Hoffman planned to make a state visit to the UK in October. On the one hand, he hoped to accelerate the implementation of the EU and the United Nations, and on the other hand, he tried to promote reconciliation between Britain and Germany. Unexpectedly, as soon as he expressed his vision, he was unanimously opposed by the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. It is generally believed that the head of state visits to Britain were too hasty, and the minimum security atmosphere had not yet been formed. How could he go to a dangerous place like Britain? Even if he could take the guard flag team, he could not stop the attacks of the premeditated person.

Himmler advised: "First of the People's Republic of China, although we have won victory in Europe and we are suppressing the Americans, it does not mean that the world is peaceful. Who knows whether the United States has spies and operation teams hidden in Britain? They were able to hijack three chief military officers of the British army, which shows that the United States has deep infiltration of Great Britain; Who knows whether there are lurking Churchill elements among the British? As long as there are a small number of people with dedicated hearts connected together, you will face a fatal threat. Your going to Britain now is completely different from going to Paris at that time - Paris was completely under the control of our army, but we obviously cannot control London now!"

Baumann flattered first: "...The head of state is the soul of the party, the supreme leader of Germany, the only brain that leads us to the final victory, the immortal symbol of the creation of a thousand-year empire, and the surging heart that unites the entire German nation..."

Then he changed his subject and said, "With the head of state, the German people have light, glory and victory. In such a special moment, you must never experience the danger - this is an attitude of being responsible to the Party and the people, an attitude of being responsible to the country and the future. It is also a attitude of being highly responsible to the comrades!"

No one agreed to Hoffmann's visit to the UK. Even Ribbentrop, who was determined to go to London to show off, shook his head and expressed his disapproval. In order to express his loyalty and to prevent Hoffmann from coming to Taiwan, he expressed his willingness to visit London first to pave the way for the head of state to visit Britain - communicate first if there is any problem.

Due to the boycott of all senior officials, Hoffman had to give in. In the end, the high-level meeting reached an agreement: Ribbintrov visited the UK first, and the head of state's trip was temporarily postponed, depending on the situation.

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Since November, after Ribbintrov’s visit to the UK, the relationship between Britain and Germany has accelerated its development in a direction of easing:

The weapons and equipment delivered by the UK according to the armistice agreement, including the most important semi-finished battleship, the Barbarian (German is preparing to transform it into an air defense battleship) are delivered according to regulations; the planned abolition is to be abolished, and the demobilized local troops are also in an orderly manner. Starting from November 9, the 150,000 German troops landed in the UK according to regulations, and finally completed all the entry work before the end of the month.

The British and German troops were boycotted about the conditions for entry, but after finalization, they still showed sincerity and cooperated greatly: not only did they give up the cleared barracks to the Germans, but also cleaned up all the British troops around the German garrison as much as possible to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings and frictions. The candidate for the commander of the cluster stationed in Britain was finally on the head of Hermann Barke, who was only 51 years old. He was known for his toughness in the Eastern Front War. He was just promoted to the rank of general not long ago. He was one of the most popular figures in the National Defense Forces and was deeply appreciated by Hoffman.

The troops stationed in the UK totaled 150,000, including 6 army divisions, 2 marine brigades, 3 aviation wings and some logistics forces. The hardest fist of course belongs to the Great German Armored Division, a complete set of 1944 units, and 100,000 German troops stationed in Iceland (including navy, logistics, and air force), and more than 20,000 German troops stationed in Northern Ireland and Ireland were also under the unified command of Balk - collectively known as the North Atlantic Cluster.

The office location of the North Atlantic Cluster Command is very interesting. It is located on the Isle of Man between Britain and Ireland - this is considered a royal territory. Barker believes that it can not only monitor the UK, but also give the British people a sense of suppression, and can also receive assistance from Ireland. In the event of immeasurable turmoil in the UK, the command center on the Isle of Man will not be broken at the first time - the British must land on the Isle of Man if they want to seize the Isle of Man. Now that the main forces of the Royal Navy are all lost, how can they have the qualifications to fight the landing battle?

The Supreme Command highly recognized his considerations, and the British side also breathed a sigh of relief - they were most afraid that the Germans set up an occupation headquarters outside London, which was really a naked slap in the face. Now it seems that the Germans are still giving face.

The other German divisions were not stationed in London, but were scattered in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, Nottingham and Portsmouth. The last Portsmouth was the closest troops to London.

Originally, the location Barke originally chose included Coventry. Later, he heard that Coventry had been bombed. In order to avoid arousing painful memories from the British, he temporarily replaced Coventry with Nottingham. The same reason applies to cities near Dover, which were bombarded by train cannons and rockets not long ago. He didn't want to get into trouble, so he finally chose Portsmouth.

In short, the location of the German army generally hindered the connection between Scotland and England, and at the same time prepared convenience for the European continent to quickly deploy power to Great Britain (Portsmouth). Although there were waves of commotion from the German army to the completion of defense, given the good military discipline of the German army, especially the spirit and murderous aura displayed by these elite troops were obviously different from ordinary British troops, so naturally no one dared to mess with them.

Of course, Germany is not vague when the UK cooperates so much.

The armistice agreement was signed, especially after the UK delivered two armored aircraft carriers as scheduled, a large number of British prisoners of war were quickly repatriated. By the eve of Hoffman's visit in December, more than 90% of prisoners of war had been repatriated, and the remaining 10% were either relatively long (a group in Africa) or were in poor physical condition. In addition to prisoners of war, the British expatriates who were detained at the time and British sailors (captured in the battle of the destruction) also returned to Britain in this wave.

Compared with the situation where the native British people seem to be malnourished due to food problems, the British officers and soldiers in prison camps generally eat well, their faces look very rosy, and they have never heard of being abused or inhuman torture (of course they are not avoided when they escape from prison and are killed). Therefore, the mainstream British media believes that the war with Germany is still a decent knight war. The Germans and Italians are quite graceful, so they are more positive about reconciliation with Germany.

During the process of entering, the German army did not block Britain's behavior of fleeing to Canada and the United States as usual. In fact, it is meaningless to stop or not. If you want to escape, the people who can escape Canada have basically escaped. Even if the remaining figures want to escape, the government may not let go - such as scientific researchers in key areas.

In addition to accelerating the repatriation of prisoners of war, Germany's war materials blockade against Britain was also completely lifted, and batches of daily necessities were transported from the European continent to Great Britain. The ability to pay related materials did not worry about the British government. Germany placed an order for ship construction, and then paid the vast majority of the materials for the UK in the form of advance payments - and finally became the national debt of continental countries to Germany.

The first batch of ships built were mainly civilian, including a large number of tankers and cargo ships. The Supreme Command prepared the British side to complete the remaining four Giant-class aircraft carriers and then entrust them to build the Axis-class aircraft carriers.

Hoffmann has instructed Sperer to formulate a package of plans to help European countries recover their economies as soon as possible, led by the German General Assembly and implemented in the name of the European Development Bank. The plan is called the European Revival Plan (Sperer Plan), which mainly uses entrusted loans, unified ordering, unified standards, and joint ventures in key industries to recover as soon as possible.

In this time and space, Germany and Britain had a tacit understanding and did not bomb each other. Except for London's last stage, which was bombed by rockets and lightning, the rest of British towns were not damaged due to war attacks. By the same token, the city destruction of France, Belgium and the Netherlands was relatively small, and it was easier to recover. The biggest problem was how to successfully achieve a comprehensive transformation of the war economy, and another key problem was how to achieve reasonable employment.

During the war, countries generally mobilized women to join industrial production to replace men who joined the army. Now most of the troops are demobilized and returned home, facing the problem of fighting for employment. It is obviously unrealistic to completely remove female workers and replace them with demobilized soldiers. If employment cannot be guaranteed, it will cause social unrest. Therefore, reasonable employment is a very important goal.

The prescription prescribed by Sperer is to use Germany as the general lender and coordinator, and then promote joint mutual assistance and rescue among European countries. The specific package is still being drafted and is ready to be introduced after the war with the United States is completely over, but many measures can be implemented in the short term.

For the UK, the first step is to lift the general mobilization system and abolish the three shifts of production, so that the society can relax from the tension of military mobilization and gain a sense of peace;

Secondly, Germany and Europe, countries in the Middle East order a large number of orders from the UK, promoting the transformation of British military industry to civilian industry, ensuring employment stability over a period of time: the recovery of infrastructure in Western and Russian countries, and the changes in railway gauge require British industrial products; the Middle East oil exploration, mining, oil transport and even tanker transportation require British industrial products; South American countries need British industrial products and equipment to develop their own economies.

In addition, the UK also signed a trading treaty with Japan. In addition to trading Pakistan with a bunch of military products, it also reached an agreement to trade agricultural products and other materials with military products. This can also stabilize the UK's production system and avoid the collapse of the economic system directly due to the cut-off of military orders. Although the war industry is deformed, it still has a logical system that can maintain operation and solve employment. If the war economy is immediately destroyed without replacing it with other economies, it will only bring about the destruction of the entire country's economy.
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