Chapter Eighty-Three: Not Enough
"Comrade Chen Lin, how did Comrade Dimitrov reply to us?" In the icy Moscow, in the senior ward of the Kremlin Hospital, Zhou Shaoshan looked at Chen Lin, who came to visit the patient, and once again asked about the matter of the two of them jointly sending a letter to Dimitrov last month about solving the Eighth Route Army's military technical cadre school. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"It's been resolved." Chen Lin had another thing in mind, and he answered the question: "Comrade Shaoshan, two days ago, the comrades of the relevant departments of the Soviet Union asked me a question: Are you familiar with Colonel Li Yiguan, who is familiar with the Chinese Navy? ”
"Colonel Li Yiguan of the Chinese Navy?" Zhou Shaoshan was in charge of the domestic intelligence system, and he thought for a long time before asking: "It should be Li Hansheng, right?" What do the comrades of the USSR need to know? ”
"Oh! Right, right. Chen Lin laughed, he was confused by the Soviet comrades at that time. The Chinese Navy is now in the limelight with this Li Hansheng, who stole a German Nazi submarine and returned to China, captured two German cruise ships, sank a Japanese aircraft carrier, and was assassin......ated one after another by the National Dang spies. The Soviet comrades asked Colonel Li of the Chinese Navy, and it could only be him. "I didn't expect this Li Yiguan to be Li Hansheng at the time. Shaoshan, how do you say that foreigners give us nicknames. ”
"That's not a nickname, is it?" Zhou Shaoshan is in Moscow and still has some understanding of the domestic situation. He was assassinated by Chang Kaishen's spies one after another, and it can only be said that the navy is not the navy of the Nationalist Government, but the Zheng Zhilong fleet of the Ming Dynasty. This Zheng Zhilong used to be called Zheng Yiguan, and the Dutch introduced him to Europe, so as soon as Li Hansheng said that he was Zheng Zhilong's fleet, the West called him Li Yiguan. "The origin of Zhou Shaoshan's disbandment of 'Li Yiguan', and only after he finished speaking, did he ask: "Comrade Chen Lin, what do the comrades of the relevant Soviet Union want to know?" ”
"The Soviet comrades are quite curious about this person and hope that we will pay attention." Chen Lin said. "Shaoshan, since he is at odds with Chang Kaishen, can we win him over? This is also a democratic force. The consciousness of the comrades in the navy should be very high, and the October Revolution in the Soviets and the November Revolution in Germany were not all launched by sailors. ”
"This incident ......" Zhou Shaoshan, who was lying on the bed, got up with difficulty -- in July, he fell to the ground while riding a horse, and his right hand was seriously fractured, and the medical conditions in China were not good, so he had to come to Moscow for treatment. The comrades of the Navy told me about the situation in the Navy very early on. The new navy wants all old people from the past, and the selection of officers is very strict, and there are many criteria for recruiting new people, the most basic of which is that non-Fujian people are not recruited. ”
"Non-Fujian people are not recruited?" Chen Lin was puzzled, in his opinion, the navy was originally all Fujianese.
"Yes. They made it clear that they did not involve partisan disputes, but in fact they wanted to be self-contained, so they advocated the feelings of fellow villagers and brotherhood. Such an army was very feudal and very backward, and it was almost impossible to spread advanced ideas in it. Zhou Shaoshan stood up and spoke, feeling a lot smoother. It is also difficult to send revolutionary comrades into the Navy. The navy only recruits Fujianese, and we also have many comrades from Fujian, but many of these comrades are not in their hometowns, so there is no way for such people to join the navy. ”
"Can't join?" Chen Lin was a little puzzled, "Could it be that their political trial is very strict?" ”
"Not strict." Zhou Shaoshan shook his head, "It's just that those comrades who haven't gone home for a few years, or comrades who have made a revolution in their hometown, will know the details after a little inquiry in their hometown, and the navy will not recruit people with revolutionary backgrounds." ”
"I see." Chen Lin somewhat understood. He joined the revolution after the May Fourth Movement, and others may not know what he was doing outside, but his relatives and neighbors at home always knew some things, although they were not particularly clear, but they always knew some rumors. "In this way, we can only rely on the comrades of the former New Navy Society."
"Neither can the comrades of the New Navy Society." Zhou Shaoshan said, "Some members have already told the situation at that time, Comrade Guo Shousheng has been isolated, and some other comrades who originally belonged to the New Navy Club are not reused, most of them have stayed in China, and those who are abroad have also frankly admitted the events of the year and swore to break with us." ”
Newcomers can't join, and old people are restricted from using it, and that's the current situation of underground work in the navy. Chen Lin was disappointed after hearing this, but said: "Since you know the details of the navy, there will always be a smooth day in the future." ”
"It's difficult, Comrade Chen Lin." Zhou Shaoshan walked a few steps and returned to the hospital bed and sat down. "I always feel that the work of the navy is very important, but we can't use the strength, and it will definitely not work like this, and now it is only up to us to see if Chongqing will create opportunities for us."
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'Ah-sneeze, ah--sneeze! Chongqing and Moscow were muttering, and Li Kongrong, who was already in Bern, Switzerland, was sneezing vigorously. He was embarrassed and said to General Jisan: "I'm really sorry General, I may have caught a cold." ”
"You don't have to apologize to the colonel." Gisan smiled, "I think Bern is much colder than China." ”
"It's fine. OK. Li Kongrong nodded repeatedly, and he thanked again: "Thank you very much to Switzerland for accepting us when we are in great difficulty, and we will do our best to provide you with the help you need if needed." ”
"No need, Colonel. I believe that Swiss citizens can protect their homeland. Jisan politely rejected Li Kongrong's offer, but in fact, it would be helpful for Switzerland to accept these Chinese scientists. Now the Swiss army is ordering radars, rocket launchers, missiles and helicopters produced by the company Singapore. These weapons are very advanced, radars can detect enemy aircraft, bazookas can restrain tanks, and helicopters are well suited to the mountainous terrain of Switzerland. Even if France will be defeated next year, as Li Kongrong just said, he is confident that he will ensure the safety of Switzerland. "Of course, it would be better if Singapore-China could build helicopters in Switzerland."
"We are negotiating with the U.S. side." Li Kongrong said earnestly, "I think it is possible to set up an assembly plant in Switzerland, and the US military will definitely not agree to move all the factories here." But I think the latest model that is being developed can be produced in Switzerland. ”
"The latest model?" Jisan asked, "Can a helicopter carry more people?" ”
"No, it's not just about increasing the number of people on board." Li Kongrong said. "The helicopter flies very slowly because the main propeller rotates in the horizontal plane, and the cruising speed is about 150 kilometers per hour, but if the propeller can rotate after takeoff, from horizontal rotation to vertical rotation, it is no different from a propeller aircraft, and its speed can reach more than 400 kilometers per hour. This is equivalent to saying that with the same carrying capacity, because of the high speed, one Z-16 is three times more efficient than one Z-12. ”
When it comes to speed, Jisan's eyes light up, helicopters are indeed very good, but compared to propeller aircraft, the speed is still too slow, which is also a disadvantage of not needing runway vertical take-off and landing. If an airplane can take off and land vertically and have the speed of a propeller aircraft, that's perfect.
"Colonel, when can I see this plane?" Jisan asked with interest.
"You'll see it next year, General." Li Kongrong was full of smiles, but he didn't say when the production would be finalized. "I think it will be ready for production very soon, as long as the work of the institute is not disturbed."
"Very good. I'm sure they won't bother anyone. Ji Sang looked at the adjutant outside the door, the time for the meeting was over, and he got up to shake hands with Li Kongrong and Wei Ru to say goodbye. Colonel, Mr. Wei, I await your good news. ”
The meeting time was only thirty minutes, and this was Wei Ru's struggle. Li Kongrong did not waste anything at all, first predicting the war situation, and then introducing weapons. General Henri Guissan's election as Commander-in-Chief of the Army was his belief that the Swiss Army could hold its homeland, and that the New China Company had been of great help to the Swiss Army, especially the easy-to-build rocket launchers, which he believed would completely defeat Hitler's tanks.
"Alright. It's finally over. The car drove out of the Swiss Army Headquarters, and Wei Ru breathed a sigh of relief.
"Switzerland is in jeopardy right now, he needs our help, and we should not take the protests of some parliamentarians too seriously." As soon as Li Kongrong got off the plane, Wei Ru said that some members of the Swiss Federal Assembly oppose too many Chinese staying in Switzerland, and they are ready to pass a bill to restrict the entry and stay of Chinese.
"That's good." Wei Ru's heart palpitated. "Hansheng, when will we have a place where we don't have to worry about being afraid."
"Don't worry about what you're afraid of?" Thinking of the great cause of East Africa depicted in Singapore, Li Kongrong smiled and said, "It will be next year." It's just that where it is a poor and white place, there is no industrial base. ”
"Without us, we can build." Wei Ru said immediately. But thinking that the institute is inseparable from a place with a strong industrial base like Switzerland, his high tone lowered again. "Of course, construction requires a lot of money, and now that there is a war, many things are not easy."
"Funding is really not an issue." The car is leaving the city of Bern and heading for Zurich, 120 kilometers away. "If an American goes to war, he will provide supplies to his allies for free. Mainly talents, talents from all walks of life, in this regard, we ask for help in the country. ”
"Asking for help from the country?" Wei Ru smiled, "Who doesn't have in the research institute?" There are almost 1,000 researchers in Switzerland, and last year it cost more than $3 million. ”
"There is a difference between researching talents and building talents." The journey was long, and Li Kongrong lit a cigarette. "We don't have the engineering talent. If you really have your own place, the first thing you need to do is to plan ports, road networks, mines, factories and cities, and the research institute has not studied this. In my opinion, we can only find people in China, and although the country is backward, there are still talents in this area. ”
"Hansheng, can we really cooperate with Chongqing?" Wei Ru expressed a sense of concern, and he and others became increasingly disillusioned with Chongqing. "I used to think that the country was very specialized. system, but I didn't expect to specialize. to this extent. They don't care about ...... at all."
"Beside the couch, let others snore and sleep." Li Kongrong interrupted with a puff of cigarette. "At all times, the authority to rule is not to be touched. The Navy has committed a big taboo in this regard, and naturally it will have to suffer. ”
"Then how can we cooperate with Chongqing?" Wei Ru asked.
"It's up to the chairman of the Standing Committee to make a choice." Li Kongrong said, "Although he is a hooligan, he is still very clear about which is more important." Cooperation with the Navy is extremely beneficial to him. In times of war, the navy can protect Yangon, the last foreign port, so that foreign military supplies and domestic exchange materials can be transported smoothly; Towards the end of the war, the navy can put a large number of national The army troops were transported to cities and regions in East China, North China, and Northeast China, which could not be reached by land. He is a smart man and knows what to do. ”
"When the war is almost over......" Wei Ru felt a lot of things from this sentence.
"yes, when the war is almost over." Li Kongrong said, "Once Japan surrenders, it will be the time for everyone to grab territory. This is a bit like the Xinhai year, whoever goes to the provincial capital to pull a few big soldiers to raise the flag is the chairman of a province. Now the country. The army is all in the southwest, and if Japan really wants to surrender, he will not be able to seize the places in East China, North China, and Northeast China at all. ”
"Is this going to be a civil war?" Wei Ru frowned badly, he thought that after driving away the Japanese, the next thing should be construction.
"Maybe." Li Kongrong didn't care what happened after the war. "But it has nothing to do with the Navy. If we work well together, we can provide transportation services, as long as they pay. It's always cheaper for us to ship than for Americans. ”
"It's better not to fight." Wei Ru said with sincere anticipation.
"Let's talk about the institute, what happened to the radar?" Li Kongrong asked about what he was most concerned about: the radar used on AWACS aircraft. This kind of radar is not centimeter-wave, but the research institute's report has not solved the technical problem, which makes Li Kongrong very worried. Radar is the big killer of the navy, and if the radar cannot meet the standard, the decisive battle at sea will be very mysterious.
"The radar has been put on the plane, but the problem is that the echoes from the ground are too mixed when we look down, and we don't ...... at all."
"It's uneven on land, but it's different at sea, and the echo at sea is very weak." Li Kongrong interjected: He knows a little about early warning aircraft radar.
"Yes, that's true." Wei Ru nodded, because he has been paying attention to radar in the past few years, he also knows a lot. "But there is clutter on the surface of the sea, and now the Radio Research Laboratory is working on new filtering methods. Last year, Mr. Yiqiao asked Professor Yu Rong to invite his supervisor, Dr. Norbert Wiener, to come to Sweden to solve this problem, and now he is a little eyebrows. It's just that it's not enough......"
"Norbert Wiener?" Li Kongrong stopped smoking, "Is it a mathematician from Russia?" ”
"Russian ......, it seems. Hansheng also knows him? Wei Ru was surprised.
In the early history of radar invention, Wiener filter is very famous, Li Kongrong was overjoyed, he didn't expect that the Tsinghua gang could find Wiener, with him, the filter seems to be no problem. He took a few puffs of cigarette in succession, snuffed it out and said, "You said that it is not enough to solve the filtering, what is not enough?" ”