bookpower Chapter 401
Chapter 401
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: 0.074s Scan: 0.073sMainz couldn’t help laughing when he learned that Speer sold a large number of obsolete weapons of the German army to Zhang Shaoshuai.
What a business genius!
However, this is a win-win situation. The weapons that Hans eliminated were mainly Mauser 98 rifles, which happened to be a large number of weapons equipped by the Celestial Empire at that time. So for them, they could use them immediately after getting this weapon, and there was no problem of familiarity and getting started.
As for Hans, they had finally cleared up millions of Mauser 98 rifles after the end of World War I. Hans’ army now began to equip Mauser 98K rifles.
In addition, some MP40 submachine guns were also equipped to the troops, which improved their firepower in close combat.
In addition to these, Hans’ automatic rifles and assault rifles are also on the way to development and will be put into production soon.
So for Hans, these obsolete Mauser 98 rifles are completely useless. If they are kept, they will not create any income for them. If they are sold, they can get a lot of money. Naturally, it is more cost-effective to sell them!
For the Celestial Empire, this result is actually not bad.
Although this batch of firearms was eliminated by the German army, these firearms are not outdated. Most of them are very new rifles. The German army has used them for a relatively short time and has maintained them very well. Even if they are not brand new, they are at least 90% new. They can be used directly after they are taken back without affecting anything!
Moreover, the price of an old gun is only half of that of a new gun. The Celestial Empire can buy twice as many weapons as before for the same money. For the Celestial Empire, which is in urgent need of weapons but shy in Langzhong, this deal is naturally very cost-effective!
It is precisely because this is a win-win deal that Mainz thinks Speer is a business genius. Let him negotiate the next arms trade. With his brain, he will definitely get the biggest profit for Hans!
“The quantity of this batch of weapons is huge, so it is easy to sell them, but how to transport them smoothly to China is a bit troublesome!”
Originally, Hans’ main mode of transportation to the Celestial Empire was through sea transport, using large cargo ships to transport goods.
The cost of sea transport is very low and the time is very fast. A large cargo ship of tens of thousands of tons can transport tens of thousands of tons of goods at a time. The arms that Hans sold to the Celestial Empire this time probably only needed a few large cargo ships to transport all of them!
However, this method can no longer be used at the moment, because since the Foot Basin people have already set their sights on the northeastern region of the Celestial Empire, they certainly cannot tolerate arms ships loaded with a large number of weapons entering the ports of the Celestial Empire. In that case, it will pose a serious obstacle to their invasion plan!
Therefore, if Mainz is a Foot Basin person, he will definitely send the navy to intercept Hans’ arms ship and will not give Hans any chance to let them transport this batch of arms to the Celestial Empire! The
Foot Basin Navy can be ranked among the top three in the world, and it is unique in the Far East. If they want to cut off the Celestial Empire’s foreign trade channels, they can definitely do it.
Therefore, this batch of arms cannot be transported by sea as before. They need to transport this batch of weapons through other means!
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Eastern Europe, the capital of the bear, Moscow.
Foreign Minister Motlov came to Starlin anxiously with a letter,”Chairman, please take a look at this, the Hans just sent us a telegram!”
“Oh? What does it say?”
When Starling heard that it was a telegram sent by Hans, she immediately became interested.
“They called us and asked if they could pass through our country. They wanted to transport a batch of goods to the northeast of China and needed to use our Siberian Railway!”
There are two ways of transportation from Europe to the Far East, one is the sea route and the other is the land route. The only feasible option for the land route, whether now or in the future, is to enter the Far East through the railway in the Russian territory.
During the Tsarist Russia period, the Russians were very obsessed with external expansion. In addition, they coveted the Far East, especially the northeast of China, at that time. So, under the promotion of the emperor, the Russians spared no cost and spent several years to build a large railway connecting Europe and Asia. This is the Siberian Railway!
The project of this railway is huge and the cost is extremely high!
The Siberian region is vast and sparsely populated. You may not find a single person within a hundred miles of land! It is almost completely unprofitable to build a railway in such a place, but the Tsar did not care about this. He cared about using this The railway quickly transported the domestic army and weapons and equipment to the Far East, and then they could continue to invade the south and take over the northeast of the Celestial Empire!
This plan was originally very good, but they were defeated by the Japanese in the Russo-Japanese War, so they were completely expelled from the northeast of the Celestial Empire.
The failure of this war dealt a great blow to the emperor’s prestige. Although the Siberian Railway was built after the war at the insistence of the emperor, the rise of the Japanese, so the bear had completely lost the possibility of expansion in the northeast of the Celestial Empire. In addition, the situation in Europe was deteriorating, and the First World War soon broke out, resulting in the bear having no energy to care about the Far East!
If the Hans hadn’t taken the initiative to bring up this matter, the bears might not even know that they had such a railway!
“Motolov, what do you think?”
Starling put down Hans’ telegram, his eyes flashing with a light, he stared at Motolov, wanting to hear his opinion
“I think we can help, but the Hans must pay a certain price!”
Motolov thought this was a good opportunity. They had a pretty good relationship with Hans. Hans provided them with a lot of machinery and even technology. Even their tanks were sold to them by Hans. Such a relationship can be said to be unique in the current Russian Bear’s external network, so the Russian Bear cannot fall out with Hans.
Falling out with Hans will not do them any good, and will only further worsen their already very severe diplomatic environment.
So helping Hans is almost certain, but helping is not for nothing. They must get some benefits. Otherwise, what benefits can they get from helping Hans?
No one would be willing to do something that is in vain!
“Well, you are right, Hans must pay the price!”
Starling nodded frequently. When he saw the telegram, he had already thought of what he wanted in his mind!
“Although we have given up a lot of land in the Far East, there are still many territories that belong to us. If we allow the Foot Basin people to expand here, judging from the hostility they have shown towards us in the past, they will definitely not be satisfied with the current lands. So it is certain that as long as they take over the northeastern region of the Celestial Empire, they will continue to expand around it!”
Starling did not have a good impression of the Foot Basin people, because a few years ago when the Allied Powers united to interfere in the Russian Civil War, the Foot Basin people had sent a large number of troops to attack them in the Far East! The main reason why the
Russians were willing to return the 1.5 million square kilometers of land they had occupied to the Celestial Empire was because Vladivostok had been occupied by the Allied forces, and the main force of the Allied forces was the Foot Basin army. The Foot Basin people’s troops took over a large amount of Russian land in the Far East, causing the Russians to lose control of the Far East!
That’s why they They would give a piece of land that they could not control to the Celestial Empire as a favor in exchange for the Celestial Empire’s recognition and establishment of diplomatic relations. This deal was not a big loss, and it was acceptable to the Russians at that time!
Because they had fought with the Foot Basin on the battlefield, Starlin had a deep understanding of the greed of the Foot Basin people!
This country, like the Russians, was a country that loved land very much. As long as they had the slightest chance, they would not mind expanding wantonly and annexing all the land they could annex, and they did not care whether they could digest these territories!
“So helping the Celestial Empire is actually helping us. If we give the Trans-Siberian Railway to Hans to transport supplies to the Celestial Empire, then the fate of the Celestial Empire will be controlled in our hands to a certain extent. As long as we close this railway, the Celestial Empire will definitely be defeated. Therefore, we can completely use this as a threat to negotiate with the Celestial Empire and gain more benefits!”