Li Xiaofeng explained the Germans' intentions in one word, and for the Germans, it was not that they could not sell technology to Russia, but that they were a little concerned about the face of the Entente bloc, and they also had some intention of wanting to sit on the ground and raise prices. All in all, it's a cheap hypocrisy, just trying to pretend that I'm embarrassed to slaughter a polar bear.

Li Xiaofeng naturally did not want to be slaughtered, and it was good for him to be able to cooperate with the Germans now, but it would not be cost-effective to pay too high a price for this. In any case, when the Germans understood that even if they surrendered, they could not really be accepted by the Anglo-French bloc, and when they were overwhelmed by the war reparations in the twenties, they would naturally try their best to circumvent the restrictions of the Versailles Treaty, and they would take the initiative to ask for cooperation with Russia.

All in all, Li Xiaofeng doesn't need to be in a hurry, there is no reason to be the wronged leader. The Germans will naturally change their attitude when the Polish battlefield is decided, and when the Allies find that there is no way to eliminate Bolshevik Russia through military intervention.

Therefore, Li Xiaofeng naturally has the confidence to reject the "olive branch" thrown by Germany in one breath, and you who prepare spare parts and supporting facilities for the high seas fleet will be stored in the zài warehouse rusty and moldy, and it will be up to you to see if you dare to open your mouth when the time comes.

Akimovich bored himself again with a certain immortal, and left in a huff, but soon, three days later, when the Allied land forces had pushed under the city of Szczecin, he was repulsed by heavy artillery from the mighty Red Banner Baltic Fleet.

This time, Akimovich didn't mention any gifts and favors, and with the attitude of a businessman, it seemed that he was ready to sell it in a clearance manner.

But this time Li Xiaofeng's attitude has changed again. It's not that he's becoming aggressive. It's much easier to speak. The reason is also very simple. In the past, the Germans actually sharpened their knives under the guise of giving favors, and they were not authentic. And this time they are in business, and they didn't play those false tricks, Li Xiaofeng will naturally treat them normally.

"The design and production drawings of the capital ship in question, we believe are worth at least £1 million."

Li Xiaofeng sneered directly, the Germans really think too highly of themselves, these drawings are honest, and the real value can be said to be almost worthless. Because after World War I to before the outbreak of World War II. The design philosophy of warships has changed dramatically, almost subversively.

And the designs of the Germans today are all based on the concepts of World War I and before World War I, and to be honest, they really can't keep up with the times. If it weren't for the fact that the Russian ship design field was too backward and it was necessary to open up "foreign meat", there was really no need to buy German garbage drawings.

"£100,000." Li Xiaofeng unceremoniously removed a zero, and this counter-offer made Akimovich stunned, and only after a while did he ask angrily: "That's how you talk about business?" Is this your sincerity? ”

Li Xiaofeng smiled and said, "You seem to be very dissatisfied? Think I'm offering too low a price? ”

Akimovich said angrily: "Isn't it? ”

Li Xiaofeng shook his head and said with a hint of mockery: "To be honest. The price is very fair, do you think those drawings are still treasures? ”

"Aren't you? Why would you buy it otherwise? Akimovich asked sarcastically.

Li Xiaofeng shook his head again. "To be honest, in this era of rapid change, every battleship is already behind when it gets off the drawing board and is sent to the slipway. Within three years, your designs will become obsolete and obsolete. For me, I just bought these drawings for the convenience of repair, saving me a lot of money on reverse mapping. Do you think reverse mapping costs money? ”

Akimovich stopped talking, because what Li Xiaofeng said was the truth, and for the Russians, who captured the main force of the entire high seas fleet, it was indeed a bit troublesome to have no drawings, but it was only a little troublesome. As long as they have time, they can redraw the drawings with a little bit of surveying, anyway, the ship is there, and they can toss as much as they want.

"But the price here is too low, it's an insult!" Akimovich reluctantly emphasized.

Li Xiaofeng was unmoved: "There is no way, because these drawings are only worth this money, and an extra penny is a waste!" ”

Akimovich stopped talking, but he really couldn't accept the price, did the dignified Germany lack such 100,000 pounds? Even if they were in a hurry to ask for money, it would be a joke for outsiders to hear that they had sold the German Navy's efforts for more than 30 years for a measly 100,000 pounds.

Of course, Li Xiaofeng actually didn't plan to spend the 100,000 pounds, and the reason why he bargained so hard was nothing more than to force the Germans to agree to his later conditions.

"Well, in order to save the face of your government, I am willing to make a small concession. The £100,000 is not the price of the drawings, but the cost of your consultants......"

But even if the name is changed, Akimovich still feels uncomfortable, because the essence is the same, isn't this a cover-up?

"Of course it's different!" Li Xiaofeng smiled, revealing two rows of snow-white teeth, "This consultant fee is a consultant maintenance fee, I hope that the major shipyards in your country can send a group of elite engineers and technicians to participate in the next maintenance and modification projects, this 100,000 pounds is the first consulting fee." ”

"Uh......"

Akimovich was stunned, this method of a certain immortal is really good, at least it is a good way to cover up the sale of drawings, and he attaches more importance to the fact that someone said that it is only the first consultant fee, which means that there will be a second and third or more in the future?

Akimovich suddenly had expectations again, but Li Xiaofeng saw through his thoughts and said with a smile: "Of course, there can be more consulting fees in the future, but your engineers and technicians must make the best use of them, and I didn't ask them to do it." Do you understand? ”

Akimovich, of course, understands that to put it bluntly, Russia's engineering and technical strength is limited, and it is necessary to ask the Germans to help with it, and there are original engineers and technicians to participate in the maintenance, so as to ensure quality and quantity!

"You're mistaken!" Li Xiaofeng corrected again, "It's not just maintenance, but a comprehensive transformation!" ”

Akimovich was taken aback. He naturally knows the difference between repairs and retrofits. The two are not the same. If it is a transformation, it is a piece of cake to increase the amount of work ten times. Suddenly he thought a lot, if the amount of renovation work is very large, wouldn't they have more opportunities to make money?

Li Xiaofeng saw through Akimovich's thoughts, and gave him another sweet date: "The amount of work is quite large, according to my requirements, four battlecruisers and at least two Bavaria-class battleships will be comprehensively reconstructed, and the preliminary estimate is that the amount of work will be more than ten years!" ”

Akimovich's eyes widened. This news is even better, if the amount of work is really so large, then it is undoubtedly a good opportunity to retain professional talents for the German military industry and shipbuilding industry, which was suppressed after the war!

However, Akimovich did not expect that Li Xiaofeng gave much more sweet dates than that, only to see him say again: "Please participate, not only to be responsible for the design of the renovation project, but also to hope that German companies can join in the renovation project......

Akimovich took a deep breath and asked: "You mean, our German enterprises can supply products?" ”

"Of course." Li Xiaofeng smiled, "After all, those warships were designed and built by you. And the reputation of German industrial products is also good, but ......"

Akimovich made the previous half of the sentence stir his heart, but someone just made his heart hang again, and he quickly asked: "But what?" ”

Li Xiaofeng said calmly: "You should also know that the Entente bloc has very big restrictions on your country, and they have always been hostile to our country, so it is almost impossible for your country's industrial enterprises to directly participate in this project and directly supply related products!" ”

Akimovich's mood is like riding a roller coaster, one moment his heart is surging, and the other time he is like being poured cold water on his head. And Li Xiaofeng wanted this effect, and after hitting Akimovich, he quickly gave a solution:

"But these restrictions can be completely bypassed, and my proposal is to invest in joint ventures in third countries to jointly design and produce these equipment, for example, in Finland, in East Prussia or in Switzerland!"

Akimovich's eyes lit up again, it was indeed not difficult to bypass the restrictions of the Entente from a third country, in fact, there were already arrangements for this in the country before, but at that time the country was more inclined to Switzerland and Sweden. Both countries have good relations with Germany, and the industrial base is very good, and there is potential for cooperation.

And now the Russians have also proposed two countries, one Finland and one East Prussia, and it is nothing to cooperate in Finland, but to cooperate in East Prussia, as a German Akimovich is somewhat unacceptable.

Yes, Li Xiaofeng said sarcastically: "Just East Prussia can't stand it? You wouldn't think that the Entente would retain the territory of the Second German Reich in the Treaty of Versailles, would you? ”

Akimovich was silent, in fact, from what he learned, the territory of the Second German Reich would definitely not be able to be saved, Poland would definitely become independent, the Alsace and Lorraine Frenchmen who had won in the Franco-Prussian War would definitely have to take it back, and the Danes would definitely recover the lost territory before, in short, the price would be very heavy.

From this point of view, the loss of East Prussia would not be so uncomfortable. And Akimovich thought of something more. In any case, East Prussia is dominated by Germanic people, although now because of some "small" problems, the Germanic people of East Prussia have a lot of contradictions with their homeland. But with the end of the First World War, those problems will not be a problem, and they will be Germanic in any case, and they will tend to return to the German family in terms of national feelings.

Anyway, Akimovich secretly swore in his heart that he would definitely wash away the shame of East Prussia and pay back the account from the Russians. Of course, this was something to be done in the future, and for now, the temporary secession of East Prussia might not be a bad thing for Germany.

The Germans of East Prussia did not have to accept the blackmail of the Entente, they were relatively free and could develop the military industry without any scruples, and judging from someone's statement just now, he also intended to develop the military industry of East Prussia, so that he would not help the Germans bypass the restrictions of the Entente bloc by the hands of the Russians?

Akimovich immediately stopped worrying when he thought that East Prussia's technology and talent were all in the hands of the Germans, maybe East Prussia was a better choice than Switzerland and Sweden, and it was his own people anyway!

Akimovich would never have imagined it. Li Xiaofeng had already guessed his thoughts. He knew that the Germans would look the other way at East Prussia. But this is a big hole he dug for the Germans!

How could Li Xiaofeng allow the Germans to dominate in East Prussia. It was true that Jews were a minority in East Prussia before, but what if in the next ten or twenty years, Jews from all over the world would flock to East Prussia? At that time, the population dominance of the Germanic peoples was quickly diluted.

Moreover, the Jewish people all over the world attach more importance to knowledge, and generally speaking, the level of education is relatively high. How could it be possible to concentrate the world's Jewish elite in East Prussia and allow the Germanic people to dominate the United States?

To put it bluntly, a certain immortal was prepared to let the Jews and Germans contain each other, so as to ensure his control over East Prussia. So the poor Germans thought they could safely and boldly climb the technology tree in East Prussia. That is really to be married!

"In what areas are you going to cooperate with our country?" Akimovich asked with interest.

Li Xiaofeng replied with a smile: "In metallurgy, chemical industry, machinery manufacturing and power, we can fully carry out cooperation!" ”

The Germans are very strong in these aspects, especially in chemical and mechanical engineering, which are among the top in the world. For example, Bayer, a company based in Leverkusen, is the world's largest group in the chemical industry, which is not inferior to DuPont in the United States. And what about the Russian chemical industry? To be honest, it's very poor, and it belongs to the position of catching up.

Not only Bayer's chemical industry, but also in the field of machinery manufacturing, such as machine tools. Germany also has quite a lot of roots, to put it mildly. This aspect is a little stronger than the later world boss of the United States.

As for the power, the German boiler may be a little lacking in heat, the high-temperature and high-pressure boiler is not first-class, but in terms of diesel and gasoline engines, it is really strong. The famous MAN Group in later generations was German.

When it comes to diesel engines, we have to mention another name "Bosch", this company is the world's leader in the injection system in the key field of diesel engines, and it is still the world's leader, and no one can shake its monopoly position.

In addition to the injection system, in another area related to the diesel engine - the field of transmission system, the Germans are still very strong (almost dominant). The well-known RENK (Lenk Gear Building GmbH) and ZF (Fiedrichshafen Gear Manufacturing GmbH) are both German. For example, RENK is one of the subsidiaries of the MAN Group mentioned earlier. The most famous product of RENK is the traditional system of the German "Cat 2" tank after World War II.

As for the other ZF company, it is also quite good in this field, and the LSG3000 used to bid for the "Cat 2" lost to RENK, but still grabbed the order for the stick K1 tank. And in the words of Mr. Liu Xiuji, a well-known expert in this field in China: "LSG3000 has reached the highest level of mechanical steering system!"

Of course, it is still too early to mention what LSG3000 this year, Li Xiaofeng's requirements are very simple, and it is thankful that he can use the strength of RENK and ZF to get an acceptable fixed-shaft mechanical transmission for tanks and infantry fighting vehicles. Of course, RENK and ZF can also help Russia in the reduction gears and bearings that are equipped with the ships.

To be honest, Germany is simply a great treasure for Russia, but it is a pity that Russia's national strength is not enough in history to dig deeply. And now, with the addition of him, an immortal, and Kolchak's gold, this qiē is not a problem!

However, the premise for achieving this qiē is that the German government agrees to cooperate, but Li Xiaofeng is really not particularly worried about this, as long as the Entente strangled Germany as in history, there is no worry that the Germans will not cooperate!

It is still a long way to think about this, and for Russia, the basis for the realization of this qiē attempt is that the Battle of Warsaw must not be lost too ugly!

And now, Tukhachevsky is having a very ugly tendency to lose. After annihilating MacArthur's Rainbow Division and sending the proud division to a prisoner-of-war camp, the Belarusian Front seemed to have a good start, but the problem was also obvious!

Originally, Trotsky was ready to destroy one or two more American divisions by striking hot iron, but the shape on the battlefield did not give Lao Tuo this opportunity at all.

The real situation is that Tukhachevsky's blocking forces were defeated, except for some of them turned around and fled back to Warsaw, the other part was directly chaotic on the battlefield, and the Red Army units that were completely disrupted were like headless flies on the battlefield. Some were wiped out on the spot by the Anglo-French forces, and the other fled in a hurry to the north. All in all, the results achieved by annihilating the Rainbow Division were diluted in an instant.

What's worse is not only the blocking force, but even worse is that this collapse came so suddenly, so that the troops in the south who had just annihilated the Rainbow Division suffered a new blow before they left the battlefield, so that this already tired army had to grit its teeth and continue fighting.

Tukhachevsky was stunned by this series of blows, and after looking at the map for more than an hour, he sighed dejectedly, and then said weakly: "Tell Comrade Trotsky that the situation is quite serious, and we must prepare for the worst!" (To be continued......)

PS: Bow and thank you Comrade Juventus!