"Chile is simply trying to make inches, and thinking about delaying payments, it's a dream, they dare to owe one, and let them lose money. If you dare to sail the Mukden off the coast of Santiago without compensation, I don't believe they can withstand it! ”

Yang Yuting was angry, of course, there is a reason for this, when China originally grabbed the order, China gave too many benefits, and as a result, the Chileans also played tricks and ordered warships from the United States. They were tricked by the Americans, and they did not dare to make trouble with the Americans, and on the contrary, they wanted to delay China's funding.

Isn't this to see that the Chinese are easy to bully! People are good at being bullied, and horses are good at being ridden by others. If you don't show a little attitude these days, you will be treated as a noodle!

"To put it simply, Chile's affairs will be left to me, if they can't give the money, this battleship will be detained, at least the first battleship we built, it will equip the Chinese Navy, and it will be worth the money!"

"Don't worry!" Jiang Baili smiled and waved his hand: "Small countries owe money to big countries, and they never end well, if you want to do it, you have a bad idea, just take out one or two, and you can play Chilean to death." I think what we should really pay attention to now is the naval arms limitation treaty, whether we should join it, and if so, how much share we want. The British have just sent us an invitation to attend the London conference, what attitude should we take? ”

After Jiang Baili finished speaking, Zhang Tinglan also nodded frequently: "Brother Baili is right, I am against this naval arms limitation meeting." National defense construction is based on our own needs, and the Chinese Navy has just started, so it is impossible to put a trap on itself. In addition, the trade in warships is very profitable, and at a time when the world economy is generally bad, we can only build more warships in order to vigorously develop the shipbuilding industry. It was built for ourselves, for the surrounding small countries, and was quickly upgraded by the industrial level. ”

"Hmm. To put it mildly, we build warships for Chile and warships for Siam, and we can provide jobs for tens of thousands of people. Once the treaty is signed, it will be restricted, but if we don't sign it, the United States, Britain, Japan, France and other countries will probably put pressure together. Even engage in sanctions, we can't afford this! ”

"No, it won't!" Zhang Tinglan waved his hand and said: "We can analyze the attitudes of all parties, there are a total of five participating countries in the Naval Arms Limitation Treaty. Among them, the tonnage of French and Italian warships is still below the treaty limit, which means that these two countries simply cannot afford to build ships, and they do not have much say. The rest is beauty. Britain and Japan. Among these three countries. The British are bent on limiting armaments, but the attitude of the United States and Japan is probably not so simple. ”

Yang Yuting also said: "After the development of our navy, Japan was the most affected, so they were most enthusiastic about breaking the treaty restrictions and expanding their military strength. And at the Washington Conference, the Americans suffered. Although they were on an equal footing with Britain in terms of tonnage, because they had to disperse to the east and west, the Americans were in a weak position in terms of strength in virtually any battlefield. If Japan is bent on expanding its military. The United States will definitely follow. ”

Hearing Zhang Tinglan and Yang Yuting's analysis, Jiang Baili's mind also turned around, and he said with a smile: "As long as the United States and Japan both oppose arms restrictions, this meeting will not be able to go on, and then all countries will wait to restart the arms race." It's just that our foundation is still a little thin, and we are engaged in a big competition, I'm afraid the finances can't bear it. ”

"Brother Baili, our coastal defense construction can neither be restricted by others, nor can we follow the trend. The United States, Britain, and Japan are all countries with sea power, and we are a country with both land and sea power, and the core is land power, so how can we rashly plunge into war! ”

Jiang Baili also hit his forehead with his hand, and laughed: "I'm really confused, I clumsily say that you are so clever, in order to maintain sea power, if we build one, Japan will follow up with two, and the United States may have to build four, so a chain reaction, all countries will fall into it!" ”

In the past few years of the Great Depression, China's industry is bound to grow by leaps and bounds, and it is even expected to hit the forefront echelon. China's size is there, it is getting bigger and bigger, and its strength cannot be concealed. If we don't do it, countries will join forces to contain China, which is not a delusion.

Throughout the twentieth century, three countries challenged the position of the United States: Germany, Russia, and Japan. As a result, when the industrial output value of these three countries reached seventy or eighty percent of that of the United States, they were pulled down by the United States by concentrating its forces.

The manufacturing of a country is the foundation of power, and the Americans will not allow any country to challenge his position. Only in later generations China did not know how to take shit luck, a mentally handicapped cowboy president, ran to the deep mountains and old forests, fought a foolish war for ten years, and when he looked back, China's industrial output value actually surpassed that of the United States, and it became a big tail!

In this time and space, Zhang Tinglan doesn't dare to expect such a stupid American president to come out again, you must know that the guy in the wheelchair is definitely the most difficult person in the world, there is no one!

When he came to power, he found that China had developed rapidly in recent years, and it was not clear that the United States would hold high the banner and attack China. In particular, the economic crisis has not been eliminated, and finding an opponent and expanding armaments has become the best way. Declaring war on the Yellow Peril is essentially the same as declaring war on fascism......

If we want to eliminate this risk, we can only provoke contradictions in advance and let the United States, Britain and Japan fall into an irreparable arms race, and then China can continue to be at ease.

Although Yang Yuting and Jiang Baili didn't know Zhang Tinglan's far-reaching considerations, they also knew that the Chinese Navy was still relatively weak, and the United States and Britain and other countries were the protagonists in restarting the arms race, and China was the sparring partner on the sidelines, and there were definitely a lot of benefits.

"To put it mildly, the most important thing now is the attitude of the United States, as long as the Americans want to tear up the treaty, Britain has no choice!"

Zhang Tinglan also said: "Send a telegram to Gu Weijun immediately and ask him to talk to Hoover." ”

At this time, Gu Weijun and Tao Jiping led a Chinese purchasing delegation to the United States, and the US government was overjoyed by this huge purchasing group of more than 100 people. In particular, U.S. President Hoover greeted him in person, talking and laughing with Gu Weijun, and they were particularly close.

After the Great Depression, Hoover faced the mess of the US economy, there was no way at all, the number of unemployed people in the country advanced to 10 million, tens of thousands of enterprises collapsed, and international trade plummeted by more than 60%. Faced with this terrible situation. Everybody is going to worry.

At this time, the Chinese purchasing delegation came to send money to the United States for blood transfusion, how could Hoover not be happy, so he treated Gu Weijun and them with special courtesy.

After Gu Weijun arrived in the United States, he also asked his subordinates to look for everything they needed according to the pre-drawn list. Xia Han and his team are responsible for industrial workers and equipment, while Gu Weijun's official purchasing group mainly focuses on scientific research units and laboratories to poach the scientific research forces of the United States.

When the purchasing group was carrying out activities, Gu Weijun received Zhang Tinglan's instructions. He immediately went to see Hoover. As soon as the two met, Hoover smiled and said, "Gu, what company have you taken a fancy to, but I warn you in advance, don't think about GM." DuPont, U.S. Steel these companies snatched up. No one will say yes. ”

"Mr. President. I'm not here to buy an American company, but to help you save an American company. ”

"Oh, what's a good idea, say it and listen to it."

Gu Weijun said with a smile: "Mr. President, I don't hide it, I have an idea to save the American shipbuilding industry. Just last year. China took over an order for a Chilean battleship, doesn't this inspire the United States? ”

Hoover smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Gu, the issue of naval arms sales is not so simple, the Washington Treaty has restrictions on the five major naval powers. In fact, we can't sell battleships. ”

"Then why are you still bidding?"

Hoover showed a trace of embarrassment on his face: "Isn't this still a matter of discussion among countries, and the treaty is only valid until 37 years, so let's grab the list first, but I didn't expect you to become a dark horse and grab the list." To tell you the truth, if Chile places orders with other countries, they may not be able to get warships in three or five years. ”

Arms sales between major powers are like this, full of deceit, Gu Weijun didn't want to talk about it anymore, but changed the conversation and said with a smile: "Mr. President, if Chile buys new warships, won't Argentina and Brazil be jealous, will they also want to purchase, if they can sell three or four battleships in South America, will it save the American shipbuilding industry?" ”

"Of course, but the treaty is there, and we can't break it."

"If the treaty is beneficial to you, you must naturally abide by it, and if it is unfavorable, you must revise it. With all due respect, although the Japanese navy is only a little more than half of that of the United States, your country has only 40 percent of its navy in the Pacific, which is actually in a weak position, and the same is true in the Atlantic. ”

Gu Weijun said this, the US admiral also put forward it early, thinking that the Washington Treaty is not good for the United States, but the Americans are too confident and don't care, but now that it is brought up again, the taste is a little different.

Gu Weijun looked at Hoover, who was deep in thought, and continued to throw out the fierce news: "Mr. President, according to our reliable intelligence, Japan has secretly begun to build aircraft carriers. ”

"What?" Hoover suddenly widened his eyes: "Gu, the navies of all countries have strict supervision, how can they hide from our supervision?" ”

"Haha, you are underestimating the tricks of the Japanese, they recently passed a special award, mainly for passenger ships, cruise ships. Isn't it ridiculous to build civilian ships, and the army gives rewards? In fact, the reason is very simple, that is, these ships are built in accordance with the requirements of the military. Ostensibly civilian ships, once in wartime, they can be converted into aircraft carriers as soon as possible. The Japanese are using this kind of secret way to expand their military strength, and if the United States is still kept in the dark, I am afraid that you will suffer. ”

Hearing Gu Weijun's words, Hoover couldn't sit still at all, and a strong sense of being deceived came to his heart. He also knew that the stakes were high, so he immediately ordered an investigation.

As Gu Weijun said, the Japanese government did make similar moves, and immediately Hoover was furious, scolded the Japanese for being shameless, and hurriedly found Gu Weijun.

"Gu, thank you for reminding us, we finally discovered the conspiracy of the Japanese, since there are countries that do not abide by the treaty, then there is no need for the United States to comply with it, compared to the shipbuilding capacity, the United States is not afraid of anyone's provocation."

Seeing that Hoover was furious, Gu Weijun was overjoyed, and most of the tasks he had assigned were finally completed, and he said with a smile: "Mr. President, on the issue of the navy, China is willing to stand on the same position as your country. Countries with different national conditions have no value in rigidly stipulating tonnage, and under such an economic crisis, large-scale arms sales can still boost employment and foreign trade. ”

Hoover was completely moved by Gu Weijun's words, and the economy has not improved for a long time, so there is only one way to reorganize the armed forces. Hoover immediately instructed the Navy to propose a new generation of capital ship plans, and he also specifically explained that there was no need to care too much about the arms limitation treaty.

The opening was finally opened, and the Americans moved quickly, in addition to designing their own new warships, they also invited the navies of Brazil and Argentina to visit the American warships, and advertised.

China's actions were not only directed against the United States, but also Italy, which joined forces to seize Chile's warship list, which also greatly touched Mussolini. Italy could have made huge profits by cooperating with China, bypassing the UK.

The dictator had long had ambitions to expand his armaments, and Italy was also deeply affected by the economic crisis, so he simply threw off his arms and did not need to do anything like the British.

The London Naval Conference, which the British had been planning for, was disrupted by China before it was held, and all countries began to expand their navies in advance, and they not only built their own warships, but also invited small countries to place orders.

As long as you buy a warship of any country, it is equivalent to getting close to that country, cutting off the head of the chicken and burning yellow paper, and a circle will be formed. Relying on the relationship of arms sales, the world has quickly divided into several circles, and the armaments of those small countries have also been rapidly improved by a large margin, whether they need it or not, if they do not come up with one or two capital ships, they will not be able to mix in the world.

For some small countries, they are not clear about the value of aircraft carriers, or they do not have the ability to equip a large number of aircraft, and battleships have become their first choice.

The situation in the world was playing out according to Zhang Tinglan's script, and he was particularly happy, so he specially invited Chilean Minister of the Navy Victor to the presidential palace.

"Mr. Minister, China agrees in principle to your request to suspend part of the costs. However, I wonder if your country's current economic situation can really afford to spend a warship? ”

Victor's face was a little ugly, under the big crisis, all kinds of Chilean exports were stopped, and he really couldn't come up with too much money, but he didn't dare to break the contract, so he was a little hesitant.

Zhang Tinglan also saw it, and said with a smile: "Money is not a problem, don't care too much, as long as you accept this agreement, I think your country not only does not have to pay money, but also makes a lot of money!" (To be continued......)