Volume 12 The Iron Curtain of the Cold War Chapter 7 Europe Under German Rule II
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The transformation of the country shocked everyone else in the world. Germany, which has always shown that this time it showed a big appetite. If Germany can achieve this annexation without any obstacles, then it may take less than ten years. Germany, which has digested all Europe, will reach a new height, and may annex all other countries.
Even China has voiced concern, but Zhao Gang has his own thoughts: "No matter how powerful the Germans are, no matter how many countries annexed, they are only at the level of an EU. Moreover, most of these countries are weakened by the Germans, so their strength should be much worse than the original EU. Even if the annexation is successful, it is not enough to threaten China. On the contrary, if the annexation fails, the consequences will be a burst of Europe."
Based on this consideration, China did not openly oppose the Germans' rectification actions. As for the secret, it is inevitable to make some small moves. The parts of the rockets and a large number of submachine guns were transported to Europe where resistance was constantly occurring. Whereas the people of Fabi and other countries were angry and began to resist. What caused them to resist was not only political reasons, but the economic reasons were the main reasons.
However, the adventures of the early Germans seemed very successful, which made all Chinese people, including Zhao Gang, feel threatened. A high-level seminar on Germany's current policies was soon held, and Zhao Gang participated in the meeting as chairman. The Minister of the Interior held a long speech and began to talk about the current economic policies of the Germans.
"From the current situation, Germany's proposed European economic structure, such as the political outline of the "New Europe", is similar. Germany's shortcomings in this regard can be seen at a glance. In this "large regional economy", the task of small European countries is to carry out their agricultural and industrial production activities based on the interests of Germany. All economic activities are initiated by Berlin, centered on Berlin, and are related to each other, forming a close network, and the entire European economy system will rely on this large network to maintain it.
This plan is no different from the British colonial plan at its heyday, but the Germans do not have the rogue spirit of the British, and the designated plan is as rigorous as the temperament of the nationals. It also represents rigidity: "Germany and European countries must implement close economic cooperation. The natural conditions of each country will determine the new economic organization of Europe. Germany will apply the method of successful implementation of pre-war and wartime reorganization.
Other European countries have signed long-term agreements with Germany and planned their production. This can make their economy tuned with the needs of the German market, increase production in the entire European region, and create better conditions for German goods in the European market." Germany has formulated various specific agricultural and industrial plans, as well as sets of trade and currency plans for European countries and regions. These plans and plans are elements of the economic system implemented by Germany after the war."
When Minister of the Interior, Liang Shixing, clicked the big screen and immediately a huge map of Europe appeared. Liang Shixing used a teaching point to guide the relevant areas and began to briefly talk about the problems faced by these areas and the pressure on Germany they were under.
Austria and other areas merged: Austria, which was annexed by Germany in 1918, has become completely part of the German body. At first, Austrian Industry asked Berlin to allow it to adopt some protective tariff measures to prevent it from encountering strong competition from German industry, but Berlin did not allow it to establish tariffs and only agreed to give some Austrian industries some preferential treatment within a very short period of time.
Germany said that the new economic opportunities gained by Austrian industries by incorporation into Germany were greater than the commercial competition they feared. By the spring of 1920, only the tobacco industry still enjoyed protection, which was because tobacco had always enjoyed exclusive status in Austria. For other Austrian industries, all the laws originally implemented in Germany were almost all valid in Austria. In the Sudden-Taiwan District, Danze, Mommer, Luxembourg, Alsace-Lorraine and most other Germans swallowed it directly: roughly the same as Austria, just look at Germany's own economic development and you can understand their economic structure. A large number of enterprises with low profits but profits can be made desperately to produce the semi-finished products needed in German high-end workshops. Leave the most profits to German companies.
Under Liang Shixing’s instruction, Austria turned pink, indicating that they were just under moderate harm!
"Poland is in the same bad situation. In the Polish region that Germany has not annexed, the policy implemented by Germany is to change the original economic structure of Poland. In order to meet Germany's needs, Germany reorganized Poland's agriculture in accordance with their four-year plan in order to increase the production of potatoes, oil crops, textile looms, tobacco and grains.
Germany confiscated Poland's state-owned land, public groups and Jewish land, and converted these lands into "directly produced by Germany". The rest of the Polish land was imitated by Germany.
The Regulations of the Industry Autonomous Mission were organized, but members were sent to supervise such farm countries to merge and reorganize Poland's former 200 independent mining companies into state-managed monopoly companies developed by the Germans.
The Polish steel industry was incorporated into the Hermann Gorein Steel Factory and operated in accordance with the plan formulated by Germany. World War II had 40% of the Polish industry completely destroyed and more than 90% were partially destroyed. Since then, the work of destroying the Polish industry has been very rapid.
Poland's textile industry was soon completely eliminated. Germany either demolished its machinery and equipment or moved it all to Germany. Poland's various refining industries such as oil refining, iron refining, copper refining, salt making, etc. were completely merged into German companies. Polish factories that used to rely on imported raw materials were forced to shut down. Germany destroyed Polish industries in this way, half of which took temporary measures because of the lack of raw materials, and half because of the elimination of all Polish enterprises that compete with German industries.
After the economic rectification of the Germans, a European country that could have risen disappeared. Germany was like a greedy vampire, sucking other people's blood to strengthen itself. But he did not expect that if he did not suck blood, the power of these people might be his allies against China. To a certain extent, the Germans are selflessly helping the Chinese, helping China gain allies, and destroying their potential allies. Poland's eyes turned red, indicating that they were suffering irrecoverable heavy blows!
"Although Germany gave Slovakia the status of an "independent" republic, they arranged a complete colonial role for Slovakia in terms of economic relations with Germany. Slovakia will continue to be the hinterland of Germany's agriculture, and its loyal and honest execution orders finally won the praise of Germany.
The Frankfurt Daily published this reward article on 526, 1920: "Slovakia knows to be careful to avoid the establishment of an industry that is sufficient to be with the German and Poland-Motorian protection states. Slovakia will guide its production to develop in an area that is sufficient to assist the production of Germany and Poland-Motorian protection states."
However, the direct consequence of this is that the living standards of Czechoslovakia have been reduced from the standards of industrial countries to those of agricultural countries. If converted into values, they are only about 2/5 of the previous ones. The resentment of Slovakians who have dropped sharply increased rapidly in the inverse proportion.
The Czech color is black, hopeless, and lifeless. Because of the dispute in Sudetenland, the Czech Republic has always been a thorn in the eyes of the Germans. Now it is the Germans' turn to vent their resentment.
Bohemia-Moravian Protectorate: Before 1919, Czechoslovakia had a grand industrial scale and had a considerable surplus of agricultural products. The situation completely changed after the Czech Republic was dismembered by Germany: the best agricultural areas in the Czech Republic are now all deposed to Slovakia, Lusinia and Sudeten.
Among the remaining Bomore Protection Country, the so-called agriculture is mainly limited to the agricultural products required for the export of cattle/sugar and beer. According to Germany's plan, the Bomore Protection Country will gradually become an industrial area and beer, and will be coordinated with the Greater German Industrial Plan.
According to the requirements of Germany's economic interests, the conditions and regulations of the economic requirements of the Borussia-Motor protection state. The order on June 23, 1920 authorized the German Minister of Industry and Commerce to force the industry and commerce of the Borussia-Motor protection state to organize the industry and commerce of the Borussia-Motor protection state, just like the local Germans. At the end of the same year, Germany issued a command to establish the Borussia-Motor protection state's industry and commerce organization, and all kinds of industrial combinations formed by all private trade associations will be dissolved, and its members will be transferred to the professional and regional branches of the Industry Association.
This order is also applicable to industries run by foreigners. The Central Industry Association consists of 23 trade groups, with each group and group below, roughly as the system implemented by Germany. There is also a Central Trade Association, which is accompanied by several trade associations and regional associations. There is another Central Handicraft Association.
These three types of association represent the industrial and commercial interests of the Bosco-Moor State, and the judgment of Germany. Wages, prices and currencies have been "adjusted" by Germany to make it suitable for the status of the protector state under Germany. This protector state must "guid" all its industries so that it will not compete with the industrial of the empire. For example, Germany had explicitly prohibited Skodaconcen from expanding its heavy industrial factories. The wages and prices stipulated in consideration of the benefits of the Bosco-Moor State's industry and German industries.
Chapter completed!