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Chapter 743 Borrowing chickens to lay eggs

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    Since the day he traveled through time, Zhang Hanqing has been thinking about how to maximize China¡¯s strategic interests.  Of course, at the beginning, his focus was still on the country and how to make the Feng clan strong.  Since Zhili's defeat, it is only a matter of time before the People's Party leads China. His thoughts have expanded overseas, and the treacherous international situation is his favorite.

    It is good to grasp the general trend. He knows the ins and outs of the war that reshuffled the world. He also clearly knows every step and every major event that led to this great change.  This cannot bypass a few big countries, but no one in the country involved knows the final evolution of each decision as clearly as he does.

    The Treaty of Versailles brought shame and resentment to the German people.  The peace treaty's military restrictions on Germany reached an outrageous level:

    The German army must not exceed 100,000 men (no more than 7 infantry divisions and 3 cavalry divisions), including soldiers, officers and non-combatants.

    The German General Staff was banned and Germany¡¯s universal compulsory military service was abolished;

    It is prohibited for Germany to conduct any military training in academies and shooting, sports and travel organizations;

    ? Prohibits Germany from possessing heavy artillery, tanks, submarines and military aircraft;

    Germany is allowed to have a naval fleet in the future, but only 6 pocket battleships, 6 light cruisers and 12 reinforced torpedo ships; the national navy must not exceed 15,000 people.

    In a word, Germany has no power to make any objections, and the victor has also killed Germany's military potential.

    The restrictions imposed by the members of the Allied Powers to prevent the resurgence of Germany are very vicious but also very effective. If it were not for the Chief of General Staff Sickert who had Zhuoyue, Germany would basically be militarily abolished, and no amount of Hitler would be of any use.

    To the noble Junkers, Germany was not defeated.  Germany's surrender was not due to a major defeat on the battlefield, but to the uprising of domestic workers. Therefore, no bloody German politician or soldier is willing to accept this humiliation.

    French Marshal Foch also knew that such sanctions would not extinguish the war enterprise in the German people's hearts, but would instead arouse the anger of the German people, thereby rekindling the war, so he loudly declared that "this is not peace, but a twenty-year truce."

    But the war is over, and the influence of a soldier is far less than that of a politician. No one listens to his words, or they hear them but ignore them.

    But Zhang Hanqing knows the German mentality very well.  Previously, many win-win agreements have been reached privately with the German political and military circles that are beneficial to China's military development and beneficial to Germany's maintenance of military research and development capabilities.  These agreements are being realized one after another, but he feels that progress is still too slow and the level still needs to be deepened.

    The arrogance of the British and the intrusion of the Japanese in the "May 30th" incident made him slowly revise some of his previous views. China and Japan were no longer able to reconcile, and it became increasingly difficult to reconcile with Great Britain and other great powers on important issues.  Reach a consensus on, for example, matters related to China's sovereignty.  In this case, the People's Army lacked something to restrain them.

    The most urgent thing is large-caliber artillery, at least to ensure that the army does not fall behind in the confrontation with its warships, or to have checks and balances.  Although the bombardment on the Huangpu River boosted the morale of the Chinese people, it was mostly luck.

    Based on the situation at the time, although the Chinese artillery was able to sweep away everything on the deck of the cruiser "Cardiff", it was a fact that it could not penetrate the armor, and it could also cause a fatal blow to it.  If the death of the captain, Captain Meg, had not completely wiped out their fighting spirit, China would most likely have been in a passive situation where civilians died, artillery was counterattacked, and the British ships calmly withdrew from the Huangpu River.

    Other weapons include submarines, large-tonnage warships, aircraft and other weapons, but this is not what Zhang Hanqing thinks is the most important.  Talent, ideas and supporting a powerful Germany that can threaten Europe more than ever in history are his starting points.  He reviewed the limitations of Germany's military capabilities imposed by the great powers and said passionately:

    "Both China and Germany are big countries on land. Our most urgent thing at the moment is to maintain an army that is so powerful that the enemy dare not face it. This is our hope for revival. Since the People's Army is a new army, for modern  There is a lack of experience in the war, and there is a certain gap between us and the world's powerful countries in terms of technology and tactics, individual soldier quality, logistical support and training. In this regard, our German colleagues who have experienced the war have the ability to give us the best help.

    Therefore, I hope that the German government can send enough military talents to train our officers above the regiment, including combat, technology and command. The current advisory group is too small. We need at least a thousand or more, and it will take at least one month.  Year.

    This is also good for Germany to maintain its combat effectiveness.  I know that you train soldiers as officers, and junior officers as junior officers. I also understand and admire the wisdom of treating non-commissioned officers as officers.  NoA tacit agreement was reached.

    In mid-1925, Germany successively dispatched more than 500 instructors to the National Defense University of China and various command academies of the army and navy, more than 3,000 military advisers to the People's Army, and countless other technicians.

    Thanks to the rigor of the Germans, the training and combat capabilities of the Chinese army have been improved to a large level; and the Germans also deeply felt Zhang Hanqing's original and foreseeable concepts and strategies for future wars during their interactions with him.  Be prepared and benefit a lot.  The two parties have established a good friendship in their long-term relationship and laid a solid foundation for further cooperation.

    China and Germany join hands to become stronger.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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