Chapter 194: The SS
In 1928, the world economic crisis had already shown more obvious signs, but mainstream economists or experts in various public forums still vigorously advocated economic prosperity and refuted any news about the decline of the economy. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Overproduction has long been a problem in some major industrial countries, most notably in the United States. Because of the "dividends" of the First World War, their domestic production capacity has increased explosively through the encouragement of the government, but after the end of the First World War, they lost the huge orders of the European continent, and in fact, the goods produced by various factories have been in a state of unsalable.
Around the same time that Li Qi set up various shell companies to operate, the trade in raw materials suddenly became popular in the United States, and all kinds of unsalable transportation channels were given new work, but it was still a nightmare for the factories to not be able to sell things.
It would be inaccurate to say that the signs of an economic crisis began around 1925, when there was only overcapacity, and some politicians who were not aware of the economy were happy to say that it was a strong part of the United States.
By 1928, no politician would say that the production of excess was a powerful part of the manifestation. Because the goods produced by the factories have been unsalable, and the factories have not been able to pay their workers without funds for their activities, demonstrations and wage demands have erupted in the powerful United States on more than one occasion.
Of course, only the government police will mediate the strikes and wage demands of some small factory owners, and if a conflict breaks out, the police should stand by and watch the excitement, after all, they are all part-time workers, and the wages are becoming more and more unaffordable, and the police will have to spare their lives.
It must be explained that the beacon country of freedom and fraternity, as long as it does not offend the huge capital group, it is easier to speak, but once it offends the capital group, no police will be dispatched, and it is the national guard that directly comes out to teach those people what it means to die.
From 1927 to the end of 1928, there were more than 50 repressions in the Beacon of Freedom and Democracy, some of which were workers' strikes and demonstrations, and in some cases even heavy machine guns were deployed.
During this period, there were more veterans of the First World War because they could not receive the parades organized by the welfare organization, and the result was that the active soldiers faced the veterans, but fortunately, the veterans were organized rationally, or they really didn't know how to collect. But the shame of America was forever nailed to the pillar of shame of the beacon nation of freedom and democracy from the moment the active forces surrounded the veterans.
Many countries are laughing at each other, but usually every country is not very good, for example, the great powers have also broken out veterans seeking reasonable treatment, with the example of the United States in front, the countries seem to deal with it relatively mildly, that is, they have stabbed the already bad finances.
"Couldn't it be more ridiculous?" Herman. Goering gloated too much, and mocked: "In the future, will the American people still be willing to go to war for their country?" ”
Richie knew it wasn't like that.
"They're going to pass the buck and pass the buck away." Adolph. Hitler saw it very thoroughly: "In the new government, what the previous one did has nothing to do with the new government." In addition, they have two political parties that take turns in power, and some of them are excuses. ”
The next term will be Roosevelt, a gentleman who has become a star-studded politician over the years, and with a president who vowed to let all Americans have their own car, Mr. Roosevelt is extremely pragmatic.
"Having mastered public opinion, what needs the people to do, public opinion is ...... controlled" Goebbels smiled reservedly: "The people are always forgetful." ”
The crowd laughed "hehehe", how could politicians not know that the people were forgetful, was that a joke?
"Alright." Li Qi felt that he had talked enough and should get into the topic: "Our 'four-year plan' seems to be a little out of pace, and it is time to lay out the next plan." ”
In a few years, Germany has become a large construction site where roads are being built everywhere in the country, the problem of unemployment has been solved, and the operation of the construction corps has been unusually smooth.
The National Defense Forces are extremely pleased with and cooperate with the actions of the Prime Minister's Office, and they are extremely convinced that the series of measures taken by the Prime Minister's Office are laying the groundwork for a new round of national defense construction. Thus began the honeymoon between the National Socialist Workers' Party and the Wehrmacht.
"For the test of the No. 2 tank and the development of the No. 3 tank, we must not relax the progress." Rich's next conversation was extremely important, and he took a few special glances at the Wehrmacht representatives before he said: "On the Army side, by 1933 there must be an armored division and a motorized infantry division, and that is about our testing of new tactics." Therefore, by 1931, it was necessary to have an independent military factory, and the construction of the Volkswagen should be accelerated. ”
Hearing this, the representatives of the Wehrmacht all showed excited expressions, they had been waiting for this day for a long time.
The Wehrmacht has been studying armored operations for four or five years, but who is a bit forward-looking about officers who does not study armored operations? They didn't have real tanks, so they replaced them with wooden products, shouted complex passwords, and conducted all kinds of simulations. Finally...... It's finally time to usher in a happy life with real guys.
Of course, in fact, the armored division and the motorized division were named by Li Qi, and their names were not like this originally, although they used tanks or something, they were still called cavalry divisions. In fact, it is really still called a cavalry division to the outside world......
For the arrangement of tanks, at the beginning, it was really the No. 2 tank as the main weapon. There will be such an arrangement, firstly, because the development of the No. 3 tank may not be able to keep up, and secondly, the tank is really against infantry in the early stage, so the model equipped with a 20mm cannon and coaxial machine gun is definitely the mainstream. At the start of the war, Tank 2 should have been used as an infantry auxiliary tank, or converted into a self-propelled gun, and Tank 3 would be against Allied tanks.
There will be as many as 12 motorized divisions in the future national defense forces, but it is absolutely unnecessary to think about the real mechanization, saying that it is a motorized division, but the configuration is still indispensable to war horses, mules and horses, etc.
"By 1934, we will have 4 armored divisions and 8 motorized divisions." Richie motioned to Joseph. Dietrich handed down the documents that had been prepared long ago, and waited for a short time before continuing: "I hope that the Wehrmacht will have an accurate answer to how to configure the specific weapons of war." ”
Kurt. Feng. Schleicher immediately took over the topic: "Yes, Your Excellency Chancellor, we will not relax. ”
Kurt. Feng. Schleicher, who is now the director, is definitely a number one in the Wehrmacht. He had frequent contacts with the National Socialist Workers' Party, and he was more keen on getting involved in politics, so he could be regarded as a half-soldier and half-politician.
The current German Minister of Defense is still Hans. Feng. Seckert, the first director is Erich. Feng. Ludendorff, and the various sections below have many directors and ministers. There are not a few people who like to be active in the political arena, and most of them are bored and doing pragmatic things, but it cannot be said that those who like to participate in politics are not pragmatic.
In contrast, the National Socialist Workers' Party was also infiltrating the Wehrmacht. Hitler was desperate to become some of the Army's Governors or Ministers. Goering did not dare to fight with Manfred. Feng. Richthofen wanted to have his own air division for the position of air force boss, and there were many requests for it, but the attitude of the Wehrmacht was rather messy.
Generally speaking, the Juncker group, as a representative, is extremely reluctant to put their hands into the army, believing that the army is their forbidden body, but they are hesitant to confront whether the confrontation will make the Chancellery simply not "play" with them and support a new group, such as the Freikorps.
It is important to know that Germany has always had two armed forces, the Wehrmacht and the Freikorps. In terms of size, the Wehrmacht was smaller than the Freikorps, and because of its inferior position in terms of equipment and combat experience, the Wehrmacht only occupied an "orthodox" brand.
It is really necessary to have a sense of crisis, and it is precisely because of this that the Junkers military group should endure even if it is unhappy, after all, the Free Corps is a sharp sword hanging over their heads, if it really happens that the Free Corps changes its name to become a national organization, can they really stop it?
Li Qi knows the psychology of the Juncker military group, and he must also speed up and carry out the necessary cleanup of some "rat shit", which will be a reasonable deal, including getting rid of some people who he thinks are not suitable for any positions, installing some people who want them, and promoting some people who appreciate them.
The Freikorps, of course, were not going to take the place of the Wehrmacht, and in fact it would not be long before the Freikorps were disbanded, partly integrated into the Wehrmacht system, and partly integrated into the SS.
Yes, it was the SS, which would not have made a fuss from the beginning, 2 armored divisions and 4 motorized divisions, and then the air force, which belonged to the armed forces directly under the National Socialist Workers' Party.
Of course, the SS did not have to pay a penny for the SS, it was all financed by the National Socialist Workers' Party itself, and no one could have found any evidence from anywhere that the state was spent on building a private army, after all, the money itself was paid by Li Qi himself. As for how Li Qi's money should come from, who can manage so much without corruption!
In addition, the formation of the SS by Litchie is still a secret, after all, the Wehrmacht by 1934 was 4 panzer divisions and 8 motorized divisions, if those Junkers knew that the SS would be 2 panzer divisions and 4 motorized divisions from the beginning, even if the state did not pay a penny, the Junkers would definitely jump their feet.
There is really nothing surprising that the Freikorps really have more combat experience than the Wehrmacht, they came down from the battlefields of the First World War, first engaged in the fight against various parties and armed parties, and then intervened in the civil war in Soviet Russia, and even now they are still active in the battlefield of the civil war in Soviet Russia.
By the way, in March 1928, the Soviet Red Army launched an offensive on all fronts, and the Russian Democratic Federation had already prepared, and the two sides opened a positional war that was almost indistinguishable from the First World War.
In just half a year, according to the casualty statistics of various countries in the civil war in Soviet Russia, the Soviet Red Army lost at least 500,000 soldiers, and the Russian Democratic Federation lost about 200,000. The figures on both sides are those killed in battle, not wounded.
It's all age, isn't it? Who doesn't deploy dense machine guns in defensive trench warfare! The attacking side was charging in the real sense of the word, braving a hail of bullets, and it was strange that the Soviet Red Army, as the attacking side, did not suffer heavy casualties.
When the French observations of the Russian civil war were sent home, a large group of people rejoiced, believing that the future war would be won by the defensive side, and they became even more enthusiastic about building the Maginot Line.
"We have secretly transported five No. 2 and ten No. 1 tanks to the Soviet-Russian battlefield and will try to use a fast tank for the first time in their civil war." Kurt. Feng. Schleicher had no expression on his face: "The Freikorps will have two regiments to cooperate, and for the first time, we will have data on the application of tanks on the real battlefield." ”
In fact, not only army tanks, but also other light weapons such as carbines, submachine guns, and tracked armored vehicles also appeared on the battlefield of the Russian Civil War. The equipment of the army will be on the field first, given that the Soviet Red Army has not kept up with the planes of the times at all, the experimental value of fighters is not great, and there will be dive bombers and horizontal bombers for actual combat testing.
"Actually, it's not just us doing this, almost all the mainstream countries are doing similar things." Kurt. Feng. Schleicher is talking about Great Britain, France, the United States, Japan, Italy...... And so on in some countries: "The current battlefield of the civil war in Soviet Russia has become a place for the actual inspection of weapons. ”
The most tragic thing for a nation is constantly played out in the Slavs, that is, the bitter fruit of the division of the country, the drama presented by careerists for their own ambitions. In this "performance", a large number of Slavs died in the civil war, and they were actually lucky to die on the battlefield, both sides had civilians or soldiers who died on the non-battlefield because of "purging ~ anti" and "cleaning up", but it was still civilians who died the most.
"Are we going to pick the most suitable soldiers on the brutal battlefield?" Herman. Goering was asking Adolf. Hitler's SS affair: "I heard that you designed the uniforms?" ”
It's really true, the uniform of the SS is made by Adolf. Hitler himself designed it, and it already has a finished product, which looks extremely beautiful, and it looks even more heroic when worn by a young man...... (To be continued.) )