"1.5 billion gold marks? Are they all gold coins?"

"Yes, they are all gold coins, and they are found in the vault of the German National Bank branch in Switzerland."

The gold content of 1.5 billion gold mark is equivalent to more than 300 tons and nearly 400 tons of gold! For Germany, whose foreign exchange reserves are almost exhausted, it can be said to be a timely help. Although the Soviet-German cooperation provides raw materials to Germany, Germany itself is an industrial powerhouse and does not need to import foreign technology and machines.

However, necessary gold reserves are still indispensable, which can give Germany more room for diplomacy to move around. Without gold reserves and unable to use pound deposits (in the Bank of England), Germany can only rely on the Soviet-German barter trade to obtain most of the industrial raw materials. Once the relations with the Soviet Union break down, it will be difficult for the German economy to maintain.

Hitler's action to clean up the Bolshevik Party is likely to quickly cool down the hot Soviet-German relations.

"Germany needs that gold!" Hitler looked at Hessman, "I can give His Majesty the Emperor the corresponding compensation, land or company stocks!"

But what William II wants is the crown!

Hessman smacked his lips and nodded, "Okay, I can persuade Your Majesty. He loves the German motherland, so he will definitely hand over the gold to the Imperial Bank. But... it will not last long with 1.5 billion gold marks. Therefore, cooperation with the Soviet Union must be maintained, and it is best to try to expand to obtain more combat preparations."

Germany is a country with shortage of resources and almost everything except coal. However, this country is an industrial powerhouse and needs to consume a large amount of raw materials every year. If it is transferred to wartime, the consumption of raw materials will be even more amazing.

Therefore, under the auspices of Hessman, Germany began to stockpile raw materials 10 years ago. Now it has established a strategic reserve system including petroleum, copper ore sand, bauxite, chromite, tungsten ore sand, molybdenum ore, antimony ore sand, tin ore sand, manganese ore sand, lead ore sand, zinc ore sand, magnesium ore, uranium ore, nickel ore, opium (former morphine), silk (former parachute) and other raw materials.

However, the various raw materials collected and stored are far from meeting the needs of a world war. According to the plan of Hessmann and Schletcher, World War II will be prepared for five years instead of a few months! Therefore, the various raw materials to be consumed are also astronomical.

Moreover, Germany has a criminal record of "launching" the world war, and the action of collecting and storing raw materials from the international market should not be too eye-catching, otherwise it will cause interference from Britain, France and other countries.

The approach Hessmann used was to set up shell companies in friendly countries such as the Netherlands, Finland, and Sweden, and purchase them in long-term and small batches.

However, this can only solve a small part of the storage needs, and the big part has to be carried out through barter trade cooperation. The Soviet Union has a large land and abundant resources, and has urgent industrial demands, and the domestic mining industry has a certain foundation and can provide a large amount of raw materials, so it has become the main source of Germany's strategic reserve materials.

"But our cooperation with the Soviet Union is also strengthening the Bolsheviks' power!" Hitler paused. "This will have an adverse impact on future wars!"

He looked at Hessman, "Ludwig, don't you really think we can always get along with the Soviet Union, do you?"

In fact, the Soviet Union's power is not much stronger than in history. Because while the Soviet-German cooperation is strengthened, the economic exchanges between the Soviet Union and the United States have weakened. The reason is that the Soviet Union's ability to export raw materials is not infinite, and their industrialization speed is also limited. Industrialization is not just about importing some foreign machines and technologies. It also requires a large number of supporting construction projects and a large amount of labor to "allocate" from agriculture to industry.

The Soviet Union imported more than one billion mark of machines and technology from Germany, and its domestic investment often requires ten times and twenty times of this to support it. At the same time, it also involves the distribution of interests between industry and agriculture. In order to meet the labor demand during the industrialization process, a large number of young and middle-aged farmers became workers, and the state needs to provide them with ration, housing allocation and other related guarantees. Therefore, the process of industrialization in the Soviet Union was actually also a process of urbanization.

The scale of investment involved is extremely amazing. With the severe imbalance between industry and agriculture, agricultural labor has decreased, and the population needs to be supported has increased significantly. At the same time, it has to bear the growing export tasks, so it will naturally encounter huge difficulties.

Therefore, it was impossible for the Soviet Union to expand the scale of Soviet-German cooperation several times. For example, in history, there is a mutually substitute relationship between the Soviet-German cooperation and the American machines, and it cannot be simple addition. Otherwise, the Soviet Union's domestic agriculture would not be able to afford it!

Moreover, due to the loss of the right-bank Ukraine, the scale of agricultural production in the Soviet Union was smaller than that of the same period in history. Although Stalin made some compensation by developing Kazakhstan, it was ultimately impossible to compare with the right-bank Ukraine's granary (that is the best land in the world).

Therefore, the Soviet Union's power did not increase much more than in history. On the contrary, after the establishment of Pisusky's "dictatorship", the Polish Federation began a round of industrial construction. Since Ukraine on the right bank belonged to Poland, the Polish Federation obtained a lot of foreign exchange by exporting grain and meat. Therefore, with the help of Britain and France, some military and heavy industry-related construction can be carried out in the Galician region with rich coal mine reserves, and coal mines there were also expanded and many power plants were opened.

Moreover, Poland's military power is also stronger than in history! Not only because of the industrial construction in Galicia. Ukraine and Lithuania on the right bank not only brought more food to Poland, but also brought more than 20 million Ukrainians and more than 2 million Lithuanians, making the population of the Polish Federation now close to 53 million.

"Adolf. You forgot Poland with a population of 53 million!" Hessmann pointed out, "This is a powerful country with a land area of ​​100,000 square kilometers larger than the combined territory of Germany and the Baltic Republic. It also has the second or third most powerful army in Europe!"

According to the current analysis of European military observers, the strength of the Polish army is far greater than that of the German German Army, even if the Polo army and the armed SS, is only more than 900,000. Most of them are recruits, with poor weapons and equipment. There are basically no tanks, and heavy artillery and machine guns are also very lacking.

The Polish Army currently maintains a huge scale of 1.5 million people (in fact, not that many, this is the number when all troops reach 80% full rate), and has a lot of tanks, heavy artillery and machine guns.

In addition, in order to defend against the Soviet invasion, Poland is currently building a Pisusky line in Ukraine, Western Belarus and eastern Lithuania in the right bank, following the Maginot Line of Defense, and has also imported a lot of German cement.

"Well, Poland, everyone hates Poland..." Hitler gritted his teeth, "This may be the reason for us to cooperate with the Soviet Union, and this is the only reason!"

"No, this is not the only one!" Hessman said, "We actually have similar political stances as the Soviet Union."

"What?" Hitler stared at Hessman with gray-blue eyes.

"Socialism!" said Hessman, "we and the Soviet Union are both socialist countries!"

"What? We and the Soviet Union are... Ludwig, I think you misunderstood national socialism! This is different from the Soviet socialism!"

"Yes! There is a difference between the two," Hessmand paused, "but national socialism is also socialism, and Soviet socialism is also socialism. From this perspective, Germany and the Soviet Union are both in the socialist camp now!"

"Stalin won't admit this!" Hitler reminded.

"I will make him admit it," Hessman smiled, "this is not a problem. Now not only Germany needs the Soviet Union, but the Soviet Union also needs Germany. So the differences between national socialism and Soviet socialism are differences among comrades. Therefore, Stalin must recognize that national socialism is socialism! This is very beneficial to us. It is not only conducive to tying the Soviet Union with an conscious attitude, but also to us exporting national socialist ideas to the international community... This will win many friends for Germany!"

"Subject to capital" or "Subject to society" actually has no constraints on Hitler and the Nazi Party. They are not very particular about this. However, they are different from Stalin and the Soviet Union.

If Stalin and the Soviet Union recognized Germany as a socialist country, then the friendship between the Soviet Union would be further consolidated from the Soviet Union's standpoint.

Because once the Soviet Union recognized that the state and society were socialism, then the Nazi Party came to power in Germany to be a symbol of the "victory of the German socialist revolution". It will definitely be widely promoted by the propaganda agencies of the Soviet Union and the Third International as a symbol of socialism's victory over capitalism.

When Germany and Britain and France go to war in the future, the Soviet propaganda organs are likely to call it the beginning of the "world revolution". In this way, the Soviet Union's national position will be influenced by its conscious x-stance position.

Even if the Soviet Union did not stand on the side of Germany and wage war against Britain and France, it would not easily betray Germany, the "socialist brother". Otherwise, it would be easy to form chaos in the country and to betray Germany, and at least carry out propaganda for a period of time. Germany cannot be the vanguard of the world revolution today, and will be the enemy of socialism tomorrow. This will make the Soviet people doubt the Bolshevik Party.

Moreover, in the 1930s, socialism was still a symbol of progress in the eyes of working people and oppressed nations around the world. Once Germany's socialist identity was "certified", the activity of exporting national socialism to the outside world would be easier. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!