When Liu Yun arrived at Kong's villa, he saw the lush trees around him, and he felt like he was suddenly out of the world.

This place is no longer called Kong's villa, when Liu Sanye and Kong Yuling married, Kong Caishen took this villa as a dowry, so it has long been renamed "Liu's official residence in western Sichuan".

But it's not wrong to call it Kong's Villa, because the person who has lived here for a long time is Commander Liu's wife, Miss Kong Yuling.

Just after a short rest in the study, Minister Kong and Falkenhausen came in succession.

Followed by Qin Guodong, who was suddenly hung up with the rank of lieutenant general, Commander Liu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly pulled Lieutenant General Qin to look at it carefully, and congratulated him with some sourness, "Big brother has been promoted, and I don't know if it will be said."

Who is Qin Guodong, his eyes rolled, and he immediately said with tears in his eyes, "Brother, don't be shabby old brother, brother, I have been in the army for nearly 20 years, and since the time of Jiang Gong's Northern Expedition, I have struggled before and after the saddle, and because of my dull intelligence, I have only climbed to the rank of lieutenant general so far, which makes my brother laugh."

Liu Yun was speechless for a while, after all, he was too young, where could he play with these old foxes.

When he was depressed, Kong Caishen came forward to escort him, and scolded him with some laughter, "Brother Guodong, you are cheap and good, now not only continue to be in charge of the Hanyang Arsenal, but also serve as the deputy commander of the Wuhan Military Region and the commander of the Wuhan Air Defense, Nanjing is fighting for the head."

Liu Yun was also dumbfounded, this Lieutenant General Qin is amazing.

In terms of real power, Wuhan is even better than the Hubei Provincial Garrison Commander, and the Air Force and the Air Force are not separated, so as long as he has this experience, he will be able to develop in the Air Force in the future and serve as the commander of the theater.

In another time and space, because the air force of the Republic of China has always been very weak and small, the treatment of the air force is very good, but if you want to rely on the air force to get ahead, it is simply wishful thinking.

Therefore, during the all-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, if you want to be promoted quickly, you can only go to the army to be the chief officer of each main force, and you must also make extensive military exploits, so that you can have a glimmer of hope, but now it is different, Liu Yun made an example, whether it is engaged in construction or the development of the air force, you can be quickly promoted.

After Qin Guodong was uncovered, it was not good to be pretentious, and he knew that he couldn't play the God of Wealth, so he quickly touted Commander Liu's exploits, "Brother Yicheng, you are still amazing, in just a few years, not only have you built the Western Sichuan and Fucheng Arsenals, but now you are developing the Yuewang Arsenal."

"I heard that the West Sichuan Railway has spread all over Sichuan, and it looks like it is going to extend to Wuhan and Changsha, right?"

How can it be so powerful, building railways and running factories is like blowing up balloons, Liu Yun rolled his eyes and was about to tell the actual situation.

Falkenhausen on the side was already waiting impatiently, and directly interrupted the mutual praise of these bear children, "Dear Brother Yicheng, don't talk about it, let's talk about business."

This title is very chic, and Liu Yun was also stunned.

I haven't seen him for half a year, this foreign brother has grown up, and he actually knows that he said "Brother Yicheng", it's not simple, so he quickly corrected, "Brother Haosen, you have been in China for so long, do you see who and whom, do you call each other dear?" ”

Falkenhausen was at a loss in his eyes, and he couldn't react.

However, he still understood what Commander Liu meant, so he shrugged his shoulders and tried his best to argue, "In our West, the upper-class people are relatively close, especially between the upper-class nobles, there is a history of nearly a thousand years of intermarriage, so if you want to carefully count the bloodline, they have some relationship with each other, and it is also customary to call them dear when they meet."

After a while, Lieutenant General Qin and Kong Caishen were stunned, and Liu Yun was even more emotional, this guy used to study liberal arts, and he also dabbled a little in some little-known history.

For example, when the British envoy Magani led the British delegation to meet Emperor Qianlong, the reason why he did not succeed in concluding diplomatic relations was that in addition to Magani not kneeling, there was also the wrong title on the national letter, and the British king called Qianlong "dear cousin", which made Qianlong Ye Longyan furious, and immediately tore up the national letter, and it was strange that diplomatic relations could be established.

Whose fault is it for strange things like Magani? Falkenhausen wasn't wrong.

It was really customary for the Western aristocracy to call each other "dear" or "dear cousin", and even when the King of England sent an envoy to deliver a letter from the Russian Tsar or the French Emperor Napoleon, he called it like this, "dear cousin", or "dear cousin".

Liu Yun suddenly laughed, but he understood von Falkenhausen a little, so he owed a debt, made a meeting between European nobles, and said a little ridiculously, "Dear Sir Hausen, hello, I am Sir Liu Yicheng of Western Sichuan, welcome to the mysterious Oriental world."

Falkenhausen shrugged his shoulders and replied with some humor, "Brother Yicheng, since we are in China now, let's do it according to the rules of China, like now, how good it is to be brothers to each other."

Of course, Liu Yun has no opinion, although he and Haosen say that one is German and the other is Chinese, but we have been old friends for many years, and we have had happy cooperation in many places, it is not wrong to say that it is a brother, so he hugged Falkenhausen and shouted very cordially, "Good brother".

Unexpectedly, Falkenhausen was shocked, and said with a wry smile, "Brother Yicheng, my brother, I can't stand you as a brother." We lost in Berlin."

"Lost? It's normal to lose", Liu Yun muttered secretly in his heart.

Hitler was not a fool, the advantage of the Japanese devils was too great, as long as Germany could hold the main force of Europe and the United States, then the Japanese army would be invincible in the Far East, whether they wanted to attack the Soviet Union in the north or sweep the colonies of Britain and France in the south, they had a great chance of winning.

What is the plan to make friends with China, do you expect China to send troops to Europe?

Falkenhausen made a bitter face and gave a further explanation, although he was a German soldier, he was a peaceful person among the Germans, and did not want Germany to embark on the road of militarism for revenge, which was very different from the air force commander Goering, and Ribbentrop and other radicals.

This time, the anti-war pacifists in Germany took the radar technology sent by Liu Yun, which touched Hitler's "heart" and inserted their own people into the Luftwaffe headquarters, but in early November 1936, Germany and Japan still secretly concluded an offensive and defensive treaty.

It is a matter of time before China and Germany break the alliance.

Falkenhausen is a veteran military strategist, and he knows one thing very well: once the German-Japanese alliance is formed and the Sino-German alliance is broken, the direct consequence is that the Japanese devils are about to invade China in an all-out way, and the Sino-German military cooperation over the years will also be in vain.

Liu Yun smiled, personally poured a cup of black tea for Haosen, and let the German brother sit down, before slowly explaining, "It's not all your fault for this, nor is it all blamed on the head of your country, China's national strength is weak, and once the European war breaks out, China will have no way to support Germany, an ally."

Falkenhausen didn't see it that way, and when he was about to refute them one by one, he suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly took out a letter from his jacket pocket, handed it to Liu Yun very respectfully, and said with a little doubt, "The Führer obviously has a good impression of China, why should he ally with Japan?" ”

Commander Liu was also moved in his heart, and vaguely guessed something, so he hurriedly opened the envelope and looked at it carefully, and as he expected, it was Hitler's handwritten letter.

In the letter, Lao Xi said that he was grateful to Mr. Liu Yun for his contribution to the German Empire.

From the initial joint research and development of tanks, to Germany's oil exploitation, from the production of anti-inflammatory drugs, to the gift of new radar technology, all of which have greatly improved the comprehensive strength of the German army.

The tension in Liu Yun's heart was relieved.

Hitler's letter of apology was not a simple letter of apology, but a letter of guarantee that Germany would not intervene in the Sino-Japanese war, and that the cooperation agreement signed at present would remain in force, and that the final "withdrawal period" should last until the end of 1938.

Seeing Commander Liu smiling and silent, everyone thought that this guy had discovered some secret, and they all wanted to see what was written in this letter, but Kong Caishen and Qin Guodong didn't know German, and even if they read it, they would read it in vain, so they had to ask Falkenhausen to tell everyone, of course he was duty-bound, and he would do what he said.

The content of the letter was not long, only two or three pages of stationery.

It is said that it only takes a few minutes to read aloud to solve all the problems, but unfortunately, I don't know whether there is a problem with Falkenhausen's own expression, or Hitler's language is too artistic, so Kong Caishen and Lieutenant General Qin listened to it for a long time, but they didn't understand it very much, and only let the German brother read it several times.

It made Falkenhausen angry for a while, and he was also a little irritable.

Kong Caishen thoughtfully asked him to stop, but Qin Guodong was a bit of a duck listening to the thunder, a foggy feeling, first look at Liu Yun, and then look at the other two, still a little bit seem to understand, I hope someone can explain it to him.

However, Falkenhausen is a pure soldier, and his literary and artistic attainments are indeed not much stronger.

It seems that only Liu Yun and Kong Caishen really understand, these two sons-in-law glanced at each other, and decided that their son-in-law would do it for them and eliminate illiteracy for everyone.

Commander Liu coughed dryly, which boiled down to one sentence, "This is a letter of guarantee."

Falkenhausen and Qin Guodong were dumbfounded, they were simply challenging their IQ, and it was still the kind of red fruit.

General Haosen's eyes widened, and he read the letter several times, and there was no word "guarantee" in the whole text at all, and he looked at Commander Liu innocently, but Lieutenant General Qin vaguely guessed the answer, Lao Xi guaranteed that Germany would not intervene in the Sino-Japanese war, what kind of guarantee is this.

Seeing the two lieutenant generals with different expressions, Liu Yun had no choice but to explain in more detail, "This letter from the German Führer, judging from the surface content, is very simple, but if you want to understand it, you need a little wisdom, after reading it throughout, Hitler expressed three meanings in the letter."

"The first is to affirm the achievements of Sino-German cooperation."

"In the Führer's view, if he had a choice, he would emotionally and of course want to choose to cooperate with Huaxia, but in terms of practical interests and the strategic layout of the European war, he had to choose Japan, and this is the real reason for his apology."

The first meaning is easy to understand, but to analyze it so thoroughly, not only Falkenhausen praised it, but Qin Guodong also suddenly realized, for someone's overseas experience, faintly envious.

Liu Yun continued to explain the second meaning, "Sino-German cooperation was originally mutually beneficial, why should the head of state apologize? ”

"This is because the Japanese devils are about to launch a full-scale war of aggression against China, which has made the three-year alliance between China and Germany a piece of waste paper, and Germany is unable to fulfill the agreement in the face of such an unbearable crisis of dishonesty, so it needs to apologize."

"Ah, it won't-".

Not only were the two generals dumbfounded, but even the elegant and relaxed Kong Caishen jumped up at once, with an excited face, pointing at Liu Yun's nose, unable to believe it, I really hope that this crow's mouth will shut up.

Liu Yun smiled silently, slowly sipping the tea, whatever they thought, three minutes passed, Kong Caishen sighed, his face became extremely ugly, and his expression was extremely tired, pulling Lieutenant General Qin and leaving directly, leaving Falkenhausen alone.

He looked at Commander Liu at a loss.

Before Falkenhausen could figure out the reason, Liu Yun put down the teacup and asked with a smile, "Brother Haosen, the Führer asked you to bring me some gifts, I wonder if you have already brought them?" ”