From to 1935 2020

"It seems very interesting..."

Three days later, in the American Concession in Tianjin, Pierre Dupont met Comrade Wu Hao, a representative of the Red Army.

This was a secret meeting, and Huang Ke, as an interpreter, followed up the whole process.

At the time of parting, the old DuPont made the first "non-repayable" investment in the new China in the future.

A total of more than 5 Mosin Nagant rifles!

That's right, Mosin Nagant and not Springfield.

During World War I, Tsarist Russia ordered and produced about 75 Mosin Nagant rifles from the United States due to insufficient production capacity.When the October Revolution began, there were still 25 undelivered, and then the newly formed Soviet Union refused to pay for these rifles.

At that time, the American company that produced these rifles almost went bankrupt. Afterwards, the US government bought them all at a price of about 30 US dollars per barrel.Later, some of these rifles were used to "aid" the White Russian forces in the Soviet Union's founding war, some were used to fund the anti-government forces in Mexico, and some were sold to the people.In the end, more than 5 Mosin Nagants remained. They were briefly equipped for the National Guard for a few days, and then they were taken back and sealed up. They were almost forgotten for almost 20 years.

Although these guns have been stored for 20 years, the Americans actually kept them very well.It was even evaluated by netizens in later generations: Mosin Nagant with the best quality. (In fact, the best ones are produced by this heretic in Finland, from bullets to guns.)

Afterwards, Pierre told Huang Ke:

"Originally, this batch of guns belonged to the US military, and they wanted me to sell them to you!"

Before the outbreak of World War II, the U.S. Army was also a group of poor people who were forced to resell "surplus supplies" to make small money.The recent Spanish Civil War made them very happy for a time.In the end, Franco was a poor ghost, and he was backed by Germany, so he looked down on "inferior" American products...

Huang Ke said with a smile: "At first they wanted to sell it to Franco, but the other side has German and Italian support, so they don't want it too much."

"Ah, Mr. Huang, you are very well informed!"

Pierre didn't deny it either, and nodded in admission.

"Fifteen dollars a gun, this is their asking price, but I will pay for it for you! In addition, when those Mosin Nagants were produced back then, there were some special machines that could not be used after production. I I also pay to buy it and give it to you together, it is a small investment I made!"

Pierre seemed to be very generous in what he said. In fact, 75 second-hand Mosin guns only cost him 90 US dollars. Counting the old machines that have been thrown away for more than ten years, the maximum will not exceed [-] US dollars. For DuPont For the consortium, it's nothing more than a small amount of money.Not only that, but he also earned the favor of the seller. In fact, he didn't lose money at all in this matter.

Huang Ke also understood, so he pretended to be dissatisfied and said:

"Your investment is too little, Mr. Dupont! An old friend of the Chinese people is very expensive."

Pierre smiled and said, "I also have to beware of the risk of losing everything! Because the project manager you chose, their opponent is too strong, and Chang Kaishen is not the only one."

His words hinted at something.He had read Huang Ke's book, so of course he knew Huang Ke's views on the situation between China, Japan and the United States.

Huang Ke negotiated the price a little at last.

"I know that the U.S. Army has a piece of redundant equipment that failed recently and was treated as garbage. It's an addition to this transaction. Help us ask them for it, preferably for free."

After Huang Ke said that, Old DuPont was a little taken aback.

"I don't know about this kind of thing, so I'll ask you later."

Finally, Huang Ke told DuPont: "I will probably sell all the stocks around February next year! Are you willing to take over the order?"

"Don't wait for them to rise more?"

"I have earned too much! You can live for a long time without being greedy! And there is no more credible and ethical buyer in the world than you!"

"Hahaha....."

Pierre laughed with satisfaction.

"I don't need money, but I need machines, munitions, and your company's products! Of course, you have to give a discount. In addition, I need a little help from Mr. DuPont to contact me and find some cheap surplus munitions …”

"The world is becoming less and less peaceful, and arms will become more and more expensive!"

"If it's too expensive, I'll have to buy it from Stalin."

"Isn't he another investor?"

"Well, his existence can keep your asking price from being too high!"

There is no need to go around in circles between smart people and smart people, and there is no need to go around too many circles between people who only talk about interests and people who only talk about interests.

When they broke up, both of them got what they wanted, and both parties were very satisfied.

When the old Dupont was about to leave, Huang Ke suddenly remembered a very important matter and held him back.

"Mr. DuPont, do you want more shares of Gold Pharmaceuticals?"

"Oh? You still have?"

"Yes, ten percent of the shares, do you want it?"

The number ten percent stunned Pierre Dupont for a moment, and then he laughed.

Two days later, under the introduction of Huang Ke, old Du Pont met Chang Kaishen.

At this time, Chang Kaishen was worrying about having no money in his pocket to buy arms, and he was so worried that he couldn't eat well or sleep soundly.Then, Huang Yuanxing, his hit nobleman, brought him a big benefactor with a smile.

"Chairman, do you want to borrow it?"

When old DuPont left China, Huang Ke and Elena specially went to see him off. Before boarding the plane, he smiled and said to Huang Ke:

"Mr Huang, you are the purest capitalist I have ever seen!"

A few days later, when Huang Ke went to Taiyuan to meet the chairman for the last time before leaving the country, he happily said to the chairman: "Chairman, we will be able to use a lot of American equipment soon!"

At the same time, Chang Kaishen said to his wife:

"Huang Yuanxing is indeed the noble man I was destined for. He got me such a large loan when I needed money the most."

-------------------- Chapter 163 Purchasing --------------------

In August 1936, if a guy with no eyesight ran to Chang Kaishen to report Huang Ketong's banditry, there would be only one end.

Chang Kaishen would lift up his collar, slap him repeatedly, and then scold him as he slapped him.

"Mother Xipi, did you send me tens of millions of dollars to the Communist bandits?"

"Damn Xipi, are there communist bandits who broke their families and built the country, and paid for rebuilding the air force for me?"

"Damn Xipi, did you pay to build an elite security brigade for me, and you want to add another communist tank regiment for me?"

"Damn Xipi, where is Yu Nong? Drag this alienating communist to me and die."

In fact, even Dai Li, who held countless evidences of Huang Ke's collusion, or the Chen family brothers, now they couldn't understand which side Huang Ke was on.

Why is this happening?

Chang Kaishen, who came back for the third time, lost Henan and Guizhou provinces as soon as he came back, and even received the British who seized his lifeline and deliberately handed over Guangzhou's customs tax and silver to Chen Jitang, and Tianjin's tax and silver were temporarily withheld. In an instant, he was on the verge of financial bankruptcy!

Before 1948, Chang Kaishen was almost financially bankrupt-at this period in history, 100 French currency could buy two cows in the first year of issuance.Now, 100 French currency is barely enough to buy a chicken, and the seller doesn't necessarily want to sell it.

Not only that, but when he was about to rearm his armaments, black-hearted capitalists from all over the world were still working together to drive up prices, which greatly increased his cost of purchasing arms from abroad.During this period, only the Japanese gave him a hand: Japanese secret envoys expressed that they were willing to sell Chang Kaishen a batch of Northeast Army guns at a "parity" price.

Don't look at Chang Kaishen's coquettishness in the internal military meeting. I have all kinds of advantages, but in fact he is also very empty in his heart.But at this time, if he himself, as the chairman of the committee, loses confidence and cannot stand up, the following grandchildren will not be able to support them even more. In this regard, this is the place where Wang Jingwei or Li Zongren are inferior to him. .

In the Battle of Shanxi, Chang Kaishen lost not only the 10,000+ elite Central Army.Also lost nearly half of the tank troops in hand!Half of the air force was also lost—at this time, the air force in Chang Kaishen's hands could only use about seventy aircraft.But I want to explain that among the more than 70 aircraft, half of them are trainers, and some are old and outdated. During the fire in Nanchang a few years ago, more than a dozen aircraft were burned down (Deng Wenyi incident).The really elite ones who can fly good planes are actually all at Shimen Airport, and in the end they are wholly owned by the enemy. Now Chang Kaishen hardly has any decent planes in his hand.

Now the first air force in China is Chen Jitang's air force, and the second is Li Runshi's air force. As for Chang Kaishen's air force, the air force is almost becoming an "air" army.

The so-called truth in times of crisis!

When Chang Kaishen came back from Lushan Mountain and passed by the Streptomycin Pharmaceutical Factory, he accidentally discovered that there was an elite army here.After inquiring, it turned out that the factory protection team was formed by the pharmaceutical factory itself. Most of the soldiers were strong people selected from the coolies after the pharmaceutical factory was built, and the second were recruits recruited from various places. The number totaled more than a thousand. many.

As for the instructors, they are German instructors with excellent equipment, which are completely equipped according to the standard of "original elite German mechanic".The head of the security team was borrowed from the Army University, a top student in Whampoa, named Guo Rugui.

Under the leadership of the regiment commander and the German instructors, this group of security regiment soldiers who have only been trained for less than five months are not much less energetic than the elites of the regular Central Army—mainly because the regiment commander Guo They don't drink the blood of soldiers, and the food and military pay of the security team are paid by Gold Pharmaceuticals. The underground party manages the cafeteria, and no one can deduct them harshly.

Chang Kaishen was very satisfied with this group of people after watching their drills. When he was thinking about how to take this army for his own use like Song Ziwen's tax police team, Huang Ke rushed over "on hearing the news" and took the initiative to Said that knowing the hardships of the country, after the training of this security team is completed, it will be handed over to the country to be incorporated into the Central Army.

Chang Kaishen, who suffered a heavy loss, was overjoyed when he heard this, and awarded Huang Ke a medal afterwards.

At that time, Huang Ke told Chang Kaishen that he planned to prepare this security team according to the standard of a real elite German weapon team.Not only machine guns and artillery must be equipped according to this standard, but even tanks and trucks must be equipped to make the first motorized regiment.

As for the military expenses—naturally, the wool comes from the stockholders, all of which are plucked from the stockholders of Gold Pharmaceutical, and the expenditure is reimbursed according to the "security fee".Of course, Huang Ke would not tell Chang Kaishen about this, but said that it was paid for by himself.

At that time, the two were chatting and talking about the Air Force.

In the battle of Shanxi, Chang Kaishen had suffered enough from not having an air force. In recent months, Chen Jitang, who was bullying him in Fujian, also relied on the advantage of the aircraft to blow up his troops in Fujian. He also lost Putian in Quanzhou. Now Has retreated to Fuzhou.

What's even worse is that the bastard Chen Jitang has recently set his sights on Jiangxi's tungsten mines and is stretching his paws there.Fortunately, the mountain roads in Jiangxi were difficult to navigate, and Chen Jitang's spread was too wide in the early stage, and his troops were scattered for a while.But Chang Kaishen transferred the reorganized Thirteenth Army over there, and barely resisted.

In Chang Kaishen's hands, there is an aviation fund - but it has been eating interest from the bank.But later, most of the money was misappropriated by him to buy arms from the Japanese.For the rest, there is only more than 100 million US dollars left.

In fact, more than 100 million US dollars is not a lot-a Hawker II fighter jet, the price at this time is 12500 US dollars, Hawker 3, between 14000 and 15000.

Of course, this is just the price of the bare metal, plus spare parts and machine guns, the price will add about [-]%.

"It's only about 100 million. The traitor Chen Jitang, I heard that there are more than 70 planes, which is really not enough. So, I will donate another 100 million, and you, Chairman, will also contribute 100 million. The combined total is 200 million US dollars, and then I will take people to Go abroad and buy the best plane to come back!"

That's what Chang Kaishen was waiting for, and he was overjoyed when he heard it.At the same time, he also hated the second maggot in his family: Look at Huang Yuanxing, who buys tanks and donates planes at the same time. You make money and only stuff it into your own pockets!

Before leaving China, Huang Ke took the initiative to donate his and Elena's GO145 trainer.The reason for this generosity is that with the advancement of technology, both he and Elena thought the GO145 was too slow, and the plane the two of them are now flying is the Hawker II that they bought from Chang Kaishen for zero yuan.

This is a new plane that Chang Kaishen bought at the end of last year. As for spare parts, most of them were seized at Shimen Airport during the Shanxi campaign. It was sold secretly, and everyone knows who the buyer is.

In early August, after receiving the distinguished guests from the DuPont consortium, under the leadership of Huang Ke, Chang Kaishen obtained an arms loan worth 2000 million U.S. dollars from the DuPont consortium by using his gold pharmaceutical stock equity as a counterweight—— The nominal value of the shares of the Nanjing Government is 1000 million US dollars, but the stock market is currently optimistic about him, and the actual valuation starts at ten times the original price.

DuPont did not directly send money to Chang Kaishen, but directly supplied Chang Kaishen with arms—due to the urgency of time, the arms were not directly dispatched from the country, but from the nearest Philippines, that is, from MacArthur's inventory.Mainly artillery and machine guns.

The Americans originally wanted to take the opportunity to sell their aircraft to Chang Kaishen—the Hawker 3 fighter jet.But Huang Ke objected.

"Chen Jitang is using the same plane now, and the Hawker 3 is garbage that even the US Army Aviation doesn't like! I have been abroad for so many years. Although the Americans invented the plane, their planes are all rubbish. Even the Japanese People are inferior."

Song Ziwen was also on the side at that time. Although he was upset seeing Huang Ke messing up the big deal, he also knew that he really couldn't gnaw on the tree at this time, and he didn't dare to offend Huang Ke, the gold master, so he hurriedly asked which one he should choose. Which country's plane.

"Britain! The British Empire, a centuries-old empire, their planes are the best!"

"Secondly, our German friends, but their planes are good, but they are too expensive! Moreover, they are new planes, and it is not cost-effective to buy them just as their test products."

Kong Xiangxi asked: "How about the Italian plane?"

In history, the Kuomintang government bought a lot of Italian planes (because the Italians would bribe them), they bought a lot of them and found that they were basically rubbish, and even killed two precious pilots.

"Garbage! They use their special oil to fly their planes! And the quality is extremely poor!" (Referring to CR32)

Afterwards, Chang Kaishen asked Gao Zhihang for a question, and the answer was actually the same as what Huang Ke said—in fact, Gao Zhihang didn't have any good impressions of the Italian planes.Then it was decided to let Huang Ke take the lead and lead a group of people from the Ministry of Aviation to go abroad to see the plane - after all, Huang Ke was the big benefactor who agreed to spend 100 million US dollars to buy the plane for him, so he had a great say in this matter.

And Gao Zhihang, as the representative of the air force, followed Huang Ke.

Due to time constraints, Huang Ke and Gao Zhihang took off directly on Chang Kaishen's president's plane and flew directly to Europe.Since three of the passengers on the plane were pilots, there were enough pilots, and everyone took turns to fly the plane to grab time. It took only three days on the road to fly to the first European destination, Poland.

Huang Ke and Gao Zhihang have been old acquaintances for a long time. Gao Zhihang has contacted them a few times, and he knows that this couple not only has advanced rapidly in flying skills, but also has amazing courage.

On the road, the three of them started discussing the aircraft, including types, air force tactics, etc., when they were idle and bored.

As soon as Gao Zhihang talked, he found that Huang Ke had done his homework, and his familiarity with new aircraft from various countries far surpassed him.And from the conversation, I felt that what kind of plane the other party was going to buy, in fact, he already knew it in his heart.Because on the plane, Huang Ke directly handed him a piece of performance data of the best aircraft available in various countries, and even related flight envelope diagrams - these were of course obtained by Da Huang Ke for him.

"That's right, I knew it before I came here! There are only three and a half types of aircraft in Europe, which are worth buying, and the rest is a waste of time even to look at them."