"Fight back?" Curie frowned slightly, he is not a soldier, but he also understands that the current situation in China is not good, Wang Jingwei defected internally, and on the battlefield, although the offensive of the Yue army has slowed down, it is only slowing down, and the Yue army still has the initiative on the battlefield.

"The recent summer counterattack was a massive counterattack for us," Zhuang Jihua said, as if the counterattack had achieved great results.

"However, our troops are now very difficult, materials are very difficult, and most of the troops are poorly equipped," Zhuang Jihua said: "We have built hundreds of factories in the past, which can produce some weapons, but the output is still very small, and we cannot meet the needs of all troops, and we need a large amount of funds to purchase machinery and equipment, purchase weapons and equipment, and stabilize the country's finances." ”

"General, 500 million dollars is not a small number," Curie pondered, "the issuance of national bonds must take into account the financial situation of your country, and the progress of the war during the war is also very large, what do you think of the direction of the war?" ”

Chiang Kai-shek smiled faintly: "The Cultural Revolution has just introduced the situation of the war, this is our judgment of the situation, we are confident that we will defeat myself, but there is a process here, we can get the help of your country, this process will be faster." ”

Curie nodded, feeling that he had asked too much, Zhuang Jihua and Chiang Kai-shek had already introduced it just now, but he was still not sure, after all, it was the first time that a foreign political axe issued bonds in the United States, and after the surrender of France, Britain could not support it; If the British could not support it, the war in Europe would have stopped, but if the British insisted, could they also issue bonds in the United States?

"Mr. Curie," Song Ziwen has been in the United States for a long time and knows more about the domestic situation in the United States, and he believes that Curie is worried about whether Chinese bonds can be recognized by American banks and the public: "Actually, you don't have to worry, after the war, we will inevitably compensate us for our losses, and we can completely use the war reparations as collateral, and our interest is not low." ”

"But what if your country is defeated?" Curie asked unceremoniously: "Moreover, your country has no navy, and it has the third largest naval fleet in the world, but there is no navy, how can you force it to surrender?" ”

"This is a troublesome matter," Zhuang Jihua answered the military question: "However, you see, in the past few days, I have been attacking Yucheng by air, and we can also attack Yuben by air, as long as Shandong is recovered, the entire territory of Yuben will be within the scope of our air raid." ”

Speaking of this, Zhuang Jihua seemed very excited: "Mr. Curie, we are working on a new type of bomb, we call it napalm, similar to incendiary bombs, but more violent than incendiary bombs. It is said that the houses are all made of wood, and 2,000 napalm can burn half of Tokyo. ”

Looking at Zhuang Jihua's cold expression, Curie gasped, the confidence of the Chinese leader is really unimaginable, and now he believes that the Chinese do not want to make peace with Yue himself at all, they are now thinking about how to kill Yue himself, and how to kill Yue himself more.

This napalm was also conceived by Zhuang Jihua, but he only knew the name and a kind of aerial bomb, and he didn't know anything else, but this did not prevent the Southwest Development Team from setting up a special research group to start studying this kind of bomb.

Napalm appeared as early as the First World War, but as an aerial bomb has not yet been used, and the main problem studied is the method of detonation, and the process of mass production.

"We are preparing to carry out a reorganization of the army," Chiang Kai-shek said steadily: "Mr. Curie, some problems have been exposed in the early stage of the operation, and the Military Commission is preparing to carry out a large-scale reorganization of the army on these issues. ”

Chiang Kai-shek had already made up his mind that the Americans wanted to fight by themselves, and since this was the case, then they could not fight in vain, and you would have something to gain.

"I know you're in a difficult situation, even the ration of food has been implemented," Curie didn't answer, he already knew what he wanted to know, and the rest could only wait for Roosevelt's decision: "I will report what I know to the president." ”

Song Meiling stood up very appropriately and invited Curie to the back garden for tea, but Chennault did not move, and after sending Curie away, Wang Shuming seized the opportunity to report: "Principal, the Flying Tigers have recruited 264 people, including 92 pilots, 107 mechanics, 65 ground support personnel, and 120 aircraft, all of which are flying to China one after another, all of which are P40s produced by Boeing. ”

Chiang Kai-shek patted his thigh very happily: "General Chennault, I grant you the rank of lieutenant general of the Chinese Air Force, and the Flying Tigers are under your full command." ”

Chennault stood up and gave an American-style military salute to Chiang Kai-shek, and it was every soldier's dream to become a general. The role of such a small force in such a huge battlefield as China is quite limited. But Chiang Kai-shek valued the operation itself, and without the covert support of the United States, this force could not have been established in any case, which revealed a strong signal that the American political axe was moving towards openly supporting China's war of resistance, which was good news anyway.

Chennault was only a captain in the U.S. Air Force (the previous text is wrong, Chennault was still a captain until he retired, not a colonel), and Chiang Kai-shek promoted him to lieutenant general at once, which included personal gratitude to him in addition to political reasons.

Chennault served as an adviser in the Chinese Air Force during the Songhu Anti-Japanese War, when Soong Meiling hired him as an adviser on behalf of the national political axe, the appointment period was ten months, after the time was up, he stayed without mentioning any conditions, and continued to serve as an adviser to the Chinese Air Force, but because of the neutral position taken by the American political axe in the early stage of the war, he was asked by the American embassy to return to China, but he refused, if it were not for Duanna, he might even be expelled from his nationality.

"General Chen, I heard that a new type of aircraft has appeared in this book, which is better than our main aircraft, the P40, is that so?" Zhuang Jihua suddenly asked.

Chennault glanced at Zhuang Jihua a little surprised, he didn't expect Zhuang Jihua to know this, you must know that air combat is completely different from ground combat, the victory or defeat of the battle is largely determined by the surname of the aircraft, and bravery alone is absolutely not enough.

"Yes, this aircraft is more agile, has a longer range, has a small turning radius, is a new aircraft, better than ours." Chennault replied honestly.

Zhuang Jihua nodded thoughtfully, and didn't say anything more, Wang Shuming saw Chiang Kai-shek's worried expression, so he hurriedly explained: "We have also studied tactics to deal with it, and the results have been good." ”

Chiang Kai-shek's expression relaxed a little, and he still asked with concern: "What tactics are they?" ”

"The main thing is to use radar," Wang Shuming said: "We used radar to first discover the planes, seize the commanding heights, and take the action of hitting and running, not to fight the enemy, and in addition, after the planes were bombed, we ambushed them on the way back." ”

"Do they have radar?" Chiang Kai-shek's question may seem simple but crucial, and if he had had a radar, he would not have been able to talk about an ambush at all.

"I also have a radar, but now the detection range of the radar is nearly 100 kilometers, and this still needs to be at a high point, that is, in the mountains, so the radar in this book is not a big threat to us." Wang Shuming said.

In the course of the defense of Wuhan, Yueben set up radar stations near Xuzhou and Nanjing, which made the possibility of the Chinese Air Force attacking Yueben Airport come to naught. Since the beginning of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Chinese Air Force has actually been in strategic defense, and almost all of its operational areas are in its own airspace, and this piece of sky is completely monitored by dozens of radar stations, and one or two radar stations are not at all.

"Chairman," Chennault showed a hint of concern, "we have too few planes, our aircraft factory can only produce twenty-six planes a month, and only three hundred a year, which is simply not enough." I propose to expand production, additionally purchase five hundred fighters from the United States, and in addition, in order to meet the counteroffensive in a few years, it is necessary to expand the flight school. ”

"It costs money to buy planes," Chiang Kai-shek sighed: "You see we are trying to issue bonds in the United States, and when the bonds are successfully issued, we will buy some planes and come back. But flight school, you make a plan, and I'll give you approval. ”

Chiang Kai-shek showed unprecedented politeness to Chennault, and Chennault was not polite, and immediately took out a plan that had been drawn up long ago and handed it to Chiang Kai-shek.

"General Chen, what other suggestions do you have for the air defense of Yucheng?" Chiang Kai-shek asked again after putting down his pen.

"The air defense of Yucheng is already very well organized," Chennault pondered, "but there are still problems, the main thing is that the number of anti-aircraft guns is insufficient, and the number of anti-aircraft guns needs to be increased at least twice, and the number of aircraft needs to be at least doubled." ”

Zhuang Jihua didn't pay attention to what Chennault said, Wang Zhu once mentioned to him a new type of aircraft, which is being developed by North American Airlines, after North American Airlines was merged by Boeing, this kind of aircraft naturally belongs to Boeing, I don't know how it was developed, a few years have passed, I don't know if it has succeeded.

"Cultural Revolution, what are you thinking?"

Zhuang Jihua looked up, Chiang Kai-shek was looking at him with a smile, he hurriedly covered up: "I'm thinking about the problem of air defense in Chongqing, General Chennault said that we don't have enough anti-aircraft guns, in fact, even if the number of anti-aircraft guns is enough, it is difficult to intercept the machine, like the Qijiang Iron and Steel Plant, as long as the blast furnace hits a bomb, it will be completely scrapped, and we have no way to guarantee that the blast furnace will not hit the bomb, so we have to make a blast furnace, or buy a few blast furnaces for backup." ”

Zhuang Jihua's tone was a little discouraged, but Chiang Kai-shek shook his head with a smile: "Cultural Revolution, this is no way, it is not possible to buy a blast furnace, we must build a blast furnace developed by ourselves as soon as possible, Panzhihua Iron and Steel Plant has been steeled, you are in Guiyang, do you know this?" ”

Zhuang Jihua nodded, Panzhihua Iron and Steel Plant was steeled two months ago, and Ren Naiqiang reported good news to him as soon as the steel was produced, but the steel output was relatively low, with an annual output of less than 200,000 tons. For the development of the southwest, the good news has continued in the past few months, the Sichuan Tank Factory has finally produced tanks, which can produce eight T28 per month, and by the end of the year, the output can reach 20 units per month, and the second phase of the expansion project of Yunnan Iron and Steel Plant has been completed, and the steel output has reached 600,000 tons, barely meeting the design requirements.

"Cultural Revolution, don't worry about these things for the time being," Chiang Kai-shek was in a good mood, Wang Jingwei's haunt led to a political axe crisis, but on the contrary, it boosted his prestige, GCD, Deng Yanda, Feng Yuxiang, who had always made trouble for him, sent telegrams one after another to support him, expressing his obedience to the leadership of the national political axe, and persisting in the war of resistance to the end under his leadership.

"The British want to negotiate with us, in addition to the reopening of the Yunnan-Burma road, there is also military cooperation between the two sides, in addition, Soviet Russia also wants to negotiate with us, hoping to strengthen military cooperation between the two sides, I want you to participate in this negotiation." Chiang Kai-shek finally told the reason for transferring him back from Guiyang.

(To be continued)