hitler, but I didn't do anything?" I've always been in Italy! ”
"Mr. Ziano, are you my three-year-old?" Sickert picked up a pile of dossiers and slammed them on the table, "We have the whole picture, the National Socialist Party used to be a small party, not even 1,000 people, and it swelled up after taking dollars from you; Munich riots, there is a shadow of your intervention - many people have confessed that there is a group of commandos, and they are fighting well, they are all returning from Italy......"
"Stop!" Contini waved his hand and said, "Let me interrupt, you have two logical errors here. First, I paid for the National Socialist Party not as a conspiracy, but out of like-minded friendship, don't you know that the National Socialist Party developed under the influence of fascism? Don't you know that Hitler's proposition of the Big Four was developed on the basis of the theory of the Three Flags that I summarized? As a like-minded partner, it is natural for me to take a small amount of money to fund it...... Isn't that a violation of your country's laws? ”
This choked Sickett speechless, hundreds of thousands of dollars are big numbers for everyone else, only such a young master can say "take a little money"!
"Secondly, there is a group of people who have been trained by me...... But there's no secret about it, all of Italy knows that I have a military club that trains from the army, from the aviation, and oh, recently I can also train gunners and sailors, and you can send someone to train - as long as you pay for it. As for what the trainees did, it's not something I can interfere with. Contini asked rhetorically, "If you have to be careful, I can make a ticket with you, many of the arrested members of the National Socialist Party, including Mr. Hitler himself, were trained and served in the Second Reich, that is, the army in which you once served, do you want to hold the Second Reich responsible?" ”
This sophistry is really superb, and Contini insists that he did not intervene - the knife seller cannot be held responsible for the murder, right?
Sickert is also helpless, this kid is this temper, a dead duck with a hard mouth, and quite good at quibbling, which can be seen from the section on the lawsuit with the Socialist Party.
"Well, since you're the kind of attitude, then we don't have much to talk about......" Sickert nodded towards the door, "You can go." ”
"Don't......" Contini said with a hippie smile, "I'm here to ask for a reward." ”
"Reward?"
"The Wehrmacht has expanded by 25,000 troops, do you think the National Socialist Party has no credit? President Albert agreed to increase military spending, do you think the National Socialist Party has no credit? The whole German people were united, and you think the National Socialist Party has no credit? "It is clear to all that the Defence Force and you are opposed to this government, and even more so to the foreign line of surrender, which is nothing more than that you are faithful to your oath and at the same time afraid of being seized by force from the National Socialist Party." In my experience with the Italian Revolution, you have no need to be worried...... After the leader came to power, the Italian Wehrmacht was reorganized and promoted, and the soldiers had a sense of honor and morale, and I admit that the Italian Army could not defeat the German Army before, but now you see ......"
"We sent an army to Corfu to teach the Greeks a lesson, and the people of all Italy rejoiced and enthusiastic; You have been disgraced by the Franco-Belgian forces in the Ruhr area, and the whole country is full of complaints...... General, whether the army can fight or not cannot rely on itself to say, and the army that can fight no longer dares not to pull out and use force, but only dares to suppress internally, what is the difference between being a good sheep? Contini muttered and summed it up, "Oh, there's still a difference, it's called a nest ......."