1933 was the year when the empire officially entered the World War II era.

After becoming the world's largest economy, the empire immediately began to implement a new foreign policy and actively planned to form an Asian cooperation alliance, by transforming Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Brunei, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan.

These Asian countries in Thailand are included in the alliance organizations to expel British and American forces in Asia by supporting the Asian countries.

While expelling Britain and the United States, the empire established military and economic interests throughout Asia through its leadership.

To a certain extent, the global visit that Song Biao wanted to conduct in the second half of 1933 was just to cover this plan. While he visited powerful countries such as the Soviet Union, Germany, Britain, the United States, France, foreign minister Gu Weijun would visit secretly.

Asian countries first established the Asian Alliance around the empire’s protectors, and then absorbed Saudi Arabia and Thailand joined.

There will be an Asian League Free Trade Zone Agreement within the Asian League at the same time. This relatively loose Asian League Free Trade Zone will ensure the expansion of internal trade between member states. At the same time, the Empire will continue to sign a new China-China agreement with member states.

Bilateral trade agreements between Iran, China and Thailand, plus trade and investment between China and other countries, expand the empire's investment in Asia.

After communicating with General Wigan, the French Presidential Envoy, Song Biao changed his original visit itinerary and took a train from Omsk to Moscow to visit the Soviet Union. He then continued to visit Poland, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, France, Spain along the railway.

The last stop of the European trip is in the UK, and then take a boat from London to Canada to visit, continue to travel south to the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and then visit Australia and Brunei. End all visits and return to China in mid-June next year to host the summer

Lushan Conference.

The existence of the empire is not for war, but for development. With the rapid improvement of the country's industrial level, China-Japan economic and trade peace talks have already had a certain foundation. On the one hand, the Asian Alliance has a huge threat and suppression effect on Japan, and on the other hand,

On the one hand, the Empire also tried to downplay this threat in the early days of the establishment of the Asian League. To this end, while the Emperor Hua Global Journey and Foreign Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shi Zhaoji, deputy foreign minister of the Empire, visited Japan, and the country has been fighting for and coercion.

The Japanese trade agreement is held for a new round of negotiations.

Similarly, trade between the empire and the Soviet Union is becoming increasingly prosperous, and there has always been great complementarity between the Sino-Soviet economies. China exported machinery, textile products, agricultural and animal husbandry products, sugar, tobacco, alcohol and side dishes to the Soviet Union, etc., from the Soviet Union.

Imported mineral resources, oil, and wood.

The Soviet Union is currently the country with the largest trade deficit with China in the world. Its imports of 70 are from China. Due to the high degree of Russian communication between the two countries, economic and trade exchanges are indeed very frequent.

The Soviet Union is a very powerful threat, but as long as the Soviet Union does not clearly turn to the evil axis of Nazi Germany, the empire cannot force the Soviet Union into the Soviet-German joint camp that worries the empire the most. It is best to avoid it.

This situation is because the contradiction between France and Germany and China-Japan are difficult to resolve, and as long as the Soviet Union does not adopt extreme policies, it can be maintained in a stable state for the time being.

It was precisely because foreigners Gu Weijun went to Iran at the first stop, Song Biao decided to put his first stop on the global trip in 1933 to the Soviet Union.

Since they are the most legendary national leaders of this era, Song Biao really wants to take advantage of this rare opportunity to meet with Comrade Stalin. On August 15, 1933, Song Biao, his wife, Empress Shu Xuan, and his daughter, Princess Yuanyuan, took a special plane.

Arrive Omsk and then transfer to Moscow by train.

In China, I have become accustomed to the low noise and high speed stability of new electrified trains. It feels strange to ride this steam engine train again. The CEV system of the Empire Electric Train has developed particularly fast in the past decade, and in the field of steam engine trains,

There is a lack of funds and scientific research investment, and it only introduces the steam train technology of the French Tales Company as a supplement.

Song Biao is now taking this train. The FET VI train with improved technology was introduced from France. The maximum speed is 100 kilometers per hour and the normal rated driving speed is 75 kilometers per hour. Due to the long-term needs of the development of trade between the two countries, China and the Soviet Union in 1930.

The Sino-Soviet Railway has been carried out on a large scale. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Soviet Union also introduced this series of models, track control and monitoring systems from China.

The train ran through the Ural mountains, crossing the place where the CSKA had once fought. At the farthest time, the Imperial CSKA also crossed this Eurasian dividing line and entered the European territory of the Soviet Union to fight.

Time flies, and in a flash, it has become an old thing thirteen years ago.

Song Biao was also quite moved by this. As a royal train, the carriage was specially renovated. Song Biao and Empress Shu have a single carriage as the dormitory. Shu Xuan has not been in good health over the years, so in addition

A new carriage was set up in front as the reception room of Emperor Song, where he could read books quietly, smoke, and talk to other diplomatic officials.

Sitting in this carriage, Song Biao lit a very ordinary cigarette and looked at the empty forest in the distance casually. Foreign Minister Gu Weijun and Deputy Foreign Minister Shi Zhaoji have other tasks. This time he has been accompanying him on a trip to Europe and the United States.

Among all countries is Lu Zhengxiang, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Europe.

Lu Zhengxiang is a veteran of the Empire's Foreign Affairs Ministry. He served as deputy foreign minister in both cabinets. Unlike the Deputy Foreign Minister, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Europe has been stationed in Belgium and is directly in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' work in Europe.

Because his first wife was from Belgian, Lu Zhengxiang was also one of the very few Catholics in the imperial cabinet.

This visit has many affairs, and there are many countries and institutions that require a lot of continuous countries and institutions. In the train, the inner court officials and the civil servants of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are actively busy, constantly contacting the embassies in various countries through telegrams.

Itinerary and specific visit time.

In the emperor's exclusive reception room, only Lu Zhengxiang and Shu Fangde, the chief of the inner court, were with the emperor.

Due to physical reasons, Zhang Futian only retained his position as the first-class eunuch chief in the past two years and took vacations at the Shenyang Military Headquarters. Most of his work was handed over to the Chief of the Inner Court General Shu Fangde and Major General Chen Jiayou.

Song Biao smoked silently, thinking about the various complexities of the Soviet Union in his mind. In fact, whether it is the Sino-Soviet conflict or the Sino-Japanese conflict, it itself has the possibility of incoordination and concession, but no matter what, the empire is indeed

We must do the most difficult situation of the joint attack of the Soviet, German and Japanese countries at the same time, but we must also try our best to avoid such a situation and divide the three countries as much as possible. It is best to maintain a relatively stable situation with the Soviet Union. Even if we strive for a time difference, it is the best.

OK, don't face the siege of three enemy countries at the same time.

World politics is complex. As the conflict between the Soviet and the United Kingdom has expanded dramatically over the years, the empire also needs to use the Soviet Union to resist and disperse the little energy left by the British Empire. The Soviet Union also needs to consider going to war with Britain, and the special situation after being blocked by Britain.

The situation, if that was the case, the Soviet Union would need to maintain peace with the empire even more.

It is precisely this time that Emperor Hua visited the Soviet Union.

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Airplanes are always faster than trains.

When Emperor Song was still on the mainland, Gu Weijun, a foreigner from the Empire, had already arrived in Tehran, the capital of the Iranian Kingdom, by a special plane. As the foreign minister of the Empire, Gu Weijun had strong enough control over Iran, just like most Asian countries that were allied with the Empire.

In Iran, the Empire also arranged a central advisory group and state advisers to assist Iran in handling internal and diplomatic work.

Unlike colonial rule, the state advisors arranged by the empire usually do not adopt a tough attitude to force the other party. The traditional Chinese culture is not keen on European and American colonial rule policies. The empire generally recommends that the protectors absorb the benevolent politics in Chinese culture.

He is a moral government thought, emphasizing the moral character of the monarch and the benevolent government and the love for the people of the consul.

On this basis, the Central Advisory Group only provides modern management experience and models to protecting countries based on China's governance experience and modern management knowledge, as well as professional knowledge, to help protecting countries develop their economy, and to make rational use of government-supported loans provided by the Empire.

Open cooperation to the Empire in finance and other economic fields.

However, the empire still chose to support the birth of the Pahlavi dynasty because the Persian Kazar dynasty was too corrupt. Even if the last monarch seemed weak and democratic, it was not enough to allow the Iranians to see new hope.

The empire's default and supportive attitude ultimately protected the Pahlavi dynasty.

The new Iranian king Reza Shah Pahlavi was obviously disappointed because the empire initially informed Iran that His Majesty the Emperor of China would be the first to visit Iran on a global trip, which made King Reza Khan very excited.

I felt quite glorious, but I didn't expect that in the end, it was just the foreigner Gu Weijun who came.

King Reza Khan and Gu Weijun from the foreign countries of the empire can also be regarded as knowing each other. The two have met and met many times.

Although disappointed, King Reza Khan was obviously very aware of the special real power of this Foreign Minister Gu in the side of Emperor Hua and in the central government of the empire, and did not dare to neglect to greet Gu Weijun with the noblest etiquette at all.

In order to show the strength of the empire, Gu Weijun chose to take the Se-70 transport aircraft newly put into production by the Shenyang Aircraft Company of Northeast Heavy Industry Group. The Se-70 is a subsequent improved model of the Se-35. It has 70 seats normally and the maximum load is 23 tons.

The disadvantage of this large aircraft is that it consumes too high fuel. In order to pursue load load, it uses two too large star engines. Therefore, it lost to Jiangnan Fudao Company many times in the bidding in the airline, and its sales are not as good as that of the airline.

The original Se-35 passenger plane.

In order to support this mainframe that invested huge research funds, the Imperial Air Force quickly purchased 160. In support, the Imperial Central Government also purchased six as official aircraft.

As the 201 Project and the Far East Consortium, the Se-70 transport aircraft developed by the Far East Consortium, has many disadvantages due to the excessive new technologies used, especially the problem of the fuel consumption rate of the new model is criticized, but its biggest advantage is that it is

Strange aerodynamic shape and huge volume.

During the development process, the Se-70 transport aircraft went through a lot of wind tunnel tests and finally chose a very strange connected twin-tail layout, similar to the later C119 transport aircraft and P38 lightning fighter aircraft in the United States, with long navigation distances and oil carrying

The large volume is a special structure that is forced to adopt due to the high fuel consumption rate of the new engine. It also enables the Se-70 transport aircraft to achieve an extremely high transportation capacity under the existing technical conditions and is also the only tank that can be airborne.

large aircraft.

The huge and strange aircraft has always had a high reputation worldwide, which is enough to prove China's strength in the field of science and technology and its strong national strength.

Gu Weijun arrived at Iran's King's Airport on such a special plane.

Under the influence of traditional Confucian culture, a collective image of the imperial diplomats in the international world is elegance. Even in a protected country like Cambodia and Brunei, the imperial diplomats and state advisers regard themselves as fair, benevolent, and with Britain, France, Japan and the Soviet Union, the imperial diplomats and state advisers regard themselves as fair, benevolent, and with Britain, France, Japan and the Soviet Union

The powerful diplomacy of other countries has completely different characteristics.

Gu Weijun is a model of such an imperial diplomat. He is noble and elegant, well-read in poetry and books, shrewd, sharp and keen and open-minded. He is also a famous national beauty in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Empire.

King Reza Khan personally arrived at the airport to welcome Gu Weijun, and arranged a grand welcome ceremony at the airport. The two shook hands under the boarding bridge because they had seen each other several times before, and they were quite familiar with each other.

Seeing King Reza Khan, Gu Weijun first gave a pair of bright red Chixiadan porcelain vases from the royal porcelain kiln and handwritten books by His Majesty Hua. Reza Shah Pahlavi seemed particularly happy. The return gift was a collection of the Persian dynasty.

Celadon vase and Persian rug.

After exchanging the gifts, Gu Weijun apologized to Rezashah Pahlavi: "I'm sorry, His Majesty the Emperor of my country temporarily decided to adjust the route of the global visit. His Majesty the Emperor of China also feels regretful about this and specially asked me to come and You apologize and hope you can forgive. We always say that we should be friendly to our friends and to our enemies. The Soviet Union poses a huge threat to the empire and Asia. In order to ensure the security of the empire and Asian allies, in addition to the strength of the empire, Sincerity and friendship are also needed. Even if it is a trivial friendship, Your Majesty hopes that it can play some role."

Rezashah Pahlavi dared to blame Emperor Song no matter how unhappy he was, and immediately replied: "I can understand His Majesty the Emperor Hua's will. If I apologize for this, it will really make me extremely frightened. China is a great

The country, His Majesty the Emperor of China is the greatest emperor in the world. Without the strong support of China and His Majesty the Emperor of China, and the mutual military assistance agreement between China and Iran, Iran would not have the freedom today. No matter when we

They will be extremely grateful to China and the great Emperor of China.”

Gu Weijun smiled gently and said, "Thank you for your understanding, Your Majesty the King."

After talking, the two took a car to the palace. On the way, Rezashah Pahlavi couldn't wait to propose the idea of ​​buying a plane, not only to buy military fighter jets, but also to buy the giant figure that Gu Weijun was riding on.

The airliner is a special plane for the royal family and the Iranian Prime Minister.

The price of aircraft is relatively cheap now. A normal fighter can only cost 4,000 to 5,000 yuan, but a large transport aircraft like Se-70 is two different things. Its single aircraft price exceeds 420,000 yuan, which is the current world

Get on the most expensive plane.

This price is still a loss price. The research funds invested by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Central Aeronautics Research Institute, and the Northeast Aeronautics Research Institute are not calculated within the cost, otherwise the price of a single frame would exceed at least 700,000.

Nowadays, we lose money and gain publicity, and accumulate technical advantages first.

Iran is still a relatively wealthy country. King Rezashah Pahlavi obviously does not take this expense seriously and has to order 20 aircraft in one go.

Iran is not a country with only oil and gas resources. According to the 10-year mining census report assisted by the Empire, Iran's copper mine resources are about 2 billion tons, ranking among the world's top. The results of the current census of the entire Chinese Empire are also
To be continued...