300 trainers, 100 I15 fighters, 80 CE medium-range bombers

"Your Excellency, Commander, your appetite is really not small." When Sofsky heard the purchase list proposed by Jiang Li, he was immediately taken aback, this large purchase of aircraft, and a large amount of crude steel purchases add up to 30 or 40 million US dollars, although part of it is a loan to the Soviet Union, but the first actual payment amount reached nearly 20 million, which has completely allowed the Soviet Union to recover its costs, and there is still a lot of money, after all, the profit of arms, even if the price of this kind of weapon in the Soviet Union is relatively low, there is still a considerable profit margin.

"Yes, General Sovsky, now the situation in our country is very critical, our * army is unable to block the Japanese attack on the Pingjin line, and the Japanese army is mobilizing forces to prepare for the attack on Shanghai at this time, my troops are being pinned down in large numbers on the Pingjin line, and at this time they are unable to assist Nanjing, so they urgently need your country's help now. According to the information I have received, the Japanese army is now increasing the expansion of the Kwantung Army, and I think your country has received similar news. This time, I need not only your country's planes, but also your country's dispatch of at least 200 pilots and 500 ground crews to help my flight team fight against the Japanese army, after all, the strength of the northwest in aviation is still quite weak, and this time the battle against the Japanese army in Pingjin is even more heavy. If there is not enough aircraft and personnel to replenish it, and if it lacks sufficient air fire support, I am afraid that it will not be able to engage in a large-scale battle with the Japanese army in the future. Jiang Li said with a solemn face.

"This, Your Excellency, is a matter of great importance. The number of aircraft involved is too great. It's been more than my permissions. Sofsky admitted.

"Okay. You should know that the Japanese army has mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops this time, and I believe you are also aware of the situation in our country, and the warlords in the north are full of factions and do not belong to each other. There is no unity of command, General Sovsky, you are also a soldier, you should know what this means. ”

"Your Excellency, my country's TB Tupolev heavy bomber is also very good, with a high bomb load and a long range, which is a very good choice for your army that is seriously lacking bombers." Sofsky recommended.

"Don't you know the situation in the northwest, the people in the northwest are few and poor, whether it is steel. Or oil production is not enough, for a heavy bomber like TB Tupolev. Even if the northwest is equipped, I am afraid that there will not be so much fuel to consume, and it will not be able to afford more equipment, and less equipment will only increase the pressure on logistics. Jiang Li shook his head with a wry smile. The expression is helpless, but the recommendation of Sovsky in my heart is quite contemptuous, TB Tupolev heavy bomber is a four-engine bomber, as the world's first four-engine bomber, its design is very avant-garde, forward-looking, but the Soviet engine manufacturing industry is not reliable for the time being, and this kind of aircraft is not very reliable. The flight altitude of more than 2,000 meters, and the speed is only about 200 kilometers per hour, which can be called the extreme speed of a turtle, although the plane is equipped with several heavy machine guns to make this thing look like a heavy hedgehog, but when it encounters Japanese fighters, it is still difficult to escape the fate of being shot down.

If it is a four-engine bomber of this level of the TB series, the Northwest already has the strength to manufacture it by itself, but Jiang Li is not satisfied with the performance of this bomber, after all, this kind of aircraft is too chicken ribs in the later war, and it will be quickly eliminated in a year or two, and it will be shot down by the Japanese army if it is not eliminated.

"Well, well, I will first forward the request of His Excellency the Commander back to China, and I hope that the country will reply as soon as possible." Sovsky heard Jiang Li's words, his face froze, of course, he will not be annoyed because he did not succeed in selling this kind of aircraft, after all, Jiang Li said the truth at this time, the reason why the Northwest has not developed a suitable combat half aircraft for the time being, on the one hand, is the lack of production capacity, on the other hand, the Northwest aviation fuel reserves are not rich, a month ago, the Northwest also purchased a batch of oil refining equipment with the Soviet Union. The device is still in transit.

Jiang Li has not had a trace of a smile on his face since he entered the door, and the expression on his face is completely weak, and the crying child has milk to eat. The weaker he behaved in front of the Soviet Union, the more likely the red tyrant in Moscow would be able to allocate a little more aid. At this time, the aircraft production capacity of the northwest is very limited, and only by purchasing enough training aircraft will the aircraft production capacity of the northwest be released on the Feilong 1, Zephyr 1 and Eagle 2 fighters, after all, relatively speaking, for the training aircraft that do not need to go to the battlefield, the requirements are relatively low, and the aircraft on the battlefield should be self-produced as much as possible, and there will be a little more guarantee in logistics in the future.

"By the way, the industrial equipment purchased by the Northwest from the United States will arrive in Vladivostok next month, and I hope that your country can arrange transportation trains as soon as possible." Jiang Li said again. Due to the fact that the Nirvana plan took up a lot of resources, coupled with the all-out war with the Japanese army, the huge military needs occupied most of the income in the northwest. However, this time the loan with the United States and Britain was relatively smooth, a loan of 120 million US dollars and a loan of 20 million pounds enabled Jiang Li's plan to expand the army of 300,000 yuan to be implemented smoothly, and at the same time, he could also buy a large number of industrial equipment, of course, some technical engineers from the United States and so on. After all, at this time, there were still large business exchanges between the United States and Japan, but relatively speaking, Japan's aggressiveness in East Asia had greatly shaken the interests of Britain and the United States in China.

"For these devices, we will try to provide a certain amount of convenience." Sofsky nodded.

"Then I can't thank you enough, the Northwest will remember your country and lend a helping hand in the traces of our country's crisis." Jiang Li had a smile on his face at this time, the previous silver bill in the northwest had already laid a considerable foundation, and the equipment purchased by these two loans would be shipped later, which was very critical to the military industry in the northwest. After all, in the past, the foundation of the northwest was too weak, and a large amount of funds were spent on infrastructure construction, but now the northwest has a certain foundation after five or six years of construction. The equipment purchased this time still includes machinery manufacturing, metallurgy, automobiles, engine manufacturing and other fields. At this time, although the industrial base of the northwest was still weak, it was relatively complete, and most of what was lacking was industrial scale. When these machines arrive, they are put into commissioning and put into production, which is enough to raise the low output of aircraft, tanks, and automobiles to a new level, and the industry in the northwest must not stop in the slightest because of the war, but must make use of this wartime system during the war against Japan to raise the military industry in the northwest to a few more levels. (To be continued.) )