Chancellor, Foreign Minister Ribbentrop is here.”
Misch replied after leaving for a while.
"Let him in."
Adolf put down the design document of the Leopard Tank.
"My head of state, do you know who I met in Moscow this time?”Ribbentrop said excitedly as soon as he entered.
"Oh? Who?"
Adolf raised his eyebrows and asked.
"The British Foreign Minister, His Excellency Samuel Hall, met with me secretly in the first few days of my arrival in Moscow and expressed the British government's attitude towards our violation of the Versailles Contract!”
Ribbentrop sat down and said excitedly.
"The Chamberlain cabinet's attitude is that as long as the total weight of the Imperial Navy does not exceed 35% of the Royal Navy, we will not be restricted from building warships of any kind!”
" As for submarines, as long as it doesn't violate the 35:100 ratio, there's no limit to the number of submarines. It can even be equivalent to the total number of submarines in the Royal Navy!”
"Then what conditions did they propose?”
Adolf nodded and asked.
As someone who had experienced it, Adolf knew very well that on June 18th, 1935, the Third Reich of Germany and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Iceland signed the Anglo-German Navy Agreement, which made it legal for the Third Reich to break the Versailles Contract.
However, Adolf had brought forward the invasion of Austria, causing Britain to linger on this issue for a longer time. It was now October 1935, and they were willing to accept the fact that Germany had risen.
" The Chamberlain government means that they have already abandoned the Soviet Union, so in the upcoming National League Conference, we should at least maintain our abstaining attitude and refuse to let the Soviet Union become a member of the National League. In addition, they will adopt a laissez-faire attitude towards the expansion of our land forces, but we must ensure that our main forces are aimed at the Soviet Union.”
Ribbentrop finished quickly and took out a document from his bag. On it was the content of the naval agreement. Samuel Hall and Ribbentrop, the foreign ministers of the two countries, had signed it.
"You did a good job, Mr. Foreign Minister!”
Adolf was very happy when he received the agreement. Even Ribbentrop did not tell him in advance that he had signed the agreement without any dissatisfaction.
"Oh, by the way, how was your talk with Stalin in Moscow?”
Adolf asked.
" He expressed his willingness to accept our proposed trade agreement. In addition, he also allowed the Empire to send its air force or part of its army into the territory of the Soviet Union for secret exercises, on the condition that we lift the ban on the export of large precision machinery to the Soviet Union.”
Ribbentrop said.
" Alright, I accept these conditions, but in return, we will open up more advanced machines. The Soviets will also lower the price of food and oil by one more level. We will move them by eliminating the mutual elimination of customs duties.”
Adolf immediately ordered.
" Cancel the tax?!"
Ribbentrop was suddenly startled." Are you serious?!" My head of state?"
For countries that were still in the aftermath of the economic crisis in the 20th century, the purpose of the tax was to protect their own industries.
" Not only do we need sufficient resources, but we also need sufficient foreign exchange earnings. Raising taxes won't solve the problem. On the contrary, lowering taxes is very tempting, especially for a big country like the Soviet Union that needs machinery. Food is much cheaper than machinery.”
After Adolf finished speaking, he handed Ribbentrop a printed document with the contents of the new trade agreement between the two countries. The title of the document was " The Sovre-German Re-Expansion of Trade Agreement."
"Understood."
Ribbentrop picked up the document, knowing that it was time to get to work, and quickly left.
" We have a naval agreement, but it's just a superficial show for Britain. The Empire's Zeppelin-class aircraft carrier and Splismeyer class battleship are already on the agenda, and the new Type-21 submarine is also being built at full capacity. There's no pressure at all to reach the 35% standard!”
From Adolf's point of view, the Empire's navy was currently building aircraft carriers and battleships, but there were very few of them. On the one hand, the navy's aircraft carriers were still in the research and development stage, and Adolf had ordered only two battleships to be built.
As for the U-21 submarine, although it was equivalent to the Royal Navy in terms of quantity, its weight and performance had long surpassed the submarines of the same period.
"The naval air force's carrier aircraft and the army air force's support aircraft have yet to land, and once I mention it, it will cause Greem, that damned fatty, to be dissatisfied.”
Adolf thought about it and felt that things were a little troublesome.
In his vision, Herman Goering was destined to be dismissed, but there was no excuse yet. Moreover, he was still working hard to build the Imperial Air Force. Adolf still needed his help.
Adolf knew very well that in history, this Marshal of the Empire was an out-and-out scammer who had scammed the Empire more than once.
"In the future, I must find an opportunity to dismiss him first and then bring the Air Force under my command.”
Adolf calculated.
" But now we have to solve the remaining problems in Austria. I need the industry and population there.”
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