Chapter 186 Tungsten Mine Trading

The financial crisis in the United States made Zhang Xuewu feel that the import deficit is absolutely terrible. If it is put in future generations, I'm afraid that I will be scolded as a traitor. If a country or economy often has a trade deficit, in order to pay the import debt, it must sell its local currency in the market to buy it. The country's currency pays the debt of the exporting country, so that the national income will flow out of the country, weakening the country's economic performance. If the political axe wants to improve this situation, it must devalue the country's currency, because the decline in the value of the currency, that is, reduce the price of export commodities in disguise, can improve the competitiveness of export products. Therefore, when the country's foreign trade deficit expands, it will dilute the country's currency and make the country's currency fall. Conversely, when there is a foreign trade surplus, it will benefit the currency.

But the most important thing is that China's so-called national currency, that is, the legal currency to be issued is China's unilateral gold standard currency, which is forcibly linked to the US dollar and the British pound. Because the silver policy implemented by the United States' own financial crisis has caused a large outflow of Chinese silver, which is the most direct cause of the currency reform.

The world economic crisis, which began in 1929, is the most profound and lasting crisis in the history of capitalism. The crisis not only involved industry, agriculture and international trade, but also expanded to the field of monetary credit, causing a crisis that endangered the entire capitalist credit system.

Against this background, Western countries have abandoned the gold standard and implemented currency devaluation policies to improve the competitiveness of their domestic products in the international market, so as to achieve the purpose of dumping domestic surplus products and transferring the crisis. As far as the United States is concerned, the implementation of the silver policy is a means to pass on the credit crisis. The so-called silver policy refers to a series of measures taken by the United States against precious silver, including raising the price of silver, acquiring silver, banning the export of silver, issuing silver bonds, and nationalizing silver.

As a result, Zhang Xuewu bought all the weapons, machinery and equipment in the United States, Germany and even Europe, and all the payment was silver dollars. The outflow of a large amount of silver dollars undoubtedly brought worse consequences to the poor Chinese economy. Behind the great development of Rehe, Chahar and Suiyuan, a large number of silver dollars were used by Zhang Xuewu to buy. It is also a helpless way to buy the weapons, materials and equipment you need.

However, this is a kind of happiness for Zhang Xuewu, who is a poison for the country's overall economic system. It is already an unimaginable thing that he can buy things because he has money. If history is really like a war between the two countries broke out in 1937, then Zhang Xuewu could not take silver dollars. The United States buys whatever he needs, because Americans have to take into account their own feelings as their largest exporter.

Moreover, now I have issued a large number of so-called pseudo-Manchurian national coins in the three northeastern provinces, plundering a large amount of silver dollars and sending them to Shanghai to obtain China's foreign exchange reserves. After Zhang Xuewu sent Yao Le to stop the robbery several times, he said that I learned very quickly. All the silver dollars were transported from North Korea to Shanghai, so as to avoid The plunder of Zhang Xuewu was opened.

Rehe, Chahar and Suiyuan have made Zhang Xuewu a small reading economic entity and kingdom, but everything in this small kingdom is regularly reported to the political axe of Nanjing Central Government. Zhang Xuewu's so-called investment attraction policy and huge investment in Baotou Industrial Base have attracted the attention of the whole country, especially Germany. China's investment in Baotou has increased unabated. The Germans value Baotou's mining industry chain, and Zhang Xuewu also has the ability to buy tungsten ore from Jiangxi, Guangdong and other places.

Although Chen Jitang, the Southern Heavenly King, resisted Nanjing Central Government Axe from economic to military, it did not affect him to sell a large amount of tungsten ore to Zhang Xuewu. Because of the interference of Nanjing Political Axe, Chen Jitang's tungsten mine could not be sold, but Nanjing Central Government Axe wanted to sell tungsten ore through Guangdong. Port, so no one in Nanjing or Guangdong can easily make money from tungsten mines.

Among them, Zhang Xuewu, who is not offended on both sides and has a road, and the domestic tungsten ore is generally distributed in the eastern coastal area of Guangdong on both sides of the Nanling Mountains, especially in southern Jiangxi, with reserves accounting for more than half of the world. In addition, Jiangxi Dayu, Hunan Rucheng, Zixing, Tuling and other places, as well as Guangxi, Yunnan and other provinces also produce tungsten ores. However, most of the tungsten ore developed at present is controlled by Chen Jitang, the king of the south, and the most critical port shipping routes are also controlled by them.

Chen Jitang also wanted to secretly take a piece of the pie through Zhang Xuewu's arms purchase. Chen Jitang and the representatives sent by Zhang Xuewu almost hit it off, but Zhang Xuewu did not have the courage to brazenly bring this profitable business to the table. You should know that Chen Jitang is among the most hated people in Nanjing. !

So as long as the tungsten ore under the banner of Zhang Xuewu passes through the export of Guangdong and Guangxi, there is absolutely no problem. Zhang Xuewu earns money from tungsten ore while hoarding a large amount of ore. How can Zhang Xuewu, who loves armor-piercing bullets, be willing to do that!

With tungsten ore, Zhang Xuewu is thinking about the production of a full set of refining equipment and multi-caliber shells and fuses. In fact, Zhang Xuewu is very much looking forward to the development and production of tail stable shelling armor-piercing shells, but the tail stable shelling armor-piercing shells evolved step by step from the original ordinary armor-piercing bullets, theoretically using a lightweight The receptacle clamps the armor-piercing projectile body in the middle. The caliber of the receptacle is the same as that of the artillery. The armor-piercing projectile is made into a slender rod. After being released, the receptacle automatically falls off due to the resistance, and the projectile continues to fly along the barrel.

In order to ensure the stability and accuracy of the slender projectile during flight, when making armor-piercing shells, four tail wings are installed in the tail, which are arranged in a cross shape, so the tail is called stable, but one thing is very important, that is, the tail stable shelling armor-piercing shell must be fired with a smooth-cham gun, although the smooth-m gun does not The suff line and structure are simple, but its suff pressure is very high, and the muzzling speed of the shell outlet is extremely high.

Zhang Xuewu deliberately asked German engineers. Zhang Xuewu always thought that the process of smooth-m cannons was simple, low-cost and easier to develop, because the early guns were basically smooth-muff guns. After all, it was a difficult production process to add rifling wires in the barrel. In the early 18th century, with the metal metal metallurgical manufacturing process. With continuous improvement, the liner gun began to develop. Due to the significant increase in the hit rate, it gradually replaced the application status of the smoother gun.

German professional metallurgical engineers and artillery design engineers told Zhang Xuewu that the main difference between smooth bore gun and line gun is the rifling, and the main function of the rifling line is to give the ability of the warhead to rotate, so that the warhead can still maintain the established direction due to the action of the centripetal force after the rifuge, so as to improve the hit rate.

But the current metallurgical technology is still far from meeting the requirements, that is to say, before the corresponding technical reserves and mature metallurgical alloy technology, smoothbore cannons that launch sub-caliber ammunition cannot be manufactured at all? Now Zhang Xuewu is completely dead. Since the tail is stable and armor-piercing bullets can't be made, then retreat! The tungsten carbide core armor-piercing bullet is developed accordingly to improve the armor-piercing power.

Through armor-piercing bullets, Zhang Xuewu also seems to be a little ambitious to develop himself. Down-to-earth development is the real hard truth. However, Zhang Xuewu's xenophobicism and great development have also attracted more attention from the outside world. The Executive Yuan and the Supervision Institute have the greatest voice, because Under the deliberate management of Zhang Xuewu, Rehe, Chahar and Suiyuan, they have no way to intervene in a large number of projects and transactions.

In China, there are two ways that cannot be blocked. One is the official road and the other is the financial road. At this moment, Zhang Xuewu is greatly blocking the financial road of the bosses of the Executive Yuan and the Supervisory Institute. Zhang Xuewu, who is still short of money all day long, naturally can't give gifts to those corrupt officials above, so he summons all kinds of rumors. The Supervisory Institute itself is It is a place to catch the wind and shadows. Many things are said that you are fine if you have nothing to do, and you are fine if you have something to do.

However, Chiang Kai-shek didn't say anything, and no one could touch Zhang Xuewu's hair. However, Zhang Xuewu's poor soldiers and martial arts also made Nanjing have some scruples. Just solved Zhang Xueliang, the largest vassal town in China, and Zhang Xuewu appeared again? Fortunately, under the system of the Central Army, Zhang Xuewu obeyed the dispatch and orders of the Supreme Military Commission. The Rehe Army is a direct force of the Supreme Military Commission.

Compared with the three imperial army divisions and teaching brigades 87, 88 and 36, the equipment of the Rehe Legion is second to none in the country, and Zhang Xuewu has also set up reserve personnel training and martial arts competition. School-age youth must receive at least three months of militarization training every year, and the workers in the factory also need to carry out the paramilitary. The establishment and training of the incident, it can be said that my large increase in troops in the northeast also made Zhang Xuewu deeply uneasy.

It is said that in addition to increasing troops at the speed of one division every month, I have also formed four tank brigades, and the Kwantung Army Air Corps has also been changed to a Flying Division. It can be said that the defeat of Rehe has given birth to the huge monster of the Kwantung Army in advance. The Kwantung Army Command has been upgraded to the General Command, and the Kwantung Army is also The headquarters of the front army should be formed, with two front armies. The headquarters of the first front army is located in Fengtian, for the north China side of Rehe, and the headquarters of the second front army is located in Qiqihar, for the Soviet side.

In Zhang Xuewu's memory, it was in 1942 that the Kwantung Army was upgraded to a general army. Now it is obvious that I was stimulated by the fiasco of Rehe. The whole country is shouting for revenge. Obviously, I am a typical person who can't afford to lose. It can be said that many overseas troops have been used since the Meiji Restoration. In the end, it was from one victory to another. The fiasco of the Rehe army set a record since the Meiji Restoration. It was famous for fighting, and all the funds and supplies of its troops were collected and plundered on the spot.

(to be continued)