Since the Chinese came to Baoma, the whole town has shown a thriving scene, a large number of buildings have risen from the ground, and the recruitment of construction workers has never stopped; The same is true for roads, with new straight asphalt roads leading to Zurich and other towns, with bus stops, farmers' markets, churches and even a small garden square. In www.biquge.info few years, this desolate place has become a small city, with Chinese of local residents serving the Chinese.

Li Kongrong had been to Baoma before, and when he came back today, he felt that this place had really changed a lot. He was still in surprise, and the car drove through the Garden Square and stopped in front of the office building of the research institute, Yan Keats, Gu Yuxiu, Hua Luogeng, Sa Bentie, and many people who Li Kongrong didn't know were all downstairs to welcome him. He was hugging his daughter, he looked at Wei Rudao and said, "What the hell is going on?" ”

"I don't know what's going on." Wei Ru also wondered that the institute did know that Li Kongrong was coming, but the institute had never arranged a welcome convention, which was set by Li Kongrong himself, and he defined this behavior as absenteeism.

"Welcome, welcome!" Yan Keats stepped forward and opened the car door, smiled and said welcome, while the others applauded happily. "It is an honor for all of us to welcome Colonel Lee Han-sung, a hero of the anti-Japanese resistance and a fighter for freedom, to visit the Swiss Bauma Institute. It's worth it for us to be absent from work for this, just deduct our salary, we don't care. ”

After all, Yan Keats has been a director and can speak, like Hua Luogeng and Sa Bentie, these are nerds. Gu Yuxiu, who was beside him, also said: "Hansheng said it very well in Hong Kong!" We must not only oppose external enemies, but also oppose internal independence. Judge, everything is for freedom. ”

Gu Yuxiu's reputation in China is no less than that of Yan Keats, and his words also aroused a round of applause, but the applause was mixed with exclamation after a while - Xu Peipei also got out of the car, many people recognized her, even if they didn't recognize her, they had heard her songs, and no one thought that she and Li Kongrong would be together.

"Good!" I don't know who shouted in the crowd, and the applause suddenly became enthusiastic.

"Hansheng is really ......" Yan Kheath gave a thumbs up, and everyone laughed again.

"This is my wife." Li Kongrong introduced generously, and shook the child hanging from his neck, "My daughter." At this time, Xu Xiaoxin jumped out, and he had to say, "My sister-in-law." ”

"Good. Good. Yan Keats and the others nodded while applauding, and Wei Ru said, "Everyone, it's too cold outside, let's go into the house and welcome you." ”

"Yes, yes, first house, first house." The whole institute is heated, before Li Kongronglai also said that he would install a glass automatic door, but now it is really installed, as soon as people pass, the glass doors on both sides will automatically open, and the heating inside makes the glasses of professors and students blurry.

"You are all national treasures, all of them are hundreds of thousands of dollars a second, and this kind of welcome will not be needed in the future, if it really freezes, it will be our biggest loss." Li Kongrong's speech began with laughter.

"First of all, I would like to emphasize that science is the basis for victory in the war, and that the work you are doing is very important to each and every one of you here, and that your scientific research is being turned into front-line combat power through factories in Switzerland, factories in the United States. However, this still requires the cooperation of Chongqing, but everyone knows very well what the situation in Chongqing is. I'm not worried about his hostility to the navy, what I'm really worried about is the leakage of the technology and weapons that you have worked so hard to research in Chongqing. This is the most deadly, such as the bazooka, once the Japanese master it, then this lightweight weapon will bring great damage to the front-line soldiers, so in the supporting country. The navy has always been cautious, for fear that the technology here will improve the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army.

On my way to Europe, our last port was also blocked by the Japanese occupation. Next, if France is defeated, the Japanese army will inevitably be stationed in French Annam, which means that the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway will also be lost, and Yunnan will become the front line from the rear. Although the Japanese did not necessarily attack, the rear was already in danger. As I said in Hong Kong, if Japan chooses to sign a non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union and abandon the north and choose to go south, then Malaya, Singapore, Burma, and the Dutch East Indies will soon be lost, which means that the last route, the Yunnan-Burma Highway, will be gone.

This was the most difficult and desperate time of the Anti-Japanese War. Although Japan did not have much interest in attacking the southwest, and they were busy seizing colonies and liberating the yellow people who were enslaved by the British and Mi ghost animals, Chongqing was facing the possibility of collapse as soon as the external channel that depended on maintaining the war at home was lost and the most important strategic material resources were lost. There is absolutely no hope for a counteroffensive, and it is only the navy that can really win the war. I don't want to emphasize the importance of the navy, but I just want to say that the hope of victory lies in the navy, and the navy will do everything in its power to help Chongqing persist in the war of resistance - in order to preserve the last external route of the Yunnan-Burma Highway, the navy is likely to have a decisive naval battle with Japan in the Indian Ocean.

If the Japanese had gone south very early, and if all the aircraft carriers and battleships under construction had not been launched into service, it would have been a decisive battle with a huge disparity in strength, and the navy would probably have been wiped out again, but even then the navy would have to respond. I believe that in a real decisive battle, the only reason for our victory is the conscientious officers and men and the scientific research achievements of all of you who have never slept or eat......

The applause was small at first, but soon swept through the hall and everyone applauded. Those who were worried about the loss of the navy and Chongqing would affect the war of resistance even had tears in their eyes, and they could feel Li Kongrong's determination.

"Thank you." The speech was not long, and he didn't want to be too long, but after he finished thanking everyone, everyone was still expecting him to say something more, Wei Ru saw the opportunity and said: "Everyone, Hansheng went to Bern with me as soon as he got off the plane, and Bern came here immediately after returning to Zurich after finishing his errands. ”

In order to stay in the UK for a few more days, the journey is indeed rushed. After Wei Ru finished speaking, Li Kongrong said: "It's okay. If there's anything else you want to know, you can ask, and I hope to have a face-to-face conversation with you. ”

The people in the institute were eager to listen to Li Kongrong, but they asked them to ask what - they were not reporters after all, and they didn't know what to ask. The scene was deserted for a while, and it was only after a long time that a student in the corner raised his hand and said, "Brother Hansheng, if the Japanese occupy Burma, can Chongqing hold it?" ”

The words are correct and round in the Beijing dialect, and Li Kongrong listens to it cordially. He smiled before saying, "It depends on how the war at sea goes." The consumption of materials in modern warfare is very huge, and the German General Staff has estimated that a complete heavy infantry division needs to consume 200 tons of materials per day, and the armored division is about 300 tons. Although the Japanese division is numerous, the country. The army did not have many heavy weapons, so their daily combat material needs for the offensive were about 100 to 150 tons.

Except for some weapons and ammunition that could be produced by the Shenyang Arsenal in Northeast China, most of the other war materials had to be shipped from within Japan. In normal times, Japan has enough ships, but if we want to fight with the British Royal Navy on the islands east of Japan, that is, on the islands in the South Pacific, in order to strengthen our eastern barrier, it is difficult to say whether there are enough ships.

You must know that the Japanese are most proud of the fact that the Japanese mainland, that is, their so-called Shenshu Mishima, has never been invaded by foreign enemies, and when the Mongols galloped across the Eurasian continent, they planned to attack Japan after occupying Korea, but they failed several attempts to land on the islands for various reasons. They are afraid of what they are proud of, so the Japanese are very worried about the enemy's air raid on Tokyo from the east or even landing on Japan. To do this, they had to build fortifications on the islands of the Pacific Ocean, and according to the distribution of islands in the Pacific, the most likely attack was Australia in the South Pacific.

To the north of Australia is New Guinea, and to the north of New Guinea is the Mariana Islands, which are a crossroads, and to the north you can go directly to Yokohama along Iwo Jima, Ogasawara Islands, and Izu Islands; To the south, through the Palau Islands, you can lead to the Philippine Islands, and to the north of the Philippines is Taiwan, Ryukyu, and finally to Kyushu, Japan.

So if Japan really goes south, it will definitely grab those uninhabited islands near New Guinea, and will build airfields and fortifications on them, which will require a large number of merchant ships. If the battle that took place in this sea area was won by us, then the Japanese merchant fleet would have suffered heavy losses, and it would have been impossible to attack Chongqing without the merchant fleet; But if the Japanese navy wins, their merchant fleet is greatly preserved, and these merchant ships will definitely support the army to attack the southwest after they are transferred back to East Asia.

Therefore, the whole world is an interconnected system, even if it is a war between China and Japan. We have to put ourselves in the shoes of the Japanese people and think about what the Japanese think, not just ourselves. In general, as Mahan said in his famous work on sea power, The Influence of Sea Power on History: "Sea power governs the rise and fall of a country." Countries that have acquired powerful sea power not only have the tremendous ability to use and control the seas, but they can also rely on this ability to compete for maritime supremacy and control the destiny of all mankind. ’

Whether the Japanese will attack Chongqing and Chongqing depends on whether the naval battle in the South Pacific is won. Whether the army can hold back the Japanese attack and whether it can counterattack also depends on the outcome of our decisive battle with the Japanese combined fleet in the Indian Ocean. That's my answer, thank you. ”

I didn't want to say more, but as soon as I talked about the decisive battle at sea, Li Kongrong was a little gushing, and it was this kind of simplifying and simple answer that aroused everyone's applause again, and their understanding of the war was deepened because of Li Kongrong's answer.

"If Germany does defeat France, will he be able to win in the end?" Again, it's a big and general question.

"This has to look at the United States and the Soviet Union." Li Kongrong said. "If Germany defeats France, then he will occupy the entire continent of Western Europe. If Hitler had continued to deepen its alliance with the Soviet Union, Germany would have been difficult to defeat, even if the United States entered the war as it had done last time. ”

"Hansheng, will the Soviet Union really sign a contract with Germany?" Yan Keats, who was standing in the front row, asked. "Is this a deliberate slander?"

"Of course not." Li Kongrong glanced at him. "It was impossible for Hitler to annex Poland without consulting with Stalin, and there was a tacit understanding between the actions of the German and Soviet armies. Without this tacit understanding, the Soviets would at most advance out of the border, but now the two sides are demarcated by the Narev-Vistula-San line, with the east belonging to the Soviet Union and the west to Germany.

We must know that the Soviet Union and Germany were ideologically hostile to each other, that the two sides were enemies in the last war, that the British and French representatives had also been to Moscow before the German invasion of Poland, and that both armies had entered Poland and encountered, how could there be no conflict? No, you don't see any conflict, and you don't see any reports of conflict. The only explanation is that Germany had reached an agreement with the Soviet Union to partition Poland before it invaded Poland.

This was one of the prerequisites for Hitler's determination to invade Poland. Because the last war Germany fought on two fronts, the east and the west, if the German army invaded Poland and then encountered the Soviet army that also entered Poland, and the two armies fought because of the conflict, then Germany would face the situation of 20 years ago, and the east and the west were enemies. Hitler was a veteran of the last war, and he was also very cunning, he must first stabilize his eastern front, otherwise he would not have started the war easily. ”

"But he's Hitler......" Yan Keats interrupted suddenly, obviously listening to Soviet propaganda.

"Even Hitler had to learn the lessons of the last big war." Li Kongrong smiled unconcernedly. "If the Eastern Front is not secured, he will not be able to start a war rashly and then form a stalemate like the previous war again. The Third Reich was much weaker than the Second Reich, and it now relied on its military and technological superiority rather than its national strength.

If you still have any doubts, you can read next month's newspaper. The Soviets and Germans did not just divide Poland, the Baltic states must have also determined their ownership at the Soviet-German negotiating table. Finland was clearly on the side of the Soviet Union, so soon the Soviet Union would invade Finland as it did Poland. ”

As soon as Li Kongrong said that the Soviet Union would invade Finland, Yan Keats's face became ugly. Under the influence of some people, he had a great affection for the Soviet Union, the most scientific and democratic country in the history of mankind, and the Soviet Union seemed to him to be completely just, but now the completely righteous Soviet Union allied with fascist Germany to carve up Poland and the Baltic states, which was difficult for him to accept.

"Chief Li: When will we win?" Another old question.

"I remember when I was in New York and said that there are still 2,000 days left before we win the war of resistance." Li Kongrong said with a smile. "I usually don't count days, you can find out when I said this, and the countdown will be fine."

"Everyone......" Seeing that there were still people who wanted to ask, Wei Ru raised his hand and spoke. Let's ask here today, Hansheng will stay in Baoma for several days, what questions do we have another day, another day, let him rest first, rest first. ”

The child was already asleep in Xu Peipei's arms, and Wei Ru had to come out to speak. Although everyone still wanted to hear Li Kongrong talk about the war, they finally applauded and sent Li Kongrong and the others to their apartment to rest.