Chapter 157: Barter
Hu Weidong also thought about transferring jishu to get a large amount of cash, but once penicillin jishu is transferred, China's national strength cannot prevent the other party from reselling it to other countries again, so this money can basically be earned once, Hu Weidong's expectations are naturally quite high, he will definitely not sell without 80 million US dollars in cash, and the United States, Britain and France are impossible to accept, Italy's national strength is not enough, only two countries have such a possibility, one is the Soviet Union, the other is Germany, Because they had already begun preparations for war, penicillin, which could greatly reduce the mortality rate of the wounded and sick, had a strategic value for both countries beyond money
However, the Soviet Union has never had any business ethics, and there are many internal ghosts in the Red Party, so it is almost impossible for it to pay a high price, so Hu Weidong changed the target to Nazi Germany, which was extreme and equally lacked credibility, but was more self-seeking than the Soviet Union and had no loopholes to exploit. Of course, Hu Weidong will not take too much risk, he learned when he was in the United States that the old Ford had given important support to the Nazi Party when it was in a difficult situation (historical facts), and Hitler was at least not the person who avenged the enthronement, so with the introduction of the old Ford, and then set the negotiation site on the Franco-German border, the possibility of the Germans being hacked basically eliminated
Although Hitler was extreme, for the sake of German interests, he could still temporarily suppress his personal emotions, and he knew very well that Germany's greatest weakness was the lack of population, and once penicillin was available. The German officers and soldiers had almost two lives. This was more of a help to the German army than any new weapon. Moreover, due to the resurgence of the Red Army in the south of the Yangtze River, which seriously affected the production of tungsten sand in the Kuomintang area, Germany now does not even have enough tungsten for the production of weapons and equipment, let alone war reserves, so Hitler hopes to solve the tungsten problem through this negotiation. In addition, this can be regarded as a favor for old Ford!
Since both sides were pressed for time, the negotiations were unexpectedly smooth, but Germany was now short of foreign exchange, and Hu Weidong was unwilling to accept the Reichsmark, so the two sides could only barter. Germany exchanged $50 million worth of various supplies for the latest strains of penicillin, experimental data, and a full set of production jishu, while at the same time buying tungsten metal from the Red Party in cash (foreign exchange).
Although the selling price is a little lower than psychological expectations, it is difficult to buy many precision machinery and experimental instruments in Germany, so there is no loss on the whole. Of course. The 30,000-ton die-forged hydraulic press and other strategic cores unique to Germany and have a direct impact on the military manufacturing capacity are resolutely unwilling to transfer, but the first-class coal chemical industry, chemical fertilizer, optical glass, clock and watch manufacturing (the cadres at the company level can finally have a watch in their hands, which will be of great help to improve the combat coordination ability of various units. The Germans have scooped out the advanced equipment of many categories such as motors and medicines, showing great sincerity, especially the 3000-ton free-type hydraulic press, 8000-ton die forging hydraulic press, large broaching machine, drilling machine, heat treatment equipment and other heavy equipment necessary for the manufacture of cannons are quite surprising to Hu Weidong, as long as these good things can be safely transported to the Soviet area, Hu Weidong is absolutely confident that the self-tightening of the body tube and electroslag remelting jishu will also be made. At that time, theoretically, the Gongxian Arsenal could make any kind of cannon within 203mm caliber (the pressure of the hydraulic press was smaller, but Hu Weidong, a traverser, brought a more advanced forging process, which increased the forging capacity of the hydraulic press by more than fifty percent. In other words, a 3,000-ton hydraulic press can be used as a 5,000-ton press. Of course, for the time being, it can only be theoretical, after all, even if the equipment can be safely transported to the base area, it will take a period of study and practice for workers to be proficient in operation. …,
However, the Germans naturally knew that the shipment of these equipment to China would inevitably cause strong dissatisfaction in Japan, so they dismantled these large-scale equipment that were too conspicuous and shipped them to China in the name of "scrap iron". If the Chinese can't reassemble them, then they can only blame themselves for not being able to do it
After Hu Weidong returned to China, he learned that the Germans had played these tricks, but he couldn't help it, and it was a very long way to transport them from Europe to China. If you want to ship it again, wait for the next time it will be shipped to China. I'm afraid that the Japanese army has already invaded in an all-out way, and even if it is really scrap metal at that time, I am afraid it will be difficult to transport it into the base area.
However, Hu Weidong himself is not a good man, he is worried that Hitler has no credit, proposed that Germany must pay half of the deposit in advance, and also put forward a set of reasons similar to the ancient Lin Xiang, saying: "Everyone in the world knows that Germany is strong and China is weak, as long as Germany does not deceive China, how can China dare to deceive Germany?" Hitler, anxious to get penicillin and tungsten, finally accepted the request after negotiating the amount of the deposit to fifteen million dollars, and the Germans later dismantled the equipment into parts and shipped it to China, which was also a small retaliation, right?
It is worth mentioning that Hu Weidong also introduced a German original production line of 20 rings, because 20 rings were very weak in the operation of the large corps, so Lao Jiang also rarely let go. But even the Germans did not know that this pistol was a very suitable sharp weapon for the Red Party's armed forces behind enemy lines, and through the control of this production line and the comparison between the copycat and the original, China's industrial builders had a deeper understanding of product quality management, and the overall technological level was thus raised to a new level.
Li Siguang is a person who can't be idle, although he has traveled to various countries and gained some knowledge during his trip abroad with Hu Weidong, but because he rarely has the opportunity to go to the mountains and wilderness, his professional help is limited, so long before Hu Weidong went to Europe, Li Siguang said that he wanted to return to China, but Hu Weidong took him out for a long time, how could he let him leave now? So Hu Weidong quickly found a job for Li Siguang
"Looking for oil in Germany?" , Li Siguang couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this.
"Yes, Germany is also a terrestrial terrain and has always been considered to have little oil reserves, but some areas are in line with the oil conditions you said, and I have been to Germany before, and I know that there are geological structures for oil reserves in some places, although the organic matter reserves can not be compared with our Northeast and North China, but there should still be some oil reserves. The most important thing is that this is Europe, and even if you find a medium-sized oil field, the impact will be greater than if you find a large oil field in China, and then your geomechanical theory may be accepted by the Shijie geological community. Hu Weidong said with a smile. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )