Chapter 171: The Routine is Deep (Plus 9)
It is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish, and to export only Soviet cars, that is just a small matter, and the Germans are even more generous, selling production lines directly to the Soviets.
In this way, the Soviet Union will be able to produce its own cars, as many as it wants, and the German production line will benefit the entire Soviet industry, after all, the cars produced by the Soviets themselves are too shoddy, and the 10-ton trucks of the Germans are simply the pinnacle of this era.
This statement of Ciric immediately made Stalin quite happy: "Okay, then we will introduce your production line, build a new car factory, and produce trucks, well, let's call it Lada cars." ”
Lada, before the collapse of the Soviet Union, was a household name, but few people know the origin of this brand, after the victory in World War II, the Soviets moved the German car factory back to the Soviet, and this car factory produced Lada cars.
Now, Stalin actually gave such a name, which made Ciric speechless for a while, it seems that history is strikingly similar!
"The transportation of production equipment is quite time-consuming and laborious, and I think we should choose to build this manufacturing plant in a closer place, such as in Belarus, or Ukraine. Or maybe it's near Warsaw? ”
It would have been time-consuming to build a brand new factory with all the production equipment shipped from Germany, and the shorter the journey, the easier it would be, so Ciric made this request.
However, Stalin immediately felt that his eyelids were jumping, something was wrong, of course it was wrong!
Once the war with Germany starts, then Ukraine and Belarus are within the range of the Luftwaffe, and they can't afford to make this fool, and once the thunderstorm plan is launched, the annoyed and angry Germans will definitely blow up these factories first.
Can't get too close to the Germans! So, Stalin took over and said: "The location where we mainly produce iron ore is in the Urals, and all kinds of iron and steel enterprises are also in the Urals. ”
It was in the hinterland of the Soviets, and it was impossible for the Germans to fly past the heavy interceptions, and it was quite safe to bomb the runway from the Ural Mountains.
The atmosphere of exchange was friendly, but in everyone's heart, comprehensive consideration and calculation were being carried out, and Ciric certainly knew what Stalin meant, in the history of World War II, almost all the main industries of the Soviets were relocated to the Ural Mountains, and Nizhny Tagil also became an important tank production base.
Now, the Soviets want to choose a site here, of course, they can't object to it, and besides, isn't it more in line with their own ideas?
"Well, then in Nizhny Tagil, fortunately we built the railway a few years ago, otherwise the production equipment of this factory would have to be transported for a year and a half." Ciric said.
At the beginning, the iron ore of the Soviets was sourced, and at the same time, a railway line from the Ural Mountains to Germany was built, and the specifications were the same as those of Western Europe, and it could be opened directly without changing trains.
The construction of this railway line is of great strategic importance to Germany, and at the same time, it is necessary to let the Soviets know that this railway is quite good, as it is now.
Stalin nodded frequently: "Yes, this railway is also a symbol of friendship between our two countries." Then this project, even if the intention is preliminarily reached, then the problem of funding..."
Anyway, the USSR had no money, and the USSR would not give the Germans too much money.
"As before, we can continue to barter, exchange iron ore from the Urals and Ukrainian grain, we can calculate this proportion according to the value, and the rest can be transported slowly." Ciric said.
What good would it do Germany to give the Soviets a car production line and give them help to build an automobile factory? Isn't this helping the enemy grow in strength?
Therefore, it is necessary to let the other side know that they have something to ask for, and this demand is the grain and iron ore of the Soviets.
Ukraine is the granary of the Soviets, as long as it is not a year of famine, there is enough grain to export, and the iron ore of the Ural Mountains is even more inexhaustible.
Germany has enough industry, but Germany does not have enough mineral resources, and the mineral resources of the whole of Europe are not enough, and Germany's current industry needs a large amount of ore, in this case, it is logical to import the iron ore needed from the Soviet Union.
This reason will not arouse suspicion on the other side.
At the same time, Ciric can agree to the other party's request, of course, there are enough routines.
It is impossible for this automobile factory to be built in three or two days, and it will take a year and a half to build a factory building and install machinery. However, iron ore is constantly being brought back.
Pull the equipment when you go, pull the ore when you come back, that's it.
When the factory is almost ready, the war will start, and at that time, even if the Soviets want to get the factory started, it will not be so easy, these equipment are all from Western Europe, and the existing industrial system of the Soviet Union does not match, and the Soviets will have to take at least three or five months to solve all kinds of problems and let the factory start production.
By then, my own troops will probably have already fought Moscow.
Therefore, this automobile factory built with the aid of the Soviets is more pitiful than selling trucks directly, because the Soviets can't get a single one!
In this regard, it is obvious that the Soviets are still inexperienced, they have been fooled, they have suffered, and they still have to come back, no wonder Shirek!
The matter of the automobile factory was thus discussed, and after the two sides continued to talk about the economy and trade for a while, the topic finally shifted to India.
"We are really surprised by your attitude towards India." Stalin said: "Now that Edward VIII has taken LinkedIn and surrendered to Germany, then India, as a British colony, is considered to belong to Germany's sphere of influence, but now, you have actually made a promise to give us part of India, this friendship, really touches us." ”
Why did the Germans kindly kick India out to the Soviets? This is different from Poland, which has enmity with the Soviet Union and Germany, and is an independent country, and both countries have benefited from the joint partition of Poland.
But India, which was originally a British colony, did not last long for George VI to jump, and in the end it was not German? Why did they give a part to the Soviets?
This is definitely not friendship that can be clearly stated, and the Germans did not put enough stumbling blocks on the USSR? This is also the reason why the Soviet Union has been slow to act, even if London agrees.
"Because I hate them, especially the second-class citizen posture." "In their eyes, there is only Britain, not Germany, and an Indian colony that is too loyal to Britain is very disgusting," said Ciric. ”