Lee Kong-wing eloquently expounded the fact that a strong Japan was by no means in line with Germany's interests, and even more determined that Japan would certainly drag Germany down in the future. Of course, he could not hope that the attitude and decision of Goering and even Hitler would be changed by just these words, he just wanted to save some face for Kong Xiangxi, and then let Kong Xiangxi, Chen Shaokuan and others agree to stay in Germany.

Hitler was spiritual, and his feminine sensitivity allowed him to jump to the crux of the problem, which was a manifestation of his genius, and it was also the result of his talent for choosing painting and music. Goering, on the other hand, was completely different from Hitler, he was calculating, sinister, capable, suspicious, vain, ambitious, and domineering. But his talents are only manifested in the realm of his knowledge, and once he enters a strange place, he is ignorant, stupid, and overwhelmed.

It is true that he did not know much about the situation in Japan, and he had never heard of any imperial or unification factions—it was only a small conflict after all, and the Japanese who were ashamed to mention it called the 'Imperial Ominous Incident'. Since even the Imperial Road faction and the unification faction are not clear, it is natural that they do not understand why Japan was in turmoil in the first place, let alone know what the characteristics of the unification faction, the victor of the coup d'état, are.

Now, this ignorance became the source of his stupidity and infallibility, and he could not refute Li Kongrong, because he did not understand Japan, and Li Kongrong was quite mad at the conclusion that Japan would inevitably drag down and harm German interests—he certainly did not agree with the Chinese's views, but because he did not understand Japan, he could not refute it.

Although Goering did not apologize to Kong Xiangxi for his previous rudeness, when the delegation got up to say goodbye, he finally stopped pointing with his cane, but stretched out his hand to shake hands with Kong Xiangxi and others to say goodbye. Of course, when he shook hands with Li Kongrong, his smooth and dense fat face sneered a few times, and said: "I will go to understand the Japanese control faction, and I do not agree with your judgment of Japan." ”

Li Kongrong nodded without showing weakness, he smiled: "Your Excellency, no one can understand Japan better than China, and as a Westerner, because of the difference in culture and thinking, I am afraid that I cannot really understand the Japanese." ”

"No, Germany has the best scientists......" Göring argued, still not wanting to admit defeat and hoping to turn the situation around in the future.

"No, Your Excellency, it's not about science." Li Kongrong interrupted politely, "If you really want to know something about the political situation in Japan and not be superficial, I suggest you go to a Japanese ......."

"Who?" Goering looked at Li Kongrong, his hand still clenched, and he couldn't wait to prove that Germany had not chosen the wrong ally.

"Kita Ikki, or Kita Tei Jiro. He was Japan's Hitler, but he was arrested and tried by the Bavarian government for his involvement in last year's coup d'état, which resembled the beer can riots, and he was soon to be executed. If you're fast enough, you might be able to get people to meet him and get to know his writings and ideas. His ideas seemed to be borrowed from Communism, but they were not Communism, and he always believed that the future of Japan was ...... in Siberia."

People are always accustomed to using their familiar patterns to understand the unknown, and Li Kongrong compared the Imperial Daoist faction to the National Socialist Party, the 226 Mutiny to the beer hall riots, and Kita Yihui to Hitler, which immediately opened Goering's brain. He clenched Li Kongrong's fat hand and shook it a few more times, and said, "I will go to him, and I will prove your point of view wrong." Li Kongrong looked at Goering's serious fat face and smiled happily, and said goodbye and left.

When he left the Air Force Building, everyone in the delegation looked at him as if they were nothing, and Zhang Pingqun, Kong Xiangxi's secretary, came over and asked him to go to Kong Xiangxi's Mercedes-Benz - Mr. Yongzhi wanted to talk to him.

"Excellent! Very good! On the wide Mercedes-Benz car, Kong Xiangxi looked at him with small eyes, "You ......"

He wanted to say Li Kongrong's words, but he couldn't remember it at this time, who had just been humiliated. "Humble Hansheng ......," Li Kongrong said.

"Good! In ancient times, there was Zhang Yi, and now there is Hansheng. Very good, very good. Kong Xiangxi praised. Of course, he is a face-loving person, and today's experience of being humiliated will definitely be recorded in the history books and made future generations laugh, but Li Kongrong's rebuttal shifted the focus of the meeting, and later generations will only say that Goering was speechless by Li Kongrong's refutation, and Li Kongrong is his adjutant, and the adjutant is loyal to the lord, and his face will be preserved.

"It all depends on the cultivation of the party-state and the trust of the chief." Li Kongrong replied respectfully, "The German strategy is full of mistakes and omissions, and Mr. Yongzhi is just too polite and kind, and he is also a special envoy of the delegation, so it is inconvenient to expose people's shortcomings and tear their faces with them." ”

"Haha......" Kong Haha heard Li Kongrong's sycophant, and his face suddenly seemed to have been ironed by an electric iron, and he immediately became three points bigger, and today's unhappiness disappeared without a trace with laughter. But after all, he was a man of understanding, and after laughing, he said: "Hansheng, can Germany and Japan really become allies?" In your opinion, is it possible for Germany to change its strategy in the Far East? ”

"It is better to think that it is better to have a German-Japanese alliance, but it is better for Germany to retain friendship with us, and at least the arms trade should not be affected by it." Li Kongrong replied cautiously. His situation at this time is very delicate, if he answers too much, he will become Kong Xiangxi's henchman and enter the chamber, and if he answers less, he will be considered worthless by Kong Xiangxi, and refuting Goering before is just a momentary courage.

"Why?" Kong Xiangxi looked at Li Kongrong and was very puzzled. Looking at Li Kongrong's face, he finally remembered that Chen Shaokuan pleaded with him to add an adjutant before leaving, and he really did the right thing at that time.

"Mr. Yongzhi, with the present situation in Germany, war is inevitable." Li Kongrong said, "Germany may be able to suppress Russia and defeat France, but like the last war, she still has no way to resist the American army coming from across the ocean after a bitter war, so the war is doomed to failure." Since we did not join the Allies back then, we should not ally with Germany today. ”

Kong Xiangxi was pro-German, and he hoped for Sino-German friendship or even an alliance in his heart. He immediately asked: "But now Germany's enemy is the Soviet Union, and Britain, France, and the United States are all capitalist countries, will they ally with the Soviet Union to deal with Germany?" Looking at the current meaning of Britain and France, it should be to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. ”

"Mr. Yongzhi, with the current situation of Germany, there is no way to attack the Soviet Union, he must annex the Czech Republic and Poland to border the Soviet Union to have the premise of attacking, in addition, his foreign exchange is very limited, so he must occupy the iron mines of Norway, the aluminum mines of Austria, and the oil of Romania; At the same time, in order to avoid a two-front war, he must first defeat France and even Britain, which occupies almost all of Europe, and if such a Germany defeats the Soviet Union, it will not take long for him to challenge Britain and the United States and compete for world hegemony. By this time, consciousness. Form doesn't matter anymore, as long as Germany can be defeated, Britain and the United States are willing to cooperate with the devil. ”

"Ah ......" Kong Xiangxi looked at Li Kongrong and let out a long sigh, he had many staff members under him, but no one had ever been able to analyze the future fate of Germany so thoroughly. After a long time, he said: "Hansheng is ...... in the navy."

"After Mr. Yongzhi leaves Germany, if the Navy signs a contract with Germany for the purchase of boats, he will go to the naval academy for internship." Li Kongrong said.

"Are you interested in coming to the Executive Yuan?" Kong Xiangxi lifted his glasses and began to solicit. The more he looked at Li Kongrong, the more pleasing he became, and at this time he thought of his wife's nagging again, and thought that this was the naval officer who had persuaded his daughter with a correct mind.

"If you are a lowly martial artist, I am afraid it will be difficult to engage in civilian work." Li Kongrong politely refused, "And the lowly post knows a little about Germany and the National Socialist Party, even if he goes to the Executive Yuan, he can't help Mr. Yongzhi." ”

"It is not uncommon for military attachés to be transferred to civilian positions. Hansheng people are young, and they will get used to it after a few years in the Executive Yuan. Kong Xiangxi still thinks that Li Kongrong is a talent, so he continues to recruit.

"Humble ......" Li Kongrong was thinking of an excuse to refuse, but in the end he still told the truth, "Humble duty grew up by the sea since he was a child, and he only received a naval education earlier, and his only dream in life is to gallop the ocean and guard the sea frontier, and if he really wants to go to the Executive Yuan, I am afraid it will be ......."

Li Kongrong didn't continue, but the meaning was obviously clear. Kong Xiangxi was of course disappointed, and it was a very shameless thing to not be able to recruit a naval major. Seeing that his face was stiff, Li Kongrong had to say: "Mr. Yongzhi, he only understands Germany, but Germany ...... I am afraid that it will not be two years before Japan provokes a war, and Japan and Japan are at odds with each other. If our country can buy submarines in stock, it is fine, if we can't buy them, we have to build additional submarines, and it is very likely that we will stay in Germany for a long time. Since he is in Germany, it is convenient to negotiate with Germany, and if Mr. Yongzhi is instructed to send during this period, Kong Rong must go all out. ”

Li Kongrong's last statement finally softened Kong Xiangxi's face, and he turned to ask: "Is the situation in Germany really so urgent?" ”

"Yes." Li Kongrong nodded, "Germany will either have an internal revolution like Russia, or it can only start a war abroad, and the four-year economic plan presided over by Goering is actually an armament plan, especially a synthetic oil plan." But it is clear that the situation in Germany will not last until the end of the four-year plan, which is why they value bartering with our country. ”

Because Goering, who was refuted by Li Kongrong before, was speechless, Kong Xiangxi did not doubt whether his information was reliable, he only said: "Then don't we have to plan early?" ”

"Yes." Li Kongrong nodded a little nervously - since he wanted to sell intelligence to Chang Kaishen, then he couldn't inform Kong Xiangxi of the 77 incident, he could only talk about Germany starting a war. "The lowly government believed that arms should be ordered in large quantities without concern for interest, so as not to cut off the arms trade in the future. Moreover, ammunition and guns should be ordered for quick delivery, and arms should not be ordered for more than a year, because the order will eventually be cancelled because of Germany's own war needs. ”

"What about submarines?" Kong Xiangxi laughed, he felt that this adjutant was a little cute-since his life's dream was to gallop across the ocean, but he advised himself not to order a submarine, and the construction period of the submarine seemed to be more than a year.

"It's better to buy submarines in stock, and how much can be sold. I really can't buy ......" Li Kongrong began to feel uneasy in his heart, he was not familiar with the situation of the Republic of China Navy's submarines, but there were no German-made submarines to participate in the anti-Japanese resistance in history, which can only judge that the Germans did not deliver them in the end. "If you really can't buy it, then you only sign a one-year contract, and within a year the German shipyard must deliver it."

"Is a year enough?" Kong Xiangxi lit a cigar and began to consider the details of the negotiations with Germany.

"As long as Germany does not deliberately delay, a year is more than enough." Li Kongrong affirmed.

"What else do you suggest? You can say it. Kong Xiangxi's heart to solicit faded, and he felt that it was better for Li Kongrong to stay in Germany, and he really didn't know what to let him do when he went to the Executive Yuan.

"It is proposed that Germany should only be considered for the short term, and that there should be no hope for too much, let alone an alliance, lest he be dragged into the water in the future." Li Kongrong said, "In addition, I want to stay in Germany and serve the party-state, so I ...... I hope that Mr. Yongzhi can help me and ask Minister Chen to allow me to stay in Germany to learn submarines. ”

"Hey, didn't you mean ......" Kong Xiangxi looked at Li Kongrong, he remembered that Li Kongrong said just now that he would stay in Germany to study submarines after he left. Aren't you from Fujian? He suddenly remembered the current state of the Navy.

"The humble position is from Fujian, but it's just ......" Li Kongrong couldn't say that he was misunderstood by Chen Shaokuan, since Kong Xiangxi understood the matter as a factional dispute, he pushed the boat with the flow.

"Okay, I got it." Kong Xiangxi nodded, he was happy to help Li Kongrong - since his value can only be reflected in Germany, then keeping him in Germany is naturally a big help, and he will always accept his love. Chen Shaokuan's side was very good at saying that, after all, the navy asked him to give money to buy submarines.

At this point, the car was back at the hotel. The next arrangement was a banquet for the Far East Association, the China Industrial Research Association, and the Hamburg Oriental Association, but it was only a quarter past twelve at this time, and the banquet would start at half past one, so Kong Xiangxi decided to rest for an hour before going to the banquet. When he got out of the car, he kindly asked Li Kongrong to go to Zhang Pingqun's room to rest, and then left with a smile.

This was the end of the conversation with Kong Xiangxi, and everyone in the delegation looked up to him. Shen Dexie and Du Luming also greeted him cordially, while Gui Yongqing squinted at him a few times. On the navy's side, that is, Lin Xianxi was dark-skinned, Zhou Yingcong and Chen Shaokuan were smiling, Zhou Yingcong said: "Minister, there is hope for the submarine to be ordered now, today Shaosheng helped Mr. Yongzhi save face, and it is reasonable for him to ask for money when the navy asks him for money." I think we should take advantage of the next few days to settle the affairs of the navy as soon as possible. And then there is Shao Sheng, after the official checked, he didn't make a big mistake, and it was just a misunderstanding with the female student......"

After Zhou Yingcong finished speaking, Lin Xianxin didn't speak, Chen Shaokuan nodded when he saw this, and he said, "This Li Shaosheng finally did the right thing today." Since that's the case, then let him stay, but ......" He glanced at Lin Xianxin again, and saw that he still didn't speak, so he said: "He has to ask Kong Yongzhi for a few submarines, didn't you say that he wanted to be the captain?" Then let him ask for five more submarines to come back. ”

"Five?" Zhou Yingcong was taken aback, a total of fifteen ships were purchased, and this year's plan was five, and the minister mentioned ten ships at once.

"Five won't work, those two must be obtained." Chen Shaokuan also felt that five was too much, but two were the final bottom line, and he said: "You tell him that if Kong Xiangxi doesn't agree to buy seven submarines, he still has to return to China." ”