Song Biao is not the kind of person who often makes people's bloody heads. He is calm and alternative. He has a stubborn and unique understanding of the rules of the world's operation and the laws of competition among humans, but he also has his own bottom line. When he touches this
Bottom lines are always stupid.
A few months ago, he and the French Schneider agent, Florida, reached an agreement with the French firm, which agreed that the French side would supply him a long-term 75mm grenade at a price of 17.5 francs, and booked a production line for 40,000 shells per year.
Contracts for related technical training..
The French initially signed the contract because they made mistakes in the Russo-Japanese War, and a large amount of shell stocks were piled up in foreign shop warehouses in Shanghai. However, after supplying 20,000 shells to digest these stocks, Schneider immediately tore them out.
The contract raised the price of each shell to 33 francs during the Russo-Japanese War, and required the Northeast New Army to sign a new contract of 400,000 shells in one year, because the original contract did not clearly stipulate the
In principle, the total amount of trade does not constitute a breach of contract.
Song Biao was completely unable to understand what Schneider company thought from a commercial perspective. The only answer was that the French regarded the Chinese as a group of inferior nations that could not even produce screws, except for accepting the terms of these civilized people.
, there is no other choice.
Therefore, Song Biao decided to completely replace the supplier at one time, and decided on this matter in a way that would go against the public, and refused to negotiate any form of arms business with Schneider and Fleet.
Song Biao didn't care about the other party's temporary high price. What he cared about was that the other party's stubborn prejudice reduced their IQ, so that they would keep doing all kinds of stupid things.
In the past two days, the Logistics Department of the Northeast New Army has been sending telegrams to various ** fire enterprises, asking about the price of the 75mm howitzer, and is willing to adopt a long-term contract method to purchase a minimum of 100,000 shells per year in the next five years.
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That afternoon, Akiyama Matsuyuki, chief of staff of the Japanese Navy's First Fleet, suddenly arrived in Fengtian City. He asked outside the military headquarters to meet Song Biao, and asked the sentry to declare that he was here to thank Song Biao for helping his brother Akiyama.
When Shu Fangde reported the matter to Song Biao, Song Biao seemed a little incredible. At this time, he was comparing the reply orders sent by several American companies with Liu Gengyun, who was in charge of the logistics department.
New Haven Artillery and Gunpowder, Connecticut, sent the lowest price, and the long-term contract price they offer is $4.50 per shell. But it does not include ocean freight. If freight is included, it is roughly lower than Schneider's earliest quote.
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The problem is that this company does not have a high reputation and can only be regarded as one of thousands of firearms and artillery companies in the United States. Whether the other party has the ability to fulfill a huge contract worth millions of dollars is a question.
Suddenly, she heard that someone like Akiyama Masahi was coming. Song Biao must be very strange. He really couldn't think of any reason for the other party to come over. Is it just because he didn't shoot the other party's brother at Shendan Castle.
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This is really strange!
Song Biao did not refuse a reason to meet with the number one hero and genius staff who won the victory of the Japanese Navy. After a brief consideration, he decided to personally welcome the famous Japanese Navy general named Akiyama Masayuki.
When Song Biao changed into a new military dress, Akiyama Matsuyuki was taken to the military headquarters by the carriage from the military headquarters. Song Biao hurried down with several adjutants, just in time to wear the white naval system Akiyama
The encounter of truth.
Although Akiyama Mano itself is a myth that the Japanese keeps myth, there are two things that are very special. First, he has been in the Northeast for a long time. He served as an intelligence officer. Second, he has served as a Japanese military officer to the United States.
Two points determine that Akiyama Masao was not only a naval staff officer, but also had various essential elements of espionage. This is also the reason why he later secretly contacted Sun Yixian on behalf of the Japanese Navy and supported Sun Yixian in various ways to carry out the revolution.
The etiquette requirement of the army is always to respect those with high-ranking military ranks. Regardless of whether they belong to a country or not, even if they encounter a general with a higher rank than their own in a prisoner of war camp, they should still salute first.
Of course, our country is not doing well in this regard. We are very simple. I would like to respect you if I send a bowl of rice.
When I saw Song Biao, Akiyama Shinji saluted first. After Song Biao returned the gift, he bowed and said, "Thank you for your kindness and righteous actions in the war. I came here this time to convey my respect to you on behalf of my brother, although that
The guy doesn't like his days in Hunjiang, and he says he is very uncomfortable in house arrest, but he still respects your move to not kill prisoners of war."
Jiang Fangzhen accompanied Song Biao and briefly translated it to Song Biao.
Song Biao nodded slightly and said, "I'm very happy to have the opportunity to meet you brothers. I think you may not just come for this matter, but you should just ask my reception room to talk."
"Then I'll bother you!"
Akiyama Masaki immediately answered and bowed to thank him. Obviously he could understand Kanto, but he might have spoken poorly.
This is something Song Biao had never thought about before, but this guy has always been known for his extreme intelligence. It is said that when he was studying in the Navy Officer School, although he was not very hard to study, he could always accurately guess the examiner's test questions.
And you are famous for getting high scores.
Japan did have a large number of such strange and extremely intelligent people in this era.
Song Biao sighed in his heart that something that made him very unhappy, so he invited Akiyama Masao Nakasa to the reception room of the agency to negotiate with the other party here, in line with "If you can't share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers, then you can't let the soldiers get along with them."
"You kill the enemy together" is a stubborn idea. Song Biao has almost no extra decoration in his own government building, and even the reception room is simple like a teahouse on Northeast Street.
Here he invited Akiyama Masao to sit down, have tea first, then talk about issues and so on.
Akiyama Masayuki obviously didn't expect that this was the reception room of the Northeast New Army, and he used a very special large teapot to pour tea for him, which made him feel very nonsense, but very interesting.
So, very special people always have more special things.
Akiyama Masaki thought about it for a while, looked at the reception room, and said to Song Biao very frankly: "To be honest, your reception room is really a bit simple, but I heard from the fools in the army that when you were in Liaoyang
But if you save all the military expenditure of tens of millions of yen, you shouldn't be so short of money, right?"
Song Biao nodded. He didn't intend to deny it. He sat up his legs and drank the strong tea in the big tea jar with his legs raised. It took him a moment to talk to Akiyama Matsunobu: "That money is used to invest
There are also schools that need to be run. Apart from military uniforms, training and the cost of food for soldiers, I can’t save any other money I can save. Even the bayonets, kettles you throw away in the past, and even
It is shameful to waste even if I reuse the bedding, especially for a country like China where there are too many people, so it is difficult to even have enough food."
"ah!"
Akiyama Matsuno seemed more and more surprised. After a moment, he said: "Governor General, I have never understood how you defeated my elder brother before, but at this moment, I think I already understand. Although that guy is also very stingy.
If he has a bowl for dinner, he will never ask me to buy another bowl, but it should be a little worse than you."
Song Biao laughed. He smiled a lot, but he had to say that these genius Japanese generals were really a group of weird people, and their speech routines were very special.
He thought for a while, put the teacup aside, and said to Akiyama Matsuyuki: "Akiyama Nakasa, I know you have worked as an intelligence officer in China before. You have also worked as a military officer in the United States. This time you come here, you must have a special job, so
Please don’t go around with me anymore. Time is a bit too luxurious for me. Or, I would rather waste my time lying on a big kang in the Northeast than gossip with others.”
Akiyama Matsuyu said oh, then coughed dryly, and said, "Then let's talk about serious things, Governor, first of all, I want to declare that this time was entrusted by the fools from the Army Department, because they are too
I want to buy a batch of three-year rapid-fire guns from you. If our information is correct, Schneider Company will be like a big talk to us lions, and will also make a joke to you and Guijun. In short, it will
Let's make the situation where we all think the French must be crazy. So, although we had fierce firefights in the war before, since the war has ended, let's consider our own real needs. You must use it.
There are not so many artillery, and our poor army idiots are almost gone for artillery training soldiers and officers. When both sides are in short supply, please allow us to exchange shells for some artillery, plus exchange bullets for them.
The rifle plan is a very good thing for both sides. There is really no need to let both sides be slaughtered by the French. This kind of thing is really driving the fools from the Army Department crazy. I even heard that
Oshima Yoshihara's new Minister of Army was already roaring and preparing to fight privately with the French ambassador to Japan."
Song Biao sighed, always feeling that this matter must be a Japanese player.
He guessed that the situation might be like this. First of all, the French offered a very high price for the Japanese. This is because the French held a large amount of Japan's debt and forced Japan to accept their various contracts. Japan could not withstand it.
It was decided to pull Song Biao into the water together, deliberately leaking various situations and intelligence of the New Army in the Northeast to the French, which made Schneider Company suddenly discover that Song Biao was also a big fat sheep.
In addition, it is hard for Song Biao to imagine why the French Schneider company had such a big change in a short period of time. A few months ago, Schneider company was trying hard to win long-term cooperation with the Northeast New Army, and did not hesitate to reduce the transfer of equipment.
And the price of technical training has squeezed Germany out of competition.
The result is obvious. Schneider Company must have finally discovered that Song Biao's Northeast New Army had no way to cooperate with other companies except them. Considering that the Northeast New Army almost picked up tens of millions of taels of silver worth of them for nothing.
More than 400 75mm mountain cannons were not enough to kill the Northeast New Army. Moreover, after all, they were all the benefits they were picked up, so the Northeast New Army was completely likely to accept this sword.
When Akiyama Masaki appeared in front of Song Biao, Song Biao thought clearly about Schneider's company's mind, and it turned out that he had only mastered enough information.
What, they are all a bunch of beasts.
Song Biao thought for a moment in his heart, and always felt that this matter was really difficult to deal with. It was a loss to promise the French. It was also a loss to promise the Japanese. No matter how they choose, it was very unhappy.
After thinking about it, Song Biao and Akiyama Masahi asked, "What is your offer?"
Akiyama Masayuki immediately took out a first-programmed contract from the brown file bag he carried with him, and respectfully handed it to Song Biao, saying: "Although the people in the Army Department have always been known for being stupid, I have seen it. Their offer is indeed rare and so kind and sincere. Therefore, since they are asked by them to come and ask you, I can only ask you to make sure you fulfill it."
"That's it!"
Song Biao also thought that Akiyama's Japanese logic was very strange. But he was curious about reading the preparatory contract drafted by the Japanese Army Department, and he read it very carefully, from the terms. It's very good.
The contract submitted by the Japanese Army Department is titled "Army Equipment Redemption Plan". They hope to redeem 162 three-year rapid-fire guns, 150 Hatchais machine guns, 40,000 thirty-year As a redemption condition, Japan will supply ammunition and equipment to the Northeast New Army with a total price of approximately 5.6 million taels of silver, including the production of Murata 22 rifles and ammunition that were eliminated by Japan. For equipment, partly transferred 75mm grenade production machine tools, and all corresponding training work, Japan agreed to arrange internships from the Northeast New Army Commission in this series of state-owned arsenals for three years.
In addition, the Japanese army planned to exchange more than 6,000 uncastrated stallions for 12,000 war horses, and appointed technical personnel from the war horse cultivation department to work in the New Army of Northeast China to engage in corresponding personnel training affairs and implement a long-term war horse cooperation plan .
The benefit of this cooperation is that neither party needs to spend additional foreign exchange expenses. This is particularly critical for Japan, which avoids physical transactions when Japan has to disarmament on a large scale and reduces its spending in order to deal with huge national debts. Silver and foreign exchange outflows are always the best choice.
Disarmament does not mean that Japan must give up its army. At least it still needs to maintain the original twelve divisions, but it only needs to reduce its personnel by half. Ensure conventional equipment such as rifles, artillery, machine guns, etc. to retain basic local defense and deterrence. Including maintaining the daily training of the troops.
If the problem of lack of artillery and war horses cannot be solved for a long time, the Japanese army will have a serious lack of qualified artillery and cavalry in the next five years, and at least one cavalry brigade must be retained.
But on paper, the "Army Equipment Redemption Plan" submitted by the Japanese Army is still very generous and is also an excellent choice for the new Northeast Army. All the details formulated by the other party are very complete, and it is obviously a long time to think about it. The plan is very detailed. There is a complete budget for the number of technicians to train for the Northeast New Army every year, and the pastoral staff is willing to fully open Zhenwu School, Japanese Non-commissioned Officer School and Japanese Army University to the Northeast New Army. Both sides can The number of negotiating overseas students, especially the opening of the Imperial Japanese Army University, is still very attractive to Song Biao.
After carefully reading this "Japanese Army Equipment Redemption Plan", Song Biao pondered for a moment. In these few minutes, he evaluated the possibilities in all aspects, and then answered Akiyama Masao.
: "I thought this plan was pretty good, but I need to continue to consider the details. Let's do this. Please rest for two days in our department first, so that I can discuss it further in the staff office before giving an answer."
Akiyama Matsuno smiled and said, "Of course this is a very reasonable thing. Only the fools in the Army Department would think that you would slap your head in agreement when you see this plan. However, I really want to take the opportunity to visit the army.
And the Far East Army NCO School you presided over.”
Song Biao did not intend to refuse and said, "Very good, I will ask someone to arrange the itinerary, so we won't waste our time. I will invite you to have a farm meal from Kanto at noon, and arrange someone to accompany you to visit me in the afternoon.
Jun, visit the non-commissioned officer school tomorrow. Tomorrow night, we will talk about this matter."
Akiyama Masao couldn't help but exclaim: "Governor General, you are really an efficient general, I really admire you. In Japan, we call you the 'Chinese God General', although my brother that guy is always
I refuse to admit such praise, but I really think this is the fairest evaluation. If I hadn't praised you like this, the generals of the Army would probably have to dig a hole in the open space outside the shrine and bury themselves."
Song Biao smiled and then got up to see him off.
When the extremely clever naval apostle like Akiyama, and specially arranged for Shu Fangde, who had excellent Japanese skills, to accompany him, Song Biao immediately called Jiang Fangzhen, Cai E, Jiang Yanxing and Zhao Tingzhu to his own.
In the office, let them take turns reading the transaction contract submitted by the Japanese Army Department.
Although Song Biao has more and more generals, and even Wu Peifu has been detained from the Russian prisoner-of-war camp, the one he really trusts most is the original group of old generals.
After reading this contract, everyone agreed very much. Even Cai E, who had always been more cautious about Japan, couldn't help but suggest to Song Biao first: "Military, I think this contract is indeed very good, but
I believe that Japan can continue to make concessions, so we might as well expand the scope of transactions. For example, we can also select suitable international students from the three northeastern provinces and delegate them to study in Japan. For Chinese students, studying in Japan is still very convenient.
First of all, the tuition fee is relatively low, and the living expenses may actually be lower than in China. Secondly, it is easy to adapt to the language, and most Japanese textbooks can be directly understood."
Song Biao nodded and said yes.
He had to admit this. If China really wants to develop rapidly, sending a large number of international students to Japan is definitely the fastest way, and no one is there.
As for the matter proposed by the Japanese Army Department to train technicians for the three northeastern provinces, although the Japanese military industry manufacturing level is also very low, it is still okay to be a teacher for the three northeastern provinces, especially in the field of rifle manufacturing, cooperation in this area is still worth considering.
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Thinking of these things, Song Biao suddenly felt that he had to make such a perverted choice in his life?
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