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Chapter 1262 Efforts in Appeasement

In the Shan State Plateau, at the mouth of a tunnel more than 10 kilometers from the northern border of Myanmar, Ou Yaoting stood on a protruding rock halfway up the mountain, looking at the desolate railway construction site at the bottom of the mountain, and at the dark cave with no hope of penetrating, his eyes were full of deep helplessness. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Since the project was established at the beginning of last year, Ou Yaoting has seized all the time to build it as quickly as possible, but due to the complex terrain along the way, there are too many tunnels and railway bridges that need to be pierced, so that it has not been repaired until now, and it is still more than 20 kilometers away from Huoban Town on the border between China and Myanmar.

When news of the outbreak of war in North China reached Britain, 10 Downing Street did not realize the gravity of the situation, and British attention remained focused on the Spanish Civil War and Italian provocations in the Mediterranean. The situation in Europe is turbulent, and Britain extremely does not want a war between China and Japan, because Britain does not want to obtain its own interests in North China through war, and on the other hand, it is unwilling to let China see the hope of victory in the war because of its own and American involvement, which will cause a strong reaction from the Japanese army, and then affect the entire British colonial system in the Far East.

Therefore, Britain adopted an attitude of non-discrimination and demanded "restraint" on both sides of China and Japan. In order to ensure that the Chinese side "calmed down", the British unilaterally announced that they would stop the demarcation of the border between the Burmese colony and the government of China's Yunnan Province, and would stop China-Burma trade and stop all actions that might boost the Chinese's anti-Japanese morale, including the Yunnan-Burma Railway under construction.

Ou Yaoting is extremely dissatisfied, but there is nothing to be done about it, compared to China, the world's second largest navy is now more worthy of Britain's vigilance and attention. Although this seriously damaged the interests of the Burmese colony, it was the most sensible choice for the whole of Great Britain.

Ou Yaoting stood for a long time, watching the sun fall in the west, he couldn't help sighing, and then with the support of several guards, he staggered down the mountain.

Coming to the side of the road at the bottom of the mountain behind, Ou Chengan leaned up affectionately, held his grandfather's hand, and a faint layer of worry welled up on his face. Ou Yaoting's heart warmed, smiled at Cheng Cheng, and when he turned around, he saw that the Yunnan-Burma Highway was still full of traffic, and there was a long queue at the gas station opposite, so he felt better.

"Governor Kinnad is still trustworthy, although in accordance with the decision of the British Parliament, the construction of the Yunnan-Burma railway was stopped, but it did not interrupt the trade between Yunnan and Burma, although weapons, ammunition, materials and sensitive civilian goods are very tightly stuck, but oil, rubber, grain and canned food are still open to trade, we must remember this friendship. It seems that we need to hurry up and increase the delivery efforts again, otherwise if the war breaks out in Shanghai as Xiao Yi predicted, the British government may really have to cut off all trade with China. ”

Ou Yaoting said to Zhou Tiance, the general manager next to him.

Zhou Tiance, 28 years old this year, is also a high-end economic talent harvested by Anyi Group after sowing seeds. In 29 years, as the second batch of selected students to study in the United States, during his study at Harvard University in the United States, he participated in a number of acquisitions of bankrupt groups, and after the stripping of non-performing assets, these companies were rejuvenated again, and Zhou Tiance also entered the attention of Zhang Xi, Lin Xudong and Zhou Chongan through wonderful performances again and again. However, in the competition for talents, it was An Yi who interrupted everyone's thoughts with one sentence: "My father-in-law is old and needs a professional to assist him very much, so Zhou Tiance will let me give it to my father-in-law!" ”

So, after graduating from the doctorate in three or four years, Zhou Tiance returned to southern Sichuan, and was soon led away by Ou Yaoting, and after more than two years of grassroots struggle, he finally conquered Ou Yaoting's heart and officially served as the general manager of the European Group, managing the huge industrial group of the European family. This time, the European-style group bought four arsenals in British India and the Straits Settlements that were on the verge of bankruptcy, and also spent money to acquire two failed machinery factories in India, and all the machinery and equipment of these factories were dismantled and loaded onto ships, and in just one week, they were shipped to Vladivostok.

At first, the governor of Burma, Jinald, was worried that these military supplies were being sent to China, which would seriously violate domestic orders, but if he objected, there would inevitably be a rift between himself and the God of Wealth, Ou Yaoting. When he heard that it was sent to the Red Army in the Far East that betrayed the Soviet Union, Kinnader was slightly relieved, but he immediately woke up to the fact that the Red Army in the Far East betrayed their Soviets? Why did MI4 have no notice of such important news? Will this affect the situation in the Far East? So Kinnard compiled all the news and sent it back to England for confirmation.

"yes, and I don't think it's too far off!"

Zhou Tiance nodded: "*** has been frustrated in North China, and it is urgent to open up a second battlefield, look at China's coastal provinces, where is Shanghai important?" Shanghai is known as the 'Paris of the East', and its importance to the government of the Republic of China is far greater than that of Pingjin, and once the people realize their strategic intentions, then Nanjing will be directly under the threat of the Japanese army. The military department has always believed that as long as Nanjing is captured, the Nationalist Government will surrender and compromise, and then it will be able to fully reap China's national strength and be promoted to the ranks of the world's first-class powers. Judging from Chairman Chiang's emphasis on Brother An over the years, the Anjia army will definitely be transferred to defend the southeast at that time, and Britain and the United States and other countries are worried that their interests will be damaged, and they will abide by their neutral attitude, so that the Yunnan-Burma trade will be stopped sooner or later, and even if we give more bribes to the border guards, they will not dare to joke with their lives and future! ”

Ou Yaoting shook his head and sighed: "It's a pity, once the war starts in Shanghai, the war situation in North China will definitely be repeated. If Xiao Yi is not there, with the pig's head of those warlords in North China, the victory in Langfang that has just been achieved, it will be very difficult to keep the results. ”

Zhou Tiance comforted: "As long as the 17th Army is nailed to North China for one day, the Japanese army will not want to have good fruits to eat. Now I'm worried about whether the shipment we shipped to Vladivostok will be detained! ”

"It stands to reason that it shouldn't be, after all, our fleet is flying the British flag, and it is estimated that the British side will soon inform *** of the whereabouts of this batch of materials, so as to reassure *** people. With the shrewdness of the *** people, it is natural to hope that the Soviet Union will be as chaotic as possible, and the rebels who have external forces to help the Soviet Union are, in the eyes of the *** government, it is definitely a positive thing, so that the Soviet Union, which is mired in civil strife, will not have the strength to threaten their 'southward' plan. ”

When Ou Yaoting said this, he suddenly remembered something: "By the way, didn't you say that several of your students at Harvard have a deep relationship with the United States and politics?" Some time ago, I asked you to talk to them about the purchase of decommissioned US warships, how is it going? ”

Zhou Tiance smiled bitterly: "There is no way at all, all the old friendships are useless, even if our Chinese consortium's own shipyard can be built, there is no way to sail out of the port of the United States after the construction is completed." In the current situation of increasing tension in East Asia, neither the United States nor the United Kingdom is willing to anger the *** people too much. Didn't Brother Zhang Xi call to complain, saying that with the increasing stability of the US economy, he spent less and less time by President Roosevelt's side? Fortunately, we have purchased enough cargo ships over the years, which can be converted into armed ships if necessary, but in the face of absolute superiority at sea, we have almost no possibility of taking advantage. ”

Ou Yaoting nodded: "I know it's not realistic, but I always can't help but think about it...... Okay, let's not talk about this, the few 50,000-ton oil tankers that Xiao Yi asked to buy last year should be fine, right? ”

"No problem, oil tankers belong to the category of cargo ships, so the Americans have no reaction, three 50,000-ton oil tankers will arrive at Manila Port in the near future, waiting for Brother An's next order at any time." Immediately, Zhou Tiance immediately asked a little inexplicably: "I don't know what the use of three oil tankers like this is Brother An?" ”

Ou Yaoting was also a little unsure: "Could it be to replenish fuel for the partial division in the northeast?" But no, these tankers asked us to buy them a year ago, and we didn't know that there would be such a big change in the Northeast at that time......"

Zhou Tiance said with a smile: "Brother An is very strategic, his ideas are not something that ordinary people can figure out, we just need to manage the logistics for him." Boss, our young lady is also a heroine among women, and the plan she instructed a year ago to do her best to acquire the Havilland Aircraft Manufacturing Company was a complete success last month. In the capital market, we have blocked the German . Havilland's holdings of several companies forced him to sell some of the shares of Havilland Aircraft Company to cash out, and then we found several major shareholders of Havilland Aircraft Company and bought their shares for more than double the market value, and we now own 56.8% of Havilland's shares, which means that this company has actually been acquired by us! ”

Ou Yaoting smiled with satisfaction: "Through the tempering of the past few years, Chu'er has become more and more spicy, she is as good as Xiao Yi, and she is worthy of being my Ou Yaoting's daughter, haha!" ”

At this time, Ou Chengan, who was already nine years old with the two of them, raised his little head: "Grandpa, why did my mother buy a company that uses wood to build airplanes?" I also made a special visit to my classmate's father, who is the colonel of the Royal Air Force in Burma, who said that the current Royal Air Force is still equipped with aluminum multi-turret fighters, and the survivability of unarmed fighters on the battlefield is very low, especially if this kind of fighter is still made of wood, it is impossible to get an order from the Ministry of the Air Force. When I got home, I looked through the AN5 large transport planes, A26 fighters and bombers developed by my father's aircraft factory, these planes are all metal fuselages without exception, such fighters have enough armor, and the pilots can be well protected, if they are made of wood, once they are hit, they will be dangerous! ”

Ou Yaoting touched his grandson's head and said happily: "Cheng Cheng is so powerful, he knows more than his grandfather." Although Grandpa didn't know the specific reason, Grandpa thought, your mother must have a reason for doing that. Although southern Sichuan now has a well-established industrial system, the raw materials for making airplanes are very scarce, and if the airplanes are all wooden, then only engines and attack weapons are required, and they can go to the sky to fight. Moreover, the fact that this aircraft manufacturing company can be listed on the London stock market proves that there is a certain market for the aircraft it produces, and it is estimated that there is a unique secret! Chengcheng, we want to not only look at the shortcomings, but also be good at discovering the advantages that others can't see, so that we can be an excellent person, understand? ”

Cheng Cheng blinked his eyes and thought for a while before nodding heavily: "I understand, my mother must have known that the aircraft manufactured by Havilland Aircraft Company has incomparable advantages over other aircraft, so she chose to acquire this company." I'll do my research when I go back, and I won't disappoint my grandfather. ”

Ou Yaoting smiled from ear to ear, for an old man, what could touch the heart of the old man more than a smart and clever heir?