Chapter 182 Holding Spanish Mines

Franco frowned. Of course, he knew what Cyric meant by saying that. After all, people came for support, and they didn't say it was free at the time. Now, Cyric's meaning is obvious. If he doesn't pay the bill, The support of the Germans, I am afraid it will be in vain.

Although the current situation in Spain is beneficial to the National Army, Franco has also figured out that he cannot lose the aid from Germany!

With the Condor Legion, he was able to firmly grasp the sky, and now, the ground troops of the Condor Legion also showed strong combat effectiveness.

If Germany pulls away and the Comintern fully supports the Republican Army, his battle will undoubtedly be more difficult.

So, Franco had no other choice. He rolled his eyes and said, "Seymour Company, isn't it already transporting our ore?"

Seymour Company is a transportation company. The company's original 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, their ships will certainly not be empty when they return, so it is just time to transport the Spanish ore back to Germany.

Spain and Spanish Morocco have a lot of mineral resources, mainly copper, tungsten and bronze, which are what Germany needs most!

As the National Army continued to occupy more territory, many minerals could be transported to Germany, such as the Zegengen Iron Mine near Melilla, the Rio Tinto Copper Mine and Asturias.

Historically, in 1937 alone, 2.5 million tons of ore were shipped to Germany, including 1.6 million tons of iron ore.

However, just importing ore from Spain is simply not enough to meet Germany's needs.

"General Franco, we have made some statistics. If we rely on the import 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 expands its own expenditures, and on the other hand, it reduces the profits of these ores, and the figures obtained for 50 years are 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 management of the mining companies is backward!" Cyric said: "If Seymour Company takes over the mining of these mining companies, it will hold most or all of their mining companies. Shares, with our advanced management methods from Germany, can effectively increase the mining volume of minerals.”

Germany helped Franco, why? In addition to containing France, in addition to resisting redism, the more important thing is 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 piled up in Germany, but Cyric is still not satisfied and needs more minerals. Spanish minerals are what he values ​​most!

From the Soviet Union, ore was directly imported. Cyric never thought about controlling the mines of the other party. That was impossible. They were public ownership, but Spain was different. Spain was a capitalist society.

Therefore, the best way to control Spain's mining industry is to hold all the shares of their mining company!

After all, before the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, almost all of Spain and Morocco’s minerals were exported to Britain and the United States. Now, Spain needs Germany’s help to export the minerals to Germany. Later, after Franco took power, he could still export the minerals to Germany. Minerals are exported to the United Kingdom and the United States.

There are no permanent friends, no permanent enemies, only permanent interests.

In order to better control the Spanish economy, it is necessary to take full control of their mines!

Hearing Cyric's words, Franco had a smile on his face: "It's good to say, it's good to say, this matter, after I go back, hold an economic conference to introduce policies in this regard, just 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 Condor Legion to continue to contribute!

Moreover, Cyric had already thought of the follow-up countermeasures.

"I think after we have won Madrid, we should also have more exchanges and cooperation in the cultural field." Ciric continued.

Wait until you hit Madrid! Franco didn't listen to the latter content, at least the former made him very happy.

“For example, we can establish financially funded cultural institutions; a diploma issued by a German school in Spain has the equivalent of a German secondary school diploma; we can regularly exchange students, professors and teachers for cultural cooperation; Set up radio stations, distribute movies, and work that is banned in one country for political reasons cannot be distributed in another country." Cyric said everything that came to his mind.

"Okay, that's a good proposal," Franco said.

This kind of cooperation in cultural exchange does not seem to have much effect, but its influence is more profound! Through this action, the spirit of advocating Germany can be restored in Spain and the spiritual penetration of Spain can be carried out!

The meeting ended in a friendly atmosphere. Cyric sent Franco and his party away in a car. Lieutenant Colonel Richthofen, the staff officer beside him, said: "Commander, it's very strange. Just now, Franco was clearly right. Our tanks are very interested, why didn't Franco bring it up when we just had a meeting?"

"Of course he won't put it forward. I have already put forward conditions. If he wants to continue to gain our support, he has to agree to our request to control the mine." Cyric said: "On this issue, he did not answer us before. , how could we give him our Panther 2 tank."

Franco is a personal genius. Of course he knows Germany's request, and at the same time he doesn't want to agree to it, so he is ambiguous. Seeing the cultural aspect just now, Franco nodded immediately without hesitation.

How could he have the face to ask for a Black Panther 2 tank.

Moreover, Germany will not give Spain the truly advanced equipment. This is the case in history. After Germany left, it left the He51 to Spain. The BF109 will never stay. The Panther 2 tank is the main force of the German Army. Equipment, how could it be given to the Spaniards, especially, to the ungrateful guy Franco?

"We can't agree to the Germans' demands, but we also can't annoy the Germans." In the returning car, Franco said to his cronies, General Jose: "If the Germans have all the mines we have Shares, that will control our economy, we will not tolerate it. We have to come up with a reasonable answer.”