"Comrade Braun, what do you want me to say?" Lenin shrugged his shoulders and smiled wryly - to discuss issues of capital and war with an official of the German Empire was really like playing the harp to a cow.

"Comrade Lenin, I understand what you mean, I understand it completely!" There was a hint of sorrow on Hersman's chubby face. "Surplus value, overproduction, war for the international market...... I have also read Mr. Marx's writings, but the phenomenon that Mr. Marx cannot explain will soon appear! ”

"What phenomenon?" Lenin asked with a frown.

"The United States will go to war!"

"What!?"

Lenin was not yet at all, but Etel exclaimed: "This is impossible! There is no reason for the United States to enter the war! ”

The reasons he was referring to were certainly not superficial, and the apparent ones were easy to find, such as unrestricted submarine warfare, such as Zimmerman's telegram. But the deeper reasons are not easy to find.

Hersmann looked at Lenin, who was noncommittal, apparently not sure whether the United States would enter the war.

Ettel exclaimed: "There is no reason for the United States to enter the war, because they have nothing to gain by defeating Germany!" Germany had very few overseas colonies, and Britain, France, Italy, and Japan were not enough to share the spoils. As for the occupation of an enclave in Central Europe, it is absolutely impossible! ”

Hersmann also said: "Yes, the domestic markets of Germany and Austria-Hungary are probably not what the United States wants...... Compared to what Germany and Austria-Hungary had, Britain and France were the real rich oil. Especially the British Empire! They rule the seas, they own the big Indian market, they actually control China, and they are the masters of South Africa, the El Dorado. If Britain loses the war or only loses on the European continent, then Britain will not be able to maintain its pre-war position. Then the United States could at least demand a share of British hegemony, and perhaps take over some of the colonies of Britain and France. And if the United States helps Britain defeat Germany and Austria-Hungary, the hegemony of the British Empire can be preserved. The United States has nothing to gain except huge casualties and military spending. ”

"So it is impossible for the United States to enter the war!" "They just sit back and watch the battle, and they will be able to dominate the world with England and Germany after Germany defeats France." ”

Since the German Navy's surface fleet had been an inactive fleet after the Battle of Jutland, even Etter, who was quite optimistic about the prospects of the war, did not think that it was possible for the German Navy to send the land force to the British Isles. Moreover, war weariness in Germany is also growing day by day, and I am afraid that everyone will be thankful to God for being able to defeat France again and bring the war to a dignified end, and no one will fantasize about landing on British soil.

Therefore, for Germany, the most advantageous outcome of this war is to weaken France and Russia, and at the same time to install a pro-German Russian regime, restore the Russian-German alliance, and finally rule the world together with Britain and the United States - this seems to be good for the United States as well!

In terms of comprehensive national strength, the United States is the second largest in the world (if you do not consider Britain's huge colonies, the national strength of the United States is NO. 1) Theoretically, the United States is the number one guard against the British Empire. And the United States should also hope that the British Empire will be unlucky every day, even if it cannot replace it, it can turn the rules of the game of Britain's domination of the world into the co-rule of Britain, the United States and Germany, right?

As for the loans that the United States lent to Britain and France, it was not a reason why it had to side with Britain and France to destroy Germany. After all, the German-Austrian power would at best force France to sue for peace, which would still exist after defeat, as it had been after the Franco-Prussian War. Britain itself could not be attacked, and the British Empire would still exist, but it would lose its pre-war prestige and hegemony (the world would be ruled by Britain, the United States and Germany).

So the United States does not have to worry about having no place to ask for accounts, and compared to some world hegemons, that little dollar is simply insignificant.

"It is indeed unlikely that the United States will enter the war," Lenin thought for a long time, and finally gave the answer, but he was still unwilling to say it to death. "But if Britain is willing to share hegemony with the United States after the war......"

"No!" Hersman interrupted the mentor and said with great certainty, "The United States will definitely go to war!" Not long afterward, I reckon, after the Russian Revolution, the ruling circles of the United States had already made the decision to enter the war, and now they were just waiting for an announce. Moreover, Britain will not share hegemony with the United States either! The United States will not get anything of value by entering the war...... Including territories, colonies, and reparations. ”

Lenin burst out laughing: "This is impossible! The Americans will not go to war in vain. ”

"No, they will!" "Because the monopoly consortiums of the United States and the United Kingdom are practically one...... The United Kingdom and the United States are now just two subsidiaries under a monopoly trust. It makes no difference whether world hegemony is in the hands of Britain or the United States, for the consortium behind the scenes. But if hegemony fell into the hands of nationalist Germany, or Russia ruled by the Bolsheviks, it would be a complete disaster for the corporations that controlled Britain and the United States!

Therefore, the United States will stop at all costs to stop Germany and the future Bolshevik Russia, and Germany will most likely lose the war because of this! ”

"Nope! That's impossible! Etel shouted, "Hersman! Are these things you are talking about the judgment of the Great General Staff......"

As soon as these words came out, Ettel suddenly woke up and realized that he had slipped his mouth, but he didn't hide anything, just frowned and looked at Hersman.

Lenin also stared at Hersmann with blazing eyes, but did not ask any questions, as if he had not heard Ettel's words.

Hersmann glanced at Etter, then met the gaze of the great teacher, and said word by word: "And after the defeat of Germany, the Bolshevik Russia under your leadership will become a thorn in the side of the international capitalist bloc!" ”

"No, it can't be!" Lenin flatly denied, "If the United States really entered the war and defeated Germany, as you say, then a revolution would break out in Germany, just like Russia!" This will be the beginning of the world revolution! ”

The Guru is speaking of his usual judgment...... As the world war turns into a civil war, the soldiers in the front-line trenches turn their guns and join the working class at home to overthrow their reactionary regimes and bring about a world revolution.

But Hersmann knew very well that the teacher's judgment was wrong - because there was no such stupid person as Kerensky in Germany!

Hersman just shook his head, "Why don't you make a bet!" Comrade Lenin, my judgment is when the United States will declare war on Germany this month or next! Because if it drags on any longer, Germany may become the master of the European continent, and it will be difficult to defeat it. And even if Germany is defeated, it will remain a capitalist country, and the proletarian revolution in Germany will not succeed. ”

Lie looked at Hersmann quietly, he didn't know whether what Hersmann said was Hersmann's own judgment or represented the opinion of the German Great General Staff?

"Comrade Braun," said Lenin in a deep voice, "you want to bet? What to bet on? ”

"Your friendship with the Russian people!" Hersman looked at the Great Mentor and said, word for word, "If my judgment is correct, I hope to be a friend of you and the Russian people!" As he spoke, he smiled and held out his right hand.

"Good! Deal! Lenin nodded heavily, smiled and reached out to shake Hersmann's hand.

Lenin and an old friend of the Soviet people...... Hersman knew the title would be valuable for his future. Because in the German history between the First and Second World Wars that he knew, the Soviet Union and Germany were very close at one point. Using the Soviet Union to restore Germany's vitality was once Germany's long-term national policy.

In a series of important diplomatic conferences and treaties that restored Germany's status as a great power, such as the ****** Conference, the Rapallo Treaty, the Locarno Convention, the Berlin Treaty, the Moscow Economic Treaty, and the Soviet-German Treaty of Friendship and Neutrality of 1926, Germany took advantage of its friendship with the Soviet Union, a red empire, to obtain great benefits, successfully dismantle the anti-German alliance, and lay the foundation for Germany's rejuvenation. Not to mention the fact that Hitler came to power and repeatedly consumed the Soviet threat theory and the benefits obtained by colluding with the Soviet Union to carve up Poland.

It can be said that without all the significant diplomatic and military achievements of Germany after the First World War and before the Soviet-German war, it could not have been without the Soviet Union! And after the outbreak of the Soviet-German war, the Third German Reich began to decline!

And under the general trend of Soviet-German coordination after the war, the future of a German official with Lenin's friendship will naturally not be too bad. For mobile phone users, please visit http://m.piaotian.net