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    With the approval of the last project of the arms race, the four Shandong-class (Shandong, Shanxi, Fujian, and Yunnan) battleships at the suggestion of Yue Peng, the Republic of China officially transitioned from a period of peaceful development to a period of armament.  While the Navy was ecstatic, it also knew that this time it was in huge debt, so it took the initiative to reduce expenditures and contacted Germany to provide them with 330mm naval gun drawings and a triple prototype gun. 12 ships had been sealed but were better than the current German technology.  The ocean-going submarines are waiting to be sold. As for how they get them back, they have no control over them.

    At the same time, the Navy immediately reached an agreement with Saudi Arabia and Siam to sell 24 torpedo gunboats, and also asked the North Korean National Defense Force to buy 8 retired Paulding-class destroyers and 200 White-shouldered Eagles. Unfortunately, Kim Jiu has only just collected 8 ships.  How can the destroyer sailors have the money to train hundreds of pilots?  In the end, Chen Shaokuan saw that he really couldn't afford the expensive training fees, so he simply found a few retired navy pilots to raise funds and gave away 12 retired Sparrow trainer aircraft for free. This solved the problem of training North Korean pilots.

    Of course, this money is not even enough for a main gun.  So the Navy used its brains, discussed with the Ministry of Finance, and approved the issuance of naval bonds in West Borneo and Nanyang Chinese circles for the first time with the approval of Congress.  At first, everyone thought it would not have much effect, but after publicity, the Navy actually raised 400 million yuan in public bonds in one go, which is equal to the cost of a Shandong-class ship.  This also shows that overseas Chinese pay much more attention to the navy than the army and air force. After all, in their eyes, the stronger the navy, the more their interests can be protected.  In order to build relationships with the Navy, many big bosses bought millions of dollars during the fundraising.  The richest man in Nanyang, Gu Weijun¡¯s father-in-law and Singaporean brothers Hu Wenhu and others.  They even joined forces to purchase tens of millions, creating the largest amount of national government bonds purchased by overseas Chinese.

    In the end, the Navy also came up with the idea of ????two damaged Anhai-class ships.  I wanted to sell the two ships, but since I couldn't find a buyer for a while, I had to give up temporarily.

    "These bastards!" Yang Qiu in the car also laughed and cursed when he heard this, sweeping away most of the regrets left by Qin Jian's death.  Seeing his rare smile, Yue Peng continued: "The budget for each ship is 400 million. We will start construction of two ships in Jiangnan and Mawei at the beginning of next year, and the latter two will be built when the Qinzhou and Zhanjiang slipways are vacated by the end of the year. I asked Chen Shaokuan,  Such a large battleship will have to wait until at least the beginning of 1940 for the first two ships to be delivered. The next two ships will not be delivered until the end of 2041 according to the schedule. In this way, the full construction period is exactly six years, and the pressure of more than 200 million per year is not too great. The Soviet Union last year  and this year¡¯s military budget have exceeded 4 billion US dollars. Germany¡¯s various military budgets this year have also exceeded 1 billion US dollars, and Japan has also exceeded 500 million US dollars. If we add 9 billion in the previous five years and the four battleships this time, the average  It¡¯s about 3.6 billion every year, which is almost 1.8 billion in U.S. dollars.¡±

    "Just pamper them." Yang Qiu glared.  No longer talking about the battleship, he asked: "Now that it has begun, what are your next plans?"

    Yue Peng said: "Stalin has awarded Tukhachevsky and others the rank of marshal. In my opinion, this is a deliberate move to calm the hearts of the people in the army. The date of action must not be far away. I estimate that he will be a big brother next summer at the latest.  Purge the army on a large scale. I have already told Zhang Zhidan. As long as the purge within the Soviet army deepens, Afghan guerrillas will be mobilized to retake Kabul. As long as Kabul is retaken and a central government is established, Britain and France will definitely want to block Soviet support. By then Stalin will feel that we have  If we start to join forces to suppress him, the probability of investing heavy troops to go south will increase. We will see us being dragged in the northwest and Afghanistan. Japan will definitely not miss this opportunity. Nagata Tetsuzan is now waiting for Sukarno to cause trouble. As long as he takes action  Even if the fire is lit.

    After Japan goes south, it will definitely be incompatible with Britain and France. My suggestion is not to get involved in the war. First, take advantage of France's concern about Vietnam and strive to reach a bilateral cooperation agreement with them. Then, it will warn Japan not to touch West Borneo and Sumatra and put it aside other countries.  We can leave the situation alone for the time being and let the UK have a headache.  "

    Yang Qiu nodded and continued to ask: "Where is Germany?"

    "Hakan and Falkenhausen came here to discuss an alliance. They also took out the anti-GC agreement and asked us if we would sign it. I still feel that this matter is unreliable. Hitler is indeed calling for destruction every day.  Stalin, in private, the trade between the two countries has increased several times compared with previous years. Moreover, his current strength cannot beat the Soviet Union, and it will take at least three or four years to prepare. I discussed with Ziqing and prepared to take advantage of next year's Olympic Games to appoint Shi Zhaoji as the Olympic Games  The head of the regiment met with Hitler to see if he could be persuaded to attack the Soviet Union first. If he could, it would still be worth the gamble. If not, he might as well strengthen relations with France first, and then look at the attitudes of Britain and the United States."

    "Zian, if Germany attacks France first, it will definitely be a war between Britain and Germany. In that case, they will definitely join hands with the Soviet Union to contain Germany, and our role will become dispensable. What do you think we should do?" Yang Qiu finally said what he said  Words that have been held in my heart for several years.

    "The strange thing is that Yue Peng didn't have any worries, but laughed: "That's not easy to handle, just join Britain and the United States.Unless they want us to join Germany, they have no choice but to say yes.  As long as we get rid of Japan before the United States leaves, seize Guinea and Rabaul, and then send troops to the Japanese mainland, most of the U.S. routes to Northeast Asia and the Southwest Pacific will be cut off!  In the next few years, all we need to do is keep the Persian Gulf.  In this way, if you can find any excuse after the war, you can clean up the severely weakened Soviet Union!  I don't believe it. Is it possible that after Germany is really destroyed, Britain and the United States will still need the Soviet Union?  Besides, even if they need it, as long as they can fight for three or four years this time, I don't believe how much strength they still have to fight us!  I am afraid that the colonial independence movements around the world will be able to contain most of the power of Britain and France.  "

    Yue Peng¡¯s words made Yang Qiu¡¯s eyes light up, and he suddenly realized that he had really gone into a misunderstanding.  Using a world war to solve border problems and achieve industrialization is definitely the best choice, but if we cannot take advantage of it, it may not be the end.  Some things are irreconcilable. Even if Britain and the United States temporarily need the Soviet Union, so what?  After the Soviet Union took the opportunity to attack Germany and swept across Eastern Europe, it would inevitably trigger panic in the West.  Since the Korean War has occurred in history after World War II, are you still afraid that you will not be able to solve these problems?  As long as we find a way to make Kazakhstan independent and push for a referendum in the East Siberian tundra, the border issue will no longer be an issue.

    ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Grab the second island chain as much as possible, ensure the oil interests of the Persian Gulf and split India? Then the entire strategic situation is still under our own control.  Moreover, with the advancement of industry, materials, and technology, the value of one's own drawings has become greater and greater. Taking advantage of the wartime system of the world war and the opportunity to invest in technology with unlimited military spending, it may not be impossible to achieve a full generation difference within a few years.

    After thinking about this, the worry that had been weighing on his heart for a long time was completely gone, and his face suddenly became much more relaxed, and he smiled and said: "Wang Zhengting and the others must have been waiting for a long time. Xiao He, drive faster, the armament has begun, how much money are you going to make?"  Ticket subsidy¡±

    "Ha ha"

    Amid laughter, the much-anticipated Shanghai World Expo officially opened. Since the visitors on the first day were all Republic of China government officials, foreign industrial and economic delegations and ambassadors, the World Expo Organizing Committee specially arranged that the first three days were only open to special persons.  Since it was the first industrial event held in Asia, and countries around the world believed that China's rise was only a matter of time, it attracted a large number of official representatives to take the opportunity to inspect China's industrial capabilities, so much so that the organizing committee had to arrange for nearly a hundred open-top electric vehicles.  Come and travel.

    "Mr. President, Madam, it's a pleasure to meet you two." Just after attending the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Yang Qiu was blocked by Hakan and Falkenhausen. It seems that these two have not given up on persuading the Republic of China to form an alliance.

    The actions of the two men were immediately noticed by diplomats from various countries. France was more worried because China is right next to the French East Indies.  Britain and the United States didn't particularly care, but the Soviet and Japanese ambassadors were angry.  When Yue Peng visited Germany last year, China and Germany showed a tendency to work together to deal with the Soviet Union. Now they are so enthusiastic. Has a secret agreement been reached?  Japan is also very uncomfortable. Since the rise of China, it has realized that it is difficult for land forces to defeat the Republic of China. Japan's strategy has been changed to go south first, seize resources, grow stronger, and then attack China with the Soviet Union. However, if China and Germany work together to defeat the Soviet Union, what will happen to Japan?  It is said that the only way left is to seek refuge in the United States.

    "Your Excellency, Ambassador, what are you looking at? Let's go visit the aviation museum first." Hakugoshi Jiro, who has a knife-like face, doesn't care what Japanese Ambassador Ariyoshiaki is looking at.  He came here because he learned that China would display the latest aviation technology at the World Expo, so he specially used connections to get a diplomat status to visit.

    Japan attaches great importance to the Shanghai World Expo and hopes to understand the industrial capabilities of its opponents through this exhibition, so not only has it sent a large government delegation, but many people from the private sector are also coming.  Just seeing the smiling faces of Yang Qiu and the German delegation, Youji Ming really had no thoughts and waved his hand: "Ji Yuejun, you go visit with everyone first. I have something else to do." After that, he took his wife to Yang  Qiu walked away.

    Perhaps everyone had a tentative mind, and soon ambassadors from various countries, including Johnson, left the delegation and came to Yang Qiu and his wife, forming an alternative "presidential visiting group."  Upon seeing this, Falkenhausen knew that it would be difficult to say anything more today, so he simply invited Yang Qiu to visit Germany: "Mr. President, the head of state has always hoped that you can go to Berlin again, and he will welcome you with the grandest party."

    "Thank you, Mr. Hitler, for the invitation. I also hope he can come to the East to visit." Yang Qiu didn't chat much with the other party. When he saw Jason and others coming over, he smiled and waved his hand: "Let's visit together."

    When we first entered the China Pavilion, we saw two rows of girls dressed in business attire and short skirts. The carefully selected girls with slender legs made the ambassadors¡¯ eyes shine. The reporters surrounding them didn¡¯t pay much attention at first. After all, there are many such concierge girls in Europe and the United States.  , but after a moment I noticed a difference.

    "What are they wearing on their legs?"

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