Heydrich gathered all the intelligence and contingency measures and prepared to report to Hitler, "Haha, even without our plan this time, Tukhachevsky would have been killed by Stalin sooner or later. You don't know it yet, Tuha Chevsky is a descendant of a great nobleman. According to the class contradictions that the Soviet Union emphasizes, Tukhachevsky will be finished sooner or later." After Heydrich finished speaking, he took the document and went to report to Hitler, but he didn't see it. Lin Wei gave a dull smile.
class? He and Hitler are also from two different classes. Will one day...? Thinking of this, Lin Wei forced himself not to think further, "No, no, I have a very good relationship with the Führer. This will never happen." It's something," Lin Wei comforted himself, but the shadow in his heart has not been eliminated.
After the Tukhachevsky case, Lin Wei came to Hitler's Prime Minister's Office, ready to strike while the iron was hot to find Hitler to solve the SS staffing problem mentioned before. As usual, after the secretary went in to report, Lin Wei was waiting outside. , After a while, the secretary came out of Hitler's office. "Captain Lampard, are you here again?" He said to the youngest leader of the National Socialist Party with a smile on his face. After a while, he continued: "The Prime Minister is already waiting for you in the office, please. Go in." After saying that, he nodded to Lin Wei and left.
Soon, Lin Wei appeared in the lobby of the Prime Minister's Office. Hitler is indeed very busy now, because the Night of Long Knives made everyone see how powerful this prime minister is. So from the current point of view, everyone seems to be respectful to this corporal.
As soon as Lin Wei came in, he found that someone had already taken the lead. This person was Schacht from the German International Banking Group. Schacht's famous work was his 24-year action to stabilize the mark. He created a new mark based on the gold reserves of the National Bank. The old mark was exchanged at a disparity ratio of one to three billion. By August 1924, this process was basically completed. The mark exchange rate began to stabilize in the international market, and international speculators gradually stopped attacking it. The long period of inflation that tortured Germany is over, the clouds are still flying, and thousands of mountains have been crossed. After this battle, Schacht has proven that he is worthy of being a financial wizard! At that time, Lin Wei was still worried about how to make money after joining the National Socialist Party.
Such a talented person is undoubtedly worthy of Lin Wei's admiration, so Lin Wei did not disturb them and sat aside. Schacht was the first to speak: "Your Excellency, the current economic situation of the empire is not as good as we imagined. The U.S. government is cautious about our current policies, which will cause big problems in our capital circulation. You know, our industries are all heavy industries. If there are no exports and a lot of funds for the import of raw materials, our The economy will experience a sharp decline. Besides, somehow all the German-Americans in the United States have returned to Germany, and now the U.S. government seems to be very dissatisfied with us." At this point, Schacht looked anxiously Hitler, but Hitler did not speak.
"Huh?... It's impolite for Schacht to speak ill of people behind their backs." Schacht's words made Lin Wei feel uncomfortable all over, and he could only rehearse them in his mind.
"Huh? Lampard, what's wrong with you? You look so bad?" Hitler noticed that Lin Wei's expression was wrong.
"Ah! Head of state, I'm fine." Lin Wei quickly waved his hand to indicate that he was fine.
Seeing that there was nothing unusual about Lin Wei, Hitler then said to Schacht, "Let me think about it!" Hitler held his head and frowned and began to think, but because he was not an economist, Hitler thought about it. For a long time, he couldn't think of any way to get out of the predicament. After a while, he slowly raised his head and said to Schacht: "We'll talk about this later. You can go out first. As for the loan issue, I think Schacht should go through it again with several banks in the United States. Let’s discuss and see if they can extend our loan time.” After saying that, he waved his hand to signal the two people to leave.
"Your Excellency, Prime Minister!" After Schacht left, Lin Wei stood up. He raised his hand to Hitler, then handed him a thick piece of information in his hand and said: "Your Excellency, this is It is the plan for the formation of the armed forces of the SS."
After Hitler received the report, Lin Wei continued: "Judging from the current situation, the number of registered members of the SA is about three million, while the number of registered members of the SS is about one million. After all, for the behemoth of the SA, the party The SS also needs time to digest. The number of armed personnel between the two is about 1.5 million. However, although there are many people, their quality is generally mixed. The SS is pretty good, and the stormtroopers are of good quality. Too bad. Of the approximately 600,000 armed personnel, 30% are unprofessional hooligans, while the other 20% are unfit for service. Lin Wei said hurriedly.
"So, what do you want to do, Lampard?" Hitler nodded to indicate that he agreed to the reorganization.
After listening to Hitler's words, Lin Wei hurriedly replied: "I am prepared to do this. First of all, eliminate unnecessary personnel and some personnel who are not suitable for service. At the same time, recruit young non-commissioned officers from military academies on a large scale. The most important point is that this force We only obey the orders of the head of state. The army, staff, and officer corps cannot govern us.
"Oh, go on," Hitler motioned to continue.
"This kind of armed force must be on par with the army. In this way, the formation of several divisions of armed forces can not only control the domestic situation, but also deter those who intend to split the country. Finally, what I want to say is that this force has always been But if you want to face the National Defense Force, you must have a one-on-one combat capability," Lin Wei continued.
Hitler took the report for a long time, then finally nodded slowly and said, "Lampard, let me think about it. I'll give you an answer in two days!"
"Yes! My head of state!" Lin Wei saluted Hitler and left quickly. Now he felt that he was only one step away from success.
On October 15, 1934, one month after the Tukhachevsky case in the Soviet Union, in view of Lin Wei and Heydrich's design to eliminate Germany's biggest enemy, Hitler finally decided at Lin Wei's strong request Have a good chat with the senior officers of the Defense Forces. At a regular meeting of the cabinet, the information of SS National Leader Lampard Krupp and SS Deputy National Leader and Gestapo leader Reinhard Heydrich regarding the SS and former SA personnel was announced. Reorganization plan. The plan has two main topics.
First, in view of the main position of the German Wehrmacht in the future, the number of stormtroopers and SS will be reduced on a large scale. The three million direct personnel of the two teams at their peak were reduced to 500,000, and the number of ordinary and reserve personnel under them should not exceed a quarter of the original number, which is 1.5 million.
Second, the reduced and downsized members of the SS and Stormtroopers were merged according to regions. The designations of the armed stormtroopers and the stormtrooper armed action team will be canceled and replaced by a mobile armed force. The name of this unit is temporarily called: "Flag Guard". The tentative establishment is 16,000 people, which is actually equivalent to the strength of an integrated infantry division. Each district team is specifically responsible for a specific area, which means that the original disorganized army system has been turned into an integrated army.
As soon as this plan was proposed, it encountered unimaginable resistance. The generals of the Wehrmacht fiercely opposed it. In their view, the only armed force in Germany was the Wehrmacht. If this plan was passed, it would be equivalent to another stormtrooper force. . What's more, if this organization is followed, this so-called flag guard will never be a street organization like the stormtroopers. It will become a real opponent of the Wehrmacht.
Hitler had no good solution for this. Just as the generals of the Wehrmacht were loudly expressing their dissatisfaction, Hitler also put forward some suggestions to resolve the dispute. However, this time the Wehrmacht's attitude was extremely tough, and Hitler had no choice but to temporarily After the meeting was adjourned, after Lin Wei learned about the objections of the National Defense Forces, he once wanted to talk to the generals of the National Defense Forces. However, these generals regarded Lin Wei as a little kid. In desperation, Lin Wei had to ask his father again. Ask for help.
There was no other way. Gustav had a son like Lin Wei, so he had no choice but to shamelessly communicate with the generals with whom he usually had good relations, and also put on Koudolph and Thyssen, and spent a lot of effort on the defense force. The attitude finally softened. After all, Lin Wei's family was of the same class as theirs, and with so many acquaintances interceding, it was better to let Lin Wei organize the army than to let a figure like Rom organize the army.
The price Lin Wei paid was painful. The SS standard guard was limited to one-tenth of the number of the Wehrmacht. Lin Wei tolerated it. After all, it could be expanded after the war started. Lin Wei couldn't be equipped with heavy weapons such as airplanes and tanks, so Lin Wei tolerated it. After all, he could make tanks at home, and he could just line his pockets when the time came. The most unbearable thing is that no money is given, and only some basic funds are received from the Ministry of Finance. They cannot be taken from the defense budget, because the Wehrmacht is afraid that the SS Flag Guard will occupy the budget that belongs to them.
"Damn, this is not a Juncker, he is so stingy." After Gustav told Lin Wei the terms of compromise, Lin Wei cursed the Wehrmacht from the bottom of his heart.
Sure enough, when Hitler raised the issue again the next day, the Wehrmacht leaders passed the proposal cleanly after talking a lot of nonsense.
The establishment of Lin Wei has come over, and the SS flag guard has been established. It seems that Lin Wei has nothing to be dissatisfied about, but in fact this is not the case. What Lin Wei wants is to be on an equal footing with the Wehrmacht rather than a vassal. Historically, the Waffen SS and its leader Himmler were not unpowerful. Himmler was unscrupulous when expanding the Waffen SS, but by the time the war with the Soviets began, there were only 100,000 Waffen SS. By the end of the war, although the Armed SS had expanded to 600,000 men, the outcome of the war had been determined, and the Armed SS had no purpose.
Lin Wei did not want Himmler's fate to fall on him, so he did everything he could to recruit troops, risking Hitler's anger and demanding that Jews be incorporated into the SS, and he did not hesitate to risk the family's bankruptcy to carry out counterattacks. To immigrants, to lobby Hitler to allow it to be established, and to negotiate with the Wehrmacht, everything is for the SS to thrive and grow, so that after the war begins, the SS will serve as a main force rather than a vassal.