stonecrandall Chapter 377
Chapter 377
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: 0.762s Scan: 0.085sThe performance of this tank satisfied both Guderian and Manstein.
Guderian thought that after he got the No. 4 tank, he would be more confident in executing the lightning tactics.
And Manstein was thinking about how to make full use of this weapon to gain strategic advantages in large-scale combat.
The two considered the problem at different levels. Guderian focused on the tactical level, while Manstein focused on the strategic level.
Of course, because he was unable to perform his duties in the General Staff for a long time, Manstein’s ability in strategic planning was still lacking at this time. However, because Mainz was in charge of the German headquarters, there was no problem with the formulation of major strategies.
The No. 4 tank is an epoch-making weapon in any aspect!
But to be honest, neither Guderian nor Manstein was very satisfied with this production capacity.
If Rheinmetall is to follow its meaning, the Panzer IV will still need to undergo various tests this year before it can be officially finalized. After the finalization, they will gradually find ways to increase the number of production lines, and the production capacity can slowly climb. Before the Panzer IV is mass-produced, this weapon will definitely not be equipped to the troops!
Not to mention this year, how many can be produced next year is a problem!
Maybe, until the year after next, that is, 1927, they will have the first armored division equipped with the Panzer IV tank!
To produce all the nearly 4,000 tanks, it will take about four or five years, right?
“”The general said before, what is going to happen in the world?”
Guderian suddenly thought of something and asked Manstein excitedly.
Manstein was stunned for a moment, then he understood what the other party said:”Are you talking about the world economic crisis?”
As early as 1920, Mainz had leaked to people around him that the world might have an economic crisis.
Knowing the scope and depth of the economic crisis, Mainz quickly proposed the first five-year plan as soon as he took office as prime minister. The real purpose of this plan is to quickly create a large number of jobs through fixed investment, so that the money obtained by the country with the help of loans will flow into the hands of tens of millions of people across the country.
When the economic conditions of the people improve and wealth accumulation increases, they can drive the total demand in the domestic market of Hans through consumption, so that the money in the market can circulate quickly, thereby stimulating Hans. The development of all walks of life in Sweden.
The essence of this construction is to spend the money in advance, because the loan must be repaid sooner or later. The money spent at this time will be compensated little by little in the future, but the loan can greatly boost the development of the national economy in the short term!
Therefore, before 1924, Hans’ economy was transfused by the Eagle Sauce. They used the money from the Eagle Sauce to develop their own economy.
And this kind of development will eventually have to pay a price because of the approaching loans. However, because of the existence of Goldman Sachs, Hans does not need to repay this bond. This bond was transferred to Goldman Sachs, and they paid the bill. Goldman Sachs had previously done Hans’ bonds were sold out, and as a result, a lot of money was reaped from those investors, so their burden costs were greatly reduced.
In the process, Hans made more than 6 billion US dollars for nothing. With the help of these 6 billion US dollars, the whole country quickly got rid of the post-war unemployment and economic crisis, and quickly recovered and became stronger.
Goldman Sachs was not affected much either.
They made a lot of money by selling high and buying low.
In the whole operation, they not only did not lose money, but also made a small profit.
The real losses were actually the Eagle Sauce investors, those who had previously scrambled for Hans’ bonds, and finally Investors who sold in large quantities because of the panic decline may have taken out $100 to buy bonds, but only sold them for $25 in the end.
They lost 75% of their wealth in this transaction!
And this wealth mainly went into Sheng’s pocket!
This money helped Hans to get through the most difficult and most difficult period after 1918! After 1925
, with the rise of the Junker nobles, Mainz seized a huge amount of funds of more than 300 billion marks in the suppression of the Junker nobles. This large sum of money gave him the ability to resist the world economic crisis!
So, he decided to detonate the world economic crisis in advance!
In December 1925, when the whole country of Eagle Sauce was preparing for the annual Christmas, the stock market in Gotham City fluctuated greatly.
Since Eagle Sauce joined the war in 1917, European countries, which were deeply mired in the war, had to issue a large number of war bonds to Eagle Sauce and borrow a large amount of funds from Eagle Sauce because their finances were on the verge of collapse.
Moreover, during the war, factories in European countries turned their production capacity to military products, mainly to produce weapons and equipment and various equipment related to the army.
This greatly affected the people’s livelihood in their own country, and they had to import a large number of various living materials from Eagle Sauce, which made the money they borrowed from Eagle Sauce flow into Eagle Sauce’s pockets again.
At the end of World War I, Eagle Sauce had become the largest creditor country in European countries. They had a huge debt of nearly 15 billion US dollars to European countries. If the 6 billion US dollars borrowed by Hans after the war were counted, this amount exceeded 20 billion US dollars, accounting for more than 25% of Eagle Sauce’s GDP.
However, during the same period, the amount of various materials exported by the Eagle Sauce to European countries also exceeded 10 billion US dollars. In other words, of the 1 billion US dollars lent by the Eagle Sauce, two-thirds were already recovered by the Eagle Sauce through trade before it was transferred!
Moreover, through the relationship established by large-scale exports during the war, the Eagle Sauce has become the world’s largest creditor and the largest trading country after the war.
In this case, all countries generally owed the Eagle Sauce a lot of debt, so they had to repay the debt to the Eagle Sauce.
At this time, international trade was not protected and coordinated by international trade organizations such as the WTO as in later generations. Trade between countries was not smooth. Almost every country set very high import tariffs on foreign goods to protect its own products.
Although the Eagle Sauce of this era was the world’s number one in industrial strength, their scientific and technological strength was very backward, which led to a large gap between the Eagle Sauce’s products and those of mainstream European countries in terms of quality and performance.
Therefore, high-tech products from Europe can still be sold to the Eagle Sauce and make some profits.
However, during the economic crisis of 1907, the Eagle Sauce raised its import tariffs, causing the prices of imported goods to soar rapidly due to the increase in tariffs, which directly made them lose competitiveness in the Eagle Sauce domestic market.
Countries were unable to sell goods to the Eagle Sauce, and their own industries had not yet fully recovered.
Imports exceeded exports, so they not only could not make a profit from trade, but also had to bleed continuously.
To make matters worse, they had to repay a large amount of debts that were due, so countries had to take out their own gold to repay the Eagle Sauce.
The influx of a large amount of gold greatly increased the Eagle Sauce’s gold reserves.
���It soared from 1,200 tons in 1913 to 4,200 tons in 1925.
At this time, 40% of the world’s gold reserves were in the hands of the Eagle Sauce!
With a large amount of gold in hand and binding its own currency to the gold standard, the Eagle Sauce began to issue a large number of US dollars, which greatly increased the influence of the US dollar in the world. A large number of countries needed to rely on the capital of the Eagle Sauce, which led to Gotham City becoming the new financial center of the world at this time!
From 1918 to 1925, the Eagle Sauce, which enjoyed the rich dividends brought by World War I, had undergone seven years of rapid development after the war. Their domestic social wealth and per capita living standards have been greatly improved. At the same time, in Europe, people from various countries who had experienced the baptism of war were still struggling hard in the rubble and ruins!
Compared with Europe, the Eagle Sauce at this time is definitely a paradise!
However, the wealth of the Eagle Sauce is based on the looting of Europe and even the whole world. This false prosperity is doomed to be unsustainable!
Starting in 1924, with the basic recovery of the industries of the British Empire and Gaul, the two countries, after paying off a large amount of debt, raised their own tariffs to counter the Eagle Sauce’s continuous use of trade to plunder their own wealth!
This response measure caused the Eagle Sauce’s foreign exports to drop by 25% that year, and the workers’ wages not only did not increase, but fell by 2%. Although the decline was not large, it was a very bad signal! On
December 11, 1925, a large comprehensive shopping mall in Gotham City carried out an unprecedented promotional activity in order to improve performance.
A large number of people who came to inquire rushed into the market and made crazy purchases.
This should have been a positive signal, reflecting the rich wealth and amazing purchasing power of the Eagle Sauce people.
But surprisingly, a bank near the mall had a run because a large number of shoppers came to withdraw money. The bank was short of funds and depositors could not withdraw cash!
This was originally a trivial matter, but what was abnormal was that the bank was unable to replenish the cash in the next week!
Not only that, other banks in Gotham City also experienced this situation, so people with a keen sense of smell began to realize that something was wrong! On
Tuesday, December 19, 1925, the Gotham City stock market crashed as soon as it opened, and fell 40% that day, setting a historic record!