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- I don¡¯t know whether it was because of the disappointment of meeting Hitler, or because he learned that the Military Intelligence Agency¡¯s operation was successful. At the following reception, Yang Qiu did not show off, and directly used the guise of purchasing food to relieve the victims to reach an agreement worth 1 billion marks (about 250 million U.S. dollars) with the German business community. ) for ¡°agricultural products¡± orders. The orders are mainly concentrated on domestic chemical projects with poor technology, and the rest are high-end machinery or various scientific research equipment. Moreover, there are not many finished products purchased this time, they are mainly cooperation projects. This includes a contract signed by China Hanyang with an investment of 70 million marks and signed with the Bavarian Machinery Factory to jointly develop a 20,000-ton mold press, a 30,000-ton free forging and a large special steel heat treatment production line. According to the contract, the two countries will jointly develop and produce large aircraft, After the development of a series of advanced equipment required for ultra-large forgings, China and Germany will automatically obtain all intellectual property rights and purchase them as needed.
This is a breakthrough, which means that as long as China pays a tuition fee, it can borrow German technology to catch up with the world in overall forging and ultra-large metal parts processing, making up for the most important shortcomings in the country's manufacturing industry. Of course, Germany is not at a loss. Although China has to learn the technology, the investment of 70 million marks is enough for Germany to equip the equipment needed to manufacture large aircraft, super battleships and other large equipment without spending a penny. This is for people who are eager to rearm their hearts. Own Germany is also a giant leap forward.
In addition, the contract reached between Jiangxi Tungsten Mining Group and Germany to exchange refined tungsten ore for tungsten carbide turning tools and drill bit technology is also strategic. Because Germany is the world's largest industrial tungsten carbide producer and monopolizes the world's tungsten carbide production, forcing countries such as Britain, the United States, and France to use inferior molybdenum alloys. However, it has no tungsten ore resources of its own, and China is the country with the richest tungsten ore. After China promised not to export tungsten carbide turning tools and drill bits during the validity period of its technology patent, Krupp made repeated decisions and finally agreed to the deal.
As for the most important coal liquefaction technology, Farben has always been unwilling to let go. Huachen Petroleum Company once quoted a sky-high price of US$20 million to purchase the patent, but it still failed to impress the other country, which shows that Germany has regarded this technology as a strategic technology. This made Yang Qiu a little regretful, and also made Leng Jie and others who accompanied him realize the importance of this technology. Later, Longmeng organized hundreds of domestic chemists to spend 12 years to finally break through this technology and become the world's No. 1 chemist. Two countries that have mastered coal liquefaction technology.
In the final trade compensation, Hindenburg promised that Germany would learn from the United States and open preferential tariffs on tea, raw silk and other agricultural products to China, which would also be a blow to the tea farmers in India and Ceylon under British control. Finally, he also promised to purchase 5 million from the Gulf Oil Company every year. barrels of petroleum products.
Compared with large-scale purchases in the United States, 1 billion marks is less than a fraction, but it is valuable to Germany, which is suffering from the crisis. You must know that the total trade volume between China and Germany in the past ten years was only 530 million marks. Therefore, Hindenburg presented Yang Qiu with a German Max Medal from the European War that he had collected for many years on the spot, not only as a gift, but also as a compliment to the Chinese National Defense Forces, which had defeated him head-on for the first time.
In the next few days, Yang Qiu visited the Ruhr, Bavaria and other German industrial centers such as the Farben laboratory. By the time he boarded the train to Belgium, Hitler had finally completed all purchases and transferred $2.3 million worth of Scientific experiment equipment was moved onto a Chinese cargo ship.
After staying in Belgium for five days, Yang Qiu arrived in France to continue his European tour. Compared with the United States and the United States, France has a more ambivalent attitude towards China. It not only hopes to win over China and help French companies open up the market and survive the economic crisis, but also because the French East Indies have always been wary of China. But in the end, they still fell under the shining golden check, gritted their teeth and opened up some technologies.
Many people believe that Germany had the best metallurgical technology before World War II. In fact, French metallurgical technology is better than Germany in some aspects, especially in electric arc furnaces, tube self-tightening, and heat-resistant alloy research. Although they didn't get the best, French companies including Schneider still came up with a lot of good things, including the large-scale electric arc furnace and a complete set of titanium sponge production technology that Yang Qiu wanted most. In addition to industry and technology, the Chinese and French navies signed the "China-France Naval Agreement" for the first time. According to the agreement, the Chinese Navy will purchase more than ten kinds of new equipment and all technologies from France, including torpedoes and underwater speakers. It will also join the French Navy's 1930 destroyer plan and purchase 6 French Fantasy-class super destroyers (domestically named Taishan class).
Yang Qiu knows very little about the navy. He only knows that the Utopia-class destroyer is one of the top destroyers in World War II. It has advanced power and fast speed and is very suitable for torpedo tactics. If it can be equipped with a radar, it will give the enemy a headache. Although the data machine has a full set of technologies, he felt that it would be better to spend the money to let the Navy learn it on its own, so he made this purchase.
"However, the Taishan class is not a pure imitation, but has been significantly modified according to the domestic standard. It uses the same hull, power, audio equipment, electronics and other equipment, but there are big differences in armament. Use 3-seater double l520mm high and flat dual-purpose naval guns, 2 quadruple 40mm anti-aircraft guns, and 4 twin 25mm anti-aircraft guns. After returning home, two sets of 600mm triple torpedo tubes and 50 mines or anti-submarine depth bombs will be installed. According to the plan, the first two ships will be built in Marseille, France, and the last four will be built by China according to the drawings.
The French Navy has always attached great importance to destroyers, so it is extremely disgusted with the restrictions on destroyers in the London Naval Treaty. However, after the Utopia-class project was established, funding progress was slow due to the high cost. After the Chinese Navy purchased 6 ships this time, the cost was suddenly reduced a lot. In addition, Technology patent fees can even build a few more ships. Seeing that destroyers can sell for such good prices, France originally wanted to sell cruisers. However, after the Wuhan class and Yangtze class entered service one after another, the navy no longer had much interest in European and American cruisers.
Finally, in order to raise funds to tide over the crisis, France also sold the Guisha iron ore mining rights in French East Indies (Vietnam) and two phosphate mines in French Polynesia to China for US$5 million and US$3 million respectively. Especially the latter contract made Gu Weijun and others very happy. This meant that Chinese businessmen finally had the opportunity to enter the South Pacific.
When they arrived in Marseille, everyone discovered that nearly 5 billion US dollars had been spent in this round. Not only had all the more than 3 billion earned by Bei Zuyi been used up, but more than 1 billion had been added. But no one thought it was a waste, there were whole ships of machinery and equipment shipped back, collaborative research of strategic value, and hundreds of technologies! After all these things are digested and absorbed in a few years, the country's strength will reach another level! What's more, 2 billion of them are physical loans provided to Najd. After the Saudi family officially establishes the country and fulfills the contract, the interest and cheap oil alone will far exceed the value of this purchase.
According to Bei Zuyi¡¯s calculations, if the pre-crisis commodity prices are used, the total purchase amount has actually reached 10 billion US dollars! To put it more simply, Yang Qiu managed half of China's current industrial scale without spending a penny. Technically, it will be even stronger!
So when Yang Qiu boarded the deck of the battleship Beijing with the music of Marseillaise as farewell, everyone in the delegation excitedly high-fived each other to celebrate the victory. Following a few flutes, the light cruiser Yangtze took the lead to sail out of the harbor, and then the Beijing also stretched its waist and slowly merged into the blue Mediterranean.
"The heavy cruiser Changsha has set off from Germany half a month ago. It will sail around the world around the Cape of Good Hope together with the supply ship coming from China. According to the plan, the sailors will also land in Antarctica and conduct some simple scientific experiments. This is also the Navy's routine ocean-going training subject formulated by the Navy after accepting the suggestions of young officers such as Bingwen. Every ocean-going warship must undergo similar training to hone the abilities of sailors and officers.
Compared with the bumps in the Atlantic Ocean, the waves in the Mediterranean Sea are much smaller. The huge battleship Beijing is driving on it as gently as a truck on the ground. When the horizon gradually faded away, Gu Weijun, who had boarded the ship first, came over: "It's a telegram from the Prime Minister. It said that the special envoy of the Saudi family has arrived in Beijing and informed them that they will prepare to announce the establishment of the country on January 1 next year. The United States has also assured them that As soon as the founding of the country is announced, we will immediately issue a statement of support."
"The action is quite fast." Yang Qiu smiled slightly: "It seems that this old guy Ibn Saud can't sit still anymore."
"Can't you be in a hurry? Hoover finally let go. If you don't be more active, you will miss the chance." Gu Weijun was also very happy. Because with the support of the United States, the pressure on Saudi Arabia to establish a state will be much less. Maybe Germany and Italy will immediately admit to giving Britain eye drops, so that China can legitimately enter the Persian Gulf region in the name of the Arab China Petroleum Company. Coupled with the Gulf Oil Company, which has already developed into Persia, the first step to go abroad is just around the corner!
However, Yang Qiu still did not dare to be too careless and asked: "What's going on in the UK?"
"Most of the UK's attention has been attracted by the matter of Chandra and the US national debt, and there has been no move to put pressure on Najd for the time being." "President! President! Great joy, great joy!" Gu Weijun was about to introduce the situation in the Persian Gulf region. situation, but was interrupted by a shout midway through. Turning around, he saw Bei Zuyi, Gu Yuwen and others running towards them like crazy. Their strange behavior made the sailors stop and watch.
But they were completely unaware of it and rushed to the front with shouts: "President! I just received a telegram from General Jiang Zuobin and Chen Shaokuan from the United Kingdom. Three hours ago, the U.S. Congress passed the National Debt Convertibility Act, and Hoover The president has signed a presidential decree to formally establish the National Debt Management Committee to supervise the use of currencies after conversion. Affected by this news, the pound devalued by 5% in the London market within half an hour!".
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