The Rise of the Third Reich

Hersman and Chloe took Hitler back to their home in Charlottenburg, which is now a place where military and political leaders in Berlin often hold gatherings. When Hersman and the other three arrived, many well-known figures had already gathered there, and a dinner party was about to begin. Hersman's father and brother-in-law Anthony Focke (he married Margaret in 1924 and also bought a house in Charlottenburg) were talking with a group of guests in the spacious and luxurious hall.

Odeya and Margaret were preparing Mr. Adolf Hitler's favorite vegetable salad in the kitchen - Hitler was also a frequent visitor to old Hersman's house. He and old Hersman had a very good relationship. Both of them had several years of trench experience, and they didn't like Jewish capitalists very much, so they had a lot in common.

"Adolf, you've come just in time. Anthony is talking about Britain. You should come and listen." Old Hessmann waved to Hitler enthusiastically. "We'll have dinner after he finishes. There are very delicious salads, French fries and vegetable soup, prepared by Odeya himself."

"Oh, that's great," Hitler sat down next to old Hessmann. "Delicious vegetarian food makes me energetic."

"Anthony, how did the talk with the British go?" Hessmann took a cup of coffee from a servant carrying a tray, and then sat opposite Anthony Fokker.

"Napier is unwilling to transfer the technology of the Lion engine. That broken thing is their treasure. Rolls-Royce is willing to design a high-horsepower liquid-cooled engine for our fast transport aircraft and has agreed to transfer some technology. However, I really don't think it is necessary to use the British liquid-cooled engine. The air-cooled engines of BMW and Siemens are what we need."

Anthony Fokker went to Britain with Richard Benz of Mercedes-Benz to discuss the introduction of liquid-cooled engine technology. Germany's air-cooled engines are doing very well now - BMW took the lead and obtained the patent for the star-shaped air-cooled engine, and successively launched three air-cooled engines with excellent performance, including BMW101, BMW103 and BMW105 (of course, there were no such engines in history), and Siemens followed closely and launched two high-power air-cooled engines (Siemens had built air-cooled aircraft engines in history, but they were not very successful).

Driven by civil aviation orders and Soviet-German cooperation, BMW and Siemens have become the top two air-cooled aircraft engine manufacturers in the world, completely overwhelming Bristol in the UK, Rhone in France and Pratt \u0026 Whitney in the United States.

But Germany's liquid-cooled engines began to fall behind!

This is because the main driving force for air-cooled engines during the interwar period was the demand for transport aircraft (air-cooled engines are easy to maintain and can run stably for a long time, so they are naturally the preferred engines in the aviation transportation industry), while the driving force for the development of liquid-cooled engines was a competition - the Schneider Cup Aviation Racing.

The Schneider Cup Air Race is a seaplane speed competition, and all the participants are from the military of various countries. For the United States, Britain, France and Italy, four countries that consider themselves to be military powers, the Schneider Cup is a face-saving program to show their national strength. In order to save face, countries compete to invest huge sums of money to develop new engines with higher power. Since the aerodynamic shape of liquid-cooled engines is better than that of air-cooled engines, the Schneider Cup mainly promotes the development of liquid-cooled engines.

Germany, a defeated country, certainly cannot participate in the Schneider Cup. Since it cannot participate in the Schneider Cup, there is no demand for its own air force. In addition, the aviation transportation industry does not have much demand for liquid-cooled engines, so Germany's liquid-cooled aircraft engine research and development is limited to a pause.

By 1927, the British Napier Company had launched the Lion 7B engine with an output power of up to 875 horsepower and a speed of up to 3300. The Italian Fiat Company even took out the AS.3 engine with an output power of 1000 horsepower. Pancard of the United States even designed an engine that can produce 1200 horsepower.

Germany has fallen far behind in this field. In order to catch up, the German Aviation Committee proposed that Fokker and Benz work together to cooperate with British aircraft engine manufacturers to introduce liquid-cooled engine technology. Junkers, Focke-Wulf and Albatross cooperated to seek cooperation opportunities in Italy - of course, these cooperations were good opportunities for the Stasi controlled by Hessmann to steal foreign advanced technology!

"If Fokker doesn't need it, it can give the opportunity to Junkers." Hessmann smiled. "Dr. Junkers was frustrated in Italy. Fiat is unwilling to cooperate. The Italians are very ambitious!"

Under the leadership of the wise leader Mussolini, Italy has also ushered in economic take-off in recent years. Although the overall strength cannot be compared with the three old European industrial powers of Britain, France and Germany. But in the field of shipbuilding and aviation, the Italians have caught up with the world's advanced level. The famous Italian Fiat company has developed rapidly with the help of fascism, and is now the world's most complete arms manufacturer. From machine guns, cars, tanks to airplanes flying in the sky. They have also opened an engine factory, which is capable of both air-cooling and liquid-cooling, making it the only one of its kind in the world.

"That's Fiat's loss. They have too many products, but none of them are strong enough." Anthony Fokker said, "If we can make liquid-cooled engines with Dr. Junkers, we can at least stay ahead in this field. However, We at Fokker will not give up the opportunity to enter the field of liquid-cooled engines to our competitor Junkers!”

"Alas, Anthony, your words remind me of European countries." Hersman sighed, "Excluding the Soviet Union, every European country is a big company that does everything, but they are not strong enough, and We are still unable to cooperate with each other. Facing the two behemoths of the United States and the Soviet Union, if we European countries cannot unite, the future may not be very good. "

"The collapse of the mark in 1923, the franc crisis from 23 to 26, and the current pound all indicate the future of our Europe. But we Europeans don't know how to unite, and we continue to fight against each other, leaving the United States "People and the Russians are laughing at each other." Val T. Rathenau was also a frequent visitor to the Hersmann family. He is now also a member of the Industrial Promotion Committee, representing the German electrical industry (that is, power generation, transmission, etc.), and he was still in 1925. From 1927 to 1927 he served as ambassador to Rome.

"So we should call for European unity," Hessmann shook the coffee cup in his hand. "Didn't Prime Minister Stresemann advocate harmony between Germany and France? He even won the Nobel Prize for it. Why don't we set the tone higher? some?"

Stresemann's term as chancellor was much longer than in history. Although the opposition Social Democratic Party also kept accusing him of being related to the Munich incident. However, the "center-right coalition" controls more than two-thirds of the seats in Congress and has the support of the military, making it difficult to shake.

As Prime Minister, Stresemann also promoted Franco-German reconciliation as he had in history (historically he was the Minister of Foreign Affairs). In 1925, it signed the "Rhenish Security Pact" with France to guarantee the status quo of the border between the two countries (so Germany promised to give up Alsace-Lorraine forever), and then at the Laugar Conference (refused to join the anti-revolutionary movement without offending the Soviet Union). The Soviet Union) joined the League of Nations and later gained permanent member status.

By 1926, Franco-German relations had further eased. Stresemann and Briand held secret talks in Touary, a small French town near Geneva. The "Toire Agreement" was reached, in which France promised to occupy the Rhineland, return the Saar to Germany, and lift military control over Germany. Germany agreed to pay France an indemnity of 50 million pounds to ease France's currency crisis. Although this agreement was not implemented in the end because of the rise of the French right wing. However, the relationship between France and Germany has greatly improved as a result.

However, Hitler and the Nazi Party were very opposed to such improvements, and he immediately asked. "A higher tone? Is there any room for further reconciliation between us and France?"

"Adolf, I rap high-profile, are you better than me at this kind of thing?" Hersman said.

Karl Haushofer was also a guest today. He asked Hersmann, "Ludwig, how are you going to sing a high note?"

"European Union!" Hessmann said thoughtfully, "A united, integrated Europe! Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Poland... all these European powers are no longer hostile to each other, but united to jointly safeguard European interests and world peace.”

"Is this possible?" Hitler asked in an extremely skeptical tone.

"It's not possible at the moment," Hersmann said, "but it's necessary because we in Europe are facing a war! A currency war!"

He said solemnly: "The mark has already collapsed once in 1923, and the franc fell sharply from 1923 to 1926. Now it's the pound's turn! Moreover, the new mark and the pound are linked. If the pound collapses, the new mark will also Another collapse... Then the most economically powerful countries in Europe, Britain, Germany and France, will be knocked to the ground by the United States without firing a shot. So we Europeans must unite now to defend our currency and defend our currency! Our economy! Even if we can’t do it now, we should speak loudly and point the way forward for Europe in the dark!”

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