"Great, friend, you're the best partner for New Germany." Kurt Tanck and several other aircraft designers said with a smile.

"Of course, we are all facing the oppression of the great powers, and we all aspire to win the independence of the nation, and trample those humiliating histories and powerful enemies under our feet, so we must cooperate, and the more backward Northwest will also show enough sincerity, hoping that your country can give the Northwest help in other fields in the future." Zhu Jiaren said.

"Yes, I will use my influence to give your country as much technical support as possible." Kurt Tink nodded seriously.

"The Germans proposed to add a new engine line in the car plant to produce more horsepower engines, including aero engines and tank engines." At this time, Yang Ming and Tang Shijian stood opposite Jiang Li and said respectfully.

"Sit down and talk, which company is offering engine technical assistance on the German side?" Jiang Li took a sip of the tea made by the guard and said. Huang Xiansheng couldn't wait to see the new plane, and he lacked interest in Jiang Li's production line, so Jiang Li was alone here.

"Mercedes-Benz, one of the largest car manufacturers in Germany, also produces aero engines. This is the information collected by Mercedes, most of which was collected and sent by Professor He in Germany. Yang Ming handed a stack of documents to Jiang Li in front of him.

"Mercedes Benz?" Jiang Li flipped through a few pages of the information casually, holding his chin and showing a wry smile on his face, "According to their opinions." Introduced an engine production line for production. Is there any overlap with the production line we negotiated with Rolls-Royce before? If there is no technical advantage. Will it cause a waste of money? ”

"There will be some waste of resources, I have studied with Director Yang, there will be about thirty percent, but it is always useful to buy, we think it is worth the money overall, and German experts also pointed out that the engine produced under their guidance is more suitable for equipping tanks." Tang Shijian stepped forward and said.

"Not necessarily, maybe these German technicians have also received some benefits from Mercedes, pointing to us to digest a little bit of the impact of the economic crisis in Germany." Jiang Li said with his fingers lightly clasped on the table.

"That. What does the commander mean? Tang Shijian's face was nervous, lest Jiang Li accuse them of wasting precious foreign exchange, after all, there was a shortage of funds everywhere in the northwest at this time. Cast it to the car plant, the tank has been studied a lot.

"It's okay to give them an additional Mercedes production line, but the contract must state that Mercedes must send enough engineers to help us train workers, be technically transparent, and let us master the full set of production related production technology." Jiang Li thought for a while and said.

"Yes. When I went back to my post, I went to discuss with the German technician again and negotiated the matter. "Tang Shijian. Yang Ming and the two were overjoyed when they heard this.

"I can be regarded as supportive enough for you, but it is also rewarded, the automobile factory and the tank research department must work together to produce the northwest's own tanks as soon as possible. Otherwise, the funds for buying production lines and setting up factories would be enough for me to expand several divisions of troops. ”

Jiang Li sighed and said, this is the sadness of backwardness, obviously there is already a relatively advanced production line in his hand, but at this time to cooperate with German technicians in many aspects, some aspects have to accommodate each other, causing waste in production is no way, no matter which country in the development of aviation is tortuous, although Jiang Li used the advantage of the traverser to avoid many corners, but the power of one person is limited, the interests in the middle, and the subjective ideas of some people can not be changed. No matter how traversal it is, it can't get around the line of interests. But even so, as long as the aviation and tank industry chain in the northwest can be built as soon as possible, it is worth it. Otherwise, it would be almost impossible for the Northwest to do so much work in a few years by relying solely on its own strength and talent reserves.

"Commander, rest assured, the low-ranking rank will do his best to get the self-produced tanks in the northwest off the production line as soon as possible." Yang Ming and Tang Shijian said in a solemn voice at the same time.

"Well, when the cooperation negotiated with the German side comes to me, I will send me a report, and I will read it for myself." Jiang Li nodded, and saw that Zhu Jiaren had already walked to the door, and Yang Ming and Tang Shijian retreated at the same time.

"How's it going over there?" Jiang Li asked.

"Most of the machinery has entered Lanzhou with the lowly job, and some additional equipment has also been shipped in the United States. If nothing else, the Eagle fighter will be produced in Lanzhou this year. Zhu Jiaren said excitedly at this time, if he hadn't personally experienced the whole process, he would never have imagined the fact that they had completed the production of the world's advanced fighters in China in such a short period of time. Of course, all this is inseparable from Jiang Li's support, if it were not for the funds and channels provided by Jiang Li, and the dismantling of the prototype of the Ca30, the advent of the Eagle fighter may have to be delayed for half a year to a year.

"I heard that the engines of this aircraft are not stable?" Jiang Li didn't listen to the achievements that had been made, but directly raised the question.

"It will take a while to test, and it will not be helpful for this operation." Zhu Jiaren's face froze, and he admitted calmly.

"Well, it's good to be honest. The United States is not good at fighter engines, and Rolls-Royce Engine Company has already dealt with it, so we can't put all our hopes on Germany, so we should take two steps, one side to cooperate with Germany, and the other side, to independently engage in research and development. ”

Jiang Li thought for a while and said, in fact, in the early days of World War II, the United States was very backward in the development of fighter jets, and there was a gap between it and the European powers, and it was not as good as Japan. It is the famous P51 Mustang of World War II, and its performance has improved by leaps and bounds after changing the engine provided by the British Rolls-Royce company. So now even if it costs more, Jiang Li is willing to maintain more cooperation with Rolls-Royce, even if it is to spend money to absorb some of Rolls-Royce's ideas and processes in engine design, it is also good, and it depends on his own efforts to what extent the power industry in the northwest can grow in the future.

"Also, this Great Wall Anti-Japanese War, the Fokker D16 and Fiat Ca30 purchased before are not small, I am counting on your new aircraft to equip the air force behind me, it has cost so much, it is time for you to return, by the end of the year, even if it is one, I want to see the aircraft produced in the northwest off the assembly line."

"Yes, Commander!" Zhu Jiaren's expression was serious, even if Jiang Li spoke more seriously, even if Jiang Li did not participate in the design and manufacturing process of the aircraft, but Jiang Li empathized with Zhu Jiaren for the contribution of the aviation industry of the Republic of China, and perhaps only the young commander in front of him could shoulder the heavy responsibility of the development of the aviation of the Republic of China.

"It's in orbit for the time being." Looking at the back of Zhu Jiaren's departure, Jiang Li patted the armrest on the chair with his hand, and with this group of German technicians stationed in various parts of the northwest, the cooperation between the two sides was mainly based on aircraft and tanks. Tanks and airplanes are important, but for Jiang Li, it is the improvement of the entire industrial chain, the smelting of steel and aluminum alloys, the progress of engine manufacturing, chemical industry, machinery manufacturing and other aspects. Although the situation on the side of the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War is also important, relatively speaking, the progress made in the manufacturing industry in the northwest at this time is far more worthy of Jiang Li's attention than the victory or loss of the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War. (To be continued.) )