Chapter five hundred and eighty-eight when negotiations are in progress
Seeing Hitler's question, Bai Chongxi did not rush to answer, but asked instead, "Your Majesty the Führer, I would like to ask you why Napoleon, the emperor of the First French Empire, failed in his expedition to Russia."
"Of course it's because of the damn weather in Russia, General Bai Chongxi, are you testing me?" Hitler was a little unhappy.
"Of course not, Your Excellency, Your Excellency the Head of State." Bai Chongxi began to look solemn, "Dear Your Excellency, Your Excellency the Head of State, we Chinese people have an old saying: "Before the victory is calculated, defeat must be calculated.
You must consider the consequences from the worst perspective and formulate correct countermeasures in advance. If the war after the war can proceed according to your vision, that is good, but if we cannot defeat the Soviet Russian regime immediately after three months, it will even be delayed.
What should we do when winter comes? We must consider these things clearly in advance and make a detailed plan, otherwise our country's government will not be able to guarantee its participation in this war."
"Okay, I admit that what you said makes sense. I will ask the staff to revise the plan and discuss it again with you." Although Hitler was a little unhappy, he had to admit it in his heart.
What the Chief of General Staff from the Republic of China said makes sense.
"General Bai, now I want to talk to you about the navy." Hitler, who was "good-natured", quickly turned the topic to another problem that the Germans were eager to solve. "General Bai, first of all, I want to congratulate you.
Our country's navy has developed rapidly in the past few years. I have no intention of prying into your country's military secrets, but I am very interested in your country's new navy equipment, the "Zhenyuan-class" battleship. If possible, can your country help us?
The empire built two ships."
The German Navy has always been a defensive navy. Except for German submarines, the German Navy's surface ships have almost no outstanding achievements. This is also the scar that Hitler and the German Navy have always had. The Chinese Navy has suddenly emerged in recent years.
Hitler saw hope, especially the appearance of the two battleships Dingyuan and Zhenyuan, which made Hitler ecstatic. When the Zhenyuan's 460 mm main gun appeared in front of Hitler, Hitler's thoughts on this battleship
The love was almost unparalleled. In the view of Hitler, who always believed in giant ships and powerful guns, if Germany also had this battleship, Germany would be able to reverse its previous decline in the naval competition with the British.
It is not that Hitler has never thought about building a super battleship himself, but it cannot be accomplished in more than five years from design to manufacturing. What Hitler lacks most now is time, so he thought of it.
We need to buy ready-made battleships from the Chinese.
"The Germans want to purchase Zhenyuan-class battleships." Bai Chongxi couldn't help but feel nervous when he heard the news. The words Su Tong told him before leaving couldn't help but come to his mind, "Brother Jiansheng, I estimate that Hitler will probably ask you this time when you go to Germany."
You can agree to his request to purchase Zhenyuan-class battleships, but the price must not be low. As long as there are no more than two ships, we can hand them over to them in March next year."
Although Bai Chongxi and Su Tong have been partners for several years, and although they cannot be said to be close to each other, they can be considered to be on good terms with each other. However, he still does not know why Su Tong can come up with some new warships and weapons from time to time.
The reason. Now China's three major fleets were almost built by Su Tong on his own, and no one knew the origin of these warships. They seemed to fall from the sky every time, but Su Tong, the only one who knew about it, had no idea about it.
They always shirk the claim that they were purchased from abroad, but everyone on earth knows that no country in the world can arm a country's navy so quickly. In order to find out this news, the United States, Britain, Japan and other countries lost tens of millions of dollars in China.
Hundreds of spies tried but still found nothing, which only added to the mysterious aura of our Chief Su.
"Of course." When Bai Chongxi heard this, a smile appeared on his face. This smile fell in Hitler's eyes and made the always domineering head of state feel like he was about to be ripped off.
"Your Majesty the Head of State, to be honest, our country will launch two new battleships at the beginning of next year. If your country needs it, we can first sell these two battleships to your country's navy."
"What, you have two new battleships to be launched. Are they the same battleships as your Zhenyuan?" Hitler was surprised.
"Yes, it is the same model as the Zhenyuan battleship we are currently equipped with. It is absolutely excellent." At this time, Bai Chongxi was praising his product like a salesman.
"This is great, are you willing to sell these two battleships to our empire?" Hitler said, with a look of expectation in his eyes.
"Of course," Bai Chongxi smiled, "As long as the price is right, we can deliver these two battleships to you in two months."
"Well, very good." What Hitler needs now is time. Although the British are suppressed by the Germans, the main force of the British navy is still intact. Due to the lack of main surface ships, the Germans can only rely on submarines in the Atlantic Ocean.
Sabotage on traffic lines was once called a thief by the British. How could Hitler, who had always been proud and arrogant, endure it? It just so happened that after the Germans occupied France, they plundered a lot of loot, which can be regarded as
I made a fortune, which I just used to buy a warship.
"Your Majesty the Head of State, you only need to pay 160 million US dollars to take these two battleships away." A number came out of Bai Chongxi's mouth.
"One hundred and sixty million U.S. dollars." Hitler calculated in his mind after hearing this. According to the data previously reported by the German naval generals, the manufacturing cost of these two battleships should be about 120 million U.S. dollars. Now China
It's not outrageous to ask for $160 million. They have to earn some hard-earned money.
"General Bai, are you sure you can deliver the goods around March next year?" Hitler came to his senses and asked again.
"Of course, I can be sure." Bai Chongxi solemnly assured.
After some discussion in the office, the two reached a preliminary agreement. The Chinese government would submit a report to the German government next year, that is, from late February to early March 1941.
Deliver two Zhenyuan-class battleships. After the German government receives the goods, it will transfer 160 million US dollars to the account designated by the Chinese government within one month.
In the next few days, Bai Chongxi led the members of the delegation, accompanied by various German generals, to visit the training and combat readiness of the active forces of the German Army, Navy and Air Force, and communicated with German officials.
During this exchange, the Chinese officers spoke highly of the quality of the German [] team. They believed that most of the German officers graduated from universities and had also received many years of training in military academies. Their overall quality was far higher than
The Chinese officers are taller, and their military discipline is strict. Their emphasis on and pursuit of honor is worth learning from the Chinese officers.
The German officers also benefited a lot from their exchanges with the Chinese officers. They said in their report to Hitler: "We have also seen many fine traditions from the Chinese officers, such as their hardship.
Their hard work, some of their novel tactics and flexible combat methods are very admired by the German officers."
More than thirty Chinese officers wearing Chinese combat training uniforms at the Berlin-Hampsburg training base, armed with Somi submachine guns and Type 56 semi-automatic rifles, were fighting with the Blue Army, composed of dozens of selected German soldiers.
Conduct confrontation exercises.
Dozens of German marshals and generals outside the venue were standing on the viewing platform to observe. Since Project Barbarossa was under intense preparation, the German side also needed to understand the actual combat effectiveness of the Chinese army. Therefore, after von Brauchitsch's proposal
This exercise, involving both China and Germany, was held below.
In this exercise, the German army played the defensive role, while the Chinese side attacked. Since the honor of both sides was at stake, the exercise entered a heated stage from the beginning. Soldiers and officers who were shot from time to time were ordered to leave the field by the referee team.
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On the training ground, the firepower of the German mg42 machine gun was very fierce, and the rubber bullets made a dull sound when they hit the ground.
"Zhao Quanyou, you immediately lead the sniper team to suppress the opponent's machine guns. Wu Chengfeng, you immediately lead the first team to the right. Fan Bingbing, your kid is too stupid to drive a tank. Don't you know how to hold a gun? Immediately lead the second team to
Take a roundabout route to the left to attract enemy firepower, and the rest will join me in the frontal attack." The leader this time is Major General Ren Ran, who has just been expanded to the commander of the 2nd Marine Division. At this moment, he is commanding this group of soldiers with the rank of at least captain."
Soldiers "attacked the German fortifications.
Rubber bullets made a piercing sound in the sky. Although rubber bullets cannot kill people, it is inevitable that bruises and bruises will appear on the body after being hit.
Marshal von Brauchitsch, Guderian, Rommel and other senior German generals could not help but look gloomy when they saw the Chinese side's smooth offensive posture and facile command. In this exercise, although the German side was defensive
It had to be watertight, but the Chinese side's unreasonable tactics and offensive routines and the use of snipers to suppress enemy machine gunners also caught the German side by surprise. Just half an hour into the exercise, six machine gunners "fell down."
"Hit the opponent's blocking men, causing the German defense to fall into chaos for a time.