The Rise of the Third Reich

"Everyone, before today's joint arms meeting begins, we need to explain the current situation."

After everyone arrived, General Ludwig von Heinsberg-Hersmann, the deputy chief of staff, was the first to speak.

"The current situation is the rise of the German Empire again, which has broken the wrong European balance of power policy that the British Empire has always adhered to. Now our German nation has not only basically achieved reunification, but our industrial strength has also approached or exceeded that of Britain and France. The total. Our population is close to 90 million (including Czechs), which will also exceed that of Britain and France combined. In this case, British and French imperialism, which adheres to wrong policies and insists on dividing Europe, is unwilling to face the rise of Germany. Will use war policy to undermine Germany's rise.

The current support provided by Britain and France to Poland is precisely for the purpose of containing our country. Moreover, Poland, relying on the support of Britain and France, is also adopting a policy that is hostile to our country. In the near future, the Polish army is very likely to provoke an aggressive war against our country. The United Kingdom and France will also join the Polish camp and jointly launch an invasion of our country. In order to oppose aggression and save the Germans enslaved by Poland from the sea of ​​misery, we must be prepared to go to war after June 1939. "

The approximate time for the war to begin has been decided—after June 1939!

Everyone who attended the meeting felt their hearts tightening. Although they had known for a long time that war was going to begin, and they also supported it. After all, there is a "Socialist Alliance" in this time and space, and Germany should not fail.

But in a war with Britain, France, and Poland, it might not be easy to win, right?

"In view of the painful lessons of the last war," Hessmann's eyes swept across the faces of everyone in the conference room. Everyone, including Marshal Schleicher, looked slightly worried.

"We should be prepared to resist aggression for a long time! Therefore, the production and research and development of armaments must have long-term planning. The war to resist aggression cannot be won in a few months. We must be mentally prepared to persist for 5 to 10 years. And material preparations, as well as the confidence to defeat all imperialism!

After all, our power is limited, so we must use it rationally and maximize efficiency. Apply our limited resources and industrial capabilities where they are needed most. "

When Hersman said this, he nodded to his adjutant, Lieutenant Colonel Speidel, who immediately took out a stack of documents from his briefcase and began to distribute them. This is a draft for comments on "Classification of Arms Projects".

"So, we need to organize the projects, production capabilities and various resources at hand." Hersman continued, "We must set 'priority', 'normal', and 'slow' for all projects and production according to the progress of the war. and 'pause' and other four supply levels."

Even if it reserves more than ten years in advance, Germany currently does not have enough resources to fully activate all armament projects.

"Now, the General Staff Headquarters generally sets a standard,"

Hersman said: "Projects needed to defeat Poland and France can be prioritized; projects that have a great role in blocking Britain can also be prioritized; projects that can help Germany seize control of the North Sea and the English Channel can also be prioritized. Projects can be rated as ordinary level; projects that have a major role in the empire's defense of Europe can be rated as slow level; projects that have no obvious role in promoting the war process can be suspended; for civilian projects, the General Staff's recommendation is the highest supply level To be ordinary; any consumer goods not related to the war, such as personal cars, refrigerators, vacuum cleaners, pianos, etc., should be stopped after the war begins.

In addition, the General Staff also proposed to strengthen the management of armaments production and merge the armaments bureaus of the army, navy and air force, the armaments bureau of the Ministry of National Defense and the General Staff Resources Reserve Bureau into the General Administration of Armaments, and at the same time grant the General Administration of Arms the power to integrate and manage the national military industrial production. And immediately after the war started, military-industrial mobilization and total war were implemented! "

This time, Hessmann was ready to promote military-industrial mobilization before the war!

Anyone familiar with the history of World War II knows that the biggest mistake of leader and imperial chancellor Adolf Hitler in this war was that he rashly attacked the Soviet Union without defeating Britain.

It was the failure to carry out general mobilization in time for a general war. This allowed the German army to always fight with a smaller number and no obvious advantage in weapons against an enemy with superior numbers and equipment.

And the German army actually fought well for a long time! It was not until the Battle of Stalingrad that it lost the initiative and gradually became at a disadvantage. It was precisely after the defeat of the Battle of Stalingrad that Hitler ordered the military-industrial mobilization.

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"General mobilization?" Adolf Hitler looked at Hersmann and Schleicher who came to report to him with a very strange look.

"Why general mobilization?" Hitler's question stunned the two German generals who could memorize "Total War" by Field Marshal Ludendorff (who became a field marshal after supporting the emperor's restoration).

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, we are going to war..." Hersman said, "This will be a worldwide war, just like the war that started in 1914. In order to defeat the enemy, we must implement a total war."

"No need," Adolf Hitler smiled, looking very confident. He patted the "proposal" on the table, "It is enough to establish the General Administration of Arms to manage armaments and industry. I know the power of Germany. We Very powerful!" He waved his arms vigorously, "The Poles are no match for us, and the war will be over within three months."

"There are also two rivals, Britain and France," Marshal Schleicher reminded. "They are the real enemies."

"But we have the Soviet Union on one side and Italy on the other. Mussolini will be on our side sooner or later."

Hitler did not look worried at all. He smiled and said, "In this way, three of the five major military powers in Europe will belong to our camp. Moreover, the current public opinion in the United States is very anti-war, isolationism is prevalent, and it is impossible to participate in the war. In this case Now, I even doubt that Britain and France will fight us for Poland. This is unnecessary and they cannot win at all."

"Britain and France will definitely declare war on us!" Hessman shook his head and said slowly, "Leader, it seems that you haven't figured out who the real enemy of the German Empire is?"

He paused, then asked and answered himself: "Our enemy is not the Poles, nor the people of Britain and France, but the international Jewish financial consortium that controls Britain, France, Poland and the United States! Our German national society "Isism is the biggest obstacle to the international Jewish financial consortium's domination of the world, so they will definitely let Britain and France fight with us to the end, and will eventually drag the United States into the war."

Hitler's blue-grey eyes looked at Hersmann, and the expression on his face became serious. "Ludwig, I can't say what you said is wrong. The Jewish consortium is indeed a scourge, but it is still a bit of a fuss to think that they can control countries like Britain, France and the United States.

If Britain and France really declare war on us, it won't be a big deal. They can just take care of France after defeating Poland. As for Britain... we can make peace with them. I'm 100% sure, so don't worry. "

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"Your Excellency, President, Marshal, you can rest assured that France will never abandon its Polish friends."

At the Belvedere Palace in Warsaw, the visiting French Army Chief of General Staff General Gamelin assured Polish President Mościcki and Polish Army Review Chief Rez Himigwi.

"Everything is now under the control of us and the United Kingdom. We are fully aware of the collusion between Germany and the Soviet Union, and we already have complete countermeasures."

After a period of research, the British and French militaries have concluded that the "Black Plan" handed over to them by Stern is basically credible. And they also believed that relying on the power of Britain, France and Poland was enough to crush the attacks of the Soviet Union and Germany!

Even if it cannot be crushed, it is not a big deal, because both Britain and France believe that the purpose of the alliance between the Soviet Union and Germany is only to regain the land lost in the Soviet-Polish War.

After achieving this goal, even if it does not turn against Germany, the Soviet Union will not attack Britain and France together with Germany. Moreover, it was very possible for Britain and France to rebel between Su and Germany, because there would always be uneven distribution of the spoils between the two robbers.

Therefore, in Gamelin's view, the current situation is very good, at least for an excellent soldier like him - another victory over the German Empire will make him one of the greatest soldiers in French history. .

And after this victory, Germany will no longer be able to keep the Rhineland, which will be annexed by France!

"But General, the combined power of the Soviet Union and Germany is stronger than ours." Rez Himigwe frowned slightly, looking a little worried.

Although Poland is now the most powerful in history, it is still not as powerful as the Soviet Union and Germany combined. If there is only one Soviet Union that is ready to launch an attack now, Rez Himigwi will not worry at all. Bissus The base defense line is sufficient to defend Poland. If Germany is the only one preparing to attack... he even wants to join forces with France and Belgium to strike first.

But now it is the Soviet Union and Germany who have joined forces!

"And there are us!" Gamelin said, "France and Britain have provided security guarantees to Poland. Once Poland is attacked by Germany, we will launch an attack on the west of Germany. In addition, we and Italy also have Agreement, they will probably be on our side as they were in the last war."