Trade

Compared with the Soviet Union's indifference to Germany, the Finnish side's attitude towards Germany was simply outrageous. Their pick-up team was led by Finnish President Questi Kallio and assembled all the high-level officials of the Finnish government, and even A group of children are laying flowers for Lyon.

"Mr. Kallio, you really flatter me." Leon smiled at Kallio, holding the flowers.

"You have not forgotten to help Finland become independent at the most difficult time, and now these few bouquets of flowers are just to show Finland's heart!" Kallio said "with tears in his eyes", "Germany is Finland's best friend, the German people. Brothers of the Finnish people!"

Kalio's remarks are so touching that even Leon, who is used to intrigue, was almost deceived.

Leon wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said embarrassingly, "It seems to be my fault, long live the friendship between the people of Finland... But I think the Finnish brothers invited me this time, not just for the sake of reminiscing?"

"Of course of course." Kallio said with a smile, "The main reason is that we want to join the German-Italian-Jessie Alliance to further the friendship between our two countries!"

Of course, Kalio did not ask to join the Iron Covenant for the sake of friendship between the two countries. He was attracted by the unity within the Axis powers during the armed conflict between Germany and France. If Finland could join such a strong and united organization , the Soviet Union will have to weigh it carefully if it wants to invade Finland again.

Lyon was slightly surprised when he heard Kallio's words, not because Finland knew about the secret treaty of the four countries (after all, the tacit understanding of the four countries after the conflict between Germany and France was too scary, and anyone with a discerning eye knew that there must be an alliance behind the four countries) , but because the request from the Finnish side exceeded his expectations.

When Leon first arrived, he just thought that Kallio wanted to form an alliance with Germany, or wanted Germany to provide Finland with a batch of weapons. He didn't expect Finland to have such a big appetite, and he even thought of joining the Iron Covenant and becoming a member of the Axis Powers!

However, Lyon still welcomes countries that want to join the Steel Covenant, not to mention Finland, a country with a strong fighting force and an Arctic ice-free port.

"Of course it's fine if your country wants to join us. I think Mussolini and the others are also very welcome." Lyon said with a smile and welcomed Finland, "I'm afraid your country is not clear. Support each other in terms of economy and other aspects, and also require countries to protect each other. After one party declares war with any country, the other signatories must also declare war on that country. I'm afraid your country…"

Kallio was overjoyed when he heard the words. This is what he wanted. As long as the Soviet Union dared to declare war on Finland, what the Soviet Union had to deal with was not just Finland.

"No problem! Finland can guarantee to abide by all the contents of the covenant!" Kalio solemnly assured.

"Then I will represent the leaders of the other Axis countries and welcome Finland as the fifth Axis country!" Leon extended his hand to Kallio and smiled.

"Thank you!" Kallio and Leon shook hands firmly, "Also, the weapons and equipment of our troops are too bad. There are only 28 tanks in the whole country. I want to ask my German friends if they can support us with a batch of weapons?"

Sure enough, Leon sighed secretly, he knew he couldn't escape this.

"Mr. Cario, our German finances are not easy, if we provide direct support..." Lyon said embarrassedly, "Or else, we can provide you with a low-interest loan, and you use this loan to buy money from us. Weapons, weapon prices, we can sell them to you at cost!"

Cario was a little disappointed when he heard that there was no free arms assistance, but it would be nice to have a low-interest loan.

"Well, how much low-interest loan can you give us?" Cario asked.

"We can provide you with a loan of 30 million marks." Lyon began to incarnate as an arms dealer, "I can introduce you to a great small weapon, the Mauser 98K rifle produced by our Mauser company, it..."

"Mr. Lyon, we don't plan to buy rifles. Our homemade Mosin Nagant M/28-30 is very easy to use." Cario interrupted Lyon's sales embarrassingly, "We need heavy machine guns and tanks."

"Okay." Leon touched his nose and said, "We don't have much equipment for heavy machine guns ourselves, but I think our MG42 should be of interest to you."

"MG42? That gun is good!" Cario said in admiration, "It's a pity that we don't have the matching ammo."

"You can rest assured that we can change the caliber."

"What about the tank?" Cario asked. The tank is the most urgently needed weapon in Finland.

"For tanks, we can provide you with the export models of the No. 3 and No. 4 tanks." Lyon said, "But to be honest, importing tanks is not a long-term solution. You'd better buy a tank production line from us."

"Can you provide us with production lines?" Calio was stunned. He didn't expect Lyon to be so generous that even tank production lines could be sold to other countries.

In fact, the reason why Lyon is willing to sell the tank production line is not because of generosity, but because Finland is a very important part of his offensive plan against the Soviet Union. If Finland, as a friendly army, can have the ability to produce tanks, then in the future battle between the Soviet Union and Germany Germany's odds can be improved by several points.

In addition to this reason, Lyon also wanted something else.

"Yes, we can provide you with a tank production line. After all, who made us brothers?" Leon said with a smile, "But we will not sell the tank production line to you for money."

"Without money?" Kalio asked suspiciously.

"We settle with raw materials and land." Lyon said seductively.

"The raw materials are easy to say, what does land mean?" Kallio said with an ugly face, "We will never sell our territory."

"No no no!" Leon shook his head, "We didn't mean to buy your land, but leased, leased to us a naval base, an army base and an air force base for 99 years. And we are stationed in your country. The army can also send a teaching team for free to teach you advanced combat concepts!"

Hearing this, Kallio was silent. This was indeed a big temptation. As long as he nodded and agreed, Finland could change the current embarrassing situation of importing and capturing tanks.

When Leon saw Kallio like this, he knew it was almost done.

"Well, for the friendship between our two countries, in addition to the tank production line, we will rent you two light cruisers at a price of one mark!" Lyon said generously.