At this time, Asia, China, Nanjing presidential palace.
"It's a pleasure to see you again, General Hans van Sekert.”
In the face of the three leaders of the German military advisor group, Generalissimo Jiang politely greeted and shook hands with each of them.
Hans van Seeckert, one of the rebuilders of the German Wehrmacht, had once come to China as a military consultant to participate in a series of reforms and command activities of the Chinese Army. He was favored by the chairman.
"It is my honor to be able to come to China again, Chairman.”Sekert couldn't help but cough twice. Since his last return to the Empire, his physical condition had deteriorated, and the doctor had warned him not to come to China for high-intensity work.
However, Adolf's hard work, coupled with his special feelings for China, made him resolutely accept this long journey.
"However, my health is too poor to participate in the construction of your country's army. Therefore, the head of state has asked me to come to China as the honorary head of the Imperium's military consultant team.”
After saying that, Sekurt looked at the other general of the Empire beside him.
"This is General Alexander van Fakenhausen, the regimental commander personally appointed by the Fuhrer. He will be responsible for completing my original task from now on.”
Sekert said.
"Thank you so much, respected General Secrets. Please convey my sincere gratitude to the head of state Adolf!”
Generalissimo Jiang was very happy and quickly said.
" This is Lieutenant Colonel Wolfgang van Richthofen of the Imperial Air Force. He is not a member of our consultant group, but a special envoy of the head of state. He hopes to talk to you alone later.”
General Secrets smiled.
"Special envoy?" Generalissimo Jiang was stunned. He quickly thought about it, but he couldn't recall any previous exchanges with the German Empire other than the terms of the military advisor group. Adolf actually sent a special envoy?
"Oh, are you a relative of the legendary Red Baron, Mr. Manfried van Richthofen?”
Song Meiling, the chairman's wife, exclaimed.
" Red Baron?!" The Generalissimo and all the Nanjing military and political bigwigs present were shocked.
Although they were not European soldiers, many of them had heard of the famous Red Baron, including Generalissimo Jiang, who had made his fortune in the army.
"Mr. Richthofen, nice to meet you!”The chairman quickly smiled.
He had been wondering why there was a colonel among the three, and an air force officer that was not mentioned in the agreement. Now he understood that this was Adolf's special envoy.
He suddenly felt that this military cooperation might have something to do with the air force.
After that, there was a textbook conversation. There was no actual content, and the actual content was not displayed at this welcoming meeting. Everyone left, leaving only the chairman, his wife, and Richthofen in the conference room.
At this time, the chairman's wife, Song Meiling, took on the role of translator.
"May I know why Head of State Adolf specially sent you to China?”
Generalissimo Jiang asked curiously.
"The head of state sent me to China to discuss the expansion of cooperation between our two countries.”Richthofen went straight to the point.
" Expanding cooperation?!" The Generalissimo was shocked, wondering if Germany wanted to use this to sign an unequal treaty with China.
"Yes, the head of state is very interested in the tungsten mines in Jiangxi Province and the tea leaves in the south of your country. He expressed his willingness to expand military cooperation to obtain more than 90% of the Empire's monopoly rights in China.”Richthofen said.
"Specializing in tungsten ore and tea? Exchange for military cooperation?" The chairman's eyes widened. He couldn't believe that Adolf would pay attention to these businesses that were usually not valued in China.
"Yes, what the head of state means is that if your country agrees to this condition, then in addition to being a consultant, we will also provide weapons and equipment to China, including air force fighters and infantry weapons.”
Richthofen replied.
He pursed his lips and thought,"Other than these, do you have anything else valuable in Huaxia?" He was just short of selling people!
"In addition, in order to ensure that the planes we sell don't become scrap metal, we also need China to send three batches of 6000 Air Force personnel to the Imperial Air Force Academy to further their studies. This will ensure that the future Chinese Air Force will be able to operate these fighter planes.”
he added.
"Then, what kind of fighter aircraft does your country intend to sell us?”
Thinking about how planes were not cheap, the chairman had to be careful to avoid being scammed.
"The Chancellor's plan is to recruit 200 BF109 fighter jets, 100 JU87 dive bomber jets, and 50 HE111 large bomber jets. Among the 6000 Air Force personnel to be recruited and trained, 2000 will be pilots. Each plane can be equipped with two to three crew members, 3000 will be ground crew, 900 will be production personnel for the Air Force ammunition factory, and 100 will be maintenance and technical personnel.”
Richthofen finished in one breath, leaving the shock to Generalissimo Jiang.
"6000 Air Force! More than 300 planes! This…"
The chairman was shocked at first, then he swallowed hard.
China had less than 300 aircrafts in total, and only about 100 of them could fly. They were all old World War I aircrafts, and there was a shortage of pilots.
Although he wanted to develop the air force, he was helpless because of the limited national finances. The hard-pressed military funds were mostly used on the army, and the air force was pitifully little.
This was great! Adolf had actually sold him the latest model. Not only was it not good to use, but the price was sky-high!
The chairman even felt that if China had the money, it would be better to buy more cannons and machine guns for the army.
Moreover, he had no money at all now!
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