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Chapter 830 Structure Diagram

The United States is a country of immigrants. Without the continuous blood transfusion from Europe, the United States would be another Canada.

The influx of millions of new immigrants each year provides strong impetus to the U.S. economy while also laying the groundwork for many hidden dangers.

Immigrants are very smart. Since they can immigrate to the United States from Europe, they will also leave the United States when the American economy is bad.

Before the economic crisis broke out, the unemployment rate in the United States was only 4.3%. Halfway through this year, the unemployment rate in the United States soared to 10.1%.

This is just the beginning. Next year, the unemployment rate in the United States will reach 16%, and the year after that it will be 25%.

Even decent Americans can't find jobs, and new immigrants who are unfamiliar with the place are having an even harder time. Last year, the total value of US exports to Europe was more than 20 billion US dollars, but this year it was cut in half.

After the tariff war broke out, the tariffs were cut in half again and again, and the soil has buried them up to their necks.

Since the beginning of this year, U.S. population growth has stagnated.

In July, the U.S. population growth was -7.

This is the first time that the U.S. has experienced negative population growth since the new century.

Hoover was extremely anxious and shouted in the newspaper that the economic crisis was over and the US economy was about to usher in a retaliatory recovery in growth.

It would be fine if there was no appeal, but every time an appeal is made, the stock market will plummet, as if it is singing against the president.

Financial institutions are unwilling to sit idly by and try every possible means to save the market, desperately withdrawing funds from foreign markets, even at the cost of killing the goose that lays the golden eggs. This has given many people hope that this economic crisis, like previous ones, will soon be over.

At the end of July, the Bank of the United States collapsed.

There are countless small banks in the United States. Since the outbreak of the economic crisis, banks have been going bankrupt every day, and people have become accustomed to it.

What makes the Bank of the United States different is that it is under the banner of the "United States."

The Bank of the United States was a private bank established by several Hebrews. It attracted people to deposit money in the name of "the United States" and had nothing to do with the US government.

Ordinary Americans did not know how evil the hearts of the Hebrews were. When they saw the collapse of the "United States" Bank in the newspaper, they thought that all banks in the United States had collapsed, so they ran a crazy run on the banks, accelerating the collapse of the banking industry.

Also in July, the last French troops withdrew from the Ruhr area of ​​Germany. French Prime Minister André Tardieu and German Chancellor Martin Shaft shook hands and made peace in the presence of Mannerheim, marking the official reconciliation between France and Germany.

It is worth mentioning that Tardieu is the third prime minister of France this year.

Although the little mustache made great progress in diplomacy, the domestic economic construction was inevitably affected by the economic crisis. In order to alleviate the demand for funds, the little mustache once again turned his knife to the Hebrew consortium in Germany.

When the news reached Russia, Anne couldn't help but worry about her relatives in Germany.

The little mustache man is ambitious. The Hebrew consortium will be squeezed dry one day, and then the Junker nobles will be put on the chopping block.

"No, the Junkers who hold military power are not powerless to resist."

George was not worried. After William II abdicated, the Hohenzollern family branched out. Some stayed in Germany, some came to Russia, and a group went to the United States across the ocean. Eggs were everywhere.

Junkers and Moustache are in a cooperative relationship. Once the Hebrew consortium is drained, Moustache will embark on the road of expansion, and his relationship with Junkers will only become closer.

Russia’s influence over Junkers is also growing.

This year, the Amur Army Academy has held its fourth training course. Although less than half of the students from the first three classes chose to return to Germany after graduation, this year Germany still sent an exchange team of up to 4 people, an unprecedented scale.

As the best among the second batch of students, Rommel, like Guderian, chose to return to Germany despite the enthusiastic retention of the Russian military.

After Guderian returned to Berlin, he joined forces with some of his peers who had also been "gilded" in Russia to form a club, which was nicknamed the "Caviar" Club.

Rommel's first meal after joining the club included caviar, and Rommel frowned as soon as he tasted it.

Caviar, as a traditional delicacy, is deeply loved by people, especially by the French. It is listed as one of the three major delicacies in the world along with foie gras and black truffle.

High-quality caviar comes from a wild sturgeon, especially the caviar produced in the Caspian Sea region, which grows extremely slowly. It takes about eighteen to twenty years from a juvenile to mature and spawning.

Wild caviar is extremely rare and extremely expensive. It is hard to come by. Even if it is available, it is monopolized by a few Russian "husband" families and is almost impossible to enter the market.

As a result, some unscrupulous American businessmen sold processed fish eggs as "caviar" in order to make huge profits.

There is also so-called American caviar sold in the European market. Those who know the business disdain it, and only the nouveau riche who don't know the business flock to it.

The French still have a bottom line. At least they know to find sturgeon when producing caviar.

The caviar produced in the United States has nothing to do with caviar except the name.

"Russian caviar is too expensive. This is American caviar—"

Guderian didn't care. The Caviar Club's purpose was to revive Germany and didn't care about other people's opinions.

Compared with the end of World War II, although the German economy has improved somewhat overall, the lives of ordinary people have not been effectively improved. American caviar is still a delicacy that is not worth seeking for ordinary Germans. Rommel stuffed the remaining bread into his mouth, and it tasted like chewing wax.

Russians cannot afford authentic caviar produced in the Caspian Sea. The caviar eaten at the Amur Military Academy is specially supplied by the military and is taken from the Ossetra sturgeon, which only grows for 12 to 14 years. Although the taste is not as good as the "Caspian Pearl", it has a unique nutty flavor.

"Gentlemen, let us raise our glasses together to celebrate the return of the Ruhr region!"

The club's nominal owner Heinkel owns an import and export company in Hamburg that specializes in Russian business.

Heinkel was a German who was injured and retired during the World War. He was awarded an Iron Cross and his name contained "von".

"We haven't really recovered the Ruhr yet, so it's not time to celebrate."

Rommel had just returned to Germany and was in full swing.

The Ruhr area is still under the trusteeship of the League of Nations and the German army has not entered. From this perspective, Rommel was not wrong.

"You just came back and don't know the situation well enough. We have to take things one step at a time."

Guderian was not in a hurry. The situation in Germany was different from that in Russia, and Rommel needed time.

When Guderian just came back, he was just like Rommel, wishing to recapture the Ruhr area tomorrow, defeat France the day after tomorrow, and unify Europe the day after tomorrow.

The reality for Germany is that its 10-strong army is still only equipped with machine guns, let alone armored vehicles, and it doesn't even have artillery.

The navy only has a few old warships left over from the World War. It is hard to say whether it can even be put into operation, let alone break the Royal Navy's maritime blockade.

The Air Force was even worse off. Forget bombers and fighter jets, and don’t even have airships. There were only a few pilots who were trained in Russia under the name of “Cossacks”.

"Russia has already started to build an armored corps, and we are far behind!"

Rommel felt bitter, raised his glass and drank it all, smacking his lips, missing the Russian vodka very much.

Beer is still a little bit lacking after all.

Rommel had originally planned to wait until this year's Rovno exercise was over before returning, but later learned that this year's exercise was a closed exercise, and that foreign military observation groups would no longer be invited, and foreign legions would not be allowed to participate. Unless Rommel became a Russian citizen, he would be eligible to participate in the exercise.

"At least we know how to catch up—"

Guderian faced up to the gap. His current position is Chief of the Operations Department, which is affiliated with the German General Staff.

"Russian jets are said to have been put into service. I heard that there is also a super cannon with a range of more than 1000 kilometers and amazing power—"

Rommel looked confused, the gap was so big that it made him despair.

Although the Russian government has strictly blocked the news, news about jet aircraft and rockets has spread. There has been no movement in Germany, but the British are said to have begun researching jet aircraft.

Guderian was calm and believed that as long as Russia used these new weapons in exercises, these weapons would no longer be a secret to Germany.

Russia has won over the best of the German army through exchanges. The Germans are not stupid. Among those German officers who have acquired Russian citizenship, there must be moles in the German army. It is hard to say how many there are.

Russia is also wary of newly naturalized immigrants. Unless you truly gain Russia's trust, you will not be able to access real secrets.

For companies that really have access to confidential information, such as Siemens, there has been no news for several years, and no one knows whether they are dead or alive.

"Our opponent is not Russia, at least not now—"

Guderian grasped the key point: the German army's opponents were Britain and France.

The Amur Military Academy often reviews classic battles from the World Wars, such as the Battle of Tannenberg and the Battle of Lake Mazury.

The German army was also not idle, and also reviewed the world war, and came to the conclusion that the fundamental reason for the German defeat was fighting on two fronts.

Let’s not discuss whether this conclusion is correct or not.

At least it fully proves Juncker's unwillingness.

"I just came back from France last month. The French are building the Maginot Line. Strangely, the Maginot Line does not include the Franco-Belgian border. It seems that they have not learned the lessons of the world war."

Henkel's business is spread across Europe, with France being a key focus.

"If we equip a large number of armored vehicles, we can bypass the Maginot Line and occupy Paris before the British and French forces complete their mobilization—"

Rommel looked strange as he recalled the deductions at the Amur Military Academy.

The Amur Military Academy's simulations were all kinds of strange, even including the American Civil War, and the Maginot Line was no exception. Rommel even saw the structural diagram of the Maginot Line at the Amur Military Academy and knew how to deal with it.

As for why the structural diagram of the Maginot Line appeared at the Amur Military Academy, Rommel did not know.

(End of this chapter)