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A mighty and majestic steel train drove through the Ukrainian plains with blue smoke. This was not a simple train, but Hoffman's special train for the head of state. Not only did it have heavy armor, but it was protected by thousands of head guard flags and flags around it, but there were also planes hovering overhead.

As the "Pearl of Peace" project was in full swing, Hoffman once again left Berlin to rush to the Eastern Front. On the one hand, he began his visit to Eastern countries, and on the other hand, he deployed the next stage of strategic policy to Russia.

On the fertile Ukrainian plain, it is the golden harvest season. Ukrainian farmers working in the fields just curiously looked up at the special train, and immediately lowered their heads to harvest their own crops. Yes, themselves! For most Ukrainians who are not over 50 years old, they have almost never owned their own crops. As far as they can remember, all the fields belong to the Soviets.

Although they worked hard to grow a large amount of grain, all the land and output belonged to collective farms. Even if everyone was a member of the collective farm, they could not decide the belonging of these grains.

Curious children often ask their elders: "Why do we sometimes even starve after growing so much food?"

"Because the food was handed over to Comrade Stalin in Moscow."

"Comrade Stalin needs to eat so much food alone?"

"He doesn't want to eat it, but the party and the country want to eat it..."

However, since 1943, the situation has been different. The independent Ukrainian government conveyed the opinion of the head of state that all collective farm land should be distributed intact, fairly and justly to the Ukrainian people who support the government. If they are willing to participate in the Ukrainian National Wehrmacht and fight side by side with the Axis Allied forces, they can enjoy more and better land distribution policies. At first, everyone did not believe this. The Germans were so kind-hearted? The head of state defeated Stalin and did not want Ukrainian land and allocated land to the Ukrainian people?

Although owning their own land is the "Ukrainian dream" of every Ukrainian, when the dream appears, most people are a little disbelief. They communicated privately with concern: Is this a means of the government? It is said that it is distributed according to people. When the autumn harvest is over, the government will dispatch troops to snatch the grain? Or, it is not clear that the grain is robbed, but it has to set a very high tax, just like renting the land of landlords and men? Or, the distribution of land is real, but not for nothing. The Ukrainians must take out a large amount of money and profits from generation to generation, and they will never pay off the debts that will never be paid?

The rumors were shattered one by one. The Ukrainian people happily took the land and started spring plowing half-believingly. Although everyone wanted to have more than one thing, no one could stand the situation in the future. What if Comrade Stalin comes back? Will the land be collected again? Ukraine has suffered a lot of such hardships.

To be honest, Hoffmann was not a saint. He understood the importance and strategic value of Ukraine very well. However, after repeated weighing the pros and cons and thinking, he finally changed the idea of ​​actively annexing Ukraine. Although he wanted Ukraine and Germany also needed a grain production place like Ukraine, the difference between the Ukrainian people and the German people was too great. Even during the Knights of Brandenburg, the Holy Roman Empire had never ruled this land. After the annexation, it would inevitably lead to various disagreements.

In the end, he gave up this goal and instead hoped to maintain a close, friendly and independent Ukrainian regime to Germany under the EU framework. This friendship cannot be based on military "liberation" or the relationship between leaders. There must be other more important and far-reaching strategies. Ensuring Ukraine to gain independence is a short-term goal, and the allocation of collective land is a long-term goal. As long as this policy is successful, no matter how turbulent the political situation is, as long as Ukraine is no longer subverted or annexed, the Ukrainian people will always think about the benefits brought by the Germans and then turn this gratitude into an unswerving support.

At the meeting of the top leaders of the Kuomintang Party, Hoffman emphasized more than once: "After the war ends and the establishment of the European Union, our relations with countries such as Italy will undergo new adjustments. The support and cooperation of Eastern countries are our most critical core. They not only resist the first line of defense of the Bolsheviks, but also are also the key pillars for consolidating our unification of Europe and determining Germany's status."

The policies related to Eastern countries are summarized into three aspects: political independence and autonomy consciousness - the form is based on pro-Germany and nationalism as the foundation; self-reliance in national defense countries establish a complete military system, maintain close ties with the German Wehrmacht, gradually get rid of the protection dependence on the German army, and ultimately achieve unity of equipment, organization and command; comprehensive economic reciprocity in Eastern countries are included in Germany's overall economic and industrial division of labor system, and the people enjoy various types of freedoms and have clear goals.

In order to strengthen policy promotion, he not only issued the "Joint Declaration on Maintaining the Independence and National Liberation of Eastern Countries", indicating that Germany has no territorial requirements for each country, but also formed national defense forces and carried out arming. He also adopted a strategy of dividing land to households to households. Even in order to develop agricultural situations, Hoffman also worked hard to squeeze out more than 2 million tons of diesel from extremely precious military fuel for spring plowing in various Eastern countries.

His efforts paid off. Starting from late July, various Eastern countries, including the Baltic Sea, Belarus, Ukraine and other countries, entered the autumn harvest season one after another. Large pieces of oats, wheat and corn entered the harvest period, and August to September were the climax of the autumn harvest.

He lowered the curtains of the carriage and pointed to the harvest scene outside and said to Spel, who was accompanying the inspection: "This is really a refreshing scene, as if he stopped to take a look."

"Do you regret giving up Ukraine?"

"No, I was a little reluctant to leave when I first decided, but now I'm completely relieved."

"Then you have to take a good look at this rare harvest scene." Sperer smiled. "Agricultural experts estimate that the total grain output of Eastern countries is expected to reach 40-50 million tons, and Ukraine alone may exceed 35 million tons."

“How many are we?”

"Not less than 25 million, there are still a large number of prisoners of war farming in Poland..."

"Let the train stop in front, I'm going to go down and see this harvest scene."

Of course, inspecting agriculture is not Hoffman's main task. He has never understood agriculture, and he will not play the role of a national leader who knows everything and can guide all work, but he knows the importance of these tens of millions of tons of food.

He sighed: "This time the autumn harvest is completed, the fate of the Eastern Front will be basically determined, and Stalin will never come back..." (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!