After the New York Times published the iron-blooded 18-star flag, the newspaper vigorously refuted the navy, holding that the navy's move was to sabotage the War of Resistance in the name of enforcing the Constitution. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 The excuse of info Xingxian is for the Americans, and the caliber on the side of the Chinese people is not the same at all, Li Kongrong specifically mentioned what to bomb Japan, and Situ Yiping, the editor who was ready to be full of Sun Yat-sen's strategy for the founding of the country, was immediately dumbfounded.

"Commander Li, the navy is a civilized service, why did you introduce the previous gang system?" This was a question from another newspaper, the Overseas Chinese Daily, who saw the admiral's swearing ceremony and were not proud and ashamed.

"Backward? I don't think so. Li Kongrong wanted to make a sharp irony, but in the end he held back. Human beings have reproduced so far, and many ways and practices are justified, and the marriage of comrades in the army to brothers with different surnames is one of them. There are brotherhoods in the United States and knights in Europe, both of which are groups of a similar nature. In order to advocate brotherhood, all officers and men of the Navy must form a righteous alliance, and no one shall be exempted. ”

"Is that oath too intense?" The reporter quickly asked, but Li Kongrong had already ignored it.

"May I ask Commander Li, do all the navy want to be brothers?" Another problem, journalists who do not have a registration number.

"Of course, joining the navy means swearing with your comrades as brothers, and from then on, you will save each other from good fortune and evil, rely on each other for good and evil, and help each other in adversity." Li Kongrong was quite proud of the words he had introduced from later generations, but he regretted that there were no Japanese to kill at the moment, or everyone would have voted for it.

"General Li: When will your troops return to China to fight?" The Chinese reporter asked several questions in a row, and finally it was the turn of the foreign reporter. The foreigner reporters in New York have a lot of backgrounds and should not be ignored.

"It depends on what the Chongqing government means. If Chongqing refuses, then it is impossible for my subordinates to go back. I hope they agree to the Navy's request, otherwise the Navy will only be able to help other countries fight, such as the United Kingdom now. Li Kongrong said.

"Britain?" The reporters were taken aback, and more people asked. "General, why Britain?"

"Because Britain was our teacher and provided a lot of advice and help for the rebuilding of the navy, there were 3.5 million overseas Chinese in the Straits Settlements under British rule. Since Chongqing does not need us, then we can only assist Britain and defend the Straits Settlements. Li Kongrong deliberately appeared heavy, which made the Chinese reporter even more moved.

"Sir, what about China?" Some people didn't know what the plan was, and they were horrified on the spot.

"China?" Li Kongrong said, "What I'm talking about joining the government and refusing the navy to go back to fight." Since you refuse, please ask Chongqing this question, and they will tell you the answer. ”

"Chief Li, if the navy does not use the blue sky and white sun flag, the government will never agree to it." Situ Yiping, editor of Minqi Daily, who was staring dryly just now, pointed out the problem and asked loudly.

"Look, that's the bad thing about autocracy." Li Kongrong had been waiting for him to ask this kind of question for a long time. "If the navy does not use the blue sky and white sun flag, Chongqing will not agree to naval operations, and would rather let the Japanese go, would rather the land be destroyed, and would rather the compatriots be killed. As far as I know, the blue sky and white sun flag is only a flag implemented by the Kuomintang party, unlike the five-color flag, which was selected by the National Assembly of the Republic of China and is a legal national flag. If the navy really wants to raise any flag, it should be the five-color flag determined by the Congress in the early years of the Republic of China, not the blue sky and white sun flag. The iron-blooded eighteen-star flag is the flag of Wuhan's first righteousness, since it is the founding of the Anti-Japanese War, why is it wrong for the navy to raise this flag? ”

Although what Li Kongrong said was reasonable, he was also indirectly attacking the autocracy of the Kuomintang Party, and after he finished speaking, he caused a round of applause from the guests. It seems that there are quite a few overseas Chinese who do not agree with the Kuomintang, especially the old overseas Chinese. It's just that during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Guoli Party was the only political party that could lead the national War of Resistance, and everyone had to support the Guoli Party to resist Japan.

"If the Anti-Japanese War and the founding of the country are only to build a one-party country, of course we must oppose it if we do not raise the blue sky and white sun flag, but if we build a multi-party country and a democratic country after the war, what banner should not be raised as a volunteer of the Navy? However, I think this is my overthinking, and there are a lot of people in the Standing Committee, and I will definitely agree. Li Kongrong changed his tone at the end, and those who understood what he actually meant suddenly laughed.

"General, are ice battleships really being built? Do you think the victory was because of those two megaton ice battleships? The foreign reporter obviously didn't know what the Chinese were laughing at, and continued to ask about the topics they were interested in.

"The Ice Battleship was a pioneer, and although it was very successful in theory, we had to experiment before we could build it. The Navy is working in this area in order to gain experience. As for victory, I think my men are fearless warriors, and they alone outperformed ten Japanese, as evidenced by the results of the U-38. I believe that we can win the war even without ice battleships. ”

After hastily answering a few questions, Li Kongrong said that he had finished answering reporters' questions, and he had to communicate more with the guests. Simply because it was an unofficial fleet, there were very few US Navy heavyweights in attendance, only Major Melles of the Naval Intelligence Service.

"Congratulations, General." Melles was wearing a military uniform, and he knew that Li Kongrong would definitely come over to talk to him. "General Nimitz asked me to greet you on his behalf."

"Thank you very much." Li Kongrong smiled. "Are you still used to the taste of Chinese food?"

"It feels great." From that five-dollar feast, Melles has been full of praise for Chinese food. "General, do you really want to arrange for your subordinates to return to China to fight? As far as I know, China has lost all its ports. ”

"It depends on the attitude of the Naval Aviation Agency." Li Kongrong talked about a worrying matter: the F5F carrier-based fighter was sent to the Naval Aviation Administration, and after the test, the US Navy was very interested. Although Grumman had built the historic F8F (actually number F6F) under the instruction of Li Kongrong, the director General Henlita still believed that the F5F carrier-based fighter was an excellent fighter almost comparable to that of a pirate until he saw the prototype of the F6F, and the Navy should not allow it to be exported to China to fight.

Fortunately, this idea has not become the last order, and the Americans are still waiting for the kind of German aluminum alloy that Li Kongrong said is more than steel. There is such a risk with the F5F, but there is no such problem with the Saboteur attack aircraft. The Naval Aviation Administration was unpopular with a single-engine, combined dive-bombing and torpedo-bombing aircraft, which it considered to lack navigation assurance and firepower for self-defense.

"General, I think if F6F really wants to be as good as you say, this problem will be solved." Melles reassured.

"In a way, the Naval Aviation Agency should thank us." Li Kongrong also knew that this problem would be finally resolved, and he quipped: "We have brought at least two excellent carrier-based fighters to the US Navy." ”

"Yes, General." Melles was noncommittal, and had to laugh.

Representatives of the U.S. Navy, representatives of the British Consulate General in New York (MI6 personnel), U.S. business people with business interests with Singapore-China companies, and representatives of overseas Chinese in the United States formed the main body of the guests. According to etiquette, Li Kongrong, as the host, should come to the stage to give a welcome speech, but he was obviously a step slow, but fortunately he was not slow for long.

"Ladies and gentlemen, compatriots: Thank you very much for joining us today. The Navy has not been able to get to where it is today without your support and help, and I would like to express my most sincere respect and gratitude to you.

At the moment, the Japanese army's strangulation war against China is still going on, they have now cut off the Guiyue Highway, the next step will be to cut the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway, and the last step is the Yunnan-Burma Highway. This kind of strangulation war is suffocating and desperate, and its final result is that the rear cannot export goods in exchange for foreign exchange, and cannot import raw materials for munitions, survival weapons and ammunition. It is foreseeable that in the coming years, the domestic production of black amine will resume as the only reliable source of ammunition. ”

'Wow! 'Hearing the country. The army was going to fight with black medicine in the future, and there was an uproar at the scene, which was unheard of.

"I'm not alarmist, that's how bad it is." Li Kongrong emphasized. "Because of the military secrets involved, I can't tell you the whole story. But please be sure to understand that if the foreign trade channel is cut off, the country. After the army's existing combat materials are exhausted, its combat effectiveness will regress to the middle of the eighteenth century.

It was not easy for the navy to become an army, but the navy was still trying to find ways to support the domestic war of resistance. Tomorrow, I will issue the first combat order of the Chinese Volunteer Navy: that is, to send a large group of naval aviation to fight back to China to defend the Yunnan-Burma Highway or major cities ......"

The Navy will send a large group of naval aviation to fight back to China, and the guests in the audience immediately boiled, and applause sounded like thunder in the sound of cups and plates falling around.

"However, all combat aircraft in the Navy are purchased from the United States, and the United States has many restrictions on the export of advanced aircraft. I will do my best to communicate closely with the US Navy to ensure that these dozens of advanced combat aircraft can smoothly return to China for operation. The applause rang out again, but was suppressed by Li Kongrong, and he continued: "Ladies and gentlemen, in addition to defending the Yunnan-Burma Highway, the purpose of the naval aviation to return to China is to train the best naval pilots by fighting. After the 1st Air Brigade returns to China for combat training, the 2nd and 3rd Air Groups will take over their positions one after another.

I'm not sure if this approach will be accepted domestically, but the real mission of naval aviation is at sea, and in order to defeat the Japanese Navy at sea, it will be limited in what it can do at home. For example, when the casualties reach a certain percentage and the successor group is not yet formed, the navy can only choose to avoid the battle in order to preserve its strength.

Again, I would like to stick to my point of view: the best cost-effective way to defeat Japan is to attack from the sea rather than by land, especially if military spending is limited. The Navy must preserve this valuable carrier-based air force and make it available for naval operations. The Chinese people do not need to understand a truth: 'shoot a man before a horse, capture a thief before capture the king', only when the Japanese emperor announces surrender, the war will truly end, otherwise we will always sign a torn armistice agreement. Thank you! ”

Li Kongrong's final announcement made everyone feel high-spirited, and compared with fighting in Tokyo, sending naval aviation troops back to China to fight was a real thing, and the next day's newspapers made this a news headline alongside the Chinese Volunteer Navy.

It was still the Consulate General in New York, and the Consulate General Yu Yanji took the newspaper and sighed to Ambassador Hu Shih: "Li Hansheng really does what he says, and sends a brigade of naval aviation to China for training in battle, and all the Chinese newspapers applaud." ”

Yu Yanji was happy to read the newspaper, but Hu Shi seemed to be constipated, and his expression was very depressed. He sighed: "It is very likely that the government will not agree to them returning to China to participate in the war, and ...... when the time comes" Hu Shi paused, and there were some things that he was inconvenient to say. The navy is holding an iron-blooded 18-star flag, and with Chang Kaishen's attitude, he will certainly not agree to this alien air force returning to China to fight, and he, the ambassador to the United States, represents the national government, and once the news of Chongqing's disagreement with the naval operation breaks out, overseas Chinese will certainly petition him. One is the national government, and the other is overseas Chinese, which must be uncomfortable.

Hu Shih was depressed, but the commander of the Combined Fleet, Yamamoto Fifty-six, who received information from New York on the same day, was very happy, he didn't care what flag the people of China raised, anyway, in his opinion, it was all the China Navy. Now that the China Navy wants to return to China for training in battle, the Japanese naval aviation will certainly teach them a sufficient lesson. If we can really defeat the Chinese naval aviation without fighting, they will be able to overwhelm their opponents in terms of momentum when they meet them at sea in the future, and then they will completely wipe out the Chinese naval air carrier units in a single battle.

The Japanese intended to do so, but the Chongqing government did not. On the day that the news from New York reached the national government, Chang Kaishen's warrant was sent to the Political Department of the Military Commission, asking the Third Department and the Fifth Division, which was in charge of domestic propaganda, to downplay the news as much as possible, and at least not to publish it in the major newspapers in Chongqing. It's just that the director of the third hall is Guo Moruo, and the director of the fifth department is Hu Yuzhi, once the two are in operation, not only is the news not covered up, but also the whole country knows about it. Xinhua Ribao even published an editorial, in which after affirming the practice of the Chinese volunteers in the navy, expressed a warm welcome to the naval air force to return to China to fight, and even implied that if the national government did not welcome it, Yan'an would welcome it.

The attention of all sectors of society, especially foreign journalists in Chongqing, forced the National Propaganda Office to respond at a press conference held every Tuesday at Ba County Middle School: The government welcomes overseas Chinese pilots to return to China to participate in the war, but does not accept gang members who do not believe in the Three People's Principles to return to China to participate in the war; Aircraft returning to China to participate in the war must be uniformly subject to the dispatch arrangements of the Aviation Committee, otherwise it will disrupt the deployment of the Supreme Command's War of Resistance, which is not only not conducive to the War of Resistance, but harmful to the War of Resistance.

The government's response was too late, and the news from New York made it clear to these reporters early on that the CVN's plan was that naval aviation would only be responsible for air defense in a certain airspace, not intervene in army warfare, and the troops would only implement a strategy of avoiding war when the losses were severe. At this time, the Chinese air force had already existed in name only, and the bombing of Chongqing by Japanese planes was often like a no-man's land, and an air defense force would not only not be 'harmful' to the war, but could also protect Chongqing, the wartime capital. In the midst of the doubts of many reporters, the military representative of the National Propaganda Office refuted the questions raised by the reporters one by one, but this caused greater dissatisfaction among foreign reporters -- on the one hand, Japanese planes bombed Chongqing, and on the other hand, they refused to allow naval planes to return to China to participate in the war, simply because they did not believe in the Three People's Principles.

At the time of public opinion, the dinner at Huangshan Villa is still bland: porridge, salted bamboo shoots, and sesame paste. Song Meiling only eats porridge with salted bamboo shoots, but Chang Kaishen likes to dip salted bamboo shoots in sesame sauce for porridge. After eating, the two used to walk hand in hand on the grass outside the villa. Unlike usual, Song Meiling was silent.

"It's going to be harder in the future." As he walked, Chang Kaishen, who felt something, whispered.

"No matter how difficult it is, we can persevere." Song Meiling glanced at her husband and held her hand tighter.

"The Three People's Principles, the sect of our party, to build the Republic of China, to enter the Datong. Counselor, for the people's striker; Chang Kaishen, who has rarely sung in the night......, suddenly hummed the song of the Three People's Doctrine, and the night just fell, and under the glow of the lights of Chongqing in the distance, there seemed to be only this low tune and vague light left between heaven and earth.

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