The world has long been divided up. In the Americas, Americans do not allow any country to interfere. What is left are the colonies and mainland of Britain, France, and Soviet Russia. There is nothing left for Germany in the world. If Germany is as big as Britain, France and the United States,
market, is it still necessary to start a war?
Only China in the world has everything Germany needs. It has a huge population and can consume a large number of German products. It has abundant resources and can meet Germany's needs.
In 1930, China was Germany's largest trading partner in the Far East. At that time, Germany's trade volume with China was 347.5 million Reichsmarks, while its trade volume with Japan was 234 million Reichsmarks. Germany's oil and fat industry raw materials almost completely relied on soybean exports from the Northeast.
German industry also has a large demand for tungsten sand, antimony, manganese, tin, bristle and tung oil produced in China
In 1933, due to the impact of the Great Depression, Sino-German trade declined slightly compared with 1930 and 1932. Although China's industrialization process was in trouble due to conflicts between various interest groups during this period, the German industry, importers and exporters, and the Wehrmacht
Everyone wants to benefit from the development of China's industry
Until the September 18th Incident, the progress of China's industrialization was not smooth. The September 18th Incident turned Manchuria into a puppet state of Japan, and directly led China's industrial policy to focus on the development of military and armament industries for the purpose of resisting Japanese aggression.
It stimulated China's economy to embark on a development route centered on national defense, consolidated Chiang Zhongzheng's dominance in China, and accelerated China's industrialization process.
After the September 18th Incident broke out, the Weimar Republic of Germany learned the lessons of the deterioration of German-Japanese relations caused by the intervention of the three countries in returning to Liaoning, as well as the clause in the Versailles Peace Treaty prohibiting Germany from participating in the settlement of international issues, and adopted a neutral policy towards the Sino-Japanese conflict.
Yes, the Sino-Japanese dispute should be resolved within the framework of the Washington Conference and the Nine-Nation Convention. However, the presence of German military advisers in China will inevitably be criticized by Japan.
After the establishment of Manchukuo, the Japanese ambassador to Germany, Kobata Yukichi, visited the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs many times to seek to establish cooperative relations in Manchuria. Since Germany's demand for Manchurian soybeans was still very urgent, it adopted a cooperative attitude with Japan and cooperated with the Manchukuo government.
The German-Manchurian Agreement was signed on the trade of industrial products and soybeans, which violated the League of Nations' provisions that "members of the League of Nations shall not recognize the Manchurian regime", thus worsening Sino-German relations.
In 1933, the Nazi Party came to power, which made the direction of China-Germany policy clear. Before the Nazi Party gained power, Germany's foreign policy towards China was quite contradictory. The Foreign Minister of the Weimar Republic once urged Germany to remain neutral in its East Asian policy and discouraged
State officials and industrialists were directly involved in matters with the Chinese government, and the departments responsible for German imports and exports were also worried that this would exclude them from their role as middlemen making huge profits. On the other hand, the new government's wartime economic policy required thorough mobilization.
The whole society, and stored raw materials, especially military supplies - such as tungsten and antimony - these were raw materials that China could provide in large quantities at that time. The German military industry had a particularly urgent need for tungsten sand. Therefore, from that time on, China's
Raw materials became a major factor in Germany's foreign policy toward China.
So when Hitler learned that the mysterious Chinese warlord Wang Jiuling had actually discovered 300 million tons of iron ore, Hitler thought this was a good opportunity.
Historically, because the Northeast fell to the Japanese invaders, Germany no longer cooperated with other warlords except the Nanjing National Government. Wang Jiuling had been known to Hitler since the Songhu Anti-Japanese War in 128, but he did not have a deep impression at that time. As a
The person who wants to control Germany and lead Germany's revival will pay attention to major events happening in other major countries every day, which involve Germany's interests.
Just when Hitler had forgotten about Wang Jiuling, Wang Jiuling suddenly emerged and could do shocking things every time. The thing that made Hitler remember Wang Jiuling in his mind was that Wang Jiuling said that he would become the head of state of Germany next year. At first, he was also like
Others laughed it off, but then I thought about how this young man could become a warlord controlling tens of millions of people in such a short period of time. There is definitely something extraordinary about him.
Hitler was a superstitious person. Combined with the fact that Wang Jiuling always seemed to predict what would happen and was always one step ahead of others in doing things, Hitler believed that Wang Jiuling might really be a wizard and could predict the future, so Hitler was particularly interested in Wang Jiuling. If Wang Jiuling
Wang Jiuling doesn't have the ability to predict the future, so that doesn't matter. Anyway, there are iron mines, a population, and a population of tens of millions of consumers, and Germany can still get enough benefits.
Hitler went directly to Munich, and at the same time asked people to notify the big guys in the steel and military industries to come to Munich for a meeting. Now that Hitler was in full swing, and they were the ones who pushed him, all the big guys quickly left for Munich. They knew
Hitler wouldn't call them if nothing happened, not to mention he was still in such a hurry
In the eyes of industrialists, Wang Jiuling's insistence on demands was unreasonable. A metallurgical plant, three steel plants with an annual output of 200,000 tons, and a rifle arsenal, although they did not require German technology, only machinery, and an artillery arsenal were required.
It can cast mortars and artillery pieces up to 105mm in diameter, two chemical factories, one for military use, one for civilian use, a pharmaceutical factory, a hydropower station with an installed capacity of 150mw, and a special paper mill for making currency.
There are a bunch of messy technologies and personnel for the production of film, etc., all of which need German assistance. In addition, Germany has proposed a loan of 200 US dollars to him. Although Wang Jiuling provided the money, there is no cash at all, or he can use it when the iron is cast.
Or just wait until they have more money to switch. The only thing worth gratifying is to give Germany most-favored-nation status in Xikang
These industrialists really think that this Chinese warlord has something wrong with his head! This is so shameless!
But Hitler didn't think so. He believed that Wang Jiuling dared to make such a request, which just showed that he had the strength. Otherwise, why didn't he see other Chinese warlords making such requests? Hitler wanted to win over China, but except for China's Nanjing National Government
, there were no other forces that he could see. It was at this time that Wang Jiuling jumped out. These demands seemed excessive. Hitler was indeed ecstatic about his deeds. This proved that this warlord was very enterprising. In case the National Government was unreliable,
, Germany’s interests in China can also quickly find someone to guarantee it.
Finally, in the fierce debate, Hitler convinced the industrialists with the phrase "Germany above all else" and promised them some political things.
In the end, the industrialists agreed to Hitler and fully assisted Wang Jiuling, making him a strong ally of Germany in China. Germany was unified within Germany. Soon a telegram agreeing to Wang Jiuling's request was sent to Mark. After Mark got the approval of Germany
Immediately discuss the details of cooperation and sign the contract with Wang Jiuling's Xikang side
In April 1933, General Hans von Seeckt arrived in Shanghai and served as a senior advisor to the National Government, providing advice on economic and military development, while General Alexander von Falkenhausen served as an advisor to the Xikang Army.
In May of the same year, Hans von Seeckt outlined the outline of his plan for China's industrialization and militarization in his "Memorandum to the Marshal" (Arshal) to Chiang Kai-shek. He opposed China's traditional large-scale and low-quality armed forces.
, emphasizing a small but highly maneuverable and well-equipped armed force. In addition, he also proposed that this army is the "basis of rule" and that the combat effectiveness of the army lies in its superior quality. The superior quality comes from the excellent officer corps in order to achieve
In the framework he proposed, von Seeckt suggested that China's armed forces must be uniformly trained and obey Chiang Kai-shek's orders, and that the entire military system must become the cornerstone of the centralized pyramid. To achieve this goal, von Seeckt proposed following the Weimar model.
The structure of the Republican Army established the "Teaching Corps". The mission of these elite force members who were carefully selected and directly under the central jurisdiction is to receive professional training and then bring this training and the quality of professional soldiers to other teams.