After successfully handling the crisis of trust through food public relations, Giovanni's ambitions naturally expanded. Among the four major European countries, Britain, France, Germany and Italy, there is no doubt that Italy's current situation is the best. For one thing, Italy has no
Encountered war, industrial facilities and industrial production did not suffer major damage; both, in the late World War II, because the Italian King Vittorio Emanuele III believed that the Axis powers could not win the war at all, so they emerged
The idea of surrendering to the Allies, so a large number of Italian troops were recalled from the front line, which preserved Italy's military strength to a great extent. Italy unknowingly became the strongest among the four European countries. If even this opportunity
If we can't grasp it, then it is impossible for Giovanni to become the actual controller of Italy after Mussolini.
The arrival of Giovanni, a competitor, increased the pressure on Guderian.
China is not the United States. Although China's military industry and basic industry have been in a period of rapid growth since the middle of World War II. However, because China itself is a warring country, its own demand for weapons and equipment is very large. Therefore, even now due to the expansion of the scale of its military industry
There may be some surplus, but this amount is also limited.
In the final analysis, China's industrial foundation is still too weak. Therefore, although the Xuebing R&D Institute has always been at the forefront of the world in some cutting-edge technologies and avoided many detours, the weak basic industry has limited the output of cutting-edge weapons and equipment.
.At this point, Guderian, who had spent a long time in China, obviously knew everything.
Germany and Italy came to the door at the same time. The former had already obtained a guarantee from Ouyang Yun because of Falkenhausen (Fackenhausen was still on a secret visit to China); the latter seemed to be even more reluctant because of the loan of the Genoa military port.
It’s so easy to refuse. Chen Shichang, who was originally happy to see Chinese weapons and equipment exported to Europe and to the world, couldn’t help but think twice.
After a somewhat noisy dinner, after getting the answer from the country, knowing that the country could not provide more basic weapons and equipment in the short term, but could provide some high-end equipment, Chen Shichang simply invited the Germans and Italians into the conference room together.
Conduct transparent arms purchase negotiations with the participation of all three parties.
"I have received the authorization from the Supreme Commander. For the sake of the friendship between China, Germany and Italy, we are willing to provide as much help as we can for the early peace of Europe. In view of the fact that the French Restoration Army will need to be repaired for a period of time, what we brought out this time should have been handed over to
Their weapons and equipment can be sold to you first -" Chen Shichang is not a person who likes to beat around the bush, so he directly threw out his bottom line at the beginning of the negotiation.
"Commander Chen, can you tell me the specific quantity?" Giovanni asked.
"There are 120,000 cloud-type assault rifles, 20 million bullets, and a total of 2 million grenades and grenades..."
"No artillery? We are in urgent need of artillery now," Guderian said.
Chen Shichang grinned and said: "There are dozens of Jiguang H-43 self-propelled artillery and Thunderbolt rocket launchers. However, because this type of artillery uses many new technologies just developed by our engineering department, so, so
The Supreme Commander was very worried that they would fall into the hands of the Russians or the British."
It should be noted that these artillery pieces were originally the equipment of the Marine Corps of the Wu Daotianwang aircraft carrier fleet, and the reason why Chen Shichang is willing to take it out now is because Ouyang Yun hopes to use these artillery pieces to obtain gold from Germany or Italy to enrich the country.
of gold reserves.
Although the Third World War has just started, because of the revolution in the United States, Ouyang Yun has already foreseen that this war may not last too long. Therefore, although it seems that China is still sending troops everywhere to fight and fight
Killing, in fact, his focus has begun to shift to domestic economic development and layout.
The Third World War, which was almost entirely caused by China, undoubtedly brought better development opportunities to China. However, what made Ouyang Yun, John Niu and others very upset was that China lost power during the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China.
With the development of the national economy, when more currency needs to be issued to promote circulation, the lack of gold reserves becomes a very fatal problem.
After a lot of actual combat, Chinese-made self-propelled artillery has won the respect of the world with its outstanding performance. Therefore, after Chen Shichang launched the "Jiguang H modified 43-type self-propelled artillery" and the Thunderbolt rocket launcher, Guderian and Giovanni
Almost at the same time, their eyes lit up, and then they looked at each other warily.
"Commander Chen, please rest assured that even if you are defeated and destroyed, we will ensure that your country's weapons will not fall into the hands of the enemy," Guderian said immediately.
Giovanni then assured: "Italy's current enemies are only Belgium and the Netherlands. Please believe that they are no match for the powerful Italian army now."
Chen Shichang frowned and looked thoughtful. Giovanni struck while the iron was hot and said: "Commander Chen, please give us priority. If our Italian Defense Forces can capture Belgium and the Netherlands, then we can completely seal the British on the other side of the strait. That
At that time, your fighter planes can even take off and land directly in Belgium or the Netherlands to carry out continuous bombing against the British." After that, he turned his attention to Guderian: "General, in order to allow your national defense force to deal with the Soviets without any distractions, I
I think you should also support the Italian army in acquiring these artillery pieces. In that case, I can ensure the security of your country's western border."
Guderian shook his head and said: "Marshal, please don't forget that it is precisely because our National Defense Forces insist on fighting against Soviet Russia on the front line that your country does not need to worry about being attacked by Soviet Russia. If our National Defense Forces because of their weapons and equipment
If you cannot get timely replenishment and have to retreat to the western front, will your country be prepared to fight on two fronts?"
What Guderian said is true. The reason why Italians can live a "happy life" is indeed due to the contribution of the Germans. He thought for a while and said: "Then let Commander Chen make the decision. Of course, if we can obtain
We will pay cash for this batch of artillery in US dollars."
"Shameless!" Guderian was considered to be well-educated, and he couldn't help but curse after hearing what he said.
Chen Shichang waited for a long time, and when he finally got what he wanted, he raised his eyebrows slightly and said to Giovanni: "Dollars? Oh, Your Excellency, please forgive me, the U.S. dollars now are not as strong as they used to be."
Giovanni's eyes widened. If the U.S. dollar doesn't work, what do the Chinese want?
"Because of this damn war, the original economic order has been disrupted. Therefore, the Supreme Commander has specially instructed that if our friends really need Chinese weapons, then you can only pay with gold.
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