Chapter 242 Misfortune leads to the east

In more than two months, he poured millions of dollars of goods from China, transported them to Brazil by air and sea, and then loaded them into artifacts in warehouses in Brazil, and then flew to the port of Allefehr in France, where he traveled through the past to dump the goods into another world.

In this way, he ran back and forth like a migratory bird, transporting a large amount of supplies to another world, so that the total amount of goods there reached a very considerable distance.

After a large number of various materials arrived in another world, the increase in sales varieties also meant the expansion of the total amount of sales, and Gao Hongsheng finally did not have to worry about the large expenses in that world, and he could also implement his second-step weapon plan and buy cannons from the Krupp factory.

Just when Gao Hongsheng wanted to arrange to lead everyone out of Paris, France to Germany, to visit the German emperor, and by the way to solve the matter of artillery, Feng Laosi and the others finally learned that Germany forcibly occupied Jiaozhou Bay in the Qing Dynasty and landed in Qingdao, which made him have to put down his work and have to face the thorny German problem.

Germany's forcible occupation of Jiaodong Bay and the secession of the concession in Qingdao can be used as a primer for the Western powers to carve up China.

Originally, the Western powers had some scruples about dividing up China and dividing the sphere of influence before Germany forcibly occupied Jiaodong Bay, but after Jiaodong Bay was forcibly occupied, it directly exposed the cowardly nature of the Qing Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty completely became a piece of fat meat displayed in front of the powers, which was a piece of big fat meat that anyone could take a bite of, and they began to open their blood basins without scruples and greedily carve them up.

France forcibly occupied Canton Bay, Russia and Japan set their sights on the northeast at the same time, and Britain guarded its inherent territory of the Yangtze River valley like a watchdog, preventing other countries from getting involved.

China has also entered a semi-colonial and semi-feudal era, these Gao Hongsheng understand, and even he knows the future direction of history, but in the face of the invasion of the Great Qing Kingdom by the world powers, he can only sigh, and he is powerless to resist at all.

Three days ago, these people shouted to return to China to fill up the German devils, in the Qing Dynasty they have an armed team of more than 3,000 people, of which seven or eight hundred have completed basic training, at that time the German garrison in Qingdao was only more than 3,000 people, Feng Laosi and they could not attack Qingdao, but it is still possible to carry out harassing operations, the main characteristic of the bandit armament is to fight and run, Seven or eight hundred well-trained troops with sufficient food and ammunition to fight guerrilla warfare were enough for the German occupation forces to have a headache.

But what about beating the Germans, you must have guns and ammunition to fight the Germans, do you want to go to the Japanese devils to prepare? That is not the same as supporting the Japanese, other countries are good things, Germany is far away from China after all, the danger is relatively small, China's real enemies are only two, one Japan, one Russia, the domestic form and the later trend plus the reason of distant and close attack said for three days, finally calmed them down, only to make them give up the current plan to turn against the Germans.

However, the matter of going to Berlin to buy Krupp cannons was collectively vetoed by everyone, but going to Berlin to meet with the German Emperor Wilhelm II to advise him to give up the invasion of China was brought up by Bo Caiyun, a stupid woman.

A week later, Gao Hongsheng and his party arrived in Berlin, and after some arrangement, Gao Hongsheng and Bo Caiyun were given a valuable opportunity to meet Kaiser Wilhelm in a castle in the countryside.

Gao Hongsheng's gift to Kaiser Wilhelm was a booklet on the production and application of the rubber industry, the main content of which was the application of the rubber industry in transportation and the distribution of suitable areas for growing rubber trees in Southeast Asia.

At the same time, he also brought a gift that he should like, a mechanical gyroscope used in the torpedo and the blueprint of the steam gas torpedo, that is, the earlier Soviet-made Type 53-66 steam gas torpedo, well! It was the earliest Chinese Yu-1 torpedo.

In 1904, the Americans invented the steam gas torpedo, which made the torpedo have a range of more than 2,700 meters and a speed of 50 knots.

During the First Sino-Japanese War, the Beiyang Fleet used torpedoes, and the effective range at that time was only 400 meters, but the results of actual use showed that only when the torpedo was launched at a distance of 150 meters, it would have a more reliable hit rate, but at about 2,300 meters, the torpedo boat entered the range of the enemy's machine guns, and continued to sail to 400 meters in the dense rain of bullets, and the torpedo boat would be destroyed.

At a distance of 400 meters, the hit rate of the torpedo was only a pitiful 25 percent, while the target hit rate of the artillery was 40 percent at 400 meters, and when it was close to 225 meters, the target rate of the artillery was 100 percent.

As a result, before the steam gas torpedo, the actual effect of the torpedo was not large, but the advent of the steam torpedo directly changed the efficacy ratio of the torpedo, making the torpedo attack an effective attack method.

Of course, there is also a torpedo weapon that can change the entire pre-World War II strategic pattern, and Gao Hongsheng did not kindly provide it to the Germans, that is, the Japanese Navy oxygen torpedo that made the US Navy tremble in the Pacific theater during World War II.

This super weapon, which can be called the strongest torpedo in World War II, can sail 15 kilometers at a speed of 50 knots, that is, 65 kilometers per hour, 25 kilometers at 42 knots, and 30 kilometers at 36 knots.

When its torpedoes can attack targets dozens of kilometers away, aircraft can already attack its mother ship from hundreds of kilometers away, so that it does not even have a chance for large-scale application, and it is tragically useless.

But before World War II, Japan's oxygen torpedo was definitely a superweapon that made any fleet in the world tremble, and Gao Hongsheng was not so stupid to provide this weapon to the Germans.

However, the speed of the Soviet-made 53-66 steam gas torpedo provided by Gao Hongsheng has reached 50 knots, and the maximum range is basically close to 10,000 meters, which can be described as a super weapon at that time, and the threat to large surface ships has been greatly improved, which is a weapon that can change the equipment of surface ships in the early stage of World War II.

However, this qiē has to wait until the results of the negotiations with Wilhelm, the first gift of rubber was given to Wilhelm as soon as they met, and whether the second gift was given to Germany depends on whether Kaiser Wilhelm is not on the way.

After some court etiquette, he privately met Gao Hongsheng and Bo Caiyun in a very casual large study, William was very interested in Gao Hongsheng's first gift, and was also very optimistic about the prospects of the rubber industry, and even said that the automobile is the main means of transportation in the future.

"Dear Royal Highness the Emperor, do you know the Philippines?"

"Of course, Mr. Gao, it's an archipelago, in the eastern part of Asia. Does it have anything to do with your rubber? ”

"Yes, His Royal Highness William, the British and the French have established their rubber plantations in the Far East, and the local natives in the Philippines are now rioting under the rule of the Spanish dynasty, and the power of the Spanish dynasty to suppress them is very limited, and the rebellion of the natives has a tendency to spread gradually, as a responsible emperor, don't you need to help your relatives!"

"I know the situation in the Philippines, but I don't think we need to spend so much effort for a rubber plantation, I understand what you mean, you want us to withdraw our troops from the Great Qing Kingdom to the Philippines, right? Our every Qiē in Jiaodong Bay is to help your Qing Dynasty, to help you resist the Japanese invasion, the most terrible enemy in the East is the Japanese, they are the root of the Yellow Peril, and at the same time our ships also need a harbor in Asia to refuel and rest. ”

"No, Your Royal Highness the Emperor, the behavior of your army in Jiaozhou Bay is not for me, a businessman, to interfere with, I just hope that your army can treat the local people well. Actually, I want to talk to His Royal Highness the Emperor about a little business, you know, there are many Chinese in the Philippines, they are in a state of unprotected in the local area, in the face of the attack of the natives, they have no ability to protect their property at all, they are being sacked by the local aborigines, but the situation of the Qing Kingdom is clear to you, they simply do not have the ability to protect the diaspora, I was entrusted by the local Chinese to ask for help, ask His Royal Highness the Emperor to help the Chinese there, help the Spanish Dynasty to extinguish the rebellion of the local aboriginesEven you only need to send your warship to the ports of the Philippines, and the rescue of the local Chinese to suppress the riots can be carried out by the Chinese who are armed by us, and you don't need to send a single soldier to those islands, I think His Royal Highness the Emperor already knows that we have signed an arms contract with the Mauser Arsenal for more than six million pounds, and those weapons are used to arm the local Chinese. You must know that the Chinese are a people who pay attention to the grace of dripping water, and after we suppressed the aboriginal riots, we hope that His Royal Highness the Emperor can give full protection to the local Chinese. ”

Gao Hongsheng's weapons order was really a little too untimely, Germany forcibly occupied Jiaozhou Bay, he placed the largest order of the Mauser Arsenal at present, he was really a little afraid that William thought that the weapons he bought were against his army, if William ordered not to let Mauser supply him, it would be troublesome.

Fortunately, Emperor William didn't care about his purchase of weapons at all, you must know that William is one of the shareholders of the Mauser Arsenal, and the order of weapons of more than six million pounds can bring him a large amount of income, as well as the authorized production rights of new automatic weapons, he does not think that the Qing Dynasty dares to confront him, and even if the Mauser Arsenal does not produce for Gao Hongsheng, then in the face of such a large order, there is no such arsenal is not blushing, which is also one of the reasons why Gao Hongsheng can meet William.

Now a big cake was placed in front of Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany by Gao Hongsheng, but this kind of military affairs could not be negotiated at all, and Gao Hongsheng did not immediately show the drawings of the steam gas torpedo to His Royal Highness Wilhelm.

The first audience ended in the temptation of both sides, and Gao Hongsheng and they also began their public opinion propaganda work in Germany, mainly the sales and propaganda of medicines, stockings and condoms, as for the German occupation of Jiaozhou Bay, Gao Hongsheng remained silent, his propaganda network has not yet penetrated and built, at present, the newspapers are all praises for the German emperor to send troops to occupy Jiaozhou Bay, and now the voice of opposition can only play the opposite role, but with this wave of sending troops to create a colony, He also turned around and put the Philippines cake in front of the German people.

A large amount of Philippine minerals, products, climate, and other information, especially the expected profits of opening a rubber plantation in the Philippines, and the local Chinese are seeking help from the Germans, and then published on the pages of various newspapers, and began to build momentum for Gao Hongsheng and them.