Volume 4 of the Third Reich under Wanzi: The Sorrow of France Chapter 24: What can I do?

During the Weimar Republic, Germany and China had good diplomatic relations. Before the Chinese War of Resistance began, Germany once sent an officer adviser to the Far East to help the National Government train the army. In 1911, 1934, Germany exchanged arms and industrial products for China's resources. At this time, Germany and China had a very close relationship. Now, Germany and China still maintained a good cooperative relationship. The embattled Germany did not buy much from the international community. Europe and the United States and other countries generally limited the export of any items except people's livelihood supplies to Germany. With the existence of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany's relationship with the exploiting countries can be said to be very bad, which led to the war.

For China, the cooperation between China and Germany in 1911 and 1939 was of great significance to the two countries. China-Germany cooperation has formed a fragile alliance with Germany to some extent. The close cooperative relationship has prompted China's industrial construction and arms to modernize rapidly. The reason is that Germany and Western countries are in a state of opposition. Before Hitler had not yet Taiwan, the Weimar Republic government had always used arms and industrial products to exchange for Chinese raw materials; such survival needs have given the two countries a honeymoon period.

China, which stood up from the remains of the Qing Dynasty, has been living in a difficult situation in the environment surrounded by warlords and powerful forces since its birth. Its conditions are hard and outstanding. There are warlords inside and sometimes in a difficult stage where the economy cannot develop outside.

Hal had a puzzled question in the early days: he didn't understand one thing, that is, why did that country only have finished arms and not Germany to help her establish it.

Just imagine, what does a country in turmoil need?

The national conditions of the two countries are actually somewhat the same: the Treaty of Versailles restricted Germany's industrial exports. The army was limited to 100,000 people, and military production was greatly reduced. Due to its late rise, China has been regarded as the target of exploitation by the great powers. In the early 20th century, it had no right to speak in the international community. Both were the targets of exploitation.

The Treaty of Versailles did not change Germany's position in military innovation, and many industrial enterprises still retained equipment and technology to produce military hardware. Therefore, in order to bypass the restrictions of the treaty, these industrial enterprises began to cooperate with foreign countries, such as the Soviet Union and Argentina, where they legally produced weapons and sold them abroad.

However, the environment in China is even worse. She has been looking for a way out, but when she is about to develop...

"Your Excellency, I have something to say." Erich Redel's face was very serious.

Xu Yang watched Strey walk out of the conference room. He kept looking down at the documents on the desktop. It was a list. He slowly raised his head, "Please say."

Erich Redel seemed to have thought about good words for a long time. He took a deep breath and asked, "Dear Your Excellency. Why do you pay so much attention to the country in the Far East?"

Xu Yang was stunned. This question was extremely sharp. He made excuses, "Uncle Redel, we need resources."

Perhaps it was the uncle's name that touched Erich Redel. His tone was no longer serious, but advised in a worried tone: "Your Excellency, if we do this...may harm our interests. At present, our country is looking for an alliance in the Far East. What we need is a strong alliance. There needs to be a country in the east to increase pressure on the Soviet Union. But... I really don't know what the country you are optimistic about can help us."

Xu Yang didn't want to answer. He asked: "What do you want to say?"

Gram kept sitting quietly at the lower head, and he interrupted, "Erich Redel's words may not be unfounded. We need sea power in the Pacific Ocean, and someone needs to increase pressure on the Soviet Union behind the scenes. Perhaps you are more optimistic about Japan? After all, Japan once fought with the Tsarist Russian Empire, the predecessor of the Soviet Union. I may understand the idea of ​​the leader. What the leader now wants is to gain enough bargaining chips for our country, which is a exquisite layout."

Erich Redel's eyes never left Xu Yang, the veteran navy had no say in Germany. In many cases, the navy was not valued in Germany. This situation improved in 36 years, and the government's top management was replaced. The resources were more perfectly used. At that time, Xu Yang, who had a vague identity, also fought for great benefits. Although he wanted to prepare for the future, the navy was very grateful to him. In many cases, the navy would only cooperate with Xu Yang's arrangements to change the combat plan.

Xu Yang sighed. He knew that he had to explain it clearly today, "I know what you are worried about. What you hope is to find a strong alliance for the country, which is nothing wrong in itself. Do you understand the national situation of that island country?" He asked, "Do you like the British? What do you think of the British?"

The two consecutive questions made the conference room very quiet. Perhaps these senior generals didn't think there was anything to do with Britain and Japan at all.

"Dear generals, I must make one point: I don't like the British, they only create chaos within Europe. There is an old saying in the East, called fishing in the water. Britain always hopes that civil strife in Europe will continue to cause profits. From the beginning of the Great Colonial period to the present, don't you understand? Which war in Europe does not have the shadow of the British?"

Even the army commander-in-chief Fridge, who had been silent all the time, was a little confused. He asked very directly: "What are the same things as the British and the Japanese?"

Xu Yang Waner smiled, "I must explain one thing, the differences in history and culture, and the development of the people of the British and Japanese people is also different. But one thing is absolutely the same, that is, the expansion psychology. We engage in wars to regain what we have lost, oh... Maybe we are evil, just because we are still beating the French. But our wars with France and even European countries have historical basis, right?"

The Germans' stereotypes were clearly visible at this time. They were stunned at first, but finally straightened their backs and looked straight ahead. For things they didn't understand, they would only wait for the person who was in the position to explain them themselves.

Xu Yang smiled and suddenly felt boring, just because his generals never understood what humor is. He said: "The history and culture are different, but one thing is absolutely the same. The people of the island are prone to becoming hysterical, and they are always so overestimating their abilities!"

The generals didn't understand.

"You have seen the interests of existence and are willing to get closer to the island country in the Far East." Xu Yang's tone gradually became serious. "But you did not see the potential crisis. The current combination of interests is to sow the seeds of failure in the future. That island country is different from the British. At least the British still understand what reason is, but I don't expect the British to surrender once or twice. The Japanese race does not have rationality at all. Perhaps my words are a bit alarmist: If we walk with such a country, one day, we will be dragged down by this country and defeated!"

The generals asked in unison: "Why?"

Xu Yang had a blank expression on his face, "You are all German elites! Don't ask me why. I see farther than you and farther than any of you! Japan lacks the potential for war, and if she wants to develop, she will always try to plunder. We are currently avoiding more and stronger enemies. Japan has personal interests in the Pacific. One day, Japan will definitely get into the sleeping giant in the Americas due to resource plunder. How should we choose at that time?

Do you know the virtue of the Japanese army? They did not kill people for victory, but for killing people. An army composed of barbarians without military ethics can be trusted? I tell you clearly! German soldiers cannot be influenced by those barbarians. My country, my army, and my soldiers can kill people, but they are definitely not holding up butchers' knives to a group of unarmed civilians!”

No one knows why Xu Yang suddenly got angry, the generals only know. It turns out that their leader was so domineering when he started anger.

Xu Yanghuo stood up, "Japan has been plundering, and they have different methods of rule than ours. Let me ask, can my soldiers kill people at will? We ask for evidence, they don't need to, do you know how they chose to raise the butcher's knife? Let me tell you, those people are: killing those who don't like it! Killing those who have wealth! Killing if you like it!"

The generals all stood up and looked at each other. Obviously, these generals felt that Xu Yang's words were unfounded because the Japanese people Germans were very polite.

"Peace? Don't be confused by the superficial hypocrisy. I know them. Even more than I know the British. When we are polite, we should be more careful about their intentions! You can explain the Japanese politeness as humility to express. The superficial hypocrisy is to get what we want from us. For example: the blueprint of tanks." Xu Yang picked up a document from the desktop, "You have such a document in your hands. Come... Let's see what the Japanese Army Visitors want to visit after coming to Germany.

The generals opened the documents and found that the entire line was a military factory requested by the Japanese officers' delegation. The more they looked, the more surprised they became, because almost all the famous German military factories were among the visits of the Japanese officers' delegation.

"This paragraph..." Xu Yang pointed to a line of words in the hand document, "Junx Aircraft Production Company's j-7 Stuka production line."

Gram began to frown, and suddenly he saw a familiar name in the visiting group, "Hokoshijiro? Your Excellency, this person once studied at Junckers Company in our country. I heard that he was the chief designer of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Japan?"

Xu Yang added, "Hirokoshi Jiro not only studied at the Junkers aircraft production company in our country, but was also sent by the Japanese government to study at the Curtis Company in the United States. After returning to China, he served as the designer of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' chief dive bomber. In July this year, a dive bomber he designed was sent to China for practical testing."

Keselin obviously knows more than Xu Yang. He said: "Jiro Horikoshi was sent to China at Mitsubishi. This is an experimental multi-purpose combat aircraft. It can not only perform bombing missions, but also conduct close-range combat in the air. In general, the 6 produced by the Japanese is very excellent. It combines the precise bombing capabilities of our JStuka 7, and adds the near-space fighting design of the fighter jet of Curtis, with good survivability and bombing capabilities. The aircraft currently sent to China for testing is the 11 type."

Xu Yang sat back and understood the generals' thoughts. But no matter whether it was emotional or rational, he was unwilling to form an alliance with such a nation. Xu Yang carefully recalled the original history and found that Japan had no help from Germany at all. What's more, it can be said that Japan was pulling Germany's back! He opened a historical archive, which recorded the trade situation between China and Germany in 193 and 1936:

From 1935 to 1936, China ordered a 35-helmet, a large number of Type 9 rifles and Type 96 Mauser automatic pistols from Germany. Other equipment imports include a small number of Stuka, Junker, Henkel and Messer Schmitt aircraft, some of which were assembled in China.

In addition, Germany also helped modernize Chinese arsenals, such as Zhongzheng rifles, which completely imitated the Mauser 9k type. The 88-type rifles and Zhongzheng rifles made in Hanyang are both the main infantry weapons of the China Team. The Chinese arsenal also has ammunition artillery, anti-tank guns and mountain guns, such as 37mm anti-tank guns, with the help of consultants from Rheinmetall and Krupp.

China's military industry was not well developed, so it was directly imported to Germany. By 1939, Germany accepted a total of 6 armored vehicles and 250 Type I tanks. China also intends to purchase Type III. However, since the III is the main infantry war tank of the German Wehrmacht, trade was not accepted.

"Czech style..." Xu Yang was attracted by this light machine gun. He turned down a few pages, but found that China extremely needed this light machine gun. He asked: "How many zb-26 light machine guns were obtained when we recruited the Czechoslovak army?"

Fridge didn't even think about it, "Your Highness. They are still in the military warehouse of the Second Line Reserve. Our g-34 is excellent compared to this machine gun."

Xu Yang was interested. He asked again: "Where is the lt-3 light tank? Also, the order of this Chinese visiting delegation

Fridge seemed to know what Xu Yang wanted to do, and he frowned slightly, "Your Excellency, it is absolutely impossible for the lt-3 light tank to be sold to China. Our country is currently in a state of war, and any transportation is unsafe. I hope you can understand that Skoda is currently a member of many German military factories, and the lt-3 light tank it produces is very excellent. We have also conducted multiple deformation vehicle tests with the lt-3 light tank, which is worth it. So it is not a product for sale!"

The conference room was suddenly opened, and Hal walked in quickly. He came to the desk and picked up the desk's documents, flipped through a few pages, and saw the contents clearly. The more he looked, the worse his face became. Finally, he locked his eyes on Xu Yang, "I should know that you will interfere in this military purchase!"

Fridge coughed lightly and smiled at his colleagues, "We...we should have gone to the War Hall to listen to the situation of the war on the French front."

Xu Yang waited for all the generals to leave before he stood up. He smiled very embarrassedly, "Father, I...I want to do something."

Hal's hand's documents were not put down, he was still reading them, and he looked very seriously, asking without raising his head: "Where is your 15th Army now?"

Xu Yang replied: "Xu Pu."

Hal finally looked up, and he shook his head and roared: "It can be seen how unemployed you are! Your 15th Army is marching towards the east bank of the Scarp River! The troops on the French front are about to carry out the Dunkorke annihilation battle, while their commanders are still sitting in the capital and participating in some non-duty affairs. Where is your SS now?"

Xu Yang firmly believed that the SS would not move the position without its own orders, and answered firmly: "Newport."

With a loud bang, Hal threw the document on the desktop, making it even more intense. "You also know that the SS is in Newport! How far from Newport is from Dunkorke, do you know how important the encirclement in the east is to Dunkorke? You are not in a state at all, how can you lead the empire to victory!?"

Xu Yang argued: "Father, I stayed in Berlin to discuss plans for fighting against Britain with the generals. You also know that I didn't even take any further steps when I returned to Berlin. I..."

"You still know there is a home!" Hal finally slapped the table, and he gasped, "As a soldier, you may be excellent, but as a husband, you are very failed! Do you know how many times Lily asked me why you didn't go home? Do you know that your woman is waiting for you to go back for dinner every night? Son, Lily is a very virtuous woman. She has been waiting for you for half a year. How long does it take to wait? You have not fulfilled the responsibilities that a husband should have. Your woman will be lonely every night when she stays alone in the empty room, and will feel very lonely!"

Xu Yang was speechless, just like Hal said, Lily was a very excellent woman. She never interfered with anything about Xu Yang. She would just stand by the table silently and look at Xu Yang's instructions. At night, this virtuous woman would cook a pot of corn soup for Xu Yang. When she was tired, she would ask Xu Yang to rest her head on her thighs, and then hum a song like she would coax the child to sleep until Xu Yang fell asleep.

Hal sighed and advised: "Son, go back and see Lily. You can't let your wife always hold her man's pajamas and cry. Can't soldiers have feelings? I think it's because you feel guilty, so you dare not go home. Lily is not the future of the family. I must give you two days off, these two days..."

Xu Yang nodded awkwardly and promised: "I will work hard these two days, for the sake of my family and to compensate Lily."

After the private matter was discussed, the two began to exchange opinions on the handling of the diplomatic visiting delegation.

Xu Yang still expressed his opinion in full. His idea was very simple. He said that China sold arms to China through equal trade in exchange for strategic resources that Germany did not have. I believe China is also very happy to do so. One thing to make clear is that it is about military issues. Germany cannot have friction with Japan, a military power in Asia at this time, so helping China train grassroots officers must be carried out in a low-key manner. They can join the defense force combat sequence in the form of volunteers to participate in the war study.

For Japan, Xu Yang's suggestion is: if you are close and separate, you will not make any promises, and you will not sign any agreements. You can, communicate, or you can. But it is impossible to give anything substantial. Regarding the Japanese military officers' request to visit the military factory, Xu Yang's opinion is acceptable. The only point is that the German main combat equipment production line cannot allow the Japanese to get close to them.

"I will ask Heidrich to take care of the Japanese technical officers who accompany him. I concluded that at least half of the four people in the entire visiting delegation were Ming as officers, and they must be agents. Their intention to visit our military factory was very clear. I believe that Japan has sent diplomatic messages to buy some of our equipment, such as the newly developed Leopard tank?"

Xu Yang was talking about his own guess. One thing he could be sure of is that the development of the Leopard tank was definitely not a secret to Japan, otherwise there would be no Japanese officer visiting group. The Japanese probably only got some information. The purpose of this time was to get the core information of the Leopard.

Hal nodded. The research process of the leopard tank was strictly kept secret. Even in China, few people knew that the leopard had been studied. The actions of the Japanese showed that they knew that Germany produced tanks that were ahead of all countries in the world, so they couldn't wait to visit Germany's tank production line.

Currently, Germany has a total of 520 Leopards, which is enough to form five reinforced battalions, similar to the Third Armored Division, 9 first battalions. If an ordinary tank battalion is formed, 76 first battalions can be formed, and seven battalions are still left.

Hal was silent for a long time. He patted Xu Yang on the shoulder gently, as if he was advising, more like a warning, "Don't pay too much attention to China's affairs. The future head of the empire cannot, nor should he pay attention to a visiting delegation of major generals. Your attention should be on the European war. If you defeat France, we are the core of Europe. The generals of the planning and planning of the Sea Lion Plan will prepare themselves. Your current responsibility is to defeat our feud France! Of course, it is also your responsibility to add a new member to the family."

Xu Yang nodded in a difficult position to agree, do not give up exchanges with China for some reason, nor do you sign any agreement with Japan. History will prove how correct my view is. In addition, we have no effect on the Czech style of zb-26 light machine guns, so it is better to sell them to China at a low price, and they are definitely willing to acquire them all."

Hal nodded as an agreement. His time should not be wasted on these things that many people think are small things. The purpose of this visit is completed, and he needs to rush to the Prime Minister's Office to attend one of the many meetings.
Chapter completed!