Li Kongrong had already spoken very heavily by the end, Zhang Chukun bowed his head and was silent, and Fu Wubo, who was a little embarrassed, picked up the interview outline he had drawn up before and asked the following questions: What does the navy think of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party? The outline of the interview was drawn up before I came. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"The Navy has no opinion on the Kuomintang and the Communist Party." Li Kongrong ended his literary criticism and said.

"The Navy has to have a position, right?" Zhang Chukun asked, before he came, he very much hoped that the navy would become a democratic force.

"The position of the Navy is the Navy itself." Li Kongrong said. "The navy itself is a Fujian person and an overseas Chinese, so the navy only protects the interests of its own people, and other people can help them if they don't cooperate, but if they cooperate, it's different."

"Colonel Li, what do you think of the Three People's Principles?" Zhang Chukun asked here, and Guan Chupu and others over there also wanted to know the Navy's views on the Nationalist Government. "At home and abroad, isn't everyone fighting the war under the leadership of the Standing Chairman?"

"Mr. Chang is not from Fujian, nor is he an overseas Chinese." Li Kongrong said with a smile, he understood what Wang Junshi meant.

"But ......," Wang Junshi was stunned, "It's all this time, is the navy still limited to the division of the domain?" ”

"At all times, the navy protects its own people, not outsiders!" Li Kongrong said it categorically. "The Navy can cooperate with Chongqing, but the Navy has its own plans and interests, and outside the scope of cooperation, Chongqing's interests have nothing to do with the Navy."

"......" Li Kongrong said this, Wang Jun stood up angrily, but finally sat down. Guan Chupu said: "If the navy only cares about itself, then the ...... of the Anti-Japanese War, Colonel Li, let me ask a somewhat offensive question, if Japan can give the navy enough benefits, will the navy make peace with the Japanese?" ”

"Of course." Li Kongrong unexpectedly agreed, and everyone was surprised. "If Japan withdraws from Fujian, compensates Fujian and the navy for their military losses and personal losses, sells or scuttles all warships larger than 5,000 tons, and cedes its maritime power in East Asia, we will gladly sign a contract with the Japanese."

"Is this possible? Probably not. Guan Chupu thought about it and intuitively felt that it was impossible. However, Colonel Li was an anti-Japanese hero, and if he really made peace with the Japanese, the Chinese would not agree. ”

"Who are the Chinese people? What does it matter to the Navy whether they promise or not? The Navy owes them a lot of money ?! "Li Kongrong smiled gloomily and disdained the 'countrymen'." The navy is only the navy of Fujianese and overseas Chinese, not the navy of the Chinese people, still less the navy of the Nationalist Government. As I said in Hong Kong, this is a fleet jointly composed of the Fujian militia and overseas Chinese volunteers, and its funds are self-raised, and its battle plan is self-determined. Not people within this system, whose interests are not taken into account by the Navy unless necessary.

You may find it incomprehensible when I say this, but if you look at it from another angle: If the Nationalist Government talks peace with Japan, will it add to the armistice agreement that 'Japan is not allowed to have warships of more than 5,000 tons'? No way. The bottom line of the Nationalist Government was definitely that Japan would withdraw from Kannai and that the two sides would return to the state they had before the July 7 Incident, and that it would be impossible for him to take into account the interests of the navy in the peace talks. You say that you cannot accept the Navy and Japan to make peace, and I tell you that the Navy cannot accept the Nationalist Government and Japan to sign an armistice treaty. ”

"But the national government represents the country after all!" Wang Junshi patted his thigh, he admired Li Kongrong before, but now he found that he had no national concept at all.

"The country? Whose country? Yours? His? National dang? Not mine anyway, not navy. Li Kongrong sneered, "Unless there is an exchange of interests and its own needs, the navy will not shed a drop of blood for people outside the navy." ”

"It's a warlord." The same words came out of the mouths of Singaporean journalists, last time in Hong Kong.

"The Navy is not a warlord. The warlords have a territory, they have to collect taxes from the common people, and the navy raises its own military expenses, and they don't want to build any territory on the East Asian continent, saying that the warlords think highly of us. Li Kongrong clarified the facts, "If you have to make it clear what the navy is, I think you can compare it to Zheng Zhilong's fleet in the late Ming Dynasty, of course, it is not Zheng Zhilong in Zhao'an, nor Zheng Zhilong who surrendered to the Manchurians." At that time, Taiwan was still a foreign country, and he used Taiwan as a base to control the entire East Asian sea power, and even the Dutch and Spaniards had to let him, while Japan was still closed off from the rest of the country at that time.

The supreme interest of the navy is the sea power of East Asia, and now the sea power is in the hands of Japan, so the navy must defeat the Japanese combined fleet and seize the sea power of East Asia. ”

"And what about the British Americans? They also have fleets in East Asia. Guan Chupu said.

"The Royal Navy is not only our teacher, but also our ally. I believe that after the war, Britain will hand over part of its sea power to us for various reasons, and we will maintain order in East Asia, and of course they will give us corresponding benefits. Li Kongrong imagined. The interests of the Americans are in the Philippines, and the Philippines wants to become independent in a few years, and I think that if we can maintain the order in East Asia, there is no need for him to send a fleet to East Asia. ”

"What will happen to the Navy if the Nationalist Government reorganizes the Navy after the war? Will it be, will it be recruited? Fu Wubo's mind was full of Zheng Zhilong, and Zhao An was asked by him.

"If you're in the navy, then don't touch the mainland. The British would not send troops to occupy any part of the European continent, they only pursued the balance of power on the continent to prevent the emergence of great power on the continent. Their opposite is Japan, which was originally a maritime country, but it wanted to go deep into the mainland, but it was dragged and then collapsed little by little. The navy has no interest in recruiting and surrendering, and our goal is the sea of stars, so why do we have to find ourselves a master. Li Kongrong said with a smile.

"But aren't there Fujianese in the navy?" Fu Wubo asked while thinking, he didn't know if this was Li Kongrong's personal meaning or the meaning of the entire navy.

"yes. This is indeed a big problem. Li Kongrong agreed. But I still prefer that the navy is just a navy, she just controls the sea power in East Asia, and then makes a living from sea power and commerce, and does not have to have anything to do with the mainland. I think this matter will be decided after the war. ”

"And how many people are in the navy now?" Fu Wubo continued to look at the question, "How many people in it are nationals?" Is there a Communist Party? ”

"It's hard to say how many people there are." Li Kongrong thought for a while, "Not only 10,000 people." The Kuomintang, the Communist Party, this is definitely not the case, and if there is, they must quit the party. The Navy does not intervene in partisan disputes, nor does it allow any partisan members in the military. What if he sells the navy, do you think? Who is responsible? ”

"This ...... Isn't it specialized. System? Fu Wubo nodded and then asked.

"It seems that you still know too little about the military. The Navy has always been a specialist. No one can question the commander, the commander is the sky. The chief sat eating steak and drinking wine, and the soldier could only stand in the aisle and nibble on potatoes and drink cold water, there were too many examples ......to count. Li Kongrong said with a smile. If you want democracy or equality, you can just leave the navy. If you're coming, then don't complain. ”

"Is the Navy very well paid?" Fu Wuboring felt that this was probably because of the good treatment of the navy.

"It's definitely better than the Army." Li Kongrong nodded and said, "The least trained soldiers and servants also have eleven pieces of fiat currency. The navy issued dollars, and the exchange rate was calculated according to the pre-war period, which is thirty or forty pieces of legal currency, which I think is higher than the platoon commander of the domestic army, if he does not eat empty salaries. The first-class soldier is nineteen pieces of fiat currency, five dollars and seventy cents, which is about fifty or sixty dollars in fiat currency.

Then the navy eats well, eats meat at meals, distributes cigarettes and alcohol, and does not deduct food, clothing, and money from military salaries like the army. The army's military salary, the soldier's salary before the war can still save a few yuan after deducting food, and now I am afraid that the officer's military salary will not be able to save money after deducting food, miserable, really miserable. The navy's salary is yours, and eating, drinking, and Lazar are considered navy's, and you don't want to pay a penny, and you can save all of them or send them home after the military salary is paid.

Military salaries, food, pensions, and post-retirement treatment are also good. The government gives a pension of 100 yuan in fiat currency and an annuity of 50 yuan to the bereaved family every year, but in fact, it is difficult to send this money, it is rare to have one out of ten, and there are too many people who have died in battle. The Navy must have issued dollars, which was three times higher than that of the Army at the pre-war exchange rate. The Navy will properly arrange a way out for the disabled and discharged, which means that as long as you enter the Navy, as long as you don't make mistakes and start reforming, the Navy will be responsible for the livelihood of the family in this life. Eat better than ordinary people, dress better than ordinary people, live better than ordinary people, and your son can also study in the ...... of the naval school when he grows up, how can I say this, anyway, the benefits are endless. ”

Li Kongrong made a recruitment advertisement, and then felt that something was missing, and added: "I'm just talking about soldiers, and the treatment of officers is naturally better, and the most basic thing for a warrant officer in the Navy is that he must be able to afford a Ford car with a three-month salary, have his own apartment, have meat for his family every day, and buy new clothes every season." I won't worry about my livelihood and live a decent life.

This is a lieutenant, not to mention a colonel and a general. For example, I have five hundred fiat dollars a month, which is one hundred and fifty dollars, and I am still the captain, and I can add another thirty dollars, as well as a wartime allowance. That's a lot, I don't think the colonel's salary of six hundred to eight hundred dollars a month would not look shabby, and if it weren't for the reward for sinking a Japanese ship this month, it wouldn't have been enough for me to take my family to Europe. So now the New York side is also changing, and next year the salaries of officers will be adjusted.

But to become a naval officer, you have to go to the naval academy, which is very long, seven or eight years to graduate, and it is also very strict, and there are many people who cannot complete their studies. However, now the Navy is recruiting pilots, and young people who are physically qualified can participate. The salary of ordinary pilots is also very high, sixty dollars in peacetime, and definitely more than one hundred dollars in wartime, and there are rewards after the confirmation of shooting down enemy planes and sinking enemy ships. I think it's a shortcut to becoming an officer, and I advise many Navy cadets to learn how to fly an airplane. ”

"Colonel Lee, can anyone sign up to be a pilot?" Wang Junshi didn't care about anything else, and asked himself the pilot.

"Of course not." Li Kongrong said, "Domestic Fujianese can sign up, and overseas is not limited, as long as they are Chinese." ”

"What about the other provinces?" Wang Junshi is no longer surprised by Li Kongrong, he has no concept of a country.

"If it's a talent that the Navy urgently needs, then naturally there is no problem, if not, then it can't." Li Kongrong said.

"Excellent, can't you?" Wang Junshi did not give up.

"The better it is, the worse it is." Li Kongrong shook his head: "Very good, what are you doing in the navy?" What is the purpose? Why not go to the Air Force? ”

"......" Wang Junshi was speechless when he asked. Colonel Lee, the navy can't do this, everyone is ...... for this country"

"The Navy is only for itself." Li Kongrong interrupted him. "The state is party-state, not the navy. There are no nationals in the navy, so don't use that theory to demand the navy; The navy does not owe anything to the party-state, and the reason why the two sides can cooperate is because the navy wants to seize sea power in East Asia, and the enemy is Japan. By the way: if a national member deliberately conceals his identity and signs up for the navy, once he is discovered, he will be treated as a spy, and he will generally be shot! ”

"What about the Communist Party?" Zhang Chukun hurriedly asked.

"I'm going to be shot!" Li Kongrong said. "The other parties are going to be shot as well. The Navy does not allow any political parties to exist within itself, nor does it believe in any doctrines, and the Navy only advocates brotherhood. ”

*

"Can you really build a warship out of ice?" A few days later, the battleship Tsujima Nagato, the commander of the Combined Fleet, Isoroku Yamamoto, had been thinking about this question since he read the report sent from Singapore. For boats, it is certainly possible to make them from a material that is hard and lighter than water, ice. However, ice is brittle and melts, so what kind of special ice did the Chinese scientists invent?

"Your Excellency, are you still thinking about ice battleships?" The chief of staff, Major General Fukurushi, came in and saw that Yamamoto was pondering again, and immediately guessed his thoughts.

"yes. If we can really make warships out of ice, then we can't resist the million-ton battleships of the China Navy. Yamamoto Fifty-six said without worry, he had already ordered the Ship Administration Headquarters to study this issue immediately.

"Your Excellency, I think the Shina are lying." Furushi also thought for a few days, "The temperature of the sea is very high, and the ice will definitely melt. Such ice battleships could sail only in the Bering Sea, in the Arctic Ocean, and could not go to the South Pacific at all. ”

"The Ship Administration Headquarters said that if there is a refrigeration system in the warship, the ice will not melt." Yamamoto took out a telegram report, "They went to the refrigeration plant, and it was said that they could achieve a good refrigeration effect with salt water. ”

"Really?" Furushi was surprised, he didn't expect such a whimsical thing to really be made.

"But the Ship Administration Headquarters still doesn't know how the people of China solved the problem of ice being too brittle." Yamamoto turned around, holding a bowl of crushed ice from the kitchen in his hand - a man who invests in water to oil, interested in any new technology. "Hey." He sighed heavily, "If ice can really make warships, we won't have to compete with the army for steel." ”