Standardized and large-scale industrial production are often applicable to large markets such as the United States and the Soviet Union, and are not very suitable for Europe, where small countries are numerous, just setting unified standards is a matter of endless disputes.

However, now the unified European market is being formed, and Germany has become a country that leads the people, so there are already conditions for implementing "European standardization".

In fact, in Germany, since the establishment of the General Administration of Military Intelligence, it has been spared no effort to promote standardization. Now most of Germany's weapons and equipment are products of standardization, and parts can be exchanged between the same model of weapons.

However, in terms of civilian products, unified standards have not been established. In the European Community countries outside Germany, standardized production has been even worse.

Therefore, Hessmann hopes to work with France to solve the problem of European standardization step by step.

At the same time, France will bring together the United Kingdom to develop improved models of 50 and e262 in the future, and of course it also has the intention of abolishing Britain and France and other countries to independently develop large-scale weapon systems such as tanks and aircraft.

In the future European community, it is enough to have a country with the ability to independently develop large-scale weapons systems.

As for Hessmann's plan, Dallang could not refuse. After all, France lags too much behind in the two fields of tanks and jets and can no longer catch up with Germany. Following Germany to develop together is a shortcut for France to have advanced weapons and equipment, and French companies will definitely benefit a lot from it.

Therefore, the negotiations between France and Germany on military-industrial cooperation can easily reach a high-level consensus. Of course, the specific negotiations will not be completed so quickly, and all aspects will have to be covered for several months.

Although the oral agreement reached with the French Prime Minister for the development and production of advanced weapons and equipment has far-reaching impact, it is just a by-product for the Cairo Conference. The Cairo Conference discussed only two main issues: one is how to win the war and the other is how to build a post-war order.

On January 5, the second day after the meeting between the leaders of France and Germany, Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo, Navy Minister Ioroku Yamamoto and Foreign Minister Masayuki Tani arrived in Saladinburgh, which was full of historical vicissitudes, accompanied by Japanese Ambassador to Germany Shigeru Oshima.

The meeting was held at the magnificent "Snowflake Mosque" in the castle. The official name of this mosque is Mohammad Ali Mosque. Because it has a milky white dome that looks like Snowflake Mosque, it has obtained the nickname "Snowflake Mosque".

"There is the tomb of Muhammad Ali," Hessman stood on a window open west on the third floor of the mosque, pointing to a solemn cemetery outside, saying in English to Hideki Tojo, Ioroji and Masayuki Yamamoto, "He is a great man, and he does something similar to your Meiji meteor. He carried out truly effective reforms in Egypt, established Europeanized naval and army, developed industry and education, and sent troops to West Asia twice during 1831 and 1841, defeated the Ottoman team trained by Earl Moltch, captured Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, and forced the Ottoman Sultan to recognize that he had rule on the Arabian Peninsula and Crete. But in the end, he became a loser and died in grief and regret. Do you know, why is this?"

"Because of the joint interference of Britain, Russia, Austria and Prussia." Yamamoto Iroku replied. Of course, he knew who Mohammed Ali was. The elites of the Japanese Navy were all people who knew world history very well.

"No," Hessman shook his head, "his failure was caused by his excessive greed. The benefits he wanted to seize exceeded his own strength, which led to unanimous interference from European powers. If he stopped in Lebanon and Syria and lived in harmony with the Ottoman Sultan in Istanbul, then Egypt would win valuable historical opportunities. This country would now be a modern power, just like Japan now. If you decided to attack Beijing in 1895 and replace the Tatar dynasty to take over China, then your country would be the same as Egypt."

Hessman then repeated his words in German. Tojo Hideki and Oshima Shigeru could speak German Army's Big Made and shameless Navy, of course, could not learn the same foreign language.

The four Japanese devils are all human spirits, so why don’t you understand what Hessman means? The Japanese Empire should not be too greedy now. It will be difficult to end if it is too greedy.

"The expansion of the Japanese empire is restrained," Hideki Tojo replied with a smile, "We will not be like Muhammad Ali. At present, our national policy is only to maintain the security of the absolute defense circle."

Before today's meeting, Hessman and Hitler had received a report from Ribbintrov. The German Foreign Minister attended a banquet held at the Mohamed Ali Palace and also had a separate meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Masayuki Tani, so he knew the Japanese side's position on the Hawaiian Islands and knew that they wanted to attack the Panama Canal to win the time for defense.

So Hessman and Hitler both knew that the so-called "absolute defense circle" was centered on the Hawaiian Islands. However, they also knew that the United States would not give up its efforts to recover the Hawaiian Islands. Although the Hawaiian Islands are not yet mainland America, they are undoubtedly a territory as important as the local states and cannot be given up!

Hessman nodded. Although Japan would not be able to negotiate peace with the United States if it did not give up the Hawaiian Islands, the United States is not ready to let Japan go now. That would only make the two countries spark in Hawaii!

"First of all, we do not support any territorial requirements of your country for the Hawaiian Islands and New Zealand!" Hessman began to elaborate on Germany's position, "but given the current needs of combat against the United States, we will support your country's defense in the Hawaiian Islands."

When Hessman was speaking, everyone had already visited the tombs of the great Egyptians, returned to the halal style conference room, and took the seats of the guests and guests.

A list of already prepared was placed in front of Tojo, Yamamoto and Masayuki Tani. The list listed are all weapons and equipment lists that Germany can provide to Japan in a barter trading mode.

The list includes 190 medium and high-altitude combat type, long-range combat bombing type, carrier-based type and other types of fighter jet No. 4 tank, Rhino tank destroyer Fritz remote-controlled gliding bomb system, S293 remote-controlled gliding bomb system, 3 remote-controlled missile system, 801 series does not include, and four cutting-edge series engines, 802 series engines do not include the series with turbochargers, and 300 series engines do not include any series with superchargers and 50 systems installed.

“The weapons and equipment listed in the list can be provided in stock immediately,” Hessman added. “All weapons can be provided immediately with 3001,000 units, and the delivery location can be Singapore.”

Yamamoto Ioroji and Tojo Hideki whispered in Japanese. Some of the things provided by the Germans were urgently needed, while others were not needed.

"His Excellency Marshal of the Empire," said Hideki Tojo, "we do not need the 190 series aircraft, nor do we need the 801 and 300 series engines. Remote-controlled gliding bombs and remote-controlled gliding missiles are urgently needed. We hope that your country can provide 500 each immediately. 100 tanks of the No. 4 are enough. We need 400 engines of 802."

"That's all?" Hessman frowned slightly. The equipment listed on the list was carefully studied by the General Staff and the Navy Command, and should be very useful for the defense of the Hawaiian Islands. So he thought the Japanese would make a big purchase, but he didn't expect that the other party was not very interested.

"We also need your country to provide technology to speed up the development of several Pacific decisive aircraft," said Iroku Yamamoto. "What we need most now is the 18-cylinder air-cooled engine technology above 2,000 horsepower."

"2,000 horsepower 18-cylinder air-cooling?" Hessman frowned. There is really no such thing in Germany. The power of the 802 mass-produced model is now heading straight to 3,000 horsepower.

"Is it a specially designed small 18-cylinder?" Hessman asked again.

"Yes." Yamamoto Izuku nodded.

Japan's weapons development standards are different from those of Germany. They pursue small and light, and have simple structures and easy production and maintenance. Germany is now pursuing big and heavy, and it is very complex.

Taking the 18-cylinder air-cooling as an example, although Germany has mature products, it can only be installed on bombers and heavy fighters because it is overweight and oversized. However, the development idea of ​​Japanese fighter jets is to continue the Zero Myth and pursue excellent fighting performance. They don’t even look down on the 190s, and they will not consider the heavy battle of manufacturing and installing the 802s. Therefore, in the cooperative development of the "Seventeen Ship Test Battle", the two sides had serious differences from the beginning.

Folk wants to build a "bottle machine" with a practical 802 engine, while Japan requires a fighting fighter with perfect aerodynamic performance. For this reason, it requires a practical, light and small 18-cylinder air-cooled engine. In fact, they already have this engine, but it is not yet perfect.

"Well," Hessman replied, "I will order the company's technical department to help you improve the air-cooled engine of the small 18-cylinder."
Chapter completed!