CHAPTER 54 THE 54 GERMAN BOILS

Until now, Hermann Aubert's solid-state long-range rocket was only on the drawings, and the only contribution was that Accardo had led the main person in charge of the naval department to visit his actual Yàn, proving that the battleship was not worth mentioning in the face of future guided rocket attacks - of course, this qiē was a lie, the model route of the ship on the water was fixed, and the trajectory of the rocket was also designed, in order to make the generals who did not understand technology abandon the battleship, which was a complete waste of industrial raw materials.

Speaking of the German Navy, we have to mention the newest German destroyer, with the help of Accardo, the German naval dockyard in Kiel launched a completely new destroyer at the beginning of 1924, and the new destroyer of the Navy was named the "Z" class. The new destroyer has enhanced anti-aircraft and anti-submarine capabilities.

In order to emphasize the combat capability of air defense, the main guns of the destroyers of the German Navy all used 88 mm rapid-fire guns as high-level dual-purpose guns, and equipped with a large number of 37 mm anti-aircraft guns as anti-aircraft weapons. On the anti-submarine side, it was heavily equipped with depth charges, and in 1925, the new Z13 destroyer, which was launched, was equipped with a gadget called "sonar", which was a new equipment at the time.

These warships were weak in anti-ship firepower, armed only with a few torpedo tubes, and seemed completely incapable of threatening any combat ship of the British Navy - even the British destroyers had larger guns than these new German destroyers.

However, everyone seems to have overlooked another fateful number: these German destroyers had an extremely high speed of 35 knots, which was enough to evade most enemy ships, and they relied on dense anti-aircraft fire, and these warships were not afraid of enemy aircraft, which made these new destroyers perfect for ideal naval assault ships.

In addition, Accardo's shipbuilding law made all 15 destroyers produced by Germany exactly the same, which meant that Germany could standardize the training process for sailors, so that these naval soldiers could immediately learn how to use the new warships.

These warships also have a secret mission, that is, to escort the German Zeppelin-class aircraft carriers, in the naval expansion plan formulated by Accardo, there are no warships above the large cruiser, and the heavy task of carrying out offensive tasks is completely handed over to the Zeppelin-class aircraft carriers, while all other ships are only for the protection of aircraft carriers.

These new warships include the future ocean-going escort destroyer Z2-class (that is, the ocean-going version of the Z1-class), as well as the light cruiser X1-class - but this kind of warship is still on the drawings, although the Z2-class destroyer and the X1-class cruiser are still on the drawings, but these two types of warships have more than half of the parts in common with the Z1-class destroyers that have been in service, which is absolutely an amazing miracle in the history of world shipbuilding.

What excites the German Navy the most is that Germany has secretly trained more than 600 naval submariners in the Netherlands, and these skilled submarine sailors and their commanders are one of the most valuable assets of the German Navy, and Accardo is ready to use these soldiers as killer weapons in new naval battles.

Of course, in May 1925, Accardo still had a lot of troubles, in this year German rubber was still strictly dependent on imports, whether it was civilian or military, the rubber in the hands of the Germans never seemed to meet the needs, which also severely limited the pace of modernization of the German Wehrmacht.

The price of natural rubber imported from China is not cheap, because Chiang Kai-shek does not have large-scale rubber plantations in his hands, he has to buy from British merchants in Burma or French merchants in Vietnam, and the freight price is much more expensive than direct purchase, of course, the benefits are not impossible, and purchasing from China at least procedurally bypasses the restrictions on direct import of natural rubber.

Determined to solve this problem, Accardo was very clever in two ways: on the one hand, he increased the amount of natural rubber he imported, and on the other hand, he financed the chemical research in his country, especially the Farben synthetic rubber project, in the hope that synthetic rubber could be produced on a large scale.

A few days ago, he held talks with business representatives from Brazil, Malaysia, Myanmar and other regions, and signed a series of cooperation agreements. Germany traded its industrial know-how for the export of natural rubber from these regions, including large machinery and the construction of railways.

The project to support Farben began as early as 1921, and Accardo used the name of the Wehrmacht to help Farben research synthetic rubber technology, although the quality of synthetic rubber was average and expensive, but the Wehrmacht still quietly purchased all the synthetic rubber.

Solving the problem of the origin of the rubber cost Accardo a lot of money, but fortunately he was still a rich man. Even so, Accardo was reluctant to look at the Wehrmacht's account form, which was densely packed with entries such as the Wehrmacht owing Krupp $xx, the Wehrmacht owing MAN $xx dollars for equipment purchases, and the Wehrmacht owing Daimler-Benz $2...... These IOUs almost drove Accardo insane.

Because Accardo's White Lanhua Group controlled a number of companies, most of which used advanced assembly line production technology around 1921, the output and quality were greatly improved. In a matter of years, these companies have expanded more than ten times in size and have become one of the world's largest enterprises -- and of course, the Bailanhua Group has also become one of the world's largest conglomerates.

As a result, the cars produced by Daimler Benz are already one of the most famous cars in the world, sold at home and abroad; Coca-Cola has become a well-known soda brand in the United States and is loved by young Americans; BMW's motorcycles have become synonymous with fashion and excitement, and almost all the sons and daughters of high-ranking officials and nobles have to buy one to show off -- all of which have earned Accardo countless money.

Of course, Accardo will not embezzle the funds of these companies to support the Wehrmacht, he only took out the dividends he deserves to support the development of the Wehrmacht, although it is already all the profits he earns without delaying the development of the company, but it is still all his income.

In private, General Accardo Rudolph absolutely did not get close to the rich, this stingy general never even went to the hotel or the restaurant, he crowded the canteen of the Wehrmacht General Headquarters like all the soldiers in the guard battalion, and the other day he invited the business representatives of Brazil and other countries and regions to dinner or Krupp settled the account. His only suit was made when he was promoted to major.

Of course, he owns a Mercedes-Benz regular car, and the new driver is an army lieutenant named Depp. However, the car was purchased and rationed to him by the Wehrmacht, and it cost him no money and was purchased from his company, and the driver was not a penny, and he selected a member of the Big German Party at random in the guard barracks.

Accardo didn't even have a deposit, even though his apartment had been bought by Krupp and given to him, which had saved him from paying the rent every six months, but he did not have any savings, not a penny. It's hard to imagine that he earns more than $100,000 a month and can spend it all in a matter of seconds.

On May 11, 1925, Miss Fanny's story was finally made to the front page. It caused a huge sensation for a while. Even Fanny herself had no idea that this article could be so popular.

For a time, the streets and alleys were full of pictures of a man: a young general sat on a chair with his legs crossed, leaned up and propped his left arm on the arm of the chair, put his left hand on his lower abdomen, and his right hand was on his knee, with his head bowed and his hat covering his eyes. At the bottom of the photograph is the slogan "Greater German Party!" in bold black letters: "Greater German Party!

Countless workers took to the streets to cheer for the newly born party, which had improved the living standards of the workers, and the stingy capitalists went so far as to give the workers who participated in the demonstrations a holiday and a bonus to many of the workers who took the lead. The streets of Berlin were littered with slogans such as "Long live the Greater German Party!"

In order to prepare for this grand procession, Krupp invited the famous Karl Orff and Wilheim Furtwängler to compose the party anthem of the Greater German Party, and the streets reverberated with a rousing melody and people raised their right hands and hummed inspiring lyrics: "We are the people of Greater Germany, we protect our land with our long sword, stand up our indomitable backbone, and forge victory with blood and sweat...... Go on! The people of Greater Germany! Go forward! Those who go forward!"

Daimler-Benz donated 50 trucks directly to the Propaganda Department of the Greater German Party, sprayed with the slogan of the Greater German Party, and carried the crowd with their right hands raised from the streets of Berlin, which was welcomed by the people. This is Accardo's masterpiece of copying Nazi propaganda methods as it is, that is, a reproduction and development of the famous Nazi propaganda war "Flag and Slogan War".

What really alarmed the followers of the Social Democrats was the fact that some 2,000 fanatical supporters of the Greater German Party gathered in front of the presidential palace and shouted for immediate parliamentary elections, which was undoubtedly the first step of the Greater German Party's march into the Reichstag and its attempt to control the Reichstag.

As we all know, the Greater German Party is composed of two forces, one is the German group representing the Wehrmacht and the old army, and the other is the political group representing the capitalists and workers, which includes almost all occupations and classes in Germany.

But it was exactly what Accardo wanted, and the whole of Germany was boiling over the Big Deutsche Party.