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As long as the war breaks out, there will be no problems with these loans, and those loans are not a problem.

Britain is gnashing its teeth against China and dislikes China very much.Without the strong support of China, the industries in Germany and Italy would not be able to run so smoothly.But hate is hate, Britain did not cut off this transportation line.Because it will offend China and Spain.China and Spain do not know how much money they earn each year by relying on this transportation line. If you don't allow people to earn money, you will really offend China and Spain.As the saying goes, being a rich man is like killing your parents.

Neither of these two countries, Britain, currently wants to offend.In Asia, Britain and Japan have been unable to fight wars, but they dare not offend China again.If China cooperates with Japan, it can directly threaten Myanmar from Yunnan and India from Tibet.

India is Britain's most important foreign colony, so Britain is very careful when facing China.

The same is true for Spain.

Franco got the support of Germany and Italy to become the leader of Spain, and he is also close to Germany and Italy.But until now, Spain has not firmly come together with Germany and Italy, nor has it joined the ranks of the German-Italian-Japanese military alliance.Spain is still hesitating at the moment, it belongs to both ends of the snake and mouse, and is still waiting and watching.Britain is currently isolated and helpless in Europe, and it is absolutely impossible to watch Spain fall directly into Hitler's arms.So I turned a blind eye to some of Spain's actions.

"Then there is the United States. In the past two years, the U.S. economy has recovered a lot, and the amount of materials exported to the United States has increased by 34%. After the war broke out, the price of materials exported to the United States has increased by more than 4 times, and now the price is still low. growing."

The United States is not a country lacking in resources.

On the contrary, the United States, as a big country in the world comparable to the Soviet Union and China, has very rich resources.In the development of American industry, most of the resources are self-sufficient.Therefore, the materials imported by the United States are all necessary for American industry.Not to mention the United States, many things are needed by other industrial countries.

They are all very special products, resources that cannot be found in other industrial countries.

Things like natural rubber, tung oil, and pig bristles.

The production areas of these things are concentrated and the output is limited, so the demand soars after the outbreak of the war.The result is that the prices of these materials increase faster than general resources.In just a few months, the price of these things has increased by four or five times, and it shows no signs of stopping.If the war continues, it is possible for the prices of these things to increase by more than ten times.

Therefore, the average price of China's materials exported to the United States is higher than that of materials exported to Europe.

"What about U.S. loans?"

"At present, our import and export with the United States has turned into a surplus, and this surplus is enough to meet our loans in the United States."

Loans are everywhere.

China has loans from the world powers, and China has not stopped lending since 1929.Among them, the American consortium has the largest number of loans, accounting for about two-fifths of China's foreign loans, and nearly half of the total.

Although the war broke out, the loan that should be repaid still has to be repaid. This is a national credit issue.

"continue."

"Since Japan occupied East India and Malaysia, the amount of resources imported from my country has dropped a lot. The Nanyang region is rich in resources. Although it cannot fully meet Japan's needs, it still strongly supports Japan's industrial development. However, in recent years, my country has imported from Japan The number of imported industrial products is also declining, so our country’s import and export surplus with Japan remains the same.”

"Ah."

Duan Xun looked at the list of import and export materials between China and Japan and nodded slightly.

After the Great Depression, most of the industrial products China imported from Japan were machine tools, motors, cement, and glass.However, after the second five-year plan and the third five-year plan, China has greatly improved in this regard.

And China's requirements are getting higher and higher.

I already look down on motors and machine tools made in Japan.In terms of industrial technology, Japan and China are currently at about the same level.Even China has far surpassed Japan in engineering technology because of its large-scale construction, and it has also surpassed Japan, which was developed first, in industrial technology.So after China has these industries, China will look down on Japan's industrial products.As for those with higher technical content, China imports them from the United States and Germany.

Therefore, the Sino-Japanese trade is still in surplus.

What Song Hanzhang introduced was the current main trade situation in China.Germany and Italy, along with the United States and Japan, are China's largest trading nations.Occupy 85% of China's current normal trade.

Therefore, the report on foreign trade is mainly aimed at these countries.

"In 1939, my country's total import and export volume was 54 billion U.S. dollars in U.S. dollars, with a surplus of 6.4 million U.S. dollars. According to the calculations of the Ministry of Commerce, according to the current situation, without major changes in 1940, the total import and export volume should be able to exceed It is about 70 billion U.S. dollars, and the surplus should exceed 10 billion U.S. dollars. If a major military conflict occurs in 1940 and our material transportation channels are not affected, then it is not impossible for exports to exceed 1940 billion U.S. dollars in 80.”

"good."

Since the Second Five-Year Plan, China's import and export has been in deficit.In order to make up for these deficits, China spent all the gold and silver collected from the country, and mortgaged a large amount of assets from foreign loans to survive those years.

But with the outbreak of the war, China quickly changed this situation.

In 1939 there was a surplus of $6.4 million.$6.4 million is a lot in this day and age.Importantly, this is a start that could greatly improve China's foreign exchange situation.

"Ren Chao (Li Jishen), tell us about the export of arms."

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"Ren Chao (Li Jishen), tell me about the export of weapons."

"Yes."

After talking about the normal import and export trade, Duan Xun immediately asked Li Jishen about the export of weapons and equipment.At present, the world war has broken out, and arms export has become a very sensitive issue.Even in normal times, the arms trade is a sensitive matter, not to mention that it is now a world war.

Especially in the case of China, the arms trade is even more so.

After China entered the 30s, its relations with Germany, Japan, and Italy were relatively close.Even in the early years, the "Anti-Comintern Pact" was signed with these three countries.It's just that China did not reach an agreement with Germany on the issue of attacking the Soviet Union or the United Kingdom first, so it did not join the German-Italian-Japanese military alliance.At present, China is willing to sell them weapons, and China does not refuse to do arms sales with the military group headed by the United Kingdom.

This is rather embarrassing.

China has a good relationship with Germany, Italy and Japan, but it does not oppose their enemy Britain.On the contrary, China is willing to sell arms to Britain.China is now eating at both ends, so it is not good to shout about this kind of thing.

This includes the United States as well.

Although he is ready to end, ready to support the United Kingdom.But they didn't make it clear that I support Britain's words.Even at present, as long as Germany and Japan are willing, they can also purchase the military supplies they need from the United States.

Both China and the United States are the same, and both want to make war fortunes in this war.Therefore, neither China nor the United States wants to stand on a certain side in this war.However, although the material issue is sensitive, it is not too big of a problem.But weapons are different.

Therefore, the arms export carried out by China is the responsibility of a special department of the military.Li Jishen was personally in charge of the Supreme Committee, and the Ministry of Military Affairs was responsible for developing arms trade.

"Currently our arms are mainly provided to the Japanese and British and Indian armies."

Li Jishen reported immediately.

Dao: "In 1939, China provided Japan with a total of 82 ships of various types. Half of them were transport ships, and the rest were torpedo boats, escort destroyers, destroyers, and light cruisers. Judging from our contacts with the Japanese military, they The demand for all kinds of ships has been increasing. Especially as their operations in Nanyang are getting bigger and bigger, and the local demand for Nanyang supplies is increasing, they have a serious shortage of transport ships. In addition to transport ships, the Japanese Navy has a strong demand for light cruisers. There is also a great demand for destroyers and destroyers. But now their shipyards basically build large ships such as battleships, heavy cruisers, and aircraft carriers, and have no energy to build those small warships. So they fly a large number of orders to us. Our shipbuilding The factory has received more than 140 orders so far."

"Which direction is the Japanese navy currently gathering?"

"This location. The Japanese Navy has set up a headquarters here in New Guinea, and a large number of naval forces are concentrated in New Guinea. The army has the main forces of the Second Front Army and the Sixth Front Army, and nearly 37 army troops have been assembled. And the army aviation Troops and naval aviation units are also deployed here in large numbers."

"The Japanese army is going to attack Australia."

Duan Xun looked at the map and could easily judge the Japanese army's target.

In the current Southeast Asian region, the targets that the Japanese army can attack are limited.One is Myanmar, one is the Philippines, and one is Australia.Judging from the current situation, the Japanese army has no intention of directly going to war with the United States, and the target of the Japanese army has always been the United Kingdom.

Australia is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, and destroying Australia will not only increase Japan's strength.More importantly, it will hit the UK hard.

"Yes."

Li Jishen nodded and said: "The analysis of the Ministry of Military Affairs is so. At present, there are two main directions for the Japanese army to attack. One is to attack Burma and clear the way to attack India. The other is to gather troops in Sulawesi and New Guinea. Staring at Australia, the war is on the verge of breaking out. However, judging from the recent situation, the Japanese navy may take action against the Philippines. Once wars in these two directions are fought, the Japanese navy’s demand for transport ships and various warships will increase rapidly. Especially Transport ships, Japan's demand for transport ships in a short period of time is estimated to exceed one million tons."

"Is the Japanese army well funded?"

This is Duan Xun's concern.

The navy is a military service that costs money. Japan has placed so many orders, and the funds needed are not small.In order to complete the Japanese Navy's order, China's shipbuilding industry is also developing very rapidly.After all, in addition to fulfilling the orders of the Japanese army, the Chinese navy also needs to develop itself.