Chapter Seventy-Seven: War Dividends!
What did the Second German Reich need now? There is so much that is needed!
Faced with the French government's abandonment of the northeastern region, including Paris, the Second German Reich organized a large-scale looting operation, in which they almost completely demolished the industrial facilities in the French-occupied zone.
In addition to industrial machinery, the Second German Reich also carried out a comprehensive "transfer" of banks, museums and other institutions in the French occupation zone, and in the operation that Li Qi was responsible for, 156 tons of gold and more than 3.6 billion marks of paper currency were involved.
Later data showed that the Second German Reich transferred more than 80 billion marks of assets from the French occupation zone. And this is still the result of the French government's efforts to transfer as much as possible before retreating. According to intelligence feedback, the French had been transferring assets long before they knew that the northern region could not be defended, but most of the money they took with them was gold.
It is reported that the French government has transferred more than 750 tons of gold to the British islands alone, and 600 tons of gold to North Africa...... I just don't know if it's true.
The Second German Reich did not feel sorry for France to transfer gold, and Germany was currently under a total blockade, and even those who possessed gold could hardly buy anything from the international community. And they don't need to spend other currencies to buy supplies from Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and Denmark, and they can buy them back with paper marks or gold marks.
The Second German Reich valued more than gold on industrial equipment plundered from the French occupation and the Low Countries, and even on all minerals than gold.
Originally, the Second German Reich had no plan to rob Belgium, but if it had robbed France, there was no shortage of this country, and the result was that it was cleaned up.
In this country's war rights, as the heads of various action teams, they will inevitably enrich their own pockets during the plundering period, and the difference is more and less.
Every time the war was won, Prussia was a big robbery, and it was because of this that Prussia was able to become an industrially developed region, and a group of Junkers of military landlords were produced.
Litchie was probably one of the more daring ones, relying on the "favor" of the generals on the Western Front, and in addition to the part he deserved, he also used his position to hide 500,000 pounds and 15 million francs. Not only paper money, but also nearly 15 tons of gold were hidden. And he's not the biggest moth, there are too many people who are more than him!
The proceeds of Yiying's embezzlement were transported by Li Qi to his fiefdom in Mecklenburg. He'd been there twice and had a good place for some underground cellaring. The proceeds of the embezzlement were transported to the French girl, her mother, and her sister.
At a time when everyone was bringing back the "war dividends" to the country, the trains between France and mainland Germany were working overtime all the time. Because there are so many things transported, no one can seriously inspect every wagon, and if you want to transport something, as long as you pack it tightly, the people at the station will not be so serious about it.
"Major, I finally understand your feelings." Adolph. Hitler's face was full of depression, and his tone was full of incredulity: "The victory of the country is exchanged for a small profit." Victory is nothing to do with the people, who do not receive war dividends except to cheer the victory of the country. ”
Li Qi had returned to the fiefdom, and he was returning to China to report on his work, and his brigade was also returning to the mainland. After his debriefing, he returned to his fiefdom and left the soldiers of his brigade in Berlin, taking only Adolf with him. Hitler and Joseph. Dietrich to the estate in Mecklenburg.
Adolph. Hitler was talking about a series of robberies from France, but he was only talking about the people, because the army was also the profiteer, and because he himself participated in a series of "war winners' rights", not only did he get extra money, but the allowances issued by the army naturally did not go out.
"The people will also benefit." Li Qi thought for a moment and said with a smile: "Because of the plundering of a large amount of machinery and equipment from France, the factory must be expanded, and the employment rate will help." ”
"But we're still fighting a tough war, aren't we?" Adolph. Hitler said excitedly: "We no longer have a navy capable of fighting the Entente, the war has entered a stalemate against us, even if France surrenders, and Britain, with the help of the United States, will never surrender." ”
Richie was surprised to find that China was once again being ignored, not just Adolf. Hitler, it was almost everyone who didn't take China seriously, and he really didn't know whether to feel that it was good to not have hatred, or to feel sad.
"We need the Navy! More Navy! "Adolf. Hitler looked at the sea in the distance and said: "But it takes time to build battleships, the rationing system is already being implemented in the country, do we have 3 years?" ”
Yes, it took time to build warships, and after the plundering from the French side, the Second German Reich finally had the resources to develop its own navy again, and a new major construction program was being brewed. That's a huge fleet construction plan of 32 ships, including 6 dreadnought battleships, 8 heavy cruisers and corresponding light cruisers, and expulsions!
Amazing! One can imagine how much war money the Second German Reich made from France and how many resources it plundered, which directly led to Litch becoming a little suspicious that this time the Second German Reich might win the war.
[If the Third Reich had carried out such plundering as the Second Reich had done when it occupied France, and had used the plundered financial resources and resources to build war machines, perhaps history would have been changed. It's a pity...... The Third Reich plundered France, but more than eighty percent of it went into private pockets. These assets are used for a life of luxury, not for the continued building of the war machine! 】
In fact, more than eighty percent of the plundering of France by the Second Reich went into private pockets, but this time the difference with the Third Reich was that these people in the Second Reich were a group of absolute militarists, who invested the plundered assets into a new round of war machine building. They have shares in various arms factories, and naturally hope to produce more military products, which can not only make a profit again, but also carry out a new round of war invasion.
Adolph. Hitler asked: "Will it be broken up and sold at the end of it for 800 million marks?" ”
Looking at the sea that turned golden in the dusk and sunset, Li Qi did not answer immediately. He pondered what the outcome of the war would be, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that if the Second German Reich had not died, he might have been able to win the war.
The most important thing for the Second German Reich now was to force France to admit defeat if it could establish a "Vichy government" that would obey Germany, as was the case in the Second World War, and then receive the resources ceded to it......
"How many fleets are alive in France?" Richie wasn't asking Adolf. Hitler, he was saying to himself: "It is not impossible to get the existing French battleships, even if they are in command, to survive this difficult period and achieve victory!" ”