""     Chapter 426: Double Eat

(…The war consumes amazingly, and our industrial foundation is too weak, so many troops have to fight a war because they do not have enough combat supplies and wait for replenishment; but who knows that such a situation is the result of all the people in the rear who are struggling to produce... Excerpted from "My Memories of the War of Resistance-Cao Xiaomin")

The impact of the surrender of the 106th Division was in hindsight that it was comparable to the drop of an atomic bomb on Japan, which directly affected the entire process of the War of Resistance!

The Japanese could tolerate the 106th Division being completely wiped out by the entire 11th Navy, but surrender was unacceptable! The 106th Division had already surrendered, so what about the navy? When the news reached Nanjing, the commander of the Central China Expeditionary Army, Shinrok Hata, finally couldn't bear it anymore and issued an order: the 18th Division, the 27th Division, the 116th Division, and the 119th Division all their might to advance westward!

The variables that Cao Xiaomin had always worried about in the Japanese army changing the key battlefields of combat were eliminated. The Japanese had no choice but to launch a large-scale attack on the two sides of the Yangtze River without sufficient preparation.

The tactics have been deployed, so let the troops on each front line perform freely. The one who knows the situation best is the front line commander! Cao Xiaomin doesn’t like commanding operations beyond the level, and he doesn’t even ask about the situation on each front line!

Cao Xiaomin is now sitting opposite Falkenhausen and begins a secret meeting with the Germans.

"General Farkenhausen, I know the relationship between your country and the United Kingdom very well, so once we resell the plane we purchased to Germany, I think we cannot bear the punitive trade retaliation or other sanctions from the British, so we cannot agree to your request." Cao Xiaomin's first passage disappointed Farkenhausen. He thought this bold guy would make a decision in favor of Germany.

"However, I thought of a countermeasure, a countermeasure that can help Germany understand British aircraft..." Cao Xiaomin's second sentence made Farkenhausen's eyes lit up again!

"Why have to drive British fighter jets to Germany? Germany can send engineers and technicians, a large number of pilots to come over, and be familiar with everything about British aircraft in China!" Cao Xiaomin's suggestion was easily seen through by the Germans. The purpose: In order to be familiar with British fighter jets, Germany must send a large number of pilots to China to participate in the war, and to study British fighter jets clearly, Germany must build a factory in China that can at least assemble aircraft!

"Yes, this is what we need, but isn't this the best solution? It's good for both of us!" Cao Xiaomin unveiled his plan. He asked the Germans to build an aircraft assembly factory in Chongqing, send enough technicians to help China train relevant production personnel, and at the same time sent more than 100 pilots to China to participate in the war. They will become the mercenaries Chennard recruited for Europe in private, and of course they serve for free.

"Also, I don't want to waste the opportunity to transport things. I hope Germany can provide us with a batch of advanced bombers, which will load the materials for construction of factories and the aviation bombs we urgently need. I think it's not difficult to do with the current relationship between your country and the Soviet Union and other Eastern European countries, right? In addition, you also know the fact that the British issued national debts to us. I think Germany can do that or give us a lot of loans directly, and we use those loans to continue in Germany.

China imports bombers and other materials; use bombers to transport things to the Germans, which can also reduce our dependence on the Far East Railway. Just borrow some airport transfers... Those pilots don't have to go back after driving the bombers. This is the best test site for them to withstand the actual combat test." Cao Xiaomin suddenly found that he still has the talent for business. The conditions he offered to the Germans were indeed a valid condition: the Chinese paid to buy all military aid, although this came from German loans.

"If your country needs some physical guarantees, hasn't our Minister Kong brought a large amount of information to Germany? We have resources. Although it is difficult for us to exploit these resources, it may be a very simple thing for your country..." Cao Xiaomin gave the Germans another trap: I saw the British approving the Chinese government to issue bonds in the UK without guarantees, and the Germans would of course follow in the footsteps; now the Chinese government is still willing to use a large number of mines as collateral. Isn't this a pie falling from the sky?

"I also know that mining minerals is not easy. It takes a lot of exploration to decide how to mine them. So in order to show the friendship between the Chinese government and Germany, we can allow your country to explore minerals and start mining various minerals we are already digging. This should make up for the loss of time to the greatest extent. It may even be that the next month after the agreement is established, China's minerals can be transported to Germany through the Far East Railway..." Cao Xiaomin's every bid is fatal attraction to the Germans.

As long as the Germans agree, they will transport a large amount of equipment over there, and all these equipment are transported by bombers, and the Chinese Air Force will be continuously replenished with bombers. After those equipment comes, it will take some time to replace China's backward mining equipment, because some heavy parts of the mining equipment cannot be transported by air. They can also transport them by sea or by the Far East Railway. It will probably take one year to wait for all the equipment to be installed and debugged! A year later, did the European war begin? Cao Xiaomin didn't know, but he knew that it must be not far away. Japan and Germany had a certain alliance. Although the Axis powers have not been formed yet, in order to deal with China, the Japanese will definitely try their best to form an alliance with Germany. As long as Germany and Japan have an alliance, China can officially declare war on Japan when the European war begins (China did not declare war on Japan for a long time during the War of Resistance.) By the way, it turned against Germany; by then, all the investments of the Germans will become China...

When the Luftwaffe was flying a large number of British fighter jets, the British must have been anxious to inquire. At that time, China could say that those Germans were European mercenaries recruited by Chennard! At most, the British could only call the Germans despicable, and use disgraceful means to spy on the secrets of the British Air Force, but they could not blame the Chinese government.

As for the British who want to drive the Germans off the British fighter planes? Yes, send the Royal Air Force pilots to me for free. I can let the British drive all the British planes, and I can also "secretly" hand over the German bomber to you to compensate for your leaked losses... Cao Xiaomin calculated a series of tricks and used the force to eat the Germans and the British, and waited for the Germans to be the first to take the bait.

The plan was too big, and Farkenhausen found that he could not make any decision at all, so he could only take back and submit the plan to Hitler as soon as possible. After Farkenhausen left, Cao Xiaomin agreed with Zhou Zhirou, He Yingqin and others who had just commanded the Yangtze River air strike to negotiate the first list of supplies purchased from the British. The next day he would become the main negotiation staff for the negotiations with Britain.

"I think this time the military purchase of the UK should be concentrated in two aspects. On the one hand, it is related to the Air Force, mainly various advanced fighter jets and bombers, especially heavy bombers that can fly more than 2,000 kilometers. These fighter jets and accessories, as well as maintenance repair shops and other facilities will be a considerable number, but we can spend money boldly. The Chairman has handed me the right to use the ten million pounds. Commander Zhou personally drafted this procurement list? Don't worry about the money, just worry about whether it is reasonable..." Cao Xiaomin's statement moved Zhou Zhirou to cry: In the past, the Air Force's military purchase was negotiated by Soong Mei-ling, but Kong Lingjun bought less than 400 fighters from the Air Force! Now, the plan is up to him, and Cao Xiaomin is responsible for paying the money... The day for the Chinese Air Force to take off is coming!

"Minister He is personally responsible for the procurement of the army? I have always been worried about one thing: the Japanese army imposed a maritime blockade on us, which led to our isolation. We should know that Europe is also brewing war, and the European aid of the Far East Railway will not know when it will be cut off. At that time, we will have to rely on the Soviets. If the Soviets are also involved in the war, they also lack supplies, we will be very passive. Therefore, I hope that this time the army's military purchase will focus on the transfer of war consumables production equipment and technology. I just read the information provided by the British and have a lot of them.

Weapons don’t know much about it, but I discovered that the production locations of various weapons are in India and what’s more amazing is that many weapon manufacturers are different. I found that there are twenty-two arms factories!" Cao Xiaomin looked at He Yingqin with a shocked look and said: “I think we should use this and try our best to find ways to buy some of the British ammunition production lines and production technology directly from India. My plan is to build at least thirty large ammunition production workshops with British standards and matching basic chemical and hardware processing production workshops…”

He Yingqin opened his mouth wide for a long time and couldn't close it: the scale of ammunition production that Cao Xiaomin wanted to build exceeded the current total arms production in China and China several times!

"This plan is too big, I...I can't do it." He Yingqin was a little embarrassed. He didn't expect that Cao Xiaomin was like he wanted to spend 10 million pounds at once, and every investment was so amazing.

"I think so, let's just visit Factory 21 (relocated from the Jinling Arsenal to the rebuilt arsenal in Chongqing). There are now three shifts a day and there is no stoppage of production. The plan Liehou asked their factory director Li for help. He is professional and has his own opinions on military production configuration..." He Yingqin's proposal was immediately approved by Cao Xiaomin. The two left Zhou Zhirou, who was thinking about the air force military purchase plan, to go to the Chenjiaguan, Jiangbei, Chongqing, the largest military factory in the country that accounts for nearly half of the domestic arms production.

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Chapter completed!