Chapter 39 Making Money II
General Seckert, who had returned to Berlin, received the telegram from General Weischer, who was attending a meeting of the Wehrmacht High Command in Berlin, and returned to his temporary lodging, where his secretary handed him the transcripted manuscript. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
First of all, he read General Weischer's comments: I think this joint combat plan is very advanced, and it is suitable for the current level of equipment of the German army, and it is worth learning from and studying.
At this time, there was still half an hour before the time for the meal, and General Seckert wanted to browse casually first. As a result, the more he looked, the more surprised he became.
The secretary came to remind him to eat, he signaled not to go, and asked the secretary to prepare some desserts for him, and he ate while watching.
In the blink of an eye, it was late at night, and he instructed his secretary to make him coffee, and decided to read it all night.
The next morning, he asked his secretary to take a leave of absence and did not attend the meeting. At noon, after a two-hour rest, I came to see Field Marshal William Keitel, Chief of Staff of the Wehrmacht High Command.
Marshal Wilhelm simply listened to his introduction and asked him to explain in detail this German contract tactical guidance program, and he nodded frequently when he listened. Finally, he said: "General Seckert, this new joint combat plan you have written is of great guiding significance for the improvement of the tactical level of the German army. It's remarkable that you're in distant China, and you're still concerned about the building of the Wehrmacht, and I think you have the talent of a general (Secter rank general).
General Seckert said: "Your Excellency, I think you have misunderstood. This plan was written by a Chinese major, to be precise, five days ago, when he was a soldier who had just enlisted in the army. β
Marshal Wilhelm said with great interest: "This is incredible, backward China can have such talents? β
General Seckert gave a brief account of the excellent performances of the Xia Dynasty that he had seen. Marshal Wilhelm was even more interested. He asked, "Do you know where he learned these abilities?" β
General Seckert said: "I heard that before he joined the army, he studied under a retired German officer. β
Field Marshal Wilhelm nodded and said, "I say, such an excellent talent must be trained by our German Empire." β
Field Marshal Wilhelm said that he would hand over the contract tactical guidance plan written by Xia Chao to the German General Staff for study. And let General Seckert do a good job of secrecy.
General Seckert returned to his lodgings, and the secretary handed over another telegram. General Wischer said that the summer dynasty had designed one of the most advanced tanks in the world, and that Colonel Hans and Captain Wilhelm, who was in charge of ordnance, had already left for Berlin.
General Seckert studied hard all night and was a little tired, he shook his head and said to his secretary: "Our Chinese child is really not a good place to live. Then he instructed his secretary to wait for Colonel Hans to arrive and pick him up. Come directly to him.
On the plane, Colonel Hans was also looking forward to the trip to Berlin. When he set out from Nanjing, Xia Chao met with him. Xia Chao told Colonel Hans that he should recruit a group of retired German officers and professional sergeants in Germany, and that he would organize a group of mercenaries with a salary twice as high as the corresponding rank in the active German army.
Of course, Colonel Hans would not work in vain, and for every person he recruited who met the requirements, Xia Chao promised to pay him three months' salary for the original military rank.
The salaries of the German army were among the highest in the world at that time. For example, a major's monthly salary is 642.59-669.40614.66-646.09 Deutsche marks. Why two sets of numbers? The former group is wartime, the latter is peacetime. Each group increases each year because of the number of years they have served as a major. In wartime, it will also receive a subsidy of 112 German marks.
If Colonel Hans had recruited a major for the summer dynasty, he would have been paid no less than 2,000 German marks. At this time, the exchange rate was 4.2 yuan for 1 dollar in Deutsche Mark and 1 dollar for 4 pieces of ocean. That's a lot of money.
According to the requirements of the Xia Dynasty, a large number of officers and professional sergeants are to be recruited, so how much commission does it cost? Colonel Hans was amused to think about it.
And that's not even the most critical thing. The Wehrmacht has undergone many adjustments, a considerable number of excellent soldiers have withdrawn from active service, their standard of living has been reduced by at least 3 times, and Colonel Hans recruited them, which is equivalent to helping them, it is easy to recruit, and they can also fall into good popularity.
The plane arrived at the Berlin airport, where General Seckert's secretary was already waiting, and together they arrived at General Seckert's temporary lodgings.
Listened to William. Captain Krupp's debriefing, General Seckert ordered Captain Wilhelm to provide a list of tank experts, and he sent someone to pick them up and immediately convene an assessment meeting.
At the evaluation meeting, six top German tank experts evaluated the tank drawings brought by Captain Wilhelm and concluded that it was definitely the most advanced tank in the world. Moreover, with the current level of German military technology, it can be produced at all.
In the afternoon of the same day, General Seckert came to the German Ministry of Defense with an assessment report signed by a group of tank experts. Captain William accompanied him as a technical assistant.
In a small conference room of the German Ministry of Defense, the Minister of Defense, Field Marshal Weir, the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Field Marshal Walter von Brauchitsch, and the Chief of Staff of the Wehrmacht High Command, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, met with General Seckert and others and listened to their reports.
The final conclusion was that Germany had to master this advanced weapon.
The German FΓΌhrer Hitler listened to the report of the Minister of Defense, Field Marshal Weir, and ordered that the Tiger tanks must be obtained. At the same time, a certain impression was left on the summer towards this small soldier in the east.
The German Ministry of Defense entrusted General Seckert with the task of negotiating. The bottom line of the negotiations is 10 million Reichmarks.
General Seckert decided to leave the matter to General Wischer, giving him a bottom line of 8 million Reichsmarks.
After receiving the telegram, General Weischel was ready to hand it over to Colonel Hans to negotiate, and the bottom line was 6 million marks.
Miss Lina said to General Weicaier: "No, General, it is not good to leave this matter to Colonel Hans, Colonel Hans and Xia Chao are too close, if you agree, leave this matter to me to discuss." β
General Wei Caier nodded and said, "Okay, I'll leave the matter to you, but no matter what, it can't be discussed." The Empire must get its hands on this weapon. β
Miss Lina said, "General, I'll talk to him first, but if it doesn't work, you can talk to him personally." β
That afternoon, Xia Chao took Xu Feihu to the small forest near the wall in the school and taught him special combat tactics. Xia Chao believes that Xu Feihu's own martial arts foundation is very solid and has the physical conditions of a special combat player. Just train him tactically.
Time is running out, war is imminent. If you want to organize a special combat team, it is not enough to rely on Xia Chao alone, he must train Xu Feihu as soon as possible and make him an instructor of the future special combat team. After all, there's so much to do in the summer.
At dinner time, the two returned to the dormitory in a stinky sweat. I saw Miss Lina pacing there with her waist twisted.
Miss Lina immediately showed a bright smile when she saw Xia Chao.