Beiyang reactionaries

After swallowing Austria earlier, it took half a year to plot the Sudeten area.After swallowing the Sudetenland area, it took about half a year before attacking Czechoslovakia.The reason why these times are used in the middle is to digest the annexed areas.

Now that Germany has just swallowed Czechoslovakia, it will definitely take a few months to digest these results.But after Germany digests Czechoslovakia, it will inevitably continue their pace of expansion.

That's when World War II broke out.

After the war broke out, the European powers were no longer capable of producing nuclear weapons.Because they don't have enough energy to develop nuclear weapons, nor do they have enough strength to develop nuclear weapons.Because a lot of their manpower and material resources will be used in the war.

"Prime Minister."

When Duan Xun asked about the current world's attention to Professor Meitner, Chen Bulei came to Duan Xun's side.

"how?"

"Indonesian President Sukarno officially declared that Kalimantan Island is Indonesia's territory and requested to negotiate with Britain."

"Everyone knows."

"Yes."

The signing of the "German-Italian-Japanese Alliance Treaty" made the relationship between Germany, Italy, and Japan closer, and made them start to act together at a unified pace, and also accelerated the pace of war.After signing the treaty, Germany was the first to take action.

Germany immediately annexed Czechoslovakia, and signed the "Soviet-German Nonaggression Pact" with the Soviet Union a month later.All of a sudden, the situation in Europe was disrupted, and Britain and France were caught off guard.

As a result, Britain and France, which had originally put their horses on Nanshan, had to start paying attention to armaments.

And Japan in the Far East is obviously unwilling to be lonely.Japan once again egged the Republic of Indonesia behind its back, the same way it swallowed Irian Island.The Republic of Indonesia announced in a high-profile manner that Kalimantan belongs to the Republic of Indonesia.Declare that Kalimantan is a land that was robbed by colonists in history, and demand that Britain return Kalimantan.Originally, the Netherlands also had some colonies in Kalimantan, but after being attacked by Japan in the past two years, it has completely abandoned its colonies in the Far East.Therefore, the Japanese army controlled a small part of Kalimantan Island, including the Japanese Army, which was already in Kalimantan Island.

The Republic of Indonesia's statement is already very courageous.

Because Kalimantan is not a small place, it is the third largest island in the world with an area of ​​more than 74 square kilometers.And more importantly, Kalimantan is the central area of ​​the Malay Archipelago, not far from China, the Philippines, Sulawesi, Java, Sumatra, and Malacca.

If Japan controls here, then the entire Southeast Asia is within Japan's radiation range.The United States must guard against Japan in the Philippines, Britain must guard against Japan in Malacca, and even France must guard against Japan in French Indochina.

Therefore, it is impossible for Britain to make concessions.After all, Kalimantan is not Irian Island, it is a place controlled by the United Kingdom.How could Britain transfer such a large colony to Japan.

But Japan doesn't seem to care anymore.

What Japan wants now is just an excuse, and it can't go to war without declaring it, or launch a surprise attack.Japan does not want to detonate the war immediately, so the first step is to use Indonesia to make a legitimate territorial claim with the United Kingdom.

As long as the negotiations do not go well a few times, war will inevitably break out between Japan and Britain.

"The situation is obvious."

Duan Xun came up with a qualitative statement, saying: "Germany has swallowed Czechoslovakia. With the annexation of Austria and Czechoslovakia, Germany's strength has grown rapidly. In addition, in Europe, Italy and Germany have signed the 'Alliance Treaty', and Spain has also Signed the 'Anti-Comintern Pact'. And looking at the current situation, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Romania are slowly moving closer to Germany, which has formed a huge military group. Their strength is no less than another military dominated by Britain and France Group. After Germany completely digests Czechoslovakia, it will inevitably provoke a war in Europe. Judging from the "Soviet-German Nonaggression Pact" and the previous meetings with Germany, Italy, and Japan, Germany will inevitably go to war with Britain and France. "

"In Nanyang, Japan began to encourage the Republic of Indonesia and demanded that Britain return Kalimantan Island. Japan is trying to tear itself apart from Britain in the Far East. In other words, the war is very close to us, even closer than we predicted .Whether it is Japan or Germany, as long as one of them goes to war with Britain and France, the other country will inevitably declare war against Britain and France. At that time, it will be another war between two military blocs, and another world war.”

"Now the situation is becoming more and more urgent. Let me say a few things that you can discuss. First, from now on, government agencies across the country will stop buying cars. Any government agencies, including factories controlled by the government, are not allowed to buy more cars. The government The car factories below have also stopped producing cars. All the car factories have to start producing trucks."

The closer to the war, Duan Xun will start to prepare.

Slowly turn some peacetime economic policies into economic policies that serve war.Originally, the third five-year plan mainly invested in the military industry, so many automobile factories in China began to mass-produce trucks because they received orders from the military.And China's motorcycle production has also increased rapidly in recent years.However, the domestic demand for cars in recent years is not too low, so everyone still produces cars.

After ten years of development, China's auto industry is still doing very well.There are also many cars of various models.In addition, China allows car companies from major powers to come to China to set up joint venture factories, so there are currently many such joint venture car factories in China.

Mainly the United States, Britain, Germany three brands.

But now it's almost a war, and what Duan Xun wants is a large number of trucks.What China is doing with laying so many roads on the border is to solve the logistical problems of the Chinese army in the front.At that time, in addition to trains, a large number of trucks will be used.

Needless to say, military supplies such as cannons, firearms, and bullets, food, drink, and clothing for the army must be transported to the front in large quantities.

"I agree with this. The government has not strictly controlled the use of cars by government agencies in recent years, which has led to a serious phenomenon of random buying of cars by governments at all levels. The same is true for many factories. Once a war breaks out, the government will need more funds and cannot be wasted. In this regard, when the demand for cars decreases and the demand for trucks increases, other auto factories will naturally produce more trucks. As for the cars needed by the people, they can be handed over to those civilian car factories. The government-controlled car factories have to follow the government needs to go."

Dai Kan nodded.

Agree with Duan Xun's opinion.There is going to be a war, so there are so many scruples.

"Increase the price of civilian gasoline to control the use of civilian gasoline. Use more oil for the military."

"should."

"Yes."

Listening to Duan Xun's words, everyone understood that Duan Xun was going to prepare for the battle with all his might.But also, now Germany and Japan are like this, and the war will break out soon.Where there is time to prepare slowly.

China is not America.

The United States is far away in America, far away from the war, and doesn't care.But China can't, China is in the Far East.The current actions of Japan in Nanyang itself affect China.Not to mention, China is currently hoarding heavy troops in the north, and war with the Soviet Union may break out at any time.

"Premier Wang (Wang Yongjiang), the Economic and Development Commission (Economic Development Planning Commission) made a list of materials, all of which are strategic materials related to war. They should be compiled according to the severity level, and the current import and export of these strategic materials should be accurately counted. State, domestic production. Once war breaks out, the government will tighten the import and export of these strategic materials, and tighten the sale of these materials. Therefore, it must be formulated carefully, and different tariffs must be formulated according to their importance. , different prices. And adjust our production volume according to demand.”

"Yes."

Wang Yongjiang nodded.

As long as war breaks out, the prices of world raw materials and industrial products will inevitably rise rapidly.As the world's largest supplier of raw materials, China has a large number of strategic materials among these resources.Especially important supplies that are indispensable in times of war.

Although these things are also under control in peaceful times, they will not be too strict.But once it comes to the war years, these things are very important things.Not only can it bring huge economic benefits to China, but it can also use these materials to negotiate with the other party.

Therefore, in the war years, these materials must be managed by the government.

"Premier Yan (Yan Huiqing), you and the Ministry of Commerce will convene a meeting of influential and representative foreign businessmen in our country after a while. Briefly talk about the current world situation and show our country's pessimistic forecast for the current world situation. Tell them at the same time , even if a war breaks out, or even a conflict between our country and their country, our country will not confiscate their property, nor will it affect their company's business. Our country firmly guarantees the property safety and personal safety of businessmen from all over the world in our country But the government also has restrictions on them. The first is that foreign businessmen should do business in China honestly, not violate Chinese laws, let alone serve as intelligence personnel, which is absolutely not allowed. Second, the products of their factories during the war years To export, you must obtain government approval. Without government approval, exporting their products privately will be severely punished. Third, if the war requires our government to expropriate their factories, then the government will definitely give them money. compensation. We will give them the company's profits in proportion to their shares, and they will never suffer losses."

"Yes."

"Then you can communicate with the Chinese businessmen again. With them, you can more clearly express the government's judgment on the world situation, so that they have some psychological preparations. The meaning expressed is the same as that of foreign businessmen, that is, the government will definitely guarantee their property and personal safety. .If they are worried about the safety of their family members in Nanyang, they can send them to China, or to Sumatra.”

"Yes."

Yan Huiqing accepted the order.

There are not a few foreign and Chinese businessmen in China at present.Stabilizing them can not only leave a lot of funds and talents, but also make a demonstration.There is always an end to war.

When the war is over, China can show everyone how we treat these businessmen.Even in the war years, we didn't let them suffer losses.This is of great benefit to establishing the credibility of the Chinese government in the world.

"Prime Minister You (You Min), the intelligence agencies of various countries will inevitably become more active when the war is approaching. After all, our country has close relations with Germany, Italy, and Japan, and our country's size has a great impact on changes in the world situation. And the more At this time, many unexpected things may happen in the country. Therefore, the police department and the security department have great responsibilities. We must be stable. Only when the internal stability is stable can we let go."

"Yes."

You Min nodded.

In fact, the intelligence agencies of various countries are already very active in China.If there is a war in the future, some cities in China may become places where Far East intelligence agencies gather.

At this time, you must keep an eye on them.

"Then……"

"okay, I get it."