Xie Niancheng went to Guangzhou for a great purpose, that is, to engage in arms, and if his judgment was correct, he would need a large amount of arms in the near future.

Why "engage in arms" instead of "buying arms"?

Very simply, arms are too expensive, the amount Xie Niancheng wants is too huge, the Xie Group also wants to expand the scale, and Xie Niancheng can't use too much money on arms procurement.

There is no shortage of people in the Han Kingdom, and after a thousand years of peace, there are as many as six or seven billion people, but the Han Kingdom lacks munitions, and there are only four large-scale arsenals in the country: Shenyang, Hanyang, Taiyuan, and Shanghai, and there are no large-scale arsenals in other places.

And the price of buying arms is really not cheap, look at the purchase price of German weapons left by Xie Xinyong:

20 pistols with 1,000 rounds, 140 oceans;

The submachine gun contains 1,000 rounds of ammunition: 180 oceans;

The rifle contains 1,000 rounds of ammunition: 90 oceans;

Light machine guns: 640 Oceans;

Heavy machine guns: 1100 oceans;

80 mortars: 1200 oceans, 20 oceans / round of shells;

120 mortars: 2000 oceans, 30 oceans / shell;

75MM FIELD ARTILLERY: 24,000 OCEANS, 60 OCEANS/ROUND SHELLS;

150MM HEAVY ARTILLERY: 80,000 OCEANS, 100 OCEANS/ROUND SHELLS.

The purchase price of British and American weapons is about the same as that of Germany, and the relatively cheaper ones of Russia and Japan, but their performance is much worse.

At this price, it would cost at least 150,000 oceans to equip a regiment with only rifles and light machine guns; But if an infantry division with artillery support firepower is formed, it will be at the level of millions or even tens of millions, and Xie Niancheng can't afford this money.

Xie Niancheng, who was sitting in a café outside the German Consulate in Guangzhou, could only hope that the military attache who came out from the consulate to negotiate with him was a person who knew the goods.

Major von Mandrian, 26 years old, was a shining star of hope in the German Imperial Army, but because he made "the mistakes that men make", he was sent to the distant Han Kingdom and his Chinese girlfriend in the consulate in Guangzhou.

Early in the morning, Mr. Consul received a call from a Han Chinese, saying that he had important military intelligence and wanted to talk to someone who could talk.

In Mandrian's mind, what important military information could the people of the Han Kingdom provide to the German Empire?

A country that has been defeated by tens of thousands of British, French and Anglo-French troops in West Asia, the subcontinent and the Indochina Peninsula for more than two hundred years does not deserve his Manrian respect.

Mandrian and his girlfriend Marlene walked into the Black Forest café and were approached by a young Han man who was taller to average among the Han Chinese, and was fairly handsome.

Mandrian put on a professional smile and stretched out his hand to the Han people who came over: "Hello, I'm Major Mandrian. ”

Xie Niancheng stretched out his hand and shook the handsome blonde guy opposite who was nearly one meter nine tall and had three-dimensional facial features: "Hello, my name is Xie Niancheng, please sit here." ”

"Mr. Xie, did you call and say that you have important information to tell us about the German Empire?" Mandrian's Chinese skills were limited to a few greetings, and Marlene helped him with questions.

"May I ask Mr. Manderian, is this lady reliable? If I give you information, can you pass it on to people of sufficient weight? ”

Ma Lian is very good at Chinese and plays the role of simultaneous interpreter.

Mandrian pointed at Marlene and patted his chest again, expressing his trust in Marlene.

"Mr. Xie, Mandrian, he can directly contact the staff headquarters, and there is no problem in channel communication."

"I have blueprints for two new weapons...... These two weapons can easily break through trenches and barbed wire positions, are you interested? ”

Manderian's face turned serious when he heard this.

"Mr. Xie, are you sure your information is accurate?"

Xie Niancheng nodded, "I'm sure." ”

"Can you tell us a little bit about what kind of weapon it is? Why contact us? ”

"Of these two weapons, one is technically simple, and the other is a little more complicated...... I only have a general research direction now, and there is no finished product, and I would like to sell the design concept of these two weapons to your country. ”

Manderian was skeptical, "Can you tell us about the design concept?" ”

Xie Niancheng nodded, "Actually, it's not complicated to say, these two weapons, one is called a tank, and the other is coagulation." But, Mr. Mandelian, I think you should listen to my offer first. ”

Mandrian made a gesture to please.

"I don't have a high demand, about five million oceans of army equipment."

"Do you want to use these few words in exchange for five million oceans?"

Mandrian's eyes were as sharp as eagles staring at Xie Niancheng.

From Xie Niancheng's face, Mandrian couldn't see half of the panic, all he saw was confidence.

"Is the value of two new weapons worth five million pieces of equipment to Germany?"

"If your design really does what you say, that's fine...... But how do you prove it? ”

Xie Niancheng was very refreshing: "I'll tell you now...... You can see that you are a very good soldier, and you should be able to draw the right judgment. ”

Mandrian asked, "Aren't you afraid that after you tell you about your design philosophy, I won't give you equipment?" ”

Xie Niancheng shook his head: "I'm not worried...... After I tell you about the design, if you don't agree to buy it, I'll go to the British, French or Russian with the design, and someone will pay me. ”

Mandrian's heart tightened: "Then why did you choose Germany first?" ”

"Because I think that in the current power, only Germany can become a true friend of Han, and I personally need to have reliable friends in Germany."

After a little thought, Mandrian understood what Xie Niancheng meant.

"Okay, Mr. Xie, you can introduce these two weapons."

"Mr. Mandrian, Ms. Marlene, the first of the two weapons I designed is called a tank...... His design concept was to use a tracked chassis with a fire platform under the cover of thick armor on it, behind which artillery and machine guns could be used; Infantry weapons and small-caliber artillery are simply powerless in the face of such weapons, and if hundreds of such tanks can be concentrated, what trenches and barbed wire will be able to block its assault? ”

"The second weapon is called coagulation**, and the idea is to add naphthene and palmiticacid to the oil, so that the gasoline will become a gelatinous viscous agent, and after exploding, whatever sticks to it, it will burn it out. Imagine what would happen if thousands of such bombs fell on enemy positions or cities? ”

After a brief introduction, Xie Niancheng took out the drawings he drew and explained them in detail.

Marlene doesn't know much about military affairs, but that's fine.

The more Mandrian listened, the more excited he became, and he finally admitted that if these two weapons could be equipped with the German army on a large scale, then the German army would have no rival on the European continent, provided that the other side did not have such weapons.

Mandrian was a military maniac, he had never heard of a similar design, and now he looked at Xie Niancheng's gaze completely changed.

"Mr. Xie, I will report these two designs to the General Staff, and I believe that the people there will be able to give you a satisfactory answer."

Xie Niancheng was very satisfied with Mandrian's attitude: "Very good, is a week enough time to give me an answer?" ”

Mandrian nodded.

Xie Niancheng said: "You also know the value of these two designs, and my request for five million equipment is not the most important purpose. ”

Mandrian raised his vigilance, could this be an insatiable fellow?

Xie Niancheng's next words dispelled his doubts: "My most important purpose is to use this incident as a good start to establish a good relationship with your country and you personally. ”

Mandrian smiled and stretched out his hand: "Mr. Xie, I am grateful for your respect for my country, and now we are friends, aren't we?" ”

Mandrian was in a good mood, and after the two designs were submitted, his return to China was just around the corner.

Xie Niancheng said: "Mandrian, my friend, I think can you pay me some deposit for this business first?" ”

"Deposit? How much? As long as it's not too big, I can give it to you right now. ”

"I'm in a little trouble in Guangzhou, can you give me fifty automatic pistols, fifty submachine guns, and tens of thousands of bullets?"

This amount of ammunition is considered big business on the black market, but in Mandrian's case, it is only a small matter.

"No problem, Mr. Xie, I can give you these guns and 100,000 rounds of ammunition today."

Xie Niancheng was overjoyed, and being able to get these arms saved him a lot of trouble.

"Thank you so much, I'll go get ready, can I come here at two o'clock in the afternoon to hand over?"

"Mr. Xie is really a refreshing person, let's have a drink, and I wish the cooperation a success."

Marlene poured two glasses of wine and handed them to the two men.

Mandrian and Xie Niancheng had a drink, and Xie Niancheng hurried away, going to Xie's company to ask for a safe warehouse and a truck to transport and plant the arms.

Seeing that Xie Niancheng had gone away, Ma Lian said charmingly: "My dear, these things that Xie just painted can really be worth five million oceans?" ”

"If these two things could be mass-produced before the war, they would be worth 500 million, 5 billion, or even 50 billion!"

Marlene was taken aback: "Honey, you're really joking. ”

"Marlene, I'm not kidding, with these two things, I think the chances of our army winning in a future world war will be greatly increased...... How much do you think victory in the war is worth? ”

"If it's so valuable, why does Xie only need five million oceans?"

Mandrian was a little proud: "Because of these two weapons, Han can't produce them at all, while we in Germany can." If he can't make it, the design is worthless to him. ”

"And what if we don't work with him?"

Mandrian's pride made his already straight body stand even more upright: "This Mr. Xie is a proud person, and all he wants is weapons, which shows that he has great ambitions in his heart, and such a person is worthy of the empire's friendship." ”

Mandri paused: "Personally, I also admire him, and for some reason I have a peculiar feeling that he will be my true friend. ”

Ma Lian looked at the same straight figure in the distance, but she couldn't see what was on this oriental man's body that made the imperial nobleman Feng, who had always been above the top. Mandrian could say something like that.

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