0p0 Third Reich Episode 394
Third Reich Episode 394
This old man is not only one of Krupp's many technical advisors, he is also the referee designated as one of the final judges in the Krupp Group in this experiment meeting!
He has said so, then the comparison results of this experiment will be true and undoubtedly reconfirmed.
In the distance, Krupp, who had already looked ashen, greeted Reinhardt who was walking over with some reluctance.
"Hi, Reinhardt!" Krupp saluted Führer Reinhardt.
"Old friend, you and I don't need to salute all the time." Reinhardt said to Krupp with a smile on his face: "The experiment meeting is over, let me hurry up and discuss the future with you."
Reinhardt did not mention the result, and Krupp did not ask for the result.
Everyone saw what happened just now.
In this case, Krupp knew how big the gap between the two products was. This gap was a gap that the technicians on their side could not erase no matter how much they argued.
In this experiment meeting, the Krupp Group completely lost!
"Don't cry, I'm here to tell you some good news." Reinhardt looked at Krupp meaningfully: "Although it is impossible for the Krupp Group to surpass the Rhein Group in the development of armed helicopters Yes. However, you can do research and development on large transport helicopters in the future. I guarantee that you can also wait for huge orders."
"What does the Krupp Group need to pay?" Krupp looked at the increasingly opaque head of state, and asked politely.
He didn't believe that there was a pie in the sky.According to the personality of this head of state, since he will give you something, it must be because you can return him more things.
......
After a few minutes.
"Führer, there's no problem with that, but why do you want to..." Krupp, who had heard Reinhardt's request, asked in puzzlement.
"You don't need to know why, anyway, after 80 years, it has little to do with you." Reinhardt waved his hand, avoiding this question and said: "If the Krupp Group can do this, Then your family group, maybe it will really continue to prosper. At least, I, Reinhard Heydrich, will not allow you to have trouble."
Text Chapter 598 Going Further
Compared with Churchill's predicament on the Anglo-German battlefield, Italian Prime Minister Mussolini, who was far away from the southern tip of the European continent, was also not much better.
The Italian leader had been lying in the hospital until he heard that the Soviet Union launched a surprise attack on Germany and made a breakthrough.
Because he felt that he was finally not alone in losing the battle. Although he was an ally of Germany and Reinhardt, now Mussolini did not want Reinhardt to continue to win the battle.
Because such words will cover up the brilliance of Italy. As an ally of Germany, Mussolini is under too much pressure. Whenever the Italian army encounters difficulties, there will always be German troops, and as soon as the German troops appear on the battlefield The situation will undergo a huge reversal.
Before that, the Italian army was always defeated, but the German army was almost invincible.Comparing the two is really heartbreaking.
Mussolini had had enough, and that's how it got sick from overwork and ended up in the hospital.
Now that Reinhardt suffered a defeat in the battle against the Soviet Union, Mussolini's heart disease is gone, and the disease will naturally heal.
After being discharged from the hospital, Mussolini immediately took back his power from Rossi, and carried out drastic reforms in the government. He punished batch after batch of Italian generals who were disadvantaged in combat. A large number of officials who have not acted in the government have been punished.
And it was during this period that Mussolini, unprecedented in history, rewarded a minister of food when Italy was defeated again and again and punished generals and government officials one after another.
The reason for the award is said to be that at such a critical moment, the Minister of Food put forward a proposal that Mussolini thought was very beneficial to the current situation in Italy.
In fact, since Italy entered the war, Mussolini's life has become increasingly difficult.
Although he pretended to be calm on the surface and seemed to be full of confidence in Italy's future, in fact, he secretly admitted Italy's current predicament, and he also said that Italy has suffered three serious losses so far.
The first is that Italy’s national military prestige has been severely hit, the second is that the German troops stationed in the Italian colony (Libya) has had a serious impact on Italy’s local dominance, and the third is that Italy’s defeat on various battlefields around the world has already affected The soldiers' confidence had a very detrimental effect. "
However, Mussolini still regards himself as a "superman who can see everything".
He regarded the decision to invade Africa and Greece as his "political masterpiece", and attributed all the reasons for the failure to the disappointment of his subordinates and had nothing to do with himself.
"The Italians are immature, not tenacious, and cannot stand such a severe test." These are the original words of Mussolini's evaluation of his army.
But although Mussolini tried every means, even using violence to belittle the Italian army to indirectly maintain his "tall image", the ruthless reality is that in the minds of his disciples, his "leader" image has begun to shake .
And in the hearts of ordinary Italians, the anger of resistance is getting stronger and stronger.
This is because Italy's successive years of aggression and expansion have dragged down the already very fragile economy at once. Then, the people's livelihood cannot be guaranteed, the problem of food and clothing cannot be solved, and all problems follow.
And Italy's economic budget has never been balanced since 1930.By 1940, the deficit had reached 60 billion lire, without counting the 200 billion lire spent outside the regular budget.
In order to make up for the shortfall, the Italian government has not considered the excessive issuance of currency, public debt, and excessive taxation.
Due to the war and the blockade of the allies, all the sources of rubber, 70% of the grain and 40% of the wood needed by Italy were cut off, so that the Italian domestic factories had no raw materials for production, which also paralyzed the Italian civilian industry.
What followed was the aftermath of the butterfly effect one after the other.Civilian industries were paralyzed, factories were shut down, workers were unemployed, family income was not guaranteed, people were hungry, domestic resistance surged, and the situation was in turmoil.
What was even more serious was the food shortage. Italy was poor in land resources. After the war began, as young and middle-aged people went to the front to join the army, domestic arable land was basically abolished, and most of the food was imported.
Most of the only imported food is now shipped to the Italian army on the front line, and ordinary people's food has become a big problem.
At this time, the Italian Minister of Food, Zizic, made a unique "subtle" proposal to Mussolini-the food rationing system.
The system stipulates that the daily ration of each Italian is 200 grams of bread, and those who work a thousand heavy jobs can get 300 grams or 400 grams more. Through the distribution system, food can be effectively saved to cooperate with the front-line troops to fight.
Although this system aroused strong resistance from the Italian people as soon as it came out, Mussolini still insisted on using this system and did not care about the complaints of the people.
At the same time, in order to suppress the resistance of the people, he also delivered a speech in public.The general content of the speech is to let the Italian people understand what the government is doing and work together to support Italy's expansion plan.
However, the effect of the speech did not seem to be very good. Some people even privately called Mussolini "a fool who does not care about the life and death of the people."
But Mussolini didn't seem to take the people's words to heart. On the contrary, he threatened the people: "No one should think that the rationing will be canceled after the war. I will keep it as long as I want.
Only then will those who have money eat as little as their employees.If anyone says that 200 grams is less, let me tell you that the ration will be even less around spring. "
As soon as this remark came out, it caused panic among many people in private.
Regarding this policy, Mussolini can be said to be swollen and fat. He said that it was his will to implement the food rationing system, but even his confidants did not trust him.
During this period, many Italians stretched the belt of their trousers to the limit, that is, the last eyelet, and because Mussolini insisted on carrying out the suggestion of Minister of Food Zizic, they also called such an eyelet "Mussolini". Lini eyelet".
In Italy, the majesty of the Prime Minister is very different from that at the beginning of the war.The same dilemma, the Germans are still mostly loyal to the head of state, but the Italians have gradually become disappointed in the leader.
Under such circumstances, Ciano, who has always regarded himself as Mussolini's son-in-law, and as Mussolini's most trusted confidant, suddenly discovered that he had a further opportunity...
Text Chapter 599 Someone Available
In fact, Ciano has become more and more disgusted with Mussolini, his father-in-law, recently.
In his eyes, Mussolini's ambition seemed endless, and he never knew how to stop.
For Italy, after the African campaign came to an end, the war has actually been relatively static.
However, Mussolini, who was still recuperating in the hospital at that time, kept explaining to Ciano and the others the magnificent territory of his great Roman Empire every day.
After being discharged from the hospital in the past few days, Mussolini even clamored to lead Italy to defeat the Red Soviet Union, surpass Germany in one fell swoop, and become the new number one in continental Europe!