Chapter 148: Talking about Sino-German Relations
Philip acted as a translator for both sides, and Hitler also showed great shock at Philip's proficiency in Chinese, he stared at Philip with wide blue eyes and said: "Oh, my God, Mr. Philip did not expect that you are still proficient in Chinese, I am conceited that you are proficient in six Chinese, but I don't know anything about Chinese Chinese, it seems that I have to strengthen my study of Chinese in the future, China is a big country, it is very important for us in Germany, so the study of China must also be strengthened." β
Philip nodded and said: "Mr. Hitler is right, China will be a very good friend of Germany, and I am also ready to expand the aircraft manufacturing business to China, and cooperate with the Chinese government to open an aircraft factory to assemble the aircraft designed by our Dragon Soul Ordnance Complex, there is a very broad market, not only in terms of weapons products, but also in other industrial products, you must know that China has a population of more than 400 million, six times more than Germany, that is a huge market, No shrewd businessman or politician would ignore it. β
Hitler's eyebrows fluttered and he said: "What a hero sees!" Philip, are you going to discuss cooperation with this General Dai Yulong and Miss Bai Wanrou? This is a very good attempt, and in the future, I would like to encourage more German companies to cooperate more extensively and deeply in China. Therefore, I have made up my hands with two Chinese friends, General Dai Yulong and Miss Bai Wanrou, and I wonder if the two Chinese friends are interested in cooperating with us in Germany? β
Although Hitler had not yet sat in that position, he had already begun to worry about the future of Germany, and he really deserved to be the future great FΓΌhrer of Germany.
Contemporary Yulong and Bai Wanrou were a little surprised when they heard that Hitler wanted them to make friends and was willing to cooperate with the Chinese government under Philip's translation. Of course, if they can really establish a deeper cooperative relationship with the German government, they are very happy, but if they return to China, it will not be a great achievement.
You must know that it is now the 21st year of the Republic of China, Lin Sen is the chairman of the Nanjing National Government, Wang Jingwei is the premier, and Chiang Kai-shek is the chairman of the Military Commission. The Republic of China was the only legitimate regime in China at that time. The year 1932 was a time of internal and external troubles for the Republic of China. In January 1932, Tohoku fell under the iron heel of Japan. On January 12, the Japanese army landed in Qingdao again. On January 28, the Japanese army attacked Shanghai in a big way. 28 "The Anti-Japanese War broke out. On January 30, the Nationalist government was forced to move its capital to Luoyang. On March 9, Japan's puppet "Manchukuo" was established in Changchun to exercise colonial rule over Northeast China. Subsequently, Japan began armed migration to the northeast. The immigrants were organized into armies, given weapons, and engaged in warfare while ploughing.
In this situation, and the Western economy is also in the midst of the Great Depression, the devastated Chinese economy is even more sluggish, with financial and industrial turmoil, a large amount of silver leakage, falling raw material prices, and a sluggish consumer market. Workers' strikes continued. The countryside is full of mourning. The money that the Republic of China had planned to invest in economic projects was diverted to military targets in large quantities. The Nationalist Government was forced to start by sorting out its domestic debt in order to avoid a fiscal crisis.
Under such circumstances, the Nationalist Government urgently needs to obtain strong international support, especially economic and military support, and if it can establish good cooperative relations with the German Government and even introduce some of Germany's military industrial technology into China, it will be able to play the role of strengthening China's military strength and gain an advantage in continuing the war against Japanese aggression in the future.
Moreover, the situation of China and Germany is very similar, both countries are oppressed by foreign powers, the difference is that Germany has a deep economic foundation after all, and China has always been an agricultural country, far behind the world in industry and science and technology, if it can cooperate with Germany in depth, it may even lead to China's economic and scientific and technological development. Of course, Dai Yulong and Bai Wanrou will not refuse such a thing, but they still don't know how much energy this Mr. Hitler has to speak on behalf of the German government?
Philip hurriedly explained: "Mr. Hitler's party is now the largest party in the German parliament, and naturally has a lot of say, and the most important thing is that Mr. Hitler is about to become one of the leaders of Germany, but don't tell this news, and don't mention it to anyone, understand?" β
Although Dai Yulong and Bai Wanrou didn't know why Philip asked for this, they also trusted Philip very much, so they nodded and agreed.
Dai Yulong's loud voice sounded again: "Mr. Hitler, since you are a friend of Mr. Philip, you are our friend, we have always respected Germany very much, and our two countries have had good cooperative relations in the past. As early as 1896, your country became the second largest trading country with China after the United Kingdom. Our government has always regarded Germany as a partner in China's modernization. Your country's assistance to China is not limited to the military aspect, but also extends to the field of industrial and technological exchanges. For example, in the late 80s of the 19th century, Krupp was a Chinese contractor responsible for the construction of a series of fortifications near Port Arthur. Although the First World War caused great damage to Sino-German relations, especially in terms of trade. In 1926, China's Minister of Industry Zhu Jiahua invited your country's Max Bauer to China to evaluate the possibility of investment, and the following year Bauer arrived in Guangzhou and was appointed as an adviser to Mr. Chiang Kai-shek, chairman of China's Military Commission. Your country has no political interest in China, there will be no head-on conflict between the two governments, and at the same time, our Chairman Chiang also believes that there are many aspects of your country's history that China should emulate, and he has always worked hard to improve the relations between the two countries. That is why we very much agree with Mr. Hitler. β
When Hitler heard Dai Yulong's words, he became even more happy and said loudly: "Yes, yes, yes!" Your Chairman Chiang attaches great importance to our relations with Germany, and has often sent people to China to inspect and study, imported a large amount of China's weapons and spy equipment, and hired Chinese military experts as consultants. The relations between the two countries can be described as very friendly, and I have a good friendship with you, Mr. Liu Wendao, the Chinese minister to Germany. It's really a shame to say, that is, in August this year, after our Na Pure Party won 320 seats in the German Parliament in one fell swoop and became the largest party in the Parliament, at a banquet I and Minister Liu hit it off at first sight, and finally fought wine, it is really ashamed to say, I have never lost in terms of wine, but I didn't expect to lose to you Chinese Minister Liu, each of us drank more than 20 glasses of spirits, and finally I couldn't hold it anymore, I had to admit that I lost to you Chinese Minister Liu, and we didn't know each other. Became very good friends! You Chinese are worthy of respect! β