Chapter 194
A huge roar reached Ludwig von Heinsberg-Hersmann's ears. He was now standing on the top of the Lenin's tomb built with polished red granite and black marble. The top of the Lenin's tomb is a review platform, with viewing platforms made of gray marble on both sides. At major Soviet festivals or celebrations, the leaders of the country would review the parades and armed forces here.
Hessman arrived in Moscow this time on the eve of Labor Day in 1932. So he was invited to the review platform at Lenin’s tomb in Red Square and to inspect the Red Army with big figures from the Soviet Union such as Stalin, Molotov, Voroshilov, Kalinin.
What was rumbling was coming was a square formation of 25 tanks, which was a very tall tank. Hessman had never seen such a tank in his life. His Stacey agent did not discover the existence of this tank in advance. Hessman had visually measured it. The height of this tank was more than three meters, and it had two superimposed turrets, which looked very majestic. The turret below should be installed with a 45mm main gun, and the smaller one on it was a machine gun turret, which was installed with a 7.62mm machine gun.
25 such giant steel beasts roared and squirted black smoke, rumbled to pass by Lenin’s tomb amid the cheers of the masses.
"This is a T-24 tank, with a total combat weight of 18.5 tons! It is equipped with a 45mm cannon and 4 7.62mm machine guns."
Stalin, wearing a military coat and a large military cap, introduced the most powerful tank of the Red Army in a very proud tone. He knew that this was an advanced weapon that Germany did not have!
Germany's advantage now lies in the Air Force. They were leading in the air during the World War and maintained until now. However, German tanks were relatively backward. The Treaty of Versailles prohibited Germany from producing tanks, and even agricultural tractors could not be produced (although later, the control was relaxed, the tanks were still not produced). Although the Germans used their satellite state, the Republic of Boro, to open a tractor manufacturing plant, and secretly developed tanks from 1924 or 1925.
However, Germany, which is completely restricted, is still far behind in this regard. According to the report of the Red Army's intelligence department, Germany currently has only a 5-ton small tank, and it is only produced in small quantities, used for tactical experiments and training, and has no combat effectiveness at all. A steel giant like the Soviet Union, which is nearly 20 tons, is at least 10 years ahead of Germany!
"It's amazing. The 18.5-ton tank is 5.5 tons heavier than the French Charles D1 tank! Perhaps only the French B1 heavy infantry tank is bigger and heavier than it, right?"
Hessman said compliments, but he couldn't help but admire the Germans' own armored soldiers. They did not have any advanced and powerful tanks. The tanks that the French had in 1931 were better than they used in 1940. However, the German armored soldiers still used inferior equipment to win overwhelming victory, as if they had a cheat.
Unfortunately, the resources I have mastered over the years have been limited, so I can only use good steel on the blade and have not invested any money on the tank. So now the German tank is still similar to that in history, or a little ahead. The pocket-sized tank No. 1 has just been trial production and has only built dozens of vehicles to replace the ft-17 (counterfeit French) light tank produced by the Riga Tractor Factory, as a training tank for the weak German armored forces.
"We will soon build a 30-ton tank like the b1 heavy infantry tank!" Stalin said in a casual tone. "We have already conducted trial production at the Putilov factory and believe we can put it into active service within two years."
That's the T-28 tank, right? Hessman said in his heart that this tank is not very useful, but it has allowed the Soviet Union to accumulate rich experience.
"Ludwig, your Germany has restored the compulsory military service system and the army has expanded to more than 800,000. It is time to develop medium and heavy tanks, right?" Stalin turned his head and looked at Hessman and smiled, "Maybe we, the Soviet Union, can help you Germany, and we have spent a lot of energy in this regard. We have designed and manufactured bt-1, bt-2, t-24 and t-26 successively, with rich experience."
Hessman had no interest in developing tanks with the Soviet Union, and he knew that Stalin would not help for no reason. He looked at the leader of GCism and waited for him to offer conditions.
Stalin looked around. This was an order, except for Molotov and Voroshilov who accompanied Stalin's military parade, the guards guarding Lenin's tomb all turned and left.
"You have done something very bad recently, which will add a lot of trouble to us!" said Stalin.
"Hissmann frowned," "Is it the Pod Declaration on Non-aggression? It's really a bad thing... Some people in our country always have fantasies about the rise of peace."
Of course, it was Hitler who fantasized about "peaceful rise". After Hitler came to power for more than a year, Hessman discovered that this "big devil" was a real pacifist compared to himself! Of course, he wanted to break the shackles of the Treaty of Versailles, let Germany stand up, and build a powerful and unified German empire.
But Hitler hoped to achieve these goals through peaceful means, and he obviously lacked in understanding the two enemies of Britain and the United States.
"It's not the Pod Declaration on Non-aggression," Stalin shook his head, "this declaration is just a piece of waste paper and worthless!"
The first five-year plan is about to be completed, and Stalin has already had a lot of confidence. Compared with the great achievements made by the Soviet Union in the past few years, Poland's progress can only be described as speed. He believes that as time goes by, the gap in national strength between the two countries will become increasingly larger. If the three five-year plan is completed, the Soviet Union will not need Germany's help at all and will be able to crush Poland without any effort.
By then, the Soviet-German alliance was dispensable. To be honest, there would be one less spoil without Germany.
"What troubles us is your National Socialist International!" said Stalin. "This is the real bad thing, because socialism is ours!"
It was indeed an old man! Hessman laughed. Stalin now has some capital and is still domineering.
At this time, another huge roar came from far and near, and came from the sky. Hessman brought a telescope. He raised a Zeiss 6x military telescope with one hand and looked into the sky. The famous TB-2 heavy bomber flew over the famous font-shaped formation, one after another, flew over the Red Square one after another.
"Comrade Stalin," said Hessman, shaking his head, "If you think that national socialism is not socialism, then just criticize it! You can criticize it in the Soviet Union or internationally. We can also publish articles to refute it. I think this is a debate among comrades to explore the truth... Just a debate will not affect the deep friendship that already exists between our two countries."
The debate on socialism with the Soviet Union was actually the propaganda method that Hessman wanted to adopt because facts are better than words! Germany is definitely an advanced country than the Soviet Union, and the life of the German working class is definitely better than that of the Soviet Union. In this way, national socialism is likely to gain more recognition from people.
"Okay," Stalin obviously did not think that the Soviet Union's system was inferior to that of Germany. "Since you think so, then we're not polite." His tone was obviously unhappy.
"Comrade Stalin," Hessman smiled, "debate is the business of the theorists, so let them reason. We are all practical people, so let's discuss some practical issues."
"Practical question?" Stalin thought of aviation technical cooperation. Although the cooperation between the two parties has not stopped, the current old projects determined before 1931. Since 1931, the two parties have not signed new contracts.
After losing Germany's technology source, the upgrade of Soviet aircraft and aircraft engines suddenly encountered difficulties. Due to more than ten years of cooperation, although the Soviet aviation industry has made great progress, it has become seriously dependent on Germany. Once Germany loses its support, although the Soviets can still produce aircraft and engines, they don't know how to develop new products at once.
"Navy, we can carry out comprehensive cooperation in the naval field." Hessman's answer disappointed Stalin a little. The golden age of Soviet-German aviation industrial cooperation has passed. Now Germany has begun to reorganize its arms and can openly establish air force and naval aviation. Naturally, there is no need to accumulate experience through Soviet-German cooperation.
Moreover, through long-term cooperation with Germany, the Soviet Union has learned a lot of skills. In the field of air-cooled engines, their products are even one generation ahead of the United States and the United Kingdom.
In addition, the scale of the Soviet Air Force and Navy aviation is also worrying. Having thousands of various fighter jets is undoubtedly the largest air force in the world at present. If it cannot continue to grow, otherwise it will be a disaster for raising a tiger.
Hessman continued: "Comrade Stalin, we have just reached an agreement with the British on naval arms control. We Germany can have 35% of the strength of the British Navy. That is to say, we can now start building heavy cruisers, battleships and aircraft carriers. So we plan to start designing first-class battleships and first-class aircraft carriers in the near future. If the Soviet Union is interested, we can participate together... I think the era of great development of your Red Navy will come soon, right?" (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!