Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

Yannick couldn't figure out how the Soviets suddenly figured out how to build this railway. Maybe they really urgently need Germany's industrial strength to upgrade their armaments, or they may have the same calculation as him. If a war breaks out in the future, they can drive straight along this railway.

However, he was too lazy to guess what the Soviets were thinking, and immediately arranged for a large number of construction workers to go to the Soviet Union to help build the railway.

Just when he was busy, Britain sent a special envoy.

"Your country also wants blueprints?"

Yannick looked at the British envoy who had just arrived from the plane with a half-smile.

"Yes, Your Highness Yannick. It's the design drawings of the 'super tank' and 'super battleship' that you mentioned to our Prime Minister Macdonald last time." The British envoy did not waste any words and simply proposed his proposal. The purpose of coming.

Yannick pretended to be embarrassed and sighed. "You are breaking our trust. We promised the Soviets not to disclose these drawings to third countries. You don't know that we Germans value integrity very much. How can we do business without integrity?" He After a deliberate pause, he held out a finger and continued. "For these two drawings, the Soviet Union provided 10 million tons of grain."

Ten million tons? The British envoy was secretly stunned, these furry bears were really willing to risk their lives. Although there is no exact data, the British still know that many people starve to death in the Soviet Union every year. Under such circumstances, 10 million tons of grain were transferred to purchase weapons blueprints? It's really heartbreaking. "Your Highness the Crown Prince, this further illustrates the militaristic nature of the Soviets. They can't even solve the famine in their own country, but they are desperately building these 'super weapons' to expand their armaments. After they mass-produce these super weapons, these weapons will be used Come and invade the whole of Europe. You don’t want European civilization to be trampled on by such a barbaric country, right?”

"..." These words sound so familiar. Isn't this what he used to scare the British Prime Minister? After taking a sip of tea, Yannick shook his head slowly. "Have you ever heard of the saying 'Those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes'? Who can guarantee that after the Soviet Union comes over, everyone's life will be worse than it is now?"

The envoy smiled. "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't know that the purpose of the Soviet Union is to eliminate all capitalism, right? If the Soviets create a purge list, then the royal families of various countries will be on the top of the list. Isn't Nicholas II and his family a good example? What?"

Yannick looked at the time and felt that it was almost enough, so he asked simply. "Mr. Special Envoy, let's not waste each other's time. Let's be honest, what price did you pay for our drawings?"

Britain is not the Soviet Union, and it is impossible to spend 10 million tons of grain to obtain this blueprint. "We can reduce some damages."

Reduction? Yannick sneered secretly in his heart.

As mentioned earlier, Heinrich Brüning, the last remaining Prime Minister of Wei Xu's government, came to power just as the world economic crisis broke out. He took measures such as expanding exports, raising taxes, compressing public spending, and cutting wages and relief benefits to overcome the increasingly severe crisis. economic crisis, but these measures failed to reverse the declining economic decline. On the contrary, they led to the further deterioration of the situation. Bruening's anti-crisis measures not only failed to alleviate the material difficulties of the people, but instead increased their burdens, plunging millions of Germans into a painful and desperate situation. The people in the country were in dire straits and complained, and Brüning became a veritable "hunger prime minister."

However, the "Hungry Chancellor" did a good thing, because Brüning's approach of allowing the economic situation to worsen made the governments of the victorious countries deeply uneasy. U.S. President Herbert Hoover believed that Germany's fiscal and economic collapse would have long-term catastrophic consequences for the entire economic situation in the United States. Based on this judgment, Hoover issued a "moratorium" despite French objections.

Brüning seized this opportunity and implored the expert committee that formulated the "Young Plan" to go to Germany again to study the issue of German reparations. The committee suggested adopting an "extreme solution", that is, completely canceling Germany's war reparations and various debts between the victorious countries, and submitting this plan to the heads of government of the victorious countries for discussion."

Due to various reasons, as well as the lobbying and intimidation of German representatives, the Expert Committee on Reparations decided after fierce debate to let Germany pay the last reparations of 3 billion marks, and to cancel the other reparations.

Yannick is prepared to miss out on the 3 billion marks in compensation. You said that the reduction is of no use. "As your Excellency said, we all know the ambition and cruelty of this group of fur bears. Their purpose is to continuously expand externally. They have fought wars with all border countries, and their vast territory was obtained by invasion. ." Without waiting for the British envoy to say anything, he directly made his request. "To resist this giant bear, we must have appropriate force, right? Germany needs to expand its army, restore its air force, and develop its navy."

The British envoy frowned. "Your Highness, are you going to blatantly trample on the 'Contract of Versailles'?"

Yannick curled his lips in disapproval. "Isn't it just a word from your country about whether to trample or not? With Prime Minister Macdonald's excellent political acumen, he will not let us hand over such important drawings in vain, right? Your Excellency, Prime Minister, should Did you expect that we would make such a 'not excessive' request?" Based on the mainland policy that Britain has always pursued, whether it is dealing with the Soviet Union or France, they feel that making Germany stronger will generally have more advantages than disadvantages. of.

"..." The British envoy couldn't help but hesitate. Because Yannick mentioned these matters to Prime Minister McDonald last time, and Prime Minister McDonald also authorized him to agree to the appropriate restoration of Germany's armaments. After all, when the Red Empire suddenly launches a large-scale attack, the scene of red flags flying across the European continent is not what they want to see.

After being silent for a long time, the British envoy slowly spoke. "It seems that we need to reorganize the 'Versailles Contract', right? But your country must give me a guarantee, such as those 'super weapons'..."

Yannick spoke first. "Of course, no problem. Our army will not exceed 500,000 people. For tanks, we will only build light tanks. The caliber of all cannons will not exceed 155 mm. For the navy, the number of battleships will not exceed that of battlecruisers, and we will not build a single battleship. War The caliber of patrol artillery will not exceed 280 mm. The total tonnage will not exceed 40% of your country’s navy. The special envoy of the Air Force also knows that there is nothing yet, but I guarantee that the total number of aircraft will not exceed 30% of your country’s air force.”

"..." The British envoy looked at Yannick in stunned silence. Isn’t this too tactful? This is more demanding than what he originally wanted to ask for!

After saying this, Yannick frowned. "Why do I feel it's a bit too harsh and not in the interest of our country? What do you think, Mr. Special Envoy?"

The British envoy shook his head hastily. "No, no, no. This is not harsh at all. Such conditions are already too loose for your country. I will definitely be scolded by the Prime Minister after I sign such a contract and return home. So shall we sign a new contract now?"

You say no, but your body is honest?

Yannick sneered in his heart and took out the new contract that he had prepared for a long time. After the British envoy had read it and confirmed it was correct, he stamped the seals of both parties. One copy would be kept in Germany and the other would be taken back to the UK for delivery. "Your Highness, those drawings...?"

Yannick responded happily. "I'll order people to pack it now, and it can be shipped tonight." This is not the era of later generations where CDs, hard disks and USB flash drives are rampant. Design drawings can only be stored on paper. Some huge design drawings can be used together. Ton calculation.

"Thank you, Your Highness. I'll take my leave now."