My Third Empire

Up to now, Herman Obert's solid-state long-range rocket is still only on the drawings. The only contribution is that Arcador once led the main person in charge of the naval department to visit his experiment, which proved that the battleship's guided rocket in the future It's not worth mentioning in front of the attack - of course, all of this is deceptive, the ship model route on the water is fixed, and the rocket's turning trajectory is also designed, just to let those generals who don't understand technology give up is a complete waste The battleship of industrial raw materials.

Speaking of the German Navy, we have to mention the latest German destroyer. With the advice and help of Arkado, a brand new destroyer was launched in the German Navy Yard in Kiel in early 1924. The destroyer was named Z class. The new destroyer has enhanced air defense and anti-submarine capabilities.

In order to emphasize air defense combat capability, the main guns of the German Navy's destroyers all use 88mm caliber rapid-fire guns as high-level dual-purpose guns, and are equipped with a large number of 37mm caliber anti-aircraft guns as anti-aircraft weapons. The anti-submarine aspect is equipped with a large number of depth charges, and in 1925, the new Z13 destroyer that was launched was equipped with a gadget sonar, which was called a new type of equipment at the time.

The anti-ship firepower of these warships is very weak, only equipped with a few torpedo tubes, and it seems that they are completely incapable of threatening any combat ships of the British Navy - even the artillery caliber of the British destroyers is larger than these new German destroyers.

However, it seems that everyone has ignored another fatal data. These German Navy destroyers have a super speed of 35 knots, which is enough to avoid the interception of most enemy ships. Relying on the intensive air defense firepower, these warships are not afraid of the enemy. Attack by aircraft, these new destroyers couldn't be more perfect as the ideal naval assault ship.

In addition, Arkado's shipbuilding method makes the 15 destroyers produced in Germany exactly the same, which means that Germany can standardize the training process of sailors, so that these navy soldiers can immediately master the use of new warships.

These warships also have a secret mission, which is to escort the German Zeppelin-class aircraft carriers. In the naval expansion plan formulated by Arcador, there are no warships above large cruisers. The heavy task of performing offensive missions is completely handed over to Qi. The Berlin-class aircraft carrier, and all other ships, exist only to protect the aircraft carrier.

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

The most exciting thing for the German Navy is that Germany has secretly trained more than 600 naval submarine officers and men in the Netherlands. These sailors who can skillfully drive submarines and their commanders are one of the most valuable assets of the German Navy. These soldiers are thrown into new naval battles as killer weapons.

Of course, in May 1925, Arcardo still had a lot of troubles. In this year, German rubber still relied heavily on imports. Whether it was for civilian or military use, the rubber in the hands of the Germans never seemed to meet the needs. Seriously 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 a large-scale rubber plantation. He has to buy it from a British businessman in Myanmar or a French businessman in Vietnam. It is much more expensive than direct procurement, and of course the benefits are not without it. Purchasing from China at least bypasses the restrictions on direct import of natural rubber in terms of procedures.

Accardo is determined to solve this problem. He is very smart from two aspects. On the one hand, he increases the amount of imported natural rubber and expands the ways of importing rubber; on the other hand, he sponsors chemical research in his country, especially the French The company's synthetic rubber project hopes that synthetic rubber can be put into large-scale production.

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 trades industrial technology for natural rubber exported from these regions, including large machinery and railway construction.

The project to support Farben started as early as 1921. Akado used the name of the Wehrmacht to help Farben research synthetic rubber technology. Although the synthetic rubber was of average quality and expensive, the Wehrmacht was still a secret. Purchased all synthetic rubber.

Solving the problem of the source of rubber cost Arkado a lot of money, and fortunately he is still a rich man. Even so, Accardo is reluctant to look at the accounts of the Wehrmacht, because it is densely recorded with various entries: the Wehrmacht owes Krupp XX dollars, the Wehrmacht owes MAN company XX million dollars for equipment procurement, the Wehrmacht owes Daimler? Mercedes $XX...these IOUs almost drive Arcador crazy.

Because the Bai Lanhua Group under Akado controlled many companies, these companies basically used advanced assembly line production technology around 1921, so the output and quality have been greatly improved. In a few years, the scale of these companies has expanded more than ten times, and they have become one of the few large enterprises in the world—of course, the Bai Lanhua Group has also become one of the few large consortiums in the world.

Therefore, the car produced by Daimler-Benz is already one of the most famous cars in the world and sold at home and abroad; Coca-Cola has also become a well-known soda brand in the United States and is loved by young Americans; BMW The motorcycle has become synonymous with fashion and excitement, and almost all the prodigal descendants of the dignitaries have to buy one to show off - these have earned Arcado countless money.

Of course, Accardo will not embezzle the funds of these companies to post the National Defense Forces. He only took out the dividends he deserved to support the development of the National Defense Forces. Although it is already all the profits he earned without delaying the development of the company, but It's still all his income.

In private, General Arcardo Rudolph is definitely not on the list of wealth. This stingy general never even goes to hotels or restaurants. Like all the soldiers in the guard battalion, he crowds into the canteen of the General Headquarters of the Wehrmacht. Business representatives in Brazil and other countries and regions still have Krupp's bills for their meals. His only suit was when he was promoted to major.

Of course he owns a regular Mercedes sedan, and the new driver is a second lieutenant named Depp. But the car was procured and assigned to him by the Wehrmacht, at no cost to him and from his company; the driver, even more at no cost, was a member of the Greater Deutsche Party randomly selected by him in the guard camp.

Accardo doesn't even have a deposit, although his apartment has been bought by Krupp and passed on to him, which will exempt him from the rent he has to pay every six months, but he does not have a deposit, not a penny. It's hard to imagine him earning hundreds of thousands of dollars a month and spending it all in seconds.

On May 11, 1925, Miss Fanny's Interview with the Chairman of the Greater Deutsches Party was finally made a front-page headline and appeared in the Great Deutsche Zeitung. It caused a huge stir for a while. Even Fanny herself had no idea that this article could go so far.

For a time, there were photos of a person posted all over the streets: a young general sat on a chair with his legs crossed, leaned up and propped his left arm on the armrest of the chair, put his left hand on his lower abdomen, and his right hand On his knees, head down and cap over his eyes. Below the photo, the slogan is written in bold black font: The Great German Party! The Hope of the Great German People!

Countless workers took to the streets to cheer for a party that had just been born but had improved the living standards of workers. The stingy capitalists even gave these workers a holiday and gave bonuses to many of the workers who took the lead. The streets and alleys of Berlin are covered with signs saying Long live the Greater Deutsches Party!

In order to meticulously prepare for this large-scale parade, Krupp invited the famous Karl Orff and Wilhelm Furtwängler to compose the Great Deutsche Party anthem Go Forward, so the streets and alleys The rousing melody reverberated, and people raised their right hands and hummed inspiring lyrics: We are the people of Greater Germany, we protect our land with long swords, erect our unyielding spines, and forge victory with blood and sweat! . . . Go forward! Great German people! Go forward! People of courage!

Daimler Benz donated 50 trucks directly to the Propaganda Department of the Greater Deutsches Party, sprayed with the slogan of the Greater Deutsches Party, and the crowd with their right hands roared through the streets of Berlin, and was welcomed by the people. . This is Akado's masterpiece of plagiarizing Nazi propaganda intact, that is, a replica and an expanded version of the famous Nazi propaganda war War of Flags and Slogans.

What really alarmed the followers of the Social Democrats was the fact that some 2,000 fanatical GDR supporters had gathered in front of the presidential palace, chanting for immediate parliamentary elections. The first step in taking control of Congress.

As we all know, the Greater Deutsches Party is composed of two forces, one is the German military 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. , so in this parade, all forces including President Hindenburg shut their mouths and allowed the parade to make waves outside.

But it was exactly what Arkado wanted, and the whole of Germany was boiling over because of the Greater Deutsches Party.