Age of Rebirth

The Japanese can't defeat Tang Qiuli. Hitler understands this. It is definitely not a conclusion he drew out of thin air. Since Tang Qiuli was born in China, he can't help but become the real ruler of that ancient and huge empire, and it is still under his command. The troops fought against several powerful countries in the world at that time, and the battle with the British on the Myanmar-India border caused the British to directly lose the entire East India region.

Fighting against the already extinct Soviets and Outer Mongolia and the Far East caused the Soviets to lose troops and lose their generals. Millions of elite Soviet troops could hardly return to the European battlefield. The worst was the Japanese, who lost millions of elite troops in mainland China , Fleeing from mainland China in embarrassment, lost the Korean Peninsula and Manchuria, then lost the Indochina Peninsula, and now lost the islands in the Southwest Pacific.

In Hitler's view, the Japanese had almost exhausted the power of the whole country, and the decisive battle with Tang Qiuli in the Australian battlefield was not much better. Tang Qiuli, who had completely defeated the Japanese, possessed a military power that even he feared. Therefore, he instructed his subordinates to draw the attention of the Japanese to the Italians in purchasing arms.

There is only one purpose for doing this. It is nothing more than to let the Japanese consume Tang Qiuli's strength as much as possible before they die. Well, the Italian Prime Minister Mussolini, who is also one of the leaders of the three Axis countries, would be very happy to do this big deal, so as to achieve his own goals, but this has nothing to do with Germany.

General Celtic, the military director of the German Army, is an extremely shrewd fellow, otherwise, he would not have become one of the Führer's confidantes.His specialty is not commanding thousands of troops to conquer the city and expand the territory for Germany.It is to develop and manufacture the world's most sophisticated weapons and equipment for the German army, and has a large number of top military experts under it.There is also the support of strong material resources throughout the European continent, and enterprises with strong military production capabilities.

As far as the Japanese are ordering arms, according to the Celtic general, they can be delivered in less than a month, but he fully understands the secret order of the head of state, and he told the Japanese very frankly during the meeting Japanese. "As a member of the Axis powers, Germany is very happy to provide allies with the weapons and equipment they need. However, because your country's demand is too large, the delivery time must be half a year at the earliest, or even Longer!"

The Japanese are anxious when they hear it, if it is half a year or longer.Then why do you come to Germany to do it? The military production capacity of the Great Japanese Empire can solve most of it by itself. The key to the problem is that time waits for no one.This batch of equipment is urgently needed on the Australian battlefield.

Things were so deadlocked here, and later, the Japanese backed down a step.Germany is required to provide one-tenth of the order quantity of weapons and equipment within one month.And the quality does not require perfection, in a word.It's enough for a temporary emergency!

Admiral Celtic told the Japanese with a smile, "I'm sorry, this is not the habit of the Germans. Every piece of German weaponry must be refined. In a word, German products must be high-quality goods. So-so can't do it. Can you do something about the brand?"

The Japanese were confused, so they had to be patient and talk to the Germans. In private, the Celtic general let an economic counselor of the Italian embassy in Germany get the news through complicated channels. The content of the news is that the Japanese want to purchase an astonishing amount of arms from Germany, but the Germans are asking for too high a price and cannot deliver the goods on time. to something!

The Italian economic counselor named Zidia, after receiving the news, felt like a treasure. First, through private channels, he secretly met with Lieutenant General Takakura Nobutake, the chief representative of the Japanese firearms procurement team in Germany, and found out the truth of the matter. The ins and outs confirmed the reliability of the news. Then, the Counselor Zidia flew back to China overnight like burning his ass, and directly asked to see Prime Minister Mussolini.

His Excellency Mussolini, Prime Minister of Italy and leader of the Fascist Party, after listening to Counselor Zidia’s report, his face was flushed with excitement. The Germans set off a bloody storm in the world, thanks to the alliance with Germany, Italy Part of the bonus was also shared, but Mussolini always felt that his confidence and ambitions had not been displayed. He saw the German army fighting on the North American continent, while the Italian army could only beat the drums.

Mussolini knew that after the war, the cake of North American interests after the war, given Hitler's personality, was only a little left over from the bottom of the plate. Unbalanced, now, the opportunity to make a lot of money has come, and it is a big business that the Germans cannot or are unwilling to do, so I can’t blame Mussolini for grabbing the business.

As for the new ruler Tang Qiuli in far eastern China, I don’t have any friendship with him, so I don’t have to think about or care about the Chinese people’s thoughts. This big deal is settled, and Mussolini instructed Zidia , as the special representative of the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy, to contact the Japanese, these Japanese who are like God of Wealth must be brought to Italy, and they cannot be let go without emptying every penny in the pockets of the Japanese!

After sending Zidia away, Mussolini sent a telegram directly to Hitler, euphemistically but clearly stating that you Germans cannot do this business, but we Italy can do it. I hope that your Excellency will not have anything else in mind idea.

After seeing Mussolini's telegram, Hitler couldn't stop laughing secretly, and immediately called back to his old friend, "Your Excellency, I am of course very disappointed that Germany has lost such a large arms order, but there are reasons, so , I have nothing to say about my old friend being able to provide help within my ability to Japan, which is also an ally, and Germany will not become an obstacle to an arms deal between my old friend and the Japanese!"

Hitler's call back gave Mussolini a reassurance. His only worry was that Hitler was uncomfortable. Now, the worry is gone. Hitler secretly instructed Mussolini to spend his money in vain. Dazzling, the Japanese are eager to buy arms, and the three parties are promoting it. Is there any reason for the matter to fail?

The Japanese arms purchase group immediately moved to Rome, the capital of Italy. Mussolini personally went out to meet the chief representative Lieutenant General Takakura Nobutake and his party, and hosted a banquet at the Prime Minister's Office. The Italian party, government and military leaders all attended. A large and enthusiastic Japanese who was coldly received in Germany, seeing the Italians as allies, was so enthusiastic that he was almost moved to tears. However, Takakura Nobutake was most concerned about the issue of arms.

He is not worried about the quality of Italian products. Although they are not as superior in performance as Germans, they are not much different. What he is worried about is whether Italy can meet the urgent requirements of the Japanese Empire. Therefore, in the middle of the banquet, Gao Cang Xinwu took out the purchase list and handed it to Mussolini respectfully. The Japanese have basically mastered kung fu, and the purchase list has been replaced with Italian characters.

Mussolini read the list carefully, thought for a while, and said: "The quantity is not small, but please rest assured that we will overcome all difficulties and deliver the goods on time. Therefore, in terms of the overall price, an increase of five thousandths, what does your representative think?"

Nobutake Takakura looked at the chubby Italian Prime Minister with big ears and a shiny face, and was speechless for a while. No matter how you look at it, the current Prime Minister is like a profiteer who sits on the ground and raises prices. He calculated in his mind, five thousandths is still okay Accepted, the important thing is that the Italians can deliver the goods on time. After the first batch of arms arrives in Australia, the next thing is to talk about the loan.

"Yes, our only requirement is to deliver the goods on time. Your Excellency, you also know that the Empire of Japan is engaged in a decisive battle with the damn Chinese on the Australian battlefield. Therefore, on-time delivery is very important. !” Takakura Shintake said solemnly.

"No problem!" Mussolini agreed straight away, his bald head glistening with excitement, and his face was full of excitement about making a lot of money. Even though the ratio of five per thousand is very low, it can't stand the large base, one per thousand Five is a lot of money!

The arms deal that Japan urgently needs was reached at the welcome banquet. Takakura Shintake was also very happy, and he finally fulfilled his mission. Mussolini was even more happy. Anyone who makes money is happy. , Pushed the friendship between Italy and Japan to the top!

Mussolini patted his chest and agreed to the request of the Japanese, but the generals in charge of arms production were so anxious that their hearts were smoldering. The Prime Minister, who was excited about the matter with his eyes, reminded him to put his arms around some Er said, but the Prime Minister was so immersed in the excitement of making a lot of money that he didn't even notice the winking expressions of his subordinates.

The Italian generals who are in charge of arms production know that the Prime Minister is boasting. According to the delivery time required by the Japanese, even if all the military enterprises in the country are running at full capacity and the workers do not eat, drink, or rest, it is impossible to complete the delivery on time. For an order, of course, losing credibility is a trivial matter, but if you lose a big customer with a lot of stupid money because of this, if you can't make follow-up money, then the loss outweighs the gain!

The banquet to welcome the God of Wealth from Japan lasted until very late. Mussolini, who was slightly drunk, blushed, and the generals who followed him were frowning. At the same time, the generals in charge of military production shook out all their worries.

He said without complaining: "Prime Minister, with our military production capacity in Italy, there is no problem in completing the order, but the key is that the time required by the Japanese is too tight, and you promised too hastily!"

Mussolini was taken aback for a moment, then laughed loudly and said, "The problem is easy to solve. The key is to use your brain when you encounter problems!"

(to be continued) (to be continued...)