When he returned to Little Moltke's office again, Boldo felt that Little Moltke's vision of him was completely different. Before Little Moltke asked, he took the initiative to come up with a report. Unlike the previous military conclusions, it was a comprehensive and complete report. In addition to the numbers and reports obtained from the northwest, he also summarized the relationship between the two along the way back to Germany, and specifically mentioned the relevant potential of Baotou and the connection with Germany. Baotou and Germany, and the mutual connection between furniture, would it bring to Germany.

Little Moltke looked at the things at a glance, like a glimpse of the glimpse. Because in the previous exercise, Little Moltke was not worried about what Boldo showed. Boldo was telling lies. As long as you check these things, you will definitely find out. The relationship between Germany is mainly in the future. Except for those individual equipment, especially the engineer shovels that amazed him, if the Northwest is willing to authorize, he might be able to cooperate with the Northwest, but in other aspects, he did not think that the Northwest could help Germany. Boldo's these are a bit alarmist.

But when Moltke saw the incident about the Baghdad Railway, he was stunned for a moment. The Baghdad Railway, in a sense, is considered a strategy related to the entire Germany and Turkey. Now, the relationship between Turkey and Germany is gradually getting closer. The Baghdad Railway has become an Oriental Express connecting Germany and Turkey to a certain extent. It took a full 9 years to reach an agreement in 1912. However, the problems afterwards are still very big. According to the previous report of the General Staff and the government, it will take at least 3 years to build the Baghdad Railway. As for the construction of Basra, it will take longer.

But in this intention, if the Northwest mentioned that the contracting of the Baghdad Railway could be completed within 18 months, it would be no less than that of Germany, outside Europe, in the Indian Ocean, and an important transportation line. This is very critical for Germany's strategy. Most of Germany's sea routes are under the direct threat of Britain, especially the Suez Canal and the Strait of Gibraltar, which controls the entire Mediterranean Sea from east to west. The British powerful navy, to a certain extent, can be counted as a sharp sword above Germany's head, which is unacceptable to Germany.

"What conditions did they put forward in addition to this!" Xiao Moltch looked at this intention. A railway controlled the construction period from 7 years to 18 months. The price not only did not increase, but instead dropped by about 20%. This is acceptable. For the German Baghdad Railway, it is not just a railway. It is related to the safety of the entire allies.

"They said they hope to use Chinese-made rails."

"The rails made in China?" Xiao Moltke said with a little disdain: "Can China produce steel?"

"Your Excellency Chief of Staff, you haven't finished reading my report carefully!"

"What, what else!" Xiao Moltke flipped over it. At the end, there was a special part to introduce some of China's situations in detail, mainly iron ore. The output of Baotou Steel Plant exceeded 20 million tons, the annual output of Baiyun Obo Steel Base exceeded 15 million tons, and Taigang also reached 5 million tons.

"This is impossible!" As the chief of staff, Moltke knew very well what steel means to a country. Germany has gone through a arduous journey from millions of tons to 10 million tons. Now, it is only more than 10 million tons. Now, two large steel factories have been built in Baotou, and it has suddenly become a world-wide, a relatively powerful steel producer. This leap is too great.

"This is confirmed!"

"What, are you really sure?" Xiao Moltke looked at the document in his hand and was slightly surprised. Baotou's transformation from a force that might be beneficial to Germany to a force that Germany should pay attention to. Any force that can produce 15 million tons of steel can no longer be called a small force, not to mention that Baotou directly blocked the Russian army of about 20, and even killed them in large quantities.

“Yes, I brought a sample of the rails!”

"You brought his steel sample. As long as the inspection is qualified, I can accept the use of Baotou rails!" Xiao Moltch said calmly. The construction of the Baghdad Railway was not something he could decide, but now the war is imminent. The arms race between Britain and Germany has become increasingly fierce. Everyone knows that this cannot continue. When both sides cannot continue, they either compromise or war, and the possibility of the latter is almost 90%. In this case, expanding Germany's influence to the Middle East, establishing a connection with a major industrial power, and avoiding the British power, the impact of this is absolutely amazing. Moreover, Germany has no losses. The other party promises to advance 50% of the funds, and it will not be paid until three months after the railway is completed. This is beneficial and harmless for Germany. He believes that neither the German Emperor nor the parliament will not pass.

"Go to get the Rhine Steel Factory for inspection!" Xiao Moltke said without caring that Germany's steel production is relatively tense, to a certain extent, because of the battleships, the rails are relatively expensive. If the quality of the rails is passed, Germany pays only a little money. The construction cost is reduced by 20%. He agreed that as long as the rails are of quality, the price is not too outrageous. He can still do this. Xiao Moltke, at this moment, is still concerned about Baotou. The products made in Baotou have become more popular in Germany recently and are synonymous with high quality and low price. However, he did not expect that his heavy industry was also so developed.

"Tell me in detail what you see in Baotou!" Xiao Maoqi asked.

Bordo told him in detail about Baotou, and not the news of the Battle of Buying and Selling City. He heard that even the elite 122nd Division of the Russian army in the Far East were severely damaged. Baotou New Army now has 20 divisions, each division has 72 75 guns and 48 heavy artillery more than 100 mm. Even each division has more than 1,000 Maxim, and is well-trained. This is a huge army of nearly 250,000 people. Even if it only has about 70% of the Germans' strength, this force is strong enough to almost sweep the entire China. Baotou can produce all their arms, not purchased outside. The entire China and the military forces of the north and south also purchase weapons from Baotou. From light weapons and road heavy weapons, they are basically obtained from Baotou. This item has caused considerable losses to German foreign companies.

"It seems that Baotou has become a place where to produce a large amount of materials to a certain extent!" A smile appeared on Xiao Moltke's face. Now Germany is running at full capacity in all aspects, and some military supplies have to be outsourced. The big direction is in the United States, but the United States also produces the United Kingdom's supplies. On the balance between the two sides, the United States naturally tends toward the United Kingdom and is not particularly interested in German orders, which makes it difficult for Germany to find other outsourced products.

"Boldo, when you go back, I will give you some orders. You can go to China to see if Baotou can be completed." Xiao Moltke made a decision in an instant. As the chief of staff, he has certain rights to issue military supplies. Not to mention anything else, the engineer shovel will have to order at least 100,000 pieces, and those individual equipment. Even if Germany can imitate these, they do not have enough productivity. If the northwest can produce them, it is acceptable.

"good."

Bordeaux stayed in Germany for a week. After three days, Rhine Steel Factory reported the technical indicators of the rails, reaching and exceeding the German heavy rail indicator standards. It is even better than the best rails in terms of wear resistance and load-bearing. Rhine Steel Factory was surprised where these rails came from. You should know that Germany has always been at the forefront of the world. The only one who can compare with Germany is the United States, but the United States has not put all its energy on railways recently. Whether this rail is a laboratory product.

Bordo made excuses about the Rhine Steel Plant. He took the test report and found the Moltke. The Baghdad Railway is just a quasi-trunk railway. The designed track is only 35 kilograms per meter. However, now, with China's production, 45 kilograms per meter of heavy rail can be immediately promoted to a trunk railway. It can be used well, of course, choose good ones. Moreover, Chinese products are relatively cheaper, even cheaper than those in Germany, and it also reduces certain transportation costs.

After measuring the situation in Baotou, Xiao Moltke set up more than ten orders and handed him over to Boldo. Among these orders, there were at most 100,000 marks and at least 300,000 marks. Of course, the biggest one was the order of individual equipment, a total of 100,000 sets. According to the price of a set of 350 marks, the total amount reached 35 million marks. In this way, the previous one was about 42 million, which was equivalent to US dollars, which was only a million in millions. This amount was quite large, but compared with the national level, there were not many. As long as Baotou could withstand three or four, they could continue to improve on this basis. This was just a preliminary contact.

The Baghdad Railway is not something that can be made in a short time. Moltke promised to do his best. In addition, he also hopes that the Northwest can complete these orders. As long as these orders can be completed, many of the following projects will be natural.

Boldo did not expect that he would get such a big gain when he returned to Germany this time. The order of more than 45 million marks was enough to give him the confidence to go to the northwest. As for the issue of the Baghdad Railway, he hoped that Mummer and the northwest would jointly promote it. This is a big event. It only depends on the strength of their family and the little Moltke. Even if there are huge benefits, it cannot be completely handed over to the northwest. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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