Just as Germany and Czechoslovakia were busy fighting a war of words the Soviet Embassy in Germany informed the Foreign Ministry that Moscow would be sending a special envoy to visit in the near future.
Upon hearing that the envoy to come was Marshal Voroshilov, Wilhelm immediately sought out Anne. "You go and find a photo of the last time I was with Tukhachevsky, enlarge and frame it, and hang it in the most conspicuous place in the office!" He could know that this Marshal Vorosilov and Tukhachevsky were quite at odds with each other in terms of military philosophy, and since he couldn't be of use to me, he would take you out before he became an enemy!
A few days later the Vorosilov Marshal arrived in Berlin, in the train station after reviewing the honor guard and a series of diplomatic etiquette to the Berlin Palace Wilhelm's office. "Your Excellency Voroshilov, I've heard a lot about you. His Excellency Marshal Tukhachevsky did not come this time, is His Excellency Marshal not well?"
After walking into the office Volosilov naturally looked around the office, at a glance he saw the incomparably eye-catching photo of Wilhelm with Tukhachevsky, and now hearing Wilhelm greet Tukhachevsky with his first words, a trace of dissimilarity flashed in his eyes. "Marshal Tukhachevsky had important matters to attend to and couldn't get away, so the Great Leader sent me here to discuss important matters."
"Oh, so that's how it is." Wilhelm nodded in realization. "Is His Excellency Stalin in good health?"
It was fine if he didn't ask, but this question caused the corners of Voroshilov's mouth to twitch unseen, revealing a forced smile. "All is well with the Great Leader, Comrade Stalin. He even instructed me to greet you before my departure." In his heart, he coldly grunted Tukhachevsky you really have a great face, even the Great Leader has to rank behind you!
This subtle little movement of his did not escape Wilhelm's eyes. "I ask Your Excellency to convey my thanks to His Excellency Stalin on my behalf when you return home."
With the pleasantries out of the way it was time to get down to business, Voroshilov asked. "Your Excellency Wilhelm, the two Svetlana class cruisers that my country commissioned your country to build, I heard that they are already undergoing sea trials?"
In the beginning the Soviet Union commissioned Germany to build the Dzerzhinsky class frigate and the Tashkent class destroyer. When these two warships returned home the Soviet side expressed considerable satisfaction and subsequently built two additional Svetlana class cruisers.
However, the Spanish Civil War broke out just as the cruisers were nearing completion. The two countries sent expeditionary forces at the same time and are still fighting to the death. Though they don't say it on the surface, we all know what's going on. The Soviets were worried that the Germans were seizing their warships under false pretenses, so they sent Voroshilov to find out what was going on.
If the Germans deliver normally, then you can carry out a wider cooperation, if the Germans play a slippery trick, then a stern warning plus a strong protest.
Wilhelm nodded and said slowly. "That's right, the sea trials are almost over, and His Excellency Rossilov will be able to return on those two cruisers if he can wait two more days. You didn't come here specifically for this, did you? Wouldn't it be better to ask your embassy to send a message?" Two cruisers he still do not see eye to eye, to deduct how to deduct the battleship or aircraft carrier ah.
But the battleship is not much chance, since the last time Germany delivered the Yamato battleship copy of the drawings, not long after the Soviet Union actually began to build it.
This really surprised Wilhelm, he was not let these drawings look like so on the line? Is the Soviet experts are all wine bags this can not see?
He immediately came to those who were responsible for the design of the drawings of the experts to ask, only to learn that the design of the drawings are they vomited a month of hard work to pound out, really want to build according to this drawing that is not a problem.
After listening to this Wilhelm simply laughed and cried, crazy ah! Do you have a obsessive-compulsive disorder? This is not a fake for nothing to let the Soviet Union's naval power up? He also sent the drawings to the United Kingdom!
However, after half a day of discussion, he found that the design of this battleship with the Yamato had several fatal flaws. It is not impossible to deal with, and it can even be said that as long as the proper tactics are employed it can easily be sunk, then put down their hearts.
Voroshilov, of course, would not admit it. "Your Highness is mistaken, I came here to expand the scale of cooperation between us."
Wilhelm smiled slightly. "Wasn't that railroad built precisely for the sake of cooperation between us, there is no harm in His Excellency Voroshilov speaking about it." That railroad from the Ural Mountains to the border would pass in half a year at the most, and then a steady stream of ore from the Ural Mountains would be sent to Germany.
Rossilov mused for a moment and spoke. "We need aircraft carriers, does your country have carrier drawings?"
Drawings, well, we have. As early as a year ago Wilhelm had given the data of the Essex-class aircraft carriers to the naval design department for them to design.
And the German designers and engineers had remodeled dozens of escort carriers in Daming, and had even participated in building real carriers, so they were considered experienced. "Of course." He gave the Essex-class aircraft carrier's performance data to Rossilov. In his heart, he was secretly saying that you, a Field Marshal, what do you care about the Navy?
Only to see Voroshilov nodding frequently, seemingly satisfied with the performances. "Then can we review the drawings first?"
Again? Wilhelm sneered in his mind. "Of course we can, but for the review fee, let's go with 10 million tons of grain as usual."
Voroshilov said with a puzzled look on his face. "His Excellency Wilhelm is joking, the last time the battleship was only 1.6 million tons."
Wilhelm snorted coldly, pretending to huff and puff with an unhappy face and said. "Saying this I'm angry, General Tukhachevsky clearly guaranteed that your country after reviewing the drawings by us to build battleships, your side is good, without saying a word on their own began to build, even greetings did not call, to us caused great losses. I'm afraid you're going to do the same thing again this time when you take the carrier drawings, right?!"
"... " Facing Wilhelm's unflinching rebuke, Voroshilov coughed lightly in embarrassment. "Perhaps Marshal Tukhachevsky didn't make it clear at the time."
Wilhelm waved his hand. "Let bygones be bygones, your side has to review the drawings first, and that cost is ten million tons of grain, not negotiable. If it is directly handed over to us to build, then the price is still negotiable. In short, we will not deliver the drawings." Said with a firm and decisive voice, without a hint of room for negotiation.
Voroshilov was silent for a while and finally nodded. "Then we want two ships."
In fact, like most countries at the moment, the Soviet Union did not place too much importance on aircraft carriers, and simply held the mentality that others had them and they had to have them as well to build them.
It was important to realize that in the original time and space, the Soviet Union's first aircraft carrier was still built during the Cold War.
After the end of World War II, the U.S. publicized the "uselessness of aircraft carriers" and conducted nuclear tests on Bikini Island, with several aircraft carriers (scrapped) as test subjects. As you can imagine, the Soviets fell for it, and for a few years the Navy was the most under-appreciated branch of the military.
By the time the Khrushchev years rolled around, the Americans continued to fool around. "We don't even know what to do with the big guys, it's not much use, there are missiles to take it out." As a result, the Soviet Union vigorously developed missile cruisers and nuclear-powered submarines.
Later, Soviet Marshal Gorshkov strongly advocated, and because of the problem of high-level guiding ideology, the Soviet Union's aircraft carriers have everything on top of them, air defense, ship-to-ship, ground, air and so on weapons, without the need for the fleet can be independently attempted, until the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Wilhelm agreed painfully. "No problem, we just happen to have dockyards that are free and ready to start construction immediately."
Voroshilov next proposed the manufacture of 460 naval guns, which Wilhelm likewise promised without hesitation. As for the current German industrial capacity to build such an exaggerated large-caliber guns, it is not his concern. If you can't make a good product, you can make a bad one, even if it blows up after a few firings, there are still plenty of excuses to put it off.
After talking about business, they came to the banquet hall.
After three rounds of drinks Wilhelm brought up Tukhachevsky again. "H.E. Marshal Voroshilov, I won't lie to you, in my eyes Marshal Tukhachevsky is the greatest commander of your Soviet Union. And I had an extremely pleasant exchange with him during my last visit to the Soviet Union on future military trends. I can say that I benefited greatly from that conversation. He has made it possible to modernize our German military development at least ten years ahead of schedule. I can't thank him enough for that. Please convey my gratitude to him when you return home."
Hearing Wilhelm's tongue turn slightly to praise Tukhachevsky just a little, a shadowy glint flashed in Vorosilov's eyes. "Good. I'll be sure to convey His Excellency Wilhelm's greetings to dear Comrade Tukhachevsky."