Of course, it is not a simple matter for Wu Aihua to obtain the Kola Peninsula. Finland is just a small country adjacent to the Kola Peninsula and has no say in the Kola Peninsula.
However, Wu Aihua only needs one promise: when China occupies the Kola Peninsula, Finland must show moral understanding and support!
Strictly speaking, if the Kola Peninsula is occupied by China, it will be beneficial to Finland. Because there is another force next to a superpower, which can at least divert this superpower's attention from Finland.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland soon sent Aikol Mack a purchase list. Seeing the dense contents on the list, Aikol Mack smiled because he remembered what his boss Maimai Yi said: "The more, the more.
"Good". As long as Finland needs it, things will be easy to handle.
Three days later, the Finnish side understood that the arms sold by Ecole Mack were not produced in the United States, but were products of Eastern China. Through the analysis of some of the weapons and equipment provided by Ecole Mack, the Finnish side discovered that,
The performance of Chinese weapons has surpassed the equipment produced by Germany.
However, the price of the equipment in Ekol Mike's hands was too high, and the demand for payment in US dollars, pounds or gold was very unacceptable to the Finnish side.
"Actually, the price of these equipment can also be reduced, even to a very low level. However, you need to talk to the Chinese." Aikol Mike is very talkative.
Seven days later, a five-member Finnish trade delegation set off for Eastern China. They sailed through the Baltic Sea, the English Channel, the Mediterranean, the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean, and the Strait of Malacca. After nearly a month, they finally arrived in China on September 12.
The capital is Nanjing.
Wu Aihua hosted a banquet in honor of the Finnish delegation.
Wu Aihua's exceptional reception greatly increased the confidence of the Finnish delegation. During the negotiations, China stated that it could sell Finland the military equipment it needed, and could also provide the latest military equipment not listed by Finland. However, China also proposed
There are several conditions that surprise Finland: First, China hopes to form a joint venture with Finland to engage in copper mining and smelting in Finland. After meeting Finland's needs, its copper products will mainly be exported to China; second, China hopes to cooperate with Finland.
Develop Finland's production of logs, pulp and other forest products, which are mainly sold to China; third, China hopes that Finland will support all China's political and military actions against Soviet Russia within the next 15 years, and support China's acquisition of science and technology.
Peninsula and other Soviet territories.
Finland understands the first two requirements, but expresses doubts about China's strength other than military technology. However, Finland finds it very difficult to handle the third requirement.
Because Finland has always been sandwiched between the two great powers of Germany and Russia, and at the same time has been influenced by powerful countries such as Britain and France. In a sense, Finland's international political choices are better than those of Shanxi's Yan Xishan who "danced on three eggs."
The level is even higher. If it were not forced by the Soviet Union at this time, how could Finland beg to come to distant China?
Furthermore, will supporting China’s move to acquire the Kola Peninsula be a tragedy of “driving out the wolf through the front door but entering the tiger through the back door”?
However, the Chinese side did not seem to be in a hurry. The accompanying personnel took the Finnish representatives to visit China's military industry enterprises, shipbuilding enterprises, steel enterprises and a large number of other civilian commodity production enterprises.
The Finns were shocked! It turns out that China is not the country where everyone still has braids as they understood; their modern chemical industry has made great progress, and in terms of major industrial technologies, China has reached the top of the world.
forefront.
After Finnish representatives observed an exercise of the Chinese National Defense Force, the Finnish side was finally moved, and the negotiations quickly entered the technical operation level. At the end of October 1939, a "Sino-Finnish Treaty of Friendship and Mutual Assistance" was signed.
The public part of the treaty is very rich in content, but overall, other countries cannot find any faults. These contents include: trade agreement, economic cooperation agreement, cultural and educational cooperation agreement, consular and immigration agreement, etc.
In the trade agreement, both parties promise to give the other party most-favored-nation treatment, and the trade rights enjoyed by third countries will also benefit the other party; both parties will establish trading companies or trade representative offices in the other country to promote trade exchanges between the two parties.
In the economic cooperation agreement, both parties open their mining, metallurgy, machinery, chemicals, forestry, food, electronics, electrical appliances and other industrial markets to each other, allowing them to establish joint ventures and wholly-owned production enterprises.
In terms of the cultural and educational cooperation agreement, Finland absorbs 1,000 Chinese students every year and allows the Chinese education department to open Confucius Institutes in Finland; at the same time, China absorbs no less than 100 Finnish students to study in China every year, and all open to foreigners
All Finnish international students have the right to study in this major.
In the tie and immigration agreement, in addition to the embassy in Helsinki, China will also set up consulates in Oulu and Turku; while China is equally open to allowing Finland to set up consulates in Shanghai and Guangzhou.
consulate.
Among the public parts of the treaty, the more valuable one is the Immigration Agreement. China and Finland signed this agreement in view of the shortage of labor force in Finland. Both sides encourage Chinese citizens to go to Finland to work, study or settle down; all Chinese citizens who settle in Finland enjoy the rights of foreign citizens in Finland.
Equal rights; all Chinese who wish to become Finnish citizens enjoy the same treatment as Finnish citizens.
As soon as the "Communique of Friendship and Mutual Assistance" between China and Finland came out, the world's public opinion was in an uproar. When did the Chinese become so good at diplomacy? When did the Chinese, as excellent white people, start to "show goodwill" to the yellow people?
The bearded man living in the Kremlin was furious after hearing the news. He immediately asked the Finnish negotiators to ask: What do you mean by this? Do you want to interrupt the negotiations and choose war? You are betraying European interests!
The Finnish negotiator immediately retorted: Which country to establish friendly diplomatic relations with is Finland's internal affairs and no one is allowed to interfere! Finland's cooperation with China does not target any third country.
However, this "memorandum" of the "Sino-Finnish Treaty of Friendship and Mutual Assistance" was actually aimed at the Soviet Union.
Just look at the contents of the "memo":
In terms of military equipment, China has promised to export to Finland 200 kz1945 (Eagle Dragon 1) fighter aircraft, 200 kg1945 (Fire Dragon 1) ground attack aircraft, and 100 kh1945 (Screaming Dragon 1) dive bombers.
50 reconnaissance aircraft of the same grade, 200 T-24a medium-sized tanks, 500 anti-tank guns, 200 58mm anti-aircraft guns, 2,000 anti-tank mines, 2,000 high-power anti-infantry mines, 2,000 new Type 39 submachine guns, 500
It is equipped with an mg42 squad machine gun, as well as 3,000 incendiary bombs, high-explosive bombs, armor-piercing bombs, etc., and is equipped with 3 base ammunition.
In terms of military auxiliary equipment, China agreed to export to Finland radar equipment, battlefield instant communication equipment (walkie-talkie systems, but it is required not to fall into the hands of the Soviet army, and China will send representatives to supervise), and gun aiming equipment.
In addition, China has also promised to assist the Finnish army in establishing and training special forces, and will send special forces to secretly participate in the war when Finland needs it.
In terms of payment method, China agreed to Finland using forestry products, metal products, etc. instead of cash, and the interest was calculated based on the lowest interest rate for national loans.
The only thing Finland has to pay is to "support" China's actions against Soviet Russia and provide at least one temporary (use period no more than 5 years) military base.
And even this "only contribution" does not need to be cashed out immediately. China's statement is that "we will say hello in advance when we think the conditions are mature."
"China is a sincere and ambitious friend!" After the end of World War II, Finnish President Carl Gustav Mannerheim commented.
In world geography, some locations are very important. In addition to the two canals, there are also some straits, some peninsulas, islands, some "ends of the world" on some continents, etc. These geographical coordinates have very important military value.
The Kola Peninsula's global military value is not high, but its significance to Soviet Russia is absolute. In later generations, Soviet Russia's most powerful Northern Fleet was stationed in Murmansk on the peninsula.
The Barents Sea, the Norwegian Sea, the North Sea and the Arctic Ocean. If it can control or occupy the Kola Peninsula, for China, it will be equivalent to inserting a nail between Soviet Russia and Northern Europe. As long as China can ensure its long-term prosperity, this
The nail will continue to work.
However, how to integrate into Northern Europe or Europe requires choosing an appropriate time and opportunity. Finland is now in need of help, and the Chinese government can naturally gain Finland’s friendship by providing help in times of need.
Wu Aihua's plan to seize the Kola Peninsula was just an idea. Whether this matter will finally come true remains to be seen. Even if it doesn't come true, it will have no special impact on China.
Of course, Wu Aihua believes that as long as China takes action on the Kola Peninsula, it will definitely succeed; otherwise, Wu Aihua will not take any action.
Could it be that Wu Aihua is ready to give up his idea? Obviously, since Wu Aihua is tempted, he will definitely not give up easily unless his opponent is so powerful that he has to give up.
While negotiating with Finland, Wu Aihua instructed the "Fengqi Bureau" to come up with intelligence countermeasures related to Northern Europe and Eastern Europe. At the same time, he also held several discussions with Wu Peifu and other "political advisers". Finally, with the "Fengqi Bureau"
Mainly, a "Northern Lights Project" was formed to focus on and try to find opportunities to obtain the entire Arctic Ocean region (including Alaska). The "Sino-Finnish Treaty of Friendship and Mutual Assistance" is just one of the complex "Northern Lights Project"
Just a small project.
In this era, the Arctic Ocean is covered with ice and snow, and is extremely cold. Human beings have rarely reached here. However, with the deepening of the earth's energy problems and the advancement of scientific and technological means, the value of the Arctic Ocean region will become increasingly apparent.
ps: The second update is here. Try to code and upload another chapter, haha.