Chapter 228: Behind the Treaty

The huge FW200 head of state plane flew smoothly at an altitude of four thousand meters in the English Channel, surrounded by a group of escort fighters, followed by a string of Junker aunts. The weather over the strait was clear, with only a few broken clouds floating at low altitude, and visibility was excellent. Xu Jun sat in his exclusive chair, his chin in his hand and stupidly staring at the papers on the table.

Three months after coming into this world, he finally felt fully integrated into the space and became a part of history. He could be fully proud of his achievements at the moment, and his efforts were finally paid off handsomely, and the Wehrmacht under his command accomplished almost impossible tasks, perhaps most of which were due to luck, but it cannot be denied that he was slowly turning this history around.

The document on the table was a list of secret treaties between Germany and France, and Germany certainly could not have been as generous as the outside world had seen, and what an idiot it would have to be to be merciful to the enemy. The European powers have long evolved a bunch of conventions in dealing with the losers of the war, and of course Germany will not have anything special in this regard, just like the Treaty of Versailles ruthlessly plundered and suppressed Germany, and the so-called Paris Peace Treaty will certainly not become an exception this time.

A careful study of the text of the formal treaty is actually just a façade, and a careful study will reveal that except for the provisions on the establishment of alliances between the two sides, the rest of the content is somewhat empty, especially the reflection and understanding of the war in Europe, which is covered by only a few simple official terms, and the issues of war reparations and the handling of occupied territories, which are of greatest concern to politicians, are not mentioned in the treaty at all.

Only some of the people involved in the negotiations knew that it was impossible for the relevant content to be displayed in the public contract, because if the French citizens were made aware of those details, the traitorous hat of the officials of the French negotiators would be determined, and it would inevitably seriously affect the subsequent rule of the Petain government.

These details are divided into more than a dozen categories, hundreds of secret treaties. This includes all fields such as military, political, commercial, industrial, and cultural, and the rigor of the Germans is evident in this detail, compared to the French, who are a little rough, and the only thing that this nation can maintain so far is probably the language.

Although the French occupation zone was legally under the rule of the French government, in fact most of the area was still under the joint administration of the two governments, and the French industrial and mining enterprises under the control of the Germans still had to obey the German government. The French bosses were able to take back some of the administrative control. Sales and production, as well as the final profit calculation, must also be determined by the face of the German "shareholders".

Under Xu Jun's planning, the Germans' eating appearance is finally not as ugly as in the original history. Germany prepared for this war with a sense of revenge for ten years, spent countless money and material resources, and contributed a large number of soldiers' lives, and finally won the victory. If it was just for the sake of a good face, and generously let go of these enemies who had been lying on their bodies for many years and sucking their blood, even the most stupid fool would probably not do this kind of thing.

It's a war. From the very beginning, wars have had political or economic aims, and the soldiers who risked their lives did not fight for charity by a group of politicians.

In fact, Germany spent more than half of the money and resources in this war than in history, and the most important reason for this is that they changed their Führer, and the scale and intensity of the war increased a lot because of his arrival.

Germany's domestic economy was not very healthy, and after this period of increasing investment in the war, the already unbalanced economic structure began to expose the defects that had been concealed in the past, and there began to be a shortage of living materials. Even the value of the mark is showing signs of instability. If it weren't for the constant victories of the German army on the front lines, the pride brought to the people strengthened their endurance for the difficulties of real life. The political situation in Germany may be affected by economic problems.

The German people also had to eat, they could not live by munching on shells and drinking lubricating oil, and obtaining cheap resources from the occupied areas became the only means and hope for the German government to pass on the domestic crisis.

However, due to Xu Jun's foresight, the Germans did not want to grab any garbage at home like a beggar who had been hungry for decades as in history.

The German High Command called together specialists from various industries. Specialized in the analysis and study of the most effective and economical loot plundering schemes. These generals also thought about it, and since the plunder was unavoidable, then make it as beautiful as possible.

Historically, the food of the German occupation army was almost similar to that of a starvation, and it was already a more polite way to say that hunger did not choose food, and it could be said that it was like a garbage can. The Germans no matter what they were used for. It doesn't matter if it's valuable or not, as long as you haven't seen it, you can take it away as a good thing. As a result, throughout Europe, the Germans became almost synonymous with the uninformed hillbilly.

It is said that most of these German soldiers came from the German countryside, and they did generally lack knowledge, and when they came to the world of flowers in France, they were like beggars entering the Grand View Garden. Each of them has a stack of French currency in their hands, and they buy and buy everywhere, and the money is easy to come by anyway, and of course it is very refreshing to spend it.

They don't care whether things are good or bad, and they don't care what the price is, the only thing that restricts their crazy sweeping behavior is the size of the capacity they control. It is said that when a German armored unit left Paris, even the turrets of the tanks were piled with French goods.

After all, the thinking of German soldiers is still simple, most of them are just bought and given to their relatives at home, if they are replaced by American soldiers, I am afraid that more than a dozen black markets have already been established.

The super-strong purchasing power of the Germans did not bring about the prosperity of the market, because the money they spent was obtained from the French government, in essence, they exchanged a bunch of pieces of paper that relied on credit to reflect the value of the French people's actual labor, because money is not obtained through equivalent exchange, and this kind of purchase is actually a kind of plundering in disguise.

What's more serious is that France's economic production has been interrupted by the war, and the production of these goods has basically stopped, so the Germans have taken away the stocks left before, and the entire economic chain has actually been broken at this moment, and no one can suppress this artificially caused inflation until it is replenished and restored by external forces.

Now that Xu Jun has tried his best to control the tide, the amount of cash in the hands of the German soldiers is far lower than the amount at the same time in history. At the same time, the High Command encouraged soldiers to deposit their salaries in military savings banks at very attractive interest rates and assured that a special person would be responsible for the operation of these funds. Moreover, the German soldier was able to buy short-term valuable government bonds, guaranteeing that by the time he was discharged from the army, he would receive a large fortune.

Germany's economic plundering of France was also mainly manifested in its control of the French financial industry, and every time German troops entered a French city, they would inevitably take control of the local banks. The large amount of reserves and foreign exchange stored in the bank became the trophies of the German army, and these things were resolutely not returned after the war.

The harvest of precious metals alone has been able to boost the morale of the German Ministry of Economy, and at least half of the centuries-old gold accumulation of the French has fallen into the pockets of the Germans. It also included a number of reserves held by foreign governments in France, such as Poland and Belgium, which had shipped most of their national stocks to France before the defeat of the war, and who would have thought that France would be no slower than them in the end.

Now, of course, all this money has become the assets of the German government, especially the Poles, who have lost these precious funds for the restoration of the country, and the so-called great cause has been completely finished.

And even their exiled government agents did not escape the catastrophe, because they had miscalculated the manners of the French, and as a result they were secretly detained by the Pétain government and handed over to the German intelligence agencies, and are now in the basement of the German intelligence service talking to the experts wielding the nine-tailed cat.

At the same time, a group of "conscientious intellectuals" who had fled from Germany to France were handed over, and many of them wet their pants when they saw the conspicuous SS logo again. Xu Jun didn't have much idea about these people, and he was not Hitler, so basically after screening, those who had substantial treason were eliminated, and the rest were sent back to Germany for short-term labor reform, but Borman put forward some suggestions for this, in view of these people's lack of ability to succeed and fail, even if they come out of the labor camp alive in the future, they must be controlled at all times, Xu Jun thought so, and immediately approved and dealt with according to his plan.

Every day France has to pay Germany an additional fee, which is historically known as the occupation fee, and now it is called the National Defense and Administrative Coordination Management Deposit, which is actually the same thing, but it sounds relatively high-end, and it does not make the French feel as straightforward as the original.

Xu Jun also reduced the amount accordingly, but he could not follow Hitler's complete bottom line, and it was short-sighted to fish while trying his best, and one of Xu Jun's ideas was sustainable development.

Therefore, the amount of 400 million francs per day was cut in half at once, which really made the French feel comradely warm. This amount is quite affordable for the French economy as a whole, and at the same time does not add much burden to the lives of French civilians. Xu Jun also set a time limit for the payment of these funds, which will be slowly reduced over time in the future, and the time for the initial reduction of the burden is set at four or four years, by which time the entire European system should be stable, and there is no need to worry about any money at all.

"My Führer, we have flown over the English Channel, and from here you can already see the British coastline." The captain reported through the microphone in the cabin.

Xu Jun turned his gaze from the file to the window, and from his position, he could clearly see that a white marginal line appeared on the dark green sea in the distance, which was the famous chalk cliff coast in Britain, and the snow-white cliff wall shimmered like a glacier under the scorching summer sun.

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