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Chapter 367 Welcome (1)

October 2, 1940, it was a sunny day, like white clouds dotted on the blue sky. The early autumn sunshine spread on the earth in the river, generously putting on a golden dress for everything that it shines. Chongqing has not seen the sun for a week, and citizens have flirted out their homes, bedding, books, etc., and put them outside the house to dry.

"You all know what to do, are you all clear about what to do?" Hu Wenbin stood in front of his subordinate with his waist and shouted loudly.

He is the captain of a plainclothes team under the Military Commission and the Social Investigation Team. Because he was born in Huangpu, he has a regular organization and is under the rank of a second lieutenant of the Army.

"We have to monitor the situation on this section of the street. If we find any suspicious objects, we must report to me immediately. If we mess up the tasks assigned by the Shangfeng, we will not be able to escape. The boss has already explained it very clearly. In addition to the national law, we will also be dealt with by family law. I believe you all know that family law is powerful." Hu Wenbin glanced at the subordinate in front of him with a stern face, looking very imposing, but in fact his heart was like fifteen buckets of water fetching water, up and down.

Only two of these guys came from regular training classes. The others used to be either gangsters on the street or local brothers. If you want to say that extortion and cheating are all experts, they really make them do serious business in the area, and it feels a bit unreliable to think about it.

"Don't worry, team leader, this area was my territory before, and no movement could be hidden from my eyes. Besides, the chairman has transferred so many soldiers, and there would be no turtle son who doesn't open his eyes and comes out to seek death at this time. I promise that today will be smooth. If something happens, you can cut off my head."

The person who replied was from Brother Pao and had a considerable status in the world. With some friendship with the top leaders of the Military Control Commission, he never took the captain who was airborne from the top.

"Don't worry? The one I don't worry about the most is you." The subordinates openly refused to give him face. Hu Wenbin gritted his teeth in hatred, but on the surface he had to maintain the power of the team leader, so he pretended to be deep and said calmly.

"Oh my god, I will find an opportunity to cut off your turtle's head one day." The plainclothes team leader thought to himself.

Chongqing is close to the prosperous area of ​​Wangjiangmen, and now it has entered a state of high alert. The streets and alleys are full of military camps wearing various uniforms, and army soldiers wearing full sets of German equipment are carrying bayonets with formal rifles, arranged on both sides of the street to maintain order.

Tens of thousands of students and people organized by government departments, holding paper flags of China and Germany, stood on the sidewalk waiting for the arrival of the German special envoy, and welcomed the team from the intersection of Minsheng Road along Zhongzheng Road to Wangjiangmen Wharf.

"Mr. Dai, all of them have been arranged, but a colonel from the garrison headquarters did not allow our people to enter the synagogue, saying that the garrison there was already solid." Zhao Shirui ran to Dai Li's side and whispered to his boss's ear.

"Don't pay attention to him. Now you go to Liu Zhi personally and say that this is the principal's intention. Everything must be considered with absolute safety as the first consideration. If something happens, we have a few brains to compensate the Germans." Dai Li said in a gloomy face and said in a low voice.

"Yes, Mr. Dai, my subordinates will deal with it immediately." Zhao Shirui nodded and agreed, then turned around and ran away.

"Yunnong, why are you still hiding here? The Chairman is sending people to look for you everywhere." At this time, Zhang Wenbai trotted over, grabbed Dai Li's sleeve and pulled it out.

"Brother Wenbai, I can leave myself." Dai Li really underestimated the other party's strength, and the spy leader was taken away by the Army General.

"Marson, the river below us is China's Yangtze River." Baron Lebenau pointed his finger at the porthole and introduced it. In fact, the Yangtze River should be the ancient name of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. It was only because foreign missionaries had been active in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River before, so they regarded the name found in the local people as the name of the entire Yangtze River.

"The government has arranged a welcome ceremony, and the chairman will come to greet him in person. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians from Chongqing are looking forward to the visit of their German friends." Kong Xiangxi sat on the extra seat specially set up for him, his face full of excited smiles.

He had known that Germany was powerful, but he did not expect it to be so powerful. Just by the giant seaplane he was riding in now, it was enough to prove that Germany's military technology had surpassed the world's heroes.

Take off from Haifang Port and go directly over Chongqing. According to the German pilot, the plane has a lot of effort. The range she has enough to cover all Chinese cities. What interested Kong Xiangxi even more was that there was no need to build an airport specifically for her. As long as there was a wide and calm water area, the plane could take off and land at will.

It has a load of 18 tons, so how many private goods can be carried that time? Unfortunately, this super aircraft is not included in the procurement list provided by Germany to the government.

"The first batch of procurement supplies have begun to be packed and shipped immediately after the agreement with your country is signed." Colonel Davidson picked up a telegram from the telecommunication officer's desk and reached out to Brenberg.

"The Head of State is very satisfied with the progress of our current work. The next batch of supplies will arrive in French Indochina in the middle of this month. Mr. Minister, the large-caliber howitzers you requested to purchase are currently only available for our army. If your country is willing to wait patiently, Rhine Steel and Krupp can work for you again." Davidson turned his face and said to Kong Xiangxi.

"Thank you so much. I will report this good news to the government." Kong Xiangxi responded with a smile.

The government once purchased a batch of large-caliber howitzers from Germany, and they were not standard equipment used by the German army themselves, but special models specially customized for Rheinmetallurgical in response to China's requirements. This type of model number is a sh18 150mm howitzer, which uses a 32-caliber barrel, and its range is more than two thousand meters higher than the German Army's own equipment, the 30-caliber artillery.

That year, China ordered twenty-four 32-diameter heavy howitzers were ordered and specially sent professionals to the production plant for supervision, which shows how much importance this weapon was attached to. After domestic trial, it received unanimous praise from senior management within the army. So the government then purchased a batch of 30-diameter H18 as a supplement and established the second heavy howitzer regiment in the army.

Unfortunately, in the Songhu battlefield in the early days of the War of Resistance Against Japan, due to the backwardness of artillery tactics and the gap in quantity, the German heavy howitzers did not play their due role. What's more regrettable is that in the subsequent chaotic retreat, some heavy artillery were blocked by mines buried by the retreating troops, and they had no choice but to throw these heavy artillery into the river. In addition, the few gates that sank into the Yangtze River due to careless transportation in the later Nanjing Battle, the Japanese army wiped out one-fifth of the Chinese heavy artillery without bloodshed.

Therefore, the remaining heavy artillery was regarded as a treasure commission by the senior officials of the State Government. Not only were they classified as a direct unit of the Military Commission, but each transfer and use must be authorized and approved by the Military Commission.

Because of protests from the Japanese government, Germany agreed to cut off all similar transactions with the government. Therefore, this kind of artillery that was regarded as a strategic weapon was less than one, and it was not replenished at all, so it was always carefully cared for and did not dare to use it easily. So when it was learned that Germany is willing to sell this weapon to China again, why wouldn't the people in the government feel overjoyed?

In fact, the German Command believes that with the current strategic situation of the State Government, more small and medium-caliber mountain field artillery should be purchased. Because the current terrain of the State Government troops is not conducive to the maneuvering of this heavy artillery with a weight of 5.5 tons on the battlefield.

However, Xu Jun immediately stated that since China has specifically proposed, how to use it is the other party's own problem. Germany only needs to deliver goods on time, and other things have nothing to do with Germany. Why do we need to jump out and remind us? Xu Jun expected that the government would not be unaware of the problems. Their strategic situation is on a comprehensive defense. The current purpose of purchasing such weapons is likely to be deployed in key areas as key defense weapons. The German generals are full of offensive spirit, so they suggest that the other party purchase small and medium-caliber artillery that is convenient for maneuvering, but they have not considered that this German tactical concept is not necessarily applicable to the current Chinese battlefield.

"Marson, we are about to land. Please go back to your seats and buckle your seat belts." The co-pilot walked out of the cockpit and reported to Borenberg. The people in the rear cabin hurried back to their seats and sat firmly buckle the seat belts.

The huge bv222 roared past the tops of ships large and small docked in the Yangtze River, and the gray scooter bottom slowly approached the smooth water surface. The Yangtze River surface has been cleared by the government, and there is no obstacle in front of the Oheim crew. The seaplane landed cleanly on the water surface, and most of the fuselage was shrouded in the stirring mist.

The seaplane's taxiing speed gradually slowed down and finally stopped in the center of the river near Wangjiangmen. The whole picture of this behemoth was presented to China's welcome people for the first time.

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