Chapter 172: Trading
After fighting for more than ten days, the sky finally cleared, and the Syrian government also turned the corner, although the city accumulated more than two feet of water, but after all, the embankment was saved, and the houses did not collapse on a large scale, except for several small mountain villages in Pingshan that were affected by mudslides, the rest of the losses were not large, and good news came from other areas such as Luzhou, Qiao Yu finally relaxed.
After staying in the rain for more than ten days in a row, Qiao Yu had to go into battle in person at a critical moment, and his shoulders were already red and swollen, and Lu Wanqing was applying medicine to him to reduce swelling at this time.
"Anyway, it's a patrol envoy, a full feudal official, as for being so desperate? I don't know how to take care of my body! Lu Wanqing took medicine on the one hand, and counted Qiao Yu on the other.
"Alas, when you think about it, isn't this forced to be helpless, if I don't come out, those bureaucrats may not have to hide somewhere, once there is a mistake, there will be hundreds of thousands of displaced people, you said that at that time, how can I still build Sichuan!"
"Construction is not a day or two, that is, those powers have accumulated for decades, hundreds of years, and some things cannot be rushed!"
Qiao Yu sighed slightly: "I'm still too slow, now the two major European blocs are expanding their armaments, maybe one day they will go off the rails, you said that when the time comes, if we can buy some guns and ammunition, clothing and food, won't Sichuan's economy develop, as the saying goes, when the cannon goes off, the gold is ten thousand taels, let's drink some soup It's good, these foreign devils have bullied us for so long, let's collect some interest for the time being!" ”
"Since I was a child, I have seen foreigners run rampant and domineering in our place, and it stands to reason that it is a good thing for them to learn a lesson, but when I was studying abroad, I saw that the people of those powers were not so comfortable, most of them had to work hard in exchange for a little ** income, barely making ends meet, and there are many people who are still very kind, if they are involved in the war, I am afraid that I don't know how many people will die!"
While he was talking, someone came to report that the German Consul General Weiss and Ludendorff had come to pay a visit, Qiao Yu's heart moved, and he hurriedly sorted out his clothes and greeted him.
"Mr. Consul General, why did you go to Syria, senior, I am preparing to go to Chengdu, is there anything I can talk about in Chengdu!"
Wei Si shrugged his shoulders slightly: "The military situation is like fire, some people can't wait!" After speaking, he glanced at Ludendorff, and Ludendorff had a grim look on his face: "Joe, I have some things that need to be discussed urgently!" ”
"Inside, please!" Qiao Yu led the two of them to the reception room, there was no change on the surface, but there was joy in his heart, it seems that Ludendorff is worthy of his name, he is a person who knows the goods, and he has shown some new tactics and new equipment on the riverside, it seems that he has attracted the attention of Ludendorff, and the rest is how to sell it for a good price.
Ludendorff led the German observation team to enter Tibet Province with the Sichuan army to quell the rebellion, and saw some of the tactics of the Sichuan army, and there were several things that firmly attracted Ludendorff's attention, first of all, the aircraft, although this new weapon is still very simple, and can only be used for reconnaissance, but the prospects are absolutely broad, after having the aircraft, the battlefield is no longer flat, but has become three-dimensional, and the change in technology will inevitably lead to the change in the mode of war, which is worth studying.
The use of mortars and grenades also made Ludendorff's eyes shine, he once found that Germany was likely to fall into a stalemate during the flag exercise, these two weapons can effectively increase the firepower of the grassroots, and are very effective in breaking through the trenches, and the multi-functional infantry shovel of the Sichuan army also made Ludendorff refreshed.
In addition, the use of the Sichuan army's special combat team made Ludendorff dumbfounded, speaking of which, Germany has not experienced much of a major war since the Franco-Prussian War, and things like weapons and tactics must be tested in actual combat, and it is not possible to build a car behind closed doors, so Germany is willing to sell Mauser rifles to China, just to see what effect this weapon can have in actual combat.
The special combat team has shown unparalleled advantages in reconnaissance, search, sabotage, capture, etc., and Ludendorff more and more agrees with the great impact of this small group of capable soldiers on the battlefield, of course, the Sichuan army is still very rough, and it can even be said to be primitive, of course, this is closely related to China's national strength, and there has hardly been a backward country in history that can have an invincible army.
The army is the concentrated embodiment of national strength, but these new changes of the Sichuan army also represent great value, if Germany can learn from it, with Germany's national strength can definitely be carried forward, so the hope of defeating Britain and France will be greater, so Ludendorff wrote all the thought into a report, and quickly sent a secret telegram to the German side, the German political axe also attaches great importance to this, they also know that war will happen at any time, and they must prepare before the outbreak of war, Immediately, the German political axe issued an order to Ludendorff, asking him to sell all the experience of using Sichuan's new weapons and new equipment to Germany no matter what, for which Germany was willing to offer huge benefits.
Ludendorff is also a workaholic, he hurriedly returned from Tibetan Province and found Wei Si, and the two of them came to Syria to find Qiao Yu after a simple discussion, and they were already a little impatient.
Qiao Yu was holding the list made by Ludendorff at this time, the Germans had a really good vision, and they definitely wanted a lot of things, including experience in aircraft manufacturing and use, special combat team training methods, grenades, mortars, sapper shovel technology, machine gun use experience, mountain troop training methods, etc., and at the same time asked to send a group of officers to China for military experience exchanges.
It can be said that Ludendorff saw all the parts that Qiao Yu wanted him to see, so he should sell these things for a good price, and he definitely can't be cheap Germans!
"Senior, it stands to reason that Germany has helped us a lot, and I shouldn't refuse any requests, but there are some things that are at the bottom of our Sichuan army's box, and they can't be handed over to outsiders casually, please forgive me!"
"Joe, the German side is willing to pay the price, it's not for nothing, what you want, just open your mouth, I will try my best to lobby the German political axe!"
When Wei Si heard this, his mind was full of black lines, this is really a pure soldier, where do you know anything about diplomacy, don't you say this and be slaughtered, several times of dealing, Wei Sike knows that Qiao Yu is definitely not a good stubble, a typical black hand and ruthless, so he smiled slightly: "Qiao, we have a deep friendship, the German political axe is very willing to support the development of Sichuan, what exchange conditions are needed, we will discuss together, we will not let you suffer!" ”
"Two, we are all good friends, we should be honest with friends, Mr. Ludendorff wants these things are the capital of the Sichuan army to save their lives, and it is really impossible to explain it casually, I hope that Germany can focus on supporting Sichuan to establish some factories, such as mining, metallurgy, materials, processing, machine manufacturing, chemistry, electronics, internal combustion engines, etc., in addition to upgrading the Sichuan arsenal, and at the same time hand over the production technology of Mauser rifles and cannons to Sichuan, and at the same time help Sichuan to train a group of skilled workers!"