Chapter 199: A Difficult Choice
The civil war in Soviet Russia was in full swing, but the Freikorps had begun to systematically withdraw from the front. The www.biquge.info of the Cabinet of Writers, on the advice of the military advisers on the German side to the authorities of the Russian Democratic Federation, was to prepare Kolchak for an extremely difficult period.
Why? Needless to say! A worldwide economic crisis has erupted, and the economic crisis is the same for the extremely closed Soviet Russia, which will hardly cause much collateral damage, but this is not the case for the Russian Democratic Federation.
The Russian Democratic Federation is in line with the world, not in general, but in almost all aspects depends on exchanges with other countries, so the changes in the world situation are extremely critical for the Russian Democratic Federation.
Let's put it this way, the economy of the Russian Democratic Federation depends on the export of basic raw materials and the purchase of a wide range of finished industrial products. With the advent of the world economic crisis, the export of the Russian Democratic Federation will inevitably be affected, the source of funds will be reduced, and it will be difficult to support the purchase of foreign goods without sufficient funds.
The Russian Democratic Federation itself does not have a full-fledged military industry, and more than 80% of its arms depend on other countries, especially for some relatively high-end arms.
When the world economic crisis breaks out, there is absolutely no spare power for countries to help the Russian Democratic Federation, and there may even be delayed events, such as France will demand that the Russian Democratic Federation return its debts as soon as possible. Then, the Russian Democratic Federation used to be able to obtain loans from various countries, but after the outbreak of the economic crisis, old loans will be forced to stop, no new loans will be generated, and the capital chain will face big problems.
"They sent a note on the fly, and they have plans to visit us." Gustav. Stresemann has been approaching Richie at least ten times more recently than usual, with a triumphant smile on his face: "According to our inference, they are here to seek trade, and ...... The arms deal we are most looking forward to! ”
The time has come for Germany to take off! It's really coming! The countries are in great trouble, and they will not have much energy to govern Germany anymore, and even in some respects they need to turn to the German side, including the Russian Democratic Federation.
Of course, Germany does not have spare money to help the Russian Democratic Federation to support its fragile economic system, and it will never have food to feed the hungry people of the Russian Democratic Federation who are about to revolution, but Germany can resume military production and support the Russian Democratic Federation in the form of "paying reparations".
Yes, Britain has already been in contact with Germany one step ahead of the Russian Democratic Federation, Britain mainly sells artillery, tanks, automobiles and other goods, which are sold to the Russian Democratic Federation in the form of cash delivery, and Britain needs Germany to increase the production of light weapons and deliver them to the Russian Democratic Federation in the form of repayment of loans from foreign powers.
"The British, who pretend to be smart, think that this will lead us into a trap." Li Qi had some disdain on his face: "We have increased the wiring of light weapons, we are delivering them in the form of compensation, and they need us to vigorously strengthen the production of light weapons, but we have no return for consuming resources." ”
That's it, don't look at the production of rifles, it seems that it is not difficult for the powers, but the process is actually not simple, and the more rifles produced, the more material consumption will increase. A qualified rifle is not so simple, especially for the requirements for the barrel There is actually a standard, that is, special steel is required. For Germany, every time special steel is used, it will have an effect on other aspects, such as artillery, armored weapons, warships......
"Bullets, lots of bullets, horrific numbers of bullets." Adolph. Hitler had a good impression of Britain, but this time it was really a big deal: "They want to drastically reduce our copper reserves!" ”
Copper shells are still used in countries around the world, and copper is a very easy resource for those powers with colonies, but it is not easy for Germany without colonies. The supply of bullets to the Russian Democratic Federation, for each bullet, is equivalent to one less bullet in Germany's reserves. So, what seems like a simple thing, the trap inside is amazingly big!
"Are they starting to be vigilant?" Gustav. Stresemann was a little worried: "If yes...... We ......"
"No!" Li Qi said firmly: "That is just a means of crisis transfer for them, and there is definitely a shadow of France in it." ”
After many rounds of negotiations, the British "inspectors" in Germany had long since withdrawn, and only the French and Belgian "inspectors" found various reasons not to leave. This time the world economic crisis broke out, and those people in France and Belgium will not be able to leave, and the two countries will not have rich funds to support them, and Germany will not be able to pay a penny for those who restrict their own development.
"New Five-Year Plan...... The first step is to start denying the reparations for defeat. "Adolf. Hitler had no psychological burden at all: "We began to reduce the payment of reparations for defeat year by year, until in 1931 we came to a complete standstill. ”
Gustav. Stresemann blinked, his ethics as a diplomat were well aware that this was an unhealthy behavior, and that Germany could deny other countries, so that other countries would not have any psychological burden when they deny Germany. If it weren't for the government's rush to prepare for war and start a war, such a thing really couldn't be done, because it really hurt Germany's diplomatic image too much, and the problem is that Germany is really preparing for war and preparing for a new war!
"In order to find an excuse, we need to launch a new response at home." Herman. Goering, who is also the Minister of Labour, said crucially: "There will be a huge gap in the employment rate, and the state and propaganda departments will have to deal with it." ”
Yes, there will be a new round of turmoil in Germany, that is, before the new currency is issued, a major economic adjustment, which will involve all sides. In fact, it is normal to have turmoil, after all, the outbreak of a world economic crisis, the more developed countries are, the greater the turmoil, and chaos for a while is absolutely normal. Other countries are in a passive form of turmoil, which is bound to break the bones. The turmoil in Germany is a planned and step-by-step manipulation, although there will certainly be a group of people who will be harmed, but it is a nirvana rebirth!
There must be some turmoil, otherwise how will the government authorities go to the trouble with the foreign powers, and how will they find an excuse not to make reparations for the defeat in the war? It was also a time to test the control of the National Socialist Workers' Party over the country, and it was also the time when the Wehrmacht really chose to take sides.
"On the Russian side...... Very troublesome! "Kurt. Zeitzler almost furrowed his brows: "We have conducted war chess exercises, and although they will pay a very heavy price, it is inevitable that they will cross the Ural Mountains. ”
The Freikorps sent by Litch to participate in the intervention were retreating, which was influenced by the intervention armies of various countries, and the troops of any country in the civil war in Soviet Russia were retreating, and Britain, France, and the United States even did it extremely thoroughly, directly returning home by ship in batches from Vladivostok (Vladivostok), and only the Japanese troops of the Freikorps chose to stay in the territory of the Russian Democratic Federation.
"Stalin appointed Timoshenko and Frunze as commanders of two fronts, which would launch an offensive on the northern and southern fronts." Kurt. Zeitzler is not a secret, the countries that should know know it, but their intelligence is more detailed: "The Northern Front is under the command of Timoshenko, with one hundred and ten divisions; The Southern Front was commanded by Frunze and had 75 divisions under its command. ”
A division of the Soviet Russian Red Army is about 14,000 people, so the Northern Front is more than 1.5 million, and the Southern Front is more than 1 million. Considering that the Soviet Russian Red Army is basically dominated by light infantry divisions, in fact, it looks like there are many people, but how many penetration capabilities there are are are unknown.
"Our intelligence officers are seeking to obtain the armament of the two fronts of the Soviet Union and Russia, and there is relatively rough information." Kurt. Zeitzler's face looked very focused: "There will be no less than three thousand artillery pieces of various calibers on the Northern Front, and no less than a thousand guns on the Southern Front." In addition, information on tanks, planes, and other related information is also being sought, and news should be transmitted soon. ”
Kurt. Zeitzler also listed some data, most of the artillery of the Russian Red Army was an old product of the First World War, and the shells were unusually abundant.
The Russians should hold back their big moves, they were originally planning to launch a strong offensive, and they have been preparing for this for almost three years. Fate seemed to favor Soviet Russia, they didn't know in advance that there would be an economic crisis or something, but they were prepared enough at the right time, and then they were ready to launch an offensive at the right time.
"Yes, the latest information sent back by our intelligence system shows that Soviet Russia has begun to prepare for national mobilization!" Heydrich had a reserved smile on his face, which didn't mean anything too special, he basically had this expression all the time: "The military factories also produce day and night, and every day there are train wagons being transported to the front. ”
Li Qi has always estimated how many troops Soviet Russia can mobilize, and based on various factors, it seems that it is not a problem for Soviet Russia to mobilize six or seven million troops, but it depends on whether Stalin has the courage to do so.
In fact, Stalin definitely did not lack courage in terms of courage, and what the Soviet Russian political ~political~political~ situation needed to consider was whether the mobilized soldiers had enough weapons and equipment. And it seems that ...... Even if there are not enough weapons, it is not a big problem for the Red Army, one person is issued a gun, one person is a bullet, and those who do not have a gun can be picked up on the battlefield, and it is not the first time that they have done this.
"We ...... I am afraid that if the Russian Democratic Federation does not hold on to it in the early stage, it is estimated that it will face a major rout next. "Kurt. Zeitzler is now an honorable member of the Wehrmacht, a minister on the staff side: "Now, for the Russian Democratic Federation, whether it can hold or not will determine the fate of the country." ”
Everyone was silent, they knew very well that the Russian Democratic Federation was really facing a life-and-death crisis this time, especially in the context of the world economic crisis, even if the world powers wanted to pull a hand, the powers were estimated to be powerless to the Russian Democratic Federation.
"We should pull them ......" Adolf. Hitler did not like the Slavs, but his tone was very firm: "We must pull them along!" ”
The question is...... How to pull?
"Japan faces the same difficult choices as we do." Gustav. "They are the ones who should feel better," said Stresemann. ”
That's a sure thing, Japan has been getting huge quantities of cheap raw materials from the Russian Democratic Federation, and if the Russian Democratic Federation is finished, Soviet Russia will be so cheap Japan?
It is precisely because the Russian Democratic Federation is selling resources cheaply that Soviet Russia has a reason to agitate. Soviet Russia called Kolchak not only a reaction~ a rebel, but also a traitor. In some ways, Kolchak was really a traitor, after all, there were too many things that were really being sold, and then there was more than one country's garrison on Russian soil.
No matter from which point of view, the government of the Russian Democratic Federation is really a government that betrays the interests of the nation, and that is also the reason why Soviet Russia instigated a little, and as a result, the Russian Democratic Federation began to look a little chaotic.
Let Kolchak go and refuse foreign garrisons? I have to tell the truth, Kolchak's government can't do it!
"What we need to look at now is whether it's possible, or how much it will cost." Rich knows it's a tough choice, but isn't there always a choice in the future? Choice is fate. "Once the cost exceeds the projections, we can only give up," he said solemnly. ”
"Maybe that's our chance, whether we choose to help or ignore it." Adolph. Hitler's political sense was always astute: "If we choose to help, we can take this opportunity to break free from the shackles of the Great Powers around the neck of Germany in a more moderate way." Choosing to ignore it, Soviet Russia will become a threat to the entire European continent, Poland has already given the answer, Poland cannot serve as a shield for Europe as Britain expects, then only we are left. ”
Yes, yes, it is obvious that Soviet Russia will become a threat to Europe, and even to the whole world. But that will be a long time later, especially at the moment when interests need it, Britain, France, the United States and other countries will not be so particular, that is something that "history" has already given the answer.
Litchie was struggling, he really didn't want the Soviet Union to appear, and if the Soviet Union still appeared after so long of being busy, Germany's future would really be worried.
But...... Will the Russian Democratic Federation be able to hold out? How far are the Great Powers willing to go, and then how much should Germany give, and how much can it get in return?
"We need to communicate well with the Japanese side!" Li Qi directly stopped a large noise: "Look at what the Russian nation is willing to pay!" (To be continued.) )