Chapter 976: Change of cooperation

"Oh, please rest assured that we will not relax in keeping the confidentiality of the financial war plan for a moment. We have absolutely not leaked the main content of this plan, but in order to gain more support, we have revealed some related matters." Maximi said immediately.

Wu Shaoting took a deep breath. Although Maximi said so, in his opinion, the plan was leaked. Even if he could not implement the "East Asian Economic Recovery Plan", the information on the financial battlefield must be kept confidential to prevent the plan from being adopted by the enemy to deal with the country. His face became less and less beautiful, but he did not rush to express it, but waited for Maximi to finish the cause and effect of the whole thing.

After a pause, Maximi continued: "Minister Sinci and Commander Melwadek felt that this financial war plan was very feasible. Therefore, after the Military Commission and the Ministry of Finance rejected our plan, we contacted the most famous financial entrepreneurs and chaebols of the German Empire through private relations. When we met with them, we only informed them that a financial speculation event would be held in Asia and invited them to participate."

Wu Shaoting was half-believing and half-doubted, and he said with a blank expression: "Is that true? Have the chaebols and entrepreneurs in your country agreed?"

"Obviously we can't get their positive answers through some superficial content. But they were very interested in this when they heard about this financial cooperation with your government. After their meeting, they agreed that representatives should be sent to China for a deeper understanding."

Wu Shaoting pondered for a while. In addition to ensuring the careful planning and sufficient funds, it is more important to cooperate with the German government. However, German private chaebols and financiers obviously cannot guarantee anything except interests, and some people will even betrayal for temporary interests. "For temporary interests" are divided into many situations, such as the sudden difficulty in capital operation of their own company, and temporary changes in their minds and decisions to make a fortune and leave, etc.

Such a huge financial plan, if it is not careful to operate, it will not only not only prevent the enemy, but will even backfire. He must carefully consider this. Even if these private chaebols are willing, he will not easily agree to cooperate with them. After sighing slightly, he said: "Since that's the case, when will they send representatives to China."

Colonel Philip said: "These chaebol gentlemen have hired an investment adviser from Deutsche Bank and are believed to be on an ocean cruise to China and are expected to arrive in Shanghai in the middle of the month."

Wu Shaoting was silent for a while, and then said in a very serious tone: "Sir, I hope you can understand why I have been emphasizing that this plan needs to be strictly confidential. Because the high-ranking officials of your country cannot accept such a plan, it does not mean that other countries will not accept it. Once they find that the financial battlefield is profitable, it is very likely to be used on us in reverse. Do you understand? I am very grateful for your active efforts for this plan, but please allow me to take the liberty to ask whether the chaebols and entrepreneurs in your country are trustworthy? It is the kind of trust that is higher than interests!"

Colonel Philip and Maximi looked at each other. Although Wu Shaoting's words were a bit rude, they certainly understood the importance of this words. Maximi said solemnly: "These chaebols, lords and entrepreneurs have been working with the Military Commission all year round, otherwise Minister Xinci and Commander Melwadek would not contact them. Now the European battlefield has already touched the mood of every patriot. Our subjects of the German Empire will definitely distinguish the importance of the urgency and slow down, and will definitely make selfless contributions when the country needs it."

Although Maximi said this, Wu Shaoting was still hard to imagine, but he said: "I sincerely hope that this plan will not make any mistakes. You must know that this is an extraordinary investment, and it is no exaggeration to say that this is an unprecedented action. Since Minister Xinci and Mr. Maximi think that they can trust private investors, I certainly will not refuse to meet with this representative."

Colonel Philip said: "We are very happy to hear you say this, after all, this is a big thing that is beneficial to both of us. Of course, your advice is very correct, and we will pay more attention to confidentiality work."

At this time, the talks should have ended, but Wu Shaoting found that neither Colonel Philip nor Maximi had any intention of getting up and saying goodbye. So he said again: "So, does Colonel Philip have any news to tell me?"

Colonel Philip immediately said: "Yes, but it's not that I want to tell the Head of State the new news, but Commander Melwadek is concerned about the development of your country's naval as an ally."

Wu Shaoting asked in confusion: "Is that true? Does Commander Melwadek have any suggestions?"

Colonel Philip smiled and said, "The proposal is not considered a matter of this. It's just that our Far East Fleet Base recently noticed that the Chinese Navy is modifying the former *** 'Zhou Fang' battleship. Judging from the design drawings, it seems that all the armed forces of the 'Zhou Fang' are going to be removed. We are just curious, what will the 'Zhou Fang' be used for after the modification?"

Wu Shaoting knew that the "Aviation Battleship" plan was only responsible for part of the design, and did not know the ultimate strategic role of the "Zhou Fang". He did consider keeping the "Aviation Battleship" plan confidential before, but thinking about the outbreak of the Jutland Naval Battle in history, the first time the British local fleet was put into use of aircraft carriers, sooner or later the Germans would realize the importance of this warship. So he said: "Yes, we are planning to convert this battleship into an aviation battleship. At that time, its role is to provide aircraft takeoff and landing, and provide us with endurance and maneuverability for long-range air strikes."

Colonel Philip and Maximi looked at each other. Of course, it was the first time they heard of the term "aircraft battleship". However, it is not difficult to guess from Wu Shaoting's description of his role, what the "Zhou Fang" looks like after the modification is completed. Although Germany has now begun to pay attention to the expansion of aviation tactics and the use of the army aviation forces, it does not have enough understanding of long-range air strikes using battleship-borne aircraft.

After nodding thoughtfully, Colonel Philip said, "So that's the case. I wonder if the Head of State can give us a deeper understanding of the information about the 'Aviation Battleship'?"

Wu Shaoting smiled and said, "Are you interested in this plan?" According to the scheduled plan, the current modification progress of China's aviation battleships should have just reached about a quarter. If Germany is interested in this plan, it can refer to more German engineering technology to invest in the modification, so that the modification may be completed in advance.

As for the issue of allowing Germany to obtain aviation battleship technology, it does not pose a great threat to China. It is almost impossible for China and Germany to predict from geopolitics that it is difficult to have a head-on conflict. Maybe the "Zeperlin" aircraft carrier will be born early, which will inevitably be another turning point in rewriting history.

Colonel Philip said: "Yes, whether it is suitable for the current model of our German Empire's Navy, we should have as first-hand information as possible with any new military weapon. If the Head of State is willing, perhaps our German Empire can cooperate with your country to develop such aviation battleships."

Wu Shaoting still smiled and said, "If Colonel Philip can confirm this cooperation, I will naturally be happy. This way, when the aviation battleship modification plan is reported in a while, I will ask the navy to make a detailed summary, and then the delegation of officers in Qingdao will directly negotiate with you further."

Colonel Philip nodded and said, "Thank you very much. I will solemnly discuss the matters of cooperation in aviation battleships with Commander Melwadek. Once there is a result, I will notify you as soon as possible."

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[The Grafzeppelin was an aircraft carrier built by the German Navy during World War II and was also the only aircraft carrier launched in Germany in history, with a displacement of about 33,000 tons. On December 28, 1936, part of the German shipyard (deutschewww.piaotian.comz) in Kiel, according to the German sea at that time

The plan of the military marshal Erichraeder, in addition to the Earl Zeppelin code-named "Flugzeugträgera", originally had a sister ship "Flugzeugträgerb". The German Navy would not formally give the ship name before the new ship was actually launched, but called it by code). The latter was stopped during construction and was scrapped, and was never actually launched or named.

Due to the continuous setbacks in the operations of the German navy at sea after the middle of World War II, and the inability of Germany at that time to support the inexpensive naval funds, Hitler ordered the cancellation of all German warships, cruisers and aircraft carriers on February 2, 1943. Earl Zeppelin was sent to Stettin at the mouth of the Odd River (Szczecin, Poland) to prepare for demolition.

At the end of April 1945, seeing that the Soviet Red Army was about to approach Stettin, the German army took the initiative to sank the Earl Zeppelin to avoid falling into the enemy's hands. However, after occupying the area, the Soviet Union salvaged the wreck in 1946. The last sighting of the ship was in Swinemunde (Swinemunde, which is today's Swinemunde, in Poland today. At that time, the ship carried some supplies and was preparing to go to Leningrad.
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