On the morning of 18 December, Chen Dao returned to the Naval Aviation Command in the port of Kiel.

Chen Dao's first order after returning was to hold a meeting.

In the conference room, seeing that the people had arrived, Chen Dao asked Garland and Leibniz to report on the construction work of naval aviation in the last week.

The winter of 1939 was indeed one of the few cold winters in Europe, and all naval aviation could do in the past week was to conduct physical training for officers and men, and then to urge the Messerschmitt and Junkers aircraft manufacturing companies to speed up the production of carrier-based aircraft for aircraft carriers.

After listening to the report, Chen Dao said: "The weather is bad, and that's all we can do. Christmas is just around the corner, and we have two more things to do before Christmas. The first thing is to give some Christmas gifts to the soldiers, and then to decorate the barracks to make it a little festive. ”

After Chen Dao finished speaking, he took out a check from his right breast pocket and put it on the table. "I have 100,000 marks here, you take it, and hurry up to give red envelopes to all the officers and soldiers."

As soon as Chen Dao spoke, he saw the officers looking at each other with a blank expression, and after a little pondering, he suddenly realized. There is no custom of giving out red envelopes in Germany or even in Europe.

Colonel Leibniz, deputy chief of staff of the HNA, was puzzled and asked, "What is a red envelope?" ”

"A red envelope is a gift, a ・・・・・・ of money wrapped in red paper," Chen Dao patiently explained the meaning of the word red envelope to the officers.

"While the store is not closed yet, hurry up and order a batch of red paper, I will give red envelopes to all officers and soldiers. The point of the red envelope is to express a heart, not the amount of money, so I mean that regardless of military rank, each person will pack twenty Reichsmarks. ”

After some mental arithmetic, Garand asked: "After removing the money for sending red envelopes, we still have more than 60,000 marks left, how are we going to use this money?" ”

"Confiscate, and then buy more wine, beer, red wine, white wine, and ham, sausage, roast chicken, candy, in short, not a single mark is allowed left. On Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and the 26th, the 26th is called Holy Blessing Day, and I hope God will bless us with more victories in the new year. The food for these three days must be abundant.

Now the British and French should also be preparing for Christmas and will not come to war with us, so the recent holiday approval can be relaxed. Chen Dao said.

The story of Chen Daofen pulling teeth from the mouth of the army and regaining a large amount of resources for the German Navy has long been spread in the navy, and the naval officers have already labeled Chen Dao as capable.

Hearing Chen Dao's remarks, the officers of HNA thought to themselves that the capable commander in front of them was so reasonable and so good at being a person, and he could barely step into the ranks of good leaders.

In the future, after the war with Britain and France, if this young good leader can prove to the world that he can fight, he will be able to step into the ranks of perfect leadership, and the future of naval aviation will also be bright, and the officers cannot help but burn a flame of joy in their hearts.

Where did Chen Dao know the careful thinking of the officers, but he intuitively found that the officers seemed to be in a good mood, and said in his heart that the bandits would add more fire to you.

Chen Dao picked up a fundraising brochure on the conference table and handed it to Garand on his right, "This is the military expenses I raised during the holidays. Immediately after the meeting, you organize a fundraising committee. As soon as Christmas is over, follow the list and amount in this fundraising booklet to get those companies to make donations. ”

Curious, Garland opened the fundraiser and read it with Leibniz, who was sitting to his right.

"Heinkel Aircraft Manufacturing Company, two hundred thousand marks; Juncker Aircraft Manufacturing Company, 200,000 marks・・・・・・・ "When they saw the total donation of the last 3.6 million marks, a sense of powerlessness rose in both of their hearts. It's really more popular than people, Your Excellency the Commander has only disappeared for a week, and he has looted for the HNA, no, it is to raise donations of 3.6 million marks, what kind of powerful ability to print money.

Garland silently handed over the donation book to the other officers, and the collection book passed around in the hands of the officers and returned to Chen Dao.

Chen Dao didn't know at this time that he was pouring a bucket of gasoline on the hearts of the officers, and the flame of joy that had just ignited in their hearts instantly rose into a raging flame.

Chen Dao wondered in his heart, isn't it more than three million marks, looking at me with bright eyes, as for it?

Unable to stand the adoring gaze of the officers, Chen Dao hurriedly shouted to disperse the meeting and fled.

On December 24, Chen Dao got up early in the morning and took Garland and Leibniz to visit various departments of the naval aviation one by one, and distributed red envelopes to the soldiers with the officers in charge of each department.

When receiving the red envelope, the more grassroots soldiers are, the more joyful they are. How can a single private, whose monthly salary is no more than 90 marks, not be excited about the fact that he now earns nearly a quarter more.

Pulling teeth from the mouth of the army to snatch back resources, Chen Dao successfully won the praise of the senior naval officers led by Raeder. The Christmas red envelope distribution activity successfully conquered the hearts of the grassroots soldiers of the naval aviation, and for a time Chen Dao became the most popular person in the German navy, from the marshal to the privates.

At about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, amid the farewell of the officers and men, Chen Dao left to visit the last department, the Naval Aviation Aviation School.

Garland and Leibniz stood beside Chen Dao on the left and right, and persuaded with concern: "You go back and rest quickly, and we will take care of the rest." ”

Chen Dao raised his trembling right hand and pressed his heart socket, letting out a sigh, "I'll go back and rest first, you guys go get busy first." ”

"Do you want to go to the hospital for a check-up?" Leibniz asked.

"I had a medical check-up yesterday and there were no problems other than a little arrhythmia."

"Captain Bach, Captain Lorenz, take care of the commander." Leibniz had no choice but to tell Chen Dao's two lieutenants.

Watching Chen Dao's car gradually move away, thinking of Chen Dao's scarlet eyes, blue and white face, and trembling hands, Garland said to Leibniz worriedly: "Our career has just begun, the commander must not have problems at this time, we can't do without him." ”

"God willing, he'll be fine." Leibniz also said with a sad frown.

Back in his office, Chen Dao gasped and lay on his back on the office chair with his heart covered.

What the is going on? Why is there such an impulse to destroy everything, Chen Dao tried his best to control **, who knew that he suppressed the idea of dying with the cluster grenade and Garland next door, and the urge to carry a box gun to sweep the three floors of the HNA Command came to his heart again.

What's wrong with me these days? Chen Dao found that as Christmas approached, this kind of destruction of everything became more and more intense.

It can't be a heart disease, right? Suspiciously, Chen Dao took out a medicine bottle, poured out four sleeping pills and water, and then fell into a deep sleep.

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