Chapter 576: Virtue Alliance
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"According to reliable intelligence, the General Staff of the Chinese Empire is drawing up a Tianzi-1 operation plan to destroy the Soviet Union!"
Heinrich, the director of the OKW, handed Hitler an important piece of information obtained from the Chinese Empire to Hitler at the height of his sorrow. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.infoββ
Hitler looked at the contents of the intelligence, then at Heinrich, and so on. Finally, Hitler asked, somewhat disbelievingly, "Reliable sources of intelligence?" β
Heinrich nodded and said, "Report to the FΓΌhrer, this information has been repeatedly verified by me and is absolutely reliable. β
Seeing that Hitler was still worried, Heinrich explained: "According to our investigation for many years, the Emperor of the Chinese Empire, Wang Chenhao, began to study the strategic plan for the destruction of the United States as early as the outbreak of World War I. At that time, except for the Chinese Empire and the United States, all the great powers were involved in the war. The great powers in the war, whether they win or lose, will definitely be seriously weakened in the end, and then the post-war international order will definitely be formulated by the Chinese empire and the United States, which did not participate in the war. Naturally, the Chinese Empire did not want to share with the United States the hegemonic position of the maker of the post-war international order, so the destruction of the United States became the only object of the Chinese Empire's actions during the First World War. β
Hitler thought about it and felt that what Heinrich said made a lot of sense, so he nodded and asked, "Then what does this have to do with the Soviet Union?" β
Heinrich smiled and continued: "FΓΌhrer, although Wang Chenhao has delegated power to the cabinet, maybe the Chinese cabinet will get rid of the emperor's influence in the future, but now during Wang Chenhao's reign. That's absolutely impossible. Wang Chenhao's will is the will of the Chinese Empire, and because Wang Chenhao is determined to use force against the United States and establish a unipolar world hegemony of the Chinese Imperial Order, the General Staff of the Chinese Empire will plan to destroy the United States as early as possible. Now. Wang Chenhao was planning to destroy the Soviet Union again, and the General Staff of the Chinese Empire began to formulate the Tianzi No. 1 operation plan to destroy the Soviet Union. β
Hitler nodded and said, "You have some truth in saying this!" β
Heinrich said: "FΓΌhrer! The Chinese Empire will do everything in its power to maintain the unipolar world that they advocate. ββAny country that threatens the world hegemony of the Chinese Empire will be ruthlessly exterminated. Since the future goal of our Third Reich is to sit on the throne of world hegemon. It is clear that the Chinese Empire will not sit idly by. β
"Yes! They're going to do it! Hitler smiled helplessly: "It's just that we don't know when they will attack us!" β
"As things stand, the Chinese Empire is very wary of us, but they seem to be more concerned about the rise of the Soviet Union and the recovery of the United States across the Atlantic," Heinrich said. Because the intelligence we have obtained indicates that the Chinese Empire currently lists the USSR as the number one potential enemy, the United States second, and we are only in the third. β
Hitler was a little upset, because he understood that the Chinese Empire listed it as the number one potential enemy was a testament to its strength. Germany was only listed in third place, which indicates that in the eyes of the Chinese Empire. Germany was not strong now, which clearly disappointed Hitler.
Of course, Hitler will never know why the Chinese Empire ranked Germany in third place, because Wang Chenhao has always looked at Germany with the original course of history, and knew that Germany would be defeated, so he did not take Germany seriously.
Heinrich also smiled bitterly: "Actually, I don't quite understand why the Chinese Empire ranked us in third place. But after my multifaceted intelligence collection and analysis, I feel that the Chinese Empire is really powerful. There's a good reason why they put the empire in third place! β
Hitler's face was not very good-looking, but he still wanted to hear Heinrich's opinion, so he asked: "How to explain it?" β
Heinrich then said: "The Chinese Empire listed the Soviet Union as the first potential enemy for the reasons that the Soviet Union was a socialist country and that there was a fundamental contradiction with the ideology of the Chinese Empire. β The Soviet Union was the largest land neighbor of the Chinese Empire. There are also vast territorial interests and grievances. In addition, the rapid rise of the Soviet Union in the past 20 years is simply a copy of the rise of the Chinese Empire 40 years ago, the rapid industrial development of the Soviet Union, has become the second in Europe and the third in the world for six consecutive years, (in 1940, the total industrial output value of the Chinese Empire was 205 billion dragon coins ranked first in the world, Germany ranked second in the world with 66.7 billion dragon coins, and the Soviet Union ranked third in the world with 52.1 billion dragon coins) If the Soviet Union is allowed to develop, it will directly surpass the Chinese Empire in less than 20 years. β
Hitler nodded and asked, "What about the United States?" They have already collapsed the Chinese Empire, and now they don't even have a decent navy, how can they threaten the Chinese Empire? β
Heinrich smiled mysteriously and said, "FΓΌhrer, do you think Roosevelt was the kind of person who honestly waited to be slaughtered?" β
Hitler's eyes lit up and he asked, "You mean he has a small movement?" β
Heinrich nodded and said, "That's right! Roosevelt was very honest on the surface in recent years, but secretly he had been making military preparations. β
Hitler asked, "So Roosevelt is going to do something to Mexico?" β
Heinrich shook his head and said, "Although Mexico is also included in the list of great powers, it is far from being an opponent of the Americans!" Roosevelt's secret military preparations were obviously aimed at the Chinese Empire, because Mexico was a member of the Greater China Co-Prosperity Sphere, and taking action against Mexico was equivalent to taking action against the Chinese Empire. β
Hitler asked: "What are the Americans prepared for?" β
Heinrich said: "We don't know exactly what the situation is. ββ But I am sure that the U.S. Self-Defense Forces have used the loopholes in the treaty to develop military capabilities, and the U.S. industry has recovered much faster than our estimates, because they also adopted a barter economic model, and Roosevelt deliberately concealed the actual industrial capabilities of the United States in order to paralyze the Chinese empire. According to our extrapolation, the United States now has more industrial capacity than the Soviet Union. β
Hitler nodded and said, "Roosevelt was a long-sighted man who knew that exposing the U.S. economy would lead to death." β
Heinrich said: "Still. We can all see that there is something wrong with this, and the Chinese Empire must have noticed it, which is why they listed the United States as the second potential threat. β
Hitler's eyes twitched, and he quickly figured it out. "In that case, we seem to be able to make good use of it!" β
Heinrich suddenly became excited and said, "That's what I mean!" The oil fields of Mykop and Grozny were vigorously developed by the Soviets. Annual crude oil production has already exceeded 15 million tons, if the empire can seize the region. Then it will solve the dilemma that the empire is currently in an oil woes. At the same time, oil production in the United States has also climbed sharply, and has returned to 50 million tons. The Americans themselves simply could not consume such a huge amount of oil, and the Chinese Empire monopolized the Atlantic oil trade, and the Americans could not sell their oil, and the price was extremely low. If we can form an alliance with the United States, then we will have an inexhaustible supply of oil. β
Hitler laughed instantly, and Heinrich undoubtedly shared his thoughts.
On the other side of the Atlantic, the United States. After the Third Mexican-American War, the United States essentially regained what was taken from Mexico in the previous war. In particular, the re-establishment of US control over the oil zones has ensured the rapid recovery of the US economy and industry.
The United States under Roosevelt's rule practiced a bartering economic development model, which to a large extent enabled the United States to recover its economy and industry in a short period of time, and made the United States' comprehensive national strength increase rapidly. What American financiers are most proud of is that this economic approach has successfully prevented the Chinese Empire's economic aggression of extracting American wealth from gold. ββ
However, this bartering model of economic development is only effective if it is suitable for a severe economic crisis. It's like a soldier on the battlefield who is hit by a bullet and has no medicine. The same goes for having to inject morphine to relieve the pain. After the economic crisis and the Third Mexican-American War, the United States had to choose this economic model to get rid of the economic control of the Chinese Empire in order to survive. But as U.S. industrial capacity was restored and the economy recovered, the huge barter economic model began to hinder the U.S. economy.
Roosevelt, after careful consideration, gradually eased the money market. The dollar system has been rebuilt, and the US national credit has been used as the backing of the dollar step by step, and the mountains of dollars in the market have been recycled to bring the dollar back to normal levels. In the process of the dollar's return to history, the U.S. government had to pay for the economic crisis and the indiscriminate issuance of paper money during the war. But Roosevelt was very ruthless, he repaid the debts of more than 1.4 trillion US dollars (about 53.2 billion dragon dollars) owed by the government to the American people during the war by greatly devaluing the dollar, and the shameless Roosevelt administration exploited the American people by devaluing the dollar, and the actual government only repaid 1.27 billion dragon dollars in debt, and the other more than 50 billion dragon dollars of debts were offset by inflation.
In this way, the Roosevelt administration only needed to repay the foreign debts of the Chinese Empire and other countries totaling 12.2 billion dragon dollars, and Roosevelt could not rely on this debt, because the dragon currency is an international currency directly linked to gold, and it is also the most stable and strong currency.
For the United States, which has restored its economic and industrial capacity, the 12.2 billion dragon dollars in foreign debt owed to countries around the world has been fully paid off in less than five years.
In February 1941, the Roosevelt administration persuaded the Chinese Empire to repay the remaining 7.2 billion dragon dollars stipulated in the New York Contract after the Sino-American War in a lump sum at the cost of an additional 1 billion dragon coins paid to the Chinese Empire, including principal and interest. As a result, the United States no longer owes money to foreign countries, and can use all its financial expenditures with peace of mind.
Although the U.S. economy began to recover, the U.S. economy had only recovered to the level of the early 30s by 1941 because of the old wounds left by the Sino-American war, the economic crisis and the new wounds brought to the United States by the Third Mexican-American War. ββ
The Great Depression made the social contradictions in the United States still fierce, and the Roosevelt administration had to divert the social contradictions through large-scale persecution of Jews, and at the same time, the Roosevelt administration vigorously developed the American industry, absorbed bankrupt and unemployed workers in society, expanded the strength of the US Self-Defense Force, and absorbed idle people so that they would not stay in society and make trouble.
In this way, American society was able to temporarily stabilize. But the sheer size of the military industry and the number of troops put considerable financial pressure on the U.S. government, which led to the fact that the Nazi Party, led by Roosevelt, had to seek external expansion to pass on the crisis.
By 1941, the U.S. military industry accounted for 51 percent of the nation's industry. Seventy-five percent of the U.S. fiscal revenue is invested in the military industry. It is used to produce all kinds of military weapons, equipment and various military materials. In this way, the annual tax payments in the United States are basically invested in the military industry, and after removing the salaries and administrative expenses of government civil servants, there is basically no money to invest in economic development again.
As everyone knows. Only when the national finance is taken from the people and for the people, and the capital chain continues to circulate, can the economy continue to take off. Military investment is a one-sided financial drain, and the funds used for the military cannot be returned to the general cycle. Just like the tires of a moving car are constantly leaking, it will definitely end up in the long run.
The Roosevelt administration, of course, understood this. Therefore, they urgently need to obtain the injection of foreign funds, and the overseas colonies of the United States have been robbed by the Chinese Empire, and it is the desire of every American and most Americans to go to war with the Chinese Empire again to recapture these colonies.
However, the problem facing the Roosevelt administration was that the Chinese Empire was too strong, and it could not compete with others in terms of military strength, and it was even too far behind in terms of national strength. Although the United States was already the world's third largest industrial power in 1941, if we compare its total industrial output value that year, the United States only had an output value of 62.1 billion dragon dollars, compared with the total industrial output value of the Chinese Empire, which was in the first place, with a total industrial output value of 205 billion dragon dollars. That's more than three times worse. Even the United States, Germany, and the Soviet Union combined are not as large as the Chinese Empire.
With such a huge industrial gap, the Roosevelt administration could only be hostile to the Chinese empire behind its back, and did not dare to openly confront it at all.
It was impossible to "seek justice" from the Chinese Empire in a short period of time, and Roosevelt knew very well how many pounds and taels he had. But the dilemma facing Roosevelt was that he had to find a way out for the United States, and he did not dare to argue with the Chinese empire, but he could attack other countries.
When Hitler's envoy Rudolph arrived in Washington, Roosevelt was studying a policy of colonial expansion in the Americas in the newly restored White House.
Rudolph conveyed to Roosevelt Hitler's cordial greetings to him. And bluntly put forward a request for an alliance with the United States.
For the Roosevelt administration and the Self-Defense Forces military, during the Third Mexican-American War, the U.S. military could not have defeated Mexico so neatly without the great help of Germany. It can be said that after the Third Mexican-American War, the United States has developed a favorable relationship with Germany. In addition, the core programs of Roosevelt's National Nationalist Party and Hitler's National Socialist Party were identical. Both are called the Nazi Party, and the personal friendship between Hitler and Roosevelt is even more "very strong", and there is a high degree of consistency in politics, economy, and military between the United States and Germany.
This series of reasons is superimposed, so that the basic conditions for the alliance between the United States and Germany are met.
At the end of World War I, the United States was still an ally of the Anglo-French Entente, but when the Chinese Empire and Mexico jointly invaded the United States, Britain and France were unable to save themselves, greatly disappointing the suffering American people. During the Third Mexican-American War, Britain and France were far less helpful to the United States than Germany was to the United States, which made the United States government and people further dissatisfied with Britain and France and increased their favorability toward Germany. After the outbreak of World War II, the Roosevelt administration was still inclined to the Anglo-French Entente, providing a large amount of oil and various military supplies to the Anglo-French Entente. But to the disappointment of the Roosevelt administration and the American people again, in order to curry favor with the Chinese Empire, Britain and France once again interrupted trade cooperation with the United States, and handed over all purchase orders to the Chinese, especially oil, and the Roosevelt government invested heavily in increasing the scale of oil exploration and smelting in order to make money from Britain and France, but the Anglo-French Entente suddenly canceled the contract to import oil from the United States, making tens of millions of tons of oil unsalable in the United States, the price plummeted, and finally had to be sold to the Chinese Empire at a price lower than two-thirds of the market. Oil giants such as Rockefeller in the United States suffered heavy losses, and the American economy suffered heavy losses.
All this made the Roosevelt administration and the American people deeply disappointed with the Anglo-French Entente. Coupled with the hatred of the Chinese Empire in the deep heart of the United States, Germany, whose relations with the Chinese Empire have deteriorated, are even more likable.
"I've decided to ally with Germany!"
Roosevelt's astonishing remarks surprised the White House dignitaries. But the crowd did not show undue surprise, and after a short moment, everyone regained their composure, because the alliance with Germany had been expected by them, but they did not expect that Germany would be the first to propose it.
"The Germans need our oil, and we need Germany's advanced weapons and equipment technology, everyone takes what they need, and I am in favor of an alliance."
MacArthur, as Roosevelt's most effective general, took the lead in expressing support on behalf of the Self-Defense Forces.
Shulman, however, frowned, raised his concerns, and said, "Don't you consider the attitude of the Chinese Empire?" How will they react? β
Jensen nodded and said: "The alliance between the United States and Germany will indeed stimulate the nerves of the Chinese Empire, but we can't show weakness forever, taking advantage of the fact that this is the first time Germany to put forward the alliance request, we should also test the bottom line of the Chinese Empire, otherwise we will never know the attitude of the Chinese Empire." If the Chinese Empire rebounded strongly, then it was also the German side that was under pressure. If the Chinese Empire acquiesces, then it will be our victory. β
MacArthur agreed: "Well said! How do you know our strength without trying! Besides, Germany and the Allies are now extremely powerful, and with the words of the United States, the Chinese Empire may not dare to turn its face directly, and we have a great opportunity to speak. We should take the initiative to show our swords to the Chinese Empire, otherwise we will be blindly pinched by them as soft persimmons, and we will only lose ourselves. β
Roosevelt nodded and looked at the others, all of whom had no bottom in their hearts, but none of them objected.
So, Roosevelt said: "Since no one is against it, then I have decided to form an alliance with Germany." Jensen, go arrange a time for me to meet Rudolph! β
"Yes! Mr. President! β
Jensen immediately received the order, turned around and went out to arrange matters related to the alliance between the United States and Germany. (To be continued) RQ