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Text Chapter 563: Pearson¡¯s Vision

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    w Compared with Yang Zhen's order, the British and the improvised French ordered hundreds of millions of dollars of machinery and equipment in one go.  The equipment sold to Yang Zhen were all ordered and paid for by France that the US government would retain.  Except for those selected by the British, all the ones were sold to Pfizer at a 10% discount.

    And at a rare speed, we went through extraordinary procedures, and all procedures were completed within three days.  Just as the Battle of the Two Cities was coming to an end, these machines and equipment had begun to be loaded onto ships.  By the time Du Kaishan completely captured the Dongning Fortress Group, this fleet of sixteen freighters had secretly sailed from New York through the Panama Canal to Vladivostok.  Latest novel Baidu search ""

    The actions of the Americans can almost be described as rapid.  Even though the contract was only initialed, action was already taken.  Anyway, these machines and equipment are stored in the New York port.  Some were even detained on the ship without even being loaded onto the ship. The fleet was simply turned around and sailed in another direction.

    After learning that the Americans had frozen a large number of military equipment ordered by the French, in order to improve the already tense relations between the United States and Japan.  It is also to prevent this batch of military equipment from falling into the hands of the Chinese.  The Japanese once proposed that Japan and Manchukuo join forces to purchase these machines and equipment at a price that is 30% higher than the original price.  Latest novel Baidu search ""

    ¡°But the U.S. government does not allow any possibility of this batch of equipment falling into the hands of the Germans, and it does not want this batch of equipment to fall into the hands of the Japanese.  In order to ensure that these machines and equipment would not fall into the hands of the Soviets, the Americans not only reached an agreement with the Soviet Union on preferential sales of rubber to ensure that these machines and equipment would not be exploited or even occupied by the Soviet side.

    A large number of secret intelligence personnel were also dispatched to escort these machines and equipment to the Yang Zhen-controlled area safely.  Another task of these escorting intelligence officers is to absolutely ensure that these machines and equipment will not be resold to the Soviets after they arrive in Northern Manchuria.

    The U.S. government will never allow these equipment that can develop the military industry to fall into the hands of any of its current or potential opponents.  This is exactly the same as the Americans who, decades later, strictly prohibited any kind of high-tech equipment from entering China in order to prevent China from acquiring advanced technology.  Even if the Chinese spend a lot of money, they will never sell it, which is somewhat similar.

    This is true for the Soviets, who are currently fully preparing for the European battlefield and pose no threat to themselves.  How could the Americans, who are so scheming, export a large amount of advanced equipment that can be used in the military industry to Japan at this juncture?  The Japanese army has been fighting a war with China for three years now, which is enough for the Americans to make a lot of money out of the Japanese who lack resources.

    What¡¯s more, in July this year, the Americans announced a ban on the export of all strategic materials to Japan, including all weapons and ammunition, aircraft parts, metal cutting machine tools, and optical instruments.  If we succumb to pressure from domestic economic circles and agree to sell, it will be tantamount to a slap in the face for Americans.

    Originally, the U.S. government wanted to use this batch of machinery and equipment to offset loans to the National Government.  But now all the prosperous places in the southeast before the war have been lost, and most of the areas where finance and taxation originated have fallen.  Now that it has lost most of its tax sources, it relies on printing money to barely cover its fiscal deficit. The small amount of fiscal revenue a year is basically eaten up by huge military expenditures.  The economy is on the verge of collapse, and the Nationalist government is already thirsty for money. How can it be interested in acquiring this batch of military equipment?

    At present, obtaining foreign loans can provide relief to the domestic finance, which is already on the verge of collapse, and curb the increasingly violent inflation rate. This is what the National Government wants to do most at the moment.  Stabilizing finances is the current top priority of the National Government.  As for military production, even during wartime, it could only be placed in second place.

    For any army, without money, it cannot feed the troops. This is an iron rule.  This was true even for the Red Army, which was proud of its hard work.  Although there is no barely sufficient tax revenue like the National Government, the distribution of land to local tyrants has solved many financial problems.

    For a large-scale army, the daily necessities of food, clothing, housing and transportation alone are an astronomical sum.  What's more, in order to make up for the lack of quality, the Nationalist Government also expanded the size of the army after the July 7th Incident.  If we can't feed the troops, what's the use of having huge military production capacity?

    Moreover, even if these machines and equipment are shipped to the country, according to the current domestic production capacity of military raw materials, these machines and equipment will not be able to play more roles.  What's more, in the eyes of some people, as long as you can buy it, it is better not to make it yourself.  You can't buy arms now, but you can still buy military raw materials as long as you have money.

    The Nationalist government is thirsty for money. It only wants money but not equipment, which makes Americans¡¯ hopes of spending this money in the United States frustrated.  Although in order to avoid the complete collapse of China's economy, the United States finally?The decision was made to provide the loan.  But leaving these machines and equipment idle at home is not in the consistent interest of Americans.

    At this time, Yang Zhen proposed that among the exchange conditions, a considerable sum of money was needed to order military equipment and various machinery.  After receiving the report from the U.S. Embassy, ??the U.S. government, which was eager to dispose of this batch of machines, immediately ordered that all the remaining machines and equipment selected by the British, regardless of whether they were useful or not, were sold to Pfizer at a 100% discount.  At the same time, they used means to allow Pfizer to sell this batch of machinery and equipment at a price that did not exceed 30% of the actual selling price.

    Even before the details of the contract have been worked out clearly, the drug manufacturers have not yet received approval from the company.  The U.S. government has shipped these machines and equipment regardless.  Anyway, the money is still in the hands of the Americans. Whether you admit it or not, I will deduct it according to the price I proposed.

    Although this batch of machinery and equipment and various machine tools are all leftover after selection by the British, their types greatly exceed Yang Zhen's original requirements.  You must know that the British, who have a huge industry themselves, only selected some of the aircraft manufacturing equipment, and did not want any other equipment.

    ¡°This batch of machinery and equipment with an actual value of up to 370 million US dollars includes not only military equipment ordered by France, but also some other equipment ordered by French private companies that have been detained by the US government.  Not only did it contain automobile production equipment ordered by several major French automobile companies, but the number of metal cutting machine tools alone was enough for Yang Zhen to establish a machine factory.

    This batch of machinery and equipment worth up to 370 million U.S. dollars was selected by the British. The remaining complete equipment of nearly 300 million U.S. dollars was sold to Yang Zhen by the U.S. government for a price of 30 million U.S. dollars.  Yang Zhen's 30 million US dollars was almost worth every penny.

    Although after the arrival of this batch of supplies, Yang Zhen looked at the hundreds of cotton spinning machines and felt dumbfounded.  But I have to admit that Americans are indeed quite generous.  Among this batch of machinery and equipment, there are only fifteen stamping machine tools.  According to the amount of equipment sold by the Americans, the military equipment alone is enough for Yang Zhen to open a military production line.

    Of course, this is a matter for the future.  Now Yang Zhen has no interest in what Major Pearson is selling.  What he is worried about now is that the Americans have just shipped so many supplies in one go when his representative has just returned and has not yet arrived in the country. He has already been teased by the Soviets. Don't be fooled by the Americans.  Rinse it.  A garbage disposal site again?

    Yang Zhen has made up his mind that regardless of the quantity of these machines and equipment shipped by the Americans, as long as they do not meet the quality stipulated in his contract, he will never accept them.  If he gets a bunch of junk like Jiangbei did, then for him, he will lose not only money, but also precious time. In fact, Yang Zhen doesn't know why this batch of military raw materials and machinery can be used.  Such a rapid departure, except for the United States, which is now facing great pressure from Japan in Asia.  In order to counter the aggressive offensive of Japan, which has extended its tentacles to Southeast Asia and its ambitions have expanded to the extreme, it is eager to support a force in Asia that can confront the Japanese.

    After the negotiations, Pearson drafted the more than 3,000-word secret report forwarded to the country by the U.S. Ambassador to China, and the list of supplies requested by Yang Zhen also played a great role.  In particular, Pearson's secret report can be said to have played a decisive role.

    In a secret report, Pearson described in detail what he saw in the Anti-Japanese Alliance, and clearly told the White House that the relationship between this team and Jiangbei was not as close as Americans imagined.  The Soviet Union did provide considerable assistance in the early stages of their development.  But the commander of this team was more interested in using the Soviet Union than cooperating with it.

    They never publicized the relationship with their neighbors who had the same beliefs in the army, and they never publicized the assistance given to them by this powerful neighbor.  The current relationship with the Soviet Union, judging from the latest agreement, is full of wariness.  In other words, they are taking advantage of the Soviet Union's eagerness to stabilize its eastern border, and have been using this mentality of the Soviet Union to develop and strengthen themselves.

    Although on the surface now, because their external channels and connections with mainland China are controlled by the Soviet Union, they appear to be very close.  But in fact, they were still quite wary of the Soviets.  Except for a few military experts, they would rather choose military instructors from opponents who had become their prisoners of war than use Soviet advisers.

    ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????.  But in the past few days of visits, I have never seen them carry out any such education.  Some mainland workers even come outPeople who live in China don¡¯t even know where the Soviet Union is.

    Except in political education and propaganda, the Soviet aid was never mentioned.  On the contrary, while they were conducting a rigorous internal investigation of Japanese spies, they were also secretly hunting down Soviet agents who had penetrated deeply into Manchuria.  Judging from these circumstances, they were very wary of the Soviet Union.

    At the end of this telegram about the relationship between Yang Zhen's command and the Soviet Union, Pearson added a special sentence: "This army may be influenced by the propaganda of political workers unique to the army, or by some senior commanders.  Nationalism is very strong in their minds.¡±m
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