Arentin's heart is this Khan, isn't what he said just a scene? However, after a few moments, Valentin figured out the trick and couldn't help but scold himself for being stupid. Germans have always been single-celled creatures who don't beat around the bush, and the words they uttered in a moment of excitement were 100% taken seriously by the other party. Although he felt extremely embarrassed, Valentin couldn't immediately go back on his words, Slavic men value their credibility and dignity very much, not to mention that the other party has just pointed out a clear way for himself to make a fortune!

"Jonas, don't worry. As long as it is something that the eldest brother can do, he will definitely help you do it. Valentin's smile was a hint of reluctance, as if generous. He regretted that he had just taken care of his big package, and now he could only hope that the other party would not make any excessive demands. However, the development of events was again unexpected by Valentin, and the young German man picked up a pen and wrote on the manuscript paper: "I need to raise 50,000 Mosin-Nagant rifles, 500 light and heavy machine guns, and 300 mortars in six weeks, and the more ammunition the better." If possible, it would be better to have 100 more anti-aircraft guns and 100 field guns. ”

Valentin's expression turned cold, and he said angrily: "Lieutenant Colonel Brom, are you playing me like a blind bear?" Fang Yan's face did not change, and continued to write on the manuscript paper: "If I really were joking with you, I would list another 100 tanks and 100 planes." The weapons I'm talking about are all basic equipment in the army, and I'm sure you won't have a hard time getting them. Of course, we will definitely pay for these weapons. ”

Seeing the last sentence written by Fang Yan, the gloomy color on Valentine's face finally dissipated a little. Although I can't figure out what kind of medicine is sold in the other party's gourd, as long as I have benefits to be gained, then I can talk about anything. Valentin took a deep breath and resumed paper-and-pen communication again at Fang Yan's suggestion: "What does your navy want these equipment for?" Not to mention that the sailors and gendarmerie simply do not need so many weapons for self-defense, and the weapons produced by your country are probably more sophisticated than ours, right? ”

"The purchase of this batch of arms has nothing to do with the German Navy, it is the will of my family." Fang Yan knew that this matter would not work without explaining it to the Soviet generals in front of him, and it was necessary to dispel the other party's doubts to a considerable extent. "My family has been engaged in trade with the Nanking government in the Far East for the past few years, exchanging weapons for their ore raw materials," he wrote. However, with the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, there was a crisis in this financial resource: the Japanese government repeatedly protested diplomatically against the German importation of weapons to the Nanking government, and the Chinese government, under pressure from the alliance with Japan, refused to hand over a single rifle to my family for shipment from the middle of this year. However, the complete severance of this trade route is not something that our government wants to see, so with the tacit approval of the high-level leaders, I have approached you, the general. ”

"The root cause of Japan's diplomatic protest to the German government was the discovery of many German-made weapons in the hands of Chinese soldiers. If these weapons were Soviet-style, then all the pressures on my family and the German government would have been solved. As for your country's attitude in the eyes of Japan, in September this year, your country had just fought a battle with the Japanese Kwantung Army at Nomenkan, and the two sides were already de facto enemies, and it was normal for them to make any moves. What's more, you don't care about this kind of political bad debt between countries, right? Fang Yan continued.

Valentin looked at the handsome young man in front of him in surprise, and there was a faint flicker in his eyes. This statement is definitely not something that can be easily made up, and I secretly estimate that the credibility is at least 60% or more. Valentin did not expect that such a young lieutenant colonel, who had come ashore on behalf of the German fleet to negotiate with him, would most likely be an important member of a certain big bourgeois family of the German emperor. For a moment, Valentin couldn't help but think: Could it be that his sincere prayers in the past had finally touched the great leader...... No, it was the Virgin Mary, so that the goddess of wealth incarnated in this young German and came to him today?

"It's too much to do. To be cautious, I must first see your sincerity. Valentin slowly stroked the beard on his face and replied with a solemn expression. Fang Yan nodded and wrote, "It should be so. I can hereby promise that if you agree to our request, you will receive a 20% advance payment after one week. In fact, you don't have to worry about my sincerity at all, because I will not get any benefit from deceiving you. ”

Valentin swallowed, a complex mixture of excitement and struggle on his face. The situation is indeed as the other party said, he lied to himself on this matter completely to the detriment of others and himself, no matter how you look at it, there is no motive to do so. And if you can do this ticket, the income will be far more than the previous sale of fuel! After a while, Valentin gritted his teeth and wrote with a hideous expression: "It's done!" I'm going to get Comrade Yevgeny and Comrade Oleg. The preparation of so many arms still requires careful discussions between us. ”

When Valentine's figure completely disappeared from view, Fang Yan also stood up from his seat. He moved his sore right wrist, and then threw all the used manuscript paper into the furnace and burned it. Watching the paper glow in the flames and quickly turn black and wilt, Fang Yan sighed softly: he had just lied about the purchase intentions of this batch of weapons, and their ultimate target was not the Far East, but Finland, which was close at hand.

As the war in the Far East continued, Germany's gains in trade with China were increasingly exhausted. This is not only because the Chongqing government has been unable to maintain effective international debt credit in the war environment, and its financing capacity has been greatly reduced, but also because large swathes of the country have fallen to rival hands and mining workers have been conscripted, resulting in a sharp decline in mineral extraction. In addition to the long-term intention to bring the latter, who was also staunchly anti-Bolshevik, into his own alliance system, the most direct motive for Hitler to look at a certain bald head was to obtain cheap raw materials from him without spending foreign exchange.

Now, however, this favor has changed radically. Japan, with its army armed with the base of an industrialized country, advanced vigorously on the battlefield on the mainland, proving to Hitler who was the out-and-out hegemon of East Asia and the real main force against the Bolsheviks; In contrast, although the bald head who moved the capital to Chongqing did not give in to Japan, its strategic value in the eyes of Germany had already fallen from the clouds to the bottom. And if this weak country loses its economic value, it will be as worthless as a lemon that has been drained of juice - unlike the United States, Germany and Japan do not have any direct conflict of interest at this stage, so there is absolutely no reason to turn against Japan for the sake of Chongqing. The reason why Germany is still maintaining trade with the Chongqing government is purely out of the desire to salvage more property from the burning houses. If the fire is too large or the property is emptied, the house will be 100% abandoned.

Therefore, compared to the trade in the Far East, which was already in decline, pulling the Finns in the coming Winter War became Fang Yan's top priority. At present, although Germany and the Soviet Union are nominally allies of each other, in fact they are always eager for each other to return to the West as soon as possible, so that the Soviets will be bloodied in front of Finland, which is obviously beneficial and harmless to Germany's future strategy. Fang Yan has full confidence that the Finns can teach the Soviet Union a hard lesson: on the other hand, the Soviet Union invested 1 million troops to invade Finland, which has a total population of only 3.5 million, but paid the tragic price of more than 320,000 dead and wounded and more than 3,500 tanks destroyed.

However, due to various reasons, Fang Yan could not directly send a large amount of German-made arms to the Finnish side. Otherwise, if the Soviets blew up, cut off all trade with Germany, or even tear up the non-aggression pact and send a large army to the west, the basket would be huge. After thinking about it, Fang Yan felt that it was most reliable to give the Finns Soviet-style equipment, because Finland had been a colony of Tsarist Russia before 1917, and after independence, it inherited a large number of arms from the arsenal of Tsarist Russia. Judging from the two key factors of logistics maintenance and covering, Soviet-style equipment is the best choice.

As for Finland's purchasing power, Fang Yan has no worries. After the land reform at the end of the 20s, Finland's gross national income has been growing rapidly for eight consecutive years; Historically, even after the brutal attrition of the Winter War and the reparation of 30% of its assets to the Soviet Union, Finland was able to carry out large-scale military expansion and equipment purchases. Therefore, the Finns during the war were not short of money, only how to obtain arms aid from the outside world, and Fang Yan's business would not become empty money.

Valentin's speed was very fast, and less than 10 minutes later, Yevgeny, the commander of the port garrison who was full of alcohol, was dragged by him to Fang Yan. He was accompanied by Lieutenant Colonel Oleg of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Seeing that the three of them acted in unison, how could Fang Yan not know that several of them were already wearing a pair of pants. In the courtesy greeting with the other party, Fang Yan couldn't help but sigh quietly, the military, logistics, and supervision forces in this base actually colluded together, and it was inevitable that the national interests would be betrayed! (To be continued.) )