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"Oh, are those newly established large companies going to be nationalized?" Chiang Kai-shek frowned and asked.

"No! Of course not. The government is only supporting and guiding. Of course, it can directly contribute if necessary, but it must not infringe on individual property rights. And I have persuaded some friends in the banking industry to let them provide funds for these integrations. "

"But what about those foreign companies? Will they agree to let our Chinese capital in?"

"Those foreign companies will be easier to manage." Luo Yaoguo smiled and said:

"Did Jiegong forget the China Investment Corporation? This was established five years ago, and it was specially used to acquire shares in foreign-funded heavy industry companies that encountered difficulties during the Great Depression. Now it includes Krupp, Bethlehem Steel, Ford Automotive, GM Motors, Jesson Shipyard, Bloom Voss Shipyard, Eagle Farben, Siemens, Carl Zeiss, Westinghouse, General Electric, MAN, Alcoa, etc. A large number of subsidiaries of large foreign companies investing in China have our shares, as little as [-]%, as much as [-]%. It’s just that we didn’t participate in the management in the past, but now we have to take out this part of the equity and share it with some Local enterprises form a joint holding company in order to integrate these important industries and support a group of large local companies.”

Chiang Kai-shek laughed loudly and said: "Hehe, I almost forgot if you didn't remind me. Thinking about it, those foreign companies also did business at a loss. In the years before the 18th year of the Republic of China, they flocked in to invest. Selling the factory at a discount gave us a great deal. Well, I will propose this second five-year plan with you. With me, you Luo Fuwen and Luo Yichen, it must be in the presidium There is no problem in passing, right?"

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This time Chiang Kai-shek was right. The proposal to formulate the second five-year plan was passed without any resistance at the KMT presidium meeting.The next few months became Luo Yaoguo's busiest time.Participating in the formulation of economic plans and promoting the integration of major industries is very heavy work.In particular, each heavy industry enterprise has its own interests and backgrounds. It is conceivable that it will be difficult to integrate them into several large trusts. Basically, except for the aviation industry, other departments will inevitably have some open and secret struggles.

China's aviation industry is now two companies, one is the Sino-German Aviation Industry Company, which can be regarded as a model enterprise of Sino-German cooperation; the other is the Republic Aircraft Company controlled by Luo Yaoguo.This asset integration has basically nothing to do with Sino-German Company. The Ministry of Armaments just ordered that Sino-German Company expand its monthly production from 1938 aircraft of various types to 1 by January 200, including more than 400 twin-engine aircraft. large aircraft.

Republic Corporation took the opportunity to acquire Ford's aircraft factory in China and an engine manufacturer named "Xinzhong Engineering Co., Ltd."This engine company existed in history and was founded by Mr. Zhi Bingyuan, a pioneer of China's machinery industry, but it has always been half-dead.But in this time and space, thanks to the rapid development of China's economy, it is doing very well.In the 19th year of the Republic of China, the design drawings and production authorization of Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Hornet engine were bought from the United States!I bought some second-hand equipment and rented a factory on the banks of the Suzhou River in Shanghai to start producing 450 horsepower radial aircraft engines!And these aircraft engines were sold to the Red Star Aircraft Factory in Baotou, Suiyuan!It is said that the quality is not bad, and it is well received by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China... Of course, this transaction did not violate any laws promulgated by the Nationalist Government. Xinzhong Company can still continue to sell engines to the Communist Party of China after being acquired by the Republic Corporation!After the integration, the Republic Aircraft Company received an order to expand its aircraft production capacity to 1938 aircraft per month (including 1 large aircraft with twin engines or more) before January 50.

中国的钢铁工业被整合成了中国钢铁和中联钢铁两家大型钢铁企业。前者是由原中国钢铁和克虏伯中国公司合并而成的，总产能（含在建产能）高达600多万吨！后者则是伯利恒中国公司和其他一些较小的中国地方钢铁企业整合而成，总产能（含在建产能）也高达300多万吨！不过军备部对于如此庞大的产能仍然不满足，给这两家公司分别下达了750万吨和450万吨的扩产要求！其中特殊钢材的产量要求达到40万吨和20万吨，各种板材则要求达到80万吨和40万吨……

China's auto industry has been integrated into Sino-German Aviation Automobile Company and Sino-US United Automobile Company. The former is a joint venture between German capital and a Chinese company, while the latter is a joint venture between American capital and a Chinese company.After the integration, the two major automobile groups have a total annual production capacity of 1938 vehicles of various types, and also have six large-scale tractor factories that can produce tanks, which can produce [-] tanks, armored vehicles, and self-propelled artillery each year... According to According to the directive of the Ministry of Armaments, the two automobile groups need to double their respective automobile production capacity in [-]!The annual output of tanks, armored vehicles, and self-propelled artillery will exceed [-]!

China's shipbuilding industry is divided into two major shipbuilding complexes, Southeast and South China, according to the region. The Southeast Shipbuilding Consortium is formed by the integration of Bethlehem Shipbuilding China Company, Yesong Shipyard and Jiangnan Shipyard; the South China Shipbuilding Consortium is composed of Kru It is composed of Germania China Company and Blom Foss China Company, which are controlled by Burger.The two major shipbuilding consortiums are also joint ventures in which China Investment Corporation holds considerable shares.

In addition, there are a number of large industrial enterprises in important industries such as China Aluminum, China Nonferrous Metals, China Mining, China Coal, China Coal, China Electric, China Optics, China Chemical, China Petroleum, and China Rubber. Is formed, or get capital injection expansion.And all of these companies have formulated ambitious production expansion plans, and all of these plans without exception set the start-of-production date in January 1938!Obviously, 1 will be the time when China will complete its preparations for war.

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Tokyo, Japan, Setagaya Ward.This is a high-end residential area in Tokyo, scattered with some Western-style small villas and traditional Japanese-style houses.Senior generals of the Japanese army and navy often set up their residences in Tokyo here.Among them are Admiral Eisuke Yamamoto, one of the leaders of the Japanese Navy, and Lieutenant General Nagata Tieshan, the soul of the Japanese Army.Due to the bad relationship between the Japanese army and navy, although the two families are not far apart, they seldom communicate with each other.

However, one day at the end of May 1934, Captain Ganfu Kengoro, who was staying at the home of his father-in-law Eisuke Yamamoto and was preparing to take the Naval University exam in June, returned from an outing with his wife. There was a voice of singing and laughing from inside.After careful identification, Ganfu can tell that one of them is his old Taishan Eisuke Yamamoto!Apparently there was some kind of special guest at the house, and the General and His Excellency actually ate and drank together there.Gan Fu hurriedly walked into the Japanese room with his wife for a meeting. As soon as they entered, they saw Eisuke Yamamoto holding a wooden barrel and vomited twice.A taste of raw seafood.Next to him was a small and thin lieutenant general!Gan Fu recognized that this person turned out to be the leader of the Army Control Faction, Lieutenant General Nagata Tieshan, Deputy Chief of the Army Staff Headquarters.

Yongtian Tieshan was also a little drunk, he didn't seem to see Ganfu Kengoro and his wife, but he said to himself alone: ​​"...Compared with Marshal Luo Yaoguo in China, I am really a complete loser! Now I can’t do anything except drinking, I can’t do anything... I can’t do it if I want to reduce the size of the army, I can’t increase the military expenditure of the navy, I can’t build a few more aircraft carriers, and I still don’t have the money to expand the army aviation... It’s been three years! Those idiots in the army only have Manchuria, Taiwan, and revenge in their eyes! No! They only have fantasies. With an annual output of 1200 million tons of steel, 8000 tanks, and more than [-] aircraft, what does the Empire use to fight them? What a bunch of idiots! Why did I go to the Army Military Academy? I should really go to the Navy!"

Chapter 0693 Turning to War ([-]) Reserve Combat Forces

Hearing that the soul of the army belittled the army so much, Hidesuke Yamamoto, who was not yet completely drunk, waved his hands and said seriously: "The animals in the army are also... er, no, they are soldiers of the army and the warriors of His Majesty the Emperor! Nagata-kun, only with the sincere cooperation of the army and navy can the Great Japanese Empire rise!"

At this time, the admiral of the navy saw his daughter and son-in-law who were in a daze at the door, smiled and said: "Oh, it's Kengoro and Cai who are back, let me introduce, this is my daughter Cai, beside her is Kengoro from the Ganfu family— — This is Lieutenant General Nagata Tetsuyama, Deputy Chief of the Army Staff Headquarters."

Yongtian Tieshan glanced at Ganfu Kengoro in a trance, and said with a smile: "It's another son-in-law of the Yamamoto family, it's really amazing, sit, come and sit."

Ganfu Kengoro knew that Nagata Tieshan was comparing himself with the "Prince of the Ministry of Finance".Of course, the actual situation is similar. The Yamamoto family (Genbei Yamamoto family) has a tradition of promoting son-in-law.Gan Fu bowed politely to Nagata and Yamamoto, then went to Nagata Tieshan and knelt down.His wife Cai left quietly after greeting the guests.There were only two half-drunk old men and Ganfu Kengoro left in the room.

"Kengoro, what do the young officers of the navy think of us and China?" Nagata put down his cup and sighed softly, "Could it be that they were blinded by hatred like those young officers in our army?"

Ganfu Kengoro took a look at the old man before he thought about it: "Of course the young officers of our navy also want to avenge their shame. In fact, the 9.18 war was defeated because of our navy. It is precisely because of this that we want revenge more than the army. But the problem But now we are getting farther and farther away from this goal, and if we continue to develop like this, I am afraid there will be no hope of revenge!"

"Kengoro! How can you say that!" Yamamoto's face was serious, and he interrupted his son-in-law. Just about to reprimand him again, Yongtian Tieshan waved his hand and said with a wry smile: "Kengoro is very right, if you continue like this There will be no hope if we go down... It's not revenge, but there is no hope for the Great Japanese Empire! Yamamoto-kun, I have no confidence in the current Japan! We are slowly sliding towards a dangerous place, and I am also responsible for this Well, I am one of the best figures in the army... But my control over the army is far inferior to that of the China Marshal over the China National Defense Forces.

The China National Defense Force was almost established by him and Chiang Kai-shek, and his political and diplomatic skills were not inferior to Ito Hirobumi. He used almost magical methods to maximize China's resources, markets, and population advantages. It took ten years to complete the road that the empire took four to fifty years to complete.At the same time, he used brilliant diplomacy to contact the whole world and organized an alliance against the Soviet Union, and even we joined it.

Yamamoto-kun, Kengoro, do you know where his skills are?He is not the kind of person who cares about everything. He can make everyone who cooperates with him feel profitable and feel that he has taken advantage, so that the cooperation can continue, and in the end, you will find that he is the one who gets the most benefit party!China's national defense force was established through the cooperation of various factions of the Kuomintang in this way. China's unification and social reform were also slowly achieved through the cooperation of all parties. China's heavy industry was also established in cooperation with Western powers to its current scale. Yes... Now it is a joint anti-Soviet war. If this war is won, China will undoubtedly benefit the most, and the empire can get some leftovers at most.But if you don't stand on the side of Zhina, I'm afraid you won't even have this benefit, right? "

"Your Excellency Nagata," Gan Fukengoro said indifferently: "Now the young officers in the navy all have the idea that the empire can join the Soviet Union when China and the Soviet Union are inseparable, and launch a surprise attack on China!"

"Oh, what do you think?" Nagata Tieshan asked back.

"Humble job thinks you can give it a try."

"Just for a try?" Nagata Tieshan's sunken eyes widened, and he asked again: "How do you say it?"

"Hi!" Ganfu Kengoro glanced at Eisuke Yamamoto before bowing to Nagata Tieshan. "Your Excellency, according to the second five-year plan promulgated by the National Government of China, by 1938 China's steel, coal, electric power, shipbuilding, automobile, aircraft and other heavy industry projects will far exceed those of the empire! In this situation The Lower Empire does not have the strength to defeat China, no! To be precise, if only Japan goes to war, we will suffer a decisive defeat within a few weeks!"

"Kengoro, what nonsense are you talking about!" Hearing his son-in-law confide the truth to Nagata, Eisuke Yamamoto broke out in a cold sweat and shouted loudly.

Gan Fu Qian Goro also shouted: "Father, I want to say!" He turned around and bowed to the old man. "The empire has reached the point where it is no longer possible to fool the past by telling lies. As a samurai of His Majesty the Emperor, if he dare not even tell the truth, it would be better to cut seppuku!" Hearing these words, Hideo Yamamoto Fu didn't say anything, just sat up straight and listened quietly.

"...The disastrous defeat in a few weeks is not a humble job, but the only result of many map-based deduction secretly organized by the Navy Command! Our naval operations are different from the army. There is not much room for the Bushido spirit to be used. And weapons and equipment are the decisive factors. Now naval battles are mainly carried out by planes and aircraft carriers. China has always been ahead of the empire in this regard, and now the gap between the empire and them is getting bigger and bigger! Their pilot skills are better than ours, Their aircraft are much more advanced than ours, and their number is several times more than ours. More importantly, China's aviation industry is far ahead of ours! Over the years, the empire's investment in the aviation industry is obviously insufficient. The output, technology, raw materials and The engine doesn’t work. Trying to fly to the sky is death, and when we aviation pilots are all loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, the Great Japanese Empire will be finished.” Speaking of this, he showed a bleak smile, looking at the expressionless Nagata. "...Of course, with the loyal army of millions of His Majesty the Emperor, the Japanese mainland will not be invaded, and perhaps North Korea can also be kept. However, your army cannot go further, because there is no navy to send you there. Already!"

"Hearing what you said, the empire seems to have no hope at all..." Yong Tie Tieshan picked up the bottle and poured himself a glass of beach wine, then drank it all in one gulp. "Kengoro, didn't you just say you could give it a try?"

"It is indeed possible to try, but you must do your best to reserve combat power before the test!" Ganfu Kengoro had already straightened up at this time, with a confident smile on his face. "The empire is by no means without a chance. The future war between China and the Soviet Union is an opportunity for the empire. If the war between China and the Soviet Union comes to a stalemate, just like the last world war, the empire can launch a war against China after China exhausts its strength. Sudden attack! If...the Soviet Union loses quickly, there is a chance!"

Yongtian Tieshan raised his eyebrows, and said with a faint smile: "If China wins, what chance will there be? You can't go to war with China that just won the war, right?"

Ganfu Kengoro smiled deeply: "If China wins quickly, it means Germany wins quickly. After the threat of the Soviet Union is eliminated, it will be time for Germany, Britain and France to settle accounts! And in this European war, Britain and France are likely to lose. The empire can just take the opportunity to go south!"

At this moment, Nagata looked at Gan Fukengoro with eyes full of appreciation.He nodded and asked again, "Going south...where are you going?"

"Australia, the Philippines, Hawaii... are all targets, and we will decide according to the situation at that time." Ganfu Kengoro paused, and then said: "But before that, the empire must complete the reserve of combat power. The national power of the empire is not as good as that of China. It is not as good as Britain and the United States. Therefore, they cannot support protracted wars. They must win decisively in the early stages of the war. To achieve this goal, they must have an overwhelming advantage in combat power at the beginning of the war! This advantage can only be achieved through reserve warfare. The power has come."

"What does reserve combat power mean?" Nagata Tieshan put on a rather interested expression.

Ganfu Kengoro grinned: "Reserving combat power is like a poor man marrying a wife. He saves up money on a daily basis and spends money when he marries his wife. We are poor people in Japan. Next time The world war is about marrying wives...British, American, and German are all rich people, and their resources and industries are beyond our reach, just like the income of the rich is not comparable to that of the poor, but the poor can save money through daily savings. Eat frugally and make yourself look like a rich man when you get married! And we in Japan will tighten their belts in the next few years, and at least accumulate war materials that can maintain their military advantage for six months to a year! In addition, it is necessary to build up a strong aviation force, so that the empire can gamble on its national fortune in the next world war!"

Nagata Tieshan glanced at Eisuke Yamamoto, with a strange expression on his face, as if holding back a smirk. "This kid must have spent all of the family's savings for your daughter? It's so pitiful..."

Eisuke Yamamoto rolled his eyes at him, and said sternly: "That is a test of his sense of responsibility! As a warrior of His Majesty, it is not enough to have talent, but also to have the courage to shoulder all hardships and hardships! Just like what we will do... It is not easy to save supplies to maintain a military advantage for a year, not only the people have to work hard to serve the government, but our army and navy have to tighten their belts to live." He said with a more serious tone. "I am afraid that disarmament is unavoidable. Our navy is not going to repair the four salvaged battleships... After the completion of the Tosa, we will not start building battleships. The secretly built battlecruiser will be transformed into Aircraft carriers, plus the two aircraft carriers sold to the Soviet Union, the navy will have four carriers, and plans to build three more large carriers by 38 years... so that the navy can have six large carriers and At least one light carrier, so that it can surpass the five [-]-ton aircraft carriers owned by China, but it is still far behind them in terms of aircraft. Nagata-kun, the empire must increase investment in the aviation industry, the army It is also necessary to spend as much money as possible to invest in aircraft, tanks, armored vehicles, etc., save as much as you can!"

Nagata frowned: "But China now has five armored divisions, and it may be expanded in the future...By 1938, their annual output of tanks, armored vehicles, and self-propelled artillery will be as high as [-]. How can the empire have no such divisions at all?" Woolen cloth?"

"Then buy the ones from China. It won't cost too much to buy some second-hand goods." Gan Fukengoro interrupted suddenly: "The empire has no oil, so it is impossible to equip a powerful navy and armored force at the same time, and if the navy cannot overwhelm China, No matter how many tanks the Army has!"

"Kengoro! How can the Imperial Army use things that the Chinese Army doesn't want!" Eisuke Yamamoto tried to reprimand again, but Nagata waved his hand and said with a wry smile: "That's it, it's better than nothing. To develop aircraft! By the way, Kengoro is a naval pilot, right? Regarding aircraft, I want to hear your opinion."

Kanfu Kengoro and Yamamoto Eisuke exchanged glances, and then said: "The suggestion of the humble job is to focus on the development of three projects, including fighter jets, dive bombers, and torpedo attack aircraft. Moreover, the current international military aircraft has transitioned from two wings to one wing, so Japan should also follow up in time and focus on the development of monoplane aircraft... In addition, Japan's aviation industry still has a weakness, that is, its engine technology is backward. In order to catch up in a short time, Japan should find a way to import technology from Europe and the United States, and even Consider joint development with China..."

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Russian Empire, Vladivostok.

The sun shines on the steeple of the Nikolaev Cathedral, visible from the windows of Kerensky's mansion; On a letter from Shanghai.

Empress Anastasia has been traveling between Shanghai and Vladivostok during this time. There are now hundreds of thousands of Belarusian expatriates in Shanghai, most of whom came to Vladivostok from all over the world. Families of White Russian officers and soldiers who came to serve Her Majesty from Vostok.The empress is obliged to visit them from time to time. Of course, her majesty can also receive personal condolences from Marshal Luo Yaoguo of China while there!Fortunately, the Russian people are still very tolerant of the monarch's private life, and those nobles are willing to believe that their empress is selling her lust for the motherland... In the latest letter sent, the empress expressed the most joyful tone to He described what he saw and heard at several large factories near Shanghai.It also specifically mentioned the Republic Aircraft Company, with Belarusian engineers Shevelsky and Katveli as the general manager and chief engineer, and the Queen also revealed in the letter that she herself is the second largest shareholder of the company and the largest shareholder. It was Marshal Luo Yaoguo.

However, the Prime Minister of the Russian Empire was not very interested in this news. What really caught his attention was the production expansion and research and development instructions issued by the Chinese government's Armament Department to the Republic Aircraft Company.The deadline for the final completion of these two instructions is January 1938!Kerensky guessed that this time is likely to be the time when China completes its preparations for war, after which the whole country may completely enter wartime!

His reply was not finished yet, and it was placed next to her letter.He used some pen and ink to praise Her Majesty's investment vision, then introduced in a long-winded manner why the war in the Far East came to a stalemate, and then told the Queen in a roundabout way, asking her to find out from Luo Yaoguo the exact time of the start of the war .Because the Russian Empire will also formulate its own military expansion and preparation plan based on this, Kerensky hopes that the total strength of the Russian army will reach 50 by then, and it will be able to have a powerful artillery and a truly useful air force.However, when it came to assigning combat tasks, Kerensky wanted to try his best to get some easier tasks for the Russian army... For this reason, he hinted that the empress could use her feminine charm when necessary.

This is the end of the letter. He feels that instigating the queen to seduce men is not the responsibility of the Prime Minister of the Russian Empire, but he can't think of any better way to save the Russian army from being used as cannon fodder in the next war... this army It is the hope of the Russian Empire. If it is consumed in the war, he really can't imagine what kind of fate awaits this country in the future!

He put down his pen and looked out the window, and what he saw was the most common scene in Vladivostok in the morning: a clear blue sky, men in hats and young women in headscarves walking to work...most of them were I worked in an arsenal run by Belarusian businessmen. Now the rifles, machine guns, mortars, bullets and shells produced in Vladivostok can basically meet the combat needs of more than 20 Russian troops.But if you want to expand the number of troops to 50, and you need to be equipped with enough heavy artillery and a small but capable air force, you can only rely on China to provide them.With this armed force acting as the backbone, and then expanding its strength by incorporating the defeated Soviet Red Army, when the Russian army returns to Europe, it may have more than 200 million troops, so that the existence of the Russian state can be guaranteed.

Thinking of this, the prime minister picked up his pen again, and began to use the most beautiful language to instigate his queen to seduce men like a whore.Of course, at the same time, he also racked his brains to come up with some common interests between China and Russia, such as Germany-a powerful Germany on China's western border would be an unimaginable disaster!Moreover, a Germany that unites the entire European continent will definitely not stay in Europe peacefully without extending its tentacles of expansion to Asia.Therefore, a Russian Empire that maintains a certain strength can not only act as a buffer between China and Germany, but also hold Germany to prevent Germany from becoming too powerful.Therefore, there are obvious common interests between China and Russia...

Chapter 0694 Turning to War ([-]) Two-line Operations