Chapter 13: Secret Meetings (Part II)

Dr. Falk and Flett have never solved the problem of the stability of the helicopter in flight, and Rommel's suggestion as a traverser immediately made the two of them suddenly pause.

After Dr. Faulk, who was beside Rommel, pondered for a moment, he suddenly shouted, grabbed the pencil in Rommel's hand, and drew on the exterior drawings of the Hummingbird helicopter.

"It's great to install the tail propeller, you see, we put a propeller shaft on the engine to the tail of the helicopter, so that the tail propeller is completely synchronized with the main propeller. The idea of the main propeller rotating in the opposite direction, giving the body the power to rotate in the opposite direction so that the helicopter doesn't spin in the air. ”

Flett immediately discussed with Dr. Faulk, and the question of the ratio of tail pulp to main pulp they discussed was certainly nothing more important than Rommel, and by the time they were done, Rommel had already placed a Swiss bank check with $100 million written in front of them.

"Mr. Doctors, this is 100 million US dollars, and I hope that your two companies will merge into one company and develop two helicopters now, one with a load of two tons of armed helicopters, and the other with a load of five tons, with the appearance of a hummingbird helicopter." (There are pictures related to the work)

Both helicopter companies were new and there were no German elites involved, so there was no problem in merging now, but Fokker and Flett insisted on giving Rommel a 30 percent stake.

To be honest, Rommel really didn't want to accept it, because he promised Manstein that he would never embezzle a penny, and in the end Fokker and Frett blackmailed Rommel by refusing to accept Rommel's $100 million investment, and Rommel reluctantly accepted the shares, but Rommel still demanded that the two of them put the company's profits into the Swiss bank's veteran fund.

Rommel, the traverser, almost couldn't withstand the temptation of money, but he didn't want to lose brothers like Manstein and Guderian, money was really not as important as the two brothers Manstein and Guderian in the troubled times of World War II, Rommel could only give up the benefits he had gotten, even if he was distressed, he couldn't reach out.

On the third day, Rommel invited some aircraft manufacturers to a picnic, and the German aircraft manufacturers had too many powerful tasks and too many entanglements of interests, and Rommel, a small major general, was not at all high-level, and he just handed over the $200 million directly to Messerschmidt, who had a good relationship with him.

Of the $200 million, $100 million was to support Germany's development of new fighters and strategic bombers, and the other $100 million was for several aircraft manufacturers to build 100 JU89 long-range bombers and 1,000 fighters, which they would then donate to the Führer.

As for the $100 million in the Navy, Rommel handed it directly to his good friend Dönitz, although the current Dönitz is only the commander of the Navy's submarines, Rommel believes that Dönitz will use the money most reasonably.

In the last few hundred million dollars, Rommel handed over to Krupp, of which 100 million dollars was asked by Rommel to let Krupp develop rockets and anti-aircraft missiles, and the rest of the money was entrusted by Rommel to his old friend Krupp to buy corresponding arms and donate them to the Führer, for example, Krupp came forward to buy 1,000 tanks and donate them to the great Führer.

At this time, Germany's arms companies did not go all out to produce, the highest arms production in Germany in history was in 1944, with an annual production of more than 20,000 aircraft and more than 30,000 tanks.

It's not that Rommel doesn't want to personally deliver the money to each designated person, but the Gestapo has noticed Rommel's unusual behavior, because he gathers with some German arms dealers every day, which can't help but attract the attention of the Gestapo, fortunately, Rommel is with the arms manufacturers, not with some generals who control the army in secret, otherwise Rommel would have been invited to the Gestapo for tea.

Krupp's abilities were unquestionable, as was his loyalty to Hitler, and he had no problem accepting the remaining funds, and Rommel was relieved to hand over the money to him. (Historically, Krupp was a fanatical Nazi, and was sentenced to twenty years in prison after the end of World War II, because of the outbreak of the Cold War, Krupp only spent five years in prison, and when Krupp was released from prison, his Krupp company was almost finished, and Britain and the United States could no longer let Krupp develop.) )

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Three days later, in Hitler's office, the head of the Gestapo, Heydrich, was reporting to Hitler, next to a frightened and trembling Krupp.

Rommel's frequent gatherings with German arms dealers immediately attracted the attention of the Gestapo, who were not only the pillars of Germany's war, but also the pillars of the German economy.

Heydrich, the head of the Gestapo, was a smart man, known as the "Nazi beheader", Heydrich did not arrest anyone, but just invited Krupp to his office for a cup of tea, and Krupp explained all the problems.

Heydrich immediately took the Führer Krupp to return:

"My Führer, according to the information we have, Rommel met with most of the German arms manufacturers this time, and at the same time provided them with $700 million in research and development expenses, including research on new Leopard and King Tiger tanks, research and development of new fighters and strategic bombers, research on 88, 105, 120 large-caliber tank guns, research and development of new assault rifles and rockets, and other new weapons.

Rommel also invested $600 million to get major arms dealers to come forward to buy arms and donate them to the Führer, a total of 2,000 tanks, 1,000 aircraft, 100 JU89 long-range bombers, and other arms.

Krupp was one of the people whom General Rommel said to meet and entrust, ask the Führer to ask. ”

After listening to Heydrich's report, Hitler immediately burst into a rage, and he waved this fist and began to vent his anger loudly:

"Moth-...... Rommel this moth...... In vain I trusted him so much, promoted him to the rank of soldier, made him the commander of my guard, let him go to Poland to inspect with me, he, he only went to Poland once, he looted so much money, Rommel has lost all the honor of a soldier, I will send Rommel this moth to a court-martial...... Krupp, tell me, what's going on? ”

Krupp, the old boy, dared to hide it, and immediately poured beans into a bamboo tube and explained all the problems to the Führer:

"My Führer, here's the thing, Rommel invited me to his house for dinner three days ago, during which Rommel and I talked a lot about rockets and assault rifles, and Rommel thought that we in Germany now needed an assault rifle with a range of 400 meters, and a rocket launcher that could cover the whole profit.

Because I have been dealing with weapons every day, I can naturally have in-depth exchanges with Rommel, and Rommel knows more about these weapons than I do.