The struggle has left the small countries of southern Europe in short supply, from clothing to food, from fuel to weapons, and even international volunteers serving the republican government are unable to get enough rations.

The situation of the air force is slightly better, but it is not much better, although Zhao Qiwen is a "Gargamel fighter group." Captain, with the rank of lieutenant colonel, but even with his current rank and position, he cannot guarantee the supply of supplies for the entire army, which is manifested in daily life, that is, the monotony of food, today's lunch is a few slices of black bread with a burnt taste, plus half of the same burnt coeilgills.

Now, Lieutenant Colonel Zhao Qiwen still had a strong smell of burnt paste between his teeth, coupled with the cup of coffee that didn't taste very good, and the French magazine that was almost rotten, the leisure time after lunch was indeed monotonous.

After flipping through the French magazine in his hand, Zhao Qiwen raised his head, looked at the fighters that were being maintained by the ground crew not far away, and then raised his head and looked at the sky.

The sky was still gloomy, there was not a ray of sunlight in sight, the wind was still raging, blowing the canvas that covered the aircraft engines and shaking it, and the steel helmets of various countries hanging under the eaves were still swaying in the wind, colliding with each other, making a dull "bang" sound, which was also monotonous and boring.

Zhao Qiwen put the French magazine on the coffee table. And picked up the greedy cat, put it on the armrest of the sofa, and stroked its fur, at this time, the sound of a car engine came from the back of the house, and a moment later, a French-made car rushed to the eaves and braked the car violently.

The door opened, and an officer wearing the rank of major in the Spanish Air Force uniform jumped out of the car, and, like Zhao Qiwen, was also an oriental face. And after getting out of the car, he shouted at Zhao Qiwen in standard Chinese Chinese.

"Lieutenant Colonel, come on, this car is full of good things, good things."

"Hah! You know, you won't go back empty-handed. ”

Zhao Qiwen put the cat back on the sofa, then stepped over in a few steps and shouted at the major.

The major opened the door of the car, pointed to the heavy wooden boxes stacked in the back seat, and said, "These are canned pineapples, canned plugs, canned peaches, canned cherries, all of which have just been transported from the Basque Country. ”

"Tonight's dinner is exciting."

Zhao Qiwen smiled, shouted in standard French, then whistled, and worked with the major to unload the wooden boxes full of cans from the car, place them under the eaves, and stack them.

After finishing the canning work, the Air Force major took a German-made camera from the front seat of the car, handed it to Zhao Qiwen, pointed to the lens of the camera, and said: "Capa said that the lens of your original camera has been completely damaged and cannot be repaired, and the new lens is not, so I can only replace it for you." Old lenses, and when he got a new camera from the newspaper, he lent you the German camera he had

"Capa is back in Madrid today?.

Zhao Qiwen took the camera and asked while fiddling with it.

"Yes, I only returned to Madrid from Córdoba this morning, Cordoba can no longer hold on, the rebels have completely surrounded the city, if you don't leave, you will be trapped in the city, Capa's position is difficult to guarantee that he will not be expelled by the rebels, even if he is a journalist, he cannot guarantee his absolute safety, so he should return to Madrid as soon as possible and send back those front-line photos he took back to the agency. By the way, according to Kappa, the day before yesterday, the rebels carried out air raids on some cities loyal to the republican government in the south, indiscriminately bombarding them, and the citizens suffered heavy casualties. I told him that it wasn't that we didn't want to go, that someone had given us an order forbidding us to leave the skies over Madrid. ”

"Now that the rebels have outflanked Madrid from two directions, our air force is not strong enough to focus on defending Madrid, after all, Madrid is the political center and has a pivotal role, and once Madrid falls, the republicans will be gone." Zhao Qiwen shook his head, then put the camera back on the coffee table, took out a telegram transcript from the pocket of his military uniform, and handed it to the major.

"This is the telegram I just received, and you sent it from a poisonous son.

Look at it, she's urging you to go back to Paris again, and if you don't, she'll have to go back to Paris on her own

The major hurriedly read the transcript of the telegram, sighed, and said, "The woman doesn't understand anything. Ignore her, ignore her

"You'd better go back, you're different from me. You are a person with a family and a job, besides, you have been in the Spanish battlefield for almost half a year, just with your experience, you can compare those high-eyed bosses, and I will go to the relationship, after you return to China, you can directly resume your active duty status and continue to serve in the Chinese Air Force

Zhao Qiwen glanced at the major and persuaded a few words, although the other party had been fighting side by side with him for half a year, he really didn't know his background, in fact, Zhao Qiwen said "go and go". It was to follow the relationship between his father Zhao Bei, and he planned to write a letter asking his father to transfer this major from the reserve to active duty, this person was ordered to transfer to the reserve after fighting with his boss, in fact, it was not a big deal, it was only when the Li Yuanhong government neglected national defense construction that the atmosphere of caring for waste in the army rose sharply, and in recent years, the central government has strengthened the construction of armaments, and the atmosphere of the army has been rapidly reversed.

Originally, Zhao "entered the mountain to contribute to the construction of armaments, but he didn't expect that the mentality of protecting the calf in the north of the heart was too heavy, and he was always unwilling to let him return to the combat unit, and under the pretext that he did not obey the order, he was transferred to the oil warehouse as a custodian, and it was precisely because of this that Zhao Qiwen reported to the reserve in a fit of anger, and then said goodbye, and when he arrived at the Spanish battlefield, he came here to fight, not all of them were angry, the main reason was that he liked to take risks, liked to fight, and was more willing to pursue his career freelyIf China is now at war with foreign countries, then Zhao Qiwen will resolutely stay at home, instead of doing anything in this foreign land," said the volunteer combatant

In the words of Zhao Qiwen's superiors, he is a good fighter, but this. "Good warriors. 's comments were obviously not accepted by Zhao Bei, in the eyes of his father, his son always needs to be protected, even if he is an adult.

"Captain, what are you talking about? When the Air Force Club called for volunteers to fight in Spain, I signed up voluntarily, no one forced me to come to Spain, and I came here to fight, not to return to the army, but to fight for honor and freedom. We are here to defend Spain's republican and constitutional cause, just as we defended China's republican and constitutional cause. ”

The Major smiled, shook his head, and carefully slipped the telegram copy into his close-fitting pocket.

Zhao Qiwen said with a wry smile: "The republican government in Spain doesn't look like a constitutional government now, the influence of the Soviet Union is getting heavier and heavier, and the anarchist tendencies within the government are also damaging the image of the republican government. And then there are the coffins of the clergy that have been dug up, and the roofs of churches that have been riddled with bullets, which are the "masterpieces" of anarchists and left-wing radicals who seem to be unaware of it, and who act to drive away the fish, Spain, a country with many conservatives, to engage in such radical actions. Undoubtedly isolating themselves, the Spanish republican government did not even know how they could unite the people, and in this case, even the "international columns, fighters, would be of no avail, and the enemy was becoming stronger and stronger." And the republican government is getting weaker and weaker.

The authorities are confused, and the bystanders are clear, perhaps, this is the current situation on the battlefield of the Spanish Civil War. So, Mr. Major, the Spanish Civil War is no longer a republican or constitutional issue, but a fight based on hatred, which is becoming more and more like a religious war, which is gradually losing the boundary between justice and injustice, as my father often said, in the future, only the victors can write the history of this civil war, and the defeated will be completely forgotten and may even be evaluated in the history books. ”

Zhao Qiwen sighed, although he still thought that he was on the side of justice, but at the same time, he was also confused about some of the things that were currently happening in the city.

"Captain, you admire your father very much, I wonder what he does?"

The major was very curious, he just wanted to ask this question, and now, he finally asked it.

He is a soldier, and at the same time, he is also a politician, very talented and ambitious, and he always wants to take everything into his own hands Zhao Qiwen did not talk much about this topic, but just said a few words lightly, which is also his simple evaluation of his father.

The major didn't ask, took out a copy of the latest telegraph transcript from the pocket of his military uniform, and handed it to Zhao Qiwen.

"This is the latest telegram just copied from the news agency, and there is a report on China's negotiations with Britain, which is very detailed, haven't you been concerned about whether China will go to war with Britain in the Far East? This telegram can tell you that, at least for the time being, the crisis of war has been lifted, and the British Government has officially announced that it will negotiate with the Central Government of China on the question of the return of Hong Kong, and that since the British Government has so stated it, the question of Macao will soon be resolved peacefully

"Is Britain going to return Hong Kong? It's surprising

Zhao Qiwen was very surprised, he knew about the "Sino-British Hong Kong dispute", and he had heard his father talk about the strategy behind the dispute, but he really did not expect that Britain would choose to back down and accept the request put forward by the central government of China, that is, to immediately return the sovereignty of Hong Kong.

What does the UK's preference for Hong Kong to be handed over to Hong Kong to continue to be a gap in tariff barriers? Does it mean that the UK government is determined to further strengthen tariff barriers? And what does it mean that China's central government has just stepped down from the donkey and has not launched an aggressive offensive? Does this mean that China is not ready for all-out war? Or did the United States play the role of an arbiter in this international dispute?

After reading the transcript of the telegram in a hurry, Zhao Qiwen was puzzled, he understood the outline of his father's strategy, but he did not understand the details of this strategy, so naturally he could not understand the priorities.

Now, Zhao Qiwen seems to understand his father's caution, the Spanish Civil War has proved a truth: no matter how careful the plan is, once the plan is turned into action, then don't expect things to develop exactly according to the plan, because the world is complex, and human nature is also complex. If you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the muscle, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!

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