One Hundred and Ninety-One Soviet Envoys

Stalin's mood these days is not very good, or it can be regarded as very bad. [Starting] The Soviet Red Army lost troops on the front line. He had executed several front-line commanders until Marshal Voroshilov arrived at the front line, and he sent two of his most powerful confidants, Khrushchev and Yezhov. In the past, the situation was stabilized.

However, they only stabilized the situation. The two did not bring new hope to the chaotic front line. Stalin still received reports one after another reporting the defeat of the front-line troops. Compared with the German army on the western front of Poland, which was smooth sailing, the Soviet Red Army, which made no progress, gave him all face.

Immediately after that, he received the news of the victory on the front line, which calmed his annoyed mood a little. But then the news was that they were defeated one after another. He received a report from the material transportation department, claiming that the guns and ammunition lost on the front line were enough to arm half of Poland, but the result of the battle was only a pitiful hill in the Polish wilderness.

This result made Stalin very dissatisfied. His plan to prove his ability to the world failed. Instead, a group of rice buckets were embarrassing him. He felt that it was time to end this farce, and he also felt that it was time to find a fig leaf for his embarrassed self.

So after getting the report from Yezhov, Khrushchev and others, and seeing the proposal to send envoys to Germany for renegotiation, he finally couldn't help but threw down his cherished pipe and locked himself in the room for a whole one day. The next morning, a Soviet diplomat hurried off with Stalin's letter of appointment, to Romania, and from there to Berlin, Germany.

The messenger received Yezhov's instructions and rushed to the front line of Su Bo first, and discussed with Khrushchev, Yezhov and Voroshilov for a long time, and then rushed all the way to Berlin in a hurry. Met German Foreign Minister Angela Merkel.

The Soviet envoy confessed to Merkel without saying a word, and took out a list of supplies given by Stalin: "Dear Mr. Merkel, I think the conditions set out by our great leader, Comrade Stalin, have been It is very rich, including a series of materials such as oil and food..."

Merkel waved her hand impolitely to interrupt the Soviet diplomat, raised her chin and said: "According to the treaty signed between you and us before, we declared war on Poland a month later, after paying a heavy price. After the price, our army has now gained an advantage over the Polish army... At this time, the redrawing of the future border between the Soviet Union and Germany with the Soviet Union will not benefit our country at all."

"We have taken out all the materials we can! You must know that the payment of these materials has caused serious obstacles to our five-year plan." The Soviet envoy said anxiously: "You should repay Yuan Xiansheng. , let him decide such an important matter!"

Merkel laughed, glanced at the Soviet envoy, and replied: "The head of state has entrusted me with full responsibility for such trivial matters.

To be honest, I'm not very optimistic about these material transactions, because it seems that we can get more benefits in Poland. "

"Let's put forward Germany's request and see if we can accept it." The Soviet envoy was also a bachelor, and he was not angry. He spread his hands and was ready to be slaughtered by others. Amused.

"Of course we need all these materials." Merkel pressed her hand on her chin, as if thinking about the conditions that should be put forward. After a while, he continued: "But this time we want people more."

"People?" The Soviet envoy was stunned, then looked at Merkel: "What do you want us to exchange for?"

"No one." Merkel waved her hand and said: "We want human resources! We want all the Polish prisoners of war obtained by the Soviet Union, a total of 850,000 people."

"We can't have so many Polish prisoners of war at all! Mr. Merkel! We can't meet this condition." The Soviet envoy shook his head and sighed: "If we can capture 850,000 Polish prisoners, I will not be in a hurry. Three fire four came here to see you."

Merkel laughed again, like a naughty child who had succeeded in her mischief: "In fact, if we Germany completes the siege of Warsaw, Poland will collapse in an instant, and you have a few months to take 'captives', don't you? Is it?"

"But we can't guarantee that there will be enough prisoners of this huge number." The Soviet envoy thought about it and then said: "If you want the population of Poland, I think I can go back and find a way, but if this number is not enough, then What shall we do?"

"Supplement with the healthy male "sex" in your concentration camp!" Merkel recalled what Arkado had told him, and said immediately.

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"Population! I want population! You can immediately stop paying people who work for Germany!" Accardo said, pointing to Poland, Slovakia and East Prussia next to Poland: "I want to get this in a year. The region will be built into one of the world's leading industrial areas."

He pointed to the information on the table, and motioned for the important members of the Greater Deutsche Party present to take it up and take a look. Bosch, Krupp, August, Gerinnecker, Schacht and others all opened the document and began to read the "Future German Light Industry Development Plan".

In the plan, the bloody development of German light industry and handicraft industry is drawn up in great detail: in Frankfurt, Schwetter, Eisenhüttenstadt and other regions, Germany will build 21 concentration camps for the textile industry and 17 concentration camps for handmade quilts, with almost no workers in production. Cost-cheap products are supplied throughout Germany.

In the occupied area of ​​Poland, Accardo vigorously promoted farm farming and planned to build Poland into a granary for the whole of Germany. He entrusted all the supplies of German citizens for the next year, that is, in 1938, on this plan. This is what he repeatedly told Germany. The reason why the people pledged to abolish part of the material rationing system in 1938.

57 mines across the country will replenish 20,000 prisoners, and cooperate with the original workers to increase ore production by more than 30% within six months. In addition, various factories supplemented by 3,000 skilled workers must be carefully selected from the prisoners of war for the production of industrial supplies.

August's plan for the Fuhrer is to replenish at least 1.6 million fresh and cheap labor for Germany, liberate more original technicians, and conduct supervision and control inspections--this not only reduces the work intensity of the original German workers, but also improves the efficiency. Yield and quality of industrial products.

Now this plan is already in operation. Most of the approximately 700,000 Polish soldiers captured by Germany on the front line are scattered and transported to various places in Germany to serve prison sentences. The business leaders laughed at the victory of the war. They quietly divided up the labor force, and then sharpened their knives and prepared to grab the increased raw material output.

The National Defense Forces generously provided 10% of the mine production and 80% of the prisoners to repay the payment owed to the major arms manufacturers. Hundreds of millions of Mifu coupons were redeemed by the "government" with materials and distributed to these people. The factory is carrying out a new round of weapons production... These newly born arms manufacturers do not have a penny in cash, but they are confused and rich.

Every German can find a job, and there are places where vacancies are never filled. The war did not depress Germany, but it was a thriving scene everywhere. It’s just that people are not used to the rationing system of some materials. For example, many times you have money but you may not be able to buy a brand-new Mercedes-Benz.

The German economy that Accardo took over was in fact a mess: Germany had been saddled with huge war reparations debts since 1919, and suffered heavy losses in the ensuing international capitalist economic crisis. He relied on his previous life experience to speculate on the U.S. stock market, and he managed to pull the German economy back from the brink of collapse to just barely making ends meet.

Schacht is worthy of being a financial genius. Relying on the original capital provided by Accardo, he slowly saved the German economy, allowing such an almost destroyed financial environment to gradually embark on the road of development. However, all this is just the beginning. The sanctions of the United Kingdom and France and the war against Poland have made the entire country more deficient in materials, which has caused a little dissatisfaction among the people.

These things have to be handled by Accardo, but with the addition of Augustus, the efficiency seems to be better. However, this mess still caused everyone to be overwhelmed. Although it was much stronger than before, it was still not the most ideal state in Akado's mind.

There was a knock on the door of the conference room, and then Merkel came in from the outside, and he put the new treaty in front of Akado with a proud face: "My head of state. After some hard negotiations, the Soviets Promised to give us 600,000 healthy Polish prisoners, and 200,000 'women'. In addition, we obtained land extending 50 kilometers eastward than before. The Soviet Union provided us with an additional 3 million barrels of oil as compensation."

"Exactly!" Augustus took a few glances at the documents that were circulated to him, then nodded and said, "Our scarce human resources can be fully in place by the end of this year, so that we can spend some of the money on infrastructure construction. Going up, more money will flow into the market and revitalize our economy.”

"Better than expected!" Schacht said with a smile. "At least our economy is a little better than France's."

Akado glanced at everyone in the meeting and raised the corner of his confident mouth: "Gentlemen! Now the problem is at least partially solved, please help me to govern this country well! I can be more attentive to lead everyone to expand The territory of the Third Reich, let our swastika cover the whole world."

"Führer! Long live!" Everyone stood up and shouted with a German salute.

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