Franco frowned. Of course he knew what Cyric meant by saying that. After all, they came with support, and they didn’t say free. Now, Cyric’s meaning is very obvious. If you don’t pay the bill, The support of the Germans will probably be overwhelmed.
Although the current situation in Spain is beneficial to the National Army, Franco has already figured out that he cannot lose aid from Germany!
With the Vulture Legion, he can firmly grasp the sky, and now, the ground troops of the Vulture Legion have also shown strong combat effectiveness.
If Germany leaves, and the Communist International fully supports the Republican Army, then his battle will undoubtedly be more difficult.
Therefore, Franco has no other choice. He rolled his eyes and said, "Symour Company, isn't it already transporting our ore?"
Seymour Company is a transportation company. The company’s initial business was to transport Moroccan troops to Spain. Now, Seymour’s main task is to transport German weapons and equipment to Spain.
At the same time, when they return to the voyage, their ship will certainly not be empty, so it happens to be transporting Spanish ore back to Germany.
Spain and Spanish Morocco have a lot of mineral resources, mainly copper, tungsten and bronze. These are what Germany needs most!
As the National Army continues to occupy more land, many mineral deposits can be transported to Germany, such as the Zegengen iron mine near Melilla, the Rio Tinto copper mine and Asturias.
In history, in 1937 alone, 2.5 million tons of ore were shipped to Germany, including 1.6 million tons of iron ore.
However, importing ore from Spain alone cannot meet the needs of Germany.
"General Franco, we have made some statistics. If we rely on imports of minerals from Spain and Morocco to offset this debt, I am afraid that it will not be repaid in 50 years." Cyric said.
On the one hand, it expanded its own expenditures and on the other hand, it lowered the profits of these ores. The fifty-year figure obtained is not surprising.
Hearing this, General Franco continued: "Then what is your good opinion?"
"The mining efficiency of these minerals is too low! The main reason is that the mining companies are under management!" Cyric said: "If Seymour is allowed to take over the mining of these mineral companies, they will hold most or all of them. Shares, using our German advanced management methods, can effectively increase the mining volume of minerals."
Germany helped Franco, why? In addition to containing France, in addition to resisting redism, more importantly, economic interests!
Germany lacks minerals. For Germany, no matter how many minerals there are, it is not too much.
Now, the ore imported from the Soviet Union every year has been piled up in Germany. However, Cyric is still not satisfied and needs more minerals. Spain's minerals are what he values most!
The direct import from the Soviet Union is ore. Cyric never thought of controlling the other side's mines. That is impossible. People are publicly owned, but Spain is different. Spain is a capitalist society.
Therefore, the best way to control Spanish minerals is to hold all the shares of their mineral companies!
After all, before the Spanish Civil War broke out, most of the minerals in Spain and Morocco were exported to the United Kingdom and the United States. Now Spain needs the help of Germany to export the ore to Germany. Later, after Franco seized power, he could still export The minerals are exported to Britain and the United States.
There are no eternal friends or enemies, only eternal interests.
In order to better control the Spanish economy, it is necessary to control all the shares of their mines!
Hearing Cyric’s words, Franco’s face smiled: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, this matter, after I go back, hold an economic conference to introduce policies in this area, wait."
Cyric nodded, of course he couldn't believe what he said to the person in front of him! However, if the other party is not sincere, then don't expect the Vulture Legion to continue to contribute!
Moreover, Cyric had already thought of the follow-up countermeasures.
"I think that after we have won Madrid, we should also have more exchanges and cooperation in the cultural field." Cyric continued.
Wait until Madrid! Franco didn't listen to the latter content, at least the front one made him very happy.
"For example, we can establish financially funded cultural institutions; the diplomas issued by German schools in Spain have the effect of a German secondary school diploma; we can exchange students, professors and teachers regularly for cultural cooperation; we can work in each other’s country Setting up radio stations and distributing films, works that are banned in one country for political reasons are not allowed to be distributed in another country.” Cyric said all he thought of.
"Yes, this proposal is good." Franco said.
This kind of cooperation in cultural exchanges does not seem to have much effect, but its influence is even more far-reaching! Through this kind of action, the spirit of advocating Germany can be restored in Spain, and the spirit of Spain can be penetrated!
The meeting ended in a friendly atmosphere. Cyric sent Franco and his party away by car. The staff officer Lieutenant Colonel Richthofen next to him said: "Commander, it’s strange. Just now, Franco was very clear. Our tank is very interested. Why didn't Franco bring it up during the meeting~www.novelhall.com~?"
"Of course he will not bring it up. I have already put forward the conditions. If he wants to continue to get our support, he has to agree to our request to hold the mine." Cyric said: "On this question, he did not reply to us before. , How could we give him our Panther 2 tank."
Franco is the individual spirit. Of course he knew the requirements of Germany. At the same time, he didn't want to agree to it, so he would be ambiguous. Seeing the cultural aspect, Franco nodded without hesitation.
How could he have the face to ask for the Panther 2 tank.
Moreover, Germany will not give Spain the truly advanced equipment. This is the case in history. After Germany left, He51 was left to Spain, and the BF109 will never stay. The Panther 2 tank is the main force of the German army. How can equipment be given to the Spaniards, especially to Franco, this ungrateful guy?
"We can't agree to the Germans' request, but we can't annoy the Germans either." On the returning car, Franco turned to his cronies, General Jose said: "If the Germans have all of our mine Shares will control our economy. We cannot tolerate it. We must think of a reasonable answer."
