Although the "Schlieffen Plan" has not yet been finalized, the general concept has been basically decided, and Schlieffen also knows that the success of this plan depends on the right flank of the German army on the Western Front being able to conquer Paris and defeat the French army in the shortest possible time. This requires www.biquge.info right flank of the German army on the western front to have a strong ability to maneuver, but in order to ensure mobile ability, it can only carry a small number of heavy weapons, which will lead to insufficient firepower on the right flank of the German army on the western front and affect combat effectiveness. The French 1897 75mm rapid-fire field guns, mortars, and light machine guns are simply enhanced firepower weapons tailored for the "Schlieffen Plan", and if Germany has these weapons, the probability of success of the "Schlieffen Plan" will also be greatly increased.

In Schlieffen's mind, there was even such a scene, millions of German soldiers carrying mortars on their backs, carrying light machine guns, and pushing a large number of improved German 1896 77mm rapid-fire field guns, overwhelmingly launched an attack on Paris, and the dense shells and firepower completely covered Paris in the smoke explosion, this picture was so beautiful that Schlieffen did not dare to look at it anymore.

The German General Staff has considerable weight in Germany's political landscape, and Schlieffen is also recognized as Germany's best strategist after Moltke the Elder, Wilhelm II carefully read the three memos he put forward, and gave high praise, so Schlieffen's suggestions will never dare to be ignored, and now no matter how tough Germany is, Qingdao is impossible to take back, not to mention that the terms of the draft are actually acceptable to Germany, even if it is a little tougher, it is nothing more than to fight for a little more petty profit, in fact, there is not much significance。

Wilhelm II even thought that since the overseas Chinese were able to come up with the technology of mortar and light machine gun, it once again proved that the overseas Chinese had unique features in military technology, whether it was the navy or the army, so the cooperation between Germany and the overseas Chinese might have new gains. Therefore, after re-discussion with the ministers, the German government finally made a decision to approve the terms of the draft, and let Heinrich immediately sign a cooperation agreement with overseas Chinese.

With the permission of the German government, the rest of the matter will naturally be much easier, Heinrich immediately held talks with Qin Zheng again, and officially signed a cooperation agreement. The history is called the "Sino-German Qingdao Cooperation Agreement", of course, in the official documents, the traveler still signed with Germany in the name of "Overseas Chinese Tianjin Government", so it is referred to as the "Qingdao Cooperation Agreement".

After the agreement was signed, Heinrich immediately asked Qin Zheng to make a detailed assessment of cooperation and exchange matters, after all, the [Qingdao Cooperation Agreement] was only a large framework, and only determined the terms of how to deal with the results of the Chinese war, as well as the conditions and methods of handing over the drawings of the three sets of British warships, but only talked about how the crosser and Germany carried out extensive technical, economic, and military cooperation, and did not give a detailed explanation. And Germany also needs to acquire the technology for the other three weapons.

Qin Zheng was naturally pleased with Heinrich's request, after all, now the traverser also needs German technical support, otherwise the traverser would not use these weapon technologies to lure Germany.

So after the signing, the two sides did not rest, and immediately launched a new round of negotiations, and this time the two sides talked for three days in a row, and finally reached a [Sino-German economic and technical exchange and cooperation agreement], the main content is:

1. The overseas Chinese delivered two French Type 1897 75-mm rapid-fire field guns to Germany, and the purchase cost could be offset by the German machinery and equipment, industrial products, and patented technologies needed by the overseas Chinese;

2. Overseas Chinese will provide Germany with all the drawings and technical data of the three sets of mortars and two sets of light machine guns, provide technical guidance for production to Germany, and guarantee that they will not sell or transfer these technologies to other countries under any circumstances, and that the purchase costs can be offset at a discount with the German machinery and equipment, industrial products, and patented technologies required by the overseas Chinese;

3. Germany helped the overseas Chinese to expand the Qingdao Arsenal, transferred the corresponding machinery and equipment, and patented technology, and sent technical personnel to guide the production of the arsenal and train the workers, so as to meet the requirements of the overseas Chinese for the arsenal, and then the two sides would conduct special negotiations, and the required expenses could be used to offset the cost of ransom and purchase; at the same time, the mortars and light machine guns provided by the overseas Chinese to Germany would first be produced and manufactured at the Qingdao Arsenal, and German technicians would bring them back to Germany;

Fourth, Germany helped the overseas Chinese to expand the Qingdao shipyard, transferred the corresponding machinery and equipment, and patented technology, and sent technical personnel to guide the production of the shipyard and train the workers, so as to meet the requirements of the overseas Chinese for the arsenal;

5. Germany will help overseas Chinese repair and salvage captured warships, provide spare parts, equipment, and details needed for the repair of warships, and then conduct special negotiations between the two sides, and the required expenses can be offset against the cost of ransom and purchase;

6. Germany helped overseas Chinese to build a power plant in Qingdao, transferred the corresponding machinery and equipment, and patented technology, and sent technical personnel to guide the production of the power plant and train workers to meet the requirements of overseas Chinese for power plants.

7. Germany helped overseas Chinese to build a steel-making plant in Qingdao, as well as corresponding supporting metallurgy, iron casting, steel-making, cold and hot processing factories, transferred corresponding machinery and equipment, patented technology, and sent technical personnel to guide the production of the steelmaking plant and train workers to meet the requirements of overseas Chinese for steel-making plants;

8. Overseas Chinese will be given preferential policies for German investment and trade in Tianjin and Shandong, reducing the average tax rate of investment enterprises by 25% and the average tax rate of goods by 15%, and ensuring that the preferential policies for Germany are higher than those of other countries, and at the same time assisting Germany in expanding its business interests in China;

9. In accordance with the provisions of the [Qingdao Cooperation Agreement], the two sides shall complete the Jiaoji Railway Project, and Germany shall guarantee the mechanical equipment and patented technology required for the completion of the Jiaoji Railway Project.

10. The machinery and equipment, industrial products and patented technologies that overseas Chinese need to purchase should be given equal opportunities to German companies and companies from other countries, and under the same conditions, they should give priority to purchasing German companies' products;

11. Overseas Chinese and Germany shall carry out technical exchanges on warship construction, help Germany design warships, and allow German technicians to participate in the design and construction of warships in the shipyard after the completion of the Qingdao shipyard;

12. Overseas Chinese and Germany are prohibited from carrying out extensive exchanges of military technology and intelligence, and the transfer, exchange, or sale of military technology to a third country without the consent of the other side;

13. Overseas Chinese are obliged to assist Germany in acquiring a port in the Far East other than China, as compensation for the loss of Tsingtao by Germany, and if Germany contends, the overseas Chinese will give full support to the Germans, allowing the German fleet to dock at Tsingtao and Tientsin to make up for it, and if necessary, sending warships to help Germany.

This time, after the draft was transmitted back to Germany, it was passed without causing much controversy, first, because the [Qingdao Cooperation Agreement] had already determined a large framework, and this time the terms did not go beyond the scope of this framework; second, the conditions of this draft were, to a certain extent, more beneficial to Germany, because the technology that Germany purchased from the traverser could be used in machinery and equipment, industrial products, Patented technology to deduct this is naturally very beneficial to Germany; moreover, Germany has also obtained investment opportunities in Tianjin and Shandong, and can expand to Chinese mainland and the Far East based on Tianjin and Shandong; in addition, it can participate in the design and construction of warships in Qingdao Shipyard, from which it is natural to learn advanced warship design experience and construction technology of overseas Chinese.

The last point, added by Heinrich, was also the point that satisfied Wilhelm II the most, because it gave Germany a relief station in the Far East, which was of great help to Germany in finding new colonies in the Far East in the future.

There is nothing to disagree with the traverser, because through this agreement, the traverser will be able to make full use of German technology and equipment to establish its own industrial base in a short period of time, and it will not have to pay, all of which can be offset by the redemption fee and technical purchase fee, which is naturally very important for the traversal group, which is basically poor and white.

Although Germany is allowed to participate in the design and construction of warships in Qingdao Shipyard, this is actually no loss for the traverser, because in the foreseeable time, it is basically impossible to build a warship with such a technical level as the traversing warship, and in the next ten years, the warships built by the traverser are basically within the technical level of this era, so that the Germans can see nothing, on the contrary, they can also use German technology to make the shipyard officially put into production as soon as possible. Moreover, the traverser also played a little trick in the agreement, which only said that Germany could participate in the design and construction of warships at the Qingdao shipyard, but the shipyard of the traverser was not the only one, and there was not another shipyard in Tianjin?

As for assisting Germany in finding a new colony in the Far East, it was not a big deal for the traverser, because the agreement first excluded the Chinese region, and apart from China, the ports in the Far East were either divided by the foreign powers, or the country had sufficient self-defense capabilities, so it was basically impossible for the Germans to find such an opportunity to forcibly occupy Qingdao in a short time.

And if Germany finds such an opportunity, it is not a bad thing, anyway, the Far East is now intertwined with various forces, plus there are not many Germany, and if the traverser assists Germany in finding a new colony in the Far East, then Germany will inevitably rely on the traverser to keep this colony, so the traverser has one more ally.

Now that both sides were satisfied with the draft, the rest of the matter was easy to do, so the two sides quickly signed the agreement again. This [Economic and Technical Exchange and Cooperation Agreement] can be regarded as a supplementary agreement to the [Qingdao Cooperation Agreement], and later generations generally regard it as an integral part of the [Qingdao Cooperation Agreement].