There will be no progress in the negotiations with Smith, this is something that all German diplomats know, and even if Accardo himself intervenes, it cannot be expected that the dozens of destroyers in the German Navy can make the British honestly apologize for paying reparations. However, the British knew that they were at a loss, and sold 100,000 barrels of crude oil to Germany at a 5% discount as a condition for Germany's commitment to eastward expansion.

After the meeting, Accardo hurried back to his Führer's residence from the Foreign Office building, where he wanted to meet with two important aides, Farben President Bosch, on whom Germany depended on for the future of the economy, and Krupp, the de facto owner of the Krupp factory.

As soon as he arrived at his mansion, Accardo threw his coat and gloves to Gehr, who was approaching him, and then asked Sindra, the Führer's secretary who was following him, "How long has Mr. Bosch been waiting?"

"The Führer, Mr. Bosch, has just arrived. Sindra replied immediately.

Accardo nodded, it seemed that both sides were the kind of people who were pressed for time, and obviously did not want to waste their time for the sake of empty etiquette. So under the leadership of Sindra, he walked straight to the conference room that had been arranged a long time ago.

"Long live the Führer!" As soon as Accardo entered, Bosch stood up and saluted Accardo's standard German salute.

"How's the factory going?" Accardo waved his hand, signaling for Bosch to take back the courtesy. Seeing that Bosch withdrew his saluting arm, Accardo immediately asked.

Fargoon has already started mass production of artificial rubber in various places, and although the quality is slightly inferior to that of natural rubber raw materials, it is no longer a problem to use it as a part. Bose said proudly, and he couldn't help but be proud, which are the results of his personal leadership team.

"Where's the production, is it enough to feed the troops?" asked Accardo with a frown.

"I'm afraid not, my Führer. Bosch cautiously said: "Now the entire industrial chain has been improved to solve the problem of rubber shortage, but the demand for rubber is still a very large number." ”

"I know that in order to produce more equipment with less rubber, the tire width standard for civilian cars has been cut twice in a row, and some people are even working on urban car tires with smaller diameters. Accardo said helplessly: "I even heard that although there is no explicit regulation, the outer contour and width of the tires of military cars have been secretly reduced by 1 centimeter, right?"

"Yes, the headquarters has no way, according to your instructions, the number of vehicles and equipment in our army should be at least doubled. to equip more newly created infantry divisions. But we really don't have much to do to increase production. ”

"There's no more?" asked Accardo.

Bosch nodded helplessly: "There are still many rubber parts of the tire that are consumables, my Führer." Unless the number of rubber products in front-line service is increased by reducing the inventory of spare parts. However, when there is a situation that needs to be replenished, it will be stretched. ”

"Get a tenth of the spare rubber product!" Accardo said categorically, "You have to let the soldiers use it before it can be consumed later, right?"

"In those two months, the production of cars and tanks can be even higher. Bosch nodded: "The situation on my side can be better, because the British Navy only blocked the import of oil from the Middle East, and did not block rubber raw materials on a large scale." ”

"I thought that by driving out the Coalition Arms Control Committee, we would be able to expand our armaments with free hands, but it seems that I didn't think it through in advance. Accardo suddenly felt that it was not a bad thing to have a conservative diplomat with whom he disagreed, Streisman in the Foreign Office, but it was too late to say anything.

Sending Bose away, Accardo saw Krupp in Berlin. The two of them walked into the conference room together, and Accardo remembered for a moment the days when he talked and laughed with Krupp, and there was a sense of loss that the years had passed and never looked back.

"Recently, the steps have taken a bit big, leading to the local chaos of the whole country. There is no large-scale impact on military production, it is all up to you to run up and down. I thank you on behalf of the German people. Accardo poured Krupp a glass of wine, handed it over, and said as he poured himself a glass.

"My Führer, I have to say, you have been in a bit of a hurry lately. Krupp sighed and persuaded: "Declare war on the Junker nobles in one breath, and then wipe out some of the extremely large monopoly plutocracy." This is a dangerous move that the German Emperor would not dare to attempt lightly, so why don't you consult me beforehand?"

"This plan is also a last resort. Accardo smiled helplessly: "They assassinated the Jews in an attempt to split the Greater German Party. The SS was helpless against such a thing, so they had to resort to dangerous tactics and make this decision. ”

He took a sip of wine and said: "Fortunately, I have maintained the situation that I can control, and the monopoly chaebol is not monolithic, for example, you are on my side." Because you have the vision to see the future of the industrial world, and not to follow those idiots to rest on their laurels. ”

If it had not been for you to decisively distribute the benefits to the petty bourgeoisie, and to keep a large number of monopoly plutocrats that support you, Germany would have been in chaos by now! Not to mention that there is still a group of royalists and Junker aristocrats fanning the flames inside, and on the other hand, the Nazi Party has come out to take advantage of the situation -- the only reason for maintaining the chaos now is that the Wehrmacht has not yet made a clear statement.

"Now we don't have much to do. This cleaning process has already begun, and it will not stop lightly. Krupp sighed helplessly: "But the results are also obvious, the prices of most commodities have begun to fall, the cost of industry has continued to fall, because capital has been dispersed and disrupted, and the market is more dynamic than before." ”

"That's what we want to see, Krupp!" said Accardo, very happy: "The Greater German Party is for businessmen like you who have contributed to the strength of Germany!"

"But in terms of oil, we have been in a very bad shape lately, so these enemies have also begun to take the opportunity to fight back. The place that had been peaceful was now showing signs of riots again. Krupp exclaimed: "If production is delayed, then all our efforts will be in vain." ”

"The SS weren't vegetarians either! I dare to throw 14,000 German parasites into prison and let them produce the tactical vests we desperately need. I don't care about catching 20,000 more men!" Accardo said fiercely: "I think it's their bones that are hard, or my SS bayonets are hard!"

"However, the oil has been reduced by half all at once, and we are really a little uncertain! Krupp said anxiously - it was about the income of his entire group, and it was no wonder that he was so anxious.

"How's the oil exploitation in Austria?" Accardo thought for a while and asked, "You also have a lot of shares in this Austrian oil field, so you usually pay more attention to it!"

Krupp immediately came to his senses, and as if he could see piles of banknotes waving to him, he stood up and replied: "My Führer, about $200,000 is already in place, and oil exploitation in Austria has entered the stage of actual operation, but it will not be until at least 1935 when a large amount of oil is extracted." Counting the total amount of oil we have in reserve, we have to wait until our own oil production is enough to meet production, and we will have a full nine months of oil missing. ”

"The key is still to look at Romania!" Accardo nodded and said: "It seems that our evil success and failure will depend on Merkel's harvest in Romania." ”

"That's right. When he said this, he remembered another incident that brought Krupp back this time: "Krupp, how is the improvement of tank No. 4 going?"

"My Führer, the improvement is very smooth, most of the newly produced tanks have already been installed with a 75 mm caliber cannon with an extended barrel. We have tested it enough to penetrate the front armor plate of any tank in service. As soon as he talked about his own products, Krupp began to gush: "In addition, we have improved the observation and sighting system, and set up a separate periscope surround view device for the gun commander." Improved turret rotation - this qiē is all improved on the basis of simplification, and we did not make the No. 4 tank more complicated. ”

"What about the initial tanks, is it difficult to retrofit?" asked Accardo again.

"My Führer, to be honest, now what we lack is the quantity of weapons, not the quality. We had to have a lot of tanks on both the eastern and western fronts to hold our lines. Krupp began to boast of the military knowledge he had heard from the army generals.

"That makes sense!" Accardo also felt that now was not the time to be busy improving tanks, he wanted more tanks, and with more tanks he could fight a more wonderful blitzkrieg on the battlefield that he had planned long ago: "Then don't modify the No. 4 tank that has already been produced, and send it directly to the troops! The old tanks will be given to the SS, and the new weapons will be given to the Wehrmacht! What about the guns?"

"My Führer. Krupp's expression became more relaxed when he lifted the gun, and he replied with a smile: "The G43 was handed over to Krupp and several subsidiaries of gun companies for production, and the production speed is still very fast." We have supplied about 110,000 of these rifles to the Wehrmacht, mainly for the paratroopers of the 1st Division and for the squad leaders assigned to each infantry squad. ”

Accardo nodded and ended the meeting: "You go to Hanover for me, there has been some oil exploitation there, although the production and reserves are very small, but it is also an entry. You go see what needs to be improved and come back and give me a report. ”

"Then I'll quit. Long live the Führer!" Krupp retreated to the door and stood in salute.