Chapter 19: The Shadow

Cigarettes were smoked one after another, and time passed little by little. The pen and the www.biquge.info did not know if Dönitz would regret it, but Li Kongrong himself repented - if he could have killed von Blomburg's female secretary in the first place, then there would be no such thing now. It's a pity that the British didn't do it, and Chang Kaishen didn't dare to do it, and the result is the current situation.

Where to get a squad? Li Kongrong glanced at the clock on the wall, and began to think about this question in boredom.

It is impossible for the navy, and it is impossible for the Jews, and ...... of their own people, there are a few cousins of the sect, but according to the memory of Major Li Kongrong, they are all illiterate and illiterate, and in German activities at least they must know German, and they have to face the German military intelligence and the Gestapo, and it is not good to know German; And the yellow race is too conspicuous, and they will be noticed everywhere. Li Kongrong, who thought about it, finally thought of Chen Shunqing of the Hamburg Sailor House, and he could talk to him, there were many sailors under him, and there were probably no fewer outlaws......

"Sir," said Dönitz's adjutant Val. Captain T. Ruud Lloyratt appeared at the door of the reception room, "The Colonel is already waiting for you in the office, please come with me." ”

"Oh! Of course. Li Kongrong extinguished his cigarette and said to Loiratt with a smile. Thank you so much. ”

Dönitz's office was at the end of the corridor, the door was closed, and the nameplate of the fleet commander's office at the door was the same as before, and when Captain Loirat opened the door, Li Kongrong's heart thumped several times and he took a deep breath.

"Hello, Mr. Dönitz." Li Kongrong greeted Dönitz as calmly as he could, as he had told himself before, if he would see him as soon as he arrived at the Admiralty, he would definitely not care about himself. Now let yourself wait, that is, he is also hesitating, and there is hope in hesitation, I am afraid that he will not hesitate at all, and then tell himself: 'Sorry, Lee, I can't send the training boat to Flensburg, because it ...... above'

"Hello, Lee." Dönitz sat quietly in a chair at the back of his office, with a map of Germany behind him, and a large pile of papers on his desk, and on the other side of the pile, two German flags and the Nazi Party flag. His expression was as usual, and when he looked over, he stopped slightly on Li Kongrong's epaulettes for a while, obviously, he also heard about the Jinshanwei anti-landing battle, which was a tragedy in the history of naval warfare, and the landing fleet and the escort fleet actually fell into the trap arranged by the Chinese Navy in advance, and this trap came from Li Kongrong in front of him.

"Jin Shanwei fought very well, but from the perspective of the navy, this is a huge tragedy." Dönitz suddenly said this after inviting Li Kongrong to sit down. "Tea or coffee?" The adjutant hadn't gone out yet, he asked.

"Tea, thank you!" Li Kongrong said, waiting for Captain Loirat to turn around, he answered Dönitz's question, "In addition to the special hydrological and geographical situation of Jinshanwei, the carelessness of the Japanese Navy is an important reason, and the tragedy is of their own making. If they had shelled the beachhead before the landing, or had sent a small detachment to land first, and then the flotilla would have dropped anchor close to the offshore, the situation would have been very different, at least, and would not have suffered as heavy losses as it is now. ”

"Lee, how did you know that the Japanese would land there?" Dönitz was also generally aware of the course of the Jinshanwei anti-landing battle, and it was true that, as Li Kongrong said, the Japanese carelessness -- all the ships dropped anchor in the middle of the night, the vast majority of the troops began to land with all their bodies before and after dawn, neglected the search for Dajinshan Island, and did not shell the defenders' positions in advance -- was an important cause of the tragedy, but the accurate judgment of the Chinese navy was the basis of everything.

"There are only two places in the north of Hangzhou Bay that can land, one is a fortress a long time ago, and it is impossible for the Japanese to directly hit the fortress, so the only thing left is Jinshanwei." Li Kongrong said that although the battle of Jinshanwei was a few months ago, he had long forgotten about it. "The favorite thing for the Japanese to fight a war is to take a detour, and if he can't open the situation head-on, he will definitely make a roundabout flank attack or outflank, even if his troops are not enough, he has to make such a posture, which was frequently played out in the Russo-Japanese War. I really didn't expect that the Japanese army that landed would have two and a half divisions, I thought they were just putting on a show. ”

"Either way, it's a miracle!" Li Kongrong's tea and Dönitz's coffee were delivered, and after Captain Loyratt went out, Dönitz turned to business, and he knew why Lee Kongrong came.

"Lee, I thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to keep my promise to send the training boat to Flensburg," Dönitz just put his coffee down and then said, "However, I hope you can give me a promise." ”

Li Kongrong also had no intention of drinking tea, he needed a reply from Dönitz. Hearing his serious expression spit out the words 'keep the promise', Li Kongrong's whole body was light, and he cracked his mouth and smiled: "Please say, as long as I can do it." ”

"I want you to keep all the secrets between us." Dönitz said. "Like Gibraltar and submarine snorkels and ......"

"Of course!" Li Kongrong nodded without hesitation, "It is impossible for China to build a great submarine force, all my expectations and ambitions are pinned on the German submarine fleet, and I will not reveal her secret to anyone else." I hope that she will make everyone who underestimates submarines know her power and worth. I even ......"

In the excitement of the real and the fake, Li Kongrong took out something from his briefcase, which was a wooden ship model, the XXI type submarine in his memory. As soon as the ship model was taken out, Dönitz's eyes were only fixed.

"This is a submarine I designed in the true sense of the word, which no longer has deck guns installed, and the hull is streamlined to remove all resistance. Thanks to the increased battery capacity, it has an underwater range of up to 340 knots at five knots per hour and speeds of more than 17 knots. Once the battery runs out, it also does not need to float, it can be charged by raising the snorkel and sailing at a low speed of about five knots, and radio commands can also be sent and received by towed telecommunication buoys......"

Li Kongrong introduced the new submarine he had "conceived" to Dönitz for half an hour. Taking the rough model from him, Dönitz said, "Are you still worried that a plane carrying a radio detector will wreck a submarine?" ”

"Yes. I've recently read quite a few articles from Americans, as well as some patents from the patent office, there have already been radio detection of surface ships, and there is even a ship bumper. Before the last war, airplanes were merely means of movement, but near the end of the war, airplanes were able to sink ships. It follows from this that the progress of technology in the war is extraordinary, and in the confrontation of aircraft and submarines, aircraft will be in an increasingly advantageous position. Only by turning a submarine into a real submarine can it reduce its losses in a later war. ”

At first, Dönitz was suspicious of what Lee Kong-yong said about radar, but he finally learned that in the summer of 1935, the domestic company GEMA had developed a radio detector that could detect ships on the sea. It's huge, but who can guarantee that it won't be able to get smaller and end up on a bomber?

"Thank you very much, Lee." Dönitz rarely said thank you to Lee Kongrong with a smile. "I increasingly want you to serve in the German Navy, but unfortunately, this is not possible for the time being."

Dönitz's 'impossibility' relieved Li Kongrong, and he said, "Even if I can fly the submarine back to China to fight the Japanese Navy, I will keep in touch with you." Mr. Colonel, you are a respectable man and a great commander of the fleet, I fully believe this, and history will eventually prove it. ”

"All those who are willing to give their lives for the country are great." Dönitz did not accept Li Kongrong's top hat, he mentioned another topic, "Lee, as you know, the situation has changed a lot compared to before, I will send training boats according to my promise, but if I receive an order from the Ministry of Defense to withdraw the training boat directly, I will have to act according to the order......"

Dönitz's last reminder caused Li Kongrong's excitement to be extinguished, and clouds of white smoke came out. On the way back, he kept thinking about Dönitz's sentence, 'If you receive an order from the Ministry of Defense to withdraw the training boat directly...... it is the Ministry of Defense, not the Admiralty, and now the Minister of Defense is Hitler's puppet, which is equivalent to saying that once the Nazis or the Japanese find themselves training on the training boat, the training boat may be withdrawn.

"Brother Hansheng, how is the situation?" Back at the Berlin embassy, Cheng Tianfang saw him and asked weakly—after a week of exhaustion, he was already sitting still.

"Not much." The day after tomorrow, at the latest, it will be sent to the Neustadt submarine base, which is the same naval base where the Germans took themselves, Chen Shaokuan, and others to visit the submarine last year, and there is a sea separation from the mouth of the Travi River, but the distance is very close, only about 10 nautical miles, and the land to Lübeck is only 35 kilometers, and the shipyard is even closer, less than 30 kilometers.

"Oops......" Cheng Tian sat down on the chair, he was already habitually sighing, and now when he saw Li Kongrong, he had the spirit to speak, he said: "Germany is going to admit that it is full of hypocrisy this week, Brother Hansheng, can't you think of a way?" ”

"If there is a way, I have thought of it a long time ago." Last week, Li Kongrong went to see Goering, but Goering refused to meet, and his weekend visit to his suburban villa was blocked by the guards at the door. "Now that the situation is irreversible, let's give up on treatment."

"Hey!" Cheng Tianfang sighed when he heard him say this. Li Kongrong got up and called Lin Zhun in Flensburg to go to the Neustadt naval base immediately, and then sat with him in the office. At this time, the entire embassy was quiet, and after a while, Tan Boyu came, he saw Li Kongrong say hello, it can be seen that the two of them were silent, and they couldn't help what they wanted to say, and in the end, he walked to the door, but turned around, "Brother Jasic, the funds for the students studying in Germany at the Electric Thunder School over there are about to be cut off, do you want to urge the country on your behalf." ”

"Uh-huh." Cheng Tianfang didn't have anything to do now, he just waved his hand to let Tan Boyu do it. After he left, he said sadly: "Hey, as soon as Ouyang Ge dies, the people of the Lightning School will be cut off from pay and food." I ...... here, Sino-German relations are like this, hey! I'm afraid that the entire embassy will soon run out of pay and food. ”

The group from the Electric Thunder School had nothing to do with Li Kongrong, but when Cheng Tianfang said that the embassy was cut off for pay and food, he was a little worried: "Has the situation really come to this point?" China and Germany are not at the point of severing diplomatic relations, right? ”

"Admit the puppet Manchurian, can't you go so far? Hansheng: You say, if Germany admits the puppet Manchurians, how can I, the ambassador, have the face to stay in this position? Cheng Tian put down and pointed at his nose, looking quite excited, although the suspension of the arms trade is important, but it is a big deal to admit that the puppet Manchurians are even more important, once this incident happens, he suddenly feels greatly insulted by his self-esteem.

"I, I've already resigned from China," Cheng Tian said. "I think maybe it won't be long before the entire embassy will be abolished."

"Brother Jasic said this......" Li Kongrong shook his head when he saw him judge like this, "Brother Jasic must learn to endure humiliation like the chairman!" From 918 to the present, how many people slandered the chairman of the committee for not resisting Japan, but is the chairman really not resisting Japan? No, before the Jiangxi crackdown on bandits, the chairman of the committee was already preparing to resist Japan -- if the **** was not expelled to the southwestern provinces in a planned way, how could these areas be used by the central authorities? The New Life Movement has also been criticized by the world, but who knows that this is the harbinger of the chairman's all-round mobilization against the Japanese War of Resistance?

If the Germans admit the puppet Manchuria, they will admit the puppet Manchuria. Now that we have a request for Germany, how can we be reckless in severing diplomatic relations with Germany and withdrawing its envoys? Brother Jasic often said that he believed in the Three People's Principles of the former prime minister all his life, and now is the moment for us to sacrifice and dedicate ourselves to the Three People's Principles. ”

Even if he was in the bureau, Cheng Tianfang didn't know much about the essence of Jiangxi's bandit suppression and the New Life Movement, and when he heard Li Kongrong's interpretation, he was stunned for a moment. Indeed, although Chang Kaishen is not good, he is an authentic great Chinese nationalist in his bones, but unfortunately, his path is wrong, and the means do not match his ideals, and the later he goes, probably Zeng Guofan's things read more, and he has more and more of a sense of convincing people with virtue. But in the final analysis, this country is not who has the best to win the world, but who is the most ruthless in the world, and he is simply going in the wrong direction.

"Is that really the case......" Cheng Tianfang muttered, it could be seen that he must have suddenly felt a strange feeling, feeling that the back of Chang Kaishen, who was wearing a black bulletproof coat, was instantly taller, and it was getting bigger and bigger, and he had to look up to see it. And Chang Kaishen gradually almost became a kind of coercion for him, and even wanted to squeeze out the "small" hidden under the leather robe.

"Of course it is." Li Kongrong sneered, he was so familiar with Cheng Tianfang, he naturally didn't want him to resign and change to another ambassador. (To be continued.) )