A day later, on August 7, two important officials from the German Foreign Office, Shigetoku Togo and Sadajiro Toyoda, were discussing cooperation with German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop.

Togo Shigetoko was a European expert, and he even married a German daughter-in-law, a well-known diplomat in Japan.

This man was a good diplomat, and when he was ambassador to Germany, he almost facilitated Japan's entry into the Axis powers—and if it hadn't been for Li Le's stop, he would have succeeded.

In addition, when he was ambassador to the Soviet Union, he cut off Soviet aid to China. In this respect, he is a very cunning diplomat.

Another person is interesting, he is Japan's foreign minister, the current "foreign minister". And he also has a background in the Navy and is a military man. He is Sadajiro Toyoda, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who has just taken office.

The Foreign Minister's personal visit to Germany shows how much attention Japan attaches to this time. With Sadajiro Toyoda came a whole submarine of precious metals.

"Your Excellency! We know Japan's difficulties, but we also have our difficulties. Ribbentrop shook his head and refused Sadajiro Toyoda's request.

Just now, the foreign minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs once again asked Germany to support Japan's latest aircraft, as well as the most elite pilots.

It is a pity that Ribbentrop once again refused this request: "Mr. Togo, the Führer has made it clear that no form of lending, and that we cannot go against the will of the Führer, and I am very sorry!" ”

"This ...... All right! I really hope that the Führer will reconsider the matter of union in the light of the friendship between your two countries. Togo, who had come to borrow someone on behalf of the Army, did not get the answer he wanted, and his face was full of disappointment.

He had never seen such a determined leader of the country, and even at the national level, two hundred pilots were not a big deal, but the Führer still stubbornly refused Japan's request.

"Of course, the friendship between the Führer and your country is as it has always been! So the Führer decided that on the naval side, we could cooperate. Ribbentrop did not close the door to cooperation, on the contrary, he opened it wider.

"With the approval of the Führer, we can sell 20 destroyers to Japan for a fee!" He smiled and looked at Marshal Raeder on the side and spoke.

When Marshal Raeder heard this, the smile on his face was even better. Those destroyers were outdated and rags, and it was a good thing to be able to lose them to Japan in exchange for steel and other materials.

Germany could not digest all the British naval heritage in a short period of time, so it was definitely in Germany's own interests to sell a batch of warships.

What's more, the German Navy simply didn't need so many destroyers, what they urgently needed were submarines and aircraft carriers that could fight in the oceans.

"That's right, 20 anti-submarine destroyers, all good things used by the British Navy, are definitely worth the money!" Marshal Raeder rubbed his palms together and smiled as if he were a businessman.

Sitting across from him, the corners of Toyoda Sadajiro's mouth twitched twice, and he smiled unnaturally: "My country...... Navy...... is not lacking in destroyers......"

"Not lacking? Are you kidding. When Raeder heard Foreign Minister Toyota's statement, he waved his hand and said, "Do you want to show you the unfavorable information we got from the United States about your country's anti-submarine warfare?" ”

Hearing this, Sadajiro Toyoda's face turned pale, and he finally shook his head dejectedly, saying that he didn't need to look at the data.

He is an active Navy soldier, and naturally he has heard that the submarines of the US Navy have terrible records in the waters of the Philippines and the waters of Malaya.

These damn American submarines have sunk countless Japanese transport ships and nearly paralyzed the industrial supply lines of the Japanese mainland.

Only a small part of the gold, rare metals, fuel oil and other resources looted from the South Seas were actually shipped back to the Japanese mainland, which also affected Japan's industrial mobilization.

"We have reliable intelligence that you are in dire need of anti-submarine destroyers. We can help, 20 destroyers, very cheap......" Raeder was in a good mood right now, and the smile on his face made him look like Santa Claus.

You must know that these ships are all obsolete goods from the United States, and they are still slow and have no advanced equipment, so they can only be used as second-tier ships.

Originally, the Yankees deceived the British, but now they have been used by the Germans again, and they have cheated the Japanese once, which can be regarded as the real use of everything.

"Yes! We bought! Even though he gritted his teeth with hatred, Sadajiro Toyoda finally nodded and agreed to such a humiliating ship purchase agreement.

Because he knew that this was the premise of the price offered by the Germans, and if he didn't accept it, there would be nothing to talk about later.

For the Great Japanese Empire, the various requests that followed were the key to turning the tide of the war in the Pacific.

"Good! Mr. Toyoda really saw it thoroughly! Ribbentrop took over from Raeder's side and continued: "In addition, the Führer has agreed to export the advanced aero engines used in the ME109 fighter, although the price is not cheap, but the performance is ......."

"We need to bring in design drawings and production processes! As for the engine, I can buy 30 ......" Dongxiang Maode heard the meaning of the Germans wanting to pit themselves again, and hurriedly said.

"Nope! No, no! Mr. Togo, you're still in too much of a hurry! Ribbentrop waved his hand and interrupted his snatch: "The Führer's order is...... A minimum of 1,500 engines must be purchased before we can sell technical drawings! ”

"What are you kidding?" When Dongxiang Maode heard this number, he was so frightened that he suddenly stood up from the sofa: "1,500 engines, the engines you produce in a year, you want to buy them for us?" ”

In fact, Li Le's mention of the number of 1,000 engines was very unscientific, and after the meeting was dismissed, Speer met with the Führer alone and informed the Führer that this was an impossible number.

Even if Japan really wanted to buy so many engines, Germany's production capacity would not be able to produce enough engines for Japan on the premise of ensuring the production of engines for its own use.

Therefore, the figure that Ribbentrop actually got was 500 units. And from the very beginning Germany was ready to fill the numbers with old aero engines.