Beiyang reactionaries

He frowned and said, "Now Germany asks us to support Franco publicly and to provide weapons to Franco. What do you think?"

The reason why everyone came together was because of the Spanish Civil War.Originally, in history, the Spanish Civil War had nothing to do with China, and China had no time to deal with the Spanish Civil War.But now China has signed the "Anti-Comintern Pact" with Germany and Japan.According to this agreement, Germany asked China and Japan to express their support for Franco.

And ask China and Japan to support Franco's army in weapons.Because Germany stated that Franco is currently an important force on the European front against the Comintern, and both Japan and China should support it.

In fact, Franco has no shortage of weapons.

Especially after receiving the support of Germany and Italy, there is no shortage of weapons.Both Germany and Italy have very strong industrial strength. Even Italy is an old imperialist country with very strong industrial strength.

Their weapons are plentiful.

What Germany wants is the attitude of China and Japan.

"Prime Minister, our country's diplomatic attitude has always been to respect the choices of all countries. I think it is inappropriate to support a certain party at this time. But we have just signed the 'Anti-Comintern Pact' with Germany, and we cannot completely lose face to Germany. We can ask Frederick Franco buys our weapons, we can give Franco the best price. And in order to support Germany and Italy, we give priority to exporting our raw materials to them at preferential prices.”

"No comment?"

"Yes. To be vague, we only oppose the Comintern's interference in other countries' internal affairs, and we do not directly express our position on the Spanish Civil War."

Yan Huiqing expressed his opinion.

Duan Xun nodded slightly.

For Yan Huiqing, Duan Xun still admires him very much.Appreciate his vision, his ability, and his steadfastness.Yan Huiqing's thoughts coincided with Duan Xun's.

Duan Xun did not want anything to do with the Spanish Civil War.

I don't even want to be tied to Germany in such a military operation.But China still needs Germany at this stage.Not to mention anything else, the current military cooperation between China and Germany, including aircraft development, tank development, artillery development, submarine development, and the radar stations currently under construction in China and Germany, all require German technology.

Without German technology, China's research and development in many aspects will be frustrated.

This is just military cooperation.

There are even more industrial cooperation between China and Germany.At present, China's chemical industry has a large number of German technologies and German experts.If it falls out with Germany, it will also be detrimental to the development of China's industrial technology.

At least in the years before the outbreak of World War II, China needed Germany.Cooperate with Germany, you can get loans from Germany, buy German machinery and equipment, and buy German technology.In just a few years, China will have tremendous development in many aspects.For the past few years, Duan Xun was unwilling to offend Hitler.

Therefore, even if you don't directly express your position, you have to make concessions.

"Will Hitler agree?"

"Ahem, it should be."

Wang Yongjiang's health became worse and worse, and his health deteriorated very seriously.

Duan Xun really wants Wang Yongjiang to rest, but the reality does not allow Wang Yongjiang to rest.Although the third five-year plan is not as violent as the second five-year plan and involves as many fields, the problems that need to be dealt with are more difficult.

In particular, the issue of industrial standardization is very complex.

The impact is too great.

Industrial standardization involves too many departments, including factories on the military side, and interest disputes are very serious.Liang Huankui was originally responsible for this matter, and Ren Hongjun was personally responsible for it.However, Liang Huankui was born as a complete industrial director, and Ren Hongjun was born as a technician.They have been in the industrial field since they entered Duan Xun's camp.In terms of industrial development, the two of them are very powerful and have made great contributions.However, in terms of coordinating local governments and coordinating military factories, the strength is far from enough.

The same goes for Yan Huiqing.

Dealing with military factories and local governments, although they have a high status, is really not easy.Therefore, in order to complete the problem of industrial standardization, Wang Yongjiang contacted all kinds of powerful factions.

Including the military side.

Only Wang Yongjiang is like this, who has followed Duan Xun from the beginning.He has deep friendship with local government officials and army generals in Duan Xun's camp.Only in this way can industrial standardization be promoted.Such nationwide adjustments are accompanied by constant compromises of interests.What is needed is someone like Wang Yongjiang.

Therefore, Wang Yongjiang did not have much rest time, and his health became worse and worse.

Duan Xun was also helpless.

If possible, Duan Xun really hopes that Wang Yongjiang can work under him for another 20 years.But with Wang Yongjiang's current body, continuing to work is completely overdrawing his life.

He is 65 years old this year.

"Since last year, the world's raw material prices have continued to rise, while the prices of industrial products have begun to fall. This is very uncomfortable for Germany and Italy, which lack raw materials. Recently, Germany is willing to give us more loans. In fact, it is to sell They buy more industrial products. Compared with Germany, Italy has more shortage of raw materials and basically relies entirely on imports. After the economic crisis, the Italian economy has not been doing well. Now the prices of raw materials have been rising all the way, and the prices of industrial products have continued to decline, which has led to the situation of Italian trade It is very bad and has a direct impact on the Italian economy. If we are willing to export raw materials at a favorable price, Germany and Italy will definitely be very happy."

Wang Yongjiang spoke slowly.

Analyze the situation in Germany and Italy from an economic perspective.

After the economic crisis broke out, raw material prices also plummeted.However, starting from 1932, the price of raw materials has slowly recovered.By 1935, the price of raw materials rose very fast, exceeding the imagination of many people.In comparison, the prices of industrial products have been unable to rise, and after 1935, the prices of industrial products began to decline.

This is a big blow to many industrial countries.

A country with a large number of colonies like Britain is doing well because it can import a lot of raw materials from the colonies.A powerful industrial country like the United States not only has abundant raw materials in the country, but also can rely on developed industrial production efficiency to reduce industrial costs and sell industrial products in large quantities.The dumping policy of industrial products like the United States has dealt a greater blow to other industrial countries.

And Germany and Italy are different from Britain and the United States.

Their industrial development required raw materials, but their raw materials were very scarce.This is true of Germany itself, and more so in Italy than in Germany.The rise in raw material prices is a very heavy burden for a country like them that needs to import a large amount of raw materials.

And what about China?

It is the world's largest exporter of raw materials.

Basically, China can provide whatever raw materials the world needs.Especially under the stable political situation and stable industrial development, the export volume of raw materials has soared.

As in history, China's tungsten placer is very important.

Germany alone needs to import more than [-] tons of tungsten placer each year, but China's output is too small, only a few thousand tons per year, and even Germany cannot supply it.Therefore, European countries mainly import Spanish tungsten placer.

But now it's different.

China's tungsten placer mines are better in quality, larger in scale and cheaper than Spain's.Coupled with the improvement of China's tungsten ore smelting process, exports are not processed products like before.

The result is that European countries import a large amount of Chinese tungsten placer.At present, China exports about 2.4 tons of tungsten ore to Europe every year.Moreover, with the tense situation in Europe in recent years, all countries have begun to attach importance to the development of armaments, and the demand for tungsten placer is getting higher and higher.According to the current situation, the quantity of tungsten ore exported from China to Europe will soon exceed 3 tons.

The same goes for other things.

China is the only country in the world that can provide most of the raw materials stably.The political situation in China has been stable in recent years, so the output of raw materials has been stable, which can meet the needs of most countries in the world.The rise in world raw material prices in the past few years has brought China an astonishing benefit.

China is willing to give preferential treatment to Germany and Italy, which is simply a dream for them.

"Ah."

Duan Xun nodded, agreeing with Yan Huiqing's analysis.

Directly: "Let the Wei Chen group ambassadors talk to Germany and Italy in person. Tell them, whether it is weapons or raw materials, our country is willing to provide preferential treatment to Germany. As for Italy, you can negotiate with them one-on-one and sign some cooperation terms. .If Italy is willing to import a large amount of raw materials from our country, then we can sign a trade contract."

Shi Zhaoji returned to China and is currently negotiating with Alexander Cadogan in Singapore.Originally in Europe, China had three foreign ministries.One is Shi Zhaoji, the ambassador to the UK, the other is Gu Weijun, the representative to the League of Nations, and the other is Wei Chenzuo, the ambassador to Germany.

But the current situation is that Shi Zhaoji returns to China, ready to take over the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs.Gu Weijun returned to China first and served as the deputy secretary-general of the Asian United Organization established by China and Japan. From September 1937, he will serve as the Secretary-General of the Asian United Organization.

Therefore, the Wei Chen group has the deepest qualifications in Europe.