Chapter 1073 Deep Routines (Plus 9)
Giving a man a fish is not as good as teaching a man to fish. Only exporting cars to the Soviet Union is a trivial matter. The Germans are even more generous, selling the production line directly to the Soviets.
In this way, the Soviet Union can produce as many cars as it wants. Moreover, the German production line will benefit the entire Soviet industry. After all, the cars produced by the Soviets themselves are really shoddy. The 10-ton truck is simply the pinnacle of this era.
Cyric's statement immediately made Stalin quite happy: "Okay, then we will introduce your production line and build a new car factory to produce trucks. Well, let's call it Lada."
Lada, before the disintegration of the Soviet Union, was a well-known brand, but few people know the origin of this brand. After the victory of World War II, the Soviets moved the German car factory back to the Soviet Union. It's a Lada car.
Now, Stalin has such a name, which makes Cyric speechless for a while. It seems that the history is surprisingly similar!
Cyric remained calm and continued: "Transportation of production equipment is quite time-consuming and laborious. I think we will choose a place closer, such as in Belarus or Ukraine, how about setting up this manufacturing plant? Or else? Near Warsaw?"
Building a brand new factory and transporting all production equipment from Germany will definitely take time. The shorter the journey, the easier it is. Therefore, Cyric made this request.
However, Stalin immediately felt his eyelids twitching. It was wrong, of course it was wrong!
Once the war with Germany, Ukraine and Belarus are both within the range of the Luftwaffe, so I can't make this foolishness, and once the big thunderstorm plan is launched, the embarrassed Germans will definitely blow up these factories first. .
Can't get too close to the Germans! So Stalin took up the conversation and said: "The location where we mainly produce iron ore is in the Ural Mountains. Various iron and steel companies are also in the Ural Mountains. I think we will build factories near the Ural Mountains, such as Nizhny Tagil, Wouldn't it be better?"
There is a position in the hinterland of the Soviet Union, and the German long-range bombers cannot fly through heavy interceptions. It is quite safe to bomb from the Ural Mountains of the runway.
The atmosphere of communication was friendly, but everyone was carrying out comprehensive consideration and calculation. Of course, Cyric knew what Stalin meant. The Ural Mountains were relocated, and Nizhny Tagil also became an important tank production base.
Now, if the Soviets want to choose a site here, of course they can't object, and isn't this more in line with their own assumptions?
"Okay, then in Nizhny Tagil, fortunately, we built the railway a few years ago, otherwise, the production equipment of this factory would have to be transported for a year and a half," Cyric said.
At the beginning, the iron ore of the Soviets was deceived, and the railway line from the Ural Mountains to Germany was also built. The specifications are the same as those in Western Europe, and they can be opened directly without changing trains.
The construction of this railway line has great strategic significance for Germany, and at the same time, it is necessary to let the Soviets know that this railway is quite good, such as now.
Stalin nodded frequently: "Yes, this railway is also a symbol of the friendship between our two countries. Then this project, even if the intention is initially reached, the problem of funding..."
Anyway, the Soviet Union has no money, and the Soviet Union will not give too much money to the Germans.
"As before, we can continue to barter with iron ore from the Ural Mountains and grain from Ukraine. We can calculate the ratio according to the value, and the rest can be transported slowly." Cyric said.
What good would it do for Germany to give the Soviets a car production line and help them build a car factory? Isn't this helping the enemy grow stronger?
Therefore, it is necessary to let the other party know that what we want is what we want, which is the grain and iron ore of the Soviets.
Ukraine is the granary of the Soviets. As long as it is not a famine year, there is enough grain to export, and the iron ore in the Ural Mountains is inexhaustible.
Germany has enough industry, but Germany does not have enough mineral resources, and the mineral resources of the whole Europe are not enough, and Germany's current industry needs a lot of ores. In this case, the iron ore needed to import from the Soviet Union is also That's it.
This reason will not make the other party suspicious.
At the same time, Cyric can agree to the request of the other party, of course, there are enough routines.
This car factory cannot be built in three or two days. It will take a year and a half to build the factory building and install the machinery. However, iron ore is constantly being shipped back.
Pull the equipment when you go, pull the ore when you come back, that's it.
When the factory is almost ready, the war will start. At that time, even if the Soviets want to start the factory, it will not be so easy. These equipments are all Western European and do not match the existing industrial system of the Soviet Union. It will take at least three or five months to solve various problems and allow the factory to start production.
By then, our own troops will probably have already fought Moscow.
Therefore, the auto factory built for the Soviets is more pitted than selling trucks directly, because the Soviets can't get one!
In this regard, it is obvious that the Soviets are still inexperienced. They have been fooled and suffered losses, but they still have to come. No wonder Cyric!
The matter of the auto factory was settled in this way. After the two sides continued to talk in economic and trade for a period of time, the topic finally shifted to India.
"Your attitude towards India really surprised us." Stalin said, "Now that Edward VIII has led Britain to surrender to Germany, then India, as a British colony, even belongs to Germany's sphere of influence. Yes, but now, you actually made a promise to give us part of India, this kind of friendship really touched us."
Why did the Germans kindly kick India out to the Soviets? This is different from Poland. Poland and the Soviet Union both have hatreds, and they are independent countries. The two countries have jointly divided Poland, which is beneficial.
But India, which was originally a British colony, didn't take long for George VI to jump, and it wasn't German in the end? Why did they give a part to the Soviets?
This is definitely not a friendship that can be said clearly. Haven't the Germans stumped the Soviet Union enough? This is also the reason why the Soviet Union has not acted, even if the London side agrees.
"Because I hate them, especially the attitude of second-class citizens." Cyric said: "In their eyes, there is only Britain, not Germany, an Indian colony that is too loyal to Britain, which makes people sick."