War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 193 Negotiations Officially Begin

At the regiment headquarters, Clemens sat in front of Wang Changhai, extremely anxious. He had too many questions to ask, but Wang Changhai only said: "Have some tea."

It's been an hour, and he has already drunk the whole pot of freshly brewed tea, but he is still waiting...

"report!"

"Xu Chaoyang from the first company of the first battalion reports!"

Wang Changhai finally straightened his back towards the door and shouted, "Come in!"

He then stood up and gave up the entire regiment headquarters: "Well, I'll go patrol the camp, you guys chat." After saying that, he turned around and left without staying for even a minute!
It’s not that Wang Changhai doesn’t want to help, it’s that he really can’t help.

How could he know how Xu Chaoyang heard that the German "Rhein" company was developing and testing a new cannon, which weighed 400 kilograms and could be disassembled into ten parts, and could be easily carried away by ordinary soldiers?

Even if he knew, there was no way he could tell Clemens the truth, right?

There is an old saying that goes, people of the same family support each other, and then they bully each other. If someone shows his true colors to you, and doesn't give you any face regardless of whether the person in front of him is an outsider or a family member, how can you treat him as a brother?
So, Wang Changhai, who was afraid of saying something wrong, hid himself, but after going out of the regiment headquarters and walking around, he came back and lay down at the window in the corner of the main hall of the regiment headquarters like the old woman, eavesdropping on the conversation.

When Xu Chaoyang saw Wang Changhai was gone, he untied his belt, took off his Kowloon belt and put it on the table. Without giving Clemens a chance, he asked, "What are you doing here again?"

Clemens was so anxious that he opened his mouth and spoke out his thoughts: "I have discussed with Mauser Company, and they are not aware of Rheinland's research on the new gun. Captain Xu, how did you know?"

Clemens really sent a telegram back to inquire about this matter, but the telegram fell into oblivion. It was not until three days later that the other party sent the message back.

People said that Rheinland Company completely denied the existence of this gun at first. It was the current head of Mauser Company who, considering that Clemens was a direct relative of the "Mauser Brothers", used his connections to inquire with the military and found out some inside information.

The gun does exist, but it is in the testing phase and has not been distributed to the troops. I asked Clemens where he got the information from...

"Captain Xu, your words have caused chaos in our country. Many departments are investigating this matter. If they can't find out how the news was leaked this time, I'm afraid they won't let it go!"

"Is that all?" Xu Chaoyang did not answer any questions, but continued to ask. He also took a tea bowl for himself, poured a full bowl of diluted tea, and drank it as soon as he opened his mouth. He was very thirsty.

Clemens smacked his lips. "Tsk, this is nothing? You are a company commander, and a company commander of the Northwest Army in Chahar Province controlled by the Northeast Army. How can you directly reveal the secrets of our domestic military production..."

"Of course, there are other things, but before we talk about other things, you must give me an answer. After all, our cooperation is based on mutual trust."

Xu Chaoyang finished drinking the water and wiped his lips: "Okay, it's okay to tell you."

"I was once beaten by the Japanese 92mm infantry gun in the Northeast. That small gun was very delicate and easy to pull with animals. Even if there were no animals, a whole squad could carry it with human power."

"Their artillery has already been deployed to the battlefield. How could you Germans not hear anything about it?"

"With your pride, how could you possibly let the Japanese catch up with you in military industry? They will definitely research new cannons. Mauser is now responsible for military firearms, so the cannons will naturally fall to Rheinland..."

Xu Chaoyang was just talking nonsense without any basis. What else could he do?
Clemens looked straight at Xu Chaoyang and finally said, "It seems that you don't know much about our country." Of course Xu Chaoyang didn't know much. The little knowledge he had was supplemented during his stay at the Military Museum. How could he possibly tell all the inside stories?

But Xu Chaoyang didn't care, because the person who was in a weak position was Clemens.

"Speak of the next item."

Xu Chaoyang simply passed over the topic, as if it had never happened, and acted as if it was up to you to believe it or not.

"We hope to cooperate with the Northwest Army and win the business of supplying weapons to the 217th Regiment in exchange for the development of Duolun's mineral resources."

“Hahahahahahaha…” Xu Chaoyang looked at Clemens in front of him, his mouth corners widened, and he said, “Did you find tungsten in Duolun? Or did you fail to reach an agreement with the ‘Southern King’?”

The deep impression left by the tanks of World War I on the whole world is still fresh in the memory of the whole of Europe. In order to find ways to deal with tanks, various countries have been constantly researching anti-tank equipment, and Germany has been researching tungsten alloy armor-piercing projectiles.

At this moment, Germany was not as generous as the art student who reached the top, and they needed to import a large amount of "tungsten", the material needed for their research on tungsten alloy armor-piercing bullets. Therefore, the German arms speculator Hans Klein once approached the Southern King and promised to build a modern arsenal for him.

Of course, all this had not happened at this time. Hans Kline came to China at the direct instruction of art students, and he came to China in 1933.

The problem is that Xu Chaoyang absolutely doesn't believe that they had no contact before. In 1933, old Hans rushed to the south with a glaring face. They must have had contact before, so Xu Chaoyang had the capital to control Clemens.

Clemens stopped talking. His lips closed and opened awkwardly several times before he finally asked Xu Chaoyang tentatively, "Captain Xu, what are you talking about?"

"Your troops needed weapons and ammunition, so we just happened to come across them..."

Xu Chaoyang nodded: "That means tungsten was not found in Duolun, but in Chahar."

"Captain Xu, are you listening to me?"

Xu Chaoyang didn't respond at all and continued, "Now the whole world is looking for the best way to deal with tanks. All German arms dealers know that whoever can get 'tungsten' first will become the new elite in the military."

"You run a mining company, so it's impossible that you don't know this. You are so enthusiastic and dare to take over the military's business of upgrading weapons and armaments. You are also willing to spend so much time exploring in a remote place like Duolun. Tell me, do you have any ideas in this regard?"

Clemens stopped talking. It was useless for him to open his mouth. Xu Chaoyang didn't listen to him at all. He had already formed a whole set of theories of his own.

He was like a chick that voluntarily put its neck into the tiger's mouth. The rest of him was just waiting to be bitten.

"Then tell me, what can you give us?"

The real negotiation finally began...

(End of this chapter)