For a group of doers who are determined to revive the enterprise, heroic language is only empty encouragement, and the so-called national sovereignty and national dignity are not the first priority for them, and Lynn is not an expert in psychology, but he still figured out the internal reason from the bland reaction of everyone present. In order to quickly capture the hearts of these entrepreneurs, and to rely on them in the near future to reforge the advanced industries that the empire is proud of, he showed the "check" that he could write as the chief strategic staff officer of the base camp: "We will do our best to support all German companies under reconstruction, which can be seen as a reward for everyone's contributions over the years. ”

It is true that businessmen value profits, and 9 representatives from different enterprises suddenly raised their spirits. Feng, whose family is engaged in bearing manufacturing, was the first to ask: "Is this support equal or differentiated?" ”

"Frankly speaking, the strategy of the base camp is still based on the military industry, and the large enterprises that occupy a key position in the field of military industry naturally have to make great efforts to support, of course, this is not to encourage everyone to swarm to switch to the military industry, each enterprise has potential military value, automobiles, engines, metal smelting, chemicals, etc., these will do our best to support. Support can take the form of sending technicians, providing pounds or dollars, or purchasing machinery and equipment on behalf of you. Lynn replied that in order to show that the base camp was not a bunch of small earthworms hiding in the corner, he also used the example of buying a large amount of food last winter to relieve the difficulties of the German people.

"Then we'll be relieved!" Francisco Otto said, "What we lack most at this stage is money, equipment and technicians, and the most abundant is workers, time and confidence." ”

This row is quite neat, and Lynn said with a smile: "Under the stimulation of the war, the military industry of the United States and Britain, which had shrunk sharply, has gained vitality again, and the industries of France and Poland are also taking this opportunity to accelerate the pace of recovery. ”

At this time, the relatively older Katen Anret asked: "Recently, the Socialist Unity Party of Germany has been very vocal in forming a German government with various parties, and a few days ago someone came to me to talk about political donations, saying that after the new government is formed, it will provide us with all kinds of support measures. ”

Lynn shook his head, the top brass of the Third Reich had high hopes for the revival of the country, but in order to keep the "refuge" base and the Führer's remaining secrets, they mainly took external detours for more than a year, and their domestic connections, understanding and control of the domestic situation were in a very weak state. Although forced by the situation, it also reflected the lack of confidence and political manoeuvre of those in power in the Reich - the rise of Hitler's regime in the past relied on the propaganda of a massive movement to strengthen its power, and the roving lectures of the central figures, the public opinion guides formed by the major newspapers, and the stormtrooper movement were the sharpest tools, none of which could now be carried out in Allied-occupied Germany, and the revival of the underground form of resistance was disdained and adept at by the arrogant rulers who led the underground form of resistance.

"Our revival is a real revival, not a coalition of dispassionate parties to gain nominal power. Ladies and gentlemen, the new government formed under the supervision of the Allies is a puppet at the mercy of the United States and Britain, and they cannot represent the real will of the German people, nor can they give you real facilities for development. ”

"General Gargo is right!"

Otto, who had occupied the host's position, replied, and then he looked at Lynn expectantly and asked: "You have also seen that the Munich factory of our Bavarian Maschinenbau was destroyed in the bombing of the Allies, and only a little equipment went underground, and now it is barely operating vehicle repair and component assembly, and the situation is similar in other cities. Our current plan is to rebuild the first automobile production line in Landshut The old factory has been bulldozed and cleared out of the ruins, and the plant is also under construction. ”

This is obviously asking Lynn to fulfill the promise he just made, and the rest of the business owners are also looking at Lynn, just waiting for him to tell the way to the sheath, presumably they will put forward their own demands one after another. After careful consideration, Lynn replied: "The state helps enterprises in the form of investment has both advantages and disadvantages, and the current conditions are not ideal, I personally have an idea that I have been thinking about for a long time, and I would like to hear your opinions today: to form a close-knit and mutually helpful industrial alliance, the state will invest a large amount of money, and the industrial alliance will be responsible for the operation and planning, and help the alliance enterprises rebuild factories and streamlined production lines with the highest financial efficiency." …,

In the discourse, Lynn deliberately accentuated the tone of "large funds". In the course of industrialization, it is not uncommon for a number of enterprises to form an alliance based on common interests, and the automobile alliance AG based in Saxony is an automobile alliance composed of four automobile companies, which has leapt from a scattered large and medium-sized enterprise to the second place in the German automobile industry, and has a strong competitive strength in Germany before the war and even in Central and Western Europe.

Most of the entrepreneurs present are young people, but their experience in the industry is not as shallow as their life experience, Feng, Ike immediately asked: "In the past, there were indeed many cases of forming alliances in a specific industry, but it is very rare to put various industrial enterprises together like this, generals, enterprises are not like the army, and there are great differences in technology and concepts in different fields." ”

Lynn replied unhurriedly: "It is true that my original intention in making this proposal is indeed to imitate the military system, where infantry, artillery, tank corps, and even the air force and navy are combined to form a country's army and accept the command of the supreme commander. If you look at the industrial alliance as a car, different industries are different parts of the car, and the large amount of money invested by the state should play the role of lubricating engine oil. A very simple example, Mr. Otto's factory, along with several other large-scale automobile manufacturers, was desperate to rebuild, lacking everything, and the industrial alliance allocated funds to help them buy affordable assembly lines, and the demand for metal was already clearly visible before production began, and as part of the alliance, they bid for raw materials from Anlei and other metallurgical enterprises, and the industrial alliance also used funds to help these metallurgical enterprises to operate, once the automobile companies were put into production and sold. Part of the proceeds is used to compensate for raw materials and part to be returned to the industrial unions, as is the case with metal companies, which continue to use financial support to help other enterprises...... A process that seems long but is in a virtuous circle. ”

"Listening to you say that, it feels like the Industrial Confederation is playing a bank-like role!" Ann Rett said.

"Yes, it is very similar to a bank, but it is fundamentally different from a bank!" Lynn replied quickly, "Ask me...... How much money do you have now that you can mortgage with the bank? ”

Without exception, they chose to remain silent, and their workers, equipment, and savings were dragged away by the Soviets after the war, even if they were not destroyed by the Allied bombing, which is the cruel reality. Of course, a family with a long history cannot live without a material heritage, castles, manors and precious collections, but in the prosperous era to buy antiques, wartime to buy gold, the war conflict between the East and the West has made the situation in Europe turbulent, even if these families are willing to risk the last of their old capital as collateral, the German banks controlled by the Allies will not be able to give them sufficient loans, not to mention that loans also mean heavy interest, which is very risky for entrepreneurs who have just embarked on the road of rebuilding factories.

Long-term planning is important, but entrepreneurs don't walk with their heads on their backs, and one entrepreneur who has not spoken before said frankly: "It will take at least a few months to establish a national industrial union." Then there is the organization, the setting of the charter and the flow of funds, and as you just mentioned, general, every minute is precious, and our factories are all under the planning to rebuild, if the funds and equipment are sufficient, I believe that every factory here can be operated in the shortest possible time. ”

Lynn nodded: "That's right, precisely because the national industrial federation still needs to think holistically, we want to try this system in southern Germany first, and then gradually roll it out in a mature model." Now, today, if you agree, we can all be pioneers of the Industrial Union, and it will be an epoch-making decision. ”

"We already know each other very well, with a brotherly friendship and trust." Otto said as he looked around at the crowd, "It would be ideal to use our nine companies to pilot the Industrial Alliance, everyone? ”

The respective circumstances made the business owners not hesitate too much, and they all spoke up or nodded in approval. After this, Otto once again looked at Lynn with expectant eyes: "I wonder how much running funds the general can get for us?" ”…,

The Governor of Tromsø nominally controls the current 49 German-controlled enterprises and more than 10,000 workers in Tromsø, with total assets of hundreds of millions of pounds, and benefiting from the early mergers and acquisitions in Switzerland, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Sweden, Lynn also directly owns shares in another 7 companies and has the right to use tens of millions of secret funds stored in Swiss banks.

"£6 million...... At least. ”

As soon as these words came out, people's eyes when they looked at Lynn suddenly changed from awe to worship.

In Lynn's eyes, ambitious German entrepreneurs are like hard-working bees, who are not interested in fake flowers, but can use them to guide them in the right direction. Lynn stood up and said: "All of you here are shrewd and ambitious people, and the reason why we have set aside a considerable part of our limited funds to cultivate industry is not for personal gain, but in the hope that German industry will be revived at an early date. Only a strong industry can support a strong state, and our freedom, our dignity, and our ideals must be built on a solid industrial foundation. Ladies and gentlemen, let us make a sacred oath here: All for Germany! ”

There were no few nationalists in the nine people present, but more of them were pure industrialists, and the reason why Lynn was so comfortable and bold to say this was that if they were willing to sell their dignity and soul to serve the allies, the idea of rebuilding the factory would not be so difficult, and Selot had previously conducted in-depth investigation and understanding.

Inspired by the motto "All for Germany", the entrepreneurs quickly agreed on the framework and terms of the agreement for the Micro Industry Union and elected Francisco and Otto as Secretary-General and Convener.

For Lynn, the formation of the "Industrial Alliance" was another positive move on the road to the revival of the Empire, and he was far from alone in the process of making a fuss.

In Nuremberg, Germany, a cloud curtain obscures the sky as a convoy of dozens of cars, military jeeps and trucks unobtrusively drives low-key on city roads. The cars were preceded by two flags, the American Stars and Stripes and the French tricolor. There are many similarities between the crew's uniforms in the sedan and the jeep, the difference is in the military cap - the American soldier wears an olive-green large-brimmed hat, the French soldier wears a blue barrel military cap, and the long truck is occupied by a French soldier wearing a boat-shaped beanie and a blue, white and red armband on his left arm, they have different skin tones, both pure white, but also typical Arab skin tone and broad face, they have MAS36 rifles and American M1 steel helmets with mesh covers, Through the grille, the French coat of arms on the front and the tricolor logo on the right are faintly visible.

In a black Ford car, Quinnal, who wore the rank of major in the French Army, Masson stared out the window with an indifferent expression, as the Allied bombing almost flattened the quaint city of Nuremberg, and the ragged old men, women and children skirted the gravel trenches, their heads bowed, their faces dazed, their movements tired, numbly moving, searching for what they had not yet found. The few unfallen walls along the way were plastered with signs warning American soldiers not to show friendship to German nationals.

Ma Song's eyes flashed with something elusive to outsiders.

"Hey, why do you weld a vertical angle iron to the front bumper of every jeep? It looks like a rhinoceros, not aesthetically pleasing at all. The French major, who was sitting next to Masson, asked curiously the American second lieutenant officer in the co-pilot's seat.

"The horn iron is used to cut wire, and at night the Germans in the city will secretly string the wire across the road, and there are often soldiers patrolling in cars who are injured or even lose their heads by these wires, and we can't use extreme violence to extract confessions from nearby residents like the Nazis, so we have not found the perpetrators once." The lieutenant replied helplessly and resentfully.

"These damn German pigs!" The French major almost rolled down the window and spat at the seemingly non-toxic and harmless German residents.

The expression on Masson's face was still indifferent, he wore the 1939-1940 Military Cross issued by the French military on his chest, which meant that he served in the native army and fought against the Germans in the early days of World War II, and importantly, he did not squat in a German prisoner of war camp after the surrender of France, and those poor and unfortunate fellows were repeatedly interrogated and censored after they were released, and it would have been at least a few years before they were replaced. …,

Starting with the "wire trap", the American second lieutenant opened up the conversation box to the English-speaking French officer in the back seat. He explained that Nuremberg's greatest role today was to hold high-ranking German prisoners of war, the worst criminals known to mankind. Their former rank and status were meaningless here, and there was no mutual salute or other military etiquette for the Allied officers and soldiers responsible for their detention. When a guard walked into the cell, the prisoners had to stand up, even Herman, who was under one man and above ten thousand, and Goering was no exception.

Knowing that the French army would not only participate in the garrison of Nuremberg, but also that some of the officers and soldiers would also be on rotation at the prison, the second lieutenant revealed that the prison was one of the most heavily guarded sentries he knew of, with 24-hour shifts and four-hour rest. Each guard is in charge of four single cells, and the guard must directly monitor his four prisoners through a square hole in the cell door, and the main duty of the guard is to ensure that the prisoners are alive. Prisoners are not allowed to talk to each other or to the guards, nor are the guards allowed to talk to each other. Breakfast begins at 7 a.m., and the detainees need to clean and tidy up their solitary cells. Lunch starts at 12 o'clock and dinner starts at 6 o'clock. At 9 p.m., the lights go out, and at the same time, the prisoners are asked to hand in their glasses, pens, watches, and everything that can be cut or pierced. Whenever there are no prisoners in the cell, at all times, an inspection is conducted, which includes looking down at the toilet bowl carefully. Guards were not required to carry weapons in the cell, but a skin-covered stick filled with cotton and lead pellets hung from the door of each cell. The guards could only use the sticks in their hands while following the prisoners outside the cells. If the guards were not allowed to use it, they could only hit the elbows and shoulders.

As the U.S. lieutenant spoke, Masson kept looking out the window, as if he didn't know English at all. Passing through a ruined city, the convoy arrived in the western part of Nuremberg, where the war was less devastated and many of the houses that had survived the bombardment, most of which were now Allied barracks, rested and painted by German prisoners of war, and were naturally much better off than in the city. Some buildings also have tall observation posts on tops, and the "black sticks" sticking out of the sandbags are presumably powerful Browning machine guns.

As the car turned a slightly rugged mountain road, the view outside the window suddenly changed, and a large fortress-like building came into view. It has a dark gray hue, like a cursed ancient fortress, the exterior walls are full of bullet marks, and large craters can be found in the surrounding fields, but the rugged structure still looks extremely strong, and even the use of large-caliber mortars may not be able to destroy it.