The Japanese invaded Vietnam in late September 40, a move that completely turned the United States and Japan on the other hand. Since the Japanese have set a precedent www.biquge.info they can of course occupy a few French overseas islands as temporary bases when they have nowhere to go, whether it is aircraft carriers or marines, they all have a temporary territory. When he thought of the Marine Corps, Li Kongrong thought of the division that promised the Goryeo stick, and then he had to form a new Marine Corps. There were not a few overseas Chinese who joined the US military in World War II, and these people could be summoned and trained into a division, and if Long Yun had a way to send out another division, there would be almost 40,000 or 50,000 marines.

Military spending aside, Li Kongrong has always been worried about officers, especially commanders. So before Lin Xianxin raised the issue of the Supreme Military Council's request for the Tatsuda Maru, he also raised his own question, that is, the issue of the newly formed Marine Corps officers.

"This can only allow Kaitao to send some people from Fujian." Lin Xianxi took it for granted. "Fuzhou also has a section of the 2nd Marine Corps Brigade."

"The 2nd Brigade? It's better to look for them than to find the 28th Army. Before Li Kongrong could speak, Chen Jiliang smiled, and he said very bluntly: "During the Jinshanwei War, I felt that the Hunan officers of the 28th Army were better than those in the Marine Corps, they had broken weapons and few machine guns, they dared to work hard, and they did not have the bad habit of smoking a lot. Hansheng, you want to reorganize the Marine Corps, I think it's better to find the 28th Army, I am familiar with their Commander Tao, I can write a letter to recommend. The Hunan army is no longer a climate, if we can form an alliance with them, then we will also make up for the shortcomings of the army. ”

Chen Jiliang was outspoken, but Lin Xianxin was very uncomfortable. He said: "Shiying, you can't favor one over the other, it's all your own people......"

"It's my own people who tell the truth. What tough battles have the Marines fought since their formation? Back then, the suppression of the Communist Party was beaten everywhere, and the soldiers were bears and bears. It's not that the Fujian soldiers don't dare to work hard, it's that we don't have a good general. As far as the navy runs an officer school, it's useless. "Chen Jiliang hates that iron does not become steel. The navy is strong, but the army is very weak, and it is because of this that the 19th Route Army was sent to Fujian, which led to a rebellion.

"How about hiring an external commander?" Li Kongrong saw Chen Jiliang and Lin Xianxin arguing, and suddenly said something.

"External? Looking for a foreigner? Lin Xianxin is not unaware of the problems of the Marine Corps, but the Fujian people can't look down on the Fujian people, this is the potential bottom line in his heart.

"No, just find a military commander in the country who can lead the army." Li Kongrong was thinking about those generals in China, and he was also thinking about who to look for.

"No, many of the generals who can fight in China are from Huangpu, do you want Du Guangting to send one?" When Chen Jiliang heard that he was looking for someone in China, he also objected. "Don't want the Whampoa department, the only one who can fight is the Gui department, we have a blood feud with them."

"If Zheng Dongguo can come, or Wang Yaowu can come......" Li Kongrong said unrealistic reverie, and in the end he laughed, both of these are Huangpu departments, since Chang Kaishen wants to suppress the navy, he will naturally not send his students to lead the marines. After laughing, he groaned for a while, and said: "The middle and lower-level officers of the Hunan army can fight, but after all, they are miscellaneous cards, and the military quality of senior officers is poor, and there are no famous generals in them." I think this is good, we train officers below the company commander, and from the company commander to the regiment commander, they will be transferred from the 28th Army, and the division commander and army commander, I think it is better to find a miscellaneous general, and he will appoint the division commander and brigade commander. ”

"Who are you looking for?" Chen Jiliang asked with interest, he knew that Li Kongrong had a high vision, and he wanted to know who he had a crush on.

"At the moment, a little-known person is called Huang Baitao, this person was born in Beiyang, platoon commander, company commander, regiment commander, brigade commander, and division commander have all worked, and he is good at training and reorganizing the army, and fighting solidly and fiercely, and I am very relieved that the Marine Corps handed him over." Li Kongrong said that Huang Baitao was not without appreciation, this miscellaneous corps commander does have extraordinary ability.

"But this person also has shortcomings, because he is a miscellaneous background and has no backers, and he often observes words and emotions in the world, unlike the Whampoa generals, who do their own thing, and often have to take the blame for friendly forces; Then he is too meticulous in handling things, only seeing the leaves and not seeing the forest, so many times he can't see the overall situation clearly, his sense of smell on the battlefield is not good, and his ability to run is too poor, and his ability to lead a corps is to lead a corps, preferably not more than 200,000 people, and any more will be a bad thing. ”

"Then Zheng Dongguo and Wang Yaowu you just said don't have such problems?" I didn't expect Li Kongrong to say it so carefully, Chen Jiliang immediately became interested and wanted to talk to Li Kongrong about the army generals. "And how about your brother-in-law Du Guangting?"

"The righteous brother is just a reporter fooling around, we don't have that kind of relationship." Li Kongrong corrected. "Du Guangting is naturally excellent, but his problem is that his ears are soft, as soon as he receives Chang Kaishen's order, even if he knows that it is a wrong order for the whole army to be wiped out, he will carry it out. Chang Kaishen is a battalion commander at most, and there are more spies around him, so it's okay if he doesn't command, but when he commands, he will be chaotic.

Zheng Dongguo has a view of the overall situation, he is a Huang Baitao who has no problems, the battle is not only delicate and steady, but also bold, night battles, roundabout battles can be fought, and at critical moments, he dares to go to the front line to lead the soldiers to counterattack; The same is true of Wang Yaowu, he is characterized by being good at fighting against the wind, and his ability to train troops as a whole is also good; when he broke through the siege of Nanjing, he led the 51st Division to the rear of the palace, and when he finally withdrew, he actually retained more than 4,000 people. ”

Listening to Li Kongrong's pointing out the famous generals, Lin Xianxin also interjected: "We don't have such talents in Fujian? ”

"Of course, Fujian also has talents, but the problem is that we don't have a platform for them to hone? The famous generals of the Huangpu department are not the Huangpu department, they really have more talents than other factions, talents are tempered, they have more resources, more wars, and they can naturally turn into gold after a hundred refinements. It's difficult to hone out the miscellaneous cards, like the Huang Baitao I just said, now it is said that he is just a little-known major general, who is still a staff officer under Lu Zhonglin, if this person digs it up and entrusts him with a heavy task, he will definitely be interested in us and not towards Chang Kaishen. ”

"I agree." Li Kongrong's last sentence moved Lin Xianxi, he used Fujian people to strengthen the Fujian system, since this Huang Baitao has no background, just a small major general staff officer, then it is okay to dig it up and lead the army.

"People will come?" Chen Jiliang asked, "We have all become rebels, and the military commissar is asking us for the Longtian Pill." ”

"If he comes, he will be able to lead the army to Tokyo in the future, do you think he will come?" Li Kongrong asked rhetorically.

"Do people believe it?" Chen Jiliang said with a smile, as far as he is concerned, the occupation of Tokyo is a painting cake, and there is no hope at all.

"Treat each other with sincerity, and you should be able to believe it." Li Kongrong has some confidence in this person's temperament, at least this person will be martyred if he is defeated, whether the parting words are true or false, there is always the determination of a martial artist, and he has not been reused by Chang Kaishen now, so it is very likely that he will come over.

"Okay, then the matter of the Marine Corps will be decided for the time being, and we will discuss how large the Marine Corps will be and how to train in the future." Chen Jiliang glanced at Lin Xianxi, and seeing that he did not object, he suggested that the matter be confirmed. "There is another tricky thing at the moment is the Tatsuda Maru, the country has sent a deputy minister of military affairs, and it is necessary to go back to the Tatsuda Maru, what do you say? There is also the Jiankang, now that the overhaul has been completed, they also want to go back. ”

"Didn't the Admiralty sell these two ships. Since it was sold, it is no longer the property of the Navy, what are they pursuing? "Li Kongrong has been thinking about the Longtian Pill for a long time." The two sides signed a contract, didn't the minister say that the matter was reported to Chang Kaishen? What does he want to do now? Want to force two ships? ”

"He wants us to hand over the company." Lin Xianxin said, "There are also helicopter companies, and they have also sent people to lobby, saying that they want to let them return to China to set up factories." They probably thought that the helicopter would only use 1,000 engines, and the Aviation Committee was planning to build an engine factory in China, and the Sékron engine from Wright would be imported, and the horsepower would probably be 1,000 horsepower......"

"Hehe, the country is broken." Li Kongrong determined that Lin Xianxi was talking about the Dading Engine Factory, and the start-up capital of this factory was Chang Kaishen's 50th birthday donation in 1936, but the money was not enough, and it took millions of dollars to complete it later. It's a pity that this factory is just an image factory, and the original organizer assembled the engine and was transferred out after being promoted, and how the people behind ended up was someone else's business.

The entire Dading Engine Factory clearly explained the reasons why the government-run enterprises were not running well. Investment is to lobby the government, and the establishment is only for political achievements, and the mess of political achievements is no longer their own business. As a result, the host was promoted, the co-follower benefited, Chang Kaishen earned fame, and the people were bleeding. Even then, you can't find a reason to criticize - shouldn't the engine be localized? Didn't the engine be built? Do you know how many countries in the world can build aero engines?

"Qian Xueyu, will they go back?" After taking a sip of tea carefully, Li Kongrong asked about the helicopter company after going to the fire.

"Wu Xuelin and Bei Jiyao originally hoped to return to China to run an engine factory, and they were helpless to be hired by a helicopter company temporarily, and they are now being co-opted by Li Bailing, who came from China to prepare for this matter, I don't know if Qian Xueyu will go or not, but there are not a few people who want to go back under the anti-Japanese righteousness." Lin Xianxin said. "Li Bailing and those people still say that the navy does not resist Japan, and that the factories in the United States are only for personal fame and fortune; He also said that the Navy's previous exploits could not withstand the damage caused by the theft of submarines in the War of Resistance, and said that most of the arms in the War of Resistance were purchased from Germany, and now China and Germany are at loggerheads, and the source of arms is cut off. The army is running low on ammunition......"

"Nonsense!" Li Kongrong couldn't help but drink violently, he didn't expect someone to spread rumors and slander like this.

"I heard all this from international students." Lin Xianxin grimaced, "International students can't make up these rumors, it seems that they can only be spread in China." In China, it was said that the Central Daily also had such content, saying that the navy had deteriorated Sino-German relations for its own selfish interests and sabotaged the War of Resistance Against Japan, while some tabloids reported that the navy and the Japanese were likely to collude or even conspire, otherwise why Fuzhou had not been occupied by the Japanese until now. ”

"Cut! Some people will believe this kind of rumor. Li Kongrong suddenly calmed down, and he felt that sometimes it was easier not to think of himself as a Chinese.

"There are people among international students who do believe it." Chen Jiliang said, "Several times I went out, students questioned me why the navy did not resist Japan. Overseas Chinese are better, those in the upper strata will generally not come out regardless of whether they know the truth or not, and those in the lower strata have Mr. Situ from Hongmen to help us speak, they were anti-Chiang a long time ago, and Chen Jingcun was not blackened by the people of Nanjing. ”

"How's the situation going over there?" Li Kongrong didn't answer, but asked about Lin Shimo.

"I'm still working on gyroscopes with his mentor, and I've spent a lot of time, but there's no progress." Lin Xianxin said. "Every time I ask the branch office, he always tells me that it's almost there, and I really don't know when it will be."

"Here from the helicopter company, if you want to return to China, go back to China, we won't stop you." Li Kongrong said, "But if you have to follow the legal procedures, if they leave, they will automatically give up the company's shares." In addition, according to the company's confidentiality agreement, they are not allowed to work in the research and development and manufacturing of helicopters for five years after leaving the factory, and if they return to China for violating this provision, then we will sue immediately. There are also patents, and if they go back to China to steal the company's patents, they will also sue immediately.

Lin Shimo's research is very important, but they don't dare to be interested in it when they want to come to China, they are too short-sighted. By the way, Lin Shimo graduated with a doctorate this year, isn't he going to get married? We all gave a generous gift - when we were in Svalbard, we didn't have food, and we killed a lot of polar bears to use as military rations, and the bearskins were all peeled off at that time, so I gave a bearskin. ”

The bearskins hunted in Svalbard were fortunately bought from the town of Longyearbyen, such as saltlime, otherwise they would have rotted at sea. Li Kongrong's bear skin gifts are naturally heavy, Chen Jiliang and Lin Xianxin have been receiving salaries at the exchange rate of legal currency and US dollars for 37 years, although they can save some in the United States, and they can afford to give generous gifts, but they don't understand why Li Kongrong values Lin Shimo so much.

"That's all for America, right?" Li Kongrong mentioned Lin Shimo as soon as he mentioned it, and then he talked about the aviation school, "How is the situation at the aviation school?" How many people have dropped out of school, and is the people's hearts still unstable? ”

"There were originally more than 90 people who dropped out of the aviation school, but some came back later. They didn't know where to go when they left the aviation school, and the country said that there were not enough planes, and there were no planes for them, so they came back again, but I didn't ask for these people. "The affairs of the aviation school were handled by Lin Xianxin personally, and he managed the aviation school according to the rules of the maritime school, and the military discipline inside was strict." With these more than 90 people as role models, no one has withdrawn from training, and everyone knows that no one will take them in after they retire from training. At present, there are more than 900 people enrolled in the aviation academy for training, and the first batch to enter the training will be able to train on ships in the second half of the year, but the training aircraft carrier has not yet been refitted. ”

"I'm going to see the aviation school this time." Li Kongrong said his plan. In Massachusetts, he was going to see Lynsma, in New York he was going to meet Seligman and Graham, and he was going to visit the helicopter factory in Michigan, the San Francisco Air School, and even Boeing and Douglas.

"I forgot to say it, I asked Shuchun to send Miss Xu here." Lin Xianxin smiled and said something that surprised Li Kongrong. (To be continued.) )