Chapter 99 99 Preparation
In May 1932, when the German presidential election began, just when everyone was sure that Accardo would definitely challenge President Hindenburg, Accardo held a press conference and announced that he had abandoned the presidential election.
Facing the reporter's camera, he talked eloquently, declaring that President Hindenburg is the best choice for the German people at this stage, and everyone should maintain a tolerant attitude and wait for President Hindenburg to stabilize the economic situation, and give him more time to implement policies to deal with the negative impact of the economic crisis.
In the presidential election that followed, the propaganda machine of the Greater German Party was everywhere to build momentum for Hindenburg, and together with the contacts and prestige accumulated by Hindenburg, Hindenburg finally won the presidential election, defeating the presidential candidate Adolf Hitler who took the stage by a landslide.
Because Accardo's withdrawal made Hitler's long-standing attack empty, exposing Hitler's hidden strength, the Nazi Party finally attracted the attention of the Greater German Party, and under the leadership of Fanny and others, the Greater German Party, which was determined to win the Reichstag, was ready to compete with the Nazi Party in the upcoming Reichstag elections in July 1932.
In the streets of Berlin, the propaganda offensive of the Greater German Party in order to compete for seats in the Reichstag elections has been rising wave after wave. Crowds of cars lined the wide streets with SS soldiers saluting the crowds on both sides of the road and chanting the slogan Long live Accardo Rudolph.
Externally, the Reichstag elections are being arranged, and the Großdeutsches Party is also vying for power, and there is no suspense in the process of electing a new party chairman, and Accardo won by an absolute landslide, but this does not mean that no other position is coveted.
This is also the first time that the Großdeutsche Party has undergone a reshuffle in power since its founding, so all forces want to gain greater power and benefits in this party election.
First of all, the position of vice chairman of the Greater German Party, several candidates fought fiercely, and Krupp, by virtue of restoring relations with Accardo and unswervingly supporting Accardo's policies, won the support of the majority and continued to be re-elected to the post of vice chairman, but the other vice chairman Streesmann was excluded from this position, and his support in the Greater German Party was not high, so he had to withdraw from this important competition.
There are many remaining favourites, such as Angela Merkel, Loïk Carter, Major General Brauchitsch nominated by the military, and I, who has recently become a popular figure in the Greater German Party. g。 Karl Bosch, the head of Farben.
Speaking of which, we have to reintroduce the latter two "newcomers".
Major General Brauchitsch was a major officer in the army who had been promoted by Accardo from the Major, and was the representative of the compromise between the old and new Wehrmacht. He had the conservatism and sense of honor of the old Wehrmacht, and was deeply influenced by Accardo, so he could be said to be the second representative of the Greater German Party in the Wehrmacht.
Of course, no one knows behind the scenes that he actually regards Accardo as an idol, and can imitate Accardo's strange look when dealing with things, as well as a somewhat rustic tone when he speaks. Moreover, the 4th Division under his command was also the only main force of the Wehrmacht deployed in Accardo on the French border.
This general had a very good strategic vision, detailed and thoughtful in his battle plans, and was a typical Prussian general, and the most commendable thing is that he was also very comfortable within the old Wehrmacht group, and Defense Minister Groner always held him in high esteem, and on more than one occasion declared in public that he hoped that he would be able to become Commander-in-Chief of the Wehrmacht or succeed to the post of Minister of Defense after Accardo went further.
And i. g。 Karl Bosch, the leader of Farben, was a newcomer to the Greater German Party, but because he had a lot of money, he was valued by Accardor as soon as he joined, and he personally appointed Bosch as the economic adviser of the Greater German Party. g。 Farben is not actually a company, nor does it have a chemist named Farben, the full name of this company is "German Dyestuff Industry Interest Group".
Accardo has been looking for the localization of gasoline and rubber, so he has been keeping an eye on this called i. g。 Farben's Group. And at this moment i. g。 Farben is struggling to figure out how to make money with synthetic gasoline and synthetic rubber, and Bosch has his sights set on the emerging Greater German Party and the Nazi Party.
i。 g。 Farben eventually abandoned the Nazi Party due to the intervention of the Jewish directors, so Bosch sent his own representatives to contact the Greater German Party, and Accardo personally received the two representatives. Accardo's interest in the synthetic oil and rubber technology that the two delegates were so keen to sell them that the three of them chatted for four hours -- the two delegates returned to Bose's office and commented that Accardo "also had a deep understanding and awareness of technical issues." ”
Then the Greater German Party came forward directly and i. g。 Farben signed a production contract for 100,000 tons of synthetic rubber at a high price. When he got the contract, Bosch said, "This man has more brains than I thought!" and the head of the chemical company joined the Greater German Party without hesitation.
The final election results necessitated a modest reshuffle of the Greater German Party: Accardo appointed Brauchitsch and Krupp as vice-presidents of the Greater German Party. It is clear that this time the vice-chairman was a necessary measure to balance the relations between the military and the government within the Greater German Party.
Accardo's appointment of Bosch as the party's finance minister can be said to have given great trust to Bos, who had recently joined the Greater German Party, a position of considerable power just below Krupp, the vice chairman in charge of economics and politics.
In addition, he appointed Merkel as the head of the party's external relations department, Fanny as the party's propaganda department, and continued to appoint Loyk Carter as the party's personnel minister. Carter's position is very important, and he did a good job, so of course he will stay.
The next appointments were a bit confusing: the transfer of Matthoff to the post of SS police chief, which took away some of the powers of the SS Emperor Reinhardt Heydrich, and the establishment of a new department called the Supervision Department to oversee various problems within the party, and the transfer of Gerin Nike Kasia to the head of the Supervision Department, this appointment was a bit of a strengthening of internal management, and one could not help but link the two orders and speculate whether Heydrich had fallen out of favor in front of Accardo.
And this time in the new distribution of power, poor Streisman only got an idle position as the head of the logistics department.
After stabilizing the party, Accardo began to prepare for the parliamentary elections with the chariot of the Greater German Party.
"According to the analysis, Hitler received more votes in the presidential race than we expected, which indicates that the Nazi Party has recently received support from some forces. Fanny frowned at the information and reported to Accardo, "We don't know which forces they have the support of, so the risk of the congressional election is even greater." ”
"We have confirmed a terrible fact through internal statistics, if you participate in the presidential election, then you and Hindenburg and Hitler will be very close to the votes, and it is impossible to determine who will win and who will lose. After reading the information in his hand, Loyk Carter said worriedly: "But the good news is not without good, we have the support of chemical companies, and the support rate within the Wehrmacht is also steadily increasing." ”
"There should be no problem in winning the parliamentary elections now, the problem is that if we count the Social Democrats, I am afraid that we will not get a majority in the parliament, and some of the plans that have been drawn up will not be able to get the guò. Fanny closed the information in her hand, stared at Accardo with silky eyes, and said, "Once the election results are like this, we will lose the election." ”
Accardo waved his hand, "Don't worry about that! What we need to do now is not to worry about what happens after the election, but to do our best to win the congressional election." Mobilize all the forces in the party! Mobilize every member of the people who can be mobilized! I want to get every vote we can in the election!"
Fanny stood up and walked in front of Accardo, leaving a fragrant breeze, not caring at all about Anna standing behind Accardo, and said, "Come to me when you're done with business!" I'll wait for you in the headquarters cafeteria and have coffee together. ”
"Order me a bottle of Coca-Cola!" Anna replied without waiting for Accardo to speak, "Thank you." ”
Accardo was no longer surprised by the jealousy of the two girls who robbed him, and smiled at Royk Carter next to him, slightly relieved the awkward atmosphere, and then said, "How's that investigation?"
"Almost, there are a few young nobles with the shadow of the royal family looming behind them, but we don't have any senior cadres involved. Loyk Carter thought for a moment and replied solemnly.
"Keep these people and I'll take care of them myself when the time is right. Accardo frowned and ordered: "You have to keep an eye on it lately, I hope my Greater German Party is monolithic!"
"Understood!" Royk Carter stood up and gave a German salute: "Long live Accardo Rudolph." ”
Accardo also stood up, sighed, and said to Anna helplessly, "Let's go, Anna! Let's go to the cafeteria together! By the way, Leuk Carter! You go with you, too! By the way, let's talk about the election campaign. ”