Chapter 31: The Turkish Sky

"You're so old, why do you still make toys like a child!" Lisa sat quietly next to Tatsuten, watching him tinker with a small toy-like object out of wood and cloth.

"It's the model! I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to explain it clearly to the factory designer, and I couldn't draw, so I had to make a model for them! Chen Tian lowered his head and busied, "This thing is an epoch-making weapon!" ”

"It's weapons again, how nice it would be if there were no weapons in this world!" Lisa picked up the handkerchief and wiped the beads of sweat from Tatsuten's face.

"That's it!" Chen Tian stood up and straightened his waist, it took him a week to make this tank model, although it looked crooked, but it was much more than comparing an objective image out of thin air.

Chentian tractor factory has been officially put into operation for almost a year, German farmers in the tractor factory after the technicians made a demonstration, for this kind of convenient machine for ploughing is very welcome, although the tractor was just put into production when the price is expensive, but the farmers are still very active in raising funds to buy, now the tractor factory two production lines are in full production, in order to meet the demand for more than 100 orders per month.

At the same time, the Chentian Tractor Factory also began to secretly research and manufacture armored vehicles. According to the current technical conditions, Chentian expects to be able to try out a light tank like the "Renault FT-17" first. In Chentian's impression, the French "Renault FT-17" light tank is the first tank with a rotating turret, although it has a bunch of shortcomings such as small size, small crew, weak firepower, and slow speed, but it is still a classic tank in the early stage of tank development.

"Alright, I'm going to the tractor factory! I may not come back for dinner in the evening! After kissing Lisa, Chen Tian walked straight to the door. He felt that he was enjoying the ordinary and happy life he was living now, and Lisa now rarely went to the Königsberg Military Academy to take music lessons, and became a full-time wife. Lisa is a good wife, never complains about anything, and always quietly supports her work.

"Happy life!" When Chen Tian walked out of the house, he looked at the bright sunshine outside, took a deep breath of fresh air, and suddenly felt refreshed.

"Zach, get ready for the car! I'm going to the tractor factory! ”

"Yes, Your Highness! But two people have been hanging around our gate today, do you think I asked the guards to drive him away? ”

"Whatever!" Chen Tian was thinking about the tank, and he didn't care what Zach was saying. When Zach helped him open the car door, he called the guards next to him to chase away the man at the door.

When Chentian's car drove out of the gate, several guards were talking to the two people outside the door, and the two people turned around and seemed to be about to leave, and when one of them saw Chentian's car, he suddenly rushed towards the car.

Rainey next to Chentian pushed the car door and jumped out, instantly pressing the guy to the ground, the guards just now also reacted from surprise and arrested the other person, while Chentian opened his mouth wide to reflect on all this, because Rainey's reaction was really too fast.

Chen Tian asked the driver to stop the car and looked at Rainey and them from a distance.

"Your Royal Highness, this guy has no weapons on him!" Rainey quickly searched the man on the ground.

"Your Royal Highness, this person here doesn't have any weapons on him!" The guards also searched the other person.

"Oh? Then bring them here! Chen Tian got out of the car, and the two people were also escorted in front of him.

"Your Highness, it's none of my business! I'm German, I'm a translator, and it was this Turk who hired me. He just told me he wanted to talk to you and let me help translate it. The man who had been caught by the guards said in a trembling voice, he must have been frightened by what had just happened.

The other person didn't speak, staring straight at Chentian.

"Turks?" Chen Tian felt very puzzled, he had never been to Turkey, and he didn't know any Turks, but this person's eyes were very strange, it seemed to be a longing look.

"Alright! Bring them to my office, we're not going to the factory for a while! ”

Tatsuten began to walk back, when Zach and Lisa heard movement outside and ran out of the house.

"Gigi, are you alright?" Lisa pounced on her, carefully examining Chentian, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's okay! It seems to be a misunderstanding! I'm going to talk to these two gentlemen, and you can go and prepare some refreshments for me!" Chen Tian cupped Lisa's face with both hands and smiled mischievously. Lisa's soft hair was as long as it used to be, but Tatsuten still liked the way she looked when she had short hair.

"Guards! Relax, they're not trying to hurt me, you can get out! Chen Tian watched the guards escort the two men into the office very seriously, and then pressed them to sit on the chairs in front of them, feeling that the two people looked very pitiful, so he left Rennie to stand beside him and let them all go out.

"What's your name?" Chen Tian looked at the Turk, he looked very young, only in his twenties.

"Mustafa Kemal!" The Turk spoke quietly, but the interpreter still looked nervous.

"Then Mr. Kemal, why have you and your interpreter been at my doorstep, and you still want to storm my car?" Chen Tian had no impression of the name.

"I am Turkish, and we would like to be able to buy planes from your country!"

"Well, you should go to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, your country's planes must pass through him before they can be sold to the outside world!" Chen Tian felt a little surprised, when did the Turks also become interested in airplanes, airplanes should have been Italy and Turkey in the war four years later began to wait for the war stage, at that time it was the Italians who were in the limelight.

"We have already gone to the crown prince of your country, but he will not sell it to us!"

"Oh? Did he say why he didn't sell it to you? In Chentian's view, Turkey does not seem to have any political conflict with Germany at the moment, and it is also a good business to sell them planes at a high price.

"Because we are not here on behalf of the Turkish government, I am a member of the Young Turks party! Other countries that own planes are also refusing to sell us planes for this reason, and you are our last hope! After Kemal finished speaking, he looked at Chentian, and Chentian did not react, he had never heard of the Young Turks, although the name seemed to be very interesting.

"Do you think I'm going to sell you planes? I have an agreement with the crown prince, I am only responsible for the production of aircraft, he is responsible for all sales, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you! Chen Tian also looked at Kemal, and his eyes did not dim because of this.

"Your Royal Highness, as the inventor of the German aircraft, you should like to see your aircraft widely used in all aspects! Airplanes can now be used to transport mail and carry people, but it seems to me that airplanes are used for much more than that! Kemal looked at Chentian with firm eyes again, which made Chentian feel very uncomfortable, so he had to take the initiative to avoid Kemal's eyes, get up and walk to the window.

"Alright! So what else do you think about looking at airplanes? ”

"Propaganda, if you use airplanes to distribute leaflets, can have a very good propaganda effect!"

Yes, this person is very discerning, Chen Tian still looked out the window, but in his heart he began to pay attention to this young man.

"If the plane is larger, it can also pass through the enemy blockade to deliver supplies or transport commandos to the enemy's rear to harass them!"

This......

Chen Tian felt his whole body tremble, if this person really belonged to this era, then he was a military genius, unless he ......

"Have you ever played with a computer?" Chen Tian suddenly turned his head and asked.

Kemal looked at him dumbfounded and shook his head, "I've never heard of anything like this!" ”

"And do you know about aircraft carriers?"

Kemal shook his head, no strange expression on his face.

"Then do you think planes can be used in battle?"

This time I didn't shake my head, I just thought silently for a while, "It should be possible, but I'm afraid the effect is not good, and the artillery should not be able to aim accurately when it is mounted on the plane!" ”

"Puff ......" Chen Tian couldn't help laughing, it seems that this person belongs to the former, a Turk with good military talent.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Kemal, I just lost my temper! But I think we can talk about it! "Chentian motioned for his interpreter to be called, because it was better not to let the interpreter hired by Kemal know about the rest of the conversation." Mr. Kemal, let's rest for a while and have some refreshments before we continue talking! ”

Chentian's translator is the translator in the German embassy in Vienna last time, he has been following Chentian since the Vienna incident, this guy is not bad, he knows several foreign languages, including Turkish, of course.

"Rainey, take Mr. Kemal's interpreter out to rest!" Chen Tian nodded to Kemal, and Kemal also understood what Chen Tian meant, and took out some money for the translator to go back first.

"Mr. Kemal, can you tell us a little bit about you and your Young Turks?" Chen Tian picked up a cup of tea and began to listen quietly to Kemal's introduction:

Kemal was born on May 19, 1881 in Thessaloniki, a port city in the Balkans. When he was a student at ****** missionary school, he could not stand the religious atmosphere of the school and went to the Army Preparatory School in Thessaloniki without telling his family, when he was only 13 years old. Later, he went on to attend the Army Military Academy in Monastee and then the Military Academy in Istanbul.

Turkey was a great power in the Middle Ages. By the end of the 19th century, the dictatorship of the Turkish king had made the once invincible Ottoman Empire a colony of the Western powers, and its internal affairs, foreign affairs, economy, and military affairs were controlled by Britain, France, Italy, Greece and other countries. Forced by external and internal troubles, the people of all ethnic groups in Turkey have waged frequent struggles against the dictatorship. Under the influence of the revolutionary struggle in Turkey, Kemal organized a group of like-minded youth, often meeting in secret to discuss ways to resist feudal rule and save the country from peril on various ills in the country's political life. They wrote articles exposing the rule of the king sultan, published hand-copied tabloids, and propagated revolutionary ideas. Later, Kemal and others were arrested for being denounced. He was also sent to Damascus for military service. In Damascus, he again initiated the organization of the "Freedom Association" among military officers and intellectuals. In 1907, Kemal incorporated the association into the Young Turks Party and became an integral part of the party.

The Young Turks Party is also known as the United Progressive Association. In May 1889, under the leadership of Izūrahim Temo, Istanbul medical students secretly formed the Ottoman Unified Society with the aim of restoring the 1876 Constitution. Many groups were established throughout the empire. In 1895 they united to form the Association for the Advancement of Unification, whose main members were intellectuals, petty officials and military officers. Initially led by Mohammed Riza, the association established many organizations abroad and published a free press. At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, the association's activities were depressed. The Russian and Iranian revolutions of 1905 and the upsurge of the national civil movement in Turkey led to the invigoration of the Young Turks Party and its rapid organization.

After introducing these, Kemal looked at Chentian and said meaningfully:

"The Turkish sky is about to change color!"

Despite the language barrier, Chen Tian and Kemal both had the feeling of seeing each other late, and before they knew it, they chatted until dinner time, and Chen Tian naturally invited him to dinner very warmly.

For Chen Tian, the dinner was not particularly sumptuous, but it still made Kemal and the translator look at the table full of delicious food and didn't know where to start. Chen Tian and Lisa looked at each other and smiled, taking care of them without being restrained. So the translator began to gulp, and Mr. Kemal was simply gobbling it up. It seems that the revolutionary party in Turkey is very poor, and it is really difficult for them to scrape together so much money to buy planes.

Seeing them eat so happily, Chen Tian felt that his appetite was also very good, and in less than half an hour, a bunch of food on the table such as suckling pig, roast duck, beef, and beans were wiped out, and everyone patted their stomachs with satisfaction, and then let out a loud burp, and then they all laughed loudly. Neither of them had spoken a word during the dinner, so after the meal the conversation clip was opened and could not stop, and it was late at night, but they did not feel sleepy at all, and finally Chentian and Kemal talked for a whole night, and of course the poor interpreter.

When the sunlight poured into Chentian's room, Chentian and Kemal had already reached a consensus that Chentian would not directly sell planes to Kemal and his Young Turks, but recruit a group of veterans in East Prussia to form a mercenary group, and select a group of officers from the East Prussian Army and the Königsberg Military Academy to command this mercenary group to go to Turkey, help Kemal train his revolutionary forces, and disguise himself as his troops to participate in the Turkish Revolution.

For the aircraft that Kemal needs, Chentian will provide a flying team, and the pilots and technicians will go to Turkey first with the mercenary group, and the aircraft will be disassembled and loaded into Turkey for shipment.

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness!" Before leaving, Kemal solemnly saluted Chentian.

"It's an honor to fight alongside you!" Chentian hopes to help Kemal establish a strong Turkish regime, and it would be better for this German ally to cause more trouble to the enemy in World War I, and at the same time, he can also train his officer corps and pilots in Turkey through actual combat. Little did he know that Kemal would become the founding father of the Republic of Turkey even without his own help, but that would not be until 1923.

A few days later, Chen Tian personally went to Berlin to report the incident to the Emperor, who was initially very dissatisfied with Chen Tian's decision to make it privately, but only after Chen Tian took great pains to explain that this would bring a lot of benefits to Germany, the Emperor agreed to provide assistance to the Turkish Revolutionary Party.

Subsequently, Chentian established a mercenary regiment in East Prussia, and since Lieutenant Colonel Ollie became the first commander of this regiment, this regiment was also named Oli Regiment. A total of 1,150 retired veterans were recruited from the Oli Regiment, and twenty officers were selected from the East Prussian Regiment to serve as mid-level commanders of the Corps, as well as some recent graduates of the Königsberg Military Academy who followed the mercenary regiment for combat training.

At the end of 1907, the Ollie mercenary regiment went to Thessaloniki in Turkey in dozens of batches, and a month later five Sky III planes also arrived there. The skies of Turkey are no longer only birds flying.