The Rise of the Third Reich

At around five o'clock in the morning, Ludwig von Hersmann was sitting in a newly manufactured Juncker F13 light passenger plane, waiting to take off while watching Chloe fly from Roermond in the Netherlands. Letter sent. Chloe became pregnant in February 1920, so she stayed in the stable and prosperous Netherlands, under the care of her mother Elizabeth and Chloe's sister Margaret. In the letter, Chloe talked to Hessman about the feeling of the child squirming in the belly, and predicted that the child in the belly would be a boy. Looking at this letter, a feeling of happiness and contentment lingered in his heart.

Sitting in this corrugated aluminum-skinned small plane with Hessmann were Anthony Fokker, who would soon become Hessman's brother-in-law, Kurt Student of the General Staff Flight Office, and Hess. Mann's secretary to Paulus. Fokker, Student and Hersman are now members of the Aeronautical Commission, and this time they will go to Soviet Russia with Hersman for an inspection.

Two men in leather jackets entered the cabin. One of them was Erhard Milch, who was the same age as Hessmann. Historically, Hitler's Jewish marshal was a bit pudgy and always had a kind smile on his round face. He didn't look like an officer.

Originally an artilleryman, he became a pilot during the war and retired with the rank of captain. Now founded a small airline "Lloyd Transport". Specializing in air express business between Danzig-Riga-Tallinn. The small plane Hersman is currently traveling on belongs to Lloyds Transport Company, and Erhard Milch himself is the pilot.

The other person was an old man in his early sixties with a very serious face. He sat in the co-pilot's seat, then turned around and nodded to Hersman, "Lieutenant Colonel, you are welcome to fly on our Junkers plane, I promise. It’s the most comfortable airplane you’ll ever fly.”

This old man is also a member of the Aviation Committee and Hugo Junkers, the founder of the Junkers Aircraft Company.

"Mr. Junkers," Hersman did not think this small plane was the best airplane he had ever flown in his two lifetimes, but he still complimented him, "This is indeed an epoch-making product. It is an all-metal, bracket-free, A single-wing cantilever aircraft. It will become an imitation object for aircraft manufacturers around the world and will also become a reference for military aircraft in future wars.”

At this time, the aircraft's engine began to roar, and then the propeller began to rotate.

"It's about to fly! Gentlemen, have a pleasant journey!" Erhard Milch shouted at the top of his lungs, and then Hersman felt the plane begin to slide, and soon it staggered to the sky.

The cabin is poorly sealed and therefore very noisy. If you want to talk inside, you have to shout at the top of your lungs.

"Mr. Junckers, can the Juncker F13 be converted into a bomber? If it can be done, the Bolsheviks will buy at least 50 of them. In addition, the CL-1 ground support attack aircraft is also needed by the Bolsheviks, and there will be at least 100 of them. need."

Hirschmann took Junkers, Fokker and Student to Soviet Russia, naturally wanting to sell aircraft to the Red Army. The Red Army was close to winning the civil war. After the White Guard's adventure suffered a disastrous defeat, the Red Army took the opportunity to counterattack and recaptured Donetsk, Russia's heavy industrial base, a few days ago.

Although the coal mines and steel plants there have long been dilapidated due to the war, the population there is the largest in the territory controlled by Belarus. Once the Donetsk Basin is lost, the situation of the "Cossack Queen" will be quite bad. At this critical moment, Britain and France, which were supposed to support Olga, backed down and withdrew their troops from the Black Sea coast.

But at the same time, the Japanese in the Far East seemed unwilling to give up, investing as many as 70,000 to 80,000 troops. In April, he proposed to Queen Olga of Crimea that she go to Vladivostok to establish a government and continue to fight against Soviet Russia. However, it was no longer a fight for the central power of Russia, but a war of secession and anti-secession.

The short-lived peace between Soviet Russia and Poland also came to an end when the situation in Belarus was over. In early April, the Red Army surrounded Kiev from two directions at the same time - all the way south from Belarus, and all the way across the Dnieper River from Cherkasy south of Kiev, completing the encirclement of Kiev.

It is different from the situation in another time and space, because Poland has obtained Kiev for several months, and has supported the Ukrainian Autonomous State government headed by Petliura, and officially merged the Ukrainian Autonomous State into the Polish Federation. Therefore, Kiev was operated as an important stronghold by the Polish army. It not only built a large number of fortifications, but also stationed heavy troops (including the Ukrainian Defense Forces) and hoarded food and ammunition.

Therefore, Kiev was not abandoned by the Polish army. Since April, the Soviet Union and Poland have launched a series of battles around Kiev. In this case, Hessman felt that he could sell some more advanced aircraft to Soviet Russia - the Soviet Red Army and the Polish Army both had air forces. While the ground troops were fighting, fierce exchanges of fire were also taking place in the sky.

"The F13 has been changed to bombing, and the CL-1 has to be produced... The people on the Arms Control Commission are watching." Junkers shook his head. Although he was older, he started his business relatively late, and his factory only opened at the end of World War I. Therefore, it was not included in the key protection list of the Industrial Promotion Council, nor was it given the opportunity to open a branch factory in Baltica.

"We can let the FK-BF consortium do the manufacturing," Hersman already had a solution. "Junkers is responsible for designing the bombing version of the F13, and Junkers will also do the modification of the CL-1. Experiment. It can be carried out in the FK-BF R\u0026D center. It is open to all German aircraft manufacturers and only requires a small rent.”

"OEM?" Junkers seemed to have heard this term for the first time.

Anthony Fokker took the question and explained: "We, FK-BF, manufacture it according to the design drawings and requirements of Juncker Company. The products are labeled with Juncker's brand and sold by Juncker Company. FK-BF only earns A small amount of OEM fee.”

This business model was of course brought by Hirschman from later generations. The purpose is to allow every German aircraft manufacturer to maintain the design capabilities of military aircraft as much as possible-most German aircraft manufacturers are now turning to civilian use, and some will even temporarily withdraw from the field of aircraft manufacturing. These companies will gradually lose their original military aircraft design capabilities, and will eventually be unable to keep up with the times.

It is obviously unrealistic to ask all aircraft manufacturers to open branches in Baltica. After all, since the German military itself will not purchase military aircraft, German aircraft manufacturers cannot get many military orders. So it would be a waste to open many branches in Baltica. It is enough to have a family of FK-BF.

Therefore, Hessman came up with the model of multiple designers and one OEM. The production and manufacturing capabilities of each company are maintained by civilian aircraft, and military aircraft design is maintained by FK-BF's OEM.

"In addition, we are also preparing to export aircraft production lines to the Russians." Hessman is a military fan, so he naturally knows how the American imperialists and Maoist arms dealers in later generations made money. "We can sell the aircraft first, then the production line, and engage in cooperative development at the same time. The aircraft may make less money, but the production line and cooperative development will definitely be very profitable."

"But then the Bolsheviks will master the ability to design and produce aircraft." Junkers said, "Maybe they will become our competitors!"

"But we will also grow because of the Russian market, and thus continue to maintain our lead over Britain, the United States and France (actually not much lead over Britain and France)." Hessman said after considering, "And this model of selling fighter jets has been successful in Soviet Russia After that, it can be extended to other countries. Mr. Junkers, as you know, aircraft assembly is not very difficult in many countries with underdeveloped industries, and Germany can export parts or supporting factories to them. , and continue to make huge profits.”

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