"...The situation is like this. Judging from a comprehensive inspection of the situations of several countries, Germany is the most fully and comprehensively prepared for war...As early as three years ago, Germany's armaments had caught up, and even
In some aspects, it surpassed the United Kingdom and France's armaments, leaving the United States far behind. By the time the war broke out last September, Germany's cumulative military expenditures had reached an astonishing 60 billion Reichsmarks, accounting for the country's annual
The proportion of the fiscal budget increased from 4% seven years ago to 50% last year, equivalent to 17% of the gross national product. In the same period last year, British military expenditures only accounted for the gross national product.
Four percent of the value, one percent in the United States...
"Hitler's government, in order to prevent the public from seeing the huge debts the government was burdened with in order to rearm, secretly issued a 'Metallurgical Institute Securities'. This was a security issued by a completely non-existent institution, and the capital was financed by major corporations.
Provided by arms manufacturers, the government uses such securities to repay arms purchase costs. Under the guarantee of Deutsche Bank, these securities will not be cashed after they are handed over to the arms manufacturers, or the cashing period will be postponed as much as possible, and the interest will be paid by government fiscal revenue.
...
"Since Hitler came to power, he has advocated that the German people live a simple, peasant-style life, seeking food and clothing rather than luxury. The Nazi Party called on people to use fish instead of meat, black bread instead of white bread, and margarine instead of real food.
Butter. High-end foods such as game, shellfish, caviar, foie gras and imported high-end wines are only sold in large hotels and high-end food stores. The enjoyment of these delicacies is promoted as un-German, sinful and depraved behavior.
...
"Four years ago at the Nuremberg Party Congress, Hitler proposed a four-year plan for comprehensive preparations for war, ensuring the people's living conditions in a limited area while creating a number of conditions for 'self-reliance', supplemented by military efforts.
Economic efforts, organizing and adjusting the German economy to support the costly war, making every effort to develop the fuel, synthetic rubber, steel, chemical industry, and reducing dependence on imported raw materials...
"Since the summer of last year, Germany's economic focus has been focused on formulating plans to develop raw materials and commonly used consumer goods. At the same time, issues such as wage and price controls, labor, and overseas investment have also been considered, and priority has been given to the development of those related to
Industries related to equipping mechanized troops, including factories that manufacture synthetic fuels, armor, guns and engines. From four years ago to now, the total investment in the entire German war preparation plan has reached 13.25 billion Reichsmarks, accounting for 13.25 billion Reichsmarks, accounting for the total investment in German industry.
Fifty percent of all investments, 41% are invested in the production of hydrocarbons, 21% are invested in synthetic textiles, 10% are invested in the production of heavy metals, and 10% are invested in the production of explosives
, investment in ammunition and other finished weapons accounts for 12 percent..."
After Yang Fei introduced this, his throat felt a little itchy. He picked up the tea cup on the coffee table in front of him and took a few sips. When he put down the tea cup, he saw Deng Bin, Zhang Tianyi, Han Yaoxian and Wang Buchan with their eyes slightly closed.
While the deputy elder god was present, only Ye Ziquan listened carefully. He moved in his heart and said with a smile: "Zi Quan, go ahead and talk. Anyway, these summary reports were all discussed together by us!"
Ye Ziquan was stunned and quickly declined: "Deputy Chief of Staff Yang should do it. After all, you are in a high position and have a more comprehensive view than we do."
Yang Fei curled his lips and said, "Just say it when I ask you to. Do you think this is a matter of merit? You didn't see Lao Deng and the others wandering around in the world..."
Deng Bin's thoughts were indeed slipping away. After all, these things had been discussed countless times before and were already familiar to him, but when Yang Fei said them to his face, he still couldn't help but turn red with embarrassment.
Seeing this, An Yi stood up with a smile: "Lao Yang, don't talk about me, it would be the same for you... I arrested you as soon as you came back, and we have been chatting until now after lunch. This trip
I have been away for almost three months, and I guess my thoughts are on my wife and children by now. You can go back first and let Ziquan accompany me. He is not married and has no family ties. I will send him back when it is over."
Deng Bin glared at Yang Fei and said quickly: "It's okay, it's okay, we are an old couple. We have only been separated for two months and twenty-four days. How serious is it..."
Zhang Tianyi also said: "Don't listen to Lao Yang's nonsense, we are just following his ideas and thinking carefully... The things he said were indeed discussed by us together, but on the way back, compared with what we did in China
What I saw and heard about Asia, as well as the offensive launched by the Communist Party and the Soviet Union, I have a new understanding in my mind..."
Yang Fei smiled and pulled Zhang Tianyi up, and then said to Deng Bin and the others: "Come on, I don't know who was talking about his wife, children, and children along the way. You should thank me. If I didn't say it, I would have to sit there for a few hours...
....It's gone, it's gone..."
An Yi also smiled and said: "We are all brothers, so there is no need to be polite to me. Go home and we will talk about it later. In two days, the General Staff will have a seminar on 'Germany versus Britain and France'. By then
You can chat with us if you have any ideas. During this European inspection, I believe everyone has a general understanding of the current situation of several European countries and their armies. You are all the leaders of our major military academies, and the talents you train are directly related to our army.
Tomorrow, I hope to be able to write an inspection report based on my respective majors, so that I can gain some insights!"
After Yang Fei and the others were sent away, only Ye Ziquan was left in the study. Only then did Ye Ziquan ask, "Where are the two sisters-in-law? Why is the house so deserted?"
An Yi explained: "Now the Sichuan South Group's business has exploded, and new factories have been opened in various provinces and cities in South China. Chu'er is responsible for the investment approval of the entire group, and also serves as the president of the Central Bank of South China. At the same time, he needs to examine the current economic policies.
In order to discover errors in time, you will be busy without even touching the ground;
"After the Spring Festival, Jieyun took up the post of director of the newly established Nanhua Press and Publication Administration, and was also responsible for the publication and distribution of "Oriental Morning Post". Last Tuesday she went on a business trip to Central Asia to work for "Nanhua Daily", "Liberation Daily" and
"Oriental Morning Post" has established complete publishing and distribution channels, so that Japan, Central Asia and Afghanistan can publish at the same time as South China or with delayed publication, so that the cultural media in Japan, Central Asia and Afghanistan can cooperate with South China.
Nanhua has achieved a high degree of unity."
Ye Ziquan nodded and personally refilled the tea cups in front of An Yi and himself before continuing Yang Fei's report: "After the outbreak of the Polish-German War last September, compared with its weak and unprepared neighbors, Germany
They have a huge advantage in the reserve of war supplies and benefit greatly from it, which allowed them to use blitzkrieg tactics to quickly defeat Poland. They also occupied Denmark last month and pulled Norway into the Axis Powers...
...
"According to the data we obtained during our inspection, by the time the war started last year, Germany had already stocked up enough grain, sugar, 270,000 tons of lard, cured fat and butter for the entire country for two years, as well as a large amount of oats and corn for feed. At the same time,
, the German army also stocked up a lot of leather, cloth and silk that could be used to make parachutes, etc. These were the results of pre-war efforts. In fact, compared with the current embarrassing situation in Britain, the lives of Germans are generally poor.
In order to improve the economy, a large amount of agricultural products, meat and luxury goods shipped from the Czech Republic and Poland prospered the German market. However, the United Kingdom had to implement a strict rationing system for basic people's necessities - the consumption of meat, eggs, sugar and fruits.
Falling by 27%, 56%, 35% and 56% respectively, rations of sweets, butter, tea and coffee are almost zero...
"In addition, after the war broke out, Germany established a system of working night shifts, working on holidays and rewarding overtime work. So far, workers are very willing to extend their working hours in exchange for overtime pay. The average working hours of workers in some departments every day is up to
Ten hours to twelve hours. In January of this year, the number of newly recruited workers in Germany reached 1.4 million, which enabled the German army to quickly arm itself and gain a comprehensive upper hand in the confrontation with Britain and France."
An Yi frowned slightly, thought for a while and asked: "Don't you have anything good to say between Britain and France? It can be seen that you are very interested in Germany's military and economic model during your overseas inspection this time. The content of the report
It’s almost all about Germany.”
Ye Ziquan smiled bitterly and said: "It's not that I don't want to talk about Britain and France, it's just that from what we saw, there's really nothing to say. Let's take France as an example. It's hard to believe that the people of this country are going through war. When we were in Paris, we saw
On the balconies of cafes lining the broad Champs Elysées and hundreds of other streets and alleys, Parisians are sitting together and enjoying life leisurely. The stands of the Auteuil racecourse are crowded with people.
Gamblers and spectators, crowds of people flocked to tall and gorgeous buildings to enjoy art exhibitions, and cinemas and theaters were packed with seats... All of this, who could have imagined that they should see it in a war
What’s the scene? Not to mention the high-level intrigues in France. Politicians openly advocating surrender are filling the parliament and cabinet. Twenty years of peace have smoothed the edges and bloody tempers of the French. They really don’t like this country with confused thinking and prevaricating everything.
!”
An Yi nodded in relief, and then asked: "Do you think there is anything that can be improved on Germany, which has entered a state of war early?"
Ye Ziquan's expression became solemn: "Unlike us in South China, the German government did not mobilize women for war. The traditional German concept has always been that women's jobs are in the kitchen and sewing room. In our South China, a large number of women entered the military industry
In the production, logistics, transportation, agriculture and other sectors, it is said that the United Kingdom and the United States are also mobilizing women to enter factories, enterprises and military departments. For example, women in the United Kingdom can engage in radio communications, code deciphering, radar system monitoring, and even air force logistics after joining the army.
sector, but from the beginning of the war last year to now, the number of German women's labor force has been declining. In addition, until we left Germany, Germany's arsenal only increased by 11%, while the United States' data from the beginning of the war last year to now is 500%.
We in Nanhua also have 228%. The Germans are too confident in their lead, which will definitely lead to a series of problems, especially when the war is unfavorable!"
After listening, An Yi asked with some surprise: "Is this something you thought of by yourself, or was it the opinion of a group discussion?"
Ye Ziquan scratched his head in embarrassment: "These are my personal opinions and may be biased..."
"No, fine!"
An Yi waved his hand and looked at Ye Ziquan casually and enthusiastically: "If you were Hitler, how would you change this unfavorable situation?"
Ye Ziquan thought carefully and said with a serious face: "Women must all be mobilized. The army, factories and even farms are all good places for them to serve the country. You must know that this is not only a man's war, but also a women's war.
If Germany were defeated, German women would suffer a tragic fate. This is undisputed! At the same time, it must be agreed that factories should strengthen their autonomy in management and replace the current simple and extensive overtime system with a three-shift system. In production,
The six aspects of labor, raw materials, procurement, industrial planning, and resident supply are unified and coordinated, and resources are used rationally. When necessary, enterprises can be forced to accept supervision and management, private property is expropriated, raw materials are distributed, and the production of goods that are not urgently needed is stopped.
"In addition, encourage the development of private enterprises, through the establishment of industrial self-management institutions and the establishment of authoritative commissioning agencies and joint ventures within various industrial sectors, which will standardize the large-scale production system and derive huge benefits from it. Whether it is
Whether it is the Krupp Arsenal or those small family factories with only more than ten people, they can produce barrels, bullets, gears and other products of the same specifications according to unified standards. This new control system will have a great impact on the economy and production.
A big promotion.”
"Well said!"
An Yi's eyes shone and he said to Ye Ziquan with interest: "I actually forgot that you are a top student with a master's degree from the School of Engineering Technology and Applications of Princeton University! In 2032, I led my troops to fight in Shanghai. For the first time
When I saw you, you asked to join the Anjia Army. Your reason at that time was that everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the country. Now even the students you trained have entered active service. I think it is better to return to your old business and help me manage it.
How is the economy?”
Ye Ziquan looked at An Yi in surprise, thought for a while and asked: "Is there something I haven't done well, so you want to find a reason for me to leave the army...or maybe my family wants to ask you
Was there any pressure exerted?"
"Hey, where did you think you were?"
An Yi waved his hand: "No one put pressure on me, and you didn't make a mistake, but I really couldn't find suitable talents who are good at economics and management around me for a while. The current war is already an economic war. In order to meet the needs of the war,
, it is necessary to carry out wartime economic mobilization, implement unified control, adjustment and distribution of all economic forces, carefully plan, scientifically organize and rationally use the national material, financial, human and other resources to maximize their effectiveness to ensure the war
needs and strive for victory in the war.
"We have entered a wartime system before. However, due to the lack of unified scheduling of production planning, a certain amount of waste has been caused in terms of labor and production materials, such as refrigerators, microwave ovens, air conditioners, pianos and other civilian products that take up a lot of resources.
It is absolutely unacceptable that there are factories still producing. To this end, we will establish a wartime production bureau in the near future to control the six aspects of production, labor, raw materials, procurement, industrial planning, and resident supply you mentioned earlier.
Carry out unified and coordinated management to achieve an appropriate ratio between military production and civilian production to avoid the adverse situation of declining production and collapse of the national economy.
"In the future, we will establish numerous horizontal agencies for mobilization and management, mainly including the War Labor Bureau, responsible for handling labor disputes; the War Manpower Commission, responsible for the effective use of human resources; and the Economic War Bureau, responsible for controlling important and urgently needed raw materials.
Storage, further broken down, includes the Rubber Department, the Wartime Petroleum Department, the Wartime Solid Fuel Administration, the Defense Transportation Bureau, the Wartime Shipping Administration, the Price Administration, the Wartime Food Administration and other departments. Industry is organized in the industrial sector.
The committee conducts standardized assessments on all enterprises and categorizes them according to product levels.
"In this way, wartime economic mobilization and management agencies will form a huge system and network, from the central to the local governments, connected up and down, crisscrossed, taking into account all aspects of the national economy, with detailed division of labor and each performing its own duties. Wartime production at all levels
The bureau constitutes a decision-making system, performs the functions of unified planning and supreme decision-making of the country's wartime economy, is responsible for examining and approving economic mobilization plans, formulating economic mobilization guidelines and policies, and supervising their implementation.
"Wartime mobilization bureaus at all levels constitute a coordination system, which is a mechanism that connects the upper and lower, connects the left and right, and communicates information and relationships; its main function is to carry out comprehensive balance and coordinate the relationship between the military system and the national economic departments, and between various departments within the national economy.
The relationship between each other and the relationship between various regions is to maintain the normal proportional relationship between production and demand, military and economy, and various departments and industries.
"Many other classified administrations or departments constitute a management system. They specifically organize the completion of various wartime economic mobilization tasks according to the requirements of the decision-making system and coordination system. Decision-making, coordination and management form an organic unity and become a powerful
Wartime economic system.
"Zi Quan, you studied engineering, so you naturally understand the importance of scientific planning and management of the economy and production! Your current value is no longer something that an ordinary soldier or general can measure. As a soldier and general
, you can only affect the outcome of one battle, but as an economic manager, you can even affect the entire war! As long as you are willing, you can save the equipment of ten or hundreds of air defense divisions, armored divisions, and pilot divisions.
Weapons and equipment... In this way, after you serve as the director of the War Production Bureau, you will continue to retain your military position. When you make achievements, I will give you a promotion and make you a general in the economic field!"
Now Ye Ziquan's heart is moved. To be honest, although Ye Ziquan likes the air defense force very much, sometimes when he thinks about it carefully, he abandoned what he studied and pursued diligently in the first half of his life without putting it into practice. Sometimes he still feels a huge feeling when he thinks about it.
A sense of loss. Nowadays, anti-aircraft artillery, radar, and electronic technology are increasingly closely integrated. The successful development of artillery sighting and fire control radars means that air defense firepower can now be automated. The techniques and tactics of aviation troops chasing air targets based on personal experience and bravery have become somewhat
Falling behind, the opportunities for us to show our strength are also decreasing with the innovation of air defense technology.
On the contrary, for Ye Ziquan at this time, economic planning and management was a brand new field worth exploring, which had an inexplicable attraction for him.
After pondering for a long time, Ye Ziquan finally nodded heavily.
An Yi smiled brightly, stood up and patted Ye Ziquan's shoulder heavily: "Let's go to Qingxinyuan, that is the apartment where your sister and sister live. Today we two brothers are going to have a drink to celebrate!"
Ye Ziquan knew about An Yi's ambiguous relationship with his sister, and also understood that he had already established a relationship with his sister Ye Zixin. He could call An Yi brother-in-law or brother-in-law. Thinking of the chaotic relationship with An Yi, Ye Ziquan stood up with a bitter smile.
I don't know why, but I feel relaxed.
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