The "weakness" of the British was unexpected by Hersmann, but it was reasonable.

Germany is much stronger today than it was when Hitler came to power! In the face of Germany, which was even weaker in history, the MacDonald government in Britain and the Reival government in France at that time also blindly backed down. Now that the same "combination" (both England and France are in the hands of the Virgin) has met a much stronger Germany, what can be done but to retreat?

However, Britain's concession was not without a bottom line, and Germany had no more than 35% of Britain's naval tonnage in history, and it is now estimated that it is about the same percentage. Considering the climate of the North Sea, Germany could not count on the use of "Karl. Marx's "class" such a "cutting corners" Pacific aircraft carrier won.

Historically, the German 33,000-ton "Count Zeppelin" had only 42 carriers, which was more than a dozen less than the 15,900-ton "Sseryu". It can be seen how much the wind and waves in the North Sea and the North Atlantic affect aircraft carriers!

Since there are only 42 carriers on board large aircraft carriers of 33,000 tons, it is often encountered due to weather conditions that prevent them from being able to carry ships (such conditions are also found in the Pacific Ocean, but the probability of encountering them is relatively small). In future battles in the North Sea and the North Atlantic, we will not be able to rely on aircraft carriers to fight the world like the Pacific War in history -- if we move close to the Arctic Circle, we will also encounter polar night and polar day, and the former will make it difficult for carrier-based aircraft to dispatch!

So in the North Sea and the North Atlantic, the role of aircraft carriers is not very large, and battleships are indispensable weapons.

The Anglo-German Naval Agreement, which was to be signed in history with this time and space, would control the total tonnage of German battleships to less than 35% of that of Britain.

According to the Washington Naval Treaty, the maximum tonnage of Britain's capital ships was 525,000 tons (British tons), 35% was 183,750 tons (British tons), and the maximum tonnage of a single battleship could not exceed 35,000 tons (British tons). But Britain was able to keep a Hood with a displacement of up to 41,200 tons......

In other words, if a "defaulting" ship is not built, there is no obvious violation of the Anglo-German Naval Agreement. Of the 180,000 kilotons allocated to Germany, there were 5 to 6 Scharnhorst-class ships.

Even if it's the Scharnhorst level, it's not something that can be had with an open mouth. Germany had no experience in building battleships and battlecruisers after 1918. It was only in 1929 that the construction of a 10,000-ton armored ship A, which was the historical "German" class. However, it has not yet been launched, so it has not been named.

According to the Anglo-German Naval Agreement, the German aircraft carrier was a "Count Zeppelin" in the sky. Although Germany cooperated through Soviet-German cooperation, German-Japanese cooperation and German-Italian cooperation. A lot of experience has been accumulated in the construction and use of aircraft carriers, but the sea conditions in the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean are not the same thing as those in the Mediterranean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. There are still many difficulties to overcome.

Therefore, this "unexpected" concession by the British gave Germany an opportunity to catch up with Britain in terms of naval strength.

Because, the era of "naval holiday" in history will come to an end in 1936. At that time, Germany could justifiably get out of the grip of the Anglo-German Naval Agreement. However, the accumulation of technology and the construction of the Navy's shipbuilding capacity needed to be completed before 1936.

From this point of view, the Anglo-German Naval Agreement, which was several years in advance, is still very valuable.

While pondering how to lay out the development of the navy, Hersman had already returned to the Langham Hotel.

"Ahh My dear," Chloe said, pulling the door open, "a guest has arrived, brought by Professor Einstein. ”

Einstein and two other men then appeared before Hersmann's eyes. Both were bald, but one was bald, and at first glance he was a professor - a man whom Hersman had met in the files of the Intelligence Service, the president of the Zionist organization and the leader of the Zionist movement. Born in Russia, he completed his studies in Germany and Switzerland. Weizmann. He was also a very brilliant chemist.

The other, on the other hand, was a bit odd-looking, a bit like a circus clown, and Hersman had also seen it in the report submitted by Stasi's Foreign Intelligence Service. He's David. Root. Gurion - In his report written by Canaris, he refers to him as Adolf among the Jews. Hitler!

Convert this. Gurion's analogy to Hitler may seem "offended" to later generations, but the two of them should be completely different. But in the eyes of the people of 1931, they still had a lot in common.

Hitler was determined to expand the living space for the Germans. The supremacy of German nationalism was pursued. Root. Gurion was determined to secure living space for the Jews and followed the line of the supremacy of Israeli nationalism.

Hitler wanted to suppress or deport (at this time no pogrom was proposed) the Jews in Germany. And Ben. Gurion hit the nail on the head: there is a real conflict in Palestine, a political conflict between us and the Arabs. We [Jews and Arabs] wanted to be the majority - there were hundreds of thousands of Arabs in Palestine at that time, and only tens of thousands of Jews.

Hitler's Nazi Party was a far-right workers' party. And Ben. The Gurion is also an alternative among the Zionists. He did not rely on Jewish capitalists and financial oligarchs to establish the state of Israel. Rather, it relied on the Jewish workers, on the middle and lower classes of the Jews, to unite them, to move to Palestine for settlement, and finally to defeat the Arabs by force.

Finally, Hitler and Ben. Gurion did not envision a Marxist or liberal state. Their "socialism" or "workers' interests" are embodied in perfect social welfare, not in public ownership and state-owned enterprises.

So, Canaris combined Hitler with Ben. Gurion mixed up, it's not too weird.

"I think you're already impressed by my offer, aren't you?" After exchanging introductions and pleasantries, Hersman got straight to the point.

He knew that a true Zionist would not be able to refuse Hersmann's "good intentions", even if the Jewish financial oligarchy hated Germany's "economic exclusion".

"Lieutenant General, your proposal does have a certain degree of feasibility." Root. "Your proposal may set Britain back from its current position...... The British might consider partitioning the creation of an Arab state and a Jewish state in Palestine. I don't think we're going to need you to provide islands to create a 'provisional state' in the end. ”

Root. Gurion's political sense and foresight were also on a par with Hitler's. He wasn't in London, he was in Prague. As soon as he received the telegram from Weizmann, he immediately seized the opportunity. So I flew to London on the first flight of Lufthansa.

"Yes, I think so too." Hersman laughed and said, "Although the Jewish nation has no state, it is very powerful, and it is worth co-opting." You could have pinned your hopes on the UK, but now that you have a second option, the UK will naturally give you more benefits. But you have to help us solve a problem before we can work together. ”

If Zionism and Germany cooperate - this may sound like a fantasy, but in fact this cooperation has existed in history! Hitler did not initially think of solving the Jewish question in Germany by means of holocaurecy. This is because the German Jews, although they have too many economic interests (mainly in the financial industry), their population is very small, only about 500,000, less than 1% of the total German population.

It is enough to restrict, to expropriate some, to integrate a group, and to drive out some of them - this level of exclusion is not new in Europe, nor is it intense.

In contrast, Pilsudski's Poland was even harsher in its treatment of the Jews! Because of the large number of Polish Jews, more than 4.3 million (historically 3.5 million, but the occupation of Ukrainians on the right bank in Poland also gave hundreds of thousands of Russian Jews), accounting for 8.6% of the population of the Polish Federation.

Moreover, the vast majority of Polish Jews live on the land of the Polish State, accounting for more than 10% of the population of the Polish State. In fact, the Jews were not the big problem for Germany, but the big trouble for Poland! Hitler's historical massacre of 2.5 million Polish Jews helped the Poles solve a huge hidden danger...... Post-war Poland, which was founded without Jews (most of the rest went to Israel)!

But Hersmann was not so kind as to solve the Jewish problem for the Poles—he envisioned that more than 4 million Polish Jews could exist as allies.

"Lieutenant General, what is your problem?" Root. Gurion asked.

"The Restriction of Jews Act," Hersman said, "is not a pleasant bill for Jews, and I do not expect Zionism to make a statement of support." But I hope that most of the German Jews and the Jewish scientific elite in Europe will understand that the German Cruelty Act is not aimed at them. We still welcome Jewish scientists to Germany. So, I hope that Professor Einstein can go to Germany and be the president of a union of Jewish scientists. ”

"I can go to Germany," Einstein said, "as an Israeli!" ”

"Okay," said Hersmann, after a pause, "and I would like to have an open alliance between Germany and Zionism...... The whole world should be made aware that the Jewish Restriction Act was only intended to guarantee the economic security of Germany, which is still very friendly to Jews and Zionism. He looked at Ben. Gurion and Weizman, "Can it be done?" ”

The two bigwigs of the Zionist movement exchanged glances with each other, Weizmann nodded, and Gurion said: "Zionism does not walk on a strong rope, but on a strand of hair!" So it is impossible for us to refuse such a friend as Germany! (To be continued.) )