Chapter 499 Evan's List
Chapter 499 Evan's List
"Click"
Shao Quanzhong, the brave test pilot Lilienthal and several German aircraft designers took a photo in front of the Stuka, with smiles on their faces but sighs in their hearts.
The designers and even the test pilots around me are all blond and blue-eyed. Now I have to make use of the elites among these foreigners. When will our own people become the leaders in their respective industries?
Under the guidance of the foreign designer, Shao Quanzhong walked slowly towards the Stuka assembly workshop.
Yes, there is only an assembly workshop here, which is actually to give full play to the product advantages of various places.
The aircraft's engine was produced in Hailing, the canvas came from Leling, Texas, the steel frame came from Fengyang, and the hardwood auxiliary frame came from Suzhou, which fully demonstrated the scheduling capabilities of the Planning and Investment Committee.
In Chengdu at the end of October, the air was filled with the fragrance of osmanthus, rows of ginkgo trees were still green, and the weather was neither cold nor hot. It was a really comfortable place.
But there was still no sun in the sky, as the saying goes, "dogs in Shu bark at the sun" - this also made the skin of the girls in Shu become whiter.
Zeng Xiaoyi beside him continued his report which was interrupted by the group photo.
"Our own various electrification products are selling well around the world, and the biggest part of them is the construction of hydropower stations and thermal power stations by Daxia Electric Power Company."
"We have sufficient funds. Ten major shipyards and four major aviation bases are under construction at full speed."
"Our biggest investment is the Three Gorges Water Conservancy Project, which is expected to take eight to ten years to complete at the earliest."
"The main railway lines of various vassal states and the branch railway lines of the mainland have also been put into construction in large numbers. When these railways are completed, our total railway mileage will reach 120,000 kilometers, the longest in the world."
"When we came from Xi'an, we took a train. After so many years of hard work, the Baoji-Chengdu Railway was finally completed. In the early railway planning, the only unfinished one was the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, which just reached Shigatse..."
"But now when a train climbs the Qinling Mountains, it needs several steam locomotives to push and pull, and the power of steam locomotives is slightly insufficient here."
"Experts at the Xuzhou Rolling Stock Works are developing electric locomotives, which will be put into trial operation on the Baoji-Chengdu Line first. This will have to be done after more thermal power stations are built."
"Another large-scale investment of ours is in oil pipelines. Currently, four oil pipelines are under construction at the same time."
“One is to build from Aktau on the Caspian Sea to Dushanzi in Ili Province to obtain Baku’s oil for the western interior.”
"The other one is being built in India. It starts from Gwadar Port in the Kingdom of Oman and passes through western India to Kashgar. This line will allow us to obtain oil from the Arab Empire."
"The third route is from Made in Myanmar, via Ruili, Kunming, and Zunyi to Chongqing. The fourth route is from Tomsk through Siberia to Fengtian."
"After the completion of these four pipelines, our vast land will have no shortage of oil supply. As the world's factory, we can continue to lead in manufacturing, so there will be no Great Depression for us..."
"But the situation in other powerful countries is not optimistic."
"The Americans are in the best situation here. They are not short of money. In order to stimulate the economy, they launched several national projects such as the Hayes Dam, the Panama Canal, and the Golden Gate Bridge. These are part of our initial plan to spend money before it's too late. There won't be a crisis in the next few years."
"Both Britain and France are refusing to repay loans from the United States, and are using the funds they can control to make large investments to boost domestic demand."
"In addition to rebuilding major cities, Britain also restarted the Grand Fleet shipbuilding plan to maintain its status as the overlord of the ocean. They photographed our Sovereign-class battleships on trial and began to imitate them, building the Centurion-class, which imitates the Sovereign-class."
"At the same time, the Majestic-class battleships are being designed. Their performance indicators exceed our Sovereign-class battleships. We are planning to build nine of them at once. The potential of this old maritime power is still there."
"France focuses on land defense. They lost too many people in the European War and lost all their cultural elites. They were frightened and began to build a group of fortresses on the border with Germany. This huge project is called the 'McMahon Line'." Uh, Shao Quanzhong smiled. Maginot is only three years old now, and the line named after him has been registered by McMahon, but -
"Hehe, the French don't understand our ancient history. It's not impossible to build the Great Wall, but we still need a capable army to back it up, otherwise it's useless."
Zeng Xiaoyi nodded. "The French have no choice. This year, French neurologist Cotard discovered a mental illness. People with the disease believe they are dead or have lost their organs. It is called Cotard's syndrome."
"This kind of living death disease appeared among the soldiers who had been in the meat grinder of Verdun. At that time, the French army took turns to die on the battlefield. Verdun was defended, but all the soldiers had experienced the cruelty of war and were terrified."
"If the war breaks out again, I don't think France will have the courage to fight to the death this time."
"In order to boost their economies, France and Britain have refused to repay their debts to the United States. The United States has specially set up a 'European War Foreign Debt Committee' and has been going to London and Paris every day to demand money, but there has been no results so far."
"Italy has been jumping around in Europe, and its character is despised by others, but it has preserved its strength. Now it is full of confidence. It has just conquered Ethiopia and avenged its defeat. It is ready to compete with the French for the North African colonies."
"The Germans used the American loans to secretly strengthen their armaments, importing large quantities of steel from Norway and starting to build new ships at the Vulcan Shipyard."
"They have shared warship technology with us. The new ship is called the Brandenburg class, and they are building four 10,000-ton ships at a time. They have formulated a grand submarine construction plan to counter the overly large British fleet, and the planned number of submarines is an astonishing 1,000."
"At the same time, factories producing artillery, aircraft and diesel tanks were quietly built in large numbers."
Shao Quanzhong was very puzzled. "They refused to pay the indemnity to Britain and France, and started to build up their military. Wouldn't they be suppressed by Britain, France and the United States?"
Xiao Yi shook his head. "They paid back the money. They owed half and paid back the other half. They just paid 1 billion gold marks in compensation to Britain and France."
"Then how can they afford to build ships and tanks?"
"Waldersee took advantage of the Germans' hatred of financial capitalists and arrested all of Evan's people as coolies and slaves, numbering as many as eight million. This immediately reduced social spending and increased production capacity..."
Waldersee is really ruthless, even more ruthless than when I was dealing with the bandits in the Western Regions...
"Marshal, the call was transferred from Hailing."
Liu Niang interrupted the conversation between Shao Quanzhong and Zeng Xiaoyi.
Shao Quanzhong paused his inspection of the aircraft assembly workshop and ran to the office to answer the phone.
"Your Majesty, I am Evan. My people have been captured by Waldersee and used as laborers..."
Although Evan couldn't see it, Shao Quanzhong shrugged and said, "Sorry, I can't control this matter."
"Your Majesty, I don't want to save my people. Why should I save them? It doesn't make any money. I just remembered something. Didn't you say that you don't want people who can do business, but scientists, engineers and technical workers?"
"There are many such people among my people. I have a good relationship with Waldersee now, and I also know many high-ranking officials in Germany. I can make a list and bring the people you need to Hailing."
"But it takes money to smooth over relationships. If you just give me one million taels of silver, I will bring all the useful people from my clan to you. What do you think?"
(End of this chapter)