In fact, the compression of the SS has been advancing, and Hoffmann has brainwashed Himmler and others in the past two years, not only to make them abandon the "final solution" to the Jews, but also to open up to the Poles, Slavs, Gypsies, and others, and no longer engage in targeting—this is the minimum conscience of Hoffmann as a scholar.

The "new thinking" was also strongly supported by Speer, who was in charge of armaments, and Field Marshal Milch, who coordinated the labor front, and with their efforts, the millions of people who were supposed to go to the concentration camps to be "purified" were eventually turned into labor in the Third Reich, and because the German army won in Europe earlier than expected, according to Hoffmann's suggestion, in order to show humanitarian concern, the laborers who had actually served for 24 months and performed well in peacetime were released early - about 300,000 Jews were rescued at once, and they were successively resettled in the Jewish state of Africa.

Far from affecting productivity, this move gave more workers hope: they believed that if they worked hard to help Germany achieve a final victory, they would be released as quickly as possible, and now they would only suffer for a while.

Of course, although the concentration camps have been greatly reduced and abolished, it does not mean that there are none, and there are still three "modern" concentration camps in Germany that are used to house and detain certain political prisoners. Hoffmann is not a left-wing virgin, and he is disgusted and tired of the "political correctness" of his previous era, and he certainly cannot repeat the mistakes of the past now.

He considered the arrangements of the Waffen-SS more maturely, such as the Viking Division, the Prinz Eugen Division, and the Nordic Division, all of which were first-class units with outstanding military achievements, and their ideology and centripetal force were no different from those of the German native troops, and they were easily reluctant to dismantle, and these armies would become members of the European Joint Defense Force - the quota was hung with other European countries, and they could be directly used if necessary!

After cutting the strength of the American Army Group and the Irish Division, the separate formation of the Guard Flag Corps, and the demobilization of the police divisions, and the inclusion of the Viking, Prince Eugen, and Nordic divisions into the combined European forces, the SS easily reduced its number to less than 200,000. In addition, he considered the deployment of one or two SS divisions in the Americas, Africa, and Asia territories to achieve a unified leadership of the party, which would be of great benefit to consolidating the rule of the three new territories and building consensus.

The new military revolution marked by the victory in the South African campaign showed its power and centered on the reduction of the army and Waffen-SS troops, culminating in the outcome of the December military force reform seminar.

According to the schedule of the Supreme High Command: the first batch of 1 million troops was to be dismantled by January 1, 1945, and then the reduction plan agreed upon in the December reform was to be completed by July 1, 1946.

The demobilization of the first batch of 1 million troops refers to the withdrawal of troops from the Eastern Front and the personnel reduction operation after the end of the Soviet-German war, which has progressed relatively smoothly in the past few months, and all ordinary veterans who have reached the age of 35 (referring to ordinary soldiers who do not even have the rank of sergeant) will be demobilized regardless of where they are, and at the same time, ordinary army divisions with the code name 4xx have been disbanded one after another - the surplus elite troops and officers have been filled into other ranks that are dissatisfied with the establishment due to the retirement of personnel, and the establishment has been reduced.

As the December reform referred to further reductions in the army's strength, the Supreme High Command immediately issued a new circular lowering the mandatory demobilization age from 35 to 30 years old, and at the same time included the general infantry divisions in the 35x-39x sequence into the scope of disbandment in the spring of 1945, so that at least 1.5 million people could be dismantled in the early stage.

In December's reform, the Air Force gained and lost, but on the whole it is still the beneficiary service. Although the Air Force has lost nearly 100,000 troops by dividing part of its forces from the Army and Navy, the High Command has not reduced the size of the Air Force as a whole, and the total number of troops has remained basically unchanged, and at the same time it has promised to increase funds to develop strategic forces in the next stage -- strategic bombing and strategic airlift units similar to the US Army Aviation will be formed, and Germany will not only have a large number of four-engine heavy bombers and transport planes, but will also be ready to go on the jet type! Orders for the ME-364 and its transport modifications alone amounted to 1,000 aircraft.

The Air Force General Corps, headed by Marshal Kesselring, strongly supported this and took the opportunity to propose that the missile forces should also be included in the integrated management of the Air Force - a point to which Hoffman ultimately refused.

The Navy will benefit the most from December's reform – not only will it not be disarmed, but it will be expanded, and the Navy's development direction for the next 10 years will be to expand its scale, increase military spending, build new warships, and build global bases. This made the Navy's top brass raise their hands and feet to welcome the Führer's wise decision. Of course, it is inevitable to sell well to other branches of the military: at least 150,000 elite troops will be reorganized into marines to guard key bases, and the air force is also preparing to transfer 1,500-2,000 pilots and supporting ground crews to the navy.

In the words of the top, the Navy of the Third Reich was not only the Navy of the Navy, but also the Navy of the Army, the Air Force and even the Party! If this condition is not accepted, it will be impossible for the Navy to expand its strength with the consent of the other services. Faced with the choice of development but restraint and small-scale but free, the Navy wisely chose the former.

In addition to forming an army aviation unit with helicopters as the core and having command of the close-range tactical air force, another preferential condition that the army received was that all the equipment captured by South Africa was allocated to the army, which they planned to sell for a sum of money to subsidize their families

Most of the officers stationed in the Americas, African Republics, and Asian territories are dispatched by the Army, and large areas of overseas troops stationed in German East Africa, German West Africa, and the Middle East are also dominated by the Army. In this way, it seems that disarmament will have a great impact on the Army, but it will not have much impact on the Junkers, who are centered on middle- and high-ranking officers—this necessary political compromise Hofmann can only agree to it first, otherwise he will not be able to push forward any other move.

In fact, it is clear to anyone with a discerning eye that when it comes to disarmament, in fact, the Luftwaffe Navy and Air Force are basically unchanged (the Navy even has to expand its army), and the main ones to be eliminated are the army units and traditional units - the army top brass has also discussed that all cavalry will be dismissed. As long as the Army was appeased, Hoffman thought it would be more certain that the German force would be reduced to 6 million (now over 7.5 million) by at least the end of 1945.

According to his ideas, Germany, a country with a native population of just over 100 million, let alone 6 million, even 4 million troops are too much, even if there are global interests to be maintained, it is best to have 750,000 (European troops, of which 250,000 are rapid reaction forces) + 1.25 million (local troops) + 500,000 (overseas troops) + 200,000 (SS) configuration and deployment, and at the same time have a relatively large reserve force and mobilization level, so that whether it is a low-intensity war or a world war, Germany has sufficient adaptability.

At the strategic meeting, which focused on military reform, the top echelons of the national community and the military also took advantage of the situation to discuss a package of strategies related to the financial, economic, and industrial layout, and some people raised the question of whether the general mobilization state could be lifted and the normal work and rest system could be restored, because with the return of more than 1 million laborers and the reduction of military orders, continuing to work in three shifts will lead to a series of problems such as employment arrangements and product sales.

The mainstream opinion, including Speer, believes that it cannot be lifted for the time being, because the war against the United States has not yet achieved a final victory, and once the general mobilization is unilaterally lifted, what should the United States do if it exerts its strength again and stubbornly resists to the end? But it's okay to make some fine-tuning based on the status quo, and Hoffman agrees.

After repeated discussions, five significant consensus was finally reached on December 9 - known as the December economic adjustment, which has an impact on the entire Axis camp. The first is the deregulation of oil.

According to the 1945 production plan (the actual span from April 1, 1945 to March 31, 1946), Germany would receive more than 45 million tons of oil from the four major oil producing regions of the Middle East, Romania and Hungary, Libya, and Russia (including Stalin's share of the agreement), and possibly much more – depending on the expansion and recovery of exploitation in Russia and the Caucasus, a scale far greater than the needs of Virtue and industry, so it would be neither economical nor necessary to maintain total control.

In December, following the deregulation of Romanian crude, Hungarian crude was also deregulated, allowing the two countries to freely find buyers for nearly 8 million tonnes of crude without having to seek German consent. As soon as the news broke, Britain and France were given priority docking supplies - they could trade Romania and Hungary with goods of their own interest.

Speer also released rumors that he was ready to agree to the free trade of Western Russian crude oil after September 1945, which involved nearly 8 million tons of production. This is a method that must be adopted in order to restore the economy of Western Russia, and Vlasov is currently trying his best to attract investment, and Western European countries have also expressed some interest, but Vlasov obviously lacks means of payment and trading, and after Germany liberalizes oil supply, it will help the economy of Western Russia to recover quickly, which will be of great help to stabilize the eastern policy.

With the increase in Libyan crude oil production and the increase in the supply of Middle East oil, Germany promised to ensure the supply of fuel needed by Italian industry and army in the December change, Italy originally needed at least 6 million to 7 million tons of oil per year, Germany has been able to guarantee only 3 million to 4 million tons, and after the supply target reaches 8 million tons, the Ziano government will have more room for maneuver in many aspects.

After deducting these three parts, Germany can spare nearly 22 million tons of crude oil production, after the end of the European war, according to the calculations of the High Command, Germany only needs 6 million tons of oil to maintain the army's full-scale operation, and at the same time, the industrial field because Germany has sufficient coal supply, the demand is less than 9 million tons (now no longer use fuel synthetic rubber), which means that Germany's own fuel demand is only 15 million tons, and there is 7 million tons of room for relaxation. Hoffmann approved an additional 2 million tonnes of supplies to Western Europe, agreed to Japan's export request of 4 million tonnes, and purchased another 1 million tonnes – which would raise Germany's crude oil reserves from 4 million tonnes to 5 million tonnes.