The Third Reich: The Return of the King

Faced with this situation, several representatives of the Entente discussed it and unanimously decided: push the matter to the Hansyans and let them solve it themselves!

They just need to make sure that these ships are destroyed, and the rest is not their concern!

"You shameless bastards, you're going to hell!"

After hearing the statement of the Arms Control Committee, Mainz was secretly happy in his heart, but he showed a sad and indignant look.

Maybe it's because Mainz's acting skills are too good, or maybe it's because the people of the Entente countries feel dark in their hearts to see Hans's helpless young defense minister, so they didn't think much about it, but looked like I couldn't do anything, and said shamelessly: "I'm sorry, I have to say that since these battleships were built by you, then it should be your business to dismantle them!"

"Hmph, we have no intention of dismantling it, this request is made by you, and now it will cost at least more than 1 million pounds to dismantle these warships, unless you can give us half of the subsidy, otherwise we will not carry out this order!"

Seeing that the Entente people thought that they were taking advantage, Mainz took the opportunity to ask for compensation.

The people on the side of the Entente discussed privately, it would cost millions of pounds to dismantle these warships, but the things recovered could not be sold for a few dollars, this was a loss-making deal, considering the current shortage of military spending of the German army, if they did not give a certain amount of compensation, maybe the German army really could not dismantle these old warships.

Thinking of this, the Entente agreed to Mainz's request.

"Well, for your cooperation, we're willing to provide £500,000 in aid, but we'll oversee your dismantling until we're sure they're completely dismantled!"

In the eyes of the Entente, even if 500,000 pounds were compensated, the demolition work was still at a loss, so the Germans themselves still had to pay out of their own pockets and spend 100,000 pounds to complete this matter.

500,000 pounds sterling can build a light cruiser, Mainz quickly calculated in his heart, he didn't expect the Entente people to be so easy to deceive, and actually agreed to give subsidies, which made him very surprised, and he was also very happy, to be able to get a sum of money from the hands of the victorious country as a defeated country, this kind of thing is simply not too cool!

Although I have fun in my heart, I still have to act to the end.

Mainz pretended to be frustrated, nodded, and said helplessly: "Okay, but you have to give us the money first, otherwise we won't dismantle these warships!"

The Allied Arms Control Committee was very efficient, and when they reported the matter, they soon received a financial allocation, of which £500,000 was given to the Germans, and they received an invitation from Mainz, inviting them to go to sea with them to witness how the Germans destroyed the old ships.

The people of the Arms Control Committee were very puzzled, didn't they say that they were going to dismantle it?

How do you think the Germans seem to mean to destroy these ships?

But it doesn't matter if he dismantles or destroys, as long as the ship disappears, their mission is complete!

So the people of the Arms Control Committee immediately sent representatives to go to sea with the ships, and on the high seas, they saw the collective blasting of these battleships by the German army!

Watching the battleships sink to the bottom of the sea, the people of the Arms Control Committee were completely relieved, these old antiques in Wilhelmshaven had finally been completely solved, so that there was one less task they needed to complete!

On the same ship, Mainz was also relieved to see these battleships, which had been painstakingly built during the Second Empire, sink to the bottom of the sea.

These warships were not really blasted, but were opened and sank directly to the bottom of the sea, but even if these warships sank, it would not affect the recovery of the system, so he still received a 3500 financial reward from the system after the sinking of these warships.

Counting the rewards he received at Odilli before, Mainz now has 5,500 points, which is enough money for him to make some arrangements for the future!

Although these warships were old and unusable, they had once flown Hans's banner and galloped around, if not without merit, but also with hard work, and if there was a better way, Mainz would not have wanted them to end up like this.

But he could not find a better way to deal with it, the Treaty of Versailles explicitly prohibited the German army from exporting weapons to foreign countries, and the weapons of the army were better said to be sold through hidden smuggling channels, but the weapons of the navy could not be smuggled.

Especially a large warship of tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of tons like this, this kind of thing can't be covered up at all, and there are not many buyers in the world who can afford it, and there is a lack of buyers who can't sell it, so they can only be dismantled or destroyed, and there is no third outcome.

After collecting his feelings, Mainz began to guide the current and future work of the Navy.

After the recovery of these old battleships, the naval port suddenly became empty.

At its peak, the Second Reich had hundreds of thousands of soldiers, but by this time, the Germans had no more warships, so they did not need so many soldiers.

As a result, Mainz simply overhauled the navy.

As a result of the rectification, the size of the navy dropped from 20,000 in 1919 to 5,000 in 1920, a reduction of 98%, a figure similar to the scale of the army's disarmament, but the navy is an aristocratic service, ten years of the army and a hundred years of the navy, the navy needs time to accumulate, such a serious reduction in size, for Hans's navy is almost a catastrophe, so Mainz's decision caused fierce opposition within the navy.

Internationally, when the news of the large-scale disarmament of the German navy broke, all countries began to celebrate with their crowns.

In their opinion, there is no difference between a navy with a size of only 5,000 people and whether it has or not, and when they count the navies of various countries in the future, they don't even have to consider the Hans Empire, because they don't have a navy at all!

After learning this news, the Sunset Empire was naturally very happy, and the generals of the Royal Navy were extremely excited, since William II, the second emperor of the Middle Two, ascended the throne, the Second Empire has been chasing after the ass of the Sunset Empire, and both sides have set off a ship-building frenzy, and now, this vicious arms race is finally over, and they no longer have to work hard on this kind of thing, which makes the Royal Navy breathe a sigh of relief!

"Hehe, what did I say before? Hindenburg is nepotistic and harms others and himself, this 23-year-old Minister of Defense dug up the foundation of the Hans Empire's navy as soon as he came to power, at least in the next fifty years, our empire does not need to worry about Hans's navy!"

The prime minister was a little carried away when he heard the news, and while mocking Hindenburg's unknown knowledge, he set a flag.

The reaction of European countries is similar to that of the sun never sets, and they all feel that the German army is self-defeating, which is equivalent to the direct price of the navy to be decommissioned, so they laughed at the Hans, and they all felt a lot more relieved, and they no longer had to worry about the threat of the German navy in the future!

The only exception may be the eagle sauce on the other side of the ocean!

When the news reached North America, President Will did not taunt him after learning the news, he thought for a while, and then said to the Minister of the Navy Josephus Daniels with a serious face: "The new defense minister of the German army should not be underestimated, closely monitor his every move, and keep an eye on the changes in the German navy!!"

Remembering the young man he had seen in Tower City, President Will said solemnly: "Perhaps, in the future, our greatest enemy will not be the sun that never sets, or Hans!"

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