"The Federal Republic of Germany is not a minting machine, nor can it be a money burner." This is what Yarma said at several naval expansion meetings.

Eric doesn't care what the finance minister, whom he loves and hates, says, but how much money he can spend on defense every year. A few years ago, Yamal wanted to run to the presidential palace when he had nothing to do, but in recent years, without Eric's call, he basically did not take a step towards the presidential palace.

Armar's sentiments were best known only to Hans, and the two men were often at odds with each other because of their high degree of agreement on the question of Germany's arms build-up. However, what is very surprising is that on the issue of Eric's aid to China, the two did not express the slightest objection, and were even more enthusiastic than others.

Eric is very grateful for the support of the Cabinet, which is also the highest in his years in power. In fact, he did not know that Hans had a close relationship with a young man surnamed Zhou in Huaxia, and it was inconvenient for Hans to say it explicitly, so as not to be self-defeating.

The unexpected passage of the issue of aid to China, but the delay in responding to the issue of Huaxia has left Grener and Zechter very confused. If the delay drags on for a long time and the Japanese carry out a large-scale blockade of the Huaxia coast, the supplies and weapons and equipment of the German aid to China may be blocked on the high seas and cannot reach the pre-planned advantageous position.

Eric was very anxious, so he had to be cheeky and personally went to Württemberg Manor, asking Max, who was familiar with the senior leaders of the Huaxia, to come out to help, and strive to make the matter of aiding China a satisfactory solution.

Max was a kind-hearted man, and although he strongly opposed Eric's arms expansion, he unexpectedly stood on the same side on the issue of arms sales to China.

Ignoring his wife's resolute opposition, Max rushed to Berlin without a single day of delay, and took the presidential plane transferred by Eric at the western suburbs airport and flew directly to the mansion.

While vigorously expanding the army, while raising money everywhere. Eric mobilized almost every force at his disposal to move forward with the war goals he had set for himself.

Yarma is Eric's old friend, and the two have the grace of knowing each other. From the beginning of the Commonwealth, they have been together to dedicate their wisdom to the country. Speaking from his heart, Yarma knew that Eric was a good president, so he was against it, but every time Eric asked for funds, Yarma basically transferred it to the letter.

Today, Germany is the world's largest economy, and military spending is rising with it, but Armar, as finance minister, will not let Eric have to toss. As a result, it occasionally frustrates Eric's funding plans.

In this awkward situation, Eric would only smile softly before thinking of anything else.

The Federal Republic of Germany did not lose in the global economic crisis, but on the contrary, it almost ran a fiscal deficit due to the expansion of the army, and Eric also knew that he had stepped on the red line of national economic policy, but the world was already in chaos, and there was not enough armed force, even if it was a mountain of gold and silver, it would be coaxed by the fierce powers.

The commanders of the three armed services pestered the Ministry of National Defense and the United Front Work Department all day long to ask for equipment, and sometimes they also went to the cabinet and the presidential palace to ask for money. Eric could not pretend to be deaf and dumb, so he had to reach out to the domestic military-industrial complex again.

Don't have money and want to expand your army? There are no doors! Not to mention the replacement of sophisticated weapons and equipment, even raising and training troops in peacetime will become a problem. Since 1928, the annual military expenditure has been like cutting sausages, cutting the gross domestic product, cutting the national infrastructure funds, and cutting the heart, liver and lungs of Finance Minister Yarma. However, there is no other way to do this, the national armed forces are not performance teams, maybe one day they will go to the battlefield, and it will definitely not work if they do not raise them.

The former Minister of Defense, Brauchitsch, knew the difficulties of the president, and the current Minister of Defense better understood the needs of the troops. Hans and Armar are equally aware of the importance of national defense, but they are still resolutely unwilling to break the convention, even if the president himself speaks, it is useless, because military investment is a bottomless pit, and they do not want to open this opening at will.

It seems that a large amount of money goes into the Ministry of Defense every year, but in fact, because the Air Force and Navy are both starting from scratch, the investment will be relatively large, and the development of the army has been seriously constrained.

At present, there are two voices in the country, and the giant ship faction is shouting every day that aircraft carriers are useless, holding that without battleships, there would be no impregnable coastline, and resolutely demanding that the government set up a project as soon as possible and put the design, research and development, and construction of battleships on the agenda. Another voice is the young Zhuang faction, who demand that the government allocate funds to expand the number of aircraft carrier battle groups, arguing that the number of aircraft carriers will determine Germany's future.

In fact, Eric believes that there is nothing wrong with either aspect, whether it is a far-sea operation or a coastal defense, Germany is imperative and imminent, but the annual military expenditure of the troops will waste a lot of saliva, and an extra mark is like ripping out Almar's heart, liver and lungs.

The air force is often the key to winning wars, and although the Federal Republic of Germany, which has 2,500 BF109 fighters, has firmly established itself as the world's largest number of air force aircraft, the three air groups still send daily telegrams to the Ministry of Defense asking for money.

At the same time, Eric received telegrams from the troops requesting the withdrawal of funds. Looking back at those countries with a weak sense of national defense, as long as the horn of war sounds, they will be like a weak cry of illness, and they will be immediately destroyed by a powerful enemy.

The hawks want nothing more than to build the world's most powerful air force, but Germany is now the world's first air force. The volume of 2,500 combat aircraft, as well as various types of transport aircraft, auxiliary aircraft, etc., is no longer comparable to that of any single country. Hans gives many examples.

Eric also knew very well that compared with Britain, France, the United States, the Soviet Union, Italy, and Japan, Germany was already far ahead in terms of quantity and quality, but the air force giants did not think so. Richthofen, Kesselring, Polk, Inmaimann, Goering and others all knew that Germany could have an absolute advantage against any of these countries alone, but it would be a different story if it was a pack of wolves.

In the next fiscal year, Eric may have already started to plan, but in the face of Hans and Almar, two "stingy ghosts", he has more brain cells to die of worry.

As soon as Max was sent off from the airport in the western suburbs, Grener, Zecht, Hans, Yarmar and others arrived uninvited and sat in the No. 1 conference hall of the presidential palace, waiting to have a good reason with the president. Eric made a temporary detour to the street under the linden tree, and when he returned to the presidential palace, the bigwigs' cars were already lined up neatly, waiting for the president's arrival.

Ananta stood at the gate, stopping Eric as he hurried to the house.

"Dear Mr. President, do you think you need to avoid it first, the quarrel in Room 1 is very fierce right now, I think it is better to listen to their opinions before going in." Ananta said to Eric.

"No, Annata, it's not the first time this has happened. Besides, things always have to be solved, and avoiding them is not the best way. Eric walked as he spoke, then turned back and asked Ananta to serve tea to Room One.

Instead of turning the corner to Room One, Eric went straight to his office. Because he didn't convene this meeting, he could simply ignore it and ignore it.

This is the little wisdom of Eric, who estimates that when the argument between the two sides develops to a certain extent, these people will inevitably come to find a compromise in their breath. If you come forward at that time, the effect will be much better.

After Annata arranged for someone to bring hot tea, she also found a corner seat to sit down, as long as she sat here, the sound of the quarrel would naturally decrease by a few decibels, and at the same time, she could listen carefully to what they were saying and provide Eric with first-hand information on how to deal with it.

As a woman, she may not know much about the topic of war, but the debate between the two factions finally made her understand a simple truth - without a strong army, the country will not have a tough diplomacy, let alone the right to speak on the international stage.

The situation will always change, and just because there is peace now does not mean that the next moment will be calm. The German-Italian War, the Greco-Turkish War, and the Spanish Civil War all accurately interpreted this truth.

"Don't look at the fact that Germany now has so many new fighters, if it faces the British and American alliances, or the hands of Britain and the Soviet Union, or even the hands of the United Kingdom, the United States, France and the Soviet Union, Germany may be in a hurry. A truly powerful country should be able to deal with enemies from many sides at once. That's what Zechter said, and Ananta felt that it was quite forward-looking, and although it was possible to spend a lot of national reserves, it seemed imperative.

Next, Almar and Hans also expressed their opinions, he believed that Zeckert was a philistine and disturbed himself, and that in today's world, as long as Germany does not seek trouble from others, others will not dare to take the initiative to make enemies of Germany.

Grener was naturally on Zeckert's side, and his meaning was very clear, and a strong army seemed to be the only option.

After World War I, at the beginning of the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany, Germany did not have any say in the international arena, but after the large-scale expansion of the army that began in 1930, although the military and financial troubles were increasing day by day, the country continued to win dignity. If the cabinet must look for trouble with the military, it can only show that the Hans cabinet does not have a global outlook and does not have a sense of crisis in times of peace.

Ananta couldn't speak casually, and such a scene was not something she could participate in as a small colonel, so she left and walked into Eric's office at the same time.

Soon after, Grener, Zecht, Hans, and Armar also left Room 1 at the same time, and they entered Eric's office almost immediately after Annata.

"Guys, you haven't had enough of the noise in Hall 1 just now, are you going to move to my office to continue?" Eric smiled and said, "While complaining, there are words at the same time." I think your quarrel is really different. ”

Neither Grener nor the others spoke, but each looked down to find a place to sit, and then you stared at me, and I stared at you.

"I feel a little helpless now, is the German Confederation, which everyone has worked so hard to run, really vulnerable, as you say? In other words, was the German Confederation really strong enough to compete with the world powers? Eric asked aloud.

Everyone was still silent, and time began to freeze......