"Comrade Tukhachevsky, welcome to socialist Germany." At the Berlin airport, Hersmann said to Tukhachevsky, who had just stepped off a TB-4 passenger (the Soviet model of the Junker G.38).

It was already October 1935, and the Second Italo-Abyssian War had officially broken out a few days earlier, after Abynesia had been expelled from the League of Nations resolution, so that Italy was temporarily exempted from the collective sanctions of the League of Nations. However, Mussolini's war was not going well, because public opinion around the world - with the exception of Germany, the Baltics, Austria and Italy - unanimously condemned Italy as the aggressor. The German newspapers, of course, condemned it, but not because of the Italian invasion of Abysia, but because the Italian government used the wealth that could have built its own economy to help the Abenisians......

The Soviet Unions, as for their part, are now shouting that they have been deceived - they voted in favor of the "Wallwall-question Resolution" in September, and are now busy clearing their name. At the same time, the Soviet Union also provided weapons and equipment assistance to Abenicia in a high-profile manner, while Britain and France sent weapons to Abenicia in a very low-key manner.

In addition, there are many international volunteers who are running to Abinissia in droves - to stop Italy from spending their money to help Abinisia!

However, Hersmann's Germany had something to gain from this farce - Mussolini acquiesced in the fact that Germany "protected" Austria (historically Germany also "protected" and then annexed), and since Italy was not subject to collective sanctions by the League of Nations, there was no question of withdrawing from the League of Nations. In this way, Germany had an important ally in the League of Nations, and in the future it would be able to use the League of Nations resolutions against Czechoslovakia.

"Socialist Germany?" It took Tukhachevsky a while to react, "Ah, National Socialism. Germany is National Socialist. ”

"We have a disagreement on whether to put the country first or the world first," Hersman smiled, "but that doesn't prevent our two countries from being in the same socialist camp." He turned his head to look at the new Soviet ambassador to Germany, Korentai, "Madam, do you think that's the truth?" ”

"yes," Colontai smiled and nodded. "Now there are only three socialist countries in the world, we are under the siege of capitalism, and we should be closely united."

The three socialist countries are the Soviet Union, Germany, and China, represented by the Wuhan government, which the Soviet Union and Germany have recognized since 1927. After Hersmann proposed the concept of the "socialist camp" and Stalin recognized the existence of this camp out of the need to unite Germany against Poland, the three countries formed a very loose social camp.

"Yes, we are all countries of the socialist camp." Tukhachevsky said vaguely. He was not a diplomat, and was not well suited to such a blatantly lying way of talking - in the Soviet Union, National Socialism was criticized as "pseudo-socialism". "This time we are here for unity, Mr. Infantry General. Sooner or later, we'll fight together against White Poland, right? ”

"Of course, we will be allies! True allies! As Hersmann spoke, the reporters (both Soviet and German) had set up their cameras and camcorders.

"Come, let's hug," Hersmann said, "the generals of Germany and the generals of the Soviet Union, and show the people of the world how united our socialist camp is." ”

"Yes. We are very united! Tukhachevsky and Hersman shook hands and hugged warmly in front of various cameras, but they wondered in their hearts: Poland simply can't afford to fight. If the Soviets and Germany join forces, it will be about the same in a month, and then what? Did National Socialist Germany and the Socialist Soviet Union still have common interests?

Tukhachevsky had hardly been out of the country since the victory of the revolution, so he did not know what a capitalist and pseudo-socialist country was like, and Berlin was extremely busy with car traffic and well-dressed pedestrians. He was amazed by the joy of such a prosperous and thriving scene. He was also surprised by the array of exquisite goods in the shop windows as far as the eye could see.

Although Moscow also tries to pretend to be prosperous and energetic when it welcomes foreign guests, everything that is now happening in Berlin is very natural, and it is their daily life - Hersmann did not arrange any grand welcome for Tukhachevsky. Just a few Mercedes-Benz W07 cars drove through the traffic of Berlin's wide streets, and on several occasions they were blocked for a while.

The Mercedes-Benz W07 took Tukhachevsky and his party to the best Kaiserhof Hotel in Berlin. This is not a "state guesthouse", but a large hotel that is open to the public, and business is very prosperous, and many well-dressed tourists are checking in and checking out in the luxuriously decorated lobby.

"Comrade Tukhachevsky," Hirschman took directly into an elevator. "We have arranged an itinerary for you to visit the General Staff in Tsosen, the barracks of the 1st Panzer Division in Potsdam, and the National Automobile Factory in Wolfsburg, which will be the largest car production site in Germany and a state-owned enterprise. The foundation stone was laid on May 26, 1934, and the first phase of construction was expected to be completed in January 1938, and mass production of automobiles began in February. We are ready to produce there an inexpensive national car, a small car sold to the average German family, with a minimum price of only 990 Reichsmarks per car. ”

"990 Reichsmarks?"

"Comrade Tukhachevsky, the ratio of rubles to marks is about 1 to 5." Natalie explained, "990 marks is less than 200 rubles. And the per capita monthly income in Germany last year was 128 Reichsmarks, and every ordinary German family will own a car by that time. ”

"That's cheap!" Tukhachevsky was once again shocked by Germany's advance, and cars were about to enter thousands of households, which no one in the Soviet Union dared to think. "Can ordinary people really buy it? How many cars do you have to produce? ”

"There are now about 10 million households in Germany, and one per household is 10 million units."

The elevator doors opened, revealing a spacious, bright, carpeted hallway. Hersmann was talking a lot -- considering that 1939 was the "year of war" planned by the General Staff, most German people would have to wait patiently for many years to buy a car with a 990 mark.

"10 million units? How much does it have to be produced per year? ”

"At least a million units," Hersman glanced at Tukhachevsky, "Red Napoleon" did not show a look of surprise. "The volume is not the problem, the question is whether the selling price of 990 marks will bring a reasonable profit to the producer. Through mass production, upfront purchases, and careful cost control, this selling price allows car companies to make money. That's a million units produced, and even at the minimum configuration price of 990 marks, it can generate nearly 1 billion marks in revenue. I think a gross profit of 100 million marks is not a problem, and I can also make an upfront investment with the customer's upfront payment.

Chancellor Hitler was ready to launch a '5 marks a week' scheme, in which people who wanted to buy cars would deposit 5 marks a week in a designated account on the Labor Front, and the National Automobile Company would use the money to invest in factories, and 300,000 people were already willing to join the scheme...... It's a completely new business model, and I have to say that our prime minister is a wizard of managing the economy. ”

The business model, which was later called "crowdfunding", seems to have been invented by Hitler, although in history this "crowdfunding" seems to have been a fraud. However, in this time and space, Hitler's "crowdfunding" seems to be able to succeed.

"When will the national car company reach an annual production of 1 million units?" Tukhachevsky did not care at all about profit and economic efficiency, he only cared about production - because he knew that the production capacity of the national car could also be used to produce armored vehicles and military trucks.

"It's all about the market." Hersman walked into the spacious and luxurious suite, the waiter had already placed snacks, vodka and strong Russian coffee on the coffee table, and Hersman and Tukhachevsky, who had come with him but had not said a word, sat down and continued to talk.

"The production target of the first phase of the project of the National Automobile Factory is to produce 300,000 national vehicles, 20,000 trucks, 8,000 crawler tractors, and 250,000 engines of various types per year."

8000 tracked tractors!

Tukhachevsky thought to himself: this is 8000 tanks and tracked armored vehicles! It is unlikely that the Germans will have only one national automobile plant capable of producing tanks...... They don't need so many tanks and armored vehicles to attack Poland, they want to conquer the whole world!

Hersman looked at Tukhachevsky and continued to explain the itinerary, he said: "After visiting the construction site of the National Automobile Factory, we will also visit the shipyard in Wilhelmshaven, where we can watch the launching ceremony of the battleship Scharnhorst. ”

The Anglo-German Naval Agreement at this time and space was three years earlier than in history, so the Scharnhorst was mentioned to have started construction in 1934, and the launching time was also advanced to November 1935 - less than a year and a half to complete the hull of a 30,000-thousand-ton battleship! This shows that the German shipbuilding industry has not yet lost all its skills.

However, the launch of the hull does not mean that the battleship is completed, and the subsequent outfitting and sea trials will take several years. The Scharnhurst actually entered service in 1938 – a year earlier than in history.

In addition, the first aircraft carrier of the Third Reich has now begun to be built and is expected to be put into trial operation in 1938! (To be continued.) )