Chapter 148: The Second Far Eastern Games
At the beginning of the Panama Exposition in San Francisco, the Chinese delegation stole the limelight, especially the weapons exhibited by the East China Army and the East China Air Force.
Pilots of the East China Air Force performed an air show in San Francisco, and the Chinese planes were overwhelming, and no other country's aircraft could compare with the surnames of Chinese planes.
In particular, the Eagle 3 fighter, as soon as this fighter appeared, it immediately caused a sensation.
It was with this kind of aircraft that the Luftwaffe had an absolute advantage in the European theater of war and destroyed the air forces of the Entente in one fell swoop.
The Entente wanted to buy it before, but it didn't turn out to be.
This time, the East China Air Force will exhibit this kind of aircraft, which means that the East China Autonomous Government will sell this kind of aircraft.
However, the conditions for ordering such an aircraft are very demanding, and this kind of aircraft is not sold directly, but will only be sold when the buyer's various orders have accumulated to a certain extent.
It's a bundle method!
In order to order more orders, Xia Jun came up with such a crooked idea, if this is put on an individual, it is a violation of the principle of fair trade.
However, in the international arena, this is not the case.
Who cares about bundled sales! UN?
Anyway, if you like to buy it or not, the problem is that you can't buy it, and the order of the Entente countries doesn't seem to meet the requirements! It takes a billion pounds of orders to buy the Eagle 3.
Britain had only placed an order of 400 million pounds at this time, France had 200 million, and Russia had 150 million, and there was still a 250 million order to be able to buy the Eagle 3.
…… The weapons exhibited by the army also formed a huge advantage over the weapons exhibited by other countries at the expo, and the weapons of the East China Army are characterized by fierce automatic firepower and high rate of artillery fire. Like a 120mm caliber mortar, the rate of fire can reach 8 rounds a minute, but it is inconvenient for infantry to carry, and the East China Army is not equipped with this mortar, but uses it to design self-propelled guns.
In terms of machine guns, the Entente soldiers had long had enough of the MG08/15, which was light and not inferior in firepower to heavy machine guns, which became a nightmare for many British and French soldiers.
The MG08/15 exhibition means that Huadong Zhengax will sell this lightweight light machine gun. The Germans often used this machine gun to hold their captured positions.
Once the German soldiers captured the position and the Anglo-French army wanted to counterattack, they had to face the strafing of this machine gun, and a large part of the Anglo-French casualties came from this machine gun.
Weapons such as flamethrowers and shotguns, which were designed to deal with trenches, were also of great interest to the Allies. At this time they were engaged in trench warfare with Germany.
The exposition became almost a separate stage for the political axes of East China, and China's arms proved to be the most advanced in the world.
At this time, World War I was raging, and various countries were expanding their armies. In view of the instability of the international situation, some have expanded the armed forces to protect themselves. Others are eager to try and get involved in this big fight.
Therefore, the demand for arms market at this time was strong, not only for the belligerents, but also for those neutral countries.
Britain, France, Russia, and other Entente powers also began to place orders for the new weapons displayed by the East China Army, and their orders to the East China Autonomous Government soon reached a total of one billion pounds.
When it comes to a billion pounds, then it is possible to buy the Eagle 3 combat reconnaissance aircraft, but at this time there are many restrictions, such as the number of orders cannot be less than 200 aircraft.
Now it is a seller's market, and Britain and France can only accept these conditions, and they don't care too much about how many planes they order, and two hundred planes is not too much, maybe it may not be enough.
At this expo, East China Political Axe received many orders for arms, whether it was army equipment or air force equipment, and the victory on the battlefield in Shandong made people full of confidence in China's equipment.
The countries did not think that the combat quality of the East China Army would be very high, after all, in the eyes of the people, it was only a very young army, and it could be described as an international boy scout.
However, since the East China Army was able to defeat the East China Army in Shandong, there was naturally a reason, and this reason was in the use of new weapons.
Indeed, the East China Army used a number of new types of weapons on the battlefield in Shandong.
The East China Army was the first country to put bombers into battle, and it was the first country to bomb enemy naval ships with bombers.
At the same time, the East China Army is also the first army in the world to realize motorization, and it has universal semi-automatic firepower and a large number of fully automatic firepower.
Facts have proved that even the Boy Scouts, equipped with these advanced equipment, can compete with military powers, and many small countries have begun to introduce equipment from the East China Army.
In addition, some countries have begun to introduce the military system of the East China Army, and there are some differences between the military system of the East China Army and that of Germany, mainly because of the problem of establishment. At present, the number of people in an infantry squad of the East China Army has increased to 14 people, and the weapons in one squad are relatively diverse.
However, there are not too many countries that have introduced the military system of the East China Army, only a few.
At the end of the expo, the amount of orders received for arms alone was as high as 500 million pounds, and the largest buyers were the Entente countries, but those small countries that wanted to expand their armaments also had orders of nearly 150 million pounds.
The East China Political Axe monopolized 90% of the arms orders at this expo, because whether it was expensive equipment or cheap equipment, East China Political Axe had it, so many countries felt that it was very suitable for their taste.
In addition to arms, the Chinese delegation also received numerous orders in other areas.
For example, the East China Transportation Manufacturing Company, which manufactures tractors, automobiles, and motorcycles, exhibited its automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, and other vehicles manufactured by the company at the expo.
Due to the leading engine technology, China can manufacture the most fuel-efficient, the most powerful cars and motorcycles, and at the same time, the shape design of cars and motorcycles is also ahead of this era, plus the application of stainless steel, it looks very cool.
At the same time, the East China Communications Manufacturing Company also exhibited a bulletproof car, and the advertising slogan was: "Let your head of state sit in this car, and you can avoid a world war." ”
This means that if Archduke Ferdinand had been able to ride in such a bulletproof car, he would not have been assassinated.
The price of this bulletproof sedan is naturally not cheap, this kind of car with bulletproof glass and bulletproof steel plate looks very luxurious, but the cost can be much higher than ordinary cars, plus it is a luxury in itself, so the price is naturally higher.
However, this is for national dignitaries and those wealthy businessmen, so even if the price is more expensive, it still has a good market.
Only more importantly, this fair has created a luxury brand - the BMW series! BMW cars, BMW motorcycles, and even BMW bicycles.
However, whether it is a bicycle or a car, it is a high-end product.
In terms of trucks, it has also laid the world's first brand - Dongfeng heavy truck, which is the best and most fuel-efficient.
Other enterprises in this expo in the harvest is also very huge, China at this time has advanced technology industry although not too many, but also a lot, and as long as it is leading, there must be an absolute surname.
Throughout the Panama World Expo, the Chinese delegation received orders of nearly 800 million pounds, and the fame has begun, as long as the follow-up advertising keeps up, the brand can be established one after another.
However, the current limitation is that China is an emerging country emerging from the ranks of backward countries, so the world's perception of China has largely not changed.
Many people still think that Chinese wear braids, but now there are few people with braids in China, at least there is no man with braids in the seven provinces of East China, but many Chinese people have long hair and crowns under the call.
But over time, these perceptions will change.
…… At the time of the Panama Exposition in the United States, the second Far Eastern Games was about to open, and the venue of this Far Eastern Far Eastern Games was Hangzhou Stadium.
Hangzhou Stadium is a large professional stadium that was repaired last year, and there are various sports facilities in it, but there are not many projects in the Far Eastern Games at this time, only eight events.
The Far Eastern Games were initiated by the Philippines, China, and Beneans, and from 1913 to 1934, a total of 10 Far Eastern Games were held in the Philippines, China, and Beneans. In 1934, he insisted on drawing Manchukuo into the Far Eastern Games, but China protested and announced its withdrawal from the Far Eastern Games, the Far Eastern Sports Association was dissolved, and the Far Eastern Games were suspended.
In 1913, the Far Eastern Games were held in the Philippines, and the Philippines had the best sports development due to the influence of the United States.
After two years in the second Far Eastern Games, Xia Jun paid attention to this Games, and began to develop Chinese sports as early as when the Hangzhou Gymnasium was repaired.
In terms of sports development, Xia Jun is more inclined to be amateur than professional. The original intention of developing sports is to call on the people to participate in sports and fitness, and if this is not achieved, then there can be no development of sports.
However, at this time, Chinese sports were still in their infancy, and it was not good to lose in the arena, so Xia Jun began to form China's professional competitive team after the first Far East Far East Conference two years ago.
In the past two years, the results have been remarkable, whether it is basketball, football, volleyball, track and field, swimming, etc., a professional team has been initially formed.
For this Far Eastern Games, Xia Jun is not worried about losing, at this time, the development of sports in the Philippines and Yuben is still very amateur!
In the second Far Eastern Games in history, China won the first place, and now the East China political axe has allocated special funds for sports, will it be worse than the original history?
What's more, Xia Jun also bought a lot of professional books related to these sports on the exchange platform for the following research, and now China's sports competitions, not to mention whether they are professional in the world, but at least they are the most professional in Asia.
(To be continued)