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"Mr. Messerschmidt, when will the Me-2 fighter you submitted be equipped with troops?" Although he was not very interested in the two-winged Me-2, Luo Yaoguo still smiled at Messerschmidt first, Asked about the situation of Me-2.

Messerschmidt also smiled: "Your Excellency, Me-2 is a very practical product with very mature technology." Speaking of which, he glanced at Zhang Yu beside him from the corner of his eye, and said : "We expect this aircraft to be put into production in 1930, and the naval version of the Me-2 will follow at the same time. Like the Me-1, the Me-2 will also be a multipurpose aircraft equipped with a more powerful After the BMW-129 engine, the range and ammunition capacity of this aircraft have been significantly improved compared with the Me-1. Even after the development of the future Ken-1 is completed, the Me-2 can still continue as a light dive bomber It has existed for quite a while. And we estimate that there are still many technical difficulties to be overcome for monoplanes to be used on aircraft carriers, so even after Yan-1 is put into military use, your country’s aircraft carriers still need Me-2.”

Luo Yaoguo was silent for a while, then nodded lightly: "I will instruct the Ministry of Armaments to provide funds for the development of Me-2. I hope you can develop this aircraft as soon as possible. After that, I hope that the research and development department of the Sino-German Aircraft Company can also participate Yan-1 aircraft is under development."

Messerschmidt smiled faintly, picked up his briefcase, got up and left: "We will definitely do our best, please wait for our good news, Your Excellency."

When Messerschmidt left, Luo Yaoguo opened the folder that Zhang Yu brought and looked carefully: "Mr. Zhang, personally, I appreciate your design very much. But... this aircraft There are indeed so many new technologies used in the aircraft that I suspect it is not destined to be a successful aircraft."

"Your Excellency, I am mentally prepared for this." Zhang Yu smiled lightly, with a look of indifference: "But it can become the mother of a new generation of successful monoplane fighters in the future. If we want to have children, should we How about chasing your wife first?"

Luo Yaoguo laughed, and closed the folder with a snap: "I can rest assured that Mr. Zhang has such an idea. The research and development of the Yan-1 aircraft will receive the highest priority resource guarantee, so you can go ahead and do it boldly. No matter how much Avant-garde technology can be tried on this aircraft, I just hope that before 1, Yan-[-] mother can give birth to the best children for our Air Force and Navy."

Zhang Yu was stunned for a moment, but finally he raised his head proudly: "Your Excellency, all of us at the Aeronautical Research Institute will definitely go all out to complete this task. By [-], China will definitely have the most advanced aircraft in the world!"

Luo Yaoguo smiled lightly: "In that case, I can rest assured to wait for your good news."

Zhang Yu stood up, bent slightly towards Luo Yaoguo, and was about to turn around and leave.Luo Yaoguo suddenly asked again: "Mr. Zhang, have you heard of the Russian Alexander Shevelsky in America?"

Zhang Yu thought for a while, then nodded: "I have seen this man, he used to be a pilot of Tsarist Russia, and he shot down several German planes in World War I. He came here in 1917 for work reasons The United States just escaped the revolution, so I stayed in the United States and became an American citizen. I am also engaged in research on aviation technology and have obtained several patents. When I was working at Boeing, I once had a fight with him for work reasons. He is a very smart and ambitious guy, and it is a loss for the Russians to lose him."

Luo Yaoguo smiled slightly: "Mr. Zhang, when you finish your work, go to America for me and invite Mr. Shevelski to China. In addition... you can also hire some American aviation and mechanical engineers. Technician. I hope you can start in the first half of next year, it should be a good opportunity."

"What?" Zhang Yu was stunned again and again, and muttered in his mouth: "American engineers are very expensive..."

Luo Yaoguo waved his hand and said with a smile, "You should be busy with your R&D-1 design work first, and then wait until the first half of next year. Then we might be able to afford it."

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Click, click, the footsteps of soldiers changing the guard sounded in front of the door.The iron palms of the big-toed leather shoes hit the bluestone pavement heavily, and even Luo Yaoguo, who was working in the study on the second floor, could hear it clearly.

Luo Yaoguo raised his head from the official document, rubbed his eyes, the sound of changing the whistle reminded him that another four hours had passed.

This year he is already 30 years old, of course it is the age of this time and space.It has been almost six years since his soul transmigrated into this body.The history of the past six years has been renewed because of him, and he has also become one of the most powerful men in this country.

He stood up from the study of this exquisite bungalow on Lushan Mountain, which was connected to a small corridor outside.Hearing Luo Yaoguo's footsteps, the "Little Maid" Zheng Yingji, who was about to emerge as a beautiful woman, hurriedly put down the novel book in her hand, stood up and greeted her, with a charming smile on her smooth and white face.During this time, Natalie was about to give birth, so the responsibility of serving Luo Yaoguo personally fell on her.

"Master, Mr. Jin came here just now. I saw you were busy so I didn't bother you." The Mr. Jin that Zheng Yingji spoke of was Kim Jo-jin, the leader of the Korean Independence Army, and the person who gave her to Luo Yaoguo.

"Oh, what's the matter?" Luo Yaoguo said indifferently.

Zheng Yingji smiled sweetly, floated to Luo Yaoguo's side, and said in a low voice: "It's news about 'Taiyang', 'Taiyang''s Japanese godfather helped him make a relationship. The woman is from Kagoshima, and her father's name is Yamamoto Hideo." Assistant, is the Vice Admiral of the Japanese Navy."

"Oh." Luo Yaoguo raised his eyebrows, a trace of surprise crossed his face.The "sun" in Zheng Yingji's mouth is the code name of an agent, one of the junior officers sent by the Korean Independence Army to Japan to apply for the Army and Navy Academy.This person was admitted to the Etajima Naval Academy with excellent grades last year, and even accepted a baron as a godfather. He didn't expect to be married to this Eisuke Yamamoto again at this moment.Eisuke Yamamoto is the nephew of Gonbei Yamamoto, the father of the Japanese Navy, and the first head of the Japanese Navy Aviation Headquarters.He is currently serving as the commander of the Yokosuka tutelary fort, and he is expected to be the commander of the United Fleet soon!

Chapter 0473 Great Depression ([-])

Wuhan East Lake, inside the Armament Department of the Nationalist Government.

Zhang Naiqi, the great gentleman of Zhang Naiqi, was sitting quietly in the living room of the Armaments Department, wearing a straight suit.A cup of tea has long lost its heat in front of him.And he also looked restless, just staring at the portrait of Sun Yat-sen hanging on the wall in a daze, as if anxiously waiting for something.

Outside the living room, the sound of soldiers practicing in the Military Commission compound could be heard.The sound of neat steps, the sound of guns going up and down.All followed the high-pitched and forceful voices of the officers, and they came over in bursts.

Suddenly there was the sound of light footsteps outside the door, and then the living room door was pushed open.Two figures flashed in, and Zhang Naiqi just took a look. This should be Luo Yaoguo's brother-in-law, Lu Ming, director of the Trade Bureau of the Ministry of Armaments.Zhang Naiqi hurriedly got up and saluted, with an embarrassed smile on his face.

Lu Ming's voice was very clear, with a smile on his face: "Mr. Zhang, there is no need to salute. I am here in no official name...I am here to see you as a director of China Iron and Steel Corporation."

Right now, the "cold war" between the North and the South is still going on. Although the military demarcation line is still relatively calm, the propaganda tools controlled by each have begun to "demonize" each other.Moreover, the high-level leaders of both sides have put on the posture of "Chinese and traitors are not at odds with each other", and neither is willing to send an official envoy to the other party first.Zhang Naiqi seems to be the middleman in the exchanges between the two parties.

Probably because of the "internal diplomatic mission", Zhang Junzi lost his arrogance, but sat down in a well-behaved manner, with his hands on his knees, and looked at Lu Ming at the same level.Lu Ming sat across from him carelessly.Although the person following him was wearing a long gown, his back was straight as he sat there, as if he was from a military background.

"Brother Ziyan (Lu Mingzi)..."

Zhang Naiqi opened his mouth.He was interrupted by Lu Ming, who smiled and said, "Brother Naiqi, what's the situation in Beijing and Tianjin now?"

Zhang Naiqi's face darkened, and he said in a low voice: "Brother Ziyan, why do you need to ask knowingly? But don't be complacent. Although the Communist Party is blocked by internal and external enemies, the morale of the revolution is still high and everyone is united. The current difficulties are only temporary. …I advise you to end the confrontation as soon as possible and return to the three major policies of the former Prime Minister.”

Lu Ming smiled: "Has the drought in northern Shaanxi and Suiyuan eased? And the locust plague and drought in Shandong haven't spread to northern Shandong, right? In the past two years... there have been a lot of natural disasters in China. Fortunately, in the south The weather has been smooth, and with the gradual popularization of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, the lives of ordinary people have finally improved."

He looked at Zhang Naiqi with a smile, but Zhang Naiqi was embarrassed and did not speak, and his face was slightly gloomy.

"What's the matter? Brother Naiqi? Is there anything else you want to say?"

Zhang Naiqi raised his head and glanced at Lu Ming, Luo Yaoguo's brother-in-law and confidant is now in his prime.From his almost smiling face, one can see the current economic situation in South China.Speaking of which, the entire capitalist world is now in full swing, and this grandpa Marx's theory seems to be... difficult to realize.

Zhang Naiqi took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and bowed his head in salute: "Mr. Lu, considering the development of heavy industry in the south and the needs of people's livelihood, the CCP is willing to reopen the Beijing-Hanzhou Line, Jinpu Line, and Tianjin Port to facilitate the transportation of coal to the south. The condition is only that you fulfill the agreement reached between the two sides on Shaanxi energy development and Yanxi Railway in the 16th year of the Republic of China. Such a request is not too much, right?"

Lu Ming smiled unabated, listening to him quietly.

After Zhang Naiqi finished speaking, his whole body trembled slightly, and an expression of righteous indignation appeared on his face again.And Lu Ming said softly after being quiet for a while: "Brother Naiqi. You are indeed the right-hand man of the CCP...The business in the south has been so easy these years. At the beginning, people who were similar to you have made a lot of money now, Huawu The beautiful house, the beautiful wife and the beautiful family are enjoying themselves. But you are still running for the CCP, and you don’t know where the end is. I really want to help you... But this time the person you are talking to is not Me, but the one behind me."

Only then did Zhang Naiqi pay attention to the person behind Lu Ming.And Lu Ming also nodded and smiled at him.The man had good facial features and fair skin, he seemed to be a white-faced scholar, but the light from those eyes was indescribably cold.At this time, he also nodded slightly to Zhang Naiqi.

Lu Ming smiled and said: "This is Mr. Mao Renfeng, the chairman of the newly established North-South Exchange Foundation. The South-North Exchange Foundation is a non-governmental organization in the south. Its purpose is to promote exchanges with the North and hope to serve as a bridge for North-South exchanges. This time, whether you want to restore the railway and shipping between the North and the South, you can negotiate with him, and if you want to reach a deal with the South in the future, please negotiate with the North-South Exchange Foundation.”

Zhang Naiqi was taken aback for a moment, then nodded hurriedly: "I'm sorry!"

It turns out that the Kuomintang also set up a so-called "non-governmental organization" to communicate with the CCP.It seems that the Kuomintang does not want to do everything, so the restoration of north-south traffic seems hopeful.

Thinking of this, Zhang Naiqi suddenly felt a lot more relaxed, but still slightly uneasy.

Lu Ming's tone is soft: "You said that the CCP now considers the needs of our southern heavy industry and the development of people's livelihood. In fact, it is unnecessary. Now Henan and Shandong have many new large-scale coal mines that are about to be put into operation, Anhui, Jiangxi, Xuzhou and other places The output of large coal mines in China is also rising steadily. As far as our heavy industry is concerned, we can definitely be satisfied."

"Mr. Zhang." As soon as Lu Ming finished speaking, Mao Renfeng immediately took over the topic: "However, we, Chairman Hu and Chairman Jiang, consider the hardships of the people in the north, especially the severe drought in the northwest, and we really can't bear it, so we are willing to Continue to purchase coal in Shanxi. As for the Yanxi Railway... this matter is absolutely impossible at the moment. Unless the CCP bans the illegal Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee, there will be no possibility of negotiation between the two parties. The organization can handle it. I hope Mr. Zhang can understand."

Zhang Naiqi groaned in his heart while listening.The Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee in Beijing is the most important ally and partner of the CCP at the moment. How could it be possible to sell them in order to "export" some coal?Doesn't this mean that the leftists of the Kuomintang are worse than coal?If that's the case...don't the CCP's brand among democrats and princes of various factions be completely wiped out?Who will make friends with the CCP in the future?It seems that this Northern Shaanxi Energy Company has to continue to lose money, when will all losses be counted!It's just a pity that those machines, mines, oil fields, and tens of thousands of workers are all top-notch young men... Now that there is a severe drought in the northwest, the whole family is counting on this kind of work.

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Shortly after the North-South Exchange Foundation, a "non-governmental organization" in South China, was established, a "non-governmental organization" called "North-South Exchange Association" also appeared in Beijing.Uh, it's a bit like "SEF" and "RATS".With these two "civilian institutions" starting to act as a platform for exchanges between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the situation that was almost on the verge of civil war seemed to be saved again.But after settling down, the calm and comfortable days naturally passed quickly, and people didn't catch anything, and they just slipped out and disappeared without a trace!

In a blink of an eye, the calendar turned to the end of November in the 18th year of the Republic of China!That is, at the end of November [-] AD, the Great Depression in the capitalist world finally came!

As in history, on October 1929, 10, the United States, the leader of the capitalist world, ushered in its "Black Thursday."On this day, the financial world in the United States collapsed, and stocks fell from the top to the abyss overnight, and the price fell so fast that even the automatic stock market monitor could not keep up. October 24, 1929 was Tuesday, and the New York stock market plummeted to its extreme on this day, so some people also use "Black Tuesday" to refer to this event.In just two weeks from October 10 to November 29, 1929, a total of $10 billion in wealth disappeared, equivalent to the total expenditure of the United States in World War I.But the US stock market crash was nothing more than the crater of a disastrous economic crisis.

Although... the entire capitalist system was about to collapse, Luo Yaoguo was in a good mood during this time.At the end of August, Natalie successfully gave birth to a baby girl named Luo Qingqing. She is a mixed race, a small person like a jade carving, extremely cute.Luo Yaoguo naturally has a woman who is full of everything, so naturally she doesn't pay much attention to major events such as the imminent collapse of the capitalist system.

Besides... the stocks and real estate investments held under his name have been liquidated at high prices early in the morning, and now his net worth is more than 1000 million French currency!It's a millionaire.Uh, is someone rich with more than 1000 million old French currency?

At this time, the national government had more gold and foreign exchange reserves.Due to the implementation of the foreign exchange control system during the "legal currency crisis" in the 17th year of the Republic of China, the loss of gold and foreign exchange was avoided to the greatest extent.And also successfully issued public bonds in the United States, and obtained a loan of 1 million U.S. dollars from the U.S. government in the process of joining the U.S. dollar group. A large number of large enterprises in South China rushed to withdraw from the pockets of U.S. investors before the Wall Street stock market collapsed. In addition, the Central Bank of South China and the top ten commercial banks also exchanged the more than one billion silver dollars and more than [-] million taels of silver in their hands in the international market in time because of the abandonment of the French currency pegged to silver. gold.

As of the end of October 1929, the accounts of the Central Bank of the Nationalist Government had a total of 10 billion US dollars in foreign exchange and 15 million taels of gold!With such a large amount of hard currency in hand, not to mention speculating on the big bottom of the US emperor, there is always more than enough self-protection, and it should be possible to buy a lot of machinery and equipment from the United States at the price of cabbage.

Luo Yaoguo vaguely remembered that the Soviet Union in history spent 20 million US dollars to buy many good things during this capitalist crisis, but now the Nationalist government has close to [-] billion US dollars in its hands!What else is there to worry about?

As for the economy in the area under the jurisdiction of the Southern Nationalist Government, although there is a little trouble, it is not impossible to overcome.As for the method, it is nothing more than printing money!The Kuomintang is the best at doing this kind of thing.In the eight years of the Anti-Japanese War, 80.00% of the tax sources were lost, and the whole situation was maintained by printing notes.At the time of the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the economy collapsed and all industries were depressed.Later, no one wanted the old French coins, and then printed "golden dollar coupons" until they lost all the mainland and went to Taiwan Island, and they had to print NT dollars to maintain the economy!There is such a regime that is good at printing money. In the current situation of the Great Depression, when there is a surplus of everything, why not print some money and build some infrastructure so that workers can have jobs and capitalists can earn money?

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