Li Xiaofeng said in one word that the Germans were trying to wear the Germans. It was not that the Germans could not sell technology to Russia, but that they were somewhat concerned about the Allies' face and wanted to raise prices. In short, they were just pretentious, and they wanted to pretend that I was embarrassed and slaughtered the polar bear.

Li Xiaofeng naturally didn't want to be slaughtered. It was good for him to cooperate with the Germans now, but it would be unprofitable to pay too high a price for it. Anyway, when the Germans understand that even if they surrender, they would not be able to be truly accepted by the British and French groups. When they were overwhelmed by war reparations in the 1920s, they would naturally try their best to avoid the restrictions of the Versailles contract and would take the initiative to ask for cooperation with Russia.

In short, Li Xiaofeng doesn't have to worry, there is no reason to be this sucker. At worst, when the Polish battlefield decides the victory or defeat, and when the Allies find that they can't destroy the Bolshevik Russia through military interference, the Germans will naturally change their attitude.

So Li Xiaofeng naturally had the confidence to reject the "olive branch" issued by Germany in one breath. You prepared spare parts and supporting facilities for the high seas fleet, and it would be rusty and moldy in the warehouse. Then, see if you dare to speak loudly.

Akimovich made another boring thing from a fairy and left in a bad mood, but soon, three days later, when the Allied Army rushed into the city of Szczechin and was repelled by the powerful Red Flag Baltic Fleet with heavy artillery, he came back.

This time, Akimovich didn't mention anything about giving or giving favors. He looked like a businessman, and it seemed that he was preparing to clear the stock and sell it.

However, this time Li Xiaofeng's attitude changed again. It was not that he became aggressive, but that he was much easier to talk to. The reason was very simple. Before, the Germans actually sharpened their knives under the guise of giving favors, which was too unauthoritable. But this time they were doing business and did not use those tricks, so Li Xiaofeng would naturally treat them normally.

"We believe that the design and production drawings of the relevant battleships are worth at least £1 million."

Li Xiaofeng sneered directly. The Germans really looked down on themselves. To be honest, the real value of these drawings can be almost worthless. Because after World War I and before the outbreak of World War II, the design concept of warships underwent earth-shaking changes, which can almost be said to be subversive.

The designs of the Germans are based on the concepts of World War I and before World War I. To be honest, they really cannot keep up with the times. If Russia's ship design field was not too backward, they had to open up "foreign meat". There is really no need to buy German garbage drawings.

"100,000 pounds." Li Xiaofeng removed a zero without hesitation. This bargaining technique made Akimovich stunned and asked after a while: "That's how you are talking about business? Is this your sincerity?"

Li Xiaofeng smiled and said, "You seem to be very dissatisfied? I think the price I offer is too low?"

Akimovich said angrily: "Isn't it?"

Li Xiaofeng shook his head and said with a hint of sarcastic tone: "To be honest, this price is very reasonable. Do you think those drawings or treasures?"

"Aren't you? Otherwise, why would you buy it?" Akimovich asked sarcastically.

Li Xiaofeng shook his head again and said seriously: "To be honest, in this ever-changing era, every warship was already behind when it was taken off the drawing board and was sent onto the platform. Your designs will be outdated and eliminated immediately within three years. For me, buying these drawings is just for the convenience of maintenance and saved me a lot of money for reverse mapping. Do you think reverse mapping is expensive?"

Akimovich stopped talking because Li Xiaofeng said everything was true. For the Russians who captured the main force of the entire high seas fleet, it was indeed a bit troublesome without drawings, but it was just a bit troublesome. As long as they could spend time, they could survey and map and draw the drawings little by little. Anyway, the ship was there, and they could do whatever they wanted.

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

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

Akimovich stopped talking, but he really couldn't accept the price. Is Germany short of such 100,000 pounds? Even if he was in a hurry to ask for money, outsiders would hear that they had sold the German Navy's efforts for more than 30 years for just 100,000 pounds, which would really turn into a joke.

Of course, Li Xiaofeng actually didn't plan to spend the 100,000 pounds. The reason why he bargained so hard was simply to force the Germans to agree to his subsequent conditions.

"Let me do this, in order to take care of your government's face, I am willing to make some concessions. This 100,000 pounds is not the price of making drawings, but the consultant fee for you..."

But even if I changed my name, Akimovich still felt uncomfortable because the essence was the same. Isn’t this a steal?

"Of course it's different!" Li Xiaofeng smiled, revealing two rows of snow-white teeth. "This consultant fee is the consultant's 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 repair and modification project. The 100,000 pounds is just the first consultant fee."

"Well……"

Akimovich was stunned. This method of a certain immortal was indeed good. At least it was very good to cover up the selling of the drawings. What he paid more attention to was that someone was just the first consultant fee, which means there was a second, third or more next?

Suddenly, Akimovich had expectations again, but Li Xiaofeng saw through his thoughts and smiled and said, "Of course there can be more consulting fees later, but your engineers and technicians must make the best use of them. Didn't I ask them to show off. Do you understand?"

Of course, Akimovich understood that to put it bluntly, Russia's engineering and technical strength is limited, and it is necessary to ask Germans to help them. If there are original engineers and technicians participating in the repair, then the quality and quantity will be guaranteed!

"You've made a mistake!" Li Xiaofeng corrected again, "It's not just repair, but a comprehensive transformation!"

Akimovich was surprised. He naturally knew the difference between repair and renovation. These two are not the same. If it is a renovation, the project volume is ten times larger than the price. He suddenly thought of a lot. If the renovation project volume is large, wouldn’t they have more opportunities to make money?

Li Xiaofeng saw through Akimovich's thoughts and gave him a sweet date: "The project volume is quite large. According to my requirements, four battle cruisers and at least two Bavarian-class battleships will be comprehensively transformed. The preliminary estimate is that the project volume will be more than ten years!"

Akimovich widened his eyes. This news would be even better. If the project volume was really so large, it would undoubtedly be a good opportunity to retain professional talents for the German and shipbuilding industries that were suppressed after the war!

However, Akimovich did not expect that Li Xiaofeng gave more than this sweet dates. He said again: "Please participate in it. Not only are you responsible for the design of the renovation project, but I also hope that German companies can join the renovation project..."

Akimovic took a deep breath and asked, "You mean, our German companies can provide 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 half of the previous words feel excited, but someone just made his heart hang up again. He asked quickly, "What's it?"

Li Xiaofeng said calmly: "You should also know that the Allies have very high 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 was like riding a roller coaster. He felt a little excited and then poured a basin of cold water on his head. And what Li Xiaofeng wanted was this effect. After hitting Akimovich, he quickly gave another solution:

"But these restrictions can be completely overcome. My suggestion is that both parties invest in joint ventures in third countries to jointly design and produce these equipment, such as in Finland, East Prussia or Switzerland!"

Akimovich's eyes lit up again. It was indeed not difficult to bypass the restrictions of the Allied countries from a third country. In fact, there were already arrangements in this regard in China before, but at that time, the country preferred Switzerland and Sweden. Both countries had good relations with Germany, and had a good industrial foundation and had the potential for cooperation.

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

Regarding Li Xiaofeng said sarcastically: "I can't stand it if I just East Prussia? You don't think that the Chinese Allies in Versailles would still retain the territory of the Second German Empire, right?"

Akimovich was silent. In fact, judging from what he learned, the territory of the Second German Empire would definitely not be preserved. Poland would definitely, the Alsace and Lorraine Frenchmen who were obtained in the French-Prussian War would definitely take them back, and the Danes would definitely pay back the lost territory before. In short, the price would be very heavy.

From this perspective, losing East Prussia would not be so uncomfortable. And Akimovich thought of more things. No matter what, East Prussia was dominated by Germans. Although there are some "small" problems, the Germans in East Prussia have a lot of conflict with the local people. However, with the end of World War I, those problems will not be problems. No matter what, they are also Germans. From the perspective of national feelings, they will also tend to return to the German family.

Anyway, Akimovich secretly swore in his heart that he would have to slaughter East Prussia's shame and to ask the Russians for repaying the debt. Of course, this is what he will do in the future, and now, temporarily splitting East Prussia may not be a bad thing for Germany.

The Germans in East Prussia do not have to accept blackmail from the Allies. They are relatively free and can develop the military industry without any scruples. Moreover, according to someone's statement just now, he also intends to develop the military industry in East Prussia. Isn't this just to use the Russians to help the Germans bypass the restrictions of the Allies?

When Akimovich thought that all the technology and talents of East Prussia were in the hands of the Germans, he immediately stopped worrying. Perhaps East Prussia is a better choice than Switzerland and Sweden. No matter what, it is his own person there!

Akimovich would never have thought. Li Xiaofeng had guessed his ideas long ago. He knew that the Germans would look at East Prussia differently. However, this was a big pit he dug for the Germans!

How could Li Xiaofeng allow the Germans to dominate the world in East Prussia? The Jews were indeed a minority in East Prussia before, but what if Jews all over the world would flock to East Prussia in the next ten or twenty years? At that time, the population advantage of the Germans would soon be diluted.

Moreover, the Jewish nation attaches great importance to knowledge around the world, and generally speaking, the education level is relatively high. How can the Germans be allowed to dominate the United States by focusing the Jewish elites in East Prussia?

To put it bluntly, a certain immortal was preparing to let the Jews and Germans restrain each other, so as to ensure his control over East Prussia. So the poor German thought he could climb the tech tree in East Prussia with confidence. He really wanted to marry someone!

"Then in which areas are you going to cooperate with our country?" Akimovich asked with interest.

Li Xiaofeng replied with a smile: "We can fully cooperate in metallurgy, chemical industry, machinery manufacturing and power!"

Germans are very strong in these aspects, especially chemical and mechanical manufacturing, which are top in the world. For example, Bayer, a company located in Leverkusen, belongs to the world's number one group in the chemical industry, and is not inferior to DuPont in the United States. What about Russian chemical industry? To be honest, it is very poor and is a position that needs to be caught up.

Not only Bayer's chemical industry, but also in the field of mechanical manufacturing, such as machine tools, Germany also has a very deep foundation. To put it bluntly, this aspect is a little better than the later world leader, the United States.

As for power, the German boilers may be a little lacking in heat. High-temperature and high-pressure boilers are not first-class, but they are really powerful in terms of diesel engines and gasoline engines. The famous Man Group in later generations is Germany.

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

In addition to the injection system, in another field related to diesel engines, the transmission system, the Germans are still very strong (almost dominating the world). The famous renk (Renk Gear Manufacturing Co., Ltd.) and zf (Fedres Hafen Gear Manufacturing Co., Ltd.) are both from Germany. 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 another zf company, it is also quite awesome in this field. Although the lsg3000 used to bid for "Cat 2" lost to Renk, it still grabbed the order for the K1 tank of the stick. And in the words of Mr. Liu Xiuji, a famous expert in this field in my country, said: "lsg3000 has reached the highest level of mechanical steering system!

Of course, it is too early to mention lsg3000 in this year. Li Xiaofeng's request is very simple. Thanks to the fact that he can use the strength of renk and zf to get a decent fixed shaft mechanical transmission to tanks and infantry fighting vehicles. Of course, renk and zf can also help Russia on the reduced gears and bearings that are equipped with ships.

To be honest, Germany is simply a big treasure for Russia. Unfortunately, Russia's national strength in history was insufficient and could not be deeply explored. Now, with the addition of him, the immortal, and with Kolchak's gold, all this is not a problem!

However, the premise for achieving all this is that the German government agrees to cooperate, but Li Xiaofeng is really not particularly worried about this. As long as the Allies strangled Germany as in history, there is no need to worry about the Germans not cooperating!

I think this is still a bit far away. For Russia, the basis for achieving all this is that the Warsaw Battle cannot be lost too ugly!

And now, Tukhachevsky is in a very ugly situation. After annihilated MacArthur's Rainbow Division and sent the proud division master into the prisoner-of-war camp, the Belarusian Front seemed to have a good start, but the problem was also obvious!

The Belarusian Front had extremely insufficient potential. It took them a lot of effort to annihilate a Rainbow Division. Originally, Trotsky was planning to take advantage of the iron to kill one or two American divisions, but the situation on the battlefield did not give Lao Tuo this opportunity at all.

First, the British and French coalition forces finally repelled Tukhachevsky's blocking troops. In fact, it is not appropriate to use the word "repulsion" to describe it. The real situation is that Tukhachevsky's blocking troops were defeated and collapsed. Except for some who turned around and fled back to Warsaw, the other part was directly in chaos on the battlefield. The Red Army troops, whose establishment was completely disrupted, broke into the battlefield like headless flies. Some were wiped out by the British and French coalition forces on the spot, and the other fled to the north in a hurry. In short, the results obtained by annihilation of the Rainbow Division were instantly diluted.

What's worse is not just the blocking of the aid forces, but even worse, the collapse came too suddenly, which caused the troops that had just wiped out the Rainbow Division in the south to face a new blow before they left the battlefield, forcing this already exhausted force to grit their teeth and continue fighting.

Faced with this continuous blow, Tukhachevsky was stunned. 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, we must make the worst plan!" (To be continued...)

ps: Bow and thank comrade Juventus!
Chapter completed!