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After the telegram was transmitted to Contini, he was also stunned: this is preparing to draw a circle in South China? But there's always a bit of a ridiculous feeling about this – isn't that 60 years ahead of schedule? [The trip to the Far East 10-11 is sensitive, see the author's > of the same name, his subordinates also advised him not to do this, 10 million oceans is equal to 50 million lira, it is not a small amount, and it is not a good place, it is just a blank space, and it has to be painstakingly built, isn't this throwing money into the water in vain? If it is leased land, then it is good to say, Italy can be built, but to put it bluntly, it is a special commercial zone, civil power must be shared with the Chinese side, military power is almost none, even Agnes feels incredible, the Chinese want us to help develop a special commercial zone? Isn't it crazy, we haven't invested enough money in our own place!

However, Contini had seen the prosperity of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, and also knew how important this place adjacent to Hong Kong was, and to tell a joke, he traveled through that time, and with the price of the land and its houses that he had drawn now, he bought the whole of Italy, so he smiled and said: "It's okay, this place is not bad, we have an exclusive dock and port, so we don't have to crowd with other people...... Big enough, big enough for me to toss, you all know I don't like petty places. ”

"What about security and the military?"

"First, China has recognized the presence of appropriate and necessary security forces; Second, to allow the Italian Navy to be stationed – this is a big treasure trove. ”

Navy? A group of naval officers thought about it and thought it was strange that the navy could not go ashore, and with the size of Italy, it seemed impossible to maintain a force in China that could compete with the French Far East Fleet or the British Far East Fleet.

"You guys, your minds are not yet open to the Chinese." Contini said hatefully, "What is the navy? The navy is an all-round branch of the armed forces, there are warships in war, ships in transport, marines ashore, naval aviation flying in the sky, and submarines under the water - have you forgotten that President Ben also has floating airports at sea, special sightseeing ships under the sea, and special transport boats in the Mediterranean? ”

He almost told the Ida special cruise ship, but remembered that Ida was still beside him, so he quickly shut up.

"Oh!"

"In addition, the president also has United Airlines, water speedboats (torpedo boats), United Samurai (black paratroopers), and special guards (oil guards), all of which are company property and civilian establishments, and have nothing to do with the Italian Wehrmacht, so why can't they be stationed?"

Everyone burst into laughter, and everyone reacted: although the force in the president's hands is small, it is complete and there is no shortage of everything, and even the uniforms are special black uniforms - at first glance, they are full of energy, and it is not the same routine as Annan patrol and Indian Ah San.

"Besides, the president of 10 million oceans can afford it, isn't it just a little scrap steel, and quickly ask Ansaldo and Bereda to get more new goods......

For these 10 million oceans, the Guangzhou government really doesn't want cash as long as scrap steel, but a condition has been added to the scrap steel, giving more high-grade scrap steel and consumable scrap steel - this kind of awkward term was made by the Italians, and now it has become common to the great powers: low-grade scrap steel has wood impurities in it - rifles, medium-grade - machine guns, high-grade - artillery, and consumable scrap steel - ammunition.

Therefore, Lao Shuai is a good friend of the United Group, he is so a dozen and one demonstration in the north, and the south feels the urgency of upgrading, especially the giant artillery, in the face of the reality that the tall and strong Xi'an city wall has been breached, everyone realizes the importance of the giant cannon.

These cannons were pulled by Contini from the active equipment of the Italian Army and sold to the Far East with the attitude of being able to change it. Because these are not new or even World War I, most of them were built in the years after the Battle of Adwa, and it has been almost 30 years now. Although the power is still huge, it is too heavy after all, and it did not come in handy in World War I, so Contini fooled the army to replace these old guns with train guns, and also asked for the integration of army and navy artillery.

Italy has a good point, all medium and large caliber artillery are produced by the Ansaldo company, so it is not a crime to compete for business to the army to give a set, to the navy, Ansaldo himself also hopes to promote the integration of the army and navy heavy and especially super heavy artillery, so that the inventory can be further reduced - the same sale of 20 guns, 10 for the navy, 10 for the army, if it does not match, it may need to prepare 20 replacement barrels each, and if the caliber of both sides is unified, then only half of it can be prepared. And Contini has a clear view of Italy's problems, Italy's scientific and technological content is not low, but productivity is a problem, if there is a lack of sober understanding in this situation to blindly pursue more and more complex equipment systems, it is completely putting the cart before the horse.

So he took advantage of the identity of the army's military sponsor to give the army a complete set of solutions, in the field of light weapons, mainly to replace the 1926 rifle, 1926 light machine gun and Browning heavy machine gun, and at the same time urged Ansaldo to step up the completion of mortar development, in the field of heavy weapons, of course, it is necessary to strengthen, on the one hand, to vigorously expand the production of Ansaldo, on the other hand, to reduce the army equipment model of the mine, similar to 210mm heavy howitzer and 280mm siege howitzer, Contini intended to offset all with train guns, focusing on strengthening 105mm and 155mm caliber howitzers, of which 155 were divisional howitzers and 105 were regimental howitzers. He had never been optimistic about Italy setting up such an establishment.

In addition to towed artillery, he is ready to strengthen the number of mobile artillery. Although Professor Goddard, who was introduced from the United States, is still in its infancy in the field of liquid rockets, he has had some success in the field of solid rockets - this kind of small rocket that can fly 2-3 kilometers is the favorite of His Excellency the President, and then it can be dressed up as a rocket launcher, and when the time comes, it will be put on the back of the combined truck or loaded on Christie's newly developed M series tank, which is a proper Italian organ - maybe someone will call it the President's Organ in the future......

"Send a telegram to Commander-in-Chief Chiang, I agree in principle to these terms, the fleet also brings some scrap steel, which can be delivered after the contract is signed, but the terms are not slightly changed, and the two small islands in the mouth of the Pearl River are also assigned to us - Qiao Island and Neilingding Island, and the president is willing to add another 2 million oceans to this!" Contini said to Huang Xin, "You tell them that I will not build a fort or any military facility on it, I want to develop it into an industrial and tourist resort, you know, I would have liked to develop the ...... of Bali."

Because the names of Qiao and Neilingding Island are more difficult to say to Italy, they changed to a simpler name: the big one is called Agnes Island, and the small one is called Ida Island......