Four Hundred and Twenty-Four War Economy

Standing in front of the recruits he was in charge of, Bolor felt a sudden urge to miss those acquaintances he could no longer find, the burly Baloo who always liked to yell at his side. △￠

"My name is Borol and I'm your company commander. I jumped from a plane to enemy positions for the first time in Poland, then Holland, then traveled to Denmark, and the other day I went to England. So I only compare you guys I have 3 more battle experiences, and there is nothing worth showing off." He spoke softly to the expectant recruits.

To everyone's surprise, the next thing he said surprised everyone: "The weather today is not bad, it's quite cool... Everyone, let's stand for 3 hours."

After he finished speaking, he yelled loudly: "Balu! If anyone moves around, kick their ass."

Immediately afterwards, he stood there in a daze, without speaking for a long while, and after being quiet for a while, he finally corrected his mistake softly: "Donal, it's up to you!"

"I obey! Sir!" A young soldier who was not as tall as the original Balu, but rather thin, stood at attention and replied.

From this moment on, Bollor's image among recruits became forgetful, ruthless, impersonal, rigid, dull, and unresponsive.

There were 11,000 paratroopers amended and supplemented in the Netherlands, about 3,000 were withdrawn from the front line, and 8,000 were the second batch of airdrop personnel who did not participate. The German airborne troops, who were going to invest 15,000 airborne paratroopers and 10,000 airborne soldiers in one breath, were not thrown in the UK as senior infantry because of the reluctance of the head of state.

So in fact, the German paratroopers airborne in the UK were smaller than those in the Netherlands and Belgium, but the loss was much greater. Only more than 3,000 of the first batch of 7,000 paratroopers survived. More than 400 people were injured. They also experienced a truly brutal battle for the first time and became even more valuable talents.

More than half of the German soldiers sent to the UK were supplementary soldiers who had not experienced combat. Under the leadership of a small number of veterans, they participated in the fierce battle for the British mainland. For this reason, German casualties were also high. , and only a little lower than their British counterparts.

On the morning of the 18th, the German flag was finally planted on the roof of the Norwich Municipal Building, and around the square in the city center, young German recruits who had learned how to kill and save their lives from their predecessors stood next to the buildings. Sitting against the wall, enjoying the rare leisure time after the brutality of last night and this morning.

The good news is that the British defenders have all but been driven out of the ruined Norwich line. The German armored forces had bypassed the city from both wings and stormed towards Bungie and other areas. In the wild, the German army seemed to have regained the feeling of a quick battle, and it took only two hours to hit the city of Bungie.

The bad news is that today's weather is a bit gray,

The bad weather that the British are waiting for seems to come soon, when the German troops will fall into an unprecedented passivity, but their hands are holding their steel guns tightly, and the mud, dust and blood on their faces seem to prove that They never had the idea of ​​backing down.

But when the outcome of the front line was uncertain, Accardo met Speer, a genius in production organization that he was familiar with in Rotterdam.

This Speer is an architect and a genius in the integration of industrial power. In the history of another time and space, he was appointed as the Minister of Industry by Hitler even in 43 years. *The 39, 40, 41, and 42 years were the most powerful, but the 44 and 45 years in the thin Xishan!

In the memoirs of the Nazi generals in the future, many people praised the military production organized by Speer, and believed that Speer was not responsible for Germany's final defeat. On the contrary, if Hitler could appoint Speer earlier, Maybe Germany may be defeated a few years later!

In another time and space, during World War II, except for Czechoslovakia, Germany's utilization rate of resources and industrial facilities in the occupied areas was quite low, and there was no efficiency at all. And the problem facing Akado now is almost the same. In order to repay the huge economic black hole formed by Mifu bonds and government bonds, Germany adopted the method of transferring the war to the occupied areas. It is inevitable that the big capitalists and plutocrats who bought treasury bonds and subscribed for Mifu bonds participated in the distribution of post-war benefits.

And this distribution is actually inefficient and extremely damaging to the local industrial base. Short-sighted small and medium-sized enterprises will plunder resources and divide manpower, and return their own funds in the fastest way, but invisibly caused immeasurable losses to the German industrial system.

In the original time and space, Germany’s industrial productivity and production efficiency were originally lower than those of the United States, but Germany’s industrial level in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and other countries occupied by Western Europe is relatively developed. Why don’t the Germans make use of these precious resources, but Is it to continuously demolish the industrial facilities in the occupied areas and drag a large number of skilled workers to Germany to do coolies? The reason is simple - Germany's racial policy and short-sighted war planning, and more important economic reasons.

Hitler and his generals always felt that the Second World War would easily end in two years: the German army conquered Denmark in the time of breakfast; annexed the Netherlands in 5 days; killed Belgium in 18 days; Poland was destroyed in less than a day; France changed from rooster to Vichy in 6 weeks; so when the German army broke into the Soviet Union, everyone thought the war would end in 1942.

The final result proved the short-sightedness and "wishful thinking" of the Germans: Churchill of the United Kingdom stretched out his index finger and pointed his middle finger on the ruins and gestured for a "V" and did not surrender; Stalin of the Soviet Union, who had exhausted 5 million troops, did not have the slightest intention of peace talks. Feng; of course, don't mention the matter of the limp who has been sitting in a wheelchair after earning enough money and jumping out to make up for the knife-it's all the Japanese's fault, why did he go to Pearl Harbor!

The issue of race is deep and bloody, so I won’t analyze it in depth here. Such a heavy topic does not conform to the usual style of lighthearted and funny (who lost the tomato? Not good! There are snipers!). So let's talk about the specific reasons why the economy forced the Germans to fail.

We all know that Germany was a defeated country in the First World War, and it itself has no economic capacity to expand its armaments and rearm. But in history, after Hitler took power, he was able to expand the army without resistance, develop advanced weapons and equipment, build a transportation network, and restore factories to production in an instant. What is the reason for this?

To put it simply, he is borrowing money-he defaults on war reparations and borrows heavily from countries such as the United States and Britain. The most important and fundamental thing is that he borrowed money from all industrial companies in Germany relying on national bonds and "Mifu bonds". That is, the government made an IOU to buy the cannons and planes and equip them for the army, and then pay back the money after a few years.

Where does the money come from? Hit Poland, rob! Hit Holland Belgium, Rob! Hit Denmark Norway, Rob! Hit France and rob! In fact, the German economy has always been developing in a cycle of borrowing money to fight wars and repaying the money after winning. Rob what? It is nothing more than strategic materials, personnel and equipment-these are not the government who does not want to take over, but the capitalists who have promised to give money and effort before the war begins.

This kind of crude and inefficient behavior can barely maintain operation when the war is victorious. Once the war enters a stalemate, it will drag Germany into a vicious circle: capitalists have no benefit or see no return, so production The chaos and stagnation at the beginning, the loss of blood supply on the front line, and the loss faster... is an important reason for Germany's final defeat in real situations!

Although the problem Akado is facing is slightly stronger than that of Hitler, it is not much stronger.

The Bailanhua Group controlled by him and the Krupp company that can exert influence will at least not add to the chaos. The Jews also provided funds to support his invasion plan, and the operation of bargain-hunting capital before the financial crisis also accumulated a lot for him Funds, more efficient production processes and a large amount of saved resources can barely maintain the expansion and operation of the empire. This is where he has an advantage over Hitler.

However, he also lost some of the racist fanaticism he mobilized, and he did not get more funds from the extermination of the Jewish family. huge.

Therefore, Akado is going to use Speer, hoping that he can take on the heavy responsibility and be responsible for the integration of industrial power in the entire Germany and the occupied areas. If the industrial facilities and workers in France, Belgium and the Netherlands can be fully utilized, coupled with the relatively abundant reserve resources in Germany, then around 1940, it will be possible to mass-produce a large number of leopards like the Soviet Union in another time and space. Tanks and Tiger tanks, with the absolute superiority of the armored forces, defeated the Soviet army when the Soviet t34 tank was still on the drawing.

Speer has been Jelin Nike's deputy for some years. Around 1936, he has been one of the actual controllers of the Bailanhua Group. The uncompromising hostess of the Bailanhua Group, Mercedes, is naturally extremely strong, but this Speer, who only does things but does not talk, has not been underestimated in the slightest.

Krupp once spoke unabashedly of his father-in-law Jaelin Nike in front of the head of state: "My head of state, Jaelin Nike has made outstanding contributions to the empire, focusing on two points. The first is that he has cultivated for the empire. a good daughter; and second, that he wisely lost his own work to Speer."