stonecrandall Chapter 303
Chapter 303
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So the money spent on this acquisition was not much, but the profit was very substantial.
The Goldman Sachs consortium made a lot of money in this transaction, and the money they handed over to Mainz naturally increased.
“General, this is the bill for the transfer from North America through Swiss, please have a look!”
Swiss, a neutral country, has always been a transit point for secret transfers between Hans and Eagle Sauce. In history, the little mustache has also used Swiss’s status as a neutral country to sell the things they looted in various countries through Swiss. Swiss Bank is a very professional and very safe transaction channel. It is much safer to conduct transactions here than to transfer directly to Hans’ domestic bank.
Mainz took the bill from Himmler’s hand, took a look at it, and raised his eyebrows:”One billion US dollars? There are so many?”
Although everyone likes money, Mainz doesn’t like to drain the pond to catch fish. Although the North American business is now developing smoothly under Vanelk’s management and is gradually on the right track.
However, they are still in a stage of rapid expansion and are still a long way from controlling the economy of the United States. At this time, if they keep a penny more, their development will be faster and their layout in the United States will be wider.
At this time, Goldman Sachs’s profits should be kept for their own development and expansion, and should not all be sent back to Hans.
Hearing Mainz’s question, Himmler explained:
“That’s right. Vanelke said in the telegram that Goldman Sachs has expanded too fast in recent years, which has aroused suspicion from the Eagle Sauce government and the big capitalists in the country. These people are extremely wary of Goldman Sachs’ expansion. If they continue to expand at this speed, there will be problems in the future!”
Goldman Sachs’ sudden rise is indeed very fast, faster than one can imagine. In this case, the interests of the original capitalists will inevitably be violated, and it is normal for them to be wary of Goldman Sachs.
If Goldman Sachs continues to expand like this, it is obviously not the situation that the Eagle Sauce wants to see.
After all, excessive concentration of wealth can easily form chaebol groups, and chaebol groups often form political entities. Excessive intervention in politics will pose a threat to the Eagle Sauce country!
Goldman Sachs’ assets now account for more than 15% of the Eagle Sauce’s GDP. If they continue to be allowed to expand like this, then the Eagle Sauce is really a little worried, so Vanelke’s worries are normal.
“I see. Call him back and tell him to be careful and arrange more people to protect his safety!”
The SS has a special intelligence department. Mainz meant to let Himmler expand their intelligence network in North America so that they can get insight into intelligence that is unfavorable to them at the first time, so that they can take countermeasures based on the intelligence.
“Yes, General!”
Himmler nodded immediately and took note of this matter.
With the funds provided by Goldman Sachs, Mainz can do a lot of things again! In
August 1924, when the Sunset people had not yet recovered from the grief of losing 500 million US dollars, MI6 obtained a confidential intelligence: Hans, a high-speed battleship!
“Prime Minister, you have to see this!”
The new director of MI6 hurriedly received the new intelligence and knocked on the door of the Prime Minister’s office.
“Is this true?”
After reading this intelligence, the Prime Minister of the Sun Never Sets felt very shocked and uneasy. Although he had expected such a thing to happen since the day the Fog City Naval Treaty was signed, he still felt very scared when it really happened.
“It’s absolutely true. Our people have seen the silhouette of this new battleship on the slipways of several shipyards in Hans!” Because Hans did not keep this intelligence confidential, and because Hans deceived them when the Bismarck-class battleships came out, MI6 was triggered to investigate the person in charge of Hans, so the newly appointed director of the Intelligence Department was very serious about the intelligence investigation of Hans.
From the beginning of the year to now, the Sun Never Sets has sent at least three batches of spies to Hans, ranging from government heads to peddlers. These spies used various means to disguise themselves in Hans, trying to increase the theft of intelligence from Hans from all levels of society.
Of course, many of these three batches of spies were discovered by Hans’ SS and Gestapo as soon as they landed, and were immediately executed.
But because of their large number, there are still many fish that slip through the net, and now this intelligence is sent back by these spies who escaped.
“This kind of battleship has been seen in several shipyards? How many ships did Hans order?”
Originally, after hearing the news that Hans had started to build new battleships, the Prime Minister of the British Empire was already deeply uneasy. Unexpectedly, there was even worse news waiting for him. Hans actually built several ships in one go! What are they going to do?
Are they going to compete with the British Empire in the Atlantic?
Although Hans’s naval quota is only 405,000 tons, which is 120,000 tons less than the British Empire’s 525,000 tons, because Hans has no overseas colonies, there is no need to send the navy overseas to safeguard the interests of the colonies. Their navy is all concentrated in the homeland. Therefore, when facing the Royal Navy of the British Empire, Hans will not be at a disadvantage.
Unless the British Empire calls back all its navy, it will be difficult for them to form an overwhelming advantage over Hans!
It is for this reason that the Prime Minister of the British Empire is so panicked by the news that Hans is building new battleships on a large scale!
“I don’t know the exact number, but so far, we have seen 4 new battleships!”
MI6 cannot infiltrate the Hans shipyard, so it can only observe the slipway of the Hans shipyard from a distance, see the construction situation on the slipway and then make a judgment.
According to the photos taken by the spies, after comparison by naval experts, they found that Hans has started construction of four new battleships. The construction of these four battleships started almost at the same time, and the current construction progress is almost the same. At the current speed, it is estimated that they will be launched in the second half of 1925 (PS: This number on the mobile phone APP has become something strange again, it’s too difficult!)
“Hold an emergency cabinet meeting immediately and call all the experts from the navy!”
The British Prime Minister felt that this matter was very serious, so he immediately held an internal meeting to prepare for a high-level government discussion.
At the meeting, when the director of MI6 announced the news, the expressions of the others were exactly the same as the British Prime Minister’s previous expression. Everyone felt panic!
“The Hans have really started!”
As for the Hans’ massive battleship construction, the British side can only watch, without any better solution.
Although the tonnage they were allocated was larger than that of the Hans, Hans had not had a single battleship before, and currently only had two battleships, the Bismarck and the Tirpitz. They still had at least 320,000 tons of quota that had not been used.
On the other hand, the British Royal Navy, because their tonnage exceeded the limit of 525,000 tons, was speeding up the time to dismantle the extra battleships. Before reducing the total tonnage to 525,000 tons, they simply could not build any battleships.
One was constantly dismantling battleships, and the other was constantly building new battleships. With this back and forth, the balance of power between the two sides quickly tilted, and the British Royal Navy’s advantage in the navy would probably soon disappear!
“Can we get the specific parameters of a battleship like Hans? If we can, we might be able to use the Fog City Naval Treaty to sanction them!”
“As long as the tonnage of Hans’s warship exceeds 35,000 tons, we can unite all countries to put pressure on Hans and ask him to dismantle these warships!”_Read the ununderlined version of the novel, please download