Chapter 967, July

Germany was a little concerned about the speech of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. German ambassador Xin Ci believed that since the Allies had declared war on China, there was no need for China to continue to conceal its identity as the allied camp. Now the European battlefield is needed to influence the judgment of other neutral countries, as well as the morale, morale and other factors on the battlefield.

Gu Weijun, director of the officer corps in Qingdao, was constantly maintaining the tacit understanding between China and Germany. In the talks between Gu Weijun and Melwadek and Minister Xin Ci in Qingdao in early July, he once again emphasized that China's current economic strength cannot resist the threat of all Allied countries, so he can only try to weaken the overall impact of the Allied countries. At the same time, he also made better predictions in terms of strategy. China is a lurking force of the allied countries, and maintaining its lurking identity can play its greatest role.

Minister Xin Ci emphasized: "Even so, how can China sell aircraft to Europe on its back on our Germans?"

Gu Weijun said: "We China have absolutely not established arms trade with European countries except the allies. All trade models of aircraft are sold to the United States. As for how the United States resells, it is obviously not something that China can control. Furthermore, the aircraft exported by China has almost no weapons and devices. However, some of your German merchants sold the machine gun connectors invented by Zhang Shengting, the company in China and Germany, to the point that *** is now preparing their air force!"

In fact, both China and Germany have a disadvantage in this regard. China sells aircraft and Germany sells aircraft armed technology. These two things have become fighter jets under the assembly of the United States, a "neutral country". Fortunately, China and Germany have a good grasp of the resources of flight talents. Whether it is domestic aviation schools or pilots under the establishment, they will never accept the business of delivering flight technology to foreign countries.

During this talks, the Chinese government team successfully appeased the German side, allowing Germany to continue to maintain its "hidden identity", and also established the time for Germany's second aid to China. The German Ministry of Finance will transfer funds from Switzerland through overseas accounts and transfer 60 million imperial marks into Zhang Shengting's United Bank account before August 10. Not only that, the first batch of gas bombs and a team of chemical experts, a batch of relatively new German cannon technology, and industrial equipment worth about four million US dollars will arrive at the port of Guangzhou from late August to mid-September.

While the situation in Asia is changing drastically, there are also unpredictable moments in the main battlefield of World War I.

After Germany won the Battle of Marne, it quickly conquered Paris, the old capital of France. The German Chief of Staff Moltcher Jr. believed that although the Schriefen plan formulated by the former chief of staff had completed, he could still continue to implement the strategic essence of the Schriefen plan, adopt a feint attack from the south, and focus on the north. He decided to launch a disguised general attack in Versailles in southern Paris, or to restrain or scare away the British and French coalition forces that were stuck in the outskirts of Paris, and then secretly draw the main troops to detour to the rear of Verdun in the north, completely remove Verdun, the main fortress of the French army that has always affected the German flank.

Just as the plan was in full swing, the British and French coalition forces did a false act and mistakenly thought that Versailles would be a decisive battle. So in just five days, they dispatched about 400,000 troops to gather in the suburbs of Paris, preparing to fight Germany in Versailles. This was originally delayed the main new forces of the British and French coalition forces near Paris, as Moltke expected, but because the German team, which was confronting the front line of Versailles, shot down a French plane and sent a small team to capture the pilot, the captive operation became the fuse for the failure of the entire plan.

When the German team captured French pilots in the suburbs of Versailles, they exchanged fire with the search and rescue troops of the British and French coalition forces. Then both sides called for support. A originally small-scale conflict actually triggered the beginning of the Battle of Versailles. Just two hours later, the British and French coalition forces launched a general attack, and the German team also devoted all their efforts to fight.

However, since the German main force had already moved towards Verdun, facing the general attack of the British and French coalition forces that had gathered 400,000 troops, Germany's defense line in Versailles could not bear this huge pressure at all. The entire battle lasted for three weeks, and the German defense line severely shrank and had to retreat to the Paris city.

The British and French coalition forces did not give Germany any chance to breathe. With their powerful offensive, they continued to advance the front and soon returned to Paris.

This dramatic reversal caused almost all Germany's advantages on the front line to disappear. Fortunately, the effect of the logistics attack on the British and French coalition forces played a role, which saved the trend of defeat to a certain extent. The British and French coalition forces, which did not have enough logistics support, could only stabilize the front line in the Paris city and fell into a confrontation with the German front again.

In late July, the German General Staff removed the position of Chief of Staff of Moltke Jr. in the name of improper command, and replaced General Erich von Farkinham as Chief of Staff. After General Farkinham took office, he quickly rectified the defense from Paris to the Marne River, and sent some troops to station on this line, strengthened the firepower against the occupied areas of Paris, and maintained a confrontation with the British and French coalition forces. At the same time, he continued to implement the sneak attack plan formulated by Moltke Jr., and the main force continued to spread to the rear of Verdun, and the Battle of Verdun is expected to start within one month.

In order to ensure the safety of the logistics and coastlines, and prevent the endless attacks by the Luftwaffe and airship forces from launching endless attacks, resulting in the inability of front-line troops to operate normally at many critical moments. Britain and France decided to form a large-scale aviation force and strengthen the strength of the air defense force. Starting from mid-July, Britain and France raised about 10 million pounds to order a batch of fighter jets and air defense machine guns from the United States.

The order was handed by the United States, and a large part of it was transferred to the Chinese market. Military factories in various places rushed to build the first-generation fighter jets overnight and also sold a small number of "Zheng-modified fighter jets" at high prices. Through this order, it not only greatly stimulated the development of China's industry, but also strengthened the trade ties between China and the United States.

Zhang Jian, Secretary of Commerce and Executive Director of the Presidential Office, held a three-hour talks with US Business Counselor Smith at the end of July, further laid the trade cooperation relationship between China and the United States, and at the same time persuaded the United States to purchase Chinese government bonds worth 30 million US dollars. Of course, at this closed-door meeting, Zhang Jian also proposed a financial market cooperation plan to Smith, which is part of the "East Asia Economic Recovery Plan", to win over the United States to invest in the Asian currency market and lay the foundation for the formal "East Asia Economic Recovery Plan".

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