Romanian Eagle

"Your Majesty, this is a private request made by German Ambassador Baslob. I dare not make a decision privately. I can only hope that Your Majesty will rule."

Admiral Preshan, the chief of the general staff, was talking to Edel about what Ambassador Baslobber had just told him before.

In fact, the matter is very simple. The German government wants to buy two planes from Romania at a price of one million marks. Of course, it is not the Germans who think too much money that Germany can make such a high price. They need two of the latest Romanian Vultures, or more precisely, the firing coordinator.

For the information of the Romanian army, Germany still has many channels to know by virtue of its advantages of being a consultant for many years. This time, it was learned that Romania has a new aircraft that can attack the front without damaging the propeller. The Germans, who are fighting fiercely in Europe, urgently need this weapon. Not only did Berlin know about the new aircraft, but they also knew about the armored experimental battalion that was being formed, but they had not encountered it on the battlefield. It is reasonable that such an organized armored force did not receive attention.

And Ambassador Baslobe was testing Romania's attitude to Admiral Puleshan after receiving Berlin's request. So why didn't he ask Edel directly? Because Romania is now a neutral country, and if Ambassador Baslob went to Eder, it would be too conspicuous and easy to be noticed by the ambassadors of the Allied countries, so he went to the Chief of Staff Admiral Pleshan.

Of course, the chief of the general staff, Pressan, did not dare to make a decision by himself, and he knew that it was the German ambassador, Baslober, who wanted to send a message to Edel himself. And Prime Minister Bretianu is notoriously pro-British and French, and it is even more impossible to ask the Prime Minister to send a message. After all, this is a shameful thing, and Ambassador Baslobe distrusts Prime Minister Bretianu very much.

(According to the law of neutrality, neutral countries cannot sell military materials and technologies to participating countries. Of course, this is for small countries. For example, the neutrality of the United States in World War I was completely biased towards the Allied countries, and the Allies did not dare to criticize it. In the end, we still say You have the strength, you have the strength, and you have the final say on how to call it neutral.)

Eder is also very embarrassed about Germany's requirements now. He is not surprised that Germany knows that Romania has new aircraft. After all, Germany has a military advisory group in Romania for nearly ten years, and it is normal to know some news. Moreover, many officers in Romania have a good impression of Germany. After all, not too many officers go to Germany for further study every year.

"What do you think, Chief of Staff?"

Eder asked about Admiral Pleshan in front of him. After the German military advisory group was withdrawn from the outbreak of the war, his confidant general has been working to weaken Germany's influence in the Romanian military, but it has been less than a year. , the current effect is not obvious.

Admiral Priest replied after thinking for a while. "Your Majesty, we can't provide Germany with our new aircraft in an open and honest manner, which will undermine our country's principle of neutrality. And rejecting Germany's request will also have a negative impact on our external environment. After all, the situation of the Allies is very favorable now, and we are also It's hard to refuse. So I don't have a good way."

Facing the ball from Admiral Prieshan, Eder is thinking differently now. He knew that it wouldn't be long before the French would put a prototype of the firing coordinator on the plane, and providing it now could bring Romania a little advantage. If Germany gets this technology from the wreckage of the plane, then Romania will not have anything to do, and Germany will be wary of Romania a lot. In order to better paralyze Germany, Eder felt it was necessary to hand over something to Germany.

After thinking about it clearly, Edel said his decision to Admiral Puleshan.

"Your Excellency Chief of Staff,

You can tell Ambassador Baslobe that Romania is not going to sell the new aircraft, but we can give them access to this technology. It's just that this can only be done in secret. If someone finds out, Romania will stop providing technology to Germany, and Romania will never admit it. "

Edel said this because he was afraid that Germany would deliberately expose secret transactions with Romania and make the Entente countries wary of Romania. This is not what Edel wants to see. He also intends to snatch profits at the end of World War I. If Britain and France are alerted to Romania, it is not something that a small firing coordinator can get back.

After hearing Edel's reply, Preshan replied. "Okay, Your Majesty, I will discuss a plan that will satisfy everyone with Ambassador Baslob."

It's not that he didn't have an answer just now. The only way to do this kind of secret technology transactions with other countries is to need Edel to decide. He can't make decisions for the king, and Admiral Prieshan is very clear about this.

"Admiral Preshan, when secretly exporting technology with Germany, there is no need to charge them."

When Admiral Plei was about to leave, Edel added that now Romania's fiscal revenue has increased greatly, so he doesn't care about the cost of 2 million lei.

"Okay Your Majesty."

After watching Admiral Pulie Shan leave, Edel suddenly missed his wife and children, and he called a guard at the door to tell him. "Don't call me if it's not a big deal today."

"Okay Your Majesty."

After obtaining Edel's consent, Admiral Pryshan arranged for a confidant to go to the German embassy and tell Ambassador Baslober the news. Ambassador Baslob, who had been waiting for a long time, soon arranged for a confidant of his own to discuss with him how to complete this technology transaction in secret. Eventually they came up with an incredible solution.

It is up to the Romanian military to take out the blueprints of the Condor from the Coanda Aircraft Factory, and then leave the blueprints for the firing coordinator, and arrange other things for the nearby guards. The German side arranged for a person with agile skills to go to the reference room to pick up the "left" drawings during this time. The next day, the Coanda Aircraft Factory would report to the police that its information was lost, and the police would come to check it at will. As for how to send it back to China, I believe these Germans will always know.

Fortunately, this plan was not seen by Edel, otherwise he would have thought of the word "covering his ears and stealing bells". Stories that have appeared in the motherland in the previous life for two thousand years are still appearing in Romania.

Within two days, the Romanian military found the Coanda Aircraft Factory and asked to send the drawings of the Condor to the General Staff, on the grounds that the General Staff needed a backup. Coanda and Ferayku had no doubts and asked the military to take out the information of the Condor from the reference room. As a result, a staff officer "unintentionally" left the drawing of the firing coordinator in the reference room.

On the same day, there was an "unexpected" power outage at the aircraft factory, and the guards were also dispatched to check the situation. So the "left" drawings were taken away by those who cared, and the data room was also messed up. So the next day, news came out that the aircraft factory was patronized by thieves. It's just that this drawing has already set off for Berlin on the early morning train.

So Romania's secret deal with Germany was done. 8)