Chapter 27 The Hidden Man Behind the Big Plan

The banquet finally started. Chloe and Margaret brought basins of food exuding tempting fragrance to a long dining table that looked very beautiful and a bit old - it was a long table that Chloe got from Peter G. Antiques bought by Le. Hersman opened a bottle of Heinkel champagne and poured the fragrant light yellow liquid into the glasses in front of the guests one by one.

Tonight's star, Iron Man Hermann, ignored Margaret's eyebrows and only focused on asking questions to Karl Haushofer, who retired just after becoming a major general. The retirement of this major general is really hard to understand. This is wartime, and Karl Haushofer is not very old, so why should he retire?

"I'm just retiring from the army, not retiring, but going to do some important work." The major general glanced at Goering, and then looked at several other confused officers - they were all Karl Haussho The people in Fehr's circle are all over forty years old, and their military ranks are lieutenant colonel and colonel. "I will chair the Industrial Promotion Council, which is a body under the Prime Minister's Office."

"Industrial Promotion Board?" Hermann Göring glanced at Fogg. The young millionaire was attracted by Herschmann's sister Margaret and was chatting with the little girl - such a little girl, I was only about sixteen or seventeen years old and not interesting at all. Fatty Ge, who liked mature women, turned to talk to Major General Haushofer. He had a very keen awareness of political issues and had already discovered that the Industrial Promotion Committee was not simple. He asked tentatively: "Is Mr. Falk also a member of this committee?"

"Yes, he is a representative of the aviation community." Karl Haushofer said, "There will be people serving as committee members in important industrial sectors such as aviation, manufacturing, machinery, steel, chemicals, and mining. The financial sector and the army, navy, The Air Force will also send representatives. By the way, Ludwig is the representative of the Army, and he is also a member of the Industrial Promotion Committee.”

"Ludwig is also a committee member?" Göring turned to look at Hersmann, "Ludwig, you are now a lieutenant colonel... This is really surprising! You serve in the General Staff?"

"More or less, I am the general manager of a Russian-German economic promotion company under the General Staff Department." Hersman replied with a smile. The general manager of the Russian-German Economic Promotion Company and a member of the Industrial Promotion Committee is Hersman's public identity - Director Stasi is a "hidden man". Except for a very few people, people will not know the name of Director Stasi. Ludwig von Hersmann, all they knew was the code name "General".

"Russian-German Economic Promotion Corporation, that must be a very important company." Goering looked at Hersmann's blue Max Medal and thought: He must be a genius in business!

"It's just more important during wartime," Hersman said in a somewhat serious tone. "In the long run, the Industrial Promotion Committee has more development prospects."

"Really?" Göring seemed to be an inquiring person, "What does this committee do?"

"Helping German industry transform after the war," Hessmann said. "The things that need to be produced in peacetime are different from those in wartime. Some factories need to reduce production capacity, while others need to increase production capacity. In addition, German industry is in Many achievements have been made in this war, and these achievements should be preserved and allowed to continue to develop. The achievements of the military industry should not be lost because of the post-war peace era. "

What he said can be published publicly in newspapers. After all, this Industrial Promotion Committee is an organization under the Prime Minister's Office, and there must be a justifiable reason for its existence.

"Sounds good," Goering nodded in understanding. "But how does this committee accomplish those things?"

"The committee will first control a bank," Karl Haushofer took a sip of champagne and said slowly, "It is the German National Bank where Dr. Yamal Schacht is the president, and Dr. Schacht is also a member of the committee. . This German National Bank will provide low-interest loans to the most important sectors of German industry to help them tide over the difficulties..."

The "Gray Plan" continues to be improved, and now it has become an extremely large "surrender plan." Including many aspects such as economy, politics, military, science and technology, diplomacy, propaganda and intelligence. At the beginning, the "Plan" was completely left to the Eastern Division of the Military Intelligence Agency to formulate. But later, as the situation on the Western Front battlefield became increasingly unfavorable, the General Staff accelerated the formulation and implementation of the "Plan". As a result, more and more people and departments became involved, and various aspects began to divide work and cooperate.

The staff of the Russian group of the Eastern Division of the Military Intelligence Agency, led by Hersman, formulated the "Gray Plan General Outline", the "Greater Poland Plan" and the "Courland Plan".

Major General Karl Haushofer began to formulate the "Dark Sword Plan" with some important figures in the German industrial and financial circles. The Industrial Promotion Council was the agency that formulated and implemented the "Dark Sword Plan".

The Strategic Operations Division of the Grand General Staff is responsible for formulating the "Free Corps Plan" to preserve the vitality of the Army. The aviation management department under the General Staff began to formulate the "Club Plan". The Naval Staff is secretly formulating the "Rainbow Plan"...

These plans, drawn up by Germany's genius staff and elites from all walks of life, need to be implemented by someone. In addition to the "Free Corps Plan", "Rainbow Plan" and "Club Plan", which can be handled by the command departments of the army, navy and air force. The "Greater Poland Plan", "Courland Plan" and "Dark Sword Plan" must be implemented by the cooperation of multiple departments.

The "Greater Poland Plan" is now in charge of the "Free Poland Committee" composed of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Great General Staff and the Polish Provisional State Council. Piłsudski was also released from prison two weeks ago and re-assumed the military minister of the Polish Provisional State Council. In the next few months, a series of "fair and reasonable" agreements and treaties will be signed between the German Imperial Chancellery, the Polish Provisional State Council, the Lithuanian Provisional Government and the Courland Autonomous State.

The first to be determined is the "Polish-Lithuanian Union Treaty", and the Polish Federation will be centered on Poland and Lithuania-this shows that the idea of ​​"strengthening Poland and making it a barrier to the westward advance of the Bolsheviks" proposed by Hessmann was fully accepted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Great General Staff.

Then came the Polish-Courland Cooperation Treaty. This agreement stipulated that if the Baltic Union could not be formed due to the firm opposition of the Allies, or if the Baltic Union was invaded by the Soviet Union and could not protect itself, the Courland Autonomous State would join the Polish Federation and have "nearly independent" autonomy.

At the same time, the treaty also stipulated that if Poland promised not to demand West Prussia and Poznan from Germany after the formal establishment of the Baltic Union and was generally recognized by the international community, the Baltic Union would cede the port of Liepaja near Lithuania to the Polish Federation.

Finally, there was a temporarily confidential German-Polish Agreement, which stipulated the post-war Polish-German border. Poland forever gave up its territorial claims to Poznan (called Posen in Germany) and West Prussia. In exchange, Germany handed Lithuania to Poland and promised to support Poland in obtaining the entire Galicia (including Western Ukraine) after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Since the main residents of Lithuania and Eastern Galicia (that is, Western Ukraine) are not Poles, this agreement is actually to exchange Lithuania and Western Ukraine for Posen and West Prussia - if the Poles can abide by the agreement after Germany's defeat, then Poland and Germany will undoubtedly become friends!

Hersmann and his Stasi are currently involved in the "Courland Plan" and the "Dark Sword Plan" and the "Thor Plan" formulated after the February Revolution in Russia and still continuing. The "Courland Plan", "Dark Sword Plan" and "Thor Plan", these three plans that seem to have little relationship on the surface, are actually a whole. Because the way for the German military industry to survive the post-war difficulties cannot be just some loans. Instead, it is necessary to let the Industrial Promotion Committee, the Courland Autonomous State (or possibly the Baltic United State) and Soviet Russia cooperate.

And the channel that connects these three forces is the Stasi hidden behind the scenes!