While Australasia and the United Kingdom are discussing how to control world oil prices, Germany, which is also located in Europe, is not so calm at this time.

Italy, which was in the same form of government as himself, was at this time engaged in a glorious colonial war, which made Hitler, who also wanted to expand his territory, envious.

But the problem is that Hitler, who had just become the chancellor of Germany, had not yet fully grasped power. His first task was to purge Germany of other political parties opposed to his rule, including former government officials.

Purging political parties and governments will certainly give them more power, but they will also allow other parties to unite and fight back through popular opinion.

Hitler first had his subordinates submit bills in the Reichstag, which directly magnified the power of him and his party, and could even enact and amend the laws of the German Reich without impunity, without the need to pass them in the Reichstag.

That alone is comparable to Arthur's authoritarian dictatorship in Australasia.

The problem was that Arthur's rule in Australasia was recognized by the Australasian people, and Arthur did not use his power to suppress other political parties and forces.

But Hitler was different. After forcing the Reichstag to pass the proposal, the next day he had his subordinates enact a law that violently suppressed other political parties, forbade them from giving speeches in Germany, and declared organized demonstrations illegal.

As a result, other political parties will naturally stop doing it. In order to put enough pressure on Hitler to abandon the law against other parties, the parties chose to unite and organize a super-large march.

The scale of the march will spread throughout Berlin and the number of participants is expected to be at least 100,000 or more.

The marching crowd shouted slogans against the dictatorship and demanded that the legitimate power of the political parties be maintained, and passed by the Reichstag with their heads held high.

This move naturally caused discontent among Hitler and his men. It was proposed to suppress the march with armed force, but in the end Hitler refused.

After all, it was the German people who marched, and the scale was so large, that it was difficult to suppress it by force.

Moreover, the use of force to suppress this march will inevitably provoke more fierce resistance from other political parties and the people.

Compared with the struggle for power and profit in a short period of time, of course, the stability of one's own rule is more important.

Anyway, he had already reached a cooperation with Wilhelm II, and it was only a matter of time before the parliament was banned, and there was no need to rush this step.

With this in mind, Hitler did not take the march with an armed suppression, but chose to divide from it.

For some originally neutral parties, Hitler rewarded them with high-ranking officials, attracting some parties to join his party, and disintegrating the originally united opposition parties.

Hitler was still quite decisive in his opposition to the parties that were firmly opposed to him, and chose to use armed forces to suppress them.

It was also mentioned before. Hitler had more private armed forces at his disposal than the German army, and this armed force was also an important factor in the easy elimination of other parties.

Thanks to Hitler's efforts, the march lasted only a few days before it had to be stopped for various reasons.

After the march stopped, Hitler took the next step of his own way, which was to directly declare the other parties illegal.

To tell the truth, as long as you have control over government institutions and the military, you will be invincible in the political struggle.

The current Hitler was like that. It controls not only the government, but also the armed forces, which are much larger than the army.

Under the threat of cold guns, members of other parties were either assassinated or had to submit to Hitler's rule.

On August 3, 1930, Mustache declared all German parties illegal, except for his own, and began his own dictatorship.

On 5 August, he changed the name of his party's private armed forces to the SS, symbolizing the official peak of his power.

In the face of such a high-pressure dictatorship, there are still many people in Germany who are dissatisfied.

For Arthur and Australasia, this is actually a good opportunity as well. During this time, the number of German immigrants increased considerably, and a significant number of them chose to come to Australasia.

Of these immigrants, a large number of them attracted Arthur's attention. Arthur had previously instructed the intelligence services to pay special attention to Germany's more prominent scientists, especially physicists and chemists.

After an investigation by the intelligence services, Arthur was eventually provided with a list of physical chemists who had emigrated from Germany to Australasia.

The list is still long, and there are many names that Arthur is not familiar with. However, among the many unknown names, Arthur soon found someone he was more familiar with.

One of the most famous figures is Leo Szilard, whom Arthur is looking forward to.

This name may be unfamiliar to many, but his contribution to the development of nuclear weapons is no less than that of others who participated in the Manhattan Project.

Leo Szilard, born on February 11, 1898, is actually in his early 32s.

Arthur had an impression of it, and he only learned about it after searching for some famous scientists when he inquired about the Manhattan Project before.

Leo Szilard was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire and emigrated to Germany after the Austro-Hungarian Empire was divided.

As early as 1922, when Scilard was 24 years old, he received a doctorate from the Technical University of Berlin and already made a name for himself in physics.

Australasia also wooed Leo Szilard at that time, but it still ended in failure.

The reason for the failure was that Szilard did not want to be too troublesome, preferring to live in Europe that he was familiar with, especially Germany and Austria.

But when the situation in Germany entered chaos, Silard had to be forced to emigrate.

It is worth mentioning that the relationship between Szilard and Einstein is still relatively good.

As early as when Szilard was a student at the Technical University of Berlin, he met Albert Einstein, and the two became good friends.

And now, when he learned that Sylard wanted to choose a place to immigrate, Einstein recommended Australasia without thinking about it, and invited Sillard to work with him.

Because of this, the famous physicist Szilard came to Australasia with his family and chose to work with Einstein.

To be honest, Szilard's contribution to the development of the atomic bomb was absolutely insignificant. Historically, on the eve of World War II, it was Szilard who tried his best to persuade Albert Einstein to write a letter to President Roosevelt, suggesting that the United States develop an atomic bomb before Germany, and also asked the United States to start the Manhattan Project.

And most of the message Einstein gave to President Roosevelt was also drafted by Szilard.

This letter is also known as the Einstein-Szilard letter, symbolizing the two men's contribution to the Manhattan Project in the United States.

Arthur's anticipation of Szilard was because Cirard was not only a major member of the Manhattan Project, but also pioneered the idea of the nuclear chain reaction, which led to the construction of the first nuclear reactor in U.S. history.

With Sirard, Australasia will undoubtedly be able to speed up the construction of nuclear reactors and, in turn, the construction of the atomic bomb.

Because of this, Arthur still attaches more importance to Szilard. When he learned that Szilard and his party were about to arrive in Australasia, Arthur specially asked the very busy Albert Einstein to take half a day to greet his friends, and organized a welcome party for Szilard at Fort St. Arthur.

The welcome banquet was attended not by dignitaries, but by the more important scientists of the Royal Academy of Sciences.

Arthur wasn't going to be there in person. If they participated, these scientists would be more restrained, which would make the banquet cold.

The next day, Arthur met with Sylard in person and directly promised to involve him in the study of the nuclear reactor.

Arthur wasn't worried about Silard's loyalty. Because all the science involved in nuclear weapons research, he and all his family, are to be monitored and controlled.

As long as they participate in the research of nuclear weapons, they are not allowed to emigrate abroad until nuclear weapons are fully developed.

Even the location of the research project must be reported, which is very likely to eliminate the possibility of other countries sending spies.

To be honest, the area where the nuclear weapons research and development project team is located is the most heavily guarded area in Australasia outside of the royal palace.

If this can be infiltrated by foreign spies, then Arthur should also consider the loyalty and competence of the intelligence organization.

Moreover, for the sake of secrecy in the development of nuclear weapons, all three intelligence bureaus have sent their own main forces, and there will be no contact between the three intelligence bureaus.

This is also a great rejection of the negligence of intelligence work. If there is a problem with the intelligence work, one of the three intelligence bureaus will always find it and report it.

As for Szilard's salary package, it is certainly impossible to raise it to the same level as Einstein at the beginning.

Fortunately, Szilard understands this. In addition, he was able to work with his friend Albert Einstein, and he did not have much requirements for salary, so that his family could live an ordinary life.

To show his value for talent, Szilard's family was placed in Melbourne and gifted them a single-family house and a car.

Of course, this also made it easier for the Intelligence Bureau to monitor Szilard's family. Until nuclear weapons are developed, or until Arthur trusts Szilard enough, some surveillance and preparedness will be necessary.

After all, it is necessary to be guarded against people, not to mention the scientists who have just immigrated to Australasia from abroad and participated in the most important research and development projects of the country.

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