Chapter 197 BF-1 (Thanks to the three masters for the reward, add another chapter later, 4 chapters today)
As Eric points out, there has been a wave of mergers within Germany, which has deeply affected every corner of the world's finances. After all, the Confederation of Germany now sells a wide variety of products all over the world, and a single merger can put these products to the test.
Just when the two were about to turn off the lights and go to bed, the bell in the guest room suddenly remembered, Eric had to get up by himself after looking at Dinah, who was already tired, and just picked up the black phone and found that it was not right, there was no sound. Then I picked up the blue one, which was for the military department, and there was no sound.
At this time, Eric, who was still a little sleepy, suddenly had a spirit, and glanced at the last red phone, which seemed to be pressed by a boulder, and this phone had never been thought of, even if Italy dared to attack after learning that Austria had been incorporated into Germany.
"I'm Eric."
"Mr. President, the sudden death of the King of Denmark has not yet been heard, but it was learned by a telegram sent back from an informant from the Danish Federal Intelligence Service twenty minutes ago." The voice is Klug.
Eric's heart sank after hearing this, after all, the dead are the greatest, and Denmark had been on good terms with Germany from 1918 to 1920, and the garrisons of the two countries on the peninsula were reduced several times, and only the minimum number of people for policing and local security remained, and even the two countries opened a direct channel at the beginning of 1920, that is, after the issuance of the Federal Mark, and they could enter and exit freely without any formalities.
For a country like Denmark that sees its place and tries to cater to Germany, Eric has always been kind to him.
It's just that the death of the King of Denmark may not have been used at all.
"What else?" Eric naturally knew that Klug was not a careless person.
"You may not know that the Danish prince was in trouble on the way to Norway a few days ago and has not returned." Klug said with a bit of amusement.
Eric was silent, he always felt that this matter was not so simple.
"Gone?"
"The only heir in Denmark, who was taken to England by her mother last night, has not been heard from so far, although there is no clear evidence to confirm that the mother and son are dead, but..." Kluger didn't say much, because he really couldn't give Eric an idea on this kind of thing, he could only point to it, otherwise he would be easily suppressed by Eric.
The German intelligence organization was already under one person, and if he dared to decide in vain, he would be looking for death.
"Did you interfere?" Eric's concern was whether Germany was involved.
"As far as I know, we just happen to have this line in this matter. King Augustus II and the King of Denmark are relatives. Klug seemed to be reminding the Intelligence Bureau of clues, but in fact he was reminding Eric that this was an opportunity.
"You think too much, there is a lot of resistance to this matter, and the Norwegian side has more opportunities than my old man." Eric really didn't want to get involved in Denmark when Germany was at war with Italy, in a diplomatic crisis with Siam, with France in a territorial dispute, at odds with the Soviet Union, just wearing a pair of pants with England, and just entering a honeymoon with the United States.
Even if Augustus II did go to Denmark, it would not necessarily be a good thing, and the relationship between Germany and Norway would inevitably fall to a freezing point.
This is not conducive to Eric's deployment, what he wants is to use Germany's trade deficit to tie these countries to Germany's interest carriage, and then use the import of products to create a surplus, so that these countries have to be forced to accept German trade cooperation, with trade cooperation, economic cooperation can be carried out, and once economic cooperation is launched, political tendencies will slowly spread.
Once these countries have fallen into the land of gentleness, it is impossible to think of jumping out of the circle, and as long as Germany remains strong, it will always be able to dominate this format, and then it will no longer be impossible to achieve a merger based on military cooperation.
Eric wanted a different kind of United States, and the annexation of Austria to the Confederation was a coincidence, and his first targets were Hungary and the Czech Republic, as well as Slovakia, with Austria coming in second.
The Union State is a kind of sincerity shown to these countries, and annexation is not the same as annexation, but symbiosis and win-win.
"So let's keep watching and don't interfere? Do you think you should tell Hanover about this? "Klug is shooting himself in the foot now, because it's still a secret.
"Just as if you don't know, settle the Italian affairs first, and then it's Siam's turn. If we have the opportunity to find trouble in Japan, and then consider the problems of the Middle East, the affairs at our doorstep, we will not interfere and let the old man be busy. The old man is a shrewd man, so he naturally knows why we don't interfere. Eric thought about it and gave up, after all, meddling in Denmark's affairs now is going against Britain, Norway, and Sweden, which is not conducive to the development of Germany, and will ruin the current situation.
Kluge thought for a moment and said, "The things that were explained before have been done, and the British side has begun to complain about Japan. However, no further information has been reached, but it is estimated that Germany will still be able to obtain British support for a military strike on Siam. ”
"Don't worry, I don't just want the support of the British, I also want the support of the French, and don't forget that they are next to Siam. Okay, you don't have to meddle in these things, leave them to the prime minister. Eric hung up the phone and reached into the bed, glancing at Dinah who was asleep, not knowing what to do. After all, Dinah and the Danish royal family have a very close relationship, not the kind of interaction that plays on the spot, Dinah is a typical woman in the new era, a pragmatic intellectual woman, I am afraid that Dinah will not even sleep after knowing this news and return to Hanover to drag the family to Copenhagen, then she will really suffer.
In the early hours of the next morning, Dinah got up early and dressed up and left, anxious to go to the company to host the work to see if there were any companies that could be merged.
Instead of going to the Prince's Palace, Eric stayed in his office to check the recent copies of official documents, which had been sent by Prime Minister Stresemann after he had finished processing them.
Outside the Hanseatic Palace, a dark green military jeep parked at the door, and down were Defense Minister Brauchitsch and Air Marshal Toth, who seemed to have something good going and walked all the way to Eric's office.
Ananta only let Eric know in advance and let the two in, and Brauchitsch was also a regular visitor.
As soon as he entered the door, Brauchitsch, who was wearing a military cap, said with a smile, "Mr. President, Marshal Toth wants to show you a new plane." ”
Eric didn't raise his head, as far as he knew, he had visited all the planes at the air show, except for the BF-1 at the Bavarian aircraft factory, which was considered unique, and Fokker was a monoplane but lacked practical value. The others were multiplanes that followed the route of the First World War.
"What plane, which company." Eric looked at the report in his hand, this is a detailed report on the merger of federal enterprises, it is the information compiled by Minister Hans Ludd of the Ministry of the Interior, it can be regarded as an excellent report, it is all about data, there is no lengthy text, Eric looks clear at a glance.
"It's the BF-1 aircraft of the Bavarian aircraft factory." Toth was especially happy now, because he saw the plane as the main force for German domination in the air.
Although the fuselage of the BF-1 is not large, it is beautifully shaped, and many test flights have also demonstrated that the performance in aerial combat far exceeds that of Fokker's triplane.
"You chose the BF-1? Is it expensive? Eric opened his mouth to ask the price, which was in line with his personality.
"It's okay, some optional accessories cost some money." Toth said truthfully.
"How much?" Eric was not happy to hear this, you don't know how much you spent money on?
"We chose the RM-30 cannon of the Rheinland company, which is the one shown before, and the price has been negotiated, 28,000 marks for a cannon, and 200 marks for a combination of armor-piercing and high-explosive shells." Toth quoted a purchase price.
"Why is it so cheap all of a sudden? Shells changed? "Eric is strange that the price of shells has dropped so much at once, even the machine guns have dropped a lot.
"The main reason is that Rhine merged several intermediate enterprises, the cost has dropped a lot, and it wants to seize the market. Then the shells were redesigned, and although they were not as good as the previous ones, they were much cheaper. "I can see that Toth is in a good mood when he bought this cannon.
"By the way, what are you buying this cannon for?" Eric also felt that the cannon was really not compatible with the BF-1, and that the two had nothing in common.
"For the BF-1, several experimental models have been assembled. I'm preparing for the test today, so don't you just come over and ask Mr. President to come and watch it? Toth wanted to show off his mood to make Brauchitsch amused.
But the atmosphere in the office froze all of a sudden, and although Eric was still reading the report, his eyes were a little terrifying.
"You gave that cannon to the BF-1?" Eric couldn't seem to believe it, and he preferred to think that he had misheard, because it was terrible.