The president read with great interest an analysis report on the German military strength and military production handed over by Lieutenant General Yang Jie, the former ambassador to Germany. The German military situation analyzed in this report and the conclusions reached
It was completely different from the history that Lin Shuo had read. Hitler had no intention of provoking a large-scale war at all, at least now he was not fully prepared to launch a large-scale war.
...Although they easily acquired the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the seventh largest industrial country in the world and the second largest military producer in Europe, which suddenly increased the military strength of Germany by one-third, the Germans were still not ready for war.
Prepare. The Germans will face the United Kingdom and France. Due to the continued economic recession, the British are unable to build more and stronger warships. Their naval strength actually lagged behind the United States and China before the war, and even fell behind
Japan is still the undisputed maritime hegemon in Europe.
The British had the ability to prevent the Germans from trying to attack the Czech Republic and Slovakia, but they did not do so. They even prevented the French from doing so. Before the Munich Conference, the Czech Republic had carried out partial mobilization and had one million well-equipped troops.
It also has the best armored forces in Europe. The tanks and armored vehicles equipped by the Czechs are more advanced than those of the Germans. The performance of the Panzer II and Panzer III tanks used by the German army, which has just been equipped with tanks, lags behind those of the Czech and Slovakia.
However, under the betrayal and pressure from Britain, France and other countries, the Czechs finally chose to succumb, and the Germans easily obtained two million tons of steel per year and two weapons production factories that exceeded the entire British military factory combined.
As far as the current German army is concerned, it is simply unable to cope with a large-scale all-out war. The German army currently has only three armored divisions, and two new armored divisions are being formed. The main equipment is only 6.5 tons of Type I tanks and 12
The Type II tanks weighing more than a ton are only equipped with a small number of Type III tanks that are equivalent in weight to the Type 28 tanks equipped by our army.
Due to the constraints of the Treaty of Versailles and the huge impact of the economic crisis, Germany's newly restored military production was very weak. Although the German government was working hard to restore it, at the beginning of 1939, Germany's military production was only slightly ahead of the Czech Republic.
Due to the implementation of a planned production model similar to that of our country, the German economy quickly came out of the trough, which also won Hitler and his national socialist theory great popularity and popular support. The economic achievements of the National Socialist Party also made
The British were shocked and frightened.
During Teller's four years in power, Germany's steel production increased from 1,100 tons to 26 million tons. Due to the implementation of strict financial and foreign exchange controls, the British and American bankers who control financial hegemony were unable to seize Germany's huge economic achievements.
enough interest.
In the eyes and propaganda of Western bankers, Hitler and the National Socialist Workers' Party were portrayed as an "evil group" similar to the Red Soviet Communist Party.
The Treaty of Versailles planted inexplicable hatred in Europe. This hatred will trigger a war sooner or later. There are various signs that the British are leading Hitler and Germany to war as soon as possible. Before the German military power, the British must
Will provoke a war with the Germans.
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"The British are leading Germany into the war?" Lin Shuo smiled and looked at Yang Jie and said, "It's an interesting idea. Did you come up with this?"
"Uh, no, this report was made by Colonel Fang Minghao. In the past few years, he has been serving as a member of the Bilateral Military Cooperation Committee in Germany and has great experience in European military research." Yang Jie said.
"Fang Minghao?" Lin Shuo felt that he had heard this name somewhere before, but he couldn't remember it for the moment.
"He's the one who made a big fuss in the newspapers a few years ago because of his divorce from Shanghai socialite Tang Yin." Yang Jie said to him in a low voice.
"Oh, I got it, I got it!" Lin Shuo laughed, "A very interesting person. I heard that he studied abroad at the Annapolis Naval Academy in the United States? Come over and have a chat someday."
"Has the president also heard about this?" Yang Jie asked.
"Why, the president can't gossip?!" Lin Shuo laughed, "I also like to read gossip news sometimes, and it's even published in the "Republic Daily" run by the Propaganda Department."
At this time, Captain Fang Minghao, who was being talked about by the president, was preparing for the launch of the first ship of the Navy's "Wuyue-class" battleship "Taishan" at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai.
The 40-year-old Colonel Fang was once one of the outstanding young officers in the Republic of China Navy. He and Lieutenant General Sa Shijun, now the commander of the Third Battle Fleet, were once known as the "Two Elites of the Navy". They graduated from the Yantai Navy.
School, Tsinghua University, and was later selected to study in the United States, where he received a master's degree in mechatronics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Later, he was admitted to the Annapolis Naval School in the United States, where he majored in naval theory and political geography.
After returning to China in 1926, Fang Minghao joined the Navy's 1st Fleet as a staff officer. Because of his talents, he won the respect of Lin Jianzhang, the former commander of the Navy's 1st Fleet, and was soon promoted to Navy Lieutenant Commander. His future was bright.
Fang Minghao, who was proud of his career and had a smooth career, was attracted by Shanghai banker Tang Shuren, vice chairman of Zhejiang Industrial Bank, and married Tang Yin, the second daughter of the Tang family, to him. Miss Tang was a socialite in Shanghai. When the two got married, this incident
The wealthy marriage between a talented man and a beautiful woman also caused a sensation in Shanghai.
The more sensational thing that happened to Fang Haoming was yet to come.
After the two got married, Fang Haoming was transferred to work in the Navy, and Tang Yin also followed her husband to live in Beijing. After the sweetness of the wedding, the huge differences in temperament and hobbies between the two gradually became apparent. Fang Haoming had lived in the military for a long time.
, is very rigid in her dealings with others, but Miss Tang likes to socialize and has been fond of painting and literature since she was a child. In this regard, she has nothing in common with Fang Haoming, who has been studying science and engineering.
Not long after Fang Haoming arrived at the Navy Ministry, he encountered the "Northeast Incident", and the development of the entire Republic Navy began to accelerate. Fang Minghao was busy with his work and had to travel among major shipyards to coordinate and supervise the construction of ships. Naturally, he did not
How much free time do you have to spend with your wife?
Tang Yin was not used to living alone in Beijing, so she returned to her parents' home in Shanghai. Due to the separation between the two places, the relationship between the couple gradually became indifferent.
After Tang Yin returned to Shanghai, her former best friends got together again, and they often went to social places in Shanghai together. In the social circle, a well-known domestic writer who had studied abroad began to pursue Tang Yin actively after meeting her.
The two met late, and Tang Yin began to regret her marriage.
Although Fang Haoming studied abroad, he was not as open-minded as those overseas students who studied literature and art. He still held conservative Chinese concepts in his heart, so naturally he didn't like his wife to be seen in public.
Once, Fang Haoming happened to be in Shanghai and went to his father-in-law's house to visit his wife. When Tang Yin was about to go out with several girlfriends, he stopped Tang Yin and accused her of being unruly, and the two had a big quarrel in public.
Miss Tang was born into a wealthy family, so she could not bear such injustice. After the two had a big quarrel, the eldest lady wanted a divorce.