Historically, the Spanish Civil War has long been seen as a prelude to the imminent start of World War II, as it began as a bitter ideological conflict among the Spaniards, which eventually turned into a proxy war between the Nazi Axis and the Communist forces.

In their attitude towards the war, the League of Nations, as it had done with Ethiopia a year earlier, announced an embargo on Spain as quickly as possible, as if they felt that if they could keep both warring sides short of guns and ammunition, they would be able to effectively contain the war. Zhao Jian has always scoffed at this, thinking that the people of the League of Nations are either too naïve or are pretending to be stupid.

Throughout the ages, the culprit who has killed humanity has never been a thoughtless weapon, but has always been humanity itself. Weapons are born out of the human desire to kill, and as long as this "root" remains, the killing will not stop. There are no guns and knives, no knives can be used with sticks, no stones, and no foreign objects can be used with fists and feet, or even teeth.

The so-called "embargo" is actually meaningless, at most it makes the war more primitive!

When the news of the war first reached the earth, Zhao Jian also specially asked Dai Li for instructions for this, asking himself if he wanted to take some action? And Dai Li's reply is to wait and see what happens! Datang's top thinkers believe that this war will exacerbate the division and infighting in the Western world, so they are happy to see it happen.

However, the day after he told Zhao Jian to wait and see, he gave him a new directive. If he really feels idle, he can be allowed to sell weapons to any side in the war zone. On the one hand, this can intensify the course of the war, and on the other hand, it can also use the hands of the Spaniards to test the performance of the new weapons in real combat.

Originally, Zhao Jian planned to wait for the batch of assault rifles and ammunition ordered by Franco to be completed. I went to Venus, but now Maozi suddenly came to the door. Zhao guessed that the reason for their visit was also related to Spain.

"What is this gentleman called?"

"Hello, my name is Vishniak. Vasika. was a Soviet. ”

Victor brought the man to introduce himself so short that he barely said anything in an attitude that cherished words like gold. Zhao Jian keenly felt that he was a little hesitant when he said his name, which meant that the name reported by the other party was very likely not true, Zhao Jian raised his eyebrows, and did not bother with him about this small problem for the time being.

"Let's just explain what I mean, Mr. Vasika, I'm short on time (xian). By the way, you're really a failure in the selection of your referrals. If I were an American named Howard, you and I wouldn't be able to guarantee it. But this dead fat man next to you will definitely be swept into a sieve by dozens of submachine guns on the spot. ”

Howard mentioned by Zhao Jian is an American arms dealer, and when the other party was smuggling weapons into South America, he was not only robbed of business by Victor, but also tragically led to disaster, besieged by local armed groups, and killed more than half of his men before escaping. The other party has already said on the road, whoever can bring Victor's head to him, he will give whoever has a lump of gold the size of his head.

Hear Zhao Jian's words. Viktor smiled and touched his neck, while Vishniak glanced at him with a smirk and noncommittal glances.

"Mr. Zhao, we hope to entrust your fleet to help us transport some goods to the Spanish colony in Venus."

"Yes, yes. But why hire my boat? I only have 1 large, 6 small and 7 freighters, don't tell me that the Soviet government behind you is not as many ships as a small businessman like me!? ”

"No amount of Soviet ships can be used, we need non-Soviet ships to transport these goods. And Viktor said. You're the one who owns the most boats in the business, and you're not only very well-connected. And you're still from the Tang Kingdom, so that's why we found you. ”

"Can you ask why? I don't want to ship something that could get me in big trouble. ”

"Why...... It's not that it can't be said ......"

It turned out that the Soviets found the Zhao ship. It was also a decision that was forced out of desperation.

From the very beginning of the war, Franco's national army received support from Germany and Italy, and the war was fought smoothly, while although the Soviet Union announced its support for the republican government, this "help" was never extended. The reason for this was that Britain, the United States and France reacted quite violently when they learned that they were going to intervene in the Spanish Civil War.

The U.S. Pacific Fleet immediately blocked the Vulcan Gate, preventing the Maozi fleet on Saturn from heading to the central star field, while the British blocked their homeland. None of the aid prepared by the Soviets could reach the Spanish Republican Government. The republican government, on the other hand, is currently sending supplies and troops to the colonial front with its limited spaceships, and there is simply no spare capacity to receive aid from the Soviet Union.

The intentions of the capitalist countries, led by the United States and Britain, are very clear! In the past, it was difficult to drive these Russian "red bears" to the remote Saturn, and now they absolutely cannot tolerate them stretching their paws in front of their eyes again. But at the same time, they didn't want to get into too much trouble with each other right now, so they privately negotiated a so-called "compromise" with the Soviet Union, that is, they would be allowed to hand over aid to a "third party" and they would ship it to the republican government.

The Soviet Union, with its strong army and weak navy, suffered from not having enough strength in space, so it had no choice but to accept this plan. But when they went to find agents, they found that most countries had received "advance notices" telling them to ignore these hairy people, and in the end, the Soviets who ran into walls everywhere could only send people to Datang to seek suitable helpers.

After explaining the truth of the matter, Zhao Jian found that this errand was far from being as simple and light as the other party said.

That's right! The United States, Britain and France have indeed promised not to prevent third-party cargo ships from transporting Soviet aid to the Spanish Republican government, but Germany and Italy will not abandon this agreement. People are now clearly supporting Franco, and whoever dares to aid the Republican Army is against them, and the risk of this commission is no different from smuggling!

To this end, the Soviets also cast a wide net, looking for people with a lot of experience in smuggling, and then handing over the aid to them in parts. After thinking for a while, Zhao Jian decided not to say this to death first.

"Give me a little time to think about it, and I'll give you an answer tomorrow morning."

"Okay, then we'll visit again tomorrow morning, and I hope to get your reply then."

After the two left, Zhao Jian sat on the sofa and pondered the pros and cons of this transaction.

As a hanger who knew the outcome of the war in advance, he rationally told Zhao Jian that he should invest in the side that succeeded, and Franco was undoubtedly the ultimate victor of the Spanish Civil War! But the Soviet Union, on the other hand, was one of the victors of the entire Second World War, and if we can use this commission to renew relations with them, it will be very beneficial in the future.

Two choices were placed in front of Zhao Jian, but the choice became a big problem! (To be continued......)