Chapter 59: Negotiation (2)
Both Lin Han and Hannah think that if they pile the gold in the warehouse, it is just dead money.
Whether it was the ticket from Fengtian Bank or the gold that robbed HSBC, the first thing Lin Han and Hannah thought about after the gold was in their hands was how to maximize its use, rather than hoarding it in the warehouse to look good.
For the backward industrialized countries, 1932 was a golden opportunity. Before Roosevelt's New Deal began, the United States was already dying of Hoover's inaction, and a large number of factories went bankrupt and closed. As long as you pay a fraction of the previous cost, you can easily buy a large number of machines and equipment from bankrupt factories in the United States. Historically, it was also during this critical period that the Soviet Union frantically purchased large quantities of machines all over the world and completed the process of industrialization - of course, the price paid by the Soviet Union was to over-drain the rural peasants, leading to the famous Holodomor in Ukraine.
Although Germany was an industrial power compared to the Soviet Union, the damage caused by the defeat in World War I and the Treaty of Versailles was so deep that it did not fully recover until the economic crisis. The violence of the economic crisis stabbed Germany in the wound that had not yet healed.
Historically, after Hitler came to power in 1933, Germany created an economic miracle in the next few years by borrowing money mainly from the United States and using the method of overdrawing the "future", and the industrial power grew by leaps and bounds -- of course, the consequence of Germany's use of "the disintegration of the devil"** was that in September 1939, Germany's foreign debt was as high as more than $40 billion, while its domestic foreign exchange reserves were only a pitiful $200 million, and it was on the verge of bankruptcy.
The best way for Hannah and Mustache to make the German warplanes move faster in the future war was to come and sweep up the goods and buy equipment like the Soviet Union in 1932, when the American economy was at its lowest, so that German industry could recover to its heyday as soon as possible.
To implement this plan, a huge amount of money is required, and the little money that Lin Han and Hannah earned from selling diamonds before is obviously not enough compared to this plan. This is also the reason why Hannah did not choose any way to beat the golden idea of Fengtian Bank. After receiving the gold from Mukden Bank, Hannah and Mustache quickly used the gold to buy a large number of industrial equipment and technology in the United States. After knowing the history, Hitler also understood that if he wanted to purge the entire Junker class in the future, he must first have his own power, his own army, and his own capital power.
Since the outbreak of the economic crisis, on the one hand, Hitler has continuously expanded the SA and SS with the help of Hannah's money, and on the other hand, the Sephirothians have also integrated and absorbed a large number of small and medium-sized enterprises that went bankrupt during the economic crisis in Germany through acquisitions, shares or loans.
Historically, after the outbreak of the Soviet-German war, the production of German workers was extremely tragic, and the output of tanks was the most tragic. In 1941, the annual production of tanks was more than 3,000 units, and in 1942 it was more than 4,000 units, and at the same time, after the outbreak of the Soviet-German war with his biggest enemy, the Soviet Union, the monthly production of tanks soon rose to between 1,500 and 2,000.
There are many reasons why there is such a huge gap in tank production capacity, such as Germany has not carried out general mobilization production, has not carried out a three-shift uninterrupted work system, insufficient resources and many other factors, but one point is more important: the industrial layout is unreasonable, and the distribution and production methods of factories still maintain inefficient and backward "workshop" production rather than large-scale assembly line aquatic products.
To change this situation, it would be necessary to carry out a major operation on the entire industrial structure of Germany, and this would be almost the opposite of the Junker capitalists, and it is clear that this is a problem that neither Hannah nor Hitler can solve at present. They can only settle for the next best thing, taking advantage of the economic crisis and the bankruptcy of a large number of small and medium-sized enterprises in China, to buy them at low prices, and then rearrange these enterprises in a way suitable for large-scale production.
To this end, Hannah specially invited experts from the United States to re-plan, relocate and integrate the acquired small and medium-sized enterprises, and carry out the layout of the industrial chain with Kiel City as the center. The economic crisis has led to the next and second time in Germany, and the city of Kiel has become the only eye of the storm due to the large amount of capital invested, and with the construction and relocation of a large number of factories in the early stage, it is the best economic situation in Germany. Because Kiel offers a large number of employment opportunities, the Sephiroth Sect, which created this employment opportunity, is extremely popular here. Coupled with the power of religion, the city of Kiel and its surroundings have become the most important source of "iron votes" for the mustache to lead the National Socialist Party.
According to Hannah and Mustache's vision, in the future, they will build a tank city here that can assemble a large number of tanks!
This is a pet industrial plan, the only shortcoming is that it requires a large amount of money investment, Fengtian Bank's one-vote supplement, to solve the problem of funds in the early stage of this program, but it is not too enough. After knowing that Lin Han had made another vote and snatched thirty-five tons of gold from the British, Hannah did not hesitate to "stretch out" his hand to Lin Han.
Now Hannah is in desperate need of money, in contrast, Lin Han's plan to aid the Communist Party is limited by poor transportation and the blockade of the artillery party, but it does not use much money. So far, Lin Han has invested less than $10 million in China, and the total weight of the materials transported to the Jiangxi Soviet area is only more than 5,000 tons. The telegram that had just arrived from Shanghai, whether it was the Nanjing Nationalist Government under the control of Song Ziwen or the Nanchang Suppression General under the control of He Yingqin, became more and more intolerant of the behavior of the "River Crab" shipping company set up by Francis to transport supplies to the Soviet areas for business. Francis had already asked Lin Han whether to close the shipping company that was too popular and replace it with another "new vest" company, and Lin Han agreed to his application.
Because the route of aiding the Communist Party is blocked, in the next two or three months, Lin Han's side will spend less, and the largest remaining expenditure is to meet the living expenses of the hundreds of students who went to Germany.
After dealing with the conflict with Katyusha for the time being, Hannah said straight to the point:
"I'm going to get that gold no matter what! Make your offer! ”
"It's really a woman who was born in combination with my rationality, and she borrowed money so really! However, you did get along with me this time. ”
Hannah's directness made Lin Han cry and laugh, and then he also said his request unceremoniously.
"That amount of gold can be disposed of for you. But on my side, I want guns, I want people, I want technicians, I want military instructors, all of them have to be sent to the Soviet zone. Moreover, after you become Hitler in the future, I will want more, and I will need to help the Chinese Air Flying Team during the Anti-Japanese War."
Lin Han knew that all Hannah could do now was to write blank checks, so he simply opened his mouth and put forward a bunch of conditions, and Hannah agreed to them all. Lin Han knew in his heart that although thirty-five tons of gold were of great value, if the ballast was not used, it would actually be worthless. Being "borrowed" by Hannah to build the military industry would be of great benefit to Germany or to the future Chinese War of Resistance -- provided that Hannah does not break her promise after becoming a mustache.
Industry and factories are the foundation of a qiē. It is precisely with "own" factories that Hitler is now several times stronger than at this time in history. The factories under the control of the Saphiroth were already able to produce guns and light artillery on a large scale. The current SA and SS are reloading weapons on a large scale, among which the SS, which Hitler favored the most, is replacing the SKS semi-automatic rifle with 7.92 mm ammunition at a rate of 500 per month, but the name of this gun is now changed to the G32 semi-automatic rifle. The main reason why there was no full-staff re-outfit was that the production of semi-automatic rifles was technically complex and costly, and according to the technology of 1932, it would take some time for technical improvement to reach mass production. Fortunately, now is the time of the economic crisis, the labor cost is extremely low, and the labor cost per gun has been kept to a minimum. As for the other stormtroopers, they also eliminated a large number of old World War I rifles and began to replace them with the Model 1924 Mauser (the famous Chinese rifle in China).
It is precisely because of Hannah's huge support that Hitler, who has money and a gun in his hands, is very likely to enter the Reichstag and ascend to the throne of chancellor a year earlier than in history.
On the other hand, those old rifles that were eliminated by the stormtroopers were refurbished and sent to China to be turned into supplies for the Communist Party. Within two months, the Jiangxi Red Army received 11,000 World War I Mauser rifles and a large number of ammunition, in addition to a batch of artillery and shells purchased by Lin Han from France.
After receiving this batch of munitions, the military strength of the Jiangxi Red Army rose sharply, and in April 1932, it launched a feint campaign against Nanchang, using the tactics of besieging the city to send reinforcements, eating up the two divisions of Shangguan Yunxiang who came to help, and severely damaged several other miscellaneous armies, and the momentum was greatly boosted for a while.
After the war, the strength of the Red Army swelled rapidly to nearly 100,000 men, and its weaponry and equipment were greatly improved. In addition to holding the Soviet area, it has been able to form more than 30,000 to 50,000 mobile troops to conduct external movement warfare. Whether it was He Yingqin or Song Ziwen, they both felt the huge military pressure brought about by this at this time.
Under these circumstances, Lin Han's semi-open act of transporting arms to the Soviet area through the Yangtze River channel was already something that Song Ziwen and He Yingqin could no longer pretend to be blind tolerated, and after receiving information that Song and He were going to take action against the shipping company, Lin Han had to order Francis in advance to close the "River Crab" company and suspend large-scale military assistance.
Of course, the interruption of the line of communication with the Soviet area was only temporary, and before leaving the Soviet area, Lin Han, after talking with the Red Army, strongly proposed that the other side should obtain an outlet to the sea or expand the base area along the Yangtze River to facilitate support. In fact, during this period the Red Army was also working towards this strategic goal.
It's just that before they can achieve this strategic goal, they still have to accomplish one thing, that is, to conduct a Ruijin version of the Zunyi Conference to eliminate the last influence of the Left-behind Soviet faction. While Lin Han and Hannah were arguing over the matter of gold, this meeting was also starting in Ruijin.
Although he couldn't be at the scene in person, Lin Han knew that after he stirred up the situation and lifted the table, the political lives of Wang and Bo had been completely ended by him.
It took half a day for Lin Han and Hannah to negotiate the disposal of gold, and the next topic of discussion between the two was how to kill Roosevelt in Los Angeles.
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