[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-don-t-need-nazis-in-my-germany":3,"chapter-i-don-t-need-nazis-in-my-germany-i-don-t-need-nazis-in-my-germany-chapter-186":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I Don’t Need Nazis In My Germany",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1294777,1717,"Chapter 185","i-don-t-need-nazis-in-my-germany-chapter-186",186,"\u003Cp>April 11, 1941\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Helsinki, the capital of Finland\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst the firing of a gun salute to express condolences, a procession of mourners continued to the funeral of President Kyösti Kallio.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>President Kallio had sent statements of support for my speech a few times, but to me, he was a man I had met for only a single day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From that one-day meeting and the atmosphere of the funeral alone, I could tell what kind of person he had been.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A president who had led the fight against an enemy nation whose difference in strength was so vast that even the word \"absolute\" was insufficient, only to die as if falling asleep after burning everything he had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To him, the countless people who fell to protect Finland must not have been mere numbers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As much as me, no, even more so than me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am, in the end, a German politician.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While what's most important is that my loved ones are in Germany, I also have a duty to act for Germany's sake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's why I've tried to remain as numb as possible toward other countries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I lent strength to Hungary and Yugoslavia to tear Romania apart, and I asked for cooperation from Belgium and the Netherlands, even while predicting that Operation Winter Storm would result in tens of thousands of casualties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Belgium, on the grounds that it was a battle to defend their own country, and for the Netherlands, by guaranteeing their interests in their colonies after the war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, I paid no interest to the Belgians and Dutch who would be sacrificed. I only mulled over the means to make their politicians agree to this operation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What were those politicians thinking when they agreed to an operation that would sacrifice tens of thousands of their own people?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While I was postponing Poland and Finland's entry into the Allied Powers for the political reason of preventing the Soviet Union and Japan from joining hands, how many people must have died on the front lines?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What must President Kallio have felt watching those sacrifices, and what thoughts did he have while waiting for the Allies' help?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who were just calculations under my priority of \"Germany\" must have been, to someone else, an invaluable treasure that had to be protected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in Korea, under the rule of Imperial Japan, a place I consciously avoided thinking about because I couldn't intervene right away, many people must be suffering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If possible, I want to prevent the tragedies of many more people. But to do that, I must not make Germans endure unnecessary sacrifices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is the position I stand in, and the responsibility I must bear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling weary, I covered my face with my hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, I must both serve Germany and prevent people's sacrifices. To satisfy all of this…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have to end the war with as few sacrifices as possible, as quickly as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I cannot drag this damn Great War out until 1945, piling up mountains of countless corpses like in the original history.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After some time passed, I lowered my hands and had to flinch when I saw a man as tall as a beanpole standing next to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"G-General de Gaulle. It's been a few days.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's been a while, Minister of Defense Schacht.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah, that surprised me…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, I have to say what I have to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I composed my expression and spoke again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you for your great performance in the Battle of Viipuri.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In recognition of the outstanding performance the French Army showed in this battle, we consulted with Pétain and decided to reduce their reparations by 6 billion Reichsmarks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It will be further reduced depending on future offensive successes, and separate from that, supplies I prepared to encourage the French Army, like alcohol, chocolate, and civilian pasta, are in transit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was for France.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>De Gaulle replied just that and said nothing more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This man is surprisingly hard to deal with…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following de Gaulle's gaze, I saw he had his eyes fixed on President Kallio's coffin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A brief silence passed before de Gaulle spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I didn't think Germany would agree to Finland's plan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He must be talking about how it's fine to just secure East Karelia and the Kola Peninsula and maintain the front, instead of trying to capture Leningrad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our judgment is that it's better for the Northern Front to firmly hold the line while being in good health, rather than forcing sacrifices through an unreasonable offensive. Of course, that could change depending on the future war situation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In any case, if France and Finland just launch an offensive on East Karelia and the Kola Peninsula, the Soviet Union will have no choice but to disperse its forces to defend Leningrad and the north.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even in the original history, the German Army besieged Leningrad for years and still couldn't capture it. If we do something reckless and the northern front collapses, the losses will be far greater than the gains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's also true that if it's not a strategic loss for Germany, I don't want to force unnecessary sacrifices on the Finnish and French people if possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>De Gaulle stared at me intently, then said something completely out of the blue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm envious.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pardon?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, what is he talking about?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But de Gaulle didn't seem to have any intention of giving a kind, detailed explanation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, I let out an ahem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, that doesn't mean we're just going to leave Leningrad alone. Depending on the circumstances, the Soviet Army could launch their own offensive, so you don't have to worry about the French Army having nothing to do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing de Gaulle finally make a puzzled expression, I felt a sense of satisfaction and added.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are ways to deliver a blow to Leningrad without having to force our soldiers to make sacrifices.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though it would be nice if we never have to use them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>April 14, 1941\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rhineland, Western Germany, Ruhr Industrial Area\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I visited the Ruhr Industrial Area for the first time in a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ooh, are these the blueprints for the new Panzer V and Panzer VI tanks?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes! The Panzer V was developed as a main force tank that reinforces the Panzer IV and compensates for its weaknesses, and the Panzer VI was developed as a heavy tank for breaking through the front lines!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The engineers from MAN, the developer of the Panzer V, and Henschel, the developer of the Panzer VI, excitedly recited the specifications, and General Guderian listened to their explanation with a joyous face, looking like a child on Christmas Eve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the original history, these tanks only appeared while the German-Soviet War was in full swing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But we shut down the Panzer III line early, resolved all the pointless, repeated upgrades for the Panzer IV in one go, and provided development funds, so the blueprints came out relatively quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were all having a grand time, but, sorry…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you overlap the roadwheels like this, how do you perform maintenance when they're damaged?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pardon? Ah… if maintenance is needed, you detach them one by one…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So if even just one inner roadwheel is damaged, you'd have to detach several others just to do the maintenance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That is correct, Minister.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roadwheels are the wheels that move the tank's tracks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They make the tank move when the tracks roll, but to fix one inner wheel, you have to take off the track and then detach dozens of wheels?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's change this. I can bet my position as Minister that any maintenance soldier would curse the moment they saw this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ahem, ahem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Minister. With all due respect, the interleaved roadwheels are a very effective structure for weight distribution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are maintenance issues, but it has its advantages, such as off-road performance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"General Guderian, what are your thoughts?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guderian, who had been ecstatic, put on a slightly more serious expression at my question and answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This design would certainly make it easy for foreign objects to get stuck, and it would be inconvenient for maintenance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It might be good for enhancing the tank's catalog specs by gaining an advantage in weight distribution, but thinking of it the other way, if we proceed like this and a problem arises, we'd have no way to deal with it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The engineers looked extremely dejected, but the abysmal reliability and maintainability of the late-model German tanks are a very famous problem from the original history.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"First, please prepare a new design plan that improves those roadwheels. And General Guderian, it would be good if you could gather opinions from within the Army and let us know what needs to be improved. The point to note is that we can't incorporate all of the Army's internal demands.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I understand, Minister.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thankfully, I have a rough idea of why the Tiger and Panther were tanks that broke down so often.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was because the Army wanted a tank that was heavily armored, had a powerful gun, and was fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trying to satisfy all of that put a load on the engine that it couldn't handle, and with maintainability hitting rock bottom, these were magnificent tanks that suffered more non-combat losses than were destroyed by the enemy…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is my request, but the current designs are based on the Panzer V being 30 tons and the Panzer VI being 45 tons. Please modify them so the Panzer V can handle up to 35 tons and the Panzer VI up to 50 tons.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ye-Yes? But to do that, we would have to modify the engine itself…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if I cut out the Army's demands that need to be cut, it's obvious that the weight will swell to that level after rolling it out in actual combat and making improvements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So it's better to overhaul the design from the start so it can be fitted with a better-performing engine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I believe you can do it, since you've produced this much. We'll provide more development funds.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The engineers wore long faces, but are they going to refuse the order?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We're the ones with absolute power, so they have to do as they're told.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What choice is there?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the original history, Nazi Germany rushed things with a haphazard method to deploy them as fast as possible because the war situation was so bleak, but our situation is different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One thing I've realized while entrusting munitions equipment production until now is that if you give the engineers money and grind them, they'll solve it somehow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, it's better to grind the engineers beforehand than to have soldiers at the front get ground down while solving problems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>General Guderian looked at me with a slightly strange expression, but he still held the blueprints for the tanks that would later be called the Panther and Tiger with a satisfied face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is that what they call a successful otaku or something…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is the evaluation of the armored vehicles?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In preparation for this offensive against the Soviet Union, we organized mechanized infantry units for the first time using the Sonderkraftfahrzeug (armored vehicles) that had just begun mass production.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>American trucks are cheap and of decent quality, but they're still lacking when it comes to protecting the infantry charging alongside the tanks from artillery fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They're very good. I did submit the points for improvement in a separate report, but…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As always, the improvements won't be made immediately, General.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am aware.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the original history, whenever the German Army's front lines reported points for improvement, they were reflected right away, leading to models going from A to G, and productivity was bound to be a mess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I, instead, took the approach of piling them up and requesting modifications all at once, unless it was an urgent defect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In any case, he would gather the opinions of the front-line tankers and commanders as much as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The equipment of the German Army that had defined the early stages of the Great War was now gradually facing a time of full-scale replacement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The development of a new rifle, a piece of munitions equipment I've prioritized since my time as Vice-Chancellor, is also well underway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I'm trying to supply the new submachine gun, the MP40, as quickly as possible to the infantry units that still rely on the bolt-action rifle, the Kar98k, but even that is just a transitional piece of equipment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The assault rifle (STG), whose adoption Hitler blocked in the original history, had just succeeded in developing its ammunition, and development of the rifle itself had begun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once we start supplying that, the infantry's firepower problem will be largely resolved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There's the issue of changing ammunition, but we've mobilized far fewer troops than Nazi Germany in the original history, and our industrial management is good, so we have no supply problems and should be able to handle it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We're leasing Hungary's munitions factories, so we can run parallel ammunition production for the transition period with that, and if need be, we'll even pay to lease Czechia's factories. The supply of the assault rifle must be accomplished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The German Army of the original history was a strange army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Infantry firepower had to rely almost solely on machine guns, and the Tiger and Panther, which had overwhelming catalog specs but rock-bottom productivity and reliability, created superficially brilliant military gains on the backs of sacrifices on other fronts that suffered from a tank shortage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Viewed individually, the German Army is perceived as a small, elite force thanks to its flashy weapons, but surprisingly, its organization was one that used manpower as a meat shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I had absolutely no intention of letting that happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It doesn't have to be the strongest tank. It doesn't need to be an invincible weapon that wins every battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the soldiers on the front lines, decent equipment that is supplied to the front on time to protect their lives is far better than perfect equipment that isn't in their hands right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the best equipment is…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I was thinking that, Guderian stealthily glanced at me and asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the way, Minister.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, General. Please speak.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There's a rumor circulating on the front.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What kind of rumor are you referring to?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A rumor that the government is trying to sign a peace negotiation with the Soviet Union is going around…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah, that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is there confusion because a rumor about peace negotiations is circulating while the entire Army is preparing for an offensive against the Soviet Union?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is a fact.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pardon?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I answered the dumbfounded General Guderian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We have proposed an armistice to the Soviet Union based on pre-war territory.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then, could the operation be canceled?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If they accept, then yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guderian's face became slightly conflicted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the development of new equipment in full swing like this, it's probably incomprehensible to him, a soldier who is only thinking of earning military merit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the best equipment isn't perfect equipment, nor is it decent equipment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's the equipment that's sitting locked away in a warehouse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the German-Soviet War begins in earnest, there's no telling how many casualties the German Army will suffer, and Poland and Finland have already bled too much to advance while washing the land with blood just to tear territory away from the Soviet Union.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, after reaching an agreement, we sent a proposal to the Soviet Union, but who knows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stalin isn't completely ignorant of the current situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He might not yet know the latent power of the German Army that has made utmost preparedness, but he must at least know that a quagmire awaits, where mountains of corpses will pile up and rivers of blood will flow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Poland and Finland might shed tears over the price of the blood they've shed so desperately, but as small nations, they can end the war by having defended their territory and survived against the Soviet Union.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, since we haven't entered Soviet territory, Germany can also end the war with self-praise as a nation that protected Poland and Finland against the threat of Communism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that happens, it will be difficult to get Upper Silesia from Poland, but the Prime Minister, Mr.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heuss, gave his approval.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There's no way a mere scrap of land like that could be a reward for the blood that will be shed in the German-Soviet War.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, if the offensive begins and the blood of tens, hundreds of thousands flows again, and we begin a fierce battle in Soviet territory, we can never stop until the Soviet Union surrenders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So this is the last chance to end this war without making the downfall of one side a premise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if this is the most generous condition the Allied Powers can offer, for the Soviet Union, it is an act that renders the blood of millions meaningless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I know the possibility of Stalin accepting is slim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, I didn't want to just throw this opportunity away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if it's like wishing for a miracle, I hope Stalin accepts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if Stalin ultimately refuses in order to protect his own power, that in itself is our justification.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, at that time, we will have no choice but to mobilize every means available to destroy Stalin and the Soviet Union itself.\u003C\u002Fp>",2879,"2026-06-05T17:48:35.001Z",1,"novelbin.me","fd428dd7806bc456b657a0404b86d5469086d8a917b21aceca4edf930cfc48cc","i-don-t-need-nazis-in-my-germany-chapter-137","i-don-t-need-nazis-in-my-germany-chapter-136",190,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-don-t-need-nazis-in-my-germany-cover.jpg"]