The time finally came on January 1, the 29th year of the Republic of China (1940).

On this day, the renovated port of Taizhou was bustling with activity, and the long wharf was full of loaded soldiers, and on the wharf stood a group of government officials and soldiers, many of whom craned their necks to look at the sea in the distance.

Su Jin, who had returned from Nanyue, was standing next to Zhang Zhizhong at this time, and the two were chatting happily, and behind them stood a group of government officials in tunics and officers in military uniforms. What is interesting is that although the respective bosses of both sides talk and laugh happily, these people rarely talk to each other, and they are quite distinct.

Su Jin said with a smile: "Chairman Zhang, from now on, we will be a partner who scoops and eats with a horse spoon, and you, an old-timer, can take care of the little brother a lot!" ”

Zhang Zhizhong modestly waved his hand again and again: "Where and where, General Su has repeatedly made war exploits over the years, and the Japanese are terrified of the Japanese army, and now the Japanese grit their teeth when they mention the general's name, which is really a bad breath for our people!" And what I admire the most is that the dock here was still dilapidated half a month ago, but it only took more than ten days for your ministry to repair this place to a new look, which shows the general's organization and imperial ability, I am ashamed of myself in this regard! ”

Hearing Zhang Zhizhong's praise, Su Jin just smiled silently, he naturally wouldn't tell Zhang Zhizhong that in order to repair this wharf of less than 500 meters, nearly 100 Japanese prisoners and expatriates were killed in just half a month, according to the proportion of repairs, almost every section of the wharf here is buried with a corpse, and the repair of the wharf has not yet ended, it is estimated that there will be many people who will stay here forever after the port is repaired.

And these things were also known after Su Jin came back, but he did not blame Taro Guan Yuan, who was in charge of supervising the work, after all, the reason why he chose Taro Guan Yuan as the commander of the Japanese National Defense Army was because this guy was ruthless enough, and this guy was even more shocking to Su Jin when he dealt with his compatriots, which can be seen from the fact that more than 100 prisoners "took the initiative" to join the Japanese National Defense Army this month.

"By the way, General Su, today is a big day, why haven't those people from the American observation group come yet?" Zhang Zhizhong suddenly remembered something, and asked Su Jindao with some puzzlement.

Su Jin said disapprerovingly: "They arrived in the middle of the night last night, but they should still be resting now because they are too tired, it doesn't matter, it's not too late for me to send someone to call them when the fleet arrives." ”

Zhang Zhizhong suddenly asked: "General Su, I heard that you asked the Americans for a rifle production line, two bullet production lines, and equipment for a steel mill, is that so?" ”

Su Jin was not surprised why Zhang Zhizhong knew this news, he didn't plan to keep this news secret, he nodded and smiled: "Yes, after all, you have also seen it, the current Third Army can be described as a hundred wastes waiting to be rebuilt, if it is really expanded to fill the establishment, it will cost more than 100,000 people, and the consumption of weapons and ammunition for so many people is a very large number, it can't just be transported from elsewhere, these things are still the best to make by yourself, do you say yes?" ”

Zhang Zhizhong glanced at him meaningfully, "It's naturally a good thing that General Su can be ambitious from this, but as the saying goes, you can eat as much as you have a big belly, and sometimes it's not necessarily a good thing to step too fast, do you say yes?" ”

"Perhaps, but I think it's also a matter of situation and person, and you can't generalize, you say?" Su Jin replied with a slight smile, but he sighed helplessly in his heart, it was too tiring to talk to these officials, and the other party had to think about it three times in his heart before he could distinguish the meaning of the words, these people were not too tired to panic, sometimes Su Jin was thinking, the reason why so many people who were officials did not do their jobs was not because they were incompetent, but because these people spent their minds on talking to and dealing with people, where would they still have the energy to deal with government affairs. Just like what Zhang Zhizhong said just now, he was clearly vaguely expressing his dissatisfaction with the establishment of the arsenal without permission.

At this moment, a loud whistle sounded, and on the lookout not far away, the observer was pointing ahead and shouting loudly.

"Sir...... Sir, the ship of the Americans is coming! ”

A few minutes after the sound of the observer's voice, a few black dots slowly appeared in everyone's sight, and more than ten minutes later, four freighters with thick smoke began to appear in front of everyone, and two slightly smaller warships were escorting them towards the port.

In a short time, the six ships slowly docked in the harbor, and then there was a noise of gongs and drums and a dense sound of firecrackers, in which a naval sailor dressed in a striped checkered shirt and cheesecloth pants threw a thick cable from the ship and landed accurately next to the cable post at the pier, and the staff who had been waiting there for a long time quickly grabbed the cable and tied it to the cable post. After seeing all this, Su Jin couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, and said to Zhang Zhizhong beside him: "No wonder people say that the army is ten years old and the navy is a hundred years old, and the action of still being a cable alone makes us out of reach." ”

Zhang Zhizhong, who has not studied the navy, is still a little ignorant and said: "Isn't it just throwing a cable, what's so difficult about this, it's a person!" ”

"You ......"

Hearing this, Su Jin couldn't help but shake his head helplessly, and patiently explained: "This is not as simple as still having a rope, people who know how to do it often know the quality of the ship's crew by looking at the movements of the crew of the rope and the position when he is still the rope when the ship is docked." You must know that a cable weighs at least dozens of pounds, and the environment in which the ship is docked is different, some near and far, some high and some low, and even sometimes affected by the climate and waves, the ship will swing violently, to throw such a heavy cable accurately to the dock bollard dozens of meters away, it is not possible to do without one to two years of hard training, just by this you can imagine how complicated it is to control a ship, right? ”

Hearing this, Zhang Zhizhong couldn't help but gasp, hearing Su Jin say this, he finally realized the complexity of the navy, just a cable has so much knowledge, then other aspects are even more conceivable.

At this point, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "In the past, I always thought that Shen Chengzhang kid always shouted that the sooner the navy was built, the better, otherwise he would be thrown farther and farther away from the world, it seems that this navy construction is not an overnight thing." ”

Su Jin did not speak, it is not enough to build a strong navy with warships, the most important thing is to have a team of officers and sailors with excellent quality and firm will, otherwise even the most advanced warships can only be decorations.

Just as Su Jin was pondering, a voice sounded: "Sir, those Yankees have disembarked." (To be continued.) )