Philip also put away his smile when he heard this, and said with a straight face: "General Acting is really a man of temperament, a patriot, admirable!" But we must admit that the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army is indeed far below that of the Japanese army! Not to mention the powerful Kwantung Army, it is an ordinary Japanese division, and its combat effectiveness cannot be underestimated! And the Chinese army, which is far behind Japan in terms of equipment and inferior in training level and operational ideology, is really not an easy thing to defeat the Japanese! ”

Bai Wanrou nodded and said worriedly: "Philip, you are right, our China is indeed too backward now, and it is far from being the opponent of the Japanese. But now the British and American powers will not sincerely support us, and the future of the country is worrying! This time, we just want to cooperate with you to introduce some advanced weapons industry technology from you and improve the level of our domestic weapons industry. ”

Philip smiled: "It's ridiculous that your government wants to rely on Britain and the United States to fight against Japan!" You have to know what kind of countries Britain and the United States are, these countries are all mercenary countries, they will only safeguard their own interests, how can they really help weak countries. Especially China, Britain and the United States wish it could fight with the Japanese so that they can profit from it! You must know that war is very money-burning, Britain and the United States must be secretly happy behind their backs, and now they can make a lot of war money again! They don't have a buyer for their weapons! ”

Bai Wanrou sighed: "Yes, taking weapons and equipment as an example, now Japan has been able to mass-produce all the advanced heavy weapons at that time, such as tanks, armored vehicles, large-caliber artillery, combat aircraft, battleships, cruisers, aircraft carriers and military communication equipment, and its performance is also comparable to that of British and American-made weapons. However, our country is very poor and backward, so there is a serious shortage of weapons and equipment, and even two soldiers in some units share an old-fashioned rifle, and only a very small number of elite troops can use heavy weapons. So, Philip, if you go to our China to open an arsenal, we welcome it with both hands, and our labor costs in China are very low, so the profits will be very considerable! As she spoke, Bai Wanrou began to encourage Philip to come, in fact, even if she didn't say it, Philip knew it.

Of course, Philip also understood that if he wanted to open an arsenal in China, he could only do so in the form of a joint venture, and the Chinese government would not allow a foreign company to arbitrarily manufacture weapons on its own soil. However, Philip really wanted to help China, vigorously develop the military industry, and improve the level of weapons and equipment of the Chinese army, so that in the battle with the Japanese, he could gradually narrow the gap in the level of weapon performance and reduce casualties.

Philip is very aware that among the various factors that promoted and favored Japan's invasion of China, in addition to bushido, the emperor system, and economic development, there are also some things worth mentioning that embody the characteristics of the Japanese national character and culture, such as unity, conscientiousness and dedication, being good at creative imitation, and having a sense of crisis. It is only because Japan is strong that it can launch a full-scale war of aggression against China, and Japan's strength is inseparable from these national characteristics. Japan is an island country, small in area, poor in resources, and many needs cannot be solved from within Japan, but must be solved from abroad by means of trade or war, so its spearhead is foreign, trade is foreign trade, and war is a war of aggression. Whether it is solving resource and market problems, or expanding its territory, Japan is pointing the finger at other countries, especially China. The spearhead is external, and internal contradictions can be alleviated, so the Japanese are more united as a whole.

The direction of Japan's external expansion is determined by its geographical location and the international situation in the Far East. China, Korea and Japan are very close to each other across the sea, and because of their distance from Europe and the United States, they have not yet been completely controlled by the European and American powers. All of these factors are in favor of Japan. Japan can concentrate all its military forces in the Far East and go all out to compete for the Asian continent, especially China.

China's backwardness in comprehensive national strength is manifested in all aspects, such as political corruption, economic backwardness, and ignorance of the people. From a military point of view, the backwardness of the Chinese army exposed in the First War and the First Sino-Japanese War actually experienced the long-term accumulation of quantity in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and finally formed a qualitative gap; Moreover, this backwardness is not in a single aspect, but in an all-round and comprehensive way, and is manifested in weaponry, military training, strategy and tactics, organizational and command capabilities, military accomplishments, cultural vision, and self-confidence of officers and men.

Philip laughed and said, "Wanyu, you're starting to learn to fool people!" Although the labor cost in China is indeed very low, the weapons industry is not only about low labor costs. It requires a large number of skilled workers, and the technical content of manufacturing advanced weapons is very high, and ordinary labor force cannot complete the task of precision machining. However, everything has to be developed slowly, and we are willing to help you develop your munitions industry. ”

Looking at Bai Wanrou with burning eyes, Philip said earnestly: "At present, China's military doctrine and military facilities are completely defensive in terms of system. The Great Wall is a military product of China's defense culture, and this majestic military installation embodies not offensive ambitions, but a willingness to peace. Although there is no shortage of world-famous military strategists and brave generals in China, they basically emerged in self-defense wars. Chinese martial arts include 18 kinds of martial arts, which are wonderful and very good, but their main purpose is not to attack but to defend themselves. European and American knights and Japanese samurai are all proud of conquest and take pleasure in conquest, but they are afraid that the war will not be big, but they are afraid that the journey will not be far. The self-sufficient small-scale peasant economic model not only determines the closed nature of China's economy, but also determines the inward-looking nature of Chinese culture and national character, and all the contradictions and frictions arising from needs are resolved from within rather than through aggressive expansion. This fundamentally determined that feudal China must be a country that stresses peace externally and struggle internally, and internal contradictions and internal struggles are quite fierce. In this way, foreign enemies will be given an opportunity to take advantage of, and even if there is no Japanese aggression, there will be aggression and oppression by other powers. The only way I can help you is to improve the level of your China's weapons industry, and the rest can only rely on yourself. ”

Bai Wanrou was shocked when she heard it, Philip's analysis was really the truth, and she even knew her more deeply than her, and she began to wonder in her heart that Philip was really someone who had never been to China? How can you know China better than the Chinese? Now there are many people with lofty ideals in China, shouting the slogan of self-improvement and saving the country every day, but it is just an empty shout, and it has no substantive effect, and Philip, a foreigner, actually sees it more thoroughly than them, which makes Bai Wanrou more and more curious about Philip.