Merchant ships with observers from various countries will dock at the port of Cádiz, and Franco, who is at the port to greet guests on behalf of the José government, keeps searching the sea level with a telescope.

At about 10 a.m., merchant ships flying more than a dozen flags of various countries slowly appeared in the sea near Cádiz, a full hour later than expected.

In addition to the countries that supported the Dutch military alliance, there were also many observers from various countries who remained neutral and even opposed to the Dutch government, and these people could change the world's opinion of the situation in Spain at any time, and neither José nor Franco could afford to offend them. It is clear that this is an opportunity to win political capital and external support, including those of the left-wing factions, which are not willing to miss out.

And in the northeast of Spain, Barcelona also attached great importance to this rare international mediation, and many sensitive weapons were disposed of with a high degree of concealment or improvisation.

Of these pot-bellied observers, Franco was most concerned about the presence of Germany's European allies, and although he always welcomed all observers, there were more or less distinctions in individual respects.

As part of the international observers, Germany showed a keen interest in mediating the Spanish Civil War. In fact, Eric played his own small calculations, and he sent Air Force Colonel Wilhelm Bitrich and Army hawk representative Helbert Otto Giller to show that Germany had another purpose and an ulterior role in this event.

In terms of the comparison of the various factions in Spain, José's military dictatorship is clearly slightly superior in military strength. Because under the pretext of protecting civilians, the government chanted the slogan of justice and constantly issued general orders to the whole country to gain the support of ordinary people. In fact, the decree is just a gimmick to deceive the common people.

Almost all of the overseas colonies were now owned by the government, which was accumulating money while sending officials to the localities. With the outbreak of the Civil War, it is highly likely that these things that did not belong to Spain will be left behind, and many colonies have begun to shrink.

Soon after the start of the civil war, Jose's offensive was very fierce, coupled with the appeal of the military's "justice", the left-wing armed forces could only parry, but had no power to fight back, and had to retreat one after another. It was not until the beginning of 1931 that the situation changed subtly, and a tug-of-war between the two sides finally took shape.

Foreign exchange reserves are almost entirely in the hands of left-wing forces, reflecting the incompetence of the Jose government. Although the economic situation in the occupied areas is still passable, for a time there is not enough money to buy weapons and equipment from the EU, which makes Jose very embarrassed.

The situation is not optimistic, José is very distressed, fortunately Franco has always been his strong backing, otherwise, the government army may lose the city and lose ground at any time. After all, it was also at the instigation of Franco that Jose finally got to the current situation, and this hot potato could only be settled by Franco.

In January 1931, the winter in Seville was cold and cold. After settling all the delegates of the international observers in the Eastern Suburbs Villa Hotel, Franco quietly walked into the villa where the German delegation was staying.

Like the other representative residences, this is a luxurious suburban villa-style hotel. Slightly different, it is difficult to find such a small villa by the mountain and lake, with fresh air and great inspiration without Seville. In fact, Franco deliberately selected this in order to curry favor with the German delegation.

At about nine o'clock in the evening, Herbert Otto Gille and Wilhelm Bitrich waited anxiously for Franco's arrival in the warm little reception room.

After filling the fireplace with firewood, the two sides sat down at a small round table to formally discuss the next arms deal.

For this transaction, in fact, the two parties have already planned. However, the Jose government has been trying to buy Type IV tanks from Germany, but unfortunately, the high price of 200,000 marks per unit caught Franco by surprise.

"Your Excellency Colonel, it is an indisputable fact that the President of your country has always promised to give his government his full support, and now that the war has been very difficult, we want to see the true sincerity of your country......" Franco was very disappointed, but had to make a low plea to Gilles.

"The country has made great efforts, Your Excellency. In a very similar way, we also need to survive. It is true that the Type 4 tank has been being exported, but after all, the company needs to protect its capital, and the government can't afford to buy it for a while......" Giller shrugged his shoulders and made a helpless move.

The negotiations were not difficult, but because the Jose government was short of money, Franco had to spend more time turning to Gille for help.

The Mission spent only a few days in Seville and then travelled to Barcelona, where it focused on humanitarian assistance to civilians in the war zone and armistice mediation between the warring parties. What is ironic and generous is that it is the strong man who is capable of mediating behind the scenes, while the representative who really wants to mediate between the two is soft-spoken.

Neither the dictatorship of Jose nor the radical opposition on the left have any serious desire to solve the problem, but only to take the opportunity to expand their influence for themselves.

In the warm villa, the two sides are bargaining, and if Franco can't buy the No. 4 tank, the No. 3 tank is actually okay. After some calculation, the unit price was 100,000 marks, and Franco reluctantly ordered a German-style armored battalion.

Seventy-five No. 3 tanks will be escorted by the German High Seas Fleet to the warehouse at the port of Cádez in early February, with the covert help of German observers, and Germany will send relevant technical personnel to participate in the formation.

In order to show Germany's sincerity, Giller also sponsored nearly 100 No. 2 tanks for free, and all of them were German models, which Eric was quite generous.

The rest, such as anti-tank guns, small and medium-sized artillery, and all kinds of shells, should be bought, and Franco could not afford to spare money. Among them, 200 field guns of 105 mm caliber were ordered at one time, with 500,000 shells. After this order, the little money that the "treasury" had managed to accumulate was spent.

In fact, Germany also felt very helpless, so it was still half sold and half given, and many of them were replaced by the old in China.

These purchase orders seem to be huge, but in fact, there is more hair and less meat, and only you know whether you make money or not. However, the outside world did not think so, and as soon as the war began, all EU member states believed that Germany had made a lot of money. In order not to let Germany eat it all, countries have sharpened their heads and drilled into it, and even France, which remains neutral, wants a piece of the pie.

This kind of business is speechless, as soon as the business began, Spain, which was impoverished, made other countries complain and withdraw in a hurry, but Germany persisted.

Germany's total fiscal revenue in 1930 was 281.3 billion marks, and at this time, because of its large gold reserves, Germany had already achieved an advantage in the exchange rate, which was basically the same as the dollar. Hans Luther has a lot of money now, so he doesn't care about this little money.

In Europe, the best currency to use is the pound sterling, followed by the mark, and the dollar. Without cash, Franco could still invite a god of arms and wealth like Gilles, because Jose broke the sky in one word.

Indeed, the Spanish Civil War will one day be over, and post-war reconstruction will be real money, and Germany can take a long-term view and wait for Jose's victory to continue his military dictatorship.

Although Jose lacks financial help, his promise is just as valuable, and Eric has already thought about it and decided to put the treasure on him. As a result, Jose also said that many of the construction projects in his control area were contracted to Germany.

There have been examples of this, as the kingdoms of Saudi Arabia and Iraq, which were so poor that they almost sold their land, including the emasculated Turkey, which was almost always changed by German involvement in the project.

Franco knew very well that Germany would need to spend 210 million marks a year on the maintenance of the oil pipeline that flowed through Turkey, and the vast majority of the money went to the Turkish government's mercenary patrols and maintenance workers along the route. Spain does not have such conditions, but it also has the same attraction for Germany.

Saudi Arabia has already handed over most of its oil exploitation rights to Germany, and Iraq is the same, waiting for a large amount of foreign exchange to arrive every year, and ordinary people do not have to work, and someone will send money to their homes while lying at home.

In the past, people who had nothing to do made trouble, and those who had something to do also made trouble, but since the Germans hired them, although there were deaths and injuries in their work, there was no longer a man-made government.

During Franco's years in Germany, he was exposed to the development of German industry and agriculture, and once vowed to revitalize Spain, and now, this situation has no other way but to rely on Jose to change. Although he instinctively rejected domestic outsourcing, the situation was such that coupled with Jose's decision. He also has only the obligation to carry out at the moment.

However, the proposal to exchange projects for weapons may not be delayed any longer, as the Spanish government prefers to exchange mining rights for foreign currency. Except for the arms exchange now, bartering will no longer be carried out in the future. Giller was very surprised by this proposal, after all, the German high-level did not have any plans in this regard, and he was a small colonel, let alone a master. In addition, although the United Front Work Department predicted that the war would last for a while, it was inconvenient for Germany to expose its strength too much at this time.

When Eric agreed to sell the BF109 to Spain, Hoffman was adamantly opposed, and in his opinion, the fighter was completely unconventional and could play a vital role in future air combat. Exposing the performance of the aircraft in advance will only make the enemy more vigilant, and even find countermeasures in advance, which will be detrimental to the German "Barbarossa Plan".

However, Eric's thinking is obviously different, he wants to force domestic military enterprises to speed up the upgrading. Hoffman wanted to go to the presidential palace several times to remind Eric in person, but because he knew Eric's character too well, he had to give up in the end.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for Eric to call Hoffman to go to the presidential palace and take out another military document and give it to him. The cover of the profile is the Fokker logo. Obviously, it's a good aircraft too.

Eric didn't ask Hoffman to open the material immediately, but told him to look at it later when he went back.

What makes Hoffman strange is that the performance of the BF109 is so good that it can be laughed at all over Europe, and Eric's willingness to let its performance be exposed in advance can only show that Fokker has a better chance of this new fighter. With Hoffman's knowledge of Eric, he believes that this may indeed be true.

This information is highly classified, and it is a file bag with three S's on it. That night, Hoffman returned to the United Front Work Department building with information and doubts.