Chapter 650: The World Factory
PS: The starting point is aunt again, let's come to the creation to see. Ask for tickets
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"Hehe, they've found a step for themselves. Wen Deji laughed. These big cocks are so tsundere, they've all been beaten into dogs, and they can't put them down.
"Tell Bai Mo that as long as the French agree to make peace, we can forgive some of their debts as a reward for peace. And Germany is the same......" A harmless smile appeared on Wende's face.
As for how many teammates France will need to sell to reach this peace deal, it is not a question. China's efforts to promote Franco-German peace talks are certainly not because Wen Desi has nothing to do. The most important reason is to maintain the balance in Europe, and now France really can't move, and if it doesn't negotiate peace, it will be crippled, and at that time it will not be able to play a balancing role at all.
"Yes, Mr. Wen, we will facilitate Franco-German peace ......talks as soon as possible," Cavour agreed with a smile.
Wen Deji walked over to the big globe in the office, flicked it, and looked at the location of Africa: "How is the situation in Africa now?"
"The situation in Africa is more complicated now...... "Cavour thought for a moment and said, "The Egyptian royal family has retreated to Aswan, and northern Egypt has basically been occupied by the Soviet Union and the Egyptian People's Army. At present, there are several forces in Egypt, such as the British army, the American army, the Soviet army, the army of various Indian states, the Egyptian government army, and the Egyptian people's army......"
Wen Desi smiled: "The Germans are so cunning, they are cheaters...... However, the bait of Egypt is too fat, and Comrade Stalin, even if he knew that it was a pit, jumped with his eyes closed. ”
"Yes, being able to enter the warm Mediterranean Sea has been Russia's long-cherished wish for hundreds of years, and now it finally has a chance, and it is also a big gift package of the Suez Canal, where can Comrade Stalin still bear it......" Prime Minister Zhang Lizheng was also laughing.
In the eyes of these Chinese bigwigs, the more European and American whiteskins die, the better, and the worse the fight, the better, and other people's children can't die. Now they are all commenting on this world war with a relaxed mind.
Chief of the General Staff Xin Jie said: "Last month the East African army crossed the White Nile and attacked the US state of Congo from the upper basin of the Nile. The American troops in the state of Congo could not resist and had retreated to the Congo Basin, and the entire Azande Plateau had been controlled by East Africa. At the same time, East Africa invaded the Central African Republic and occupied large areas of land. Now the East African army is sharp, and the Soviet Union is still in the north, and now the situation between the United States and Britain in Central Africa and Egypt is very tense, and now the United States has once again formed 60 divisions, mainly for African ......."
In this world war, the performance of the East African Republic is truly impressive. The people of East Africa refused to be the fighters of the Black Corn Millets, except for the Chinese beating in Erathia, they did not suffer losses at other times, not only did they not want to beat the Black Corn Mills of the British and American sides around them, but even the authentic white troops of the British and American countries also beat them violently.
Well, many of the officers in the East African army were Germans, which made Britain and the United States, who had suffered a lot of losses, feel a little comforted, and finally did not lose to the Black Silk.
But to tell the truth, the performance of the East African army is so brilliant that even Germany, the initiator, did not expect it, and originally they only regarded East Africa as a secondary direction. The requirement for them is to be able to contain Britain and the United States.
Who would have thought that the East African black corn millet would be so capable of fighting. First beat the Sudanese and Ethiopian coalition forces to tears, then beat the Somali and Kenyan black corn into dogs, and then beat the Egyptian and Anglo-Indian troops, which is so bad that they have no friends.
Now it is even more hanging, not only hitting the Congo State of the United States, but also beating the Central Africa side of the sheep. Regardless of other opponents, the American Congolese army is a genuine white-skinned army, although it is only the National Guard, but we all know that the combat effectiveness of the Yankees' National Guard is not low at all, and it is no worse than the regular army in terms of equipment and training. As a result, all three National Guard brigades were wiped out, and tens of thousands of people were captured.
An emerging military power in Africa has risen in full view of the East Wind of World War II.
In fact, even Chinese bigwigs such as Wen Desi did not expect East Africa to be so powerful. Of course, Britain and the United States did not expect that the outstanding performance in East Africa completely disrupted their plans, so that they had to send a large number of troops to Central Africa to block these bloody black horses.
Of course, they were reluctant to shoot all the white troops, so they requisitioned a large number of black millet and mixed blood in their African colonies and satellite countries to form black troops and mixed blood troops, and let them fight with East Africa. Anyway, it was Heishu who died, and it didn't matter how much he died.
Now the situation in central Africa is that a large number of black corn millet representing the two camps have raised their knives and guns towards opponents of the same skin color, and under the effect of drugs such as "courage potion", the battle between black corn millet is even more brutal.
Another important battlefield was North Africa, where the Allied and Allied and Western armies were now fighting in the vast deserts of North Africa.
Whether it is the main battlefield in Europe and North Africa, as well as the secondary battlefields in East Africa and Central Africa, it is a situation of great flames, with a large number of casualties and massive consumption of materials every day.
In a war of this magnitude, even with the productive forces of the United States, it is somewhat unbearable. This is not to say that they cannot produce it, but with the production capacity of the United States, it is still possible to meet the needs of the "democratic camp." However, the problem is that the delivery volume is insufficient, and the current merchant ships in the British and American camps are more than 20 million tons in the United States, more than 10 million tons in the United Kingdom, and less than 2 million tons in France. This amount of delivery is not enough to meet the needs of a world war.
What's more, there was also an interception of German submarines during the voyage, and although the British and American escort fleets performed well, the German "wolf pack" was also different from what it used to be, and it was even more powerful. The current German submarines are all electrified, with snorkels, and more sound-guided oxygen torpedoes and torpedoes. It was more difficult to intercept, the attack was more difficult to prevent, and the oxygen torpedo was so stealthy and lethal that the United States could bring less than half of its cargo to Europe and Africa. For example, 5 tons of materials are shipped, but only 1 ton is delivered, which is equivalent to a five-fold increase in cost and price.
As a result, China has a job to do in the world factory.
"Hahaha, some time ago because of the Nanyang War, our relations with the West deteriorated, and the Entente and the United States reduced our orders, but now they still can't bear it. Not only did the order resume, but it also added a lot of ......," Zhang Lizheng smiled happily.
Wen Desi nodded: "Of course, how can they hold up such a big consumption." This is modern warfare, compared with the First World War, the unit consumption of a division is at least seven or eight times higher, and who else in the world today can supply so many materials and equipment except us......
When it comes to business, everyone's smiles are even brighter.
Many people think that arms are the most profitable in world wars, but this is not accurate. It is said that arms is the most profitable business, and that is only for the arms dealers of the participating countries, but for foreign countries, the most profitable business in the world war is not the arms deal, but ordinary civilian materials.
That's right, for an outsider like China, the most lucrative business is civilian goods, such as canned food, grain and other foodstuffs, all kinds of medicines, clothing, cars, merchant ships, and so on.
It's not surprising at all.
After the start of the war, all countries turned to wartime economies, working overtime to produce weapons and ammunition and other military supplies. Only those who cannot produce it themselves will buy it from foreign countries. Therefore, no matter how high the profit margin of the arms deal is, the total profit is limited.
Civilian products are different, and the wartime economy is dominated by the production of munitions, which naturally comes at the expense of the production of civilian products. But the daily consumption of residents will not disappear. As a result, a huge supply gap has been formed. Such materials are in great demand, large quantities, good at prices, and easy to make.
You know, arms deals are always sensitive and represent a certain tendency. The last time, the sale of jets to the warring parties made both sides unhappy. This batch of transactions doesn't add up to much money, and there are a lot of troubles. If it were not for the need to test the performance of weapons in real combat, to solicit orders from military factories, and to sabotage other countries' R&D programs, such a deal would not be satisfactory from an economic point of view.
Now, trade between China and the warring parties is frequent, and neither side can say anything. Because of the recent trade, the quantity of arms is relatively small, but it sells dual-use things. For example, canned food, grain, tents, medicines, clothing, cars, merchant ships, etc., this is a normal transaction. At most, the warring sides can only demand, and do not sell strategic materials to each other, and it is difficult to make more demands.
In short, during this period, Chinese products were distributed all over the world.
Now Chinese products enjoy most-favored-nation status in both the Soviet Union and the United States, and this is stipulated in the treaty, so there is no need to say more.
In September 1939, just after the outbreak of World War II, Gu Weijun and Ribbentrop officially signed the Sino-German Trade Agreement. Since then, Chinese products have also enjoyed preferential treatment in Germany. Moreover, in the occupied areas that are not German itself, Chinese products enjoy the same treatment as German products.
Only in the British and French colonies, Chinese products are not yet eligible for preferential treatment. However, where there is demand, there will be a market. At present, all the major industrial countries in the world, except for China and Japan, are involved in the world war, and Japan has just completed the relocation at this time, and its productivity is far from recovering. In other words, China is now vigorously producing civilian products to meet the needs of the people of the world, and this demand is very large.
Wen Deji looked at the report of the Ministry of Finance, and his heart was full of joy. Whoever sees the world's gold and silver flowing into their own vaults will be so happy.