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The Family and the Country Chapter 75 The Americans

Yang Rui said he was ridiculous, but Wang Jitong and Bei Shoutong couldn't laugh at all. The previously expected situation really came to life: Britain, the United States, France and other countries reached a certain consensus, and they jointly put pressure on China and Japan, hoping to suppress the rising East Asia, especially China insisted on pro-Soviet rather than anti-Soviet.

However, whether it is worried about the British, French and American alliance or World War II, the situation is irreversible in Wang Jitong's opinion, and heirlooms of poetry and standing in the same position as Yang Rui. His intuition tells him that there is a bloody battle waiting for this ancient and young country ahead. This intuition is not obtained by accumulation of knowledge, nor is it known by logical analysis. This is just an ancient Confucian scholar crawling out of the old paper to understand the current situation.

On the other hand, although General Bei Shoutong, the chief of staff, has a family background, but his knowledge is half new and half old, half middle and half western. His understanding of history is completely inferior to Wang Jitong or other students who have studied Chinese studies. To be more precise, his spirituality is covered by overlapping knowledge, and his perception is replaced by seemingly perfect logic. Because of this, he said after Yang Rui's self-deprecating silence: "Sir, if the canal is not built, is it?"

Yang Rui was not surprised by Bei Shoutong's idea. This student is the best in the special class of Nanyang Public School, but he has been focusing on military affairs for too long in the past twenty years. Wang Jitong looked at him and said strangely: "Ji Mei would not think that as long as he is not close to the Soviet Union, Britain, the United States and other countries will not work together to suppress us, right?"

"Of course not." Bei Shoutong looked down at the expressions of the two gentlemen with embarrassment. He felt that he knew he was all wrong.

"Ji Mei, the entire world system was established by Britain. Whether it is based on strength or origin, the United States inherited this set of things. For some white supremacists, it is natural to rather have friendly countries than domestic slaves. Although he stated that he would not expand anymore, we and Japan were already a European. In time, this new Europe that was developed would definitely replace the old Europe and eventually compete with the new Great. No one can stop this trend except war.

Fortunately, a Soviet Union appeared at this time. According to the theory of Jingcheng, this is a heresy of Western civilization. According to the convention of foreigners, heresy is more abominable than aliens. It is true that they treat us better than Russians. But this goodness has a time limit. Once the Soviet Union is destroyed, the ones we will deal with will be aliens like us. Now heresy and aliens are mixed together, and heresy are at the northernmost end. They can only subdue aliens first and then deal with heresy. Whether the canal or canal is not the key. The important thing is to break up heresy and aliens. Once they are broken up, we can live a good life for decades, but what happens?"

Wang Jitong shook his head and sighed helplessly. The battle of Feishui that Yang Rui mentioned that day was probably coming in a few years. Regardless of the victory or defeat of this battle, all the Chinese elites he had just developed had to be filled in, and the political situation of the entire country would also undergo drastic changes, both of which were what he did not want to see.

"Don't talk about this." Yang Rui was mainly thinking about Germany, the KMT party is now taking the path of legal power seizure. In the election in May last year, they received 810,000 of 31 million votes, accounting for twelve of 491 seats in the Congress. The Weimar Constitution is American democracy. Without the restrictions that the Chinese Constitution stipulates that less than 5% of the seats cannot enter the Congress. It is precisely because of this that the KMT party entered the Congress and had such a platform.

After the economic crisis, the German economy, which relies entirely on American funds, suffered the most. Economic issues caused political problems. Just last month, due to partisan struggles, the German parliament was disbanded and the next election will be held three months later. No matter how you judge, this election will completely give KMT members full of confidence. Because millions of unemployed workers will share the votes between KMT and KMT Party and KMT Party, KMT Party will inevitably extend from the stage to the central government.

Afterwards, with the rigidity and cowardice of the Germans, as long as Goering, Goebbels and others shouted a few words, Hindenburg, the Wehrmacht, Junker landlords, and industrial giants would completely make concessions. It can be said that Germany has no opponents that can suppress the KS and the Communist Party, and even ** will give in to them. They will swallow their anger in the Congress arson case and disappear.

Because of Asian interests and China's pro-Soviet stance, the British were afraid that suppressing the KS and Socialist Party would make Germany obey the control of Moscow's orders. Therefore, they subconsciously believed that the China Intelligence Agency's suggestions had other plans, so they completely let the KS and Socialist Party grow. As for another way, the German KS and Social Democrats manipulated through Moscow, and if they really couldn't do it, they would engage in a civil war. However, the steel comrades who had not completed the two five-year plans were also timid. After the civil war, they might turn into a foreign war. The Soviet Union was not ready at this time;

At the same time, if Nazi Germany did not jeopardize the Soviet Union, then Yang Rui would also have a question mark on the security of western China. If the Soviet Union was told by the United States, Yang Rui remembered that during World War II and after the Iron Curtain of World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union tacitly used democracy and freedom and Bolshevikism to dismember Britain and France's colonies. Therefore, at this level, American democracy and Soviet-style Marxism-Leninism played a role in killing the original civilizations and forces of countries around the world. The ultimate goal is to make the world better accept the mainstream international ideas after the Cold War and lay a solid foundation for the establishment of a world empire.

The political geography of the whole world is a table of mahjong, with the north and south being the United States and the Soviet Union, and the east and west being China and Europe. As the saying goes, everyone’s opportunities are equal, but Eurasian 6 is narrow and long, and the United States in the south is more dominant, so the power of the north-south unity is greater than that of the east and west. Under Roosevelt's win, Sino-Soviet friendship is really not worth much money. Fortunately, the Soviet Union has always attached importance to Europe, and although Stalin was realistic, he was extremely conservative. Even if China and the United States started to fight, he might not act rashly. But if American bombers began to carpet bomb China's heavy industrial cities, Beiting, Mongolia and Northeast under the Soviet blade would be in danger.

Is it a question worth thinking about whether the entire Eurasian 6 was like the original World War II, or is it just a Pacific War? In Yang Rui's view, even if China does not take action, even if it does a collective farm like the Soviet Union, it will still not defeat the United States with four or five five plans, of course the brainless people don't think so. They think that they can fight the US imperial examination by taking the five-year plan, which is really ridiculous. War is a game of blood. Without trade restrictions and large technical generation gaps, whoever has more money will win.

Faced with a monster of the US imperial level, instead of putting it on his belt for several five-year plans to expand the scale of industry and fighting for the sea of ​​aircraft and aircraft carriers in the war, it is better to invest limited money in upgrading the industrial system and finally end the war with an atomic bomb. Of course, such a war is not good-looking and not very passionate, but what is the point of being passionate?

After Wang Jitong taught Bei Shoutong repeatedly, Yang Rui put down these thoughts. He looked at Wang Jitong and said, "How is going there?"

"Very good!" Wang Ji and Zheng pointed at the key point. Although he spoke at the same level as Bei Shoutong, he didn't say clearly, just said: "The third stage has ended early, and it has completely solved the smelting problem. Now it is about to enter the fourth stage."

"The fourth stage" Yang Rui recalled the last meeting and said, "This is about 500 million."

"Yes." Wang Jitong nodded, and he smiled bitterly: "You have also built a 450 million Eurasian canal, as well as the 'Three Rivers and Seas' in the Northeast, and you also have to purchase patents and heavy equipment on a large scale. These are all together."

"The prices of equipment in Europe and the United States have plummeted. Some equipment that were unwilling to be sold before are now willing to be sold. We must seize the opportunity. Then there are two or three more presses of 10,000 tons. One machine tool factory in Shenyang, Northeast China, and one in Taiyuan. Let's see if it is placed in Sichuan or Wuhan."

Before Yang Rui finished speaking, Wang Jitong laughed, "It turns out, you, why do I say hello to you? There are only three units in the United States. Is it worth buying so many? Even if that thing is in the current economic crisis, it will cost 15 million yuan per unit. Do you want it?"

"Of course it's worth it." Yang Rui insisted, with information that he was not completely sure of the authenticity. There were seven hydraulic presses of more than 10,000 tons in World War II, four of the Soviet Union, three of Japan, two of Germany, one of Italy, and countless other hydraulic presses of about 6,700 tons. Why do Americans have seas of aircraft and aircraft carriers? That's because they have seas of water presses. China has four of them, which is the level of the Soviet Union. If you build some of the six,700 tons, you can still fight a dozen in the early stage.

"15 million is not expensive. If you place an order for Krupp in Germany, the tonnage is at least 15,000 tons, and there are three units, so he can give it a discount." Yang Rui's words amused Wang Jitong and Bei Shoutong. But he said that he had not finished speaking, "This is just a water press, and a hot and cold rolling mill for rolling aluminum plates. I remember that the width was only 1,120, which is not wide enough. I heard that Americans have wider ones, but the price is expensive. The hot and cold rolling mill of 1,680, and the equipment and technology are at least 6 million yuan. According to the English size, this is 66 inches, and it is said that the width is 112 inches. If you really have this size, you can roll out two thousand inches, which is more than fifty meters of thin aluminum plates. Even if this set of hot and cold rolling mills are expensive, you have to buy a few more sets.

There are also forging die hydraulic presses of 20,000 tons or more tonnage, 12,000 tons of non-ferrous metal horizontal extrusion hydraulic presses; 200 mm or larger width wide broadband thin steel plate continuous rolling mill; 10 mm to 80 mm or thinner diameter steel pipe cold rolling mill; 80 mm to 150 mm or larger diameter steel pipe cold rolling mill; 1500 mm or larger width cold rolling alloy thin plate rolling mill" Yang Rui said of these equipment, and then he took out a sorted list on the table and handed it to Wang Jitong: "It's all here, and the hydraulic press is the most expensive. If you buy five units, it will probably cost 100 million Huayuan. Although rolling mills are cheap, you can't just sell one set. Each one has two or three sets, which is about 100 million Huayuan."

"Two million?!" Wang Jitong was shocked, his face darkened a little more. Adding to the 500 million Huayuanyuandui project, this is 700 million Huayuan. If the Eurasian Canal is added, it is 1.15 billion.

"Xiao Xu, don't think it's expensive. This is all core equipment. If you pass this village, you won't have this store." Yang Rui said earnestly, "We don't have many machine tools, but we can make them ourselves. We only produce tungsten alloy tools in the world and Germany. They buy our patents, so we are not bad for general metal processing capabilities. 20,000 tons forging die hydraulic presses, 12,000 tons non-ferrous metal horizontal extrusion hydraulic presses, and aluminum plate cold and hot rolling mills. These four are all used to build aircraft. Without these things, it would be difficult for us to build 10,000 aircraft a year.

The ones behind are wide strip steel plate rolling mills, large and small steel pipe rolling mills, alloy plate cold rolling mills, which are related to aircraft, tanks, and even rockets; as for what a 10,000-ton hydraulic press can do, I don’t want to say.”

"But" Wang Jitong understood Yang Rui's meaning. He was worried that the judgment was passed. He said, "You are purchasing in the name of the government, so who can sell it? Now that the factory has been divided, isn't this the government sold it to the private sector?"

"These equipment is ordered in the name of major aircraft factories, namely Shanxi Aluminum Factory, Northeast Aluminum Factory, and Steel Company. How much money can they pay? If not enough, the General Staff General Staff will come forward to help the Interrogation and Suspicion Academy ask for money. If they don't agree, they will make a fuss." Yang Rui smiled, "Since the General Staff has come forward to ask for things, the people in the Interrogation and Suspicion Academy will not refuse to give it to you. Do you want me to come out?"

"How to keep it confidential? Just like the Hunyuan bomb project, only one representative per province knows?" Wang Jitong asked.

"This does not need to be kept confidential. This is just industrial equipment. What's the big deal for us to upgrade equipment?" Yang Rui said indifferently. "As for other large machine tools, patented technologies, etc., you can add some in and get a total order of 300 million yuan to be approved by the Notice Academy. This money is considered to be borrowed from these factories by the government. It will be returned to the government in ten or twenty years. There was a bill before the Hunyuan pile of money, and the National Defense Commission approved it, and it will be directly requested; and the money from the Eurasian Canal and the money from the Three Rivers and Seas can be solved by relying on the Shanghai securities market and bonds."

"I understand." Wang Jitong nodded and took over the order worth 300 million. This time the brow was locked. The money was borrowed, but the airplanes, cannons and warships were finally sold to the government. It seemed to be paid back, but the wool came from the sheep. After all, it was the military industry base that was too weak. Although Yang Rui was determined before the European War, he would rather have insufficient equipment in Europe than deliver goods to South America and other countries first. But when the British and American aircraft manufacturing industries came to their senses after the war, these markets were pried away one by one by one. It was not that China's equipment was not cheap, not durable, and not powerful, but that the Americans were too rich and often took loans of millions of millions of dollars. This kind of business that was almost free of charge was not enough.

The US Department of Commerce borrowed foreign loans, and the US aircraft manufacturers benefited from it, which eventually led the US Alcoa to upgrade its technology and developed a larger-width aluminum alloy hot and hot rolling mill. This model is something that China cannot afford to settle down in poverty, so it coincides with the world economic crisis. When people are willing to sell and the price is low, it is justified to sell several sets of technology and equipment. In addition, this is likely to be the last time that domestic industry has relied on large-scale equipment for technology upgrades, and then they have to build their own cars behind closed doors.

Seeing Wang Jitong take the order, Yang Rui asked again: "How is the remelting of the electroslag in the metallurgy? Is it still impossible to solve the continuous casting problem?"

"I have seen hope." When Yang Rui asked about the remelting of electroslag, Wang Jitong's brows relaxed slightly. "Eight years ago, after Pearson proposed the concept of crystallizer vibration, we have been studying the continuous casting machine for vibrating crystallizers. In Germany, we are working with Mr. Junckers and have roughly studied practical continuous casting machines. Once the continuous casting problem is solved, electroslag remelting can be put into practical use. Torque rods, bearings, rotors, cannons, and these things can all be up to the next level."

"Yeah." Yang Rui breathed heavily when he heard this. The electroslag remelting has been studied for twenty years, but the continuous casting machine has not solved it and cannot be practical at all. This is like making steel with oxygen. Low-temperature oxygen production technology does not improve. If the oxygen-blowing steel is used, it is a way to catch the moon in the water. He turned to Baishou and said, "So, the American Christie suspension is not allowed."

"That's right, sir." Because Bei Shoutong had been in charge of the general manager before, he certainly knew the significance of electroslag remelting, and chariot suspension is one of them.

When the tank is bound to be built and heavier, suspension is a big problem. With the existing technology, either the Christie suspension purchased in the United States or the torque rod is used, but the number of torque rods must be increased. No matter which one is used, it is inappropriate. Christie suspension will increase the height of the tank. According to the experience of tank design, the ratio of length, width and height to the total weight of the tank is 1:3:7. The higher the tank, the heavier the weight, so it is better to be wider than high, and rather to be long than wide; if the torque rod suspension is adopted, because the steel is not qualified, it can only be solved by increasing the torque rod. The result is an interleaving wheel that makes logistics and maintenance extremely damaging.

"What about Enigma machine? How is the research?" Yang Rui asked. This was a patent he personally told to buy after the European war. He thought it was difficult, but he didn't expect that no one wanted it. So the Chinese businessman, who was "wrong" bought it before Shelbius, a Ming man, bought it out before the Ming Dynasty transferred the patent to others, and then began to research it on his own. However, in order to keep it confidential, this machine would not be used before the war, so that several genius Polish mathematicians would not decipher it.

"From the current experiment, there is no way to crack it." Bei Shoutong said with a smile.

Bei Shoutong was optimistic, but Yang Rui didn't think so. He looked at Wang Jitong, "Can the computer laboratory be broken?"

"No." Wang Jitong shook his head, "Unless you get the password machine and understand its principle, you will not be able to decipher it."

"Then I'll send a pass to the deciphering team." Yang Rui smiled. He looked at Bei Shoutong, who was colored and said: "It's normal for the enemy's codebook to be seized on the battlefield. If a war really starts, almost all mathematicians around the world will be concentrated by Britain and the United States to decipher our passwords, and the cipher machines on various battlefields and consulates across various places may be obtained by Britain and the United States. Maybe our passwords will be deciphered by Britain and the United States in the middle of the journey. The General Staff should be prepared at any time, be vigilant at all times, and be accustomed to fighting in a one-way transparent battlefield. In future practical exercises, remember to make up for this lesson for those military leaders."

"Yes, sir!" Bei Shoutong didn't want Yang Rui to say the matter so seriously, and he shouted yes as if he was accepting an order.

"Okay, don't be so nervous." Yang Rui waved his hand and asked him to sit down, then said, "Didn't it mean that the US president will visit China? Where have they been? Will they come yet?"

"Oh, it's already in the Pacific, but because of the economic crisis, President Doves couldn't sit still because he had to deal with heavy business, and Vice President Curtis, and Commerce Secretary Hoover, and "

Before Wang Jitong finished speaking, he was interrupted by Yang Rui. He smiled and said, "Hoover or the Minister of Commerce?"

"Yes, Dawys still appointed him as Minister of Commerce. He has been in China for many days, so"

"This fraudster!" Yang Rui was very disdainful of Hoover because of Kaiping Coal Mine. "Is there any other purpose for them to let us sell more American goods this time?"

"A lot of industrial capitalists came, and it is said that Henry Ford was also among them." Wang Ji Tongdao.

"Why is that old guy Ford here?" Yang Rui was very alert. These people may not be here to sell things. This is likely to be here to inspect Chinese industry.

"Yes, it is said that he has never been able to figure out why our cars produce so few, but they have so many models, and they are very cheap. Is this because our workers have low salaries or something else? He just wants to take a look anyway. GM seems to have a manager and several management scientists." Wang Jitong introduced. "It turns out, if they propose to visit the car factory. Then we."

"Don't worry about this." Yang Rui said, "Americans cannot build a management system without adopting a lifetime employment system. However, Japanese Toyota Kiichiro learned it quickly, but he was not lucky. He encountered an economic crisis just after expanding his production capacity. He could only count on the Japanese government to save his life.

I think with the American temper, after visiting the car factory, I will definitely think that we are committing fraud. Compared with individualism, collectivism seems to them to be the embodiment of evil."

Although Yang Rui was speculating about Yankees, at the banquet of the Pacific American delegation on a cruise ship, Henry Ford, wearing a tuxedo, was expounding his views to other colleagues, as well as Business Secretary Hoover, Management Tyler, Harvard psychologist Mayo, etc.: "Gentlemen, the Chinese auto factory I imagined was just a copy of General Motors, they made exactly the same parts that could be universal, and then opened several production lines with government funding. Yes, the most important thing is that they used their cheap yellow workers who were only one-thirty-one of the American workers' wages, and finally bought the car to the United States.

Plagiarism, government funding and low wages are the foundation of Chinese cars, and the foundation of all Chinese goods selling well. American cars are not competing with Dalian Automobile Company, we are competing with the Chinese government."

Henry Ford is completely an old stubborn person. He doesn't mean he is extremely contemptuous of Chinese cars, even GM. It was only when the whole world started a wave of learning scientific management like the United States more than ten years ago because of Chinese goods, he wanted to come to the Chinese car factory to take a look, then expose the Chinese conspiracy, and prove the advanced nature of American production to the world.

When his arbitrary words ended, everyone present smiled and applauded, except for a few management scientists. Hoover was not so optimistic while applauding. He said, "Mr. Ford, I think you will be shocked when you arrive in China. Chinese are Chinese, not Americans." (To be continued.)
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