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Ren Hongjun scratched his head.

It's easy for Duan Xun to say, but it's not so easy to do.Although China's equipment manufacturing industry has also made great progress, it is not easy to complete a tractor production line independently.

At present, there are five large-scale tractor factories in China, and the tractor production lines are all imported.And now that the whole country is beginning to concentrate on the military industry, it is not easy to gather strength to build a tractor production line.

"Of course not only tanks, but also tractors and the like, and Shenyang Tractor Factory is also responsible for production."

"Yes."

Although Ren Hongjun had some objections, but Duan Xun said so, Ren Hongjun could only accept the task.

"Also, select a few capable factories as soon as possible to accept orders from the military. They mainly produce bullets and shells. This aspect must be carefully checked, and there must be no inferior products."

When the war started, it was not enough to rely on military factories alone.

Military factories have to produce the most important products, but too much war materials are consumed during the war, and the military factories are too late.So it is necessary to mobilize enough factories and let them participate.This is why industrial power is war potential.

"Yes."

"Also, our automobile factory will complete the transformation of truck production as soon as possible."

"Yes."

At present, China's automobile production is very high, with an annual production of more than 70 vehicles.However, the production of cars and buses is the largest, and the production of trucks is about 15.If those car factories drastically reduce the production of cars and turn to truck production, then there is no problem in increasing the annual truck production in China to more than 40.

"Director Ren, don't have resistance. During the war, everything must serve the war. The Ministry of Industry must change our factory's thinking as soon as possible to meet the military's requirements."

"Chairman, what I just reported was last year's import and export trade volume."

"It seems that the trade channel in Europe is still very smooth."

"Yes."

delicate situation.

Did World War II break out?

It is said that it broke out, but the world situation is very strange, because the world is very peaceful, and there is no feeling that a war has been fought.In Nanyang, at the beginning of the period, Japan seemed to be ready to fight. Batches of naval warships went south, and batches of army troops stationed in Kalimantan Island.But after taking Kalimantan, Japan stopped and had no intention of continuing to attack Malaya.Similarly, the United Kingdom lost Kalimantan, which can be described as a shame.But Britain just yelled, and did not counterattack Kalimantan.

What?

Japan is building a large number of warships and has begun to expand its army.Japan's plan is to build a standing army of 50 divisions, with an army size of more than 100 million.Of course, the more important thing is that Japan is waiting and watching. He does not want to attract all of Britain and France to Nanyang, so let's first look at the situation of Germany in Europe.And so is the UK.Britain's strength in the Far East is far inferior to that of Japan, and the current situation in Europe is unstable.Therefore, the United Kingdom did not dare to recover Kalimantan at all.Now Britain has started to train troops mainly in India, Malaysia, and Myanmar.

The same is true for Europe.

Britain and France declared war on Germany, but the two sides hoarded millions of troops, but did not fight at all.It has been seven months since a million troops have confronted each other, and only one person has died so far, and the total casualties on both sides are only a dozen.After Germany swallowed Poland, it immediately expressed its desire for peace with Britain and France.But Britain and France have been deceived by Germany so many times, of course they would not believe Hitler.Therefore, Germany's request for peace talks was rejected.

However, although Britain and France did not agree to Germany's request for peace talks, they did not intend to fight.In this way, the time entered 1939, and the world turned out to be in a delicate balance.It was regarded as "strange war" and "sitting war" by later historians.

The world is in chaos in 1938, and it looks like a world war is imminent.But in real fighting, after Britain and France declared war on Germany, the first few months of 1939 were eerily peaceful.Many people don't know whether it is a time of war or a time of peace.

But really smart people know that this is just the last peace before the war.As long as this period of time passes, a real war will take place.The so-called peace now is just that both sides are accumulating strength.

"Although Britain, France and Germany have declared war, they have not really entered the war. Therefore, the current trade channel is very smooth. Whether we export to Europe or import from Europe, merchant ships have not been affected. And because of the war, the current The price of raw materials in the world has risen rapidly. During the economic crisis, the price of raw materials has dropped sharply, but since 1932, the price of raw materials has recovered, and by 1935 it has recovered the price before the economic crisis. Since 1935, the price of raw materials in the world The average price has risen by more than two times. Judging from the current situation, the price of raw materials will continue to rise. Once the scale of the war expands, it is possible that the price of raw materials will increase by five or six times, or even more than ten times. Although we are currently in accordance with the treaty, we will give Germany, Italy, and Spain offer certain discounts, but China's export volume has nearly tripled in the past two years."

"Ah."

Duan Xun nodded.

Originally, raw materials were products with very low added value, but when war broke out, the price of raw materials would rise rapidly.As a big country of raw materials, China is currently the world's largest exporter of raw materials, so the export volume has increased significantly.

China has become the largest trading country in the world after the United States in terms of import and export volume.It is really because China's raw materials exported are the world's number one, and China's imports have continued to grow in recent years.In order to fight the war in the third five-year plan, China imported various arms production lines.

China has so many loans in the third five-year plan, where are they used, that is, they are used in importing various arms production lines.Just the few tank production lines imported from Germany in the third five-year plan alone have a combined annual design output of more than 3000 vehicles.There are also several aircraft production lines imported from the United States, with a combined annual design output of more than 3000 aircraft.What is the purpose, is to fight.

Even now, World War II has broken out.However, China's orders from Europe and the United States are still being brought back to China in a steady stream.There is no problem with the current trade channel, which is beneficial to China.

But people without long-term worries must have near-term worries.

Duan Xun thought for a while and said: "But we can't just think about the present. There will inevitably be a war between Britain, France and Germany. As long as there is a war, many smooth trade channels will be restricted. In order to defeat Germany, Britain will definitely keep up with the last time. Like a war, Germany’s sea lanes are blocked, and Germany is not allowed to get supplies. The British navy is powerful, and there is no problem in blocking Europe. It is impossible for the German navy to break through the British blockade. Many trades between us, Germany and Italy will be affected. Restrictions. So you have to find an alternative. The more war years, the more good opportunities to make money, and also a good opportunity to develop our country's industry. China's current gold reserves and foreign exchange reserves are very small, so take advantage of this opportunity of war , Reshaping China's gold reserves and foreign exchange reserves."

"Chairman, we already have some alternatives."

Yan Huiqing immediately said: "We are the largest supplier of raw materials to Germany and Italy. Once this part of the trade is interrupted, there will be a lot of blows to our country's exports. In order to maintain this part of the trade, we have established several companies in cooperation with the Spanish government. Trading company. Judging from the current situation, Italy and Germany have signed the "Triple Alliance Agreement", and for the hegemony of the Mediterranean, they will inevitably go to war with Britain and France. However, since the end of the Spanish Civil War, the domestic economy is in dire straits, and their military strength It is also limited, so it is impossible to go to war against Britain and France at will like Germany and Italy. Similarly, Britain will not want Spain to join the war."

"Spain is surrounded by the Pyrenees in the north, backed by France, and faces Africa across the Strait of Gibraltar in the south. It is at the throat of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean sea route. The strategic location is very important. Once Spain falls to Germany and Italy, it will seriously affect the United Kingdom. And France, including North Africa, will be very dangerous. Therefore, Britain will definitely try to win over Spain. As long as Spain does not do too much, Britain will definitely indulge Spain. As long as Franco is not a fool, he will not completely fall to one side. Therefore We believe that Spain must be the target of the two sides, and will not blockade Spain. In this way, we can avoid a lot of troubles by establishing a trading company with Spain. At that time, we will not only be able to do business with Britain and France, but also Germany and Italy. .”

"The Spanish economy is not good, and if we have the opportunity to cooperate with us and become a material transfer point, it will be of great benefit to the recovery of the Spanish economy. Therefore, the two sides have reached an agreement."

Yan Huiqing told China some ways.

Duan Xun nodded repeatedly.Once Britain makes a move, it is capable of blocking Germany's coastline.Once Germany and Italy are blocked by the United Kingdom, many cooperations between China, Germany and Italy will be interrupted.

This is very detrimental to China.

After all, both Germany and Italy are short of resources, and they need to import a lot of resources once they go to war.Moreover, China now also needs the technology of Germany and Italy, as well as their machinery and equipment.Doing business with Germany and Italy is good for China.

So finding a new trade channel is very important.Yan Huiqing and the others are looking for the country of Spain.Spain also signed the "Anti-Comintern Pact", which is a matter of course.

Because the Republic Army that fought against Franco at the beginning accepted the support of the Soviet Union.A large number of Soviet weapons and equipment entered Spain, and the tens of thousands of international columns became the most difficult bone for Franco.

But that's all.

After the Spanish Civil War, the national economy collapsed. Although Franco had ambitions, his strength could no longer support his ambitions.Therefore, Franco did not want to offend Britain and France too much, so he was watching the situation.

Likewise, Britain and France did not want Spain to join the German camp.Because Spain's position is too important.If Spain falls to Germany, the situation in North Africa will be completely different, and the connection between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea can be directly cut off.

"That's a good idea."

Although China has introduced a "wartime act", requiring buyers to transport by themselves.But having said that, we still have to rely on China's transportation in many aspects.But for the sake of the obvious, you shouldn't do it yourself.Setting up a trading company in Europe, especially in Spain, is a very good idea.

"Have you finished the classification of strategic materials?"

"Yes."

Yan Huiqing took out a list and handed it to Duan Xun.

Duan Xun took it over and looked at it. It was the list of strategic materials formulated by the Economic and Development Commission.When war breaks out, some things cannot be exported casually.In other words, as the world's largest exporter of raw materials, China should learn to control prices.

It is necessary to formulate these important strategic material lists and formulate different tariff policies according to different situations.Duan Xun looked at it carefully, and it was very detailed.Starting with the most important materials, more than 1200 products are listed.

Some important strategic materials are there.

"good."

Duan Xun nodded, very satisfied with Yan Huiqing's work.

"However, there is one thing to pay attention to. The things in this list should not only cover things in our country, but also things from Nanyang Chinese businessmen, especially natural rubber. We must control the supply of natural rubber in the world. This transaction Let the Overseas Chinese Federation be responsible. Everyone must work together to control the price of natural rubber."