Chapter 274: 274
Episode 274: Dark clouds (6)
Kayum was a very good person.
Oh, the reason I say he's a good person here is simply because I admire his dedication to his country's independence, so don't misunderstand.
Still, I can't deny the fact that listening to what others say and actively accepting their opinions have had a significant impact on my impression.
The members of the Turkestan Unification Committee who were invited to the official residence along with Kayum - Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan - generally accepted almost all of our demands.
In the first place, since we live in Germany and eat, wear clothes, and sleep in beds with German money, there was no way they would reject our request.
Shacht complained that it was too early to sign a treaty when the Soviet Union had not yet been attacked, but he seemed very satisfied after the meeting ended.
"Well, don't you like it so much that you always scold me for making my heart flutter?"
"Oh, don't misunderstand. It's just because I feel good. "It has nothing to do with this matter."
Yes, yes. You must be very clumsy.
In fact, the fact that various resources widely available in Central Asia could be imported at a low price made Schacht almost exclaim with excitement.
When Funk, who was present, said that he would be criticized by the Turkestani people later, Shacht cut him off by saying that he could not possibly do that.
"We supported their independence both materially and spiritually, even at the cost of our own losses, so we are only taking a small amount in return. "Isn't that right?"
"cancer. Anyway. It may take a bit of straw, but we will leave their share behind, so don't worry about being criticized by future generations. "If you think about it that way, how much do the Poles and Czechs criticize us?"
After the meeting to decide the future of Central Asia, I met with Guderian alone and was briefed on the current status of tank development and production.
Tiger was scheduled to be produced until the end of this year and discontinued from January next year, but production was halted last month.
This was because they did not feel the need to continue producing the Tiger until the end of the year as more high-performance tanks than the Tiger were released.
The quantity already produced may be sufficient.
Production of the 6th tank, the Type C Tiger III, which is equipped with a 105mm 68-caliber tank gun and a stereo range finder similar to that installed on the Panther II, is also steadily progressing.
The drawback is that it cannot load a lot of shells because it is 105mm, which is larger than 88mm, but considering the firepower of the 105mm main gun, it was worth enduring.
"It penetrates 190mm at 2km, 210mm at 1km, and 250mm at 100m. In fact, there is no tank that cannot penetrate it."
In the case of light armor-piercing shells, 128mm is higher than 105mm, but if limited to regular armor-piercing shells, 105mm was comparable to 128mm.
It is a drawback that it can only carry 39 shells, but I think it is a problem that can be covered by producing more tanks to compensate for the insufficient number.
There are also Panther II and Tiger II that use 88/71.
After the start of Operation Barbarossa, the Soviet Union retreated and took its domestic factories to the rear or blew them up so that the enemy could not use them, but a significant number of factories fell to the Axis forces.
Among these were weapons factories, and the 'Soviet weapons' produced in these factories were responsible for arming the armies of newly independent countries.
The factories in Adolfsburg (Leningrad) produced submachine guns and mortars, and the T-34s were produced in Kharkov and Hitlerburg (Stalingrad) and sent to the Free Russian and Ukrainian armies.
Just as postwar Western Europe increased efficiency by standardizing basic armament under the NATO military system in preparation for war with the Soviet Union, a plan is being discussed to gradually replace the weapon systems of these armies with German-made equipment, but Soviet-made equipment is not yet available. It was predominantly
It would take a huge amount of money and time to renovate all the existing factories and unify the armament, but in Germany today, there was neither the money nor the time.
Even so, the quantity produced in the factories left behind by the Soviet Union alone was insufficient to meet the overall needs of the Free Russian and Ukrainian Armed Forces, so some of the equipment used by the German Army was also donated to the Free Russian and Ukrainian Armed Forces.
There are enough small arms such as rifles and machine guns, so focus on heavy equipment such as tanks, armored vehicles, and fighter jets.
At the same time, work is also underway to secretly deploy the National Defense Forces deployed in the UK to Eastern Europe.
To prevent the Soviet Union from noticing, troops were loaded onto freight trains and sent to Eastern Europe, usually at night.
The soldiers were also instructed to keep their destination a secret and to refrain from using radios as much as possible to ensure confidentiality.
I could not relax even an inch as I feared that this might be the final war that would decide the fate of Europe.
***
November 14, 1943
Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
Even though I was extremely busy with the great war ahead, I found time to fly to England.
Although most of the landmarks that symbolized Britain, especially the royal family, were completely destroyed at Richthofen's insistence, there were some buildings that survived the fierce battle.
The most representative example of these was Windsor Castle.
Queen Elizabeth II was especially fond of Windsor Castle, which was first built by William I the Conqueror. She loved it so much that she considered Buckingham Palace her work residence, but called Windsor Castle and Balmoral Castle, the British royal family's summer residence, her real home.
Perhaps that is why, when Windsor Castle was destroyed by fire in 1992, despite countless opposition from all walks of life, Queen Elizabeth II spent a huge sum of 37 million pounds, or 54.8 billion won in Korean won, to restore Windsor Castle over a total of 5 years.
To cover the astronomical costs, they gave up royal duty exemptions and even opened Buckingham Palace to tourists.
However, since we had the mainland of Britain and Queen Elizabeth II was in Canada, unless World War III broke out, it was unlikely that she would ever come here again.
An explanation has been provided. In any case, since all major buildings, including Buckingham Palace, were destroyed, Windsor Castle was scheduled to serve as the residence of the British king for a while - perhaps almost forever.
The new British monarchy was assumed by the Duke of Windsor, who returned from the Bahamas.
High-ranking figures from the BUF and Germany gathered at Windsor Castle to celebrate Edward VIII, who became King of England again after 7 years, and Wallis Simpson, who officially became Queen of England (who should now be called Queen Wallis).
"Congratulations on becoming King of England again. your majesty."
"Thank you, President. Isn't this all thanks to the help of the Führer and the German people?"
Edward VIII laughed heartily with a friendly smile.
"Congratulations to Her Majesty the Queen."
Simpson, who became queen, also looked happy.
The day Edward VIII came down from his throne to marry her, she married loudly. She was devastated that she could not become Queen of England.
This does not mean that her relationship with her new husband cooled, but it must have been an indescribable despair for her, who had dreamed of becoming Queen of England.
Although the process and appearance were very strange, she was very happy because she had become the queen she had always wanted.
Even though she is only the face of the German puppet state, on the surface she has become the queen of her dreams.
Nothing will change if they stay in the Bahamas anyway, so it would be better for this couple to be the king and queen of the same country, even if they are puppets of Germany.
Naturally, Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth II in Canada did not allow Edward VIII and Simpson to go to their homeland, which was occupied by Germany.
But when did these two become such great people that they even cared about such things?
Of course, they were conscious of the public opinion, so they did not come to England right away.
Instead, he visited Portugal under the pretext of a tour and crossed the border into Spain.
Edward VIII and Simpson, who came to England through Spain and France, arrived in England with the people who had accompanied them on the tour and announced to the world that they had returned.
Naturally, the royal family in Canada was turned upside down.
Edward VIII is the son of the former King of England and Queen Mary, and he is also the uncle to Queen Elizabeth II, so he could not say anything to Edward VIII and only held officials at the Governor-General of the Bahamas responsible, who said that the former King and current Governor-General was on a visit. It is said that they protested only about how they prevented people from going abroad.
There were even rumors that it only discriminated against Bahamians, causing public sentiment in the Bahamas to plummet. The British royal family, who was shocked, had to quickly explain that it did not mean that.
The mainland was occupied, and with the armed struggle continuing in India, this was an unusual event, perhaps because of concerns that if an uproar broke out in the Bahamas, the flames might spread to the entire colony.
The royal family that once ruled a country where the sun never sets is now trembling to appease colonial blacks.
It was easy to see how far the authority of the British royal family had fallen.
The sight of Edward VIII meeting with me would not only make the British people realize reality, but also dilute their hostility toward Germany.
It's still a shock that their own air force, not the enemy, killed their king and queen - in fact, we did - but what if the former king comes back and says it's time to seek reconciliation and coexistence, not hatred?
Most British people wouldn't even think about fighting anymore.
The U.S. will also realize that there is no point in resisting the situation when it goes out of its way.
The Danish and Norwegian troops stationed in England, who had caused more chaos than order, were recalled to Free Russia and replaced by Finnish troops.
Finland did not participate in the British War, but agreed to send troops in the name of maintaining order.
Since all of Europe has fallen into our hands, they must have judged that it would not be good for our national interest to continue to maintain an awkward relationship with Germany.
In return for acquiescing to Britain's plan to send troops, I allowed the sale of Panthers and Tigers requested by Finland.
While Finland has become obedient, France and Spain have recently seen a sharp increase in crying. The reason is because of colonialism.
As you know, I promised Spain the British West Indies in the name of participating in the war, and France promised British African colonies.
They had conquered the British mainland and strengthened peace with the United States, so they thought all that was left was to get their share of the dividends, but what is this? Spain had no way to go all the way to the American continent, and the British African colonies were ruled by the British government-in-exile in Canada, not by the new government established in England. was loyal to
Even though the main base was completely robbed, the British troops stationed in Africa were more than enough to repel the French colonial army.
The French army, which was advancing across the colonial border, was repulsed by a counterattack by the British army, and the United States, which wanted to avoid the whole of Africa being taken over by the Axis powers, also actively supported the African colonial army.
"So, are you asking us to help you?"
During the short break before the banquet, I heard from Ribbentrop about the situation so far. Ribbentrop nodded his head.
"Perhaps out of pride, I did not directly request support. However, he expressed concern that leaving the British troops in Africa like this would have an impact on German rule."
"That's it. French friends indeed. "You're taking things around in circles."
"What do you want to do?"
"Do we have to feed each person with a spoon? "If you put rice in a bowl, you have to eat it yourself."
"That is a reasonable statement."
Ribbentrop also strongly agreed with what I said, as he had no intention of sending the National Defense Forces to the distant African and American continents for Spain and France.
We were busy preparing to attack the Soviet Union right away, but we had no intention of making our soldiers shed blood for that damn colony, even if it was not the Soviet Union.
Africans will rise up demanding independence within 5 or 10 years at the earliest, or 20 years at the latest. So what are you going to do?
I'm always coveting Africa's resources, but isn't it cheaper to bring them in through trade with independent countries without having to colonize them?
And would the United States be so crazy that it would hand over the West Indies, which were practically its own backyard, to the Axis powers?
Franco, perhaps out of pride or perhaps because he thought it was absurd, did not dare to ask us to provide troops to the West Indies.
They just whined that the Spanish army alone could not break through the British Navy encamped in the Atlantic Ocean.
Looking at the results alone, Pétain and Franco were defrauded by me.
If they had common sense, they would have realized long ago that the proposal I gave them no sense, but since they asked so quickly if they liked it, they should sell it.
Now that I think about it, these two are in a teacher-student relationship, so it seems like both priests were defrauded by the same person. ha ha ha.
***
Central Asia, which had been peaceful even during the height of the German-Soviet War, has recently become extremely tense.
"Allah Akbar!"
"Long live independence!"
"Death to the godless pagans!"
During the German-Soviet War, many Central Asians were conscripted into the Soviet army and sent to the battlefield. Many of them never returned.
Even when they return, there are many cases where they are missing a limb. There were also cases where the families of those involved suffered bloodshed for surrendering to the enemy.
They sent their only husband, son, and brother to the communist party that was oppressing them, but what they received in return was not a return, but a further chain of oppression and bloody purges.
Ten years ago, Central Asians, who had been living in fear due to the Communist Party's relentless repression and purges, could no longer endure it.
The news of Kulik's rebellion in Siberia ignited their resistance.
Central Asians planted bombs on Soviet railroad tracks and bridges and raided local offices, killing police officers and seizing weapons.
Political leaders in every neighborhood and minions who monitored neighbors and reported to the police and local parties were beheaded and rolled through the streets.
Soldiers of the Eastern Unit who infiltrated the Soviet Union via transport planes through Free Russia and Iran also joined the anti-Soviet guerrillas, teaching them weapons and tactics, inciting the people, and leading resistance against the Communist Party.
MP3008, which was active in India, opened fire on the Soviet troops.
As the number of Central Asians who had joined the Red Army deserted without taking up arms and joined the guerrillas, Kuybyshev took special measures.
Central Asian soldiers were sent to the Free Russian border and the far East, and Russians, who were relatively less likely to join anti-Soviet guerrillas in Central Asia, were sent to Central Asia to deal with the guerrillas.
The Soviet army could no longer feel safe even in its own territory.
Who knows, a farmer riding a wagon might shoot them in the back or throw a grenade and run away.
What about the women and girls carrying jars of water? What about older people who smoke?
The authorities' propaganda that the Siberian uprising would soon be suppressed did not give them any encouragement
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