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Chapter 1159 Real gold is not afraid of fire

Fangshan in the southern suburbs of Nanjing, only more than 200 meters above sea level, looks like a square seal from afar, so it is also called Yin Mountain. Although the www.biquge.info Fangshan is not high, it is located in a plain, so it has a sense of being tall and majestic.

On the morning of 2 October, the training ground at the foot of Fangshan Mountain was full of people, and the north high platform of the training ground where nearly 1,000 guards were closely guarded, and the military attaches of the embassies and consulates of European and American countries came in droves.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, a convoy composed of more than 10 cars, military off-road vehicles, and personnel carriers drove into the gate of the training ground, and slowly came to the side of the high platform and stopped under the dignified salute of many guards. The military attachés and consuls of the European and American countries on the high platform hurriedly stood up and stepped down to greet Chiang Kai-shek, Song Ziwen, Kong Xiangxi, Chen Tiaoyuan, Tang Shengzhi, Cheng Qian, Yang Jie, Zhang Zhi, and other military and political officials who had got out of the car.

The sharp-eyed British military attache Edward saw An Yi who got out of the carriage in the fifth car behind Chiang Kai-shek's special car, and he couldn't help but shout happily, this call was not tight for European and American officials, but it made the *** fire dealers who were standing neatly on the side ready to meet Chiang Kai-shek and others have a headache: An Yi's unexpected arrival made the arms dealers who were familiar with the equipment of the An family army and the development of the military industry in southern Sichuan suddenly become uneasy, and no one knew whether the well-informed and extremely critical commander of the An family army could see the chariot he was selling. Will one or two sentences affect the choice of the military?

After meeting according to the cumbersome etiquette, Chiang Kai-shek and others took their seats on the high platform with the guests.

Everyone stood on a high place, looking at the various chariots gradually gathering in the smoke, pointing and pointing, and the mood seemed very happy.

The behavior of Chiang Kai-shek and others brought great hope to the European and American fire dealers, and everyone knew that the sudden arrival of Chiang Kai-shek, who had not planned to attend the observation event, was enough to show the importance of the Chinese side.

As a result, many arms dealers did not have a calm smile, and walked to the prototype cars that were being assembled on their side, summoned engineering and technical personnel and technicians, and gave face-to-face lectures to make the final effort to obtain orders.

Chiang Kai-shek, who was sitting in the middle of the front row, glanced around the stage, looked left and right, turned to Song Ziwen on the left, and asked suspiciously, "What about An Yi?" Why don't you come up? ”

"Well, under the tree in front of the left side of the stage, I am chatting with Huang Jie, the head of the tax police, and Wang Gongliang, the deputy head of the regiment, and the one on the side seems to be Xu Yuexiang's love general Du Yuming."

Song Ziwen pointed to a big tree more than 30 meters away in front of the left.

Chiang Kai-shek nodded, did not call anyone to urge An Yi, turned to Chen Tiaoyuan and other generals on the side to talk for a while, took the translation materials distributed by Xu Tingyao, and began to compare the explanations with the real thing, exchanging opinions with each other from time to time.

Under the big tree, An Yi and a group of senior brothers were chatting happily, and Xu Tingyao's adjutant hurriedly arrived to invite An Yi.

An Yi looked at Xu Tingyao, who was waving under the high platform, nodded, and pulled a few senior brothers together.

Du Yuming and the others' faces changed suddenly, and they hurriedly excused themselves, saying that they were all military commanders and central officials on the stage, how could they go up with their own identity? An Yi said with a grin, then I won't go up, just sit next to the row of military technical experts in the audience, and listen to the experts' evaluations of various combat vehicles. Although the senior brothers felt that this move was a bit of a cross-stepping, they couldn't stop An Yi's enthusiastic invitation, and everyone also wanted to meet Li Yuewu and others, and listen to what these high-achieving students who graduated from the Berlin Armored Vehicle School had to say about the various combat vehicles in the audience.

Everyone walked to the stage, and An Yi introduced his favorite general Li Yuewu, Zhu Peide's nephew Zhu Tiecheng from the second phase of the non-commissioned officer school, Zhang Cunpu, the cousin of Zhang Cunzhuang, the commander of the 49th Army in Xiangxi, and Duan Ruizhang, Yin Jinan's brother-in-law, to Du Yuming and others.

Li Yuewu and the four of them hurriedly saluted, Du Yuming had seen Li Yuewu, who was the deputy of the cavalry regiment of the *** division earlier, and naturally felt more cordial when they met again, everyone sat down politely together, and An Yi needed to come to the stage to say hello to Chiang Kai-shek and others.

Du Yuming happily sat down next to Li Yuewu, pointed to the two German wheeled chariots that appeared in the first batch of demonstrations according to the order, and asked carefully.

Li Yuewu said politely: This is the latest battlefield assault reconnaissance dual-purpose vehicle finalized by the German army the year before last, and the younger brother was fortunate to drive it, this type of combat vehicle is an improved version of the armored car, slightly larger than the 221 type, and the firepower is also stronger, and the open top design can carry more soldiers. The shape and weapons of these combat vehicles are slightly different from the SDKFZ222 used by the German army, it is estimated that Germany has made some simplifications for export, the total weight of the combat vehicle is 4.5 tons, the crew is four, and the prototype is equipped with an MG34 machine gun and a 20MMKWK30 machine gun, the firepower is still good, which proves that the Germans attach great importance to this demonstration, however, if it is replaced by the 'Zhongzheng 5 general-purpose machine gun' finalized by the Syrian Arsenal last year, it may be more convenient for weapon maintenance.

Li Yuewu then introduced the performance and various parameters of the vehicle, as well as the use of the vehicle in the German team, its cross-country ability, and its potential for improvement.

Everyone was happy to hear this, and they all moved their chairs and sat down again around Li Yuewu.

Zhang Cunpu and the three of them are all very confident and intelligent people, and they have received tasks from An Yi before, so they are very serious about their views and experiences, combined with the chariots they have made on the field, compare and analyze each other, and express their opinions.

The technical advisers of the seven or eight military commissions around listened with relish, and they were also very surprised; although they could not figure out the identities of Li Yuewu, the young officers, but when they heard their unique insights and wonderful analysis, they couldn't help but sit in a circle.

With the explanations of Li Yuewu and others, the British Vickers 1936 tank, the French Renault AMR33/35 rotating turret light tank, the Polish imitation FT17 tank, the American M3 wheeled armored reconnaissance vehicle, the Italian Fiat CV-29 light tank, the German PZKPFWI/A tank and two wheeled combat vehicles were soon familiar to everyone.

At this time, An Yi was very relaxed, he didn't look at the chariot demonstration on the field at all, but stood under the pillar behind the rostrum, whispered to the suddenly arrived Dai Li, and looked at the lively scene on the field from time to time, and didn't seem to be in a hurry at all.

More than an hour later, the products provided by the arms dealers of the six countries were unveiled in batches, and An Yi and Dai Li were still like outsiders, standing behind the rostrum smoking and chatting.

Dai Li saw the representatives of the *** fire merchants lining up on the stage, invited Chiang Kai-shek and others to watch their products up close, and whispered to An Yi: "Don't you accompany the principal to take a look?" ”

"No need, the principal came back from Nanchang last night, and the younger brother brought Li Yuewu and the four to the principal, and also presented the information that his old German friend Hans and old French friend Abel quietly helped to get to the principal. An Yi explained in a low voice.

Dai Li grinned: "It seems that no one can deceive your golden eyes, and I am afraid that it will not happen again if the Italian arms dealers sold us the obsolete tanks they used in China to refurbish and refurbish them five years ago." ”

An Yi said helplessly: "The eldest brother may not know that all the equipment purchased this time is all paid by the younger brother out of his own pocket!" The principal made a guarantee, Mr. Yongzhi came forward to borrow money, Brother Yuexiang looked forward to it, and last night he pulled out Brother Guangting (Du Yuming) and poured wine into the younger brother, and the younger brother couldn't agree if he wanted to, alas! Nearly 30 million oceans, the central government originally owed the younger brother a penny, but this time it added another amount, and the younger brother lost a lot. ”

"Yikes! That's not a small amount! However, with the principal's guarantee, what are you worried about? Sooner or later, I'll pay you back, haha! "It's so easy.

An Yi was quite annoyed: "When can you count on it?" Wait until the fiat currency just issued by the central government depreciates hundreds of times before paying it back, right? ”

Dai Li was surprised: "How is this possible? You're too pessimistic, aren't you? Fiat currency and the ocean are exchanged one-to-one, although it is said that it will depreciate, it will not be as terrible as you say, right? If not, why don't you want gold and silver? What else in the world can be hard for you? Ha ha! Don't say it, let's go, let's go down and join in the fun, I won't tell you, the military attaches of several European countries in that group of people are the objects of close monitoring by the foolish brothers, and the military attaches of various countries have been in close contact with *** people during this time, which cannot but arouse our high vigilance. ”

An Yi nodded. He knew that Dai Li's status had risen a lot now, and he was waiting to live separately from Xu Enzeng's Party Investigation Bureau, so he was not surprised by the expansion of Dai Li's surveillance scope, but admired Dai Li's foresight in his heart, Kaplan and others in the United States have established strong emotional and intelligence ties and sharing with An Jiajun.

Chiang Kai-shek, Song Ziwen, Xu Tingyao and dozens of other military and political officials walked around the venue with a smile on their faces, looked at the tanks of various countries one by one, listened to the detailed introduction of the arms dealers, and did not stop in front of the Polish imitation FT17 tanks.

The Poles, who had already reached a secret deal with some officials of the central government, were in a hurry, stopped Chiang Kai-shek and others, and loudly demanded to see the products they displayed, saying that their tanks had the most advanced artillery, the thickest armor, and any machine guns equipped by the squadron were helpless against them, and even the 20 machine guns imitated by the Syrian government could not stop its advance, and promised to provide them to the squadron at the best price, absolutely meeting the requirements of the squadron, and so on.

Kong Xiangxi's expression was complicated, he didn't speak, and Wang Kemin behind him and several officials of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs very decently asked Chiang Kai-shek and Xu Tingyao to consider it, which immediately made Chiang Kai-shek feel quite embarrassed, and he didn't want to scold, he didn't want to leave, and his brows couldn't help frowning.

At this time, An Yi came forward, walked up to the Polish Tchaikovsky, and asked with a smile: "Mr. Tchaikovsky, in that case, can you ask your technician to drive the prototype car two hundred meters in front and let our shooters use our guns to shoot a few times?" ”

Tchaikovsky was stunned for a moment, and under the gaze of hundreds of people, he let go, and without saying a word, ran to his prototype car and instructed the technician to drive the tank two hundred meters to the west.

An Yi turned to Shen Fengdao behind him, nodded slightly, stood beside Chiang Kai-shek and waited with a smile, more than 100 military and political officials were greatly interested, and they all stood up and waited for the result.

Chiang Kai-shek smiled and asked An Yi in a low voice: "Are you ready?" ”

"Yes, principal, the Poles have paid a lot of bribes to our officials during this time, in fact, the tanks they imitate are all refurbished and broken, the armor seems to be very thick, but in fact, they are all a thin layer of steel wrapped in solid wood, the Italians deceived us a few years ago, and the more than 20 combat vehicles sold to us were scrapped until last year, but in comparison, the Italian profiteers who sold refurbished goods are still much more generous than this Polish profiteer." An Yi replied in a low voice.

Chiang Kai-shek said "um" and did not speak again, thinking that it would be good for the domineering An Yi to teach a lesson to foreigners who do not pay attention to faith.

After a while, the Polish tanks were in place, but they didn't see any movement on An Yi's side.

Tchaikovsky asked out loud why An Yi didn't start? An Yi politely asked him to call the two drivers out, otherwise it would be easy to be injured by mistake.

Tchaikovsky laughed and shouted sarcasm, saying how could his own tank be so vulnerable? It's a superfluous move.

However, An Yi very politely insisted on his opinion, and Tchaikovsky had no choice but to comply, and asked people to call the two drivers out and leave the tank temporarily.

The two Polish drivers got out of the car according to Tchaikovsky's wishes, took a few steps with a curse, stood still by the tank, and did not want to take a few more steps no matter how much they shouted.

An Yi was annoyed, raised his hand, and an open-top off-road vehicle south of the crowd immediately drove westward, under the nervous gaze of everyone, the speed became faster and faster, and soon drove to the southeast of the tank about 180 meters to stop, a big man in camouflage military uniform, picked up a long gun and jumped off the off-road vehicle, lying behind the ridge to aim quickly, only to hear the "pop, pop, pop" five loud sounds, the Polish tank was shaken by the armor-piercing bullet of the anti-tank gun of 20 mm caliber, and the iron sheet covered was torn, The wood chips filled inside with green smoke shot out, and the side armor showed several clear holes in the smoke.

The gunfire stopped, and everyone looked in great surprise at the driver lying in front of the tank, who had not dared to stand up for a long time, and the smoking and broken tank, which felt very incredible.

Tchaikovsky, who was standing in front of Chiang Kai-shek and others, was already frightened with a face like white paper, his whole body trembled, and all kinds of discussions, exclamations and shameful laughter suddenly sounded, making him almost dig a hole in front of him and get into it. When everyone calmed down and wanted to see what weapon the shooter was using, they found that the convertible had already driven back halfway, and soon swept in front of everyone and drove towards the gate of the training ground.

Obviously, An Yi didn't even give everyone the opportunity to see what kind of weapon pierced the Polish tank, but left a lot of speculations, which made everyone feel mysterious and weird, and at the same time left an extremely unforgettable memory for the best fire dealers in Europe and the United States - if you want to fool the squadron in the future, I am afraid that you will think of the Polish tank that is smoking not far away, and the Polish profiteer Tchaikovsky who has no place to embarrass himself.