Chapter 564: Surrender
Ribbentrop's attitude was a 180-degree turn.
In the past two days, it was Ribbentrop who had been entertaining Khrushchev, and his attitude was quite sincere, explaining his various difficulties, and asking Khrushchev to calm down, so Khrushchev's attitude became more and more tough, until he was forced to go to Shirek.
As a result, after looking for Ciric, this is the attitude, and his answer represents Ciric's attitude.
Hearing this, Khrushchev became anxious.
Everything is his guess, now, the Soviet Union is undergoing a great purge, there is no preparation for war at all, his so-called use of war to intimidate Germany, is just a speculation, the Soviets, without half a year, will not be able to prepare for war, as for a large-scale invasion of Germany, stabbing Germany from the east, it will be even more shadowless.
You must know that Germany is now invincible throughout Europe, and if the Soviet Union launches a war against Germany, the Soviet Union itself will be burned.
Judging from the macro situation, the Soviet Union's current use of troops against Germany is in line with the Soviet Union's strategic choice for the next 100 years, but from a micro point of view, the current Soviet Union has not put any energy on fighting against Germany at all.
Moreover, the war in the Far East is not over yet.
The historical Battle of Nomenkan began in May 39 and ended in September 39, and the island countries in history relied on those backward weapons to hold out for so long.
And now, the island country has received the support of Germany in terms of weapons, especially the tank technology of the Black Panther 2, which is already backward compared to Germany, and the current island country is enthusiastically trying to fight the Soviet Union, and the battle will not be accepted for a while.
The Great Purge resulted in the elimination of many of the best Soviet army commanders, whose combat effectiveness was not very high, and almost relied on human lives.
Khrushchev had always been tough, and now, when he saw that the German side was tough, he felt that his momentum suddenly disappeared.
What was the purpose of his coming? It is necessary to use all means to get Germany to deliver aircraft carriers as soon as possible, deliver the ship's supporting naval guns, and even export a large amount of steel to the Soviet Union for the construction of the Soviet battleship.
But what about now? The other party has already issued an eviction order!
For a moment, Khrushchev was in a dilemma, and in his mind, there were two plans, thinking back and forth.
Or, continue to be tough and threaten the other side with war! What Germany fears most is a two-front war, and now, Germany obviously does not abide by the contract and fools the Soviet side, do the Germans want the Soviet Union to go to war against Germany?
Although the Soviet Union was not really ready to go to war, could this kind of war intimidation be able to scare the Germans?
The other is naturally to give in and beg the other party to hurry up and build a battleship for his side, there can be no delay, the Soviet Navy is waiting for it!
What to do? Which plan?
Khrushchev was still thinking about it when he heard the other party continue to speak: "Mr. Khrushchev, I also understand your anxiety, but we can't help it. Now, France is about to surrender, and when France surrenders, we will be able to take a break, and when the time comes, we will be able to prioritize your project, what do you think? ”
France, about to surrender, in fact, this is simply a matter of no shadow, and now throwing out this news is naturally to bring Khrushchev to his knees.
The hole card in Khrushchev's hand is naturally that Germany is afraid of fighting on two fronts, and once the Soviet Union uses troops against Germany, Germany will not be able to take care of itself, after all, the main forces are on the Western Front.
However, once France surrendered, there would be no two-front warfare, and if the Soviet Union dared to make trouble on the Polish border, then Germany could move eastward at any time and beat the Soviet Union to the ground.
The Soviets' hole cards are useless.
Just now, the news of the German landing in Brest has spread all over the world, and Khrushchev also knows about it, so now that Ribbentrop said that France was going to surrender, it is also possible.
Gritting his teeth, Khrushchev finally chose the second option.
"Can you promise, Mr. Ribbentrop? As soon as the war in France is over, you will immediately continue to start construction of our aircraft carriers, so that our aircraft carriers can reach service status as soon as possible? Khrushchev asked.
"That's for sure, we in Germany have always abided by the spirit of the contract." Ribbentrop almost patted his chest and promised, but this promise, of course, was invalid.
Now, as Germany's foreign minister, Ribbentrop knows Germany's overall strategy, and after defeating Britain and France, it will eventually go to war with the Soviet Union, so the aircraft carrier built for the Soviet Union will never reach the hands of the Soviets.
"And what about our 406-mm naval guns?"
"As long as the war is over, give you a priority."
"We also want to order some high-quality steel plates from you to build battleships."
"No problem at all." Ribbentrop agreed to all the conditions.
At that time, there will be many reasons to prevaricate them, the French war is over, but the war against Britain has begun again, the Soviets, wait!
Anyway, the iron ore exported by the USSR to Germany has already been piled up into a mountain, and it is enough to build two more aircraft carriers.
After this conversation, the arrogant Khrushchev softened, and Ribbentrop once again put on the characteristic smile of a diplomat: "Mr. Khrushchev, please rest assured, we Germany will not treat our allies badly, we will definitely guarantee the quality, and when time permits, we will quickly complete the construction of warships for you, please rest assured." ”
With this commitment from Germany, Khrushchev could also go back to the business with confidence.
The atmosphere became friendly again, and Khrushchev suddenly remembered something and continued: "Your industry, especially the military industry, is progressing too fast, especially your tanks, and now the tank crews of the whole world are envious of your equipment. ”
"Equipment, it is impossible to be ahead of the curve all the time, your Mr. Koshkin, the T-32 tank designed by you, has very good potential, we really want to visit Mr. Koshkin and ask him about his thinking. If appropriate, can we invite him to Germany for an academic discussion on the equipment of armored forces? ”
Hearing this, Khrushchev's eyes suddenly became something.
"I will definitely convey this request to China." Khrushchev said.
Ribbentrop's heart was like a mirror, and he unknowingly, a few words, did Reinhardt a great favor.