The ambassador and the military attache had different attitudes, and even Major Li Kongrong, an honest man, could see it. The military attache office was full of army officers, and he only recognized the secret telegram of Nanjing, and he was only Kong Xiangxi's adjutant, and he did not have Kong Xiangxi's secret order ....... Thinking of the secret order, Major Li Kongrong hurriedly took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Ambassador Cheng Tianfang, which was an autographed letter from Kong Xiangxi.

The living room was silent for a while, and after reading the letter, Cheng Tianfang nodded, and changed his title to Li Kongrong from 'Major Li' to 'Adjutant Li', he said, "Mr. Yongzhi explained the matter, Adjutant Li, although rest assured, Tianfang will definitely be done." ”

"Thank you, Ambassador Cheng." Li Kongrong stood up again and saluted, and then looked at military attache Xu Bozhou.

That Xu Bozhou just smiled when he saw him, he touched his brain with his hand and said: "The Navy wants to order the submarine military attache to help, but we don't understand that thing!" This ......" he glanced at Cheng Tian and said, "Does Ambassador Cheng know what a submarine is?" ”

What the Military Attache Office didn't know, of course Ambassador Cheng Tianfang didn't know, seeing Cheng Tianfang shaking his head, Xu Bozhou laughed and said, "Adjutant Li, I think so, after I go back, the Military Attache Office will discuss it and see how to collect this submersible...... What do you think of the information on the submarine after we have studied it clearly, and then we will discuss the matter of intelligence gathering with Adjutant Li? ”

"Then the next official will thank Chief Xu first." Major Li Kongrong's words made Xu Bozhou smile again - he thought that the matter had just passed the buck, but he didn't want Li Kongrong's words to take a turn, so he said again: "But the time is urgent, and the military attaché office is basically an army officer, and it is reasonable to not know the navy's ships, but can you ask the military attaché office to send one or two people who are familiar with the situation in Germany and understand German to assist the officer?" Originally, Ambassador Cheng could have asked Ambassador Cheng to send someone to help with this matter, but Ambassador Cheng's secretary didn't know much about the situation of the Japanese military attaché. Xia Guan thought, since Japan regards us as an enemy, it will definitely find a way to sabotage this matter, and only the people in the military attache department know the details of the Japanese and prevent them from sabotaging it, right? ”

Although neither Li Kongrong knew that the Minister of the Navy, Chen Shaokuan, wanted to let him go back, in order to become submarine captains, on the way from Italy to Germany, the two had discussed more than a dozen diaries on the matter of collecting intelligence. Because he had long expected that the military attaché would find an opportunity to excuse himself, Major Li Kongrong was now biting Xu Bozhou in front of Cheng Tianfang, the ambassador to Germany, and insisted that he send someone to help.

Li Kongrong said this, and Cheng Tianfang, who had nothing to do with himself, immediately agreed, and he said: "Adjutant Li is right! It doesn't matter if Colonel Xu understands the submarine or not, it would be nice if he could assist Adjutant Li and prevent the Japanese from sabotage. ”

Cheng Tian let go of his help, and Xu Bozhou immediately sneered: "Adjutant Li's official duties are the first, and the party and the state are the most important, so Xu admires it." In that case, then I will send someone over tomorrow to wait for Adjutant Li's dispatch. It's just ......" Xu Bozhou smiled embarrassedly when he said this, and said: "It's just that the Military Attache Office is financially constrained, and the cost of this investigation is ......."

"Naturally, the lower officials are responsible for the expenses." Major Li Kongrong finally smiled when he heard that he was willing to send someone.

"Okay, I'll send someone over tomorrow!" Xu Bozhou glanced at Li Kongrong and finally slapped his thigh. For people like him, who were commissioned to sit and be semi-abandoned, and kicked out of the country to be a military attaché, money is the root of life, as long as you don't talk about money, then everything is easy to say.

"Then thank you, Chief Xu!" Major Li Kongrong saluted. "Whether the matter is successful or not, the lower officials will give the officials to Vice President Kong and Minister Chen."

"Good! Good! Xu Bozhou laughed rarely, "Brother Li is refreshing, I want it!" Fine! He smiled and looked at Cheng Tianfang again, "Didn't Ambassador Cheng say that there was a welcome banquet?" I'll go to the Tianjin Hotel. Which master has good skills, let's help Brother Li wash the dust and catch the wind there. ”

If there is a person in the military attaché's office, then the embassy will have a meal, and Xu Bozhou will not let go of any cheapness. After a while, Cheng Tianfang, who was helpless, had no choice but to call the nearby Tianjin Hotel on Kangde Road to book a place and arrange a dinner. Originally, he wanted to call a few more people, but Li Kongrong thought that it was not good to make a big fanfare, so he only booked a small private room.

The Kurfest is in Berlin's West End, and the Kant Strasse is north of the Kurlasse, both leading east to the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, which is equivalent to two rays of the same origin, the farther west they are, and the farther east they are. The embassy is not far from the Tianjin Hotel Kangde Road, and it is only a few hundred meters away. This Kangde Road is also a commercial street, but many restaurants on this street are opened by Chinese, such as the Tianjin Hotel, as well as the Jingjin Hotel, Jinhan Hotel, Shanghai Hotel, etc., which are basically where the boss hangs the signboard.

But among these restaurants, Tianjin Hotel is undoubtedly the most upscale, in addition to the boss and chef are Chinese, the hostess and waiters are all foreigners. The décor of the restaurant is also comparable to that of a high-end hotel, with high-end furnishings and precious carpets, while the German waiters are dressed in white and courteous. Of course, Li Kongrong later learned that the price of the food here was much higher than that of the ordinary German restaurant, but the price of the food was not surprising, and the person he met when he went upstairs was actually told by Xu Bozhou that he was the second son of the Standing Chairman, which surprised him.

His surprise couldn't be concealed, seeing him like this, Xu Bozhou smiled proudly: "It seems that my brother is still lonely." There are not only the second son of the principal, but also the son of Mr. Dai, the son of Dean Ju Meichuan, and the son of the ......"

Xu Bozhou was about to show off, but he didn't want Tang Zong over there to cough lowly, he immediately stopped and said, "Anyway, Berlin is the land of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and your brother has to be careful in everything." As he was talking, the owner of the Tianjin restaurant ran in person, and he immediately said: "Come on, come on, order food......

The meal was eaten from day to night, and at 10 o'clock in the evening, Li Kongrong, who had been drunk to death, was finally carried into the car by the embassy interns, and finally carried into the hotel. Sending him away and returning to the military attaché, Xu Bozhou, who had never been afraid of alcohol tests, looked at his deputy Tang Zong, and said while picking his teeth: "Brother Naijian, who do you think will go tomorrow?" ”

It was of course a chore to follow the people of the Navy to investigate intelligence on such a hot day. Of course Tang Zong didn't go back, and Zuo Shuping and Hu Weike couldn't arrange to go. Tang Zong thought about it carefully and said, "Let's let the compiler Zhong Depei go." ”

"Good, suitable. Depei is good at German, although he has not been in Germany for a long time, but he knows German everywhere, so he is allowed to go. Xu Bozhou nodded in praise. After he finished speaking, he said: "Fortunately, your brother reminded me just now, otherwise ......"

There are many children of important members of the party and the state who studied in Berlin, and Xu Bozhou also made a statement just now, Tang Zong immediately laughed and said: "The chief is also afraid that this Li Kongrong will cause trouble and offend people, those students ......."

Tang Zong couldn't talk anymore when he thought of these students. He was born in a poor family, and of course he was not pleasing to the children of those party-state dignitaries, but this can only be hidden in his heart. Usually for those who don't learn anything, have a camera around their necks, and can only speak four sentences in German (good morning, good day, good night, thank you), he has always been respectful.

"Hmm." The subordinate found himself under the steps, and Colonel Xu Bozhou was very satisfied, and he said again: "What have the Japanese been doing recently?" After he asked, he thought of this Li Kongrong sneaking alone and acting in a low-key manner, so he couldn't help but spit out the toothpick, and said: "Hey, this surnamed Li is very careful, Cheng Tianfang wants to invite a few more people to the banquet in the afternoon, but he is afraid of attracting the attention of the Japanese." ”

"Maybe the situation in the country has really reached the point where it is on the verge of breaking out." Tang Zong said worriedly. A few days ago, the boss who brought him to Germany had returned to China and made him ready to return to China. "Most of the Japanese military attachés in Germany are army officers, and the Navy's Hideo Kojima has rarely seen him active."

"Then take care of it, too." Xu Bozhou commanded. At the banquet, Li Kongrong briefly explained the submarine, and Colonel Xu began to feel that this thing was still somewhat useful -- no one could hit it when it was hidden underwater, and maybe the port would really be defended.

"Yes. I'll make people stare at the Japanese," Tang Zong agreed, his eyes flashing.

The night in Berlin seemed to be brighter than in other places, and in the second half of the night, Li Kongrong, who had been drunk for most of the time, finally woke up. He took a good shower in the bathroom before sitting in his room and sketching out his next move. It was not possible to spy on German submarines, the German navy, and the German shipyards by relying on Major Li Kongrong, so he had to find a way, and if he really couldn't, he had to fill in the information of later generations -- he had translated several articles for a certain magazine on German World War II U boats, and he knew a lot of things.

In World War II, German submarines were mainly I., II., VII., IX., XXI, XXIII, and Roman characters translated into Arabic numerals 1, 2, 7, 9, 21, and 23. Type 1 is an attack submarine with an experimental nature, with a displacement of more than 800 tons, and only two have been built; Type 2 is an offshore submarine with a displacement of more than 200 tons, and a total of 50 ships have been built in four types: A, B, C, and D; Type 7 is the final upgraded version of Type 1, with a displacement of more than 700 tons, and is the main force of the German Navy's submarine force in World War II, with a total of 710 ships built from A to G (i.e., 7C.Flak), of which 568 were built for Type C, the most of all models. The Type 9 is a long-range version of the Type 7, with a displacement of more than 1,000 tons, and a total of 193 ships were built in the four models A, B, C, and D.

The above four types of submarines can be basically summarized as the Offshore Type 2, the Ocean-going Type 7, and the Ocean-going Enhancement Type 9, while the Type 21 and Type 23 are variants of the Allied attack that had to be equipped with snorkels, remove artillery, modify the hull, and increase batteries. These two types of submarines can really be called submarines, and the previous ones can only be said to be submersible torpedo boats. Therefore, 21 and 23 are absolutely impossible at this time, Type 1 and Type 2 should be available as early models, and Type 7 probably also exists, and I don't know if Type 9 has it. In addition, the 7 type has been improved to that model, is it A? Is it B? Or C? He couldn't judge.

If you consider it from the country's point of view, then the Type 2 with more than 200 tons is obviously suitable, and from your own point of view, especially from the point of view of going to Pearl Harbor to ambush the Japanese aircraft carrier, you must buy Type 7. But the question is, is Germany willing to sell it? Even if it is sold, the parameter performance will be discounted.

Li Kongrong didn't know what to do when he thought of this. The first is that Germany is willing to sell, and the second is that Kong Haha and Chen Shaokuan are willing to pay for it, and they need at least two ships to buy, so what Lin Zhun has and one himself. So the matter involved Germany, Kong Xiangxi, and Chen Shaokuan, and many things were difficult to determine. Of course, there are still ways on Kong Xiangxi's side and Chen Shaokuan's side. For Kong Xiangxi, you can ask Kong Lingyi to help you intercede, but for Chen Shaokuan, you can reason with the performance -- the early model of the Type 2 submarine had a range of less than 3,000 nautical miles, and it was certainly not enough to buy it to deal with Japan.

But what about Germany? Type 7 is completely active equipment, this is still in the case of the German Navy building Type C, if Type C has not been built, then A and B are active in active service, how can this be sold?

In the silence of the night, the pencil kept turning on Li Kongrong's fingers, and after thinking about it, this later otaku had to come up with a plan, that is: If Germany refuses to sell Type 7 ocean-going submarines, then it is recommended that Chen Shaokuan buy Type I, or even buy the two Type 1 in stock. In any case, they are all submarines of an experimental nature, and they are not much different from the Type 7.

After coming up with this idea, the parameters of the Type 1 submarine immediately came to his mind: the displacement (surface) is more than 800 tons, the length is about 70 meters, the draft is more than 4 meters, and it is equipped with two MAN eight-cylinder diesel engines with a power of 3,000 horsepower like other submarines; It was armed with 14 torpedoes, 28 mines, a 105mm 32-diameter naval gun and a 20mm anti-aircraft gun on deck.

With such firepower, you can basically go up directly to the surface and bombard it, and then leave no one alive; Or you can dive into the coastal waters of Japan to lay mines, and if you put down 28 mines, you can always blow up three or five merchant ships; Finally, there is the sound effect mine - a kind of mine that floats up with the sound of a propeller, this thing has never been seen by the devil, and I am afraid that it will not be able to deal with it. Merchant ships, mines, and aircraft carriers, Li Kongrong obviously thought about it, and when he came back to his senses and saw that it was bright outside, he wrote a few lines in his diary, and then hurriedly fell asleep.

At 9:30 a.m., the doorbell for room 160 rang. Second Lieutenant Zhong Qiangong, who was sent by the Military Attaché, stood outside the door with some restraint and rang the doorbell, he couldn't understand what the Shangguan sent him to do, he only said that he had an important task. But he was only a compiler in the Military Attaché's office, and his daily job was to translate German military materials, so what task could he have.

The doorbell rang for a while, and when Second Lieutenant Zhong Qiangong thought that he had gone to the wrong room, Major Li Kongrong, who had a hangover all night, put on his clothes and opened the door. Second Lieutenant Zhong Qiangong outside the door only saw the gold bar and silver star on Major Li Kongrong's shoulder through the crack in the door. He immediately stood up with a serious face, and then raised his hand forward and shouted, "Hey! Chang Kaishen. ”

Yesterday was the welcome banquet, Li Kongrong has not seen the style of the party-state soldiers in Germany, and now Zhong Qiangong said, "Hi! Chang Kaishen was immediately startled, he never thought that Chairman Chang could be called like this, it was really shocking!