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At the end of August, Wilhelm III boarded a plane from Coconut City to return to Germany with a heavy harvest. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

That's right, it's an airplane, thanks to the successful development of the "kangaroo", there is no need to drift at sea for nearly two months from Lanfang to Germany, and you can arrive directly by plane.

Of course, you still have to stop and refuel along the way, and you don't have to land at the airport of another country, fly from Coconut City to Moon Bay, then fly from Moon Bay to Persian Gulf, and then simply stop in Damascus, and then you can fly directly to Berlin.

In those days, it was not safe enough for planes to fly at night, so the take-off and landing of planes had to take place during the day, so it took about four days for William III to make the way.

It sounds like a long time, but it's a huge improvement compared to before.

William III's visit to Lanfang this time is really full of harvest, Qin Zhiyuan and William III's personal friendship is here, when Lanfang was founded, William III gave Lanfang great help no matter what the reason, and now when Lanfang wants to repay Germany, Qin Zhiyuan is not stingy.

Qin Zhiyuan and Wilhelm III signed three agreements, the first of which was on economic and trade cooperation between Germany and Lanfang, Lanfang would help Germany rebuild its industrial system and provide Germany with the necessary manpower and machinery and technical assistance, and the price paid by Germany was to recognize Lanfang's possession of the Caroline Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Mariana Islands and other islands.

These islands are now part of Ranfang's territory, but after World War II, Germany, as a defeated country, lost ownership of these islands and the islands were transferred to Japan. After the war between Lanfang and Japan, the islands were transferred to Lanfang as compensation.

Don't think that this promise doesn't matter, there are always voices in Germany calling for the Treaty of Versailles to be overturned, and although Wilhelm III is not ready to overturn the Treaty of Versailles now, it will almost certainly be reversed in the future, and without this commitment, the ownership of the islands will be disputed.

With the current relationship between Lanfang and Germany, it is better to eliminate this hidden danger as soon as possible.

The second agreement was about Lanfang's economic aid to Germany, although Lanfang decided to participate in the "Dawes Plan", but this plan was definitely fruitless in the end, so Lanfang also had its own aid plan to Germany.

In Qin Zhiyuan's plan, in the next five years, Lanfang will provide Germany with about 2 billion yuan of material support, mainly food and industrial raw materials, and even natural rubber, oil, steel and other military materials in short supply.

According to the agreement signed between Lanfang and Germany, Germany will gradually repay these payments after ten years, of course, for the sake of Wilhelm III's face, these payments have no interest and are interest-free loans.

The third agreement was about military cooperation, and this agreement was also the most important to Qin Zhiyuan and William III.

In fact, after the World War, Qin Zhiyuan and Wilhelm III had a verbal agreement on military cooperation, and Germany at that time was not allowed to retain the air force and navy, the number of troops was limited to 100,000, and more soldiers were forced to retire.

William III definitely didn't want to see those outstanding soldiers retire from active service, so he cooperated with Lan Fang.

In the agreement between Wilhelm III and Qin Zhiyuan, the German Wehrmacht will join the Lanfang army sequence as a regiment and become part of the Lanfang Foreign Legion, which will not only fight for Lanfang, but also preserve the military fire for Germany.

It has been more than five years since the original agreement, and in these five years, there have been three groups of about 200,000 German troops serving in the Lanfang Foreign Legion, and these Germans are widely distributed in the land, sea and air forces of Lanfang, and even the latest airborne troops also have a German regiment.

This is a win-win agreement, so Germany retains the fire of the army, and some German soldiers have been trained in the Lanfang army, and while fighting for Lanfang, the German soldiers have also learned Lanfang's advanced combat concepts, and have been exposed to more new tactics and new weapons, which is what Wilhelm III valued the most.

When Qin Zhiyuan and William III signed a verbal agreement, Qin Zhiyuan asked William III to make a promise that if there were German soldiers who asked to join Lanfang nationality in the process of service, the German government could not set up obstacles, and must facilitate the smooth entry of these soldiers and their families into Lanfang nationality.

Although William III was dissatisfied with this, he still agreed to Qin Zhiyuan's request out of consideration for the overall situation.

There is nothing wrong with Germans joining Lanfang nationality, it is possible that this will cause Germany to lose part of its population, but at the same time, the addition of these people to Lanfang nationality will also deepen the friendship between Lanfang and Germany, and this aspect will bring more benefits to Germany than the loss of population.

The performance of Lan Fang's soldiers in the world war left a deep impression on William III, who was unwilling to be an enemy of Lan Fang in his heart, and even had more than one fantasy in his heart that if Germany could join forces with Lan Fang, then whether it was the British or the Americans, William III was confident that he would win the war.

The signing of the military cooperation agreement is tantamount to putting the original oral agreement between Qin Zhiyuan and Wilhelm III on paper, and the price paid by Wilhelm III for this is not to set up obstacles for Lan Fang to emigrate from Germany, and the price that Lan Fang has to pay is to help Germany rebuild the military industrial system at the appropriate time while preserving the fire for the German army, and to provide a certain degree of technical assistance to Germany.

This aid was significant, because there was almost no military industry in Germany, so the German military giants came up with the idea of opening arsenals in Czechoslovakia and Poland, which were close to Germany.

Although the arsenal has been rebuilt, Germany's military strength at this time has been greatly lost, especially in scientific research, because of Lanfang's original predatory relocation, Germany has lost almost all its scientific research strength, so now Germany is lagging behind Lanfang in all aspects of the military industry, especially in the field of engines.

After the World War, the "Versailles Treaty" stipulated that Germany was not allowed to conduct research on engines, especially aero engines, and Germany was not even allowed to have aircraft factories, even for the production of civilian aircraft, which led to the fact that Germany's aero engine level is still in the stage of world war, and even regressed.

Since the World War, Lanfang has made rapid progress in aviation, compared with the World War, Lanfang's aero engine has been replaced for two generations, from the original "Eagle Falcon" on the single exhaust cold star engine used on the current "Kangaroo" to use the double exhaust cold star engine, Lanfang in the aero engine progress is changing with each passing day, the current aero engine power is more than double the world war, and because of the optimization of aerodynamic shape, the overall performance of the aircraft is more than than all other countries in this era.

William III was envious of Lan Fang's progress in the plane, especially after seeing the performance of the "kangaroo", William III was very interested in the "kangaroo", and even if it were not for the restrictions of Britain, France and other countries, William III would now want to order a batch of "kangaroos".

In fact, the "kangaroo" does not mean much to Germany, which is only separated by a sea from its biggest enemy, Britain, and the distance in a straight line is only six or seven hundred kilometers, and if German planes depart from Hamburg, even the farthest distance from Northern Ireland will only be about 1,100 kilometers, and even if the Luftwaffe is only equipped with "Eagle Falcon", the attack range can cover the entire territory of Britain.

This also made Wilhelm III feel that if Germany had had a "kangaroo" in the event of a world war - no, even a bomber like the "Falcon", the outcome of the world war would have been very different.

Qin Zhiyuan can think about this, time cannot be turned back, the world war has passed, there is time to reminisce, it is better to start working now, don't wait until the end of the next world war, and then regret the current slack.

William III very much agreed with Qin Zhiyuan's words, so William III was already determined to tie Germany to Lan Fang's chariot, even if Lan Fang started a war with the British now, even if Germany was in tatters, William III would prepare an army to fight side by side with Lan Fang.

There is no need to be so tragic as smashing the pot and selling iron, as long as Qin Zhiyuan allows the German troops in the Lanfang Foreign Legion to return to Germany, Germany will immediately have a strong Wehrmacht, not to mention being able to compete with Britain, at least around Germany, Germany is still the powerful Germany.

In fact, Germany's geographical environment is still very good, look at the map to know, Germany is surrounded by only France and Poland, two slightly larger countries, other countries such as Belgium, this country did not have the support of the French and British, Germany annexed Belgium as early as the last world war.

Others, such as the Netherlands and Switzerland, are basically permanently neutral countries and do not dare to participate in the struggle for hegemony on the European continent at all.

Austria and Czechoslovakia, which emerged after the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, had always maintained friendly relations with Germany when Austria-Hungary existed, so these two countries did not pose much threat to Germany.

Finally, there are France and Poland.

In fact, these two countries did not pose much threat to Germany, although the French still showed the heritage of old imperialism in the world war, but the world war also broke the backbone of the French, and now France has less than half a million troops, and its combat effectiveness is not the same as that of the world war.

As for Poland, the country is a joke, the most powerful force in Poland is now cavalry, with less than 50,000 men, and this branch of the army, which has proven to be in decline in the world war, is now the main force in the defense of the Polish homeland.

Relying on such strength to defend the country, the consequences can be imagined.

At a time when the Poles were still immersed in the glory of the hussars, right next to Poland, Belarus, controlled by Stalin, had quietly developed.

After the World War, because of the rise of Lanfang, Russia became fragmented, most of Siberia was divided into Northern Territory by Lanfang, Kolchak's coalition government occupied most of the remaining territory, and the only area controlled by Stalin was the Republic of Lithuania-Belarus and part of Ukraine.

In order to counter the approaching Kolchak, Stalin chose to move closer to the British, and with the support of the British, Stalin barely controlled the line from Smolensk to Bryansk.

Lan Fang's original agreement with Kolchak was limited to Red Russia and did not include the European part, so after the capture of St. Petersburg, Lan Fang's army had withdrawn to Northern Territory, which led to Kolchak's weak offensive, and the troops could no longer advance an inch after advancing to the Smolensk line.

Although Stalin was able to withstand Kolchak's attack, he was also powerless to counterattack.

The British were still wary of Stalin, although Britain provided assistance to Stalin, but the intensity of the assistance was not large, Stalin lacked heavy weapons in his hands, so it was not easy for Stalin to counterattack.

Stalin is a typical Great Russian chauvinism, the gene of expansion exists in Stalin's bones, and trapping a corner of Belarus is certainly not what Stalin wants, so if he can't fight north, Stalin can only develop in other directions.

At the end of last year, a revolution broke out in Estonia under Yudenich's control, Yudenich himself was killed in the rebellion, and the Estonian government randomly announced the merger with the Lithuanian-Belarusian Republic and became part of Stalin's control.

At this point, there is only Poland left next to Belarus except Ukraine, and Ukraine is backed by the French, and Stalin will not dare to move for a while, so the direction of Belarusian expansion can only be Poland.

In October 1923, Stalin mobilized 200,000 Belarusian troops and brazenly launched an attack on Poland.

The Poles did not show weakness in the face of the Belarusian attack, and Polish President Jozef Pilsudski expanded the Polish army to 600,000 men within two months, preparing to fight Stalin to the death.

When the news reached Lanfang, Qin Zhiyuan was not surprised, and even Qin Zhiyuan was a little surprised by Stalin's patience, according to Qin Zhiyuan's understanding of Stalin, Stalin should have attacked Poland a long time ago.

"Just this morning, the Belarusian army has attacked the vicinity of Warsaw, preparing to attack Warsaw, the Poles have not flinched, and the Polish president has prepared 300,000 troops near Warsaw, ready to carry the attack of the Belarusians." Gao Hongshi's voice was still unwavering, without any emotional component.

"Send a telegram to William and ask him to go to the British, everyone has a responsibility to curb the spread of the Bolsheviks, even if the British now support Stalin, the British have to take this into account, it would be a pity if William did not take this opportunity to do something." Qin Zhiyuan's abacus played well,

Strictly speaking, the imperial Lanfang is now also one of the imperialists, and for all the bourgeoisie and imperialism, the Bolsheviks are enemies, and the contradictions between them cannot be reconciled, so even if the British support Stalin, they are also enemies in their bones.

The enemy of the enemy is a friend, so at this time William III should seize the opportunity, after all, the current Germany does not even have an army, and there is no ability to resist in the face of the Bolshevik attack, although Germany is the enemy of Britain, but the British certainly do not want to see the Bolsheviks spread to Germany, so William III should take this opportunity to make some demands to the British, if it is not too much, the British and the French should consider it.

"Would you like to remind Kolchak?" Lu Zhengxiang wanted to come to the bottom of the kettle to draw salary.

"It's useless, without the cooperation of our army, Kolchak's army would not be able to defeat the Bolsheviks at all." Defense Minister Qin Zhisheng was dismissive of Kolchak, which was also the general view of Lan Fang's military.

In fact, now is also an opportunity for Kolchak, Stalin is attacking Poland, the army is concentrated on the southern front, if Kolchak takes the opportunity to launch an offensive from the northern front, Stalin will definitely take care of one or the other.

It's a pity that Kolchak is now unable to attack, even if he finds a fighter, Kolchak will not dare to attack, after all, Stalin taught Kolchak too deep a lesson some time ago.

The Russian troops armed with Bolshevik ideology are still very combative, and the character of the Russians is actually a bit two, once they recognize something, they will not change it easily, and the most frightening thing is the fearlessness of the Russian army, they seem to be fearless at all, even if they sacrifice their lives, they are nothing in the eyes of the Russians.

Therefore, although Stalin's troops did not have heavy weapons, they still showed due bravery in the process of fighting with Kolchak's troops, and Kolchak also wanted to beat Stalin to death with a stick, but unfortunately without the cooperation of Lanfang's army, Kolchak's troops were immediately exposed.

Last winter, Kolchak's troops fought fiercely with the Bolsheviks on the Belarusian border for nearly four months, Kolchak paid the price of nearly 150,000 people, but there was no gain, which made Kolchak and his generals really a little trembling, and now let Kolchak attack Belarus Kolchak is not daring, as long as Stalin does not attack the coalition government, Kolchak is thankful.