Chapter 1 The North Wind

The arrival of midsummer has made London's already humid weather uncomfortable, and in the humid and sultry heat, this city of high-rise buildings, only the banks of the Thames in the morning and evening can make people feel some refreshment. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoEverything is depressed, just like the current situation in Europe - although Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain brought back from Munich last year the 'peace' that everyone wanted, this peace is like a suffocating air pressure before a thunderstorm, with lightning and dark clouds engulfing everything at any moment at any moment.

Building 1, 21 Queen Anne Street, the office of General Sinclair, head of MI6, Colonel Russell, Chief of the Third Division, stood at the Admiral's desk, the same as before, the Colonel's face was still stiff and his brow was furrowed.

"So, 007 is most likely dead?" After listening to the colonel's report, Sinclair did not speak immediately, he lit a cigarette and exhaled a long puff of smoke before asking such a question.

"Yes, sir, the Germans announced that they had sunk U-38 in the Baltic. Goebbels showed reporters some evidence, mostly Chinese clothing, which was said to have surfaced after the submarine was sunk. Colonel Russell said that this was a few days ago, and he had been confirming the matter until today, and he did not report it to the director until today.

"Looks like we've lost him." Admiral Sinclair wanted to put the cigarette down, but he thought of something else, "Is there no news from the Chinese?" ”

"Chinese?" The colonel thought for a moment before saying, "The Chinese government has held a trial in absentia last month, declaring 007 and his accomplices treason and sentenced to death. Apparently the Chinese government believed that their action had damaged friendship with Germany, and it was also true that the German government had deported Chinese military cadets from Germany, including the youngest son of Chinese leader Chang Kaishen. ”

"No, I'm not asking about the Chinese government, I want to know the reaction of the Chinese Navy and his wife." Sinclair imagined, "Is it possible that 007 is just hiding, and that he may not want or can't contact us for some reason we don't know." ”

"The office of the Chinese Navy in New York did not make a statement, they just advertised that 007 was not treason, he did it to fight the Japanese. As to whether he died, the two generals Chen and Lin said they had no comment. "Colonel Russell's briefing on the Chinese Navy made the admiral raise his eyebrows again, it seems that they don't agree with 007's death, but Colonel Russell's words below disappointed again." But his wife ...... that, according to the intelligence of the Fifth Division, today's lawyer for 007 will have her sign the property inheritance documents in accordance with his will. That's a lot of money, and the Swiss will be levied a large inheritance tax as a result. ”

"Today?" The Admiral looked at the calendar, exactly one month after 007 left Germany.

"Yes, given the time difference, maybe it's going on right now." The colonel's expression was gloomy.

"May God bless them." The admiral faintly drew a cross on his chest, and for the first time in his life, he prayed for the yellow race.

At the British Hotel next to the Governor's Palace in Yangon, Myanmar, Xu Peipei, dressed in plain clothes, was looking at the two Swiss lawyers in front of her. They had been here more than ten days earlier, and the initial meeting was disappointing. They claimed to have come here to carry out the will that Mister Lee had made during his lifetime. According to the will, if there is no telegram before May 20, then Xu Peipei, as the official wife of Mister-Lee, will inherit all his inheritance, for which they brought the original will and related asset documents, as well as a representative from the Swiss bank.

Xu Peipei couldn't cry after seeing these people for the first time, and when she faced them again half a month later, she felt that her whole person was numb, her heart was empty, and the wind was whirring into the hole, which was cold.

Seeing that Xu Peipei's whole body was trembling, Scheer, the lawyer led by "Miss Li ......", subconsciously drew a cross on his chest, and he sighed: "May God bless." Then he said, "Maybe it's not that bad, but for the sake of the notarization and Mister-Lee's wishes, I beg you to sign these documents." ”

"Sir, my husband is still alive." Xu Peipei held back her discomfort and began to speak, "I don't want to sign these things. ”

"Mies, according to the law and Mister Lee's wishes, you should sign it." Sher didn't understand the Oriental tradition, but he could feel Xu Peipei's feelings for Mr. Li. In Switzerland or France, the beautiful wives who die from rich husbands will soon start a new life, they are rich widows, and most men will go crazy for them.

"I'm sorry, sir, but my husband is alive." After Xu Peipei finished speaking, she got up and wanted to leave, but her body was so weak that she had to leave the living room with the support of her sister.

"Miss ......" Scheer shook his head helplessly as Xu Peipei left, he thought he would soon be able to leave the Far East and return to Switzerland, but things were stuck on this young widow.

"What should I do?" Deputy Burki looked at him. They are loyal servants of Lee Kong Rong's will, and they can only stay in Myanmar until the will is executed, which is really a bad place, hot and dirty.

"Niko, we can only wait, maybe God will let a miracle happen." Scheer agreed, and looked at the door where Xu Peipei disappeared. However, before he could leave the living room, another person blocked his way, it was Zhou Yingcong, who was dressed in the uniform of a lieutenant colonel in the navy, who had come from Kunming a few days earlier.

"Mr. Scheer, I hope to know something about ......" Zhou Yingcong looked at the two Swiss lawyers and smiled before saying, "...... Regarding Mr. Li's will, can you tell me to whom he left Xinzhong Company? It's about ......"

Zhou Yingcong spoke English, and Scheer could understand English, but he didn't want to make a fuss, he pretended to have a very puzzled expression, and he said in German: "Sir, I don't understand what you're saying." ”

Zhou Yingcong didn't know German, and he didn't bring a German translator, so he could only give up when he saw the two Swiss like this, and only after they left did he find Qiu Zhongming, who had been escorting Xu Peipei to Yangon, "What the hell is going on?" He asked.

"I don't know." Zhou Yingcong had looked for Qiu Zhongming before, but Qiu Zhongming didn't know anything about him, and he still did so.

"What don't you know, Brother Hansheng values you, how could you not know?" Zhou Yingcong was very helpless to Qiu Zhongming, this person was loyal to Li Kongrong, and he was not from Fujian, so he was often helpless against him.

"Chief Zhou, I really don't know." Qiu Zhongming responded, and when he saw that Zhou Yingcong wanted to continue asking, he said: "Not only me, but even Mrs. didn't read the will, it's useless for you to ask us." ”

"But ......" Zhou Yingcong also roughly knows what the will made by the foreigner represents, and the two Switzerland don't say that he has no way to know, but Li Kongrong is the shareholder of the Swiss company, and the Swiss company is the shareholder of the Swiss New China Company and the United States New China Company. Thinking of this, Zhou Yingcong said: "Brother Daoshu, this matter is related to the reconstruction of the Navy and the great cause of the War of Resistance, why don't you understand?!" ”

"Sir Zhou, the chief has worked hard for the reconstruction of the navy, how can he be ......" Speaking of the word will, Qiu Zhongming felt creepy, and he choked and said: "Without the original proposal of the commander, there would be today's navy?" The commander personally led the U-38 to break through, not for the war of resistance, but for what? He didn't have to go to the submarine in person, just wait for his subordinates in Qingliang. ”

Li Kongrong's life and death are uncertain, but Zhou Yingcong is so anxious about the will, Qiu Zhongming really can't figure it out. He believed that even if the chief would leave everything to his wife, he would never forget the great cause of the Anti-Japanese War. Qiu Zhongming was like this, and Zhou Yingcong saw that everything was said about this, so he had to say: "Dao Shu misunderstood, it's just that Hansheng is not here, and the army's heart is unstable." Last month, some people made trouble at the aviation school, and nearly 100 students dropped out, and if the matter of Xinzhong Company came out again, there would be even more people who dropped out. ”

Zhou Yingcong talked about the difficulties of the navy -- because Li Kongrong and others stole boats, the government not only convicted these people of treason, but also instigated some overseas Chinese to go to the San Francisco Aviation School to make trouble, which caused nearly 100 students to drop out of school. At the same time, the treatment of the aviation school is good, and there is no way out for overseas Chinese young people in the United States, and when they are young, they will inherit their father's business for a period of time, continue to open laundry shops or Chinese restaurants, and even continue to live on the streets.

And if you become a naval pilot, the treatment after that will definitely be a few streets away from ordinary people, and it is not bad to retire as a passenger aircraft pilot in the future. As for those killed in war, the Navy set the standard of bereavement benefits at $3,000 and guaranteed that parents would send their children to adulthood. Coupled with the aviation school's first-class food and anti-Japanese righteousness, overseas Chinese young people who signed up to become naval pilots flocked to it. The government's deliberate allocation has only allowed some people from good families to withdraw from training, while others are still continuing to train. However, if there is a problem with the new China Defense Company, not to mention the aviation school due to the lack of funds, even the shipyard will be unsustainable.

Zhou Yingcong went out of the living room and wanted to find Xu Peipei, but when he arrived in the inner courtyard, he was blocked by Xu Xiaoxin, and he finally had to leave the hotel and go to the telegraph office to send a telegram to New York. At this time, Lin Xianxin was convening a meeting of responsible persons in various fields in the United States.

"Everyone, it's been a month, and there has been no news from Hansheng, and things seem to be more auspicious." Lin Xianxin opened with this sentence, only letting everyone present bow their heads and remain silent.

"Brother Xiang Xin, is it possible that it was delayed?" Zhi Bingyuan was the first to speak, Xinzhong is busy with defense affairs, especially the helicopter factory is in the trial production stage, and everything has to be solved by his coordination. Not wanting to make a bad news in Europe, Colonel Lee actually disappeared with a German submarine, and today, the news has become 'more than lucky', which really makes him not very embarrassed.

"As long as Hansheng and others are safe, it is impossible not to contact us. Referring to the German sources, it is likely that the submarine has sunk in the Skagerrak Strait. Lin Xianxi's words were heavy, this crash was not only Li Kongrong's death, but Lin Zhun was also unfortunately killed.

When he said this, he thought that everyone here did not understand naval warfare, so he had to explain with a strong spirit: "When the submarine enters and exits the strait, what he is most afraid of is the anti-submarine net, the Germans claim that the anti-submarine net was arranged in the strait on the second day of the submarine's escape, and it is unlikely that Hansheng will break through, this anti-submarine net is not one layer, it is said that it is three layers, and the fishing nets of all Germany have been expropriated." The submarine can't get out of the strait and has no other way than to surrender, and now there has been no news for a month, so it must be ...... It must have been a disaster for the country. Ladies and gentlemen, Hansheng is not here, but the navy still needs to be rebuilt, and we can only tide over the difficulties together if we work together. ”

After Lin Xianxin finished speaking, everyone present was whispering, Lin Xianxi's adjutant sent Zhou Yingcong's telegram over at this time, Lin Xianxin hastily read it and put it down, he said: "Han Sheng made a will before his death, I don't know the content of the will, but no matter what is written in the will, I hope that you can focus on the overall situation of the Anti-Japanese War and the reconstruction of the navy, and complete Hansheng's unfulfilled wish......"

With no legal control in his hands, Lin Xianxin could only proceed from the general righteousness and persuade these responsible persons to continue to support the reconstruction of the navy. He doesn't care about the so-called law, as far as the Chinese people are concerned, human feelings are greater than the law, and the law is greater than the law. In Li Kongrong's absence, the biggest problem is not to talk about the Xinzhong Defense Company, but how to build the fleet.

Carrier-based aircraft and pilots are not a problem according to the current situation, but how should aircraft carriers be built? Now there is only one cruise ship in the shipyard in Maine, Tatsuda Maru, and if you want to build another aircraft carrier, you must capture another cruise ship, and the Japanese cruise ship is extremely difficult to capture according to intelligence, and the German cruise ship planned by Li Kongrong before is a hot potato, in case the Germans really go to the United States to find fault, this is not something that the navy can handle. Another way is to build aircraft carriers yourself, but how can you have so much money? Doubling the money from the sale of the entire New China Defense may not be able to build an aircraft carrier.

Li Kongrong did leave the reconstruction plan of the entire navy to Lin Xianxin and others, but Lin Xianxi was not as sure as he was that the world situation would run on time according to the contents of the plan. Lin Xianxi knew that Germany was going to war, but he was not sure that Germany would declare war on Poland, Britain and France more than three months later.

Faith, which no one but Li Kongrong has. Without confidence, no matter how good the opportunity is, it will be lost in hesitation. At this time, Lin Xianxi was in this situation. However, his goal is not as big as Li Kongrong, and in his opinion, as long as the navy can build two aircraft carriers, it will be considered a complete merit.

In the conference room of the New China Defense Company in New York, a cadre in charge was discussing, and thousands of miles away in Svalbard, Li Kongrong and Lin Zhun were shivering with cold. Damn it was too cold - after escaping from the anti-submarine net, it took them more than ten days to break free from the secret net of the German Navy, and they traveled by night and day along the way, and when they reached the Arctic Ocean, they found that the extra radio station was actually broken, and I think it was the time when they sat on the bottom and broke the electron tube on it.

In desperation, they had no choice but to rest on a deserted island in Svalbard, and at the same time try to repair the damaged radio, which was delayed for more than ten days, and when the supplies were exhausted, Li Kongrong ordered the submarine to go to the largest island in the archipelago, Sispitsbergen, to find the radio station. Although it is the height of summer, the north wind is blowing, and people are going to freeze into popsicles. (To be continued.) )