Beiyang reactionaries

"I not only need your determination, but also your ability. I need to try your ability before the war, so that I can know."

"What does the Prime Minister mean?"

"I want to test the ability of your factories under the Ministry of Industry to produce military products. I need your factories to be able to quickly accept orders from the army and support the development of the army after the war breaks out."

"Which factories does the Prime Minister want to pilot?"

"Three types of factories."

Duan Xun wanted to understand his factory's capabilities before the war, so he knew it well.Therefore, he said: "The first category, the several aircraft factories that your Ministry of Industry plans to build in the third five-year plan are currently mainly producing civilian transport aircraft. I hope that the several aircraft factories under the Ministry of Industry will also have the strength to manufacture military equipment. s plane."

"Prime Minister, there is no problem. As long as we place an order with our aircraft factory, we will be able to produce military aircraft."

Ren Hongjun immediately promised.

Today's aircraft manufacturing is not as complex and changeable as it will be 100 years later.In fact, many aircraft manufacturers now can produce the required aircraft as long as they have an aircraft production line, plus complete design drawings and technical parameters.

Although the third five-year plan is not like the second five-year plan to build large-scale aircraft factories like Shenyang Aircraft Manufacturing Factory and Xi'an Aircraft Manufacturing Factory, it still imports several aircraft production lines from the United States and builds three A relatively small aircraft factory.These aircraft factories are directly under the Ministry of Industry.They mainly produce civilian transport aircraft, and the military occasionally orders some transport aircraft from them.

"Then give it a try."

"Yes."

"The second is our tractor factory. Most of our tractors are crawler tractors. When we need them, the tractor factory will become a tank factory to help the army produce tanks."

"Tank factory?"

Ren Hongjun did not expect this at all.

Turn a tractor factory into a tank factory?On the other hand, Han Linchun's eyes lit up.At present, China's annual tractor production has reached about [-] units.As long as one-tenth of the production is converted into tank production, China's annual tank production can reach [-].And now China has less than [-] tanks.

"What, is there any difficulty?"

"No."

Ren Hongjun shook his head.

Ren Hongjun is not a military expert, but he is an engineer himself, and has been in the industrial field for these years, so he is also very familiar with the machinery industry.Tanks and tractors are indeed the same in many aspects at present.As long as the tractor is slightly modified, and then equipped with cannons, it will be a tank.

It's just that I didn't think of it before.

"Prime Minister, we will try."

"Okay. The third is to let those small factories try to produce some grenades and bullets, and if possible, try to produce some shells. Of course, they don't need to produce too much, just to test their capabilities. Let me see our Can civilian factories quickly accept orders from the military when the country needs them?"

"Yes."

"Minister Han (Han Linchun), your equipment department and the Ministry of Industry must cooperate closely to do a good job in this test. This is a matter related to future wars. If you can do it, you can do it. If you can't, you can't. I want an accurate answer."

"Yes."

"Brother Chensu (Liu Wendao), how is the situation in Italy?"

Berlin.

Originally, for Europe, the most important thing for China is the United Kingdom.Because in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, Britain had the greatest influence on China.Changes in the Chinese government all depend on the face of the United Kingdom.So China attached the most importance to Britain at that time, and the relationship with Britain was China's biggest diplomacy.

It is precisely because of this that China has always been very careful in choosing its ambassador to the UK.It is impossible to serve as the Chinese ambassador to the UK without sufficient qualifications.Also because the ambassador to the UK is so important, the ambassador to the UK is the leader of these diplomats in Europe.For example, Shi Zhaoji, who has returned to China to serve as Minister of Foreign Affairs, is in charge of China's affairs in Europe as the Chinese ambassador to the UK.

Not only China's diplomatic agencies in Europe must obey Shi Zhaoji's words, but many other Chinese agencies in Europe must obey Shi Zhaoji's command.Including what China wants to do in Europe, Shi Zhaoji will be appointed as the general manager.However, with the close relationship between China and Germany, Germany's weight in China's diplomacy has become more and more important, and now it has surpassed the United Kingdom.Therefore, before Shi Zhaoji returned to China, China's diplomatic center in Europe had slowly shifted from London to Berlin.Many times, Shi Zhaoji came to Berlin to direct those diplomatic agencies when he had to deal with some matters.

Now that the Wei Chen group is the head of China's diplomacy in Europe, Berlin has even surpassed London's status.

"It's better than Germany. Although Mussolini also introduced some anti-Semitic policies, it's much lighter than Germany's. Especially for ordinary Jews, Italy doesn't bother much. How to live or how to live. But it is not completely unaffected, the lives of those Jewish elites have been hit hard. Italy is still very strict in the field of education, and all the Jews are expelled. At present, there are no universities in Italy. Jewish professors and teachers."

The answer was Liu Wendao, the current Chinese ambassador to Italy.

Liu Wendao was originally a soldier. He went to Army Elementary School, Army Middle School, and finally Baoding Military Academy.He was also one of the students Duan Xun taught when he was a teacher at Baoding Military Academy.However, he did not finish his studies at Baoding Military Academy, so he studied in Japan and studied at Waseda University, where he studied political economy.After that, he went to France from Japan and got a doctorate at the University of Paris.

He is a great talent.

Fluent in English, Japanese, French, and Italian, he is like a fish in water on the diplomatic front.In addition, he can be regarded as Duan Xun's student, so the path in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is getting easier and easier.In recent years, as the relationship between China and Italy has developed by leaps and bounds, Liu Wendao was appointed as the ambassador to Italy and also China's second-in-command in European diplomacy.

"Where's Spain?"

Wei Chen's group turned to ask the people on the other side.

Today in Berlin, one is the Chinese ambassador to Italy Liu Wendao, and the other is the Chinese ambassador to Spain Guo Taiqi.These three people are very interesting, because they are all from Hubei, so they are known as the "Three Heroes of Hubei" of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Liu Wendao and Guo Taiqi even came from the same place, both from Guangji, Hubei.

China has never been involved in the Spanish Civil War.

But he has always supported Franco's army and sold them raw materials.When Franco became the leader of the new Spanish government, China immediately restored its consulate in Spain.Appoint Guo Taiqi as Minister to Spain.

"Spain is not like Germany and Italy, which openly formulate these policies. Especially now that Franco has just stabilized the situation in Spain, he has not had time to do things in this regard. Franco's main job at present is to eliminate the forces of the leftist camp , I have not had time to do anything to the Jews. But the rejection of Jews in Spain is still very obvious, and various discrimination against Jews can be seen everywhere. Overall, the situation of Jews in Spain is not very good. Ordinary Jews can only Yes, but some of the Jewish elite left Spain a lot."

"Ah."

Wei Chen's group nodded.

Dao: "The rejection of Jews is not limited to Germany, but also Italy and Spain. In fact, the rejection of Jews exists throughout Europe. It's just that the German Nazi Party has the most radical ideas and the most violent actions."

"Yes. There is a tradition of rejecting Jews throughout Europe, but now the Nazis have made him completely public and too radical."

Liu Wendao also supports the Wei Chen group.

Europe has a long history of exclusion of Jews.Not to mention anything else, just reading those famous European novels and famous poems, the villains who come out are basically Jews, and many of the objects of ridicule are also Jews.Europeans really don't have a good impression of Jews.In fact, countries such as Britain and France don't like Jews very much.

It's just that the Nazis' approach was too blatant.

"How is the statistical work done for those Jewish scholars?"

"There is no problem here in Italy. After receiving the notice, our embassy has been counting the list and information of Jewish scholars who were expelled from the field of education by the Italian government. In order to count the information of these people, our international students have contributed a lot. Especially It is the professors and teachers of Italian universities before, and we have a very detailed grasp. If there are problems, it is mainly because the statistics in some other fields may not be perfect. Including Jewish doctors, Jewish engineers, and Jewish artists. Our strength in these areas It is relatively weak, and there will be some omissions in the statistics. But about 70% of the statistics have been completed.”

Liu Wendao immediately reported their work in Italy.

Guo Taiqi next to him was a little hesitant, and he waited until Liu Wendao finished speaking before saying: "The Spanish Civil War has just ended, our legation has just been established, and we don't have enough manpower. Most of our statistics are well-known in Spain Jewish scholars and Jewish artists. Other statistics are far from complete. It will take some time."

"That's enough."

Wei Chen's team didn't blame them.

After all, Spain is different from Italy.China, Italy, and Spain are all allies at present, but Franco has just settled the domestic situation, and it hasn't been long since the Chinese consulate reopened.It is understandable that it is inferior to the Italian embassy in some respects.

And Spain has fallen.

There are not many Jewish scholars in Spain, and this time it is not the focus, far inferior to Germany and Italy.

"A large number of blank invitation letters have been sent from China this time, all of which are invitation letters from domestic universities, or invitation letters from some factories, and invitations from some research institutions. The reason why there are no names in them is that we are allowed to choose these people. , fill in the name. Two, the domestic judgment is that war will definitely break out in Europe within a year and a half at most. Therefore, the domestic decision to introduce these Jewish scholars is no longer a cover-up, but a wide-ranging campaign for these Jewish scholars. Casting a net. As the persecution of Jews by the Nazi Party has become more and more serious in recent years, the life of many Jewish scholars who used to be university professors has fallen into a great predicament. This is a good opportunity for us. The domestic meaning is, For these Jewish scholars, no matter what they study, China welcomes them. They are welcome to teach in Chinese universities. The tasks of the two are not light."