Chapter 19: Negotiation
Soon Geer invited Tukhachevsky and Natasha.
Although Tukhachevsky's face was still flushed, his eyes were clear and brilliant, he didn't look like a drunk person at all. Wilhelm was really curious how strong his liver was to withstand such a toss. "Your Excellency General Tukhachevsky, I won't give any compliments about your drinking volume. How about let's make a long story short and be straightforward?"
Tukhachevsky nodded. "His Royal Highness is straightforward enough, then please."
Everyone came to sit down in the small meeting room in the suite, Wilhelm continued. "We came with the sincerity of mutual benefit this time. With all due respect, your doctrine has just been established, and it is almost a public enemy of the whole world. British Prime Minister Lloyd even called you as 'the untouchables of Europe.' I'm afraid that apart from us, there is no second country that will cooperate with you in any way." There was China in the original space-time, but because of the Mongolia issue, China's relationship with the Soviet Union has not been very good. Of course, the waists of these Slavs were also very hard, and even if they were too poor to eat and drink they would not humbly ask for help.
"By the way, you are the public enemy of the whole world, and we in Germany are not much better. We are also suppressed by Britain, France and the United States. There is a saying that the enemy of my enemy is a friend. Since we arefriends, we should have more cooperation in certain areas "
"With all due respect, friends are also based on interests. To cooperate, you have to pay out the proportion to what you get." Tukhachevsky replied wisely. Smart people will not ask for conditions first, but ask the other party to demand first. When the time comes, they can respond accordingly .
Wilhelm certainly knew what the Soviet Union lacked most at that time, not only at that time, the Soviet Union went farther and farther on that stupid road even after the end of World War II. And ended up far behind the Western countries led by the United States. Even precision five-axis CNC milling machines have to be secretly purchased from Japan at sky-high prices. "I know that your precision machining field is lacking and I can pat my chest and say that our German technology is the most advanced in the world." At this point, Wilhelm clearly saw the muscles on Tukhachevsky's face twitch. This "Red Napoleon" certainly understood how helpful the things he wanted to provide to the Soviet Union were. Visit no(v)eLb(i)n.com for the best novel reading experience
"Of course there is no problem." Wilhelm readily agreed. Tukhachevsky is also willing to trust Wilhelm's guarantee. After all, Europeans generally believe that honesty is the basic character of life. In European cultural traditions, "liar" is a heavy curse. The protagonist in the famous book "Jane Eyre" was heartbroken when he was scolded by the teacher for "lying" when he went to school.
Wilhelm made a second request. "Secondly, the Soviet Union has a vast geographic location. I hope you can provide us with a secret venue where we can train our soldiers secretly. And your country must ensure that these training venues will not be discovered by countries such as Britain, the United States and France."
Tukhachevsky asked. "Can I ask what the training content is?"
"Armored soldiers and aviation troops." The Soviet Union had secretly trained and equipped armored soldiers for Germany before World War II. The Peace treaty of Versailles strictly restricted Germany from establishing offensive troops, especially tank troops. Germany had to secretly produce tanks and find a secret place where it can train armored soldiers. At the same time, the Soviet Union did not have advanced production technology and skilled technical backbone, so Germany and the Soviet Union came together for their own interests.
Now there is one more aviation unit, so the Soviet Union has no reason not to agree.
Sure enough, the current Tukhachevsky did not hesitate to answer. "It's not a difficult task. But we also have to send students there to learn and communicate together."
Wilhelm cursed shamelessly in his heart, but showed a sincere smile on his face. "That can be done, but you have to provide all the weapons and equipment, including training tanks and aircraft, etc." Even if the Soviet soldiers performance is as good as the German soldiers, they can't make up the gap in weapons and equipment. When the same good soldiers commands the Panther tank and the T-28 tank separately, unless the German tank commander is an idiot, the T-28 is definitely the target of abuse.