The Third Reich: The Return of the King

Chapter 366

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On September 1, 1925, a street in Gotham City was very lively.

Next to Times Square, a brand new company was unveiled.

This company, called Deutsche Airways, was secretly founded by Mainz in order to circumvent the Treaty of Versailles and develop the German air force.

At the beginning, the company purchased a batch of transport aircraft in the name of an airline.

Under the name of transportation, it secretly helped Hans train a lot of pilots.

In the German-Polish War of that year, they also undertook the transportation mission and secretly transported more than 2,000 officers of Kesselring’s Fifth Army to East Prussia, making this army a surprise force, greatly involving the Polish rear forces and making a significant contribution to winning the war!

However, after Mainz officially tore up the Treaty of Versailles in 1923, the company’s military mission basically ended. Hans established his own air force. They no longer undertook the task of training pilots for Hans, but instead devoted themselves to the field of civil aviation and became a veritable civil aviation company.

In this era, airlines in various countries have sprung up like mushrooms after rain. As early as around 1920, many airlines were established in European countries. By 1925, the air transport industry had developed rapidly, and the field of air transport in Europe had covered mail transportation, freight and personnel transportation.

At this time, there were already fixed flights between European countries, but due to the limitations of engine technology, the flight distances of these flights were not too far, and the farthest routes were within 1,000 kilometers.

Because the engines of aircraft in this era generally faced the problem of insufficient power, they lacked large passenger aircraft that could cross the Atlantic and perform intercontinental flights, so shipping from Europe to the Atlantic was never opened.

However, in 1925, Hans broke this history.

After Ribbentrop successfully visited the Eagle Sauce by airship, it became possible to use airships to cross the Atlantic Ocean and establish an air transport route from Hans to North America!

So, shortly after Ribbentrop visited the Eagle Sauce, German Airlines sent several airships to North America for the first attempt.

These airships are much more ordinary than the two airships sold to the Eagle Sauce President and Vanelk. Although the equipment on the airships is complete, the grade is not high, and it can only be regarded as medium-grade. Airships like President Harding are limited editions all over the world, and it is impossible to manufacture too many.

However, ordinary and cheap airships like this can be built in large quantities.

Due to the competition between Vanelk, the president of Goldman Sachs Group, and Rockefeller Jr. of the Rockefeller family about the luxury airship, airships are almost a household name in North America.

So, when the two airships of German Airlines arrived in Gotham City, they immediately attracted a large number of people to watch.

Although the configuration of these two airships is not as high as that of the top airships, the enthusiasm of the people is still very high.

Before the establishment of German Airways, many people began to book and buy tickets for German Airways. They wanted to be the first pioneers to cross the Atlantic Ocean to the European continent, just like the Mayflower, the first pioneer ship to arrive in North America three hundred years ago!

The enthusiasm of the people made the few tickets for the two airships quickly sold out.

The tickets that originally cost only $1,000 were suddenly sold for more than $1,000, and those first-class tickets were even sold for $5,000!

This price can buy several cars!

However, these days, the Eagle Sauce is a money man. Because it sold a large amount of arms and bonds in the war, the Eagle Sauce became a creditor country for the whole of Europe. They made a lot of money in the war and absorbed the wealth plundered by the British Empire and the Gauls in hundreds of years of colonial activities!

With so much wealth pouring into North America, the national income of the United States has increased significantly. From 1914 to 1925, the income level of the local people in the United States has doubled.

The large amount of wealth has increased the people’s demand for cars, yachts and various luxury goods. If it weren’t for the high cost of airships, which cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, they might want to buy one to play with!

But not being able to afford it doesn’t mean you can’t afford to ride it. Compared with the price of hundreds of thousands of dollars for an airship, the price of a voyage is only one or two thousand dollars, which is simply a drizzle for them. Not to mention these nobles and big businessmen who have made a lot of money, even the middle class in the United States can afford such expenses!

With his own gifts, he took a train for three days and three nights before finally arriving in Oheimer, Gotham City. When he saw the huge airship in front of him, his heart was extremely shocked!

“It’s so big, no wonder it can cross the ocean!”

Before he could express his feelings, a middle-aged man next to him spoke first.

“Uh, sir, are you also going to Hans on this airship?”

Oheimer felt a little familiar when he heard the other party’s accent. The other party seemed to be from California, so he asked curiously.

“Well, you too?”

Nimitz also recognized the other person’s accent, and felt that the young man seemed familiar, as if he had seen him at Berkeley.

“Yes, I plan to study at Hans’ University of Göttingen. Sir, you should be traveling, right? I heard that many rich people like to go skiing in the Alps in Audili. I heard that the snow-capped mountains there are natural and very suitable for skiing in summer!”

Nimitz smiled. The rich people in the United States do like to go skiing in Europe. Although there are snow-capped mountains in the United States, their snow-capped mountains are located in remote places and are not suitable for skiing. Alaska in the north is too far away, and transportation is not convenient there, so no one likes to go to the north.

Originally, those nobles and businessmen liked to take a cruise to Europe, and it would take more than a month to go back and forth.

Now, with things like airships, it only takes four days to go there and back. They have more time to go skiing, and traveling by airship, they can also enjoy the beautiful scenery in the air that they couldn’t enjoy before, which is very attractive to the rich. power!

Nimitz nodded. He was going to inspect Hans’s navy and relax. If he had enough time, he really planned to go to Audili. After all, his hometown was in Bavaria. This time he could be considered to be returning home in glory!

The airship took off quickly. Nimitz and Oheimer both got first-class tickets. The price of such tickets in the hands of scalpers was as high as 5,000 US dollars, which was almost equivalent to the income of ordinary people in the United States for 2 years!

Because the tickets were ordered in a unified manner, the seats of the two were next to each other. Nimitz only discovered this after he sat down. What surprised him even more was that besides Oheimer, there was another person he had known for a long time!

“”Colonel Spruance, why is it you?”

Nimitz was shocked to see Spruance sitting next to him.

Not to mention him, Spruance was also very surprised.

“Uh, aren’t you teaching at Berkeley? Why are you here?”

Spruance and Nimitz were colleagues in the Navy. They were of similar age and rank, so they knew each other a long time ago.

“I’ve taken a leave and plan to go to Europe to relax. By the way, Colonel, why are you here? Shouldn’t you be serving in the navy now?”

“I resigned from the Navy and now I plan to go to Hans to see if there is a place for me in Hans’ Navy!”

Spruance was very frank and did not hide anything.

But his words surprised Nimitz. It seems that Hans has contacted many people, and even Spruance was persuaded.

“It seems that your purpose is the same as mine. You are also going to inspect Hans’ navy, right?”