Li Kongrong's last words said that these people were hot-hearted, but Chen Wenlin was determined. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 It is by no means up to him alone that such a large-scale aviation school can be run, it depends on the concerted efforts of Chinese and American instructors, and the amount of money on the employment contracts of American instructors is enough to meet them, but these Chinese instructors are worried about their future in the military. Lin Xianxi is xenophobic, but Chen Wenlin is clear about Li Kongrong's identity in the navy, he said that everyone is his own people and good brothers, so he can give everyone an explanation.

The group was talking and laughing in the instructor's dormitory building, and suddenly a woman's voice came from outside: "What are you all talking about?" ”

Li Kongrong changed color when he heard this, he hurriedly glanced at Chen Wenlin, Chen Wenlin immediately understood, he pulled Li Kongrong to the back door and said: "Han Sheng's visit to the United States, and the things he just said are the highest top secrets, and you must not spread it." Help stop it, hurry. ”

Chen Wenlin took Li Kongrong from the back door of the dormitory, and Huang Hanguang, who was the first to understand, greeted the front door with a smile - this is Li Xiaqing, Li Yueying and other female instructors, counting the calendar, there are more than ten of them.

"Who was talking here?" Li Xiaqing seemed to hear a familiar voice, but when she came over, she only saw these instructors.

"Miss Xiaqing, there is no one, just us people." Chen Qiguang stepped forward and said with a smile, he heard that Miss Li liked Colonel Li, and Colonel Li's wife died in the country. Military pilots bombed by mistake.

"That's not right." Li Xiaqing clearly heard Li Kongrong's Chinese voice just now, and most of these instructors are southerners, and the Chinese language is not as correct as his words. "What are you hiding from me?" A woman's sixth sense is the most responsive, but unfortunately no one can be found.

"Haha......" Li Xiaqing was still suspicious in the dormitory building, and Li Kongrong and Chen Wenlin had already gone out of the back door and got into the car. Li Kongrong smiled helplessly, and Chen Wenlin laughed funny, and the two contrasted with each other for a while.

"Where is Hansheng going to Mr. Lin?" After laughing and remembering the matter, Chen Wenlin asked.

"No, I'll go back to the hotel first." Li Kongrong planned to give Lin Xianxi a few days to think about it, and in addition, he had to contact the British and not to come to the pilots of the Royal Navy, and the carrier-based aircraft test might not be completed. However, what he didn't expect was that before the British came, the Americans rushed to find them.

"Mister Lee?" One day a month later, in New York, in the eastern part of the United States, Li Kongrong returned home from official business, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw two white men in US Navy uniforms getting up and looking at him and smiling. Li Kongrong subconsciously touched his waist, and Xu Peipei on the side smiled like a flower, "Hansheng, they said it was your good friend in Germany." ”

Li Kongrong had a silenced pistol on his waist, but the person who came was a naval officer, and his woman was on his side, so he had to dispel the intention of using force, and he forced a smile: "It's a pity that I seem to have forgotten these two good friends." ”

"Mister Lee, I'm Major Melles of the Naval Intelligence Service, and this is my colleague Captain McCarron, who is the head of the Far East Group of the Intelligence Service. Nice to meet you. After all, he had spent a lot of time in China, and said with a smile: "Madame Zun sings beautifully, and the tea is also very good." ”

"Milton E. Melles?" Melles surprised Li Kongrong, and Li Kongrong's answer made him unable to believe it.

"Oh, you live up to your name." As soon as Melles reported his surname, Li Kongrong guessed his full name, which reminded him of some legends, and he became more and more polite, "I'm really sorry, I hope you won't mind our presumptuous visit." ”

"You may be seated, Major." Li Kongrong smiled at his wife, handed her his top hat and coat, and then resumed talking to Melles. "Did General Nimitz ask you to come?"

"Oh......" Now that he can call his full name, Melles is no longer surprised that Li Kongrong knows that the immediate boss of the intelligence department, Major General Nimitz. Maybe. We heard that you are in the United States and feel ...... Very shocked. Yes, we ......"

"You guys were shocked by that German submarine, weren't you?" Li Kongrong was completely in control of the situation of the conversation. "Does Chief Nimitz want to visit the submarine?"

"Of course, if ......," Melles cursed to himself, he felt like he had lost his proportion. We hope that you will open that submarine to us, and we absolutely guarantee its safety. ”

"Major, I'm more than willing to work with the U.S. Navy, but I hope you can help me too." Li Kongrong smiled before nodding, "My fleet is being formed, and I need you to open up some restrictions, such as carrier-based aircraft, and my pilots can only train ...... without weapons." So, Major, may I invite Director Nimitz to dinner this weekend? I think there's a lot of talk between us. ”

"Does this include that German submarine?" Melles asked, he was here for the submarine.

"Yes, of course. I have always believed that the US Navy is an ally, not an enemy. I am willing to share all the information with you. Li Kongrong laughed, and then he politely sent Melles and his colleagues out the door.

"What's going on, Hansheng?" Although Xu Peipei was not present when the man was talking, she still felt that something was wrong from the look he looked at when he entered the door.

"Nothing." Li Kongrong hugged his wife into his arms and kissed her on the lips again. "It seems that I've been too flamboyant lately, and a guest who shouldn't have come so early has arrived."

"Does it matter? Is it because of me? Xu Peipei was a little uneasy, she had too many fans and couldn't keep it secret wherever she went.

"Of course it doesn't matter." Li Kongrong didn't know what was wrong, maybe it was Xu Peipei, maybe it was the submariner at the shipyard, maybe it was himself. "Don't worry, they're friends."

A day later, at the Admiralty Bureau of Navigation in Washington, Chester William Nimitz, director of the Admiralty Bureau in Washington, was somewhat surprised by Melles' report, and wondered, "Did he really say that?" Are you sure it's him? ”

"Yes, General, it's him, New York is right, he's in the United States." Melles has described the whole meeting in detail. "He also said he wanted to have dinner with you this weekend and was willing to share all the information with us."

"Where is that submarine?" As a submarine expert, Nimitz had always admired German submarines, but he did not have the opportunity to see the real thing. A few months ago, Colonel Li Hansheng of the Chinese Navy stole a German submarine out of the dock, although reports said that the submarine had been blocked by the German Navy in the Baltic Sea and eventually sunk. But as soon as he heard the news of Colonel Li Hansheng's appearance in New York, Nimitz immediately sent someone to verify, and at the same time he asked people to investigate the shipyard purchased by the Chinese, but found nothing.

"I don't know, General." Melles was dizzy and was knocked out of the door by Li Kongrong, and he didn't even ask where the submarine was. "But I'm sure Colonel Lee will tell you that he gave us permission to visit that submarine."

"Okay." Unexpectedly, he was the key to finding the submarine, Nimitz looked at the schedule helplessly, and finally said, "Tell Colonel Lee that I will visit him this Saturday." ”

"The Director of the Navigation Bureau, Nimitz, is coming?" New York, Xinzhong Defense Company, heard Li Kongrong talk about Nimitz, Chen Jiliang and Lin Xianxi were not too surprised. They had no idea who Nimitz was.

"Yes." Li Kongrong smiled, "I really didn't expect the U.S. Navy to find me." We cannot underestimate this Nimitz, who, as far as I know, Roosevelt admired and supposedly wanted to appoint him commander of the Pacific Fleet. ”

"Commander of the Pacific Fleet?" This time, Chen Jiliang and Lin Xianxi were surprised. "Then we ......"

"It's best to be honest with each other." Li Kongrong said, "He is a very serious person, and it is useless to play tricks with such a person." ”

"What about the U-38?" Chen Jiliang asked. "It just got remodeled."

"If they want to see it, let them see it, even if they have to send someone on board." Li Kongrong arrived. "If he comes this weekend, come to my place to eat, and you will come too, just to taste the craftsmanship of the insider."

In the past month, Li Kongrong has lived a comfortable life, his clothes are extremely neat when he goes out every day, and his smile is also full. Now that they heard that he invited him to a family banquet, Chen Jiliang and Lin Xianxi were laughing. It's just that when Li Kongrong went home and told his wife about the Saturday family banquet, she was frightened.

"Hansheng, I can't do it." There were three generals invited, one American general was enough, and the other two were her husband's immediate bosses. Xu Peipei's hands trembled when she heard this, and she was worried and happy - she was worried that she had messed up the dinner party, and she was happy because she was finally introduced by her husband to her colleague's boss.

"Just the few dishes you usually make, according to the custom of American family dinners, it's about five or six people, if Nimitz doesn't bring his family." Li Kongrong didn't care about the order, and the focus of the family banquet was Nimitz rather than Chen Jiliang and Lin Xianxi. "No, Xiaoxin can help, if not, you can go to Chinatown and hire a cook."

What her husband said was extremely simple, Xu Peipei was a person who would find a way after all, and she had already made up her mind to let the guests eat well.

"It's good, it's so delicious." On Saturday night, Nimitz, who had brought Melles with him, was so full of praise for the dinner that he almost forgot the purpose of his visit.

Nimitz was satisfied with the dinner, Xu Peipei, as a housewife, smiled and thanked him, Chen Jiliang and Lin Xianxi also nodded with satisfaction, they felt that Li Kongrong's obsession with this Xu Peipei was not just a play, especially Chen Jiliang, he suddenly thought about his Xiamen concubine.

"It's good to be satisfied." Li Kongrong touched his woman under the table, and only felt that she was beautiful in an evening dress, but he hated that he had to negotiate business with Nimitz. "General, I'm more than happy to open up that submarine and all other intelligence to you, but I hope to get help from the U.S. Navy, at least acquiescing in some of our actions, we are friends and not enemies."

"Mr. Colonel, can you say something specific?" Chinese like to solve problems at the dinner table, that's what Melles said. Now to get down to business, Nimitz had to put down his knife and fork.

"I hope that the Naval Aviation Agency will not prevent us from equipping carrier-based aircraft that we have paid for." Li Kongrong raised the first specific question, "We will arrange for some pilots to return to China next year to fight Japan, and the Japanese Navy has already developed a new type of aircraft, and we must understand the performance of this new aircraft." In return, we will share intelligence on this new aircraft with the US Navy. ”

"Colonel, the Naval Aviation Agency is now headed by General Henrita, and he is following some of the projects you are presiding, with a particular focus on the Grumman F5F fighter." Nimitz, who was serious, had guessed what the Chinese would talk about before he came, so he knew a lot in advance, and the carrier-based fighter tendered by the Chinese Navy was one of them.

"So, the Naval Aviation Agency no longer wants to equip the F4F?" Li Kongrong asked, feeling some trouble.

"If the F5F significantly outperforms the F4F, of course the Aviation Authority will purchase the F5F instead of the F4F." Nimizzy Road. "I guess Grumman has to meet the U.S. Navy's order before it can satisfy you. As for the export of the F5F, I don't think the Aeronautics Bureau would have agreed to this if it had really good performance. ”

Nimitz said so directly that the Naval Aviation Agency was likely to oppose the F5F export, and Chen Jiliang and Lin Xianxin were taken aback. Lin Xianxin was about to speak, but Li Kongrong stopped him, and he said, "Thank you for your outspokenness, General." But I think the F5F, no matter how good it is, is only compared to those old carrier-based aircraft. The Germans have created a new type of aluminum alloy that is one and a half times harder than Dura's aluminum, which means that at the same strength, German aircraft will be significantly lighter than American aircraft. My condition is that if the Naval Aviation Agency agrees with the export of the F5F or other winning carrier-based fighters, then we will provide the formulation of this new aluminum alloy. ”

"One and a half times?" Nimitz was not suspicious of the Germans' technology, but was a little surprised by the 1.5 times hardness.

"Yes, only a carrier-based fighter with this alloy as a main beam can be called excellent." Li Kongrong had to draw cakes, but his mind was wondering if Igarashi Metal could be obtained in advance.

"Mr. Colonel, can you provide a sample of it?" Nimitz asked.

"Yes, but the Aviation Bureau must first allow the export of carrier-based aircraft." "You should know that any alloy can be analyzed for its composition, and providing a sample is equivalent to providing a formula. To reassure you, I can take the aircraft carrier in the dockyard that is being refitted. ”

"And that German submarine?" Nimitz added a condition.

"Agreed, the submarine can be handed over to you for a full test for a month, but it cannot be damaged." Li Kongrong said with a smile.

"I will consult this matter with General Henlita, but there is no complete guarantee, it depends on the final test results of the carrier-based aircraft." Nimizzy Road.

"No problem. As a gesture of good faith, I can invite you to board the boat in due course. Li Kongrong lit a cigarette.

"Is the submarine in the United States?" Nimitz was taken aback.

"No, U-38 is on its way to the United States, and you will be able to see it in ten days." Li Kongrong said. (To be continued.) )