Chapter 31 German Arms Purchases (5)

Jiang Cheng pointed to a strange-looking tank and introduced, "And this is the Soviet T-35 tank, I believe you may have heard of it." ”

Krupp excitedly said, "God, how many cannons does he have?" It's a forest of cannons."

Jiang Cheng agreed: "The characteristic of this tank is that there are many turrets, and the T-35 tank has a total combat weight of 50 tons and a crew of up to 11 people. It has 5 separate turrets. However, the 5 turrets are arranged in two tiers. The main turret is the central turret, and on the top floor, it is equipped with a 16.5x caliber 76 mm howitzer carrying 90 rounds and a 7.62 mm machine gun. There are 4 turrets and machine gun towers on the lower floor, and it can be said that the firepower is extremely terrifying. ”

Hitler said gloomily, "What about defense? It's a sure thing that his speed isn't fast, so what about defense? ”

Jiang Cheng shook his head and said, "His speed is not very slow, he also has 30 kilometers, and the armor is 30 mm. ”

Hitler held his head and said, "That is to say, our No. 3 is lagging behind the countries of the east and west, isn't it?" ”

Jiang Cheng shook his head and said, "Honorable Führer, No. 3 is just still experimenting, these tanks you see are already installed in large quantities, if it is a test, it is another tank." ”

After saying that, he took out a tank that looked extremely beautiful. Guderian looked at this tank, and his eyes immediately lit up and said, "This tank is so beautiful." ”

Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "This should be the most advanced tank in the Soviet Union now, the A-32 tank, the frontal armor thickness is 25 mm, but I heard that the latest improved version has reached the 45 mm gun is 76 mm caliber, this number is said that Stalin is still not satisfied, I really don't know what weapons in your country can stop this tank from rushing to the Rhine." ”

The A-32 is actually the later T-34, but it has not been renamed yet, to be precise, it should still be in Koshkin's mind, but since the first two tanks are real, inertial thinking will make Hitler and others mistakenly think that this tank is also real.

Hitler listened to Kong Xiangxi's translation, as if he had seen the end of the world, and excitedly exclaimed, "No, never, I will never let such a thing happen, Krupp, your company and Mercedes-Benz must work together to build tanks that exceed these tanks, otherwise I dare not imagine what kind of horror scenes our soldiers will encounter when the war breaks out." ”

Guderian was still relatively calm, looked at the tank and said, "His armor seems to be tilted, well-this can greatly strengthen the defense, it is indeed a good way." Krupp shook his head and said, "You can't just look at the increase in defense, the consequence of tilting the armor is that the internal space of the tank is reduced, and it's hard to say whether it's suitable or not, but it does give us a new idea." ”

At this point, Goering finally spoke: "My Führer, please don't worry, our planes will make tanks useless. In fact, Goering is really right when he said this, there are so many German pilots who have blown up hundreds of planes in history that they can't remember their names, but since they want to strike, let's strike from somewhere else, Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "Compared with the gap between tanks, the gap between aircraft is much smaller, but Britain has a new type of equipment that can easily know the direction of attack of the opponent's aircraft, and then ambush it." ”

Goering is from the Air Force, of course, he knows how terrible it is if the Air Force can ambush it, because the aircraft is not like the army, the function of the aircraft is often relatively simple, and the division is also obvious, and the fighters and bombers are completely one-sided, so he is very excited.

Jiang Cheng shook his head and looked at Hitler with a smile, saying that the intelligence wanted something to exchange, Hitler stood up and walked around, suddenly stopped, and said with a smile, "I am very grateful to our Chinese friends for their intelligence help, if there is more powerful information, I will agree to your order, and give you more loans, but the price will rise by one percent, after all, according to what you mean, as long as we accept it, whether there is a war between China and Japan, we must send it to China." This would put us in danger of going to war, and we, the German people, are peace-loving and do not want to get involved in it, so we have to raise the price so that I can convince the population. Also, I doubt your ability to pay in China, after all, this is not a small amount, does the Nanjing government really have such a large financial resources? ”

Kong Xiangxi whispered to Jiang Cheng, "We don't have the financial resources at all, do you know how much it costs?" Such a loan would bring down our national government. ”

Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "I know." Let's take the order first, anyway, it will take a few years to pay it back, and I don't know what will happen when the time comes."

Kong Xiangxi heard that Jiang Cheng meant that he was not ready to really repay the money, and was stunned by this arrogant kid, ruffian German money? It's not that easy.

Jiang Cheng smiled and said to Hitler and others: "As for the money, on the one hand, we will pay with raw materials such as ore, and on the other hand, we hope that the export price of your country will be reduced by 30%. ”

Hitler excitedly said, "No, absolutely not, absolutely not at this price." ”

Jiang Cheng said, "Honorable Führer, I believe you have seen that the weapons that your country is now equipped with are already behind the times. Putting it in the warehouse is just to make them moldy, why have you sold all this equipment to us, so that your country's backward weapons can be quickly replaced, so that the army can be equipped with the latest weapons, and secondly, it can also make other countries feel that your country is a peace-loving country, and the recovery of the military industry is just to meet international orders. ”

Hitler thought for a moment and said, "Still no, your price is too low for me to accept." ”

Jiang Cheng smiled and said, "It's okay, we can talk about the price slowly, let's talk about the quantity first, I don't know if these quantities of equipment can be shipped to China in time?" ”

Hitler looked at Hess, who had not spoken, and Hess said, "There is no problem on our side, in fact, many of these equipment are being used by our army, but if our opponent has really reached this point of armed forces, I think we should dispose of these useless equipment, especially the anti-tank gun, I really don't know what I can do with this now, probably I can only hit the wheel." ”

Jiang Cheng smiled and said, "I don't have these anti-tank guns in my order for your country." ”

Hitler nodded and said, "Well, as long as the information you provide is of sufficient value to the Lord, we will ensure that the weapons arrive on time, and as for the factory you mentioned, we will also send someone to help you build it." And - as a sign of goodwill, we would like to give you 500 anti-tank guns. ”

Kong Xiangxi smiled like a lily, such a large amount of weapons procurement, he is going to make a great contribution, and he has made a fortune, this is the first time, Western countries want to give weapons and equipment to themselves so much, and immediately expressed their gratitude to the German government on behalf of the national government.

Hitler stopped Kong Xiangxi and said, "I will help you with so much equipment, and I also have a special request." As he spoke, he looked at Jiang Cheng.

Jiang Cheng knew in his heart that it was penicillin and didn't say anything, so Kong Xiangxi had no choice but to ask himself, "I don't know what the respected Führer needs?" ”

Hitler held his head high and said, "We German people need penicillin, therefore, I hope that the government of the Republic of China can give us the process of making penicillin to show your sincerity to Sino-German friendship, after all, we provide you with a large number of weapons manufacturing technology, I believe this request is not too much." ”

Kong Xiangxi looked at Jiang Cheng and motioned for Jiang Cheng to answer by himself, Jiang Cheng sighed and said, "We can give your country the process of making penicillin, but it can only be in principle, we can't provide the strain, in addition, I ask that my country will provide it to your country after the order is fully paid and the factory starts working." ”

Hitler shook his head and said, "This will not work, we must trade together." ”

Jiang Cheng replied, "China is a weak country, Germany is a strong country, since ancient times, only the strong country bullied the weak country, where can there be a weak country to deceive the strong country?" ”

Hitler thought for a moment and nodded, "All right, but it must be clearly written, in any case, we must get the process of making penicillin by February 1938." ”

Jiang Cheng closed his eyes and made a struggling look, as if he wanted to say something.

Hitler hurriedly said, "I heard that none of your penicillin has come in through the customs, and I haven't investigated your Weihua company yet, I hope you Weihua will pay attention to it in the future." ”

Jiang Cheng was scared into a cold sweat, he really didn't notice this, due to the incompetence of the national government in the Republic of China, and Du Yuesheng and others in Shanghai, no one dared to investigate.

Jiang Cheng said helplessly, "Okay, our Weihua will agree to the Führer's request, as for the tariff, we will pay it in time, but I hope that His Excellency the Führer can shelter our Weihua Company, we are bringing hope to the Germanic people, and we are not enemies between us,"

Kong Xiangxi's eyes were red when he heard this, he knew too well the importance and value of penicillin, and he and Jiang Cheng didn't fight for penicillin, today this guy actually said that he wanted to give it to others for nothing? Suddenly said, "Jiang Cheng, you have to think clearly, international exchanges are not a joke. ”

Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "Brother Yong, I know what I'm doing, this is not my decision, but the decision of our organization, if this military procurement can be successful, the combat effectiveness of our army will be greatly improved, so how many fewer people can die when resisting Japan!" ”

Kong Xiangxi didn't seem to know Jiang Cheng: "You really gave up penicillin like this?" ”

Jiang Cheng nodded and said in Shanghainese, "Don't worry, there is no strain, and it is not easy to produce it on a large scale." This was to prevent Hitler, who understood the Chinese dialect and knew that Jiang Cheng had left a hand.

Hitler and the others were not biologists, and they thought that it would be enough to have a production process, so they nodded and agreed, and the weapons manufacturing process and design drawings were thus agreed.

Thus the preliminary agreement was reached, and Hitler asked, "Now tell us what you have got." ”

Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "Britain is now working on a device called radar. ”

Kong Xiangxi looked at Jiang Cheng pitifully when he heard it, he had never heard of this term at all, how to translate it.

When Jiang Cheng saw his appearance, he knew that it was because radar was a military word, and he, a businessman, couldn't say it at all, so he said, "This is an English translation, you just say it directly." ”

When Hitler heard the radar, he thought about it and asked the others, "Which of you knows what radar is?" ”

Himmler, worthy of being an intelligence expert, said: "Report to the Führer, I know that radar is an electronic device that uses electromagnetic waves to detect targets, I have heard of it, but it does not seem to be very reliable. ”

Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "Indeed, but the British have begun to develop a radar for actual combat and have begun to install and use it, and the United States has also developed a radar with an operating range of 40 kilometers to detect aircraft." The most important point of this radar is that it can use electromagnetic waves to detect the position of the aircraft, so as to target strikes or evade. ”

Goering said: "In this case, it is as if the enemy's plane has eyes and ears, and ours is blind." ”

Hitler has been struck too many times today, saying, "Didn't our great Germanic people develop this so-called radar?" ”

"I once heard that there was a Ph.D. at the University of Darmstadt working on this, but I didn't know what was going on," Himmler said. ”

Hitler shouted "Find him, finance him, let him work on radar with all his might, our planes need eyes, they need ears." ”

Hess suddenly said, "I'm afraid that not only the air force needs it, but also our navy, to find the enemy outside the visual distance, set up a formation and wait for the enemy, I believe that this will make our army a big victory." ”

Hitler nodded and said happily to Jiang Cheng, "Very good, you are very good, every piece of information you provide is so valuable, I hope our cooperation can be pleasant, I will let Ribbentrop talk to you about the specific matters of procurement." ”

Kong Xiangxi happily shook Hitler's hand and thanked him, Jiang Cheng motioned to Huang Biao to pack up the box, and said, "I will give these models to the Führer, I hope that the glory of Germain will be restored as soon as possible." ”

Hitler also nodded and said, "We also sincerely hope that the Chinese Empire can be revived under the leadership of Chiang." ”

On the way back, Kong Xiangxi was excited and asked, "How are we going to pay?" This money is far more than our budget, and I see that you didn't buy light machine guns, and you didn't buy a lot of tanks in comparison, do you have other plans? ”

Kong Xiangxi completely forgot that he was the person in charge of this time, and if he could find a suitable payment method to make this contract concluded, the clause that the goods must be delivered regardless of whether China was at war or not would allow him Kong Xiangxi to return home with glory.

Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "Our light machine gun still chooses the Czech one, after all, there are already many of this model in China, and it is more suitable for our logistics to unify it, and our air force is too weak, I am also ready to buy the Swedish Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft gun and the Swiss Erlikong 20mm anti-aircraft gun, and I am also going to go to the Czech Republic to see their tanks, I heard that their T-28 tanks are quite good." ”

Kong Xiangxi asked strangely, "Why don't you go to France to buy it?" According to what you just said, I can understand that I don't go to the USSR for the sake of international influence, but aren't French tanks better? ”

Jiang Cheng looked at Kong Xiangxi and smiled, "You don't think what I just said is true, right?" ”

Kong Xiangxi was frightened, pointed at Jiang Cheng and said, "You, are you lying to them?" What about those images? What about those models? Don't sue me that you made it all up. ”

Jiang Cheng shook his head and said, "I didn't make it up, but most of those tanks are still in a state of development, and I just told the Germans in advance, so that all German weapons will become obsolete overnight." Will the Germans still not sell to us because they need it? I think as long as Brother Yong's three-inch tongue is not rotten, I am afraid that it will be true that they will sell it to us at a lower price when the time comes. ”

Kong Xiangxi smiled and catered to it, while being afraid of Jiang Cheng Weihua's strength, and the weapon that was only being tested could get such detailed information in just a few days, such an organization actually wanted to annex it at the beginning, if he really did something to this Jiang Cheng, I am afraid that he would not know how he would die, Kong Xiangxi was a businessman, since he could not be eliminated, then he would unite, Kong Xiangxi suddenly decided to take a good deal with this Jiang Cheng, maybe he could get some benefits at that time.

On the other side, Hitler and others looked at these models left silently, Jiang Cheng not only left a few tanks just now, he also asked Huang Biao to leave several aircraft models, Himmler, as the largest intelligence chief, spoke first and said, "Führer, if such a thing happens, I will pay full responsibility." ”

Hitler shook his hand and said, "This information must be their most confidential military intelligence, and it is understandable that you don't know it, but we should not take it as an example, and we must strengthen intelligence work." Hitler stood up and said fiercely as he circled around, "Those damned French, British and Russian, they are all against us, they want us all to become their slaves, we have to resist, we have to fight, if we continue like this, we will become sinners of the nation, you know??" ”

Goering said excitedly: "Führer, please rest assured that we will definitely strengthen training, now that we have obtained so much information, I believe that the other side does not know, we can completely develop weapons in a targeted manner." When the time comes, we will definitely be able to defeat the enemy and win. ”

Hitler nodded and said, "That Chinese must have been sent by God to help us, they made us find out a large number of enemy cards before the battle, and now we have only two things to do, one is to speed up the development of new weapons, and the other is to dispose of those obsolete weapons, especially damn anti-tank guns, I feel sick when I think about this now." ”

Guderian said disapprovingly, "My Führer, I think anti-tank guns still have a certain effect, after all, anti-tank guns are too expensive, and anti-tank guns can be used against local light vehicles." Prevent our soldiers from being defenseless in the face of enemy armored vehicles. ”

Hitler thought for a moment and said, "We have to find a way to develop a new type of infantry anti-tank weapon." We can't joke with the lives of warriors. ”

Krupp held his head high and said, "Please leave this task to us, we will definitely develop a new type of infantry anti-tank weapon." ”

Hitler nodded and said, "Okay, then you Krupp will take the lead in the development, after all, Daimler still has the task of developing tanks, and I hope to see the results as much as possible." Well, our No. 3 is already outdated on the drawings, and I remember that Krupp's No. 4 tank has also reached the stage of rapid testing, and it will be redesigned in conjunction with Daimler, at least on a par with this Soviet A-32. ”

Jiang Cheng didn't know that his actions this time had greatly increased the combat effectiveness of the Third Reich, creating a nightmare for later allies that was even bigger than in history.