Nearly a decade after the end of World War I, the defeated country of Germany was reeling from the pressure of Britain and France. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The Treaty of Versailles deprived Germany of a large part of its territory, forced to bear huge war reparations, and plundered the accumulation of industry and commerce for half a century, resulting in a difficult situation in which Germany had been in a difficult situation of sharp regression of industry and commerce for ten years, and tens of millions of people were in a precarious and struggling situation, and the seeds of hatred gradually took root in the hearts of the tenacious and unyielding Germans.

In the past ten years, in order to get rid of the shackles of fate, the Germans have secretly formulated and implemented a series of survival and development plans, and they have integrated the world's leading scientific research institutions into one historical university after another, and in a way that has broken up the world, dozens of large enterprises such as Krupp and Bayer, which once glorified the world but are now divided, have been relocated to neighboring countries in stages and batches to survive, and have concentrated their efforts to quietly support the old trading companies that are on the verge of collapse, so as to provide valuable financial support for the revitalization of Germany.

The long-established German company Lulin is an important member of the German revitalization plan.

Heddle, who had been promoted to general manager of the Far East region of Lu Lin, was a shrewd, capable, and successful businessman, as well as an excellent leader with a keen eye and determination and tenacity, and after receiving Zheng Yi's telegram, he rushed to the German government's consulate general in Hong Kong without hesitation.

In just two days, Huddle loaded 500 boxes of medicines and medical equipment, 10 sets of Siemens radios, 20 Bofors 75-mm field guns and 20,000 shells, 200 Belgian-made Browning light machine guns, 8,000 Mauser 1904 rifles and 300 rounds of ammunition that had been in stock for several years onto a 2,500-ton German freighter, and sailed day and night to Hankou port in Chinese mainland before the British could discover it.

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January 20, 1928.

The Nanjing government of the Kuomintang promulgated the battle sequence of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and appointed President Chiang, who had made a comeback, as the commander-in-chief of the National Revolutionary Army, and commanded hundreds of thousands of troops to go on the Northern Expedition again.

At 7 o'clock that night, the German freighter transporting a large amount of munitions and supplies took advantage of the chaotic opportunity of the change of central and local political power of the Kuomintang Party and with the assistance of the Gui garrison troops stationed in Shanghai and Taicang, all the way through Wusong, Jiangyin, Hukou, and other checkpoints without hindrance, and successfully arrived at Hankou Port.

When Li Zongren, who was working day and night for the expansion of the army and the shortage of equipment, received the news, he immediately issued an order to blockade the No. 4 pier in Hankou, and with great enthusiasm led more than a dozen generals under his command, including Xia Wei and Hu Zongduo, to receive the goods.

At noon on 22 January, a telegram was sent from Hankou to Jinggangshan, and Zheng Yi finished his inspection of the fortifications of Pitou Mountain, and together with political commissar Li Zhao, rode to Ciping, the location of the former enemy committee in the base area, and reported the transaction to Commissar Mao in detail.

After listening to the report, Committee member Mao was very happy: "What a big deal! The Wuhan intelligence station has made a lot of money, right? ”

Everyone laughed, and Li Zhao, who had been excited after receiving the good news, said with a smile: "We have calculated repeatedly, in addition to the 100 boxes of medicine and equipment, 2,000 Mauser rifles and 500,000 rifle cartridges quietly left by the Wuhan intelligence station, we still have an income of 420,000 oceans. ”

"If there is a need in the organization, it can be withdrawn at any time at the British HSBC banks in Wuhan, Shanghai and Hong Kong!"

Commissar Mao was very pleased: "There is a saying that a penny is difficult to defeat a hero, and with money, our waist will be hard, haha!" Although this huge amount of money will not be used for the time being, the day when it will be useful, my opinion is that it will be stored in the bank for the time being......"

"At present, the most important issue is how to bring back the weapons, ammunition, and medicines and equipment left in Wuhan as soon as possible, especially the medicines and surgical equipment urgently needed in the base areas, which are indispensable every day!"

Zheng Yi immediately reported: "The three companies of our guard battalion and the two companies of the baggage battalion had already set off in two groups three days ago, and except for one company that was on the duty of escorting, the other companies did not carry weapons, and according to the telegram they sent back last night, they could arrive at Fuchikou, 180 kilometers downstream of Wuhan, at noon the day after tomorrow at the latest. ”

"A regiment of the Gui army stationed at Fuchikou has withdrawn to Ezhou upstream, and the Wuhan intelligence station will deliver all the hoarded supplies to the Fuchikou wharf by the evening of the day after tomorrow."

"After receiving the goods, which way do you plan to go back?" Member Mao asked with concern.

Zheng Yi has already drawn up a detailed plan: "First requisition civilian ships to transport the goods to the wharf of Longgang Town, about 50 kilometers southwest of Yangxin, where two companies of the baggage battalion are waiting, and then requisition the people to transport them to Tonggu by horses and carts, and it will be basically safe to arrive at Tonggu." ”

"Now the Ninth Division of the Dian Army stationed in Yuanzhou and the Eighth Division of the Dian Army stationed in Pingxiang have withdrawn to Nanchang, and are about to follow Zhu Peide to Xuzhou to participate in the Northern Expedition.

"It only takes three days for our transport team to arrive in Lianhua County from Tonggu, and when the time comes, I will personally lead two regiments to take a trip, and if the Dian army left behind in Yongxin dares to come out, I will fight Yongxin City again."

Commissar Mao smiled: "This plan is very good, and the routes taken are all beyond the reach of the Kuomintang army, so I am also relieved." ”

"This route was decided by us after repeated research, as long as the goods were successfully received, the five hundred soldiers of the three companies of the guard battalion could immediately use the weapons and equipment in it to arm themselves, and even if they encountered a regiment of local armed forces on the way back, they could easily defeat him with the assistance of the officers and men of the special service company who were secretly protecting." Li Zhao said confidently.

Commissar Mao nodded approvingly: "In the past half month, the three divisions of the Yunnan Army stationed on the Hunan and Jiangxi borders have withdrawn to Nanchang and Jiujiang one after another, and there is no regular Kuomintang army on the entire front line in western Jiangxi, and the whole situation is very favorable to us. ”

"Because the two armies of the Gui system, combined with the three divisions of Cheng Qian's Hunan army, constantly pressed towards Yueyang and Changsha from the north, trying to force the army left by Tang Shengzhi to accept the reorganization, so as to bring the entire Hunan Province into the Gui system, causing the people of the entire Hunan Province to panic and become a mess."

"The two regiments of the Hunan Army, which were originally entrenched in Liling in eastern Hunan Province, were also the same as the garrisons in the surrounding counties, and they had successively evacuated Liling ten days ago and went to Hengyang and Changsha to assemble."

"The Special Committee of Hunan is ready to seize this favorable opportunity to launch a huge Nianguan riot in various parts of Xiangnan, and at that time, the two regiments of our First Division will attack from Yuxian and cooperate closely, so I think that after you bring back weapons, ammunition and various materials, you can concentrate your forces to fight Yongxin again."

Zheng Yi and Li Zhao immediately said that they would obey the order, and then together with several former members of the committee Mao, they visited the headquarters of the base area, the hospital, and the barracks of the troops, and discussed together the plan for building fortifications in the Huangyangjie and other surrounding passes, and did not return to Xiaping until the next morning.

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