After receiving the report sent back by Xu Jichao and Li Sanjie from Germany, of course, East China did not dare to slack off, and immediately held a meeting to negotiate and study.

To be honest, at the beginning of the visit to Germany, East China did not expect to receive so many invitations to visit, it seems that the dividend effect brought by the Far East War is not only limited to reparations, land and geographical interests, which can be seen and touched, but also many hidden and intangible interests, and their value cannot be underestimated.

Some countries mainly invite East China to visit, of course, it is no better, because this can expand the international influence of East China, enhance the reputation of East China in the world, and also reduce many obstacles for East China to replace Chunting in the future.

It's just that the visit of East China ** in Germany has not yet ended, although the part of the state visit has been concluded, and the trade negotiations are almost over, but the cultural exchange group's tour of Germany is still in progress, and there are military exchanges, which cannot be ended in a short time, so the Executive Yuan decided after consultation to take Germany as a base to visit other countries, and after the visit, return to Germany to gather. First, it is to highlight that Germany is the focus of this visit, and other countries are in a subordinate position; second, Germany is located in the central part of Europe, extending in all directions, with convenient transportation, and it is also convenient for the visit of East China.

However, the invitation of the Ottoman Empire, unlike other countries, was located in the periphery of Germany, and there were some contacts with East China, even if there was no diplomatic relations with East China, but there were also some commercial contacts. However, the Ottoman Empire was not in the periphery of Germany, but was located at the junction of Asia and Europe, and had basically no contact with East China before that. In addition, the patriarchs did not have a very good impression of Turkey in the old plane.

When they heard the news, the first reaction of the elders was, is this Turkey playing something to East China.

Wang Yunpeng was the first to say: "What does Turkey mean by this? Is it planning to trap us again?"

Qin Zheng smiled: " Don't be so nervous, now Turkey is afraid that there is no leisure, I think they just want to pull us to fight against Russia, now the country that poses the greatest threat to Turkey is Russia, if it is not for the support of Britain and France and other countries, I am afraid that the country will not die much, but now that Britain and France have formed an alliance with Russia, Turkey will definitely be nervous, although Turkey is also forming a good alliance with Germany, but after all, it is a lack of confidence, and we defeated Russia in the Far East War, so Turkey wants to make peace with us to fight against Russia, which is also a very reasonable choice。 ”

Ye Yanfu said: "Isn't that the same? Using us to defeat Russia doesn't mean digging another big hole for us." ”

Xia Bohai said with a smile: "That's not necessarily, Turkey wants to use us to defeat Russia, it is not okay not to pay a little benefit, so I think this may not be a big hole, maybe an opportunity!"

You Qian Ming said: "What a chance!"

Qin Zheng said with a smile: "Don't forget, in the old time and space, Turkey was also one of the countries in the Middle East, and in this era, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Yemen, Bahrain and other Middle Eastern countries are all Turkish territories, of course, now called the Ottoman Empire." ”

You Qianming's eyes suddenly lit up and said, "Oil." ”

In the old time and space, when it comes to the Middle East, "oil" must be one of the most important related words, and oil is known as the bloodline of industry and one of the most important energy sources of modern industry. Of course, the patriarchs knew the importance of oil, and at this time they all suddenly realized that the Middle East is one of the regions with the richest oil reserves in the world, and in the old time and space, the Middle East was one of China's major oil supply regions.

Although it is still the initial period of the second industrial revolution, the internal combustion engine technology has not yet fully matured, and of course it has not yet been popularized, so oil has not replaced coal and become the main energy source, but this trend has emerged, but it is precisely because of this that the Middle East has not attracted the attention of the great powers, and East China will intervene in Middle East affairs in this era, and it will be much less resistant, and it just so happens that the Ottoman Empire took the initiative to come to the door, isn't it a great opportunity for East China to intervene in the Middle East?

At this time, Xia Bohai said: "Oil is only one of the factors, everyone should have heard such a sentence in the old time and space, the Middle East is the touchstone of a great power." In other words, if you want to become a world power, you must have a voice in the Middle East. ”

Qin Zheng also nodded: "In addition to the oil factor, the strategic position of the Middle East is also very important, although the Middle East basically belongs to Asia, but it is the center of the Eurasian continent, and it is the junction of the three continents of Asia, Europe and Africa. Therefore, the Middle East region has a very important position in the world politically, economically, and militarily, and in the old time and space, the Middle East region became a place of contention for the world powers, and the main reason why it was the world's longest-lasting hotspot issue region. The opportunity we are now able to access the Middle East is indeed very rare, but it cannot be missed. ”

Wang Yunpeng said: "Then inform Lao Xu and let them accept Turkey's invitation to visit." ”

Zhang Yuming said: "But Germany and the Ottoman Empire are not connected, by land we have to go through Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria, by sea we have to go through Italy or Austria-Hungary, through the Mediterranean Sea to the Ottoman Empire, or whether it is Austria-Hungary or Italy, they have sent us an invitation to visit, through their territory to visit the Ottoman Empire, I am afraid that it is not good." ”

Jia Zhenzhao said with a smile: "This is easy to solve, you can visit Italy or Austria-Hungary first, and then go to Turkey." ”

Xia Bohai nodded and said: "Then let's visit Austria-Hungary first, Austria-Hungary is Germany's hardcore little brother, we put Austria-Hungary on the second visit, which can be regarded as giving Germany face, and when the visit to Austria-Hungary is over, then Austria-Hungary will go to sea and visit the Ottoman Empire." ”

Qin Zheng also nodded and said, "This arrangement is very good. ”

Xia Bohai said: "I don't think Lao Xu needs to visit the Ottoman Empire, just let Lao Li run this trip, we have no friendship with the Ottoman Empire at all, even if we want to develop relations, it is not something that can be solved by one or two visits, so the first visit to the Ottoman Empire is mainly just to get familiar with the face first, the level is not too high, it is more appropriate to let Comrade Li Sanjie go, and after Lao Xu visits the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he can then visit Italy, return from Italy to Germany, and then visit the Netherlands and Belgium." ”

Wang Yunpeng said: "The second visit to Austria-Hungary, and then to visit Italy, these are all Allied countries, will other countries think that we are completely against the side of the Allied countries, I think that in the current European pattern, we can be biased towards the Allied countries in some affairs, but the overall position should still be neutral, and it is not appropriate to completely turn to one side." ”

Xia Bohai said: "I don't think it's a big deal? Now the Entente countries are hostile to us, and Britain and France have not invited us so far, since this is the case, then don't blame us for getting closer to the Allies, we can't take the initiative to improve relations with the Allied Powers." ”

Wang Yunpeng nodded and said, "Then what should we do about the request put forward by the German side?

It turned out that after the end of the New Year's Day holiday, the two sides resumed trade negotiations, and the German side also issued its own conditions, requiring East China to transfer to Germany 8 military technologies, including armored trains, large-caliber mortars, general-purpose machine guns, trenches, fixed-wing aircraft, etc., in addition to the design of Type 4 main warships, Type 4 auxiliary warships, and Type 2 submarines.

During the New Year's Day holiday, Germany made a careful assessment of the requirements put forward by East China, and believed that the benefits brought to Germany by the increased resource export quota of East China were not enough to offset the 17 kinds of technologies required to be transferred. The 17 types of technologies required for transfer have been reduced to 10, and of course the specific 10 types need to be studied.

At this time, the German military proposed that it hoped to introduce some military technology, including warship design, from East China. This is the military technology and warship design that the German army and navy believe must be introduced from East China when the two sides conduct military exchanges.

The eight military technologies that the German Army requested to be introduced from East China all played an important role in the Far East War, and the German military observer group also witnessed the tremendous power of these weapons on the battlefield.

In fact, the German Army requires the introduction of these eight military technologies, from a purely technical point of view, it is not difficult to achieve, the difficulty is the idea and creativity, such as the armored train, is nothing more than the use of the train as a carrier, mounted on large-caliber artillery; some technologies, such as small-caliber mortars, general-purpose machine guns Germany has been introduced, and has been equipped with the German army, of course, large-caliber mortars are not simply small-caliber mortars to enlarge the size, and East China ** in the Far East battlefield used in the general-purpose machine gun is also the second generation, more mature technology, higher reliability.

However, with Germany's current technical capabilities, after knowing the principles of these eight military technologies, and then carrying out technical public relations, except for fixed-wing aircraft, the others can basically be solved within 5 years. But the solution does not mean that it is mature, the weapon must be proved reliable in actual combat, and these 8 military technologies have been tested in the Far East War in East China, if Germany directly introduces it, it can obtain mature and effective new weapons in a short time, saving at least about 5 years of development and running-in time.