Chapter 220: Suez

Early the next morning, the spirited Yarmar exchanged orders with Prime Minister Stresemann about the previous night's orders with Soviet business representatives, and then rushed to the Hanseatic Palace together.

"You promised?" Eric asked after listening to the debriefing.

"Not yet, isn't this just waiting for instructions?" In Yarma's opinion, whoever buys PZ3 is not buying, besides, the president is also a man who loves money.

"Don't say yes just yet, don't affect our plans." Eric was frightened by the Soviet order, and regardless of whether the Soviet Union could afford it, the production line ordered alone was enough for Sweden, Finland, Japan, the Ottomans, Romania and other countries to protest to Germany.

Eric didn't want to offend his hardcore allies for this money, and this was a critical stage in the negotiations on the Suez Canal and the establishment of the Kingdom of Egypt.

Yarma was a little disappointed after getting Eric's answer, this is a lot of money, so much that Germany's production value can have a significant upward step this year, can he, the finance minister, not be tempted? This also shows Dzerzhinsky's cleverness.

"Don't be discouraged, wait until the war in Italy is over, the matter of war reparations is finalized, and then the issue of the establishment of Egypt and the right to use the Suez Canal is resolved, and then we will negotiate this business with the Soviet Union." Eric analyzed. "You can negotiate with that business representative and try to place a small order first, and let them state that none of these tanks will appear in the West. As for Japan's attitude, there is no need to think about it. ”

Eric knocked on the table Wan Wei, "If you dare to make us eye medicine in Asia, we will disgust them with the Soviet Union." 1 501 tank battalion and 1 502 tank battalion, delivered at the beginning of next year, they can promise, immediately sign a contract, exchange for oil. ”

"They can't get out of the oil like that, can they?" Yarmar thought that this equipment would require countless amounts of oil, and sweated for the amount of extraction in the Soviet Union.

"What are you afraid of, we still need to buy it, won't they, the Soviet Union, find a way to buy it? We charged him three times the cost at a lower price than the international price, and we made a lot of money, my minister. As for how much they are going to pay, what the do you care? Eric blamed Armar for not being bold enough.

"What about the production line?" Yarma knew that Dzerzhinsky's main concern was the production line, otherwise he would not have made such a big order in order to lure Germany to sell the production line.

"We can sell maintenance equipment, and we can also send a professional team to train their people, but don't mention the production line for the time being, you can explain our current situation." Eric, like Yárma, didn't want to miss out on such a money-making opportunity.

As for whether the sold tanks will be learned by the Soviet Union, Eric is not worried, he is afraid that the countries that will flow out of technology are not big countries, and what they want Germany must be at the forefront of the times, which can only be imitated and cannot be surpassed.

Just like the United States bypassing Germany to buy tanks from Greece, Germany is not blind, and it is not a blind man, and it is not the right to turn a blind eye, after all, the United States does not buy production lines, and the quantity it wants is not much, and it always lowers prices. Eric was disgusted by such a buyer and simply did not make this money and let the Americans suffer.

"Tell that it's called... What is it called? You haven't told me his name yet. Eric wanted to say the name of the Soviet business representative, but Yarma didn't say it.

"It's called Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky. He was a member of the Supervisory Committee of the USSR and previously chairman of the Anti-Insurgency Council. As soon as Almar finished speaking, Eric fell into a state of astonishment.

"Dzerzhinsky?!" Eric repeated.

"Have you heard of it, Mr. President?" Yarma asked.

"It's not unusual, this person was Lenin's thug before, and it's not surprising that Mr. President heard about it from the NSA, and he can be regarded as an important backbone figure in the Soviet Union." Stresemann, who was on the side, explained very professionally as the chancellor.

Eric didn't deny it, but he didn't know about it from the NSA, and Kluge never mentioned this person to him, but Dzerzhinsky was the founder of an important organization, the KGB, which still existed in his day.

"Well, in this case, you can agree verbally first, but tell Dzerzhinsky that we can talk about it again when the Suez issue is settled." Eric was now preoccupied with the KGB, and was determined to find Klug to take a closer look at the current situation in the Soviet Union after the meeting.

"By the way, Mr. Prime Minister, why is it here, a Soviet military purchase order is not enough for you to get out." Eric joked that in the entire cabinet, except for the Ministry of Transportation and the Ministry of Food, the prime minister has the least number of people, which is also due to his authority, and Stresemann is the second person besides Eric.

"Pershing left Italy, and just last night, he boarded a Spanish passenger ship from Naples in the south to Spain, where there was an American warship, and he was supposed to be returning to the United States." Stresemann said. "Miller also sent back a telegram from the United States, which contained the American response to this international incident." With that, he handed Eric a document.

After a few seconds, Erik, who only read a few keywords superficially, put down the document, which is also his reading habit, look at the key points, otherwise where can I read so many documents in a day.

"Understand, Pershing is carrying the black pot for the US Army." Eric was not surprised by such a disposition, and it was normal practice to dismiss Pershing from his post and imprison him for stealing U.S. Army property. In the honeymoon period between the United States and Germany, although Pershing's approach was tacitly approved by the United States, once the responsibility was pursued, he had to pay the price.

As for the fact that the US top brass did not know about this, Eric was all a fart, it was just nonsense, so many M1 anti-tank guns were transported from the army to the West coast, through the navy to Spain, and then from Italy to the mainland, how could this habitual action be without official assistance.

"One more thing, the Italian ambassador approached Holwig in the hope that the two sides could reach a truce agreement on the current state of affairs." Stresemann said this news with a smile on the corner of his mouth, this is the first war of the Federal Republic of Germany since the founding of the country, and it is also fought against Italy, which is known as a European power, and regards the Mediterranean Sea as a naval power in its own swimming pool, although there is a lot of water in it, but it is famous, and it has played a huge role in enhancing Germany's international prestige.

"Let Holwig continue to be in charge of this, he's got experience." Eric is very fond of a geek like Holwig, who is incredibly intelligent, has a lot of skills, and knows how to advance and retreat.

In the case of Austria's merger with Germany, Holwig demonstrated his superb ability to fight against people.

"Max sent back from London a proposal for the right to use the Suez Canal, you can take a look." With that, he pulled out a very thick document.

"Oh my God." Eric didn't reach for it, because it was too much to watch for days.

"I've put a brief description at the top." Knowing that Eric didn't like to write long speeches, Stresemann had to take the team to look through it overnight and write a brief description, which was extremely efficient.

Eric picked up the document that the Prime Minister had said and looked at it.