"I hope so," Zhou Liyi twitched the corners of his mouth, soldiers are the most important in troubled times, and he still understands this truth.

Bai Sitong did not argue with him, his eyes looked at the opposite mountain leisurely, after returning from Hanoi, Chiang Kai-shek paid more attention to him, there was already news that he might return to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as the director of the Soviet Russian Department, after this negotiation, the official appointment may come down.

"Mr. Wang, it's a pity." After Wang Jingwei published the telegram, the reaction of all walks of life in the country was just as originally estimated, and none of the local forces responded, and Long Yun, who had high hopes, was held back by Zhuang Jihua, and not only did not respond by telegram, but also opposed it by telegram, and now Wang Jingwei had no choice but to go to Shanghai, take refuge under the tent of the army, and sit on the charge of betraying the country.

"Brother Bai, why does Soviet Russia suddenly want to talk about military cooperation with us? Is there some other purpose? Zhou Liyi thought of tomorrow's negotiations, he always had doubts about this negotiation, counting the former Qing Dynasty, in the past hundred years, there has been no peaceful peace to talk about cooperation, and with China's cowardly science and technology and industry, what can make the Soviet Russians look down on, and they came from Moscow to talk about cooperation.

"I don't know much about this, but the Russians are notoriously fine, and there are always things that you and I don't know for them to fall in love with." Bai Sitong leaned against the railing, and a smile faintly appeared on his face: "I'll know tomorrow." ”

There was a brief silence between the two, and the wind on the river blew away the heat here, and the two people below turned into three people in a few words, and the figure of a woman appeared in the middle of them.

Looking at their unscrupulous figures, Bai Si couldn't help but slander in his heart, this palace embroidery painting has been by Zhuang Jihua's side for eight years, and her father's affairs have made Sichuan Province political axe boiling, but she is like no one.

Said the army attacked Guangzhou, Gong Xiuhua's father's factory was blown up, the family fled to Hong Kong, life was a little embarrassed, this year's spring family came to Chengdu to join the palace embroidery, but the palace embroidery painting was just to help them find a house to live in, and then did not help, his father couldn't, he did business in Chengdu under the banner of palace embroidery, resold wartime materials, was captured by the provincial anti-smuggling team, and then confiscated all the goods, but also fined tens of thousands of legal currency, this time his father's savings were all fined, people almost went to prison, the palace family found the palace embroidery, but Gong Xiuhua refused to come forward and put his father in the hospital with anger.

Liu Yinshu's father also came to Sichuan from Guangdong, this is a big family, there are five wives and concubines of the old owner of Liu, plus the eldest brother Liu Long and the second brother Liu Hu, dozens of people, Guanyinqiao can't find such a big manor, and finally live in the people.

"This southwest development has really made a lot of things, it is said that last time they made a deal with Soviet Russia and Germany, how did we not know before, we knew a penicillin." Zhou Liyi couldn't help complaining, after participating in this negotiation, he learned that the Southwest Development Team still has a lot of good things hidden, from medicines to weapons, many of which are the most advanced things in the world today, such as the new semi-automatic rifle, which surprised even the Americans. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has never been aware of these circumstances and has participated in this negotiation.

In the development of new weapons, the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense has played a huge role, the original semi-automatic rifle has been improved, and Zhuang Jihua's mind AK47 has been about the same, after testing, has been mass-produced, now there are three factories in production, can produce about 20,000 per year, the southwest development team is expanding the factory, hoping to double next year.

In addition, major progress has been made in the second-generation rocket launcher, as well as in the development of self-developed tanks and diesel engines, the development of napalm proposed by Zhuang Jihua has also begun, and progress has also been made in the development of flamethrowers.

The biggest breakthrough is in the B17 bomber, the B17 bomber is a mature technology, but it has always been stuck in the engine production process and bomb sight, and now these two difficulties have also been broken through, and self-production is just around the corner.

"Brother Bai, I heard that Shandong is in trouble with GCD again, is that so?" Zhou Liyi asked. In the past, when there was a conflict between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the Xinhua newspaper immediately became noisy, but there was only a Kuomintang newspaper in Yucheng, and the news blockade was extremely strict, and ordinary citizens did not know about it at all.

In addition to himself, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party have troops in Shandong, and the GCD has an advantage in Jiaodong, while the Kuomintang has an advantage in areas west of Jinan, including Weishan Lake and Yimeng Mountain, and the GCD is infiltrating into the Yimeng Mountain area, and the areas occupied by the two sides are staggered, and conflicts often occur. In June, the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army advanced into Shandong under the leadership of division commander Chen Guang and political commissar Luo Rhuan, greatly enhancing the strength of the Shandong Eighth Route Army.

The Eighth Route Army increased its troops in Shandong, Chiang Kai-shek also strictly ordered the Sulu Theater to increase troops in Shandong, and Li Xianzhou of the 92nd Division led his troops into the Yimeng Mountains to join forces with Yu Xuezhong, and fought an encounter with the 115th Division near Laiwu, and the Eighth Route Army was outnumbered and forced to retreat.

In the south of the Yangtze River, the New Fourth Army and [***] fought for the base behind the enemy in central Zhejiang and Taihu Lake, Chen Yi and Su Yu stubbornly crossed the river and advanced into northern Jiangsu, and had several clashes with Li Mingyang and Li Changjiang in Taizhou, the second Li failed, and the New Fourth Army gained a foothold in northern Jiangsu. Chiang Kai-shek was furious, and strictly ordered to increase the troops on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and at the same time transferred Pang Bingxun's troops into the Sulu Theater to replace Han Deqin, so that Han Deqin's aircraft could deal with the New Fourth Army with all his might, and the danger of civil war in Jiangsu increased greatly for a while.

The leisure time is very short, the night is coming, the tired birds are slowly hidden in the mountains and forests, with the last ray of sunshine falling, the heat quickly dissipates, Zhuang Jihua and they are reluctant to leave the riverside. After dinner, a brief preparatory meeting was held, and then the meeting was dismissed.

The worry in Zhou Liyi's heart was even stronger, he was very worried that this master would send the other party away in a few words like today, and at that time, the two negotiations would not get any benefits, how would he explain when he went back. But as soon as the negotiations began the next afternoon, his heart rose to his throat, and Zhuang Jihua was blaming the other party from the beginning.

"Mr. Lieutenant General, we have been carrying out military cooperation," Zhuang Jihua stared at Merezov with a serious expression: "The last time we made a transaction, we complied with the agreement, but unfortunately, we found that your country did not fully follow the agreement. ”

"I don't know where General Zhuang's accusation comes from," Cui Kefu interjected: "According to the agreement, the factories we helped your country build have all been completed, if the general refers to the Dixi Railway, it should not be, the construction of the railway is a huge project, the geological conditions in the northwest region are complicated, and now it has been repaired to the Hongliu River at the junction of Gansu and Xinzhou, and it can be repaired to Lanzhou next year at the latest, which is already very fast." ”

"We are very satisfied with the speed of construction of the Lanxin railway, and we are very grateful." Zhuang Jihua said solemnly: "I'm not talking about railways, but tanks, according to our agreement, your country should provide us with medium tanks, but the T28 provided by your country is a light tank, isn't it?" ”

Bai Si was a little disdainful in his heart, he didn't know what Zhuang Jihua sold last time, as far as the Lanxin Railway is concerned, China has taken a big advantage, from Dihua to Xi'an, the whole journey is more than 3,000 miles, and China wants to build it alone, and it can't get hundreds of millions of funds without ten years of hard work, but Soviet Russia agreed, but Zhuang Jihua is here and does not forgive, and he wants to investigate the other party's other mistakes.

But what made Bai Si agree was that Chuikov was a little speechless, and Merezov said unhurriedly: "The T28 is designed according to medium tanks in our country, and recently our army has revised the tank standards and turned it into a light tank, General Zhuang misunderstood." ”

"Oh, is that so?" Zhuang Jihua smiled faintly, everyone thought that he would continue to investigate, but he changed the topic: "I hope that this time your country will be determined according to the new standard." ”

Melezov pretended not to hear the sarcasm, still smiling: "We want to strengthen military-industrial cooperation between the two countries, especially aircraft, but also automobiles." ”

Zhuang Jihua nodded: "We still need medium tanks, we hope that your country can provide T34 tanks, in addition to self-propelled rocket artillery technology." ”

Zhuang Jihua had the courage to put forward these two things, he didn't know if Soviet Russia had created these two weapons, but as soon as his words came out, Merezov's face changed.

The T34 tank is the latest tank in Soviet Russia, which only rolled off the production line in Kharkov in January this year, and the current production is less than 100 units; The Soviet army had only one battalion.

If the T34 tank may be leaked, then the rocket artillery is top secret, so far it has not been completely tested, the Soviet army has produced only three, and the military is conducting rigorous tests, but from the information that has been obtained, this kind of artillery is extremely powerful, especially suitable for bombardment of open ground cluster targets. Because the technology is not yet mature, even the Soviet military high-level does not know much, and even the Chuikov around him does not know.

"Someone must have leaked it." Merezov secretly cursed in his heart that the core secrets of Soviet Russia were actually known by the Chinese, this is a betrayal, a crime, and must not be forgiven, and he must report to Comrade Stalin when he returns.

After Zhuang Jihua finished speaking, he stared at Merezov, and when he saw the change in his face, he secretly called luck in his heart, and he had made the right bet.

"General Zhuang's appetite is very high." Merezov sighed: "But what are you going to exchange it for?" ”

"Since you want the aircraft, we can provide you with a full set of design drawings for the B17 and P40, as well as two BF109 fighters." Zhuang Jihua said calmly.

Now the other three couldn't interject, Deng Wenyi just silently observed Merezov and Cui Kev, but Bai Sitong and Zhou Liyi pricked up their ears, for fear of missing a word.

"BF109 is not for your country," Merezov smiled faintly, Germany and Soviet Russia signed a military cooperation agreement, and Hitler sold fifty BF109s to Soviet Russia, so Soviet Russia did not value this kind of aircraft.

"And what does your country need?" Zhuang Jihua's heart sank, these two BF109 planes were forcibly left behind by him, and they were ready to trade with the United States or Soviet Russia, but he didn't expect that the other party didn't need them, and his chips were suddenly reduced by half.

"B17 bomber," Merezov slowly lifted his cards: "There is another new type of aircraft, which was successfully tested only in April this year. ”

Seeing Zhuang Jihua's confused expression, Merezov added proudly: "Of course, it's not in China, but in Boeing." ”

Zhuang Jihua was suddenly angry and happy in his heart, Wang Zhu didn't report it, the Chinese Air Force suffered heavy losses in the battle with the Zero type, and he desperately hoped to have a new type of aircraft to offset the technical advantages of the Zero type, this kid actually came out, but he didn't report it, Lao Tzu was not too tolerant of him, Zhuang Jihua scolded indignantly in his heart.

(To be continued)