The Rise of the Third Reich

"Choice of prime minister?" Lieutenant General Blomberg glanced at Major General Schleicher. In his mind, this "political general" might have been his target for a long time.

Hersmann also looked at Schleicher. Although he had always recommended Hitler to the "big brother", he also knew that Schleicher himself was very interested in the position of prime minister.

In fact, when it comes to his ability to govern the country, Schleicher is no worse than Hitler. The latter had no experience in governance, and his ability to create miracles after coming to power was entirely due to Germany's inherent national socialism - List and Bismarck had long pointed out the way out for Germany during the Great Depression. Everyone on the stage at that time knew how to save Germany, but except for Hitler and the Nazi Party, which was a middle- and lower-class workers' party, no one else could implement the lines of Lister and Bismarck.

Moreover, no one could deny the fundamentals at that time - the National Socialist Workers' Party of Germany was a socialist workers' party and a party that represented the interests of the broadest working people in Germany. This was also the basis for Hitler's Nazi Party to come to power!

Schleicher or Herschmann are both members of the Juncker elite, representing the interests of military officers, aristocrats and capitalists - the pro-aristocratic stance of President Hindenburg and Stresemann's cabinet now in power is Very clear. After the German economy improved in 1926, President Hindenburg and the Stresemann cabinet also paid 3 billion marks in compensation to the Kaiser and the nobles who had been exiled because of the November Revolution!

Therefore, if Schleicher and Hersmann came to power as prime minister relying on the support of the Juncker aristocracy and capitalists, they would at most become fascists, but they would never be able to achieve national socialism. Without National Socialism, the Third Reich's cohesion would probably not be much stronger than the Second Reich's.

Therefore, it is necessary for Hitler and the Nazi Party to come to power, but how long Hitler will stay on stage is another matter.

"The Nazi Party!" Schleicher was silent for a long time, and finally nodded, "Currently the only choice is the Nazi Party, so we must support them... This is also the need to contain the Bolshevik Party! But Mr. Adolf Hitler can Whether he becomes the future prime minister needs to be carefully considered.”

Under the leadership of Thälmann, the German Bolshevik Party changed its previous path of rebellion and began to follow the path of legal struggle. It also participated in the 1927 parliamentary elections, but did not gain much. In this time and space, the political situation of the Weimar Republic became much more stable after President Albert resigned. Stresemann's cabinet served a full four-year term and was re-elected in 1927.

As the main opposition parties, the Social Democratic Party, the Bolshevik Party and the Nazi Party did not achieve any good results in the 1927 elections. But the coming economic crisis will certainly give these three opposition parties a good opportunity to grow and develop.

As for which of the three opposition parties can emerge as the ruling party, it depends on who the Juncker Group and the Army support.

The Bolshevik Party and the Social Democratic Party were both regarded as "November Sinners" by the Juncker Group because of their anti-war stance in 1918, so the Nazi Party was the only choice.

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In mid-July 1928, the Rome Conference was held as scheduled. Just as Hersman expected, the conference did not make any progress on the issue of the "European Union" or the "European Bank."

Although during the Rome Conference, due to the massive selling of pounds by the Bank of France, the Bank of England was under great pressure and once threatened to abandon the gold standard (which refers to the pound and gold being linked to a fixed price).

However, the UK did not choose to form a European Bank with Germany, the Baltic Republics, Austria and other countries. Due to the opposition of France and the United States, most European countries have doubts about the European Bank. Only Germany, the Baltic Republics and Austria have made it clear. Show support. The UK itself was also shaken by the fear that the "Quadruple European Bank" and the "Quadruple Monetary Union" would become a prelude to the Anglo-German alliance, which would involve the UK in the conflict between Germany, France and Poland, and become a tool for Germany's development and growth.

Therefore, at the Rome Conference, British Chancellor of the Exchequer Churchill no longer insisted on a "European Bank".

Of course, the reason why the British backed down on the "European Bank" issue was not entirely because they were worried about being dragged into the Second World War by Germany. There are also factors in this that the United States is actively wooing - the "euro" is a serious problem for the US dollar at all times.

In order to prevent the emergence of the "euro", the American representative attending the Rome Conference, Senior Advisor to the President of the United States and Senior Advisor to the Bank of France, Irving Young, proposed a "Young Plan" to use American loans to help the United Kingdom stabilize the pound exchange rate.

This plan is very favorable to the UK. The US government will provide the UK with large amounts of long-term low-interest loans to help the UK stabilize its exchange rate. In exchange, the British government agreed to negotiate with Germany to modify the Keynesian Plan together with the French government. It is estimated that the British government has now discovered that the "kind compensation system" in the "Keynesian Plan" is very detrimental to the British manufacturing industry.

"I'm afraid it's not that easy to revise the Keynes Plan. Do they think it's 1923 now?" Hersman heard about the final results of the "Rome Conference" on a giant seaplane about to take off.

This seaplane is a new product launched by Dornier - Dornier Do-X. It is the largest flying machine in the world today and symbolizes the resurgence and strength of the German Empire.

Historically, Dornier launched this huge aircraft with a net weight of 40 tons (sturdier than the historical Do-X) in July 1929. In this time and space, thanks to the expansion of the scale of Soviet-German cooperation, Claude Dornier, the boss of Dornier Company, realized his dream more than a year ahead of schedule.

And this Do-X aircraft has more power than the historical aircraft. It is driven by 12 (2 parallel) "Nipton" radial engines produced by Siemens. This engine has 880 horsepower and is the most powerful mass-produced aircraft engine in Germany today. The simultaneous rotation of 12 "Nipton" engines can generate a huge kinetic energy of 10,560 horsepower, which is enough to propel a huge flying object with a total take-off weight of 48.2 tons at a speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour.

The fate of this Do-X seaplane is also different from history. Because it was launched more than a year earlier than in history and has a larger thrust engine, the fuselage is also built stronger (it is also three tons heavier), and the aircraft's performance is also more reliable.

So Do-X has now won a lot of orders. Lufthansa purchased 10 aircraft for transportation operations on the Atlantic and Mediterranean routes. The Soviet Union, Italy and Japan each purchased 1 aircraft for research. Building the world's largest aircraft is not only shameful, but the military use of this Do-X aircraft is also worth exploring - this aircraft can stay in the air for a long time, and it seems good for anti-submarine warfare. And it can carry 80 fully armed soldiers and can be used as a transport aircraft. In addition, this aircraft may also be equipped with several 75mm or 105mm cannons to bombard ground and sea targets...

The Do-X that Hersman is currently riding is the one sold to Japan. Its interior is now decorated like a luxury plane, and it is said that it was intended for the Emperor of Japan to ride on it first and enjoy himself.

"Ludwig, what do you think we can do? Are we going to use military force to fight the Allies?" Karl Haushofer was the nominal head of the delegation visiting Japan - because the Japanese invited It's him, the "pro-Japanese" German.

This regional politician served as an artillery professor at the Japanese Army University from 1908 to 1910, and made friends with many Japanese soldiers. And he had written two books about Japan and the Pacific, believing Japan had the potential to serve as a valuable ally to Germany.

Hirschmann also held the same view, so he went to the Far East with Karl Haushofer.

"There is no need for military force at the moment." Hessman laughed. "The current crisis is a financial and economic problem... If the current British Finance Minister is Keynes, he will definitely not propose negotiations to modify the plan. Unfortunately, Churchill is not a Finance and financial experts, it's a complete nonsense to have him as finance minister."

"Why?"

Hersman smiled coldly: "The European financial market is already very fragile now, and funds are attracted by the United States. Germany is the only bright spot in Europe... and the attractiveness of the German economy is based on the Keynesian Plan and the Soviet Union. Cooperation. If the Keynesian Plan needs to be significantly revised, the German economy will be at least half as attractive for capital.

At that time, funds will flow out of Germany in large quantities! And these capital flows cannot be from the UK - the fact that the UK accepts support from the United States to stabilize the pound has shown that the UK cannot maintain such a high exchange rate level, which makes the pound unattractive to investors. So the money is flowing back from Europe, to the United States! The contraction of the German economy due to lack of funds will soon spread to the UK, and the pound crisis will become more serious! "

While Hersman was talking with Karl Haushofer, 12 powerful Siemens "Nipton" engines began to roar loudly. As the propellers turned, this huge aircraft, which symbolized Germany's military and technological strength, began to glide quickly on Lake Geneva, then soared into the sky and roared towards the French airspace - it would fly over at a speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour. French airspace, and then across the Atlantic Ocean, directly to the east coast of the United States. Then it flew along the Caribbean coast, then crossed the airspace of northern Mexico, and finally crossed the Pacific to reach Japan...

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