The conference hall on the third floor of the Tangshan Prime Minister's Mansion Building in Nanjing is like a pot boiling today. Early in the morning, the heads of the General Staff of the National Defense Forces and the Navy, Army, and Air Force under the Ministry of National Defense, the heads of the State Development Planning Commission, the ministers and vice ministers of the Ministry of Heavy Industry, the Ministry of Armaments, the Ministry of Energy, and the Ministry of Communications, the Ministry of Education, the governor of the Central Bank, the director of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, and the heads of the secret services of the State Intelligence Bureau and the State Secrets Bureau all crowded into this small conference room. Everyone was holding a large pile of papers, and some people brought account books and abacus, as if they had come to do business. Before the people arrived, and the meeting had not yet begun, the room was buzzing and noisy, as if it were a duck hall.

"Everyone, comrades, listen to me!" General Wang Junhao, commander-in-chief of the army, was shouting there at the top of his throat. "Before we make a purchase package, we have to figure out why we are purchasing?"

"It's not for the sake of fighting a world war!" Someone below replied loudly.

"And who is our enemy?" Wang Junhao asked again.

An army general replied loudly: "It's the Soviet Union!" ”

Immediately, someone from the navy shouted: "It's Japan!" ”

The army general said with a heartfelt voice: "The USSR is the main one!" The Soviet Union had another 20 million square kilometers, a population of 140 million, and more than 10 million tons of steel. Japan's GCD only controls hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of land, 60 million people, and only more than 4 million tons of steel. As long as the USSR is defeated, Japan will not have anything to worry about......"

The admirals also immediately disagreed: "...... It is precisely because Japan is weak and the USSR is strong that we must defeat Japan first! Only then can we concentrate our forces on the crusade against the USSR together with Germany and Britain! It is common sense for soldiers to concentrate their forces to attack the weak first. ”

"What if the Soviets come in?" Someone on the army side was immediately unconvinced: "The Soviet Union has the most powerful armored forces in the world. Once their tanks break into the Manchurian Plain and attack the Great Northern Wilderness oil field, those big warships of your navy will still be able to move their nests? ”

"Yes! The army must be focused on construction, and a powerful armored corps must be formed! ”

Someone in the Navy did not refute: "Your army already has a Volkswagen tractor company. Isn't it claimed to be able to produce 4,000 Stalker tanks per year? ”

Pan Wenzhao, chief of staff of the armored corps, said loudly: "That is to produce a kind of tank for the Hunter at full capacity, but in fact, it also needs to produce various auxiliary tanks, armored vehicles and heavy trucks, and the actual production of the Hunter is less than 1,500 units every year!" And to form an armored division, it is necessary not only to have only one type of stalker, but also to design and produce light, medium and heavy tanks! Therefore, this time, in any case, several tractor production lines will be introduced, and relevant supporting factories will be introduced, and the steel plant will also upgrade the special steel and steel plate production lines......"

His voice fell. Shi Jianfei, chief of the General Staff of the Air Force, who was wearing a blue military uniform, stood up and spoke: "Everyone, please don't ignore air supremacy!" Air supremacy is the decisive factor in future wars, so the Wehrmacht must have a strong air force and naval aviation. Otherwise no matter how many battleships. No matter how many tanks there are, they are also targets for enemy aircraft! Therefore, this time, we must focus on the purchase of production equipment for the aviation industry, including aircraft production lines, engine factories, various aircraft parts factories, and the most advanced electrolytic aluminum and aluminum alloy production plants, as well as sufficient oil reserves. That's right. Aviation kerosene production equipment is also to be purchased ......"

Chen Duxiu, Minister of Agriculture, heard that they were talking about the military industry, and interjected dissatisfiedly: "Navy, Army, Air Force, just have an army to fight a war?" Millions of people in military uniforms don't eat? Agriculture! Agriculture must not be neglected! If, as you have analyzed, China's foreign trade routes may be blocked, and there will be several years of world war, then maintaining food production is the top priority! If you don't have food, you will lose this world war if you don't fight, so this time you must buy a few more fertilizer plants to come back. It is necessary to increase the output of chemical fertilizers to 10 million tons. And the fertilizer plant can also produce **. ”

As soon as Chen Duxiu's words were finished, Chang Ruiqing's voice sounded in the conference room. "What Mr. Zhongfu said is extremely true!" The people followed the prestige. I saw Federal Premier Chang Ruiqing, Vice Premier Zhang Junmai, and Minister of Social Security Pan Yucheng walking in side by side. Chang Ruiqing walked to the main seat at the top of the conference table and sat down with a smile, waving his hand to beckon everyone to sit down, and said with a smile: "No need to fight, no need to fight, this time the money is there, I plan to take another 500 million US dollars, make up 2 billion US dollars, and then ask the other party to provide buyer's credit or accept barter trade...... In total, you can buy $4 billion worth of equipment. ”

"Prime Minister, you can't buy all the machines." Shao Piaoping, Minister of Propaganda and National Education, reminded: "Although there is not a shortage of skilled workers in our country, the number of engineers is still insufficient. Now that the U.S. economy is in the midst of the Great Depression, many engineers are facing unemployment, so why not invite a few thousand people back? ”

"Minister Shao is right," Jiang Baili, Minister of Armaments, echoed, "not only engineers, but also scientists...... There are also some key technologies, especially patented technologies in material technology, which are best bought back, such as powder metallurgy and various new special alloy formulations. These are the bases of heavy industry, the armaments industry and the aviation industry. In addition, new technologies and equipment in electronics, communications, and optics must also be obtained, and these things are also urgently needed. ”

was reminded by Shao Piaoping and Jiang Baili, and everyone began to invite experts and purchase patented technology. On the contrary, Chang Ruiqing squinted his eyes and sat on the chair without saying a word. Zhang Junmai took out a pen and notebook from his pocket, recorded while listening, and asked a sentence or two from time to time, and waited until everyone said that his mouth was dry and there was nothing to say, he handed a notebook full of writing to Chang Ruiqing, and said with a smile: "Prime Minister, a total of 164 important projects have been sorted out, which belong to steel, shipbuilding, machinery, aviation, automobiles, tractors, special alloys, chemicals, electronics, instrumentation, complete equipment manufacturing and other industries. Among them, there are also more than a dozen or dozens of supporting projects under some important projects, and the total number of factories that need to be introduced is about 1,800! ”

Chang Ruiqing nodded first. Then he raised his eyes and looked at Zhang Junmao: "Junmao, these projects should be able to win all of them with $4 billion, right?" ”

"Not enough." Zhang Junmai folded his fingers and calculated: "It doesn't cost $4 billion to import machine equipment, introduce talents, and buy technology patents, but it is estimated that $3 billion is enough." However, the construction of domestic factories, personnel training, supporting infrastructure and so on are added together. I'm afraid it will cost two or three billion more Chinese dollars. All these projects are fully completed and put into operation, which is estimated to take about 5 years...... Prime Minister, I'm afraid we don't have enough money in our pockets. ”

"Isn't it enough? How so? ”

Zhang Junmai frowned and said: "The current exchange rate of the Chinese dollar against the US dollar is 6 to 1, 3 billion US dollars is equivalent to 18 billion Chinese dollars, and if you spend another 30 billion Chinese dollars, that is 48 billion Chinese dollars." At present, the government's annual fiscal revenue is only 4 billion Chinese yuan, and there is almost no surplus. Even if you take into account the 7 billion yuan obtained by insisting on official shares this time...... The gap is still very huge! ”

"These projects will not all be invested by the government," Chang Ruiqing said, looking at Zhang Junmai, "Mr. Junmai, have you forgotten that we are practicing National Socialism now?" Assign these projects to the big businesses below and let them do it. The 7 billion yuan obtained from the sale of government shares will be invested in the corresponding enterprises. It can be regarded as a government participation...... At the same time, the government will come forward to provide guarantees for their investment projects, borrow 30 billion from banks, and the buyer's credit for the purchase of equipment can solve billions, and let them figure out the rest. ”

The investment of 400 billions is so lightly solved? All the people were taken aback by Chang Ruiqing's "financial skills". In particular, the governor of the central bank, Bei Zuyi, was secretly worried. That's more than 40 billion! That's about the same as the federal government's total revenue for 10 years. The Prime Minister spent a few words. And more than 40 billion of them are still borrowed, and this is not afraid that there will be another financial crisis in the future? You must know that most countries in the world are cutting investment!

Just when Bei Zuyi wanted to open his mouth to give advice, Chang Ruiqing suddenly stood up, with a gloomy face, swept the room several times with two sharp eyes, and forcibly pushed back all his words. I only heard Chang Ruiqing say in a calm voice: "Everyone, today's meeting is the highest level of confidentiality!" ”

He pointed to the two spy chiefs in the conference room who had not said a word from beginning to end and said: "The comrades of the National Intelligence Agency and the State Secrets Service are just outside the door, and from now until the end of the procurement trip to Europe and the United States." There will be a special 24-hour protection for you!

In addition, the scale of international procurement that will be made public this time is only $800 million. In addition, the total investment of supporting projects is 15 billion Chinese yuan, please remember this number. When you encounter a question from a reporter in the future, don't make a mistake. ”

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Moscow, Kremlin.

"$800 million? Where did this information come from? ”

Hearing this, which had been reduced by more than two-thirds of the purchase amount by Chang Ruiqing, Trotsky experienced a brief shock. $800 million is a lot! The Soviet Union, the world's second-largest (self-proclaimed) industrial country, added up to the foreign exchange earned by Trotsky's speculation, but only a little more than $540 million. This time, the revolutionary prophet threw out 500 million yuan at a time, and he really planned to build a world war.

Yue Fei took out a telegram and handed it to Trotsky: "This is the news publicly announced by the Chinese Premier at a press conference, that in addition to the $800 million foreign purchase order, the Chinese government is also preparing to invest 10.2 billion Chinese dollars in supporting projects." It is expected to build 500 to 600 plants. By the end of this round of investment, China's heavy industry will definitely have to rise to a higher level, although it cannot catch up with us, but it can also be similar to Germany in terms of output. ”

Trotsky's expression became stern, and during this time his energies were preoccupied with the Soviet Union's large-scale purchases of the United States and preparations for the world revolution, and he paid less attention to the situation in China.

Moreover, the transparency of central banks in this era is not as high as that of later generations, and the central bank of China only publishes statements once a year, and the figures provided may not be true. So Trotsky did not know the exact figures of China's foreign exchange reserves. In his mind, as the birthplace of the financial crisis, the losses suffered by China's economy must not be small, and this time it was able to come up with $800 million in one go, which is really impressive.

"What about Germany? Did the Hitler authorities have any new initiatives? Trotsky again asked about the situation in Germany.

Trotsky and the Soviet Union were also surprised by the Hitler government's handling of the financial crisis, and the Nazi government in Germany was in a hurry after the crisis. However, he quickly stabilized his position. At the end of May 1930, the German government announced that it would stop paying all arrears and reparations, claiming that it was defending the entire capitalist world against the Soviet threat. This task is more important than the return of reparations and arrears to the West, and it is true that this is true.

Subsequently, Hitler appointed the president of the German National Bank, Yamal Anderson. Dr. Schacht is also the Minister of Economy and the Plenipotentiary General for Military Economics, with overall responsibility for the revitalization of the German economy. And in June and September 1930, the "First Reinhardt Program" and the "Second Reinhardt Program" were issued successively, using coercive means to solve the problem of unemployment, which was becoming increasingly strict. First, the German government allocated 2 billion marks and found short-term labor treasury bills. DM 10 billion has been mobilized for the implementation of the National Employment Programme. Second, the government runs public works and military works. Roads and highways were built, farmland soil was improved, airfields were built, and barracks were built. Used to stimulate demand. Create jobs. The Nazi government once stipulated that in the construction of the project, the operation of the machine should be replaced by manpower as much as possible, and the old machine that was replaced must be destroyed to avoid being used in disguise. Thirdly, it restricts the employment of married women and encourages women to leave their jobs to do domestic chores. In August 1930, the government provided for marriage loans for young couples, provided that the woman undertook not to be employed after marriage. After the birth of 4 children, the loan does not need to be repaid. Fourth. The bureaucracy of the state and the Nazi Party was greatly expanded, and labor was compulsory, and young men and women were required to serve half to one year of hard labor in order to absorb the surplus labor. By the end of October 1930, unemployment in Germany had fallen sharply, almost to the level before the financial crisis.

At the same time as solving the problem of unemployment, Hitler's government began to set about the formation of a fascist system of economic control. On 18 July 1930, the government established the "German Economic Council" as the national economic decision-making body, responsible for guiding national economic policy and formulating economic decrees. The agency was headed by 12 representatives of the big monopoly capital, including Krupp, Siemens, and Thyssen, and five Nazis, and controlled seven national economic groups, 23 economic associations, 100 industrial and commercial associations, and 70 handicraft associations.

On 27 November of the same year, the government promulgated the Regulation on the Organic Structure of the German Economy, drafted by the "German Economic Federation", to strengthen state monopoly capitalism and the militarization of the national economy. The regulations stipulate that the former German confederations of business or local chambers of commerce shall become state institutions, to which all business owners must join, and on this basis, economic regulation bodies will be set up in two systems, sectoral and regional, to control enterprises throughout the country. The organizational form of the departmental regulatory body is 4 levels of economic groups, the highest level is the 6 highest groups of industry, commerce, banking, insurance, power economy and handicrafts, and 44 subordinate economic groups, 350 departmental groups and 640 specialized groups; The regional adjustment agencies are the 18 provincial economic departments and their subordinate municipal and district branches. Both types of regulatory bodies have the powers of government agencies, and the responsible persons are appointed by the higher authorities and are under the jurisdiction of the "All-German Economic Institute" under the Central Ministry of Economic Affairs. The means of control are mainly to intervene in the production of enterprises through the distribution of raw materials, orders and labor.

In addition, the Nazi government imposed cartelization to tighten its grip on business. In July 1933, the government issued a decree to promote business mergers by forcing small and medium-sized enterprises that had not yet implemented the cartel system to join the Community of Obligations, to organize new cartels, or to conclude guarantee contracts with large enterprises. The decree also gives cartels the right to merge with other businesses and prohibits the creation of new businesses.

As a result of this series of measures, and taking advantage of this economic crisis, Hitler's government's control over the German economy was not weakened, but also greatly strengthened. The Nazi Party led by Hitler also received wider support because of its "successful response to the financial crisis", winning more than two-thirds of the support in the recently concluded German parliamentary elections, becoming the absolute controller of the German parliament!

After taking full control of the German parliament, Hitler's administration began in October to introduce a new economic reform measure, the issuance of "May Votes".

Yue Fei took out a telegram he had just received about the details of the "May Ticket" from his briefcase and placed it on Trotsky's desk. "Comrade Trotsky, this is information sent by the German GCD, about the Mayford ticket'. The so-called 'Mayford Notes' are the 'Metallurgical Research JSC Promissory Notes', which are paid by the issuing company to arms contractors and arms producers, and are finally discounted by the National Bank. In the issuance plan, this kind of Meifu ticket will start to be discounted only after 5 years. ”

"Hitler wanted to use this method to raise military funds and speed up preparations for war!" After reading the telegram, Trotsky took out a cigar and lit it on fire, and took a few puffs: "It seems that I underestimated this corporal...... " He thought for a moment and then said: "Adolf. Abramovich, has the chairman of the Central G Mao ZD already arrived in Moscow? (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )