"All of you, all watch out." The Waffen-SS major, dressed in a field gray field uniform, stood on a mound of earth and shouted loudly in Chinese with a strong Jiaodong flavor.

"What I'm holding in my hand is the most advanced German grenade." The captain raised his right hand and showed the grenade he was holding.

"Now the squad leader of each class has got a sample, and you can pass it down to the rest of the class to take a look." The captain lowered his hand and gestured to the detachment commanders sitting in the front row.

"Just take a look at it, and pass it on to the next one after reading it."

"Second platoon leader, pay attention to discipline."

"I'll have a few of you playing later, so pass it on." Several detachment leaders hurriedly stood up from the ground and maintained order in their detachments.

"Charge! Onward, onward! Run for me! A sergeant shouted loudly, and a captain of the national army next to him was holding an iron horn and interpreting synchronously.

In front of him was a whole group of soldiers dressed in German gray field uniforms, wearing a full set of Y-shaped leather gear, wearing German M40 steel helmets, water bottles, dry food bags, gas mask cans, and straight-handled infantry shovels at the back of their waists, holding standard 98K rifles, panting and charging towards a hill covered with waist-high thatch.

These people had been training in the sun for most of the day, but none of them complained about it, and the soldiers' faces were covered with sweat and mud, but they could not hide the young faces of the East.

"Your task is to suppress the enemy's infantry fire, and I know that most of you have never seen a real battlefield, but it doesn't matter, as long as you listen to my lectures, understand the contents of the books, and act strictly according to the combat regulations, then it seems to me that new recruits are not much different from veterans." The second lieutenant held an MG34 machine gun in his hand and spoke in English to the young machine gunners sitting around him.

"Not against you, Major! I'm talking about all of you. What you've learned before is all garbage, and this thing is just a pile of waste paper that should be thrown in the toilet. The German army colonel whipped the podium with a horsewhip and whipped the confetti on the table from the infantry training textbook compiled by the Central National Defense University in the 22nd year of the Republic of China.

"You're now facing an army armed to the teeth... No! It should be a modern army armed to the psyche. As far as I know, your enemies, the tactics they use, are not much better than what is written in this rubbish. But why do you continue to fail! This also strikes me as strange. Now you can sit down, Major, and let's explore the answer together. The colonel tucked the whip under his arm and waved his hand at the scolded, bloody officer of the State Major.

"Colonel Goniv is a very good tactician, and he seems to like his new students." Brumborg nodded in satisfaction and strolled out of the tent's window.

The German marshal seemed to be in a good mood, with his hands behind his back, tapping his palms with the marshal's staff, and with a brisk step under his feet, humming a Prussian march in his mouth.

The cooperation agreement between Germany and the government has been signed for the most part, and all that remains is some specific details, which do not concern a senior at his level at all.

The marshal and the German Führer are of the same character, both belong to the ant legs, and they like to wander around when they have nothing to do. Blumberg had only been in Chongqing for two weeks, and in addition to the time for meetings and talks, he was stunned to go around the entire mountain town.

Germany's arms sales plan was very fair, and there was hardly any profit to be seen, which made Chiang Zhongzheng very moved. When, at the banquet after the signing of the agreement, the leader spoke with tears in his eyes and raised his glass to toast the health of the German Führer, and loudly declared that the State Government would be the eternal friend of the Greater German Reich.

In order to reciprocate, Brumberg immediately announced that the Third Reich would give the government a chemical plant as a proof of friendship between the two countries. This is not the marshal's intention to be generous to the country, but it is indeed meant in Germany, and Farben claims that the raw materials of the finished products that have undergone primary processing are more economical in transportation and storage.

However, it is rumored that the deal also included the opinion of the German Führer himself, and he seems to have some personal plans for it.

Chongqing has shown amazing efficiency in this matter, and before Brumberg left Chongqing, the site had already been surveyed and a delicate map was drawn and handed in. The address is set near Chengdu, and it is said that even the land has been approved, and it seems that the Chinese finance minister takes this matter very seriously.

But whatever he is, Blumberg only needs to complete his own tasks, and the rest of the problems are bothering the more professional.

According to the domestic plan, after the end of the visit to China, the mission will turn to Japan for a two-week state visit to the Japanese government. However, in order to avoid misassociation in the Chinese media, and to save Chiang's face, the German mission did not go directly from Chongqing to the Japanese-occupied zone, but returned to French Indochina by the same route.

Blumberg communicated with Chiang Chung-cheng in advance, and the leader did not show much concern at the time, and said that he could personally understand the arrangement of the German government, after all, this was a normal international exchange, and the government did not interfere with the position, and then he expressed his sincere gratitude to the marshal for not hiding this matter from him, and believed that no matter what happened, the friendship between the two countries would not be affected in any way.

Apparently the marshal's advance notice made him feel respected by the other party, and gave the leader a small satisfaction to his vanity.

What followed was the full cooperation of the government with the agreement between the two countries, which, in Brummberg's view, was almost to the point of sparing no effort to accomplish the objectives of the contract.

The people of Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan provinces were once again mobilized under the banner of "all for the great cause of the War of Resistance". Whether it is the Yunnan-Burma Highway or the Yunnan-Vietnam Highway, all need to be fully renovated and expanded, and the original Yunnan-Vietnam Railway will also add two double lines on the original basis.

This is a huge project, but this time the government finally has money, and there is no need to let the common people work instead of serving (the Republic of China also retained the conscription system in the southwest region at that time, that is, the so-called Zhuangding, such as the people who built the Yunnan-Burma Highway provided their own tools and did not have a salary, which was used to offset the forced labor and poll tax of the year). ）。

Several banks in France and Britain agreed to provide low-interest loans for these projects, and Jiang Zhongzheng thought that these foreigners were fooling him, but HSBC transferred the first batch of 20 million yuan the next day.

In the eyes of Britain and France, this is a good business, and they urgently need to expand overseas markets to make up for domestic losses. The collateral of the loan is the right to explore and exploit minerals in the area controlled by the government, as well as the right to operate roads ranging from ten to twenty years, the old unequal treaties, but the government has long been accustomed to this, anyway, there are more lice and no more debts, no worries, no matter what, at this time you can still borrow foreign debts, which is also a boost for the government, so that the people have added a sense of confidence to win the war of resistance.

In this matter, even those left-wing literati who have always been dissatisfied with the national government have a tacit understanding to choose to remain silent, which is a major matter related to the survival of the nation.

Few people knew at this time that the government and Germany had also privately signed a secret agreement that the Wehrmacht would train an elite army for the Nationalist army in Burma and French Indochina. The number was tentatively set at 50,000 men, consisting of two infantry divisions plus a mixed brigade.

The requirements of the German side are that all officers and soldiers must pass the test of the German Wehrmacht, at least have a junior high school education, non-commissioned officers must be at least high school graduates, and officers must be graduates of military academies, and those with study abroad experience will be given priority.

This is a piece of pie falling from the sky, after seeing the majestic posture of the armed guard brigade, Jiang Zhongzheng dreamed of an elite army like that. But he also knows very well that the true level of the generals under his command is limited, and they will train you a Beiyang Army at most.

Now that the Germans have actually agreed to use German officers to help him train a modern army with all German armaments and equipment and using German tactics, what makes Chiang Zhongzheng even more excited is that the German side has stated that after the training is completed, they will not interfere in the command of this army.

Of course, it is stupid not to sign on such good terms, even the lady who does not have a good impression of the Germans jumped to express her support, if the Germans did not play tricks, this army may be the pillar of stability of the Chiang dynasty.

For the sake of secrecy, the recruitment was not carried out openly in the society, but was carried out in the name of recruiting special forces for the national army among the various middle schools. This army has been designated by Jiang Zhongzheng as his Imperial Forest Army, and the selection of soldiers must of course be refined.

The previous graduates are basically already social people, and Jiang Zhongzheng thinks that he is not as simple as the current students, so he basically sets the goal of middle school students.

However, a few days later, the situation changed, and the news of the recruitment of student soldiers by the national army soon spread throughout the colleges and universities around Chongqing. Because the requirements are set very high, the result has made college students have a lot of associations, this is obviously not the recruitment of ordinary big-headed soldiers, at least it can be determined that it is not recruiting cannon fodder. As a result, many progressive students with hatred for the country and family were attracted, and resolutely abandoned their studies to sign up for the conscription.

Soon the first batch of 3,000 men was filled, and the recruits were put on trains transporting laborers. At the same time, on the outskirts of Tokyo in French Indochina, a huge barracks is under construction, and the famous [Youth Army] is about to appear here for the first time on the stage of history.

PS: Caught up, thank you for your understanding. (To be continued.) )