Even in 1939, the shipyards on the outskirts of Lübeck were still the same as before, with little more workers, some small docks were still empty, and the workshops were not busy even though they were open, except for the steaming boilers of the workshops and the towering chimneys spewing gray smoke every day. One of the two ocean-going submarines customized by the Chinese Navy seems to have been forgotten by www.biquge.info Chinese Navy, while the other, after more than 18 months of construction, can already see the entire hull, but the bridge and bow have not yet been sealed, and the machinery and pipelines inside are vividly visible.

Lieutenant Colonel Lin Huiping, the governor who has been stationed at the factory, accompanied Li Kongrong to stand by the dock, looking at the submarine that was about to be completed in the dock, and he reported truthfully: "Last weekend, the work was suddenly stopped, and the shipyard explained that the steel plates had not arrived, but we saw that there were still steel plates in the shipyard. Hansheng, can't you think of some more solutions? ”

From signing the contract to docking, and then from the start of construction to the suspension of work and then to the start of construction, so back and forth, during this period, it was all up to Li Kongrong to find a way to maintain the construction, so that once the work was stopped, Lin Huiping counted on Li Kongrong to solve problems, and this time was no exception. Hearing Lin Huiping say this, Li Kongrong, who was expressionless, said: "There may be no way this time." ”

"But it's almost finished!" Lin Huiping looked at Li Kongrong with a disbelieving expression, and then looked at the submarine that was about to be launched, he pointed to the submarine with some excitement and said: "As long as the bow of the closed boat is installed on the bridge, you can go into the water and outfit, and then install the anchor, rudder, furniture or something to go to sea." If you're in a hurry, you don't need furniture, let's go back and install it, as long as there is an anchor rudder......"

"I know, I know. But this is a political issue, not an engineering issue, and if it is an engineering issue, it will be launched last year. Li Kongrong no longer looked at the submarine that was about to be completed, but turned around to face the warm sun. Di Hou, many things are planned in people, and it is not easy for us to get to this point. ”

"Hansheng, those who travel a hundred miles are half ninety, at the end of last year, the two countries re-signed the contract, and the school opened classes for us again, so we can't think of a way to finish the ship?" Lin Huiping also turned to face the sun. He was talking about the agreement reached between the German representative in Chongqing and the national government in Chongqing last October, and the Germans were willing to maintain friendship with China, except that they would no longer sell arms to China. In the newly signed agreement, it is included that the Chinese army and navy cadets can continue to study in Germany, but unfortunately, the naval cadets can no longer enter the submarine base and can only study in various German factories.

"It's too late." Although the April sun is warm, looking directly at the sun is dazzling, Li Kongrong blinked and said bad news. "News from China says that the government will recall us back this month."

"What!" Lin Huiping had just lit a cigarette, and when he heard the news, he didn't bite it, and the cigarette rubbed on his clothes and fell to the ground. "Really? Isn't the country afraid of the Navy protesting again? ”

"Of course it's true. The government has long lost patience, not to mention that our navy is not honest and disobedient, and this time he only called us home, not canceled the submarine contract. Li Kongrong was silent for a while before he said, but he still had something to say.

Since he joined German military intelligence last year and used the German government to pressure the government to refuse to return home, the relationship between the navy and the government has deteriorated. At that time, in order to counter the navy, in addition to Kong Xiangxi's telegram of advice, China also ordered the recall of naval cadets to Germany and the cancellation of submarine contracts, but this incident went too far, and immediately aroused protests by domestic naval officers and men, and under the petition of tens of thousands of officers and men and the criticism of public opinion, Minister of Military Affairs He Yingqin had to withdraw his order with the tacit consent of Chang Kaishen. This was in October last year, and it has been delayed for half a year now, and this time the Ministry of Military Affairs has learned to be obedient, and they have summoned naval cadets back to China on the grounds of an urgent military situation.

"So what do we do?" Lin Huiping regained some composure. "There is no way to deliver the submarine without two or three months."

"I can delay it until the end of the month at most, and if there is a delay on the way back to China, it will only be two months." Li Kongrong was reluctant to calculate the time, and he comforted Lin Huiping and said, "But you supervisors still have to stay." ”

"What's the use of us staying?!" Lin Huiping tried his best. "If Germany doesn't deliver the ship, it won't be ours if it's built. I will immediately generate electricity for the country, so that the country can take back its life. ”

"Don't panic." Li Kongrong stopped him, "The news will not be sent until next week, and you will send electricity to the country now, isn't that equivalent to telling Chang Kaishen that there are naval spies around him?" ”

"Hansheng, we came to Germany just for the submarine, and we haven't driven the submarine back to China for so long, so I can only throw myself into Haimingzhi." Lin Huiping clenched his fist and said such a sentence, and then looked at the sun without saying a word. Li Kongrong did not persuade him, he was thinking about how to urge the German side to go into the water and outfit as soon as possible. If you want to say that the Germans can only provide information about the Soviet Union, but after all, he does not know as much about the Soviet Union as Germany, and he cannot provide anything to the Germans except for knowing some weapons data, military generals, and historical events. Even if it was barely provided, it was useless, such as the thunderstorm plan, which was a few years later, and he could not prove to Germany that it was real.

Li Kongrong left the dock and discussed with Lin Huiping, Xu Zhenqi, and **** Ying in the shipyard the arrangements of the shipyard after the trainees returned to China, and then returned to Berlin. To his surprise, the telegram calling the cadets back to China had arrived early, and Lin Zhun asked him to go to the naval dormitory to discuss countermeasures, considering that if he did not go to the naval dormitory, the Germans who were listening on the telephone would be surprised, so Li Kongrong rushed to the naval dormitory in the afternoon.

The officers appointed for the two submarines arrived, Gao Guangyou, Lin Xiangguang and Su Jinghu on Li Kongrong's side, and Chen Cuichang, Lang Jincheng and Cheng Jing on Lin Zhun's side. After making sure that there was no monitor in the room, Lin Zhun was the first to speak, he said: "At present, including guns, everything that should be prepared is ready, the shipyard said that the submarine will be launched soon, if we can delay returning to China for a month or two, even if the Germans do not hand over the ship, we can sail the ship out of the Baltic Sea and return to China to resist the Japanese......"

The stealing boat is only spread in a small circle, Lang Jiancheng may know, but Chen Cuichang and Cheng Jing don't know, Chen Cuichang, who was taken aback when he heard this, said: "What are you doing with a gun?" Do you want to grab a ship? ”

"As long as the submarine is launched, we can grab the ship and return home." Lin Zhun was a little excited, Li Kongrong was being monitored during this period and he was in charge of the plan. "Hansheng and I have been planning this for a long time, but everyone doesn't know about it. If anyone objects, they can return to China first without participating in the boat theft operation, but they must not do something as bad as Wang Zhiguang, lest they be shot by their own people. ”

Chen Cuichang originally wanted to say that robbing the ship would cause international disputes, but Lin Zhun blocked him with one sentence, and the principle was very simple: those who did not want to do it could choose to return to China, but don't harm other people's affairs.

"I ......" Before Chen Cuichang could speak, Lin Zhun's chief engineer Cheng Jing said: "I want to return to China first." Seeing everyone's eyes glaring, he took the cigarette from his mouth with a trembling hand, and said, "Brother Jinghu is here, it doesn't matter if I'm not there." I... I would never tell this about it, and if I did, I would be shot and thundered five times a day! ”

Cheng Jing didn't want to participate because he was afraid, but Chen Cuichang didn't want to participate because of another excuse.

After Cheng Jing finished speaking, Chen Cuichang snuffed out his cigarette, and he said very frankly: "I don't agree to do this, now the government has finally eased relations with Germany, and we are doing this regardless of national interests and the safety of the War of Resistance." I hope you will think carefully and do not engage in recklessness! If you really want to do it, you will not only lose your life, but also affect ......"

"Alright." Li Kongrong interrupted him, "Don't say so much about the big truth, if you don't want to do it, you don't want to do it, but don't stop others." After he said that, he glanced at Cheng Jing again and said, "We still have to discuss the details of the matter, if you don't want to, go out." Remember, it's as if you've never heard of it. ”

Li Kongrong shot Wang Zhiguang last year, and Cheng Jing saw him come and immediately said: "I won't say it, I won't say it." As he spoke, he got up, his leg accidentally hitting the table, and the tea on it spilled.

Cheng Jing withdrew, Chen Cuichang got up and glanced at everyone, and finally said, "You should do it yourself." Then he withdrew.

"Okay, the rest is your own." Lin Zhun saw that only Lang Jincheng was left on his side, but Li Kongrong's side didn't move, so he couldn't help but smile self-deprecatingly. "It's still enough for Hansheng!"

"It's not that easy." Li Kongrong interrupted him, "The submarine has not been written yet, and the plan is likely to be cancelled." Now we are discussing what to do if the submarine program cannot be implemented. Looking at the current situation, this is very possible, although some people can return to China in advance, but this time it is the Admiralty, not the Ministry of Military Affairs, that wants us to return to China, which means that if the shipyard does not take action this month, there is a chance that the submarine will not be able to be counted on. In this case, those who are willing to do it can only go to the United States first. Now the Tatsuda Maru has arrived at the American shipyard and has been docked last month......"

Because of the surveillance of the Military Intelligence Bureau, Li Kongrong's external communication was through Lin Zhun, and Lin Zhun knew about the situation of the Navy in the United States, but except for Lin Zhun, the others knew nothing. When Li Kongrong said that the Longtian Pill was docked, several people were surprised.

"The rebuilding of the Navy is not a joke, in addition to the docking of the Tatsuda Maru, the San Francisco Aviation School has opened at the end of last year, and the first batch of 300 flight cadets is training, and our most important problem at present is the lack of manpower, ship, and money. Fortunately, the Ninghai had captured several cargo ships before, and now naval colleagues abroad rely on those cargo ships to train sailors. If we don't have submarines, we'll have to rely on those cargo ships to do something important. But it doesn't mean giving up submarines, we have to be prepared for both......"

What should he do without a submarine, Li Kongrong has been thinking about it for a long time, relying on the Jiankang is not possible, and in the end he and Chen Jiliang and others came up with the solution of relying on armed cargo ships - cargo ships fly the flag of neutral countries, pretending to be faulty to attract the target mail ship to approach, but the problem is that once discovered by the other party, the cargo ship is helpless against high-speed cruise ships. To be honest, there is a high probability that he will be discovered, after all, the ship is full of yellow skin.

Li Kongrong was meeting in the naval quarters in Berlin, but a different incident happened in Hamburg's Chinatown, a few hundred kilometers away.

Under the command of several plainclothes police officers with SD armbands on their sleeves, dozens of police officers are rushing into Chinatown. It is not new for police to arrest people in Chinatown, but this time it is extremely rare for so many police officers to enter the country, especially Ingo Eichmann, the deputy of Bruno Trekenbach, the head of the Hamburg Gestapo.

Standing at the entrance of Chinatown, Eichmann looked at the red archway at the entrance of the street with dragons and phoenixes, and knocked on the pillar with a leather whip with disdain, but this time he did not come to visit Chinatown, and after waiting for a short time, he rushed to the scene of the crime accompanied by the police.

Compared to most parts of Hamburg, Chinatown is dirty, with low-rise and old houses behind archways, and a clogged open ditch under the eaves, leaving sewage in the ditch on the already unclean street. Eichmann watched the road carefully, cursing under his breath as he tried to step on the dry ground as much as possible. When he arrived at the Chinese restaurant called the Nanjing Hotel, all the Chinese in the restaurant were kneeling on the side of the road under the guns of the police, and the leader of the commando team was whipping one of the Chinese who looked like the boss with a leather whip.

"Your Excellency, Deputy Captain, we found this!" Andres, the leader of the commando team, appeared in front of Eichmann with a submachine gun. This is an American-made M1928A Thomson submachine gun, which should be brand new, the wooden handle of the gun is not worn, and a thin layer of oil can be seen on the bolt.

"Oh," Eichmann said with a business-like smile, taking his submachine gun, "It seems that the news is completely correct." ”

Eichmann was the leader of the SS in Hamburg after Treckenbach, and when he achieved his results, Hans Schwabia, the head of the Chinese headquarters who accompanied him, immediately laughed and said: "Your Excellency, Vice-Captain, since the Chinese set foot on this great land, they have been constantly defiling this place, which is the reason for the establishment of the Chinese headquarters, and no one expected that this group of filthy rats would smuggle guns in addition to opium ......"

The Chinese Headquarters (ZE) is an agency established by the German government in February last year to monitor the behavior of Chinese expatriates living and working in Germany. This time it was discovered that the Chinese were smuggling and selling firearms was the credit of the Chinese headquarters, and Schwabian wanted to show credit in front of the deputy leader, but Eichmann threw the submachine gun directly at him and walked into the Chinese restaurant.

In the restaurant, tables and chairs were knocked over, and the cabinets against the wall fell to the floor, and the dishes inside were shattered. Two wooden boxes were turned over by the police, and inside the boxes were rows of Thomson submachine guns, which were arranged vertically in the boxes, with circular drums underneath.

"Twenty American submachine guns," said Eichmann, who tilted his head to light a cigarette with his shiny leather boots on the box, "very impressive!" ”

"Your Excellency, Deputy Captain, and this!" Swabian, who was thrown out by Eichmann just now, smiled and pointed to an unnoticed but rather peculiar Chinese wine urn, his hand reached into the wine urn, and when he stretched it out, he grabbed something in his hand, and he spread his hand and said: "There are not only American submachine guns, but also American grenades, the Chinese probably want to launch a riot in Germany!" (To be continued.) )