"18 months, is it really okay?" For the first time, Mummer said that the importance of the Baghdad railway, any diplomat knows, Berlin's diplomats have walked countless times between Istanbul, London, Rome, Vienna and other European cities for this, in order to compete again and again, and now, it has finally come to an end, the high cost, the threat and sabotage from the Entente, and the long construction cycle, all of which make this railway far away. But now, in a strange country, in the hands of someone he had not expected, he had obtained such an agreement, which was more or less dreamy.

"That's right!" Bordo nodded solemnly, pointed to the back of Wen Jiàn, and said: "There are detailed parts in the back, these are all provided by Baotou!" ”

The rest of the content is just a list, from steel rails to sleepers, to cement, sand and gravel and other necessities for building railways, which have been exhausted in every construction process. After Mu Mo finished reading it, he said a little indifferently: "Can Baotou really do this?" ”

"Of course I believe it, when I was about to leave Baotou, I accepted the invitation of Chairman Yang and went to see the steel base in Baiyun Ebo, do you know, Baotou has begun to improve the steelmaking furnace, the speed is amazing, 36 large 150t steelmaking furnaces, can produce 17 times a day."

17 times, Mu Mo was stunned, 21 of 150t is equivalent to 3150 tons at a time, 17 times a day, almost more than 54,000 tons per day, so to speak, a white steel is already an annual output of 15 million tons, and the new TISCO, even if it is only one-third of Baotou Steel, 5 million tons is more than enough. With Germany's strong industrial production and industrial quality, steelmaking enterprises with more than 10 million tons still have no way to reach 10 million tons. It's not a reason for scale, it represents a lot of problems.

What Bordo said should be true, Baotou really has a steel production capacity of more than 20 million tons, and in a sense, it can undertake the construction of 3,200 kilometers of railway lines. Coupled with the speed of the construction of the Baotou Railway, the construction of this important railway may really be completed in 18 months.

From Mumo's expression, Bordo saw the shock, to be honest. He was also full of surprise when he saw with his own eyes that it took less than an hour to complete a blast furnace for the steelmaking process, and he didn't even believe it was true, so he followed the molten steel into the hot rolling workshop and watched the rails be formed one by one. Although it is still a primary product, it needs to go through a certain amount of treatment before it can become a qualified rail. But this has already convinced him.

There was silence in the office for a long time, and finally Bordo broke the silence and said: "Then Mr. Ambassador, what do you think of the fact that the Northwest can fully support the production of all the materials for the Baghdad Railway?" ”

"The problem with the Baghdad railway. It's not for us to decide, if Baotou can really confirm it. It was completed in 18 months from the day of construction. Then I can help to fight for it. ”

Bordo was slightly excited, 18 months of this incident also shocked him at the time, but Yang Yuanzhao replied affirmatively, and even promised that before the completion of the construction of the railway, half of the funds can be advanced, no one will take the money to joke, the Baghdad railway, they have done an assessment in Germany, the fastest speed is 6 years, a conservative estimate, more than 10 years, it is also entirely possible, according to the German domestic think tank to estimate the situation, the current world environment, Britain and Germany have formed a huge difference, In such a situation of disagreement, the war may come soon, at most 3 years, or even 4 years, in this way, the importance of the Baghdad railway, is great, an outlet to the Indian Ocean, a place where a large number of materials can be transported, bypassing the relatively powerful British Africa, the Suez Canal, the Mediterranean, which is a great promotion for Germany's material security, in this case, Germany can do more.

"I have seen the construction speed of Baotou, and in 20 days, the construction of more than 150 kilometers of simple roads has been completed! They used a lot of mechanical help! ”

The productivity of machinery is very clear to everyone, Germany has achieved this development, constantly improving production, replacing the original technology with more new technology, surpassing the first industrial revolution began to rise in the United Kingdom, becoming the first in Europe.

"Your Excellency Ambassador, Northwest is willing to advance 50% of the capital, half of the construction is completed, half of the payment will be settled, and the rest will be paid after 3 months of acceptance!"

"If you don't have this intention, I'm afraid you won't even have the possibility of returning to China to fight for it!" Mu Mo said calmly.

The ambassador's hesitant tone, Bordo only then noticed that the cost of building the Baghdad railway is at least 20% lower than the domestic estimate, but Bordo is not an economist, many problems can not be explained by the economy, a lifeline that has a huge role in the war, can it be described by money, 6 years, it will definitely not work, 18 months, no matter how the war runs, it will definitely not be carried out.

Below, we also see the construction of the port of Basra, which was finally completed from the beginning of the road, in only eight months, and at the same time, a year and a half later, in this part of the Indian Ocean, in West Asia, Germany will have a huge, important port, and in this regard, more than anything else.

"I'm going back to China personally!" Bordo said solemnly, unlike the ambassador, he is a military attaché, and he is also an official of the Ministry of Intelligence, and most importantly, he is a Junker nobleman, and his influence in Germany is even greater than that of the ambassador, the ambassador just looked at the steel industry in Baotou and saw this situation, and he personally participated in the war of the entire trading city, looking at the new army in Baotou, and completely annihilating the 3 divisions of the Russian * team, just what he saw, which was able to impress the German high-level, and even Kaiser Wilhelm II.

"Okay, you can go back to China, I have arranged the fastest warship, and I will entrust it to you as soon as I can!" Mu Mo said calmly, after seeing this intention, he decided to go all out to support, but he is a diplomat, his background is just ordinary, and he can play a very small role, Bordo is different, his background, his family, as long as he goes all out, will have a huge impact on this matter, and the Baghdad Railway may be an aspect that will have a huge impact on the future.

The two diplomats made a decision like this, and even Bordo decided to use the family relationship, which was more or less unexpected by Yang Yuanzhao, but he did not completely put the treasure on Bordo and Mumo, the Baghdad railway is definitely a major event that affects the nerves of Britain and Germany, a Chinese diplomat and military attaché, can pry this matter, it is really hard to say, he told Harpy his intention, and asked him to pay attention to cooperate with Bordo and others.

When Harpy received Yang Yuanzhao's plan, he was slightly surprised, now Germany and the United States, with the help of the northwest, even in the world belong to a huge multinational enterprise, but the eyes on the Middle East sand mold, more or less surprised him, the current Middle East is not the one in the future, the Middle East is full of gold, this is just a desert, although very early, the British perspective has touched the Middle East, but that is only for the Suez Canal, the current Middle East has not yet discovered the huge enough to make the world look sideways.

In February, the port of Tianjin seemed a little lonely, the autumn wind blew, countless fallen leaves fell, no one ever thought that a very important event for China and Germany, which was very important and important to the United States, began to sprout here, the German military attache in China, a very important diplomat in the field of diplomacy, quietly took a destroyer, and quickly left here.

Destroyers, yes, destroyers, after deciding to return to China, Bordo almost did not want to stay for a minute, although the development of Germany's shipping industry is extremely good, but from China to Germany mainland, more than 10,000 nautical miles of the voyage, the fastest arrival is only warships, especially fast destroyers.

For the destroyer, Bordo did not care too much, if you want to be fast, don't think about the comfort of the problem, after arriving in the open sea, began to sail quickly, almost without considering the economic problem, the speed of more than 25 knots, continuous sailing, more than 10,000 nautical miles, day and night, it only took less than 20 days, it was over, when Bordo came down from the destroyer, Germany arrived.

Bordeaux did not hesitate, and first entered the staff headquarters, Bordeaux is just a German military hall in China, but the full name of his name is Helmut? Feng? Bordeaux, that's right, he is a member of the Helmut family, speaking of this name, maybe no one knows, but the name Moltke, I'm afraid more people know, whether it is the old Moltke, or the little Moltke, almost in the military history of Germany after 1800, among the top 50 figures, there are these two famous figures.

Bordo is a figure of the Helmut family, whether it is with old Moltke or little Moltke, the relative relationship is a little far, but no matter how you say it, you can stand on the relatives, and little Moltke can also be called an uncle, and in the military staff headquarters, it can be regarded as a certain connection.

Before coming, he used the network of Mu Mo and himself to contact Moltke's attendants, and with the help of the same family background, he got the opportunity to meet Moltke Jr., although it was only 20 minutes, but Bordo was full of confidence in this meeting, and finally, after waiting for two and a half hours at the staff headquarters, he was allowed to enter Moltke's office.

Bordo's mood was full of excitement, seeing the highest position of this family, the German army general, one of the leaders of the army, and even a big man who was qualified to decide the entire German process, his heart was surging, he touched the text in his hand, he settled down, and walked in with his head held high. (To be continued) R655