In November, Beijing has entered late autumn. Although it has not yet snowed, the weather is getting colder and colder. When the lights are on, workers who have got off work either walk, ride bicycles, or take buses to go home, and are rich.
Some people drive home directly. With the government vigorously promoting the development of civilian vehicles in China, in addition to trucks for cargo, cars are becoming more and more popular. According to government statistics, at the end of last year, China's
The number of private cars has reached 600,000, almost 15 times that of the United States. The development of cars has accelerated the transformation of urban road facilities, but at the same time, it has also accelerated the economic development and became another aspect of China's economic growth.
A booster.
A small car with the German flag was driving on the road, and the German Ambassador to China August.
Feng.
Clinder sat in the back seat of the car, looking at the scene outside through the glass window. Although China had entered the war and fought with the United States, a large number of troops were transported to Mexico by sea, with a large number of war
Materials are also being shipped to North America and the Eastern Pacific. However, in major Chinese cities such as Beijing, it seems that they have not been greatly affected. The supply of goods on the market is not restricted, and people still have smiles on their faces. Of course, they are still wearing smiles.
Except for families who have received the death notice!
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Ambassador Clinder felt a little moved. Germany, which had just started a few months ago, had already imposed restrictions on food and fuel, the market had begun to sluggish, and the economy had been greatly affected. China had completely reached Germany.
It's ahead!
The car drove to the Prime Minister's residence before stopping. The embassy's secretary negotiated with the guards of the Prime Minister's residence, and checked the documents, they were allowed to enter.
August.
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Ambassador Clinder got out of the car and led by a servant from the Prime Minister's Mansion to a small restaurant. Inside, the Imperial Prime Minister Wu Tingfang and the Foreign Minister Tang Shaoyi were already waiting for him. In front of them, a hot pot was aged.
It was steaming. The table was full of side dishes, but neither Wu Tingfang nor Tang Shaoyi moved his chopsticks. In August.
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After Ambassador Clinder proposed to visit Wu Tingfang, Wu Tingfang invited August.
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Ambassador Clinder came to the Prime Minister's Office for dinner, and invited Foreign Minister Tang Shaoyi to accompany him.
"His Excellency Prime Minister, good evening for the Minister of Foreign Affairs! This is our wine, I'll give it to you to taste it!" August.
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After Clinder came in, he gave him a gift. Wu Tingfang studied in the UK in his early years and liked red wine.
"Your Majesty, you are polite, please come to the seat!" Wu Tingfang said with a smile. He has been serving as Prime Minister of the Cabinet for some years. Although he is nearly seventy years old and his hair is all white, his mental state is very good.
After the three of them joined the seat, they began to make hot pot specially prepared by the chefs of the Prime Minister's House. Although it was a bit spicy, August.
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Ambassador Clinder has been in China for many years and is already familiar with the taste of hot pot. During the meal, we were drinking and chatting, and everyone was talking about things from all over the world, and the atmosphere was very harmonious. We ate this meal for an hour.
It can be said that the host and the host are having fun.
After dinner, the three of them came to Wu Tingfang's study. The servant had already served fragrant tea and then retreated. August.
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The smile on Ambassador Clinder's face gradually faded away. This time he came to visit Wu Tingfang, which was ordered by the country. Germany hoped that China could give Germany more help, although Germany still maintained on the battlefield.
Advantages, but the Allies are gradually erasing these advantages. As time goes by, the situation will undoubtedly become increasingly unfavorable to Germany. Therefore, Germany needs China to take action.
"The war between the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister has begun for four months, and the situation on the European battlefield is getting worse and worse. We have to admit that before the war begins, we underestimated our opponents, which has led to the war moving towards a protracted war. Germany and China are allies.
, We need China's help!" August.
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Clinder first said that the situation is very obvious now, and China also knows the situation on the European battlefield very clearly August.
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Clinder didn't think about hiding anything!
Wu Tingfang nodded and said, "Amproper, our two countries have a consistent interest, and China will of course help Germany. China is now fighting the United States, making it impossible for the powerful US troops and navy to enter the European battlefield. In our opinion,
This is the greatest help to Germany! You know, the size of the US Army has reached four million now, and their naval strength can rank among the forefront in the world!"
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Ambassador Clinder agreed with this. If China had not delayed the United States, the United States would have transferred its huge army and navy to Europe, and Germany would not have to fight this battle. Although China had delayed the United States, Germany believed that this was still
not enough.
"His Excellency Prime Minister, Germany needs greater help.! It is better than the Chinese army launching an attack on Russia from Central Asia and Siberia. Germany can cooperate, and our two countries can completely resolve Russia first. In this way, our relationship will be
Open it again!" August.
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Clinder said. Although he knew it was a bit unlikely, he still wanted to fight for it!
"Mr. Ambassador, I don't know much about military affairs, but I know that the first combat target of the empire was the United States. Now the empire's main combat power is all about the elimination of the United States. We have only deployed a few on the Western Front.
The army group is only 500,000 and 600,000. The Russian army has deployed at least 2.5 million people on the border between the two sides. If an attack on Russia is to be launched, it will inevitably affect our combat against the United States. According to the General Staff
The Ministry predicts that if we want to destroy the United States, we will have to invest at least three million or even more army in the United States. Now, the imperial war mobilization has not been completed and the progress is relatively slow, so it cannot support the two-line combat.
After we destroy the United States, we will cooperate with Germany to march towards Britain, France and Russia!" Wu Tingfang said.
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Ambassador Clinder was very disdainful. With China's population, resources and industrial strength, it is easy to arm tens of millions of troops. However, China obviously did not want to intervene in the European war too early, so it regarded the United States as a
It is just the target of attack. After China destroys the United States, Germany is probably exhausted.
"Prime Minister, I can understand this. However, the consumption of war was seriously beyond our expectations. Germany's previous war reserves were consumed very quickly, especially in terms of copper, tungsten and other non-ferrous metals. The reserves were completely insufficient. We
Need to get China's support!" August.
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Ambassador Clinder said.
"His Ambassador, we are fully supporting Germany. The materials transported from the Baghdad Railway to Germany exceed 30,000 tons per month. In addition, our merchant ships can also break through the British Navy's blockade from time to time and transport strategic materials to Germany.
China has done its best in this regard!" said Foreign Minister Tang Shaoyi.
"His Excellency Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Germany hopes that the transportation of the Baghdad Railway can be doubled. With the capacity of the Baghdad Railway, this is completely possible. In addition, Germany has received news about the shipping matters, and the UK will
With the increase of the blockade of the North Sea, it will probably be even more difficult for Germany to obtain Chinese supplies through sea routes in the future!" August.
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Clinder said.
The two sides discussed some ways to support Germany, but these methods could not be implemented until China decided to use its main military power to deal with Britain, France and Russia. Although Germany was anxious, there was no other way to increase Baghdad.
The transportation volume of railways has become the only way.
At the end of November, the North Sea was affected by the weather and the winds were very high. Before the war began, it was once a busy sea passage, with merchant ships traveling between America and Europe. However, after the war began, due to the blockade of the British Royal Navy,
All ships flying German flags will be captured or sunk, and the German Navy will occasionally send fast warships to sea to attack merchant ships from Britain and France, which quickly reduced the number of merchant ships on the North Sea by most.
At 4:00 p.m. on November 28, a fleet of five 10,000 tons of merchant ships was passing through the wind and waves. The flags hung on these merchant ships were all Chinese flags. Their destination was Hamburg Port, which was loaded on the ship.
It is all non-ferrous metals, saltpeter, cloth and grain. Although the British Navy blocked Germany, there are still many loopholes. Chinese merchant ships can seize these loopholes and go to Germany to complete the transaction. Even if they are caught by the British Navy, the British Navy will
It will not use force against Chinese merchant ships, and at most it is forcibly required to return. Britain is not willing to enter a substantial war with China at this time, otherwise India and Australia will become the targets of China's attack.
Suddenly, a British destroyer with the flag of St. George quickly sailed towards the fleet. And, through the flag, asked the fleet to stop immediately. The appearance of the British destroyer let the fleet know that it was impossible for them to go to Germany.
So the fleet sent a signal to the British destroyer and prepared to return!
However, at this time, the British destroyer opened fire on the fleet, and the dense rapid-fire guns fired violently at the merchant ship Huaxing, the merchant ship's weak hull could not reach the rapid-fire gun on the destroyer.
After a few minutes, the hull of Huaxing, many large holes were made, and the sea water poured into Huaxing, the merchant ship of Huaxing, in less than fifteen minutes, the merchant ship of Huaxing, sank into the seabed,