On August 2, 1934, German President Hindenburg passed away, leaving the country he loved and fought for. But in the remaining months of 1934, Hindenburg's name was mentioned again and again, and attention was paid to him even more than during his lifetime to power.

It's not that the world misses the German president so much, but that a will bearing the name of Hindenburg – written by Hersmann, of course – caused a political earthquake throughout Europe!

In this will, the president, who was supposed to have Alzheimer's, said:

“…… The passage by the Reichstag of the Transitional Justice Ordinance and the legal ban of the Social Democrats on 1 July, as well as the earlier banning of the Bolshevik Party, showed me the possibility of justice being re-established in Germany. The sinners of November are paying or will pay the price for their treason in 1918. But I also note that justice before November 1918 has not been fully restored.

If the people and the Reichstag of the German Reich had fully realized that what had happened in November 1918 was a great mistake, could I consider that the social order before the November Revolution was truly correct and in accordance with the will of the people? If the one who overthrew the empire was a sinner, then was the one who led the empire to fight a powerful enemy to the end a hero?

As an old man who is about to finish his life, at the last moment of my life, I decided to stand up and say something about Germany's past and its future: without the continuous struggle and efforts of the Hohenzollern dynasty for hundreds of years, there would never be a united, strong Germany that stands tall among the world's great powers!

The Hohenzollerns were therefore heroes of Germany and not sinners. We cannot completely deny the efforts of the dynasty for hundreds of years just because of a failure. That would chill the hearts of all those who shed their blood and died for Germany.

If the people of Germany really want to restore their homeland to its pre-world glory and international status, then their heroes should be respected.

Let the Emperor and the Hohenzollern dynasty return, let the heroic Hohenzollern dynasty return to its glory, and let the German emperor become a symbol of the country's strength and development! ”

The legendary Alzheimer's president had such a keen sense of judgment that he could find in the Transitional Justice Ordinance the theory of the restoration of the monarchy, since the Social Democrats and the Spartacists (Bolsheviks) who brought the empire down were treasonous sinners. Isn't the monarchy itself just?

Even Hitler, who could speak well, could hardly refute Field Marshal Hindenburg's will for a while. And Adolf. Hitler also knew very well that this will was not dictated by Hindenburg at all, it was simply from the Junkers who ruled Germany in alliance with the Nazi Party!

And the real purpose of this so-called "Hindenburg Testament" was to prevent Hitler from using legal means to obtain the throne of the German Empire. And, once and for all!

"Ludwig. Do you have any resentment about me leading the country? Inside the Chancellery at 77 Wilhelm Street, Hitler looked at Hersmann and asked in a gentle but sincere tone.

"Mr. Prime Minister, you have led very well, really well!" Hersman replied with a smile, "You let me know what an economic miracle is. ”

It's December 1934, and Adolf. Hitler has been German Chancellor for almost 4 years. by Herman. The "First Four-Year Plan", which Göring presided over and led the implementation of, was also nearing the end (beginning in 1932). Historically, Goering, as an air commander and reich marshal, clearly had great shortcomings. But the level of his economic management is impressive.

In less than four years, Hitler's rule brought Germany economic growth that can only be described as miraculous.

The Nazi Party managed the economy in a similar way to the Soviet Union. Emphasis is placed on program management rather than market regulation. After Hitler came to power in 1931, the German Reichstag successively passed a series of regulations to transform the economy from freedom to planning, and established the General Council of German Economy, the highest organ for managing the German economy. Unlike the State Planning Commission of the Soviet Union, the General Economic Council of Germany was not a purely government body, but a "general staff of the economy preparing for war" with the participation of managers of large German companies, big bankers, economists, and top military officials.

Under this "General Staff of the Prepared Economy", in accordance with the Regulations on the Organic Structure of the German Economy, adopted in 1932, two types of economic adjustment bodies were re-established on the basis of the existing federations of business owners and monopolies (i.e. cartels). In the direct hands of the monopoly oligarchy and its cronies.

The organizational form of the sectoral regulatory body is an economic bloc, which has four levels. At the top level are the six highest groups, namely industry, commerce, banking, insurance, power and handicrafts; 44 subordinate economic groups; They are further divided into 350 sectoral groups; At the bottom of the hierarchy are 640 professional groups.

The local economic regulation agency is the "Provincial Economic Department" (subordinate city and district branches).

In practice. Economic groups represent more capital (about 25% of their capital is owned in China). The Provincial Department of Economy, on the other hand, represents the government. The two types of economic adjustment bodies operated under the co-ordination of the General Council for Economic Affairs and the Ministry of Economic Affairs - which seemed to be extremely complicated, but the Hitler authorities managed everything in good order. Basically, a win-win situation has been achieved among capital, government and workers.

According to Hersmann's understanding, Germany is now practicing a threefold system of "planned economy," "managed enterprises," and "competitive markets."

The planned economy exists at the macro level, similar to the economic development under the guidance of China's National Development and Reform Commission in later generations.

At the micro level, since Germany did not have a large number of state-owned enterprises in its history, it is not possible to completely control the production of enterprises by government directive, as in the Soviet Union. Capital still plays a role in business. Private and foreign investment remains buoyant, and whether products can be sold depends on the market. Even in the case of state procurement, it is determined not by planned allocation, but by bidding.

Under this model of planning and management, the government's role in promoting economic growth is maximized, but at the same time, the vitality of the economy is maintained. This is the biggest difference between the planned economy of National Socialism and the planned economy of the Soviet Union.

As a result, the German economy has grown considerably over the past four years. The speed of industrial development has not only surpassed that of Britain, France and the United States. Even compared to the USSR, it is not inferior. Pig iron production rose from 6.6 million tonnes in 1931 to 16.2 million tonnes, while steel production rose from 9.1 million tonnes to 21.8 million tonnes. The production of automobiles, aircraft, ships, aluminum, and various chemical products has also increased significantly.

At the same time as the rapid growth of German industry, the construction of public works and the export of German works are also very encouraging.

In the first four-year plan, the German government spent more than 12 billion marks on public works. The largest expenditure was on the construction of roads, mainly highways, followed by the construction of public buildings and dwellings, and again on the reclamation of wasteland, the improvement of soil, the improvement of rivers, the digging of canals, the erection of bridges, the repair and renewal of railway equipment, and so on. These large-scale construction projects not only improved the investment climate in Germany, but also absorbed a large number of unemployed people. By 1934, although much of the world had not yet emerged from economic depression, unemployment in Germany had long since become a forgotten memory.

Although Germany was not yet strong enough to sustain a war, it was time to think about the war - the second four-year plan being drawn up, and the investment in war preparations would be further increased!

"So, do you not believe that I can be the leader of a war?" Hitler looked at Hersmann with a somewhat gloomy gaze, and it was very sharp, as if he could see through Hersmann.

Hitler, who won the Nobel H Prize, did not want to fight a world war, but he was still prepared to fight.

"Mr. Prime Minister, you are a very good Prime Minister, but you are not a commander-in-chief!" Hersman said in a very affirmative tone, "You don't understand the future war. ”

"Admiral, I've been in the trenches for four whole years, and I know what war is!" Hitler glared at Hersmann, "I know this better than you, you hardly squatted in the trenches for a day in the world war!" ”

Hersmann shrugged his shoulders and looked at the somewhat violent Hitler, "You know how to squat in the trenches, but there is little need for squatting in the future wars." ”

"Don't need trenches?" Hitler was stunned, "By what?" Bombing with airplanes? ”

"Of course, airplanes are important!"

Hersmann smiled and said to Hitler in a very serious tone: "And tanks!" Thousands of tanks, which will tear deadly gaps in the enemy's well-defended battle lines, under the cover of dive bombers that can drop bombs with precision and self-propelled guns capable of moving quickly. Then there is the deepening, the detour, the division and the encirclement. Armies that have been fighting static warfare in the traditional way will be crushed by this torrent of steel. If militarily powerful countries such as Poland and France fail to follow this trend, they may be knocked to the ground by us in the next two or three weeks or a month. Mr. Prime Minister, do you know how such a war should be fought? ”

"What? Beat Poland in a month or so? "Hitler's chances of interfering with military issues in this time and space were greatly reduced, so his understanding of war was still stuck in the First World War.

"Defeat France in a month or so!" Hersmann looked at Hitler quietly, "After the defeat of France, it will take a maximum of 2 years to disintegrate the British Empire, and then the United States of America!" (To be continued.) )