Chapter 152: Farewell to Lenin
In a dimly lit, cleanly cleaned room filled with the smell of potions, Hersmann and Chloe, who had just arrived at the Kremlin (little Rudolph was asleep and left to Paulus's care), met Comrade Lenin, who had suffered a stroke and suffered severe brain damage. He lay on a chaise longue covered with a green blanket, and Krupskaya was accompanied by several doctors in white coats, one of whom was Lenin's youngest brother, Dmitry, who had opened the door to Hersmann's Stalin.
The Mentor's eyes were open, but there was no more sparkle of wisdom, just staring blankly at everything in front of him. There was no expression on his face, he was very blank, as if he was not interested in anything anymore.
A man who once owned an empire has now become like this. Hersmann looked at Lenin in front of him and remembered what he had been through since his rebirth in this world. There is no doubt that he is where he is today because of the great success of his earlier speculation on Lenin......
But now Lenin is going to die. Hersmann knew that the behemoth of the Soviet Union would fall into the hands of Stalin, a brutal, cunning man with an iron will and vicious methods!
He will do whatever it takes to push the Soviet Union to complete the road of industrialization in a very short time, and when the second five-year plan of the Soviet Union is completed, the Soviet Union will leap from the devastation it is now to become an industrialized power second only to the United States in the world.
At that time, the Soviet Union would not only be a partner, but also a potential enemy. Historically, Germany was defeated by running headlong into the industrialized Soviet Union, plunging into a war in which victory was almost impossible.
But even though he knew what the future of the Soviet Union would become, Hersmann still wanted to promote cooperation with the Soviet Union. Because that was the only means of reviving the German military industry...... However, it is still necessary to be quite vigilant in the selection of cooperative projects.
First of all, try to avoid strengthening the forces of the Soviet armored forces. So Hersman pressed down on the proposal to develop a new tank with the Soviet Union and to build a tractor plant in cooperation with the Soviet Union. Now there are Baltic republics, and the final assembly plants for tanks and tractors can be placed on the territory of the Baltic at all. The study of the tactics of the armored forces could also be carried out in the Baltic Republics, and there was no need to cooperate with the USSR.
Secondly, there are also reservations in terms of aviation cooperation. Hersmann's current collaboration project is an air-cooled engine-powered aircraft. Historically, with the exception of the Fw-190 and Zero, fighters with air-cooled engines have been slightly weaker in combat than those with liquid-cooled engines.
And both the FW-190 and the Zero have improved the performance of the aircraft through special designs. The former has a slender BMW 801 similar to a liquid-cooled engine, while the Zero has an ultra-light design and materials.
Therefore, under Hersmann's intervention, Germany would only supply the technology of the star-type air-cooled engine to the Soviet Union - in fact, the two sides cooperated in the development, and the Soviets provided most of the funds, and would also order some of the finished products produced by BMW and Siemens, thus ensuring that BMW and Siemens could continue to invest in the field of aero engines.
As for liquid-cooled engines, BMW, Junker-Yomo, M.A.N., Mercedes-Benz and Opel have all received funding from the Industry Promotion Council and the Economic Promotion Corporation to develop various models of liquid-cooled engines and engine superchargers (turbocharged and supercharged).
Thirdly, through the guidance of Soviet-German naval cooperation (historically, the Soviet Navy employed more than a thousand German military advisers, and many Soviet submarines and surface ships were built with the help of German engineers), the Soviet Red Navy gradually realized the importance of aviation and aircraft carriers.
Wherever possible, it was also necessary to help the Soviet Union build a Pacific Fleet with aircraft carriers and battleships, which posed no threat to Germany, but could stimulate Japan and Italy to develop stronger navies. At that time, Germany will be able to sell the technology acquired in Soviet-German cooperation to Japan and Italy.
If the leader could be fooled into building a fleet of four 15,000-ton aircraft carriers (Italy could have 60,000 tons under the Washington Naval Treaty) before World War II began, then pasta might be of some use.
As long as the Italians can rise to the occasion, coupled with the cooperation of the Luftwaffe and ground forces, the situation in the Mediterranean will completely change! And once Germany and Italy defeat the British army in the Mediterranean, then Turkey, which has always been pro-German, will inevitably fall to Germany, and the situation in the entire Middle East will be greatly favorable to Germany!
Not only will the oil supply of Germany no longer be a problem, but even the southern oil-producing regions of the USSR will be under the deterrence of German bombers!
However, Hersmann's deliberate "calculation" of the Soviet Union was not to turn his face and deny people to attack the Soviet Union in the future. It was only a necessary defensive measure, for he genuinely believed that a war with the Soviet Union would have no benefit to Germany - and that war should be postponed as long as possible, even if it was inevitable. At least after a decisive victory in the war with Great Britain and mastery of the Mediterranean and the Middle East......
"Vladimir. Comrade Ilyich, "Hesman took a few steps forward and came to Lenin, who had probably lost his ability to think. "Please rest assured that the Soviet-German friendship you have created will be inherited by those who come after you. As long as our two countries can unite, the banner of socialism will one day be planted all over the world! ”
He mentioned socialism! This may seem strange to people in the 21st century, but in Europe in the 1920s, Germany was at least half a socialist country. And the official name of the Nazi party that Hersmann now supports is the National Socialist Workers' Party of Germany - socialism, workers, or something. It sounds very progressive, but in fact many of the policies implemented by this party since it came to power are indeed socialist elements. The German working class was also quite satisfied with the Nazi Party for a long time.
"That's right! As long as the Soviets and Germans cooperate, socialism will surely triumph all over the world! Stalin also echoed Hersmann. This statement is not actually a lie, at least for the time being, Stalin also really wanted to cooperate with Germany.
If you know a little about the history of the Soviet Union and the international communist movement, you will know that in 1924, Stalin put forward the theory of "socialism in one country". It means that the world revolution or something will stop making trouble for the time being, and the Soviet Union will play socialism alone. With this theory, the USSR and countries with different social systems were able to live in harmony. Naturally, it will be possible to maintain relatively friendly relations with Germany, which is "semi-socialist," for a long time.
I don't know if it was because he understood what Hesmann and Stalin said, Lenin suddenly nodded slightly, and his mouth moved slightly, but he still did not speak.
"Comrade Lenin affirmed Soviet-German cooperation, I think he meant that, right?" Hersmann turned his head to look at Stalin.
"That's right! It must be like this. Stalin paused and glanced at Kruspukaya in the room. This is also the only feasible route at the moment...... The USSR needed to build, and there will be a long period of construction, until socialism first succeeded in the USSR. ”
He didn't say what happened then, but Hersman knew: Stalin wanted to build the Soviet Union into an advanced socialist state first, and then bury capitalism to liberate all mankind.
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