Chapter 509: The War of Resistance Reminds me of the airship
Seeing that Zhang Qun wanted to explain to Zou Lu, Chiang Kai-shek waved his hand to stop Zhang Qun and said: "Although Zou Lu has a misunderstanding of me Jiang Zhongzheng, I still know his personality, he is a person who does things above board. β
In that year, Zou Haibin, as one of the three members of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, convened the Fourth Plenary Session of the First Central Committee of the Kuomintang at Biyun Temple in Xishan, Yanjing, and passed resolutions such as the "Case of Abolishing the Party Membership of the Communist (Party) Faction" and the "Case of the Dismissal of Adviser Borodin". However, during the Central Plains War, he was able to take into account the overall situation and run around to oppose Yan Baichuan and Feng Yuxiang and others to fight against the central government by force, which shows that he is dedicated to the party and the country. β
Chiang Kai-shek continued in an appreciative tone: "There is another thing you don't know, that I am very active in Liangguang, and I have wantonly co-opted military and political personnel in the southwest in a vain attempt to instigate the southwest to become independent, and Zou Lu is one of the main targets of his own wooing. Kenji Dohihara, who had just taken over as the head of the Kwantung Army's secret service, had personally gone to Zou Lu, and as far as I know, Zou Lu sternly rejected his solicitation. β
"It is precisely because of the presence of an old party comrade like Zou Lu who understands the righteousness that no one in the southwest dares to openly collude with him."
Chiang Kai-shek walked back to the table, took a sip of water, and said quietly: "This Kenji Tuhihara has lived in China for a long time, and he is a well-known China expert in the army's secret service system, and he once served as Zhang Zuolin's adviser. β
"Before the Northern Expedition, he took advantage of his relationship with Yan Baichuan as a classmate of the non-commissioned officer school to arrange for the commander of the Chinese garrison to meet with Yan Baichuan on two occasions to establish the so-called 'goodwill and friendly relations with Yan'."
"In the ninth year of the Republic of China, after the Zhiwan War, Duan Qirui went to the wilderness, and it was this soil and fertile plain again, and he used his classmate in the non-commissioned officer school and Chen Leshan, the chief of staff of the governor of Zhejiang Province, to do the work of stabilizing the Anhui system, and prompted Anhui, Feng and Guangzhou political axes to jointly attack Sun Chuanfang and Wu Peifu."
In the thirteenth year of the Republic of China, during the Second Zhifeng War, Feng Huanzhang launched a coup d'Γ©tat in Yanjing, and Wu Peifu fled to Hankou in panic. It was still this Tu Feiyuan and Feng Huanzhang who colluded and plotted behind the scenes, using the means of stopping bank exchanges, causing Wu Peifu's paper money to turn into waste paper, and accelerating the downfall of the direct warlords. β
"Also, this time Shi Yousan rebelled, and there was also the active participation of this Tufeiyuan. But is such a person, Wang Zhaoming, Chen Jitang, and Li Zongren actually allowed him to openly swagger through the market in Liangguang? β
Chiang Kai-shek sighed heavily, raised his voice and said: "Yue Jun, you tell the old comrades in the party in Liangguang that whether it is Soviet Russia or himself, they all have great ambitions for us in China, and associating with them is extremely harmful, which is tantamount to luring a wolf into the house. β
"The comrades in the party have misunderstandings and opinions about me Jiang Zhongzheng, this is our internal party political struggle, and I, Jiang Zhongzheng, do not regard them as enemies, but only opponents. However, if someone dares to collude with himself, then he is not only an enemy of my Jiang Zhongzheng, but also an enemy of the Republic of China, and I, Jiang Zhongzheng, do not mind killing people. β
Speaking of this, Chiang Kai-shek's gloomy tone already revealed a strong killing intent.
The dividing line -- the attitude of the League of Nations towards the invasion of the Soviet army, Song Zhewu was still mentally prepared. At present, the Western countries, which are struggling in the economic crisis, absolutely dare not offend the Soviet Union, a financier who is willing to spend a lot of money.
It's just that the United States is unwilling to sell weapons to itself, which is somewhat beyond Song Zhewu's expectations.
Still, when you think about it, it's not surprising. The United States suffered huge casualties because of its participation in World War I, and its domestic anti-war sentiment was very strong, and it began to pursue an isolationist policy in the 20s, trying to avoid getting involved in external military and political conflicts.
If China and the Soviet Union did not go to war, the United States could sell weapons to both sides without any scruples, but now it is different. At this time, isolationist Americans were far from being divided strictly by ideology as they were after World War II and during the Cold War.
Song Zhewu believed that it should be true that the Americans did not sell weapons and equipment to both sides, but it was difficult for the other powers to say, and it was likely that they would just not sell weapons and equipment to China, especially the French.
What Song Zhewu needs most now is planes and heavy artillery, without planes, the sky of Northern Mongolia is completely in the hands of the Soviet army, and if he wants to hold Northern Mongolia, his troops will suffer huge casualties.
And Germany now has no advanced aircraft to sell him, and the Italian aircraft of this period are still quite backward in design, and the only thing with some modern consciousness can probably only be counted as the BR series bombers produced by Fiat.
And the most outstanding in this series is the BR-20, 85 BR.20s were sold to Yuben in 38 years, and participated in missions such as the bombing of Lanzhou in the name of "Iraq-style heavy bombing". Because of the heavy losses of this aircraft under the blows of the Chinese Air Force, the Imperial Army Aviation was not satisfied with their performance, and this aircraft was soon replaced by the Type 97 Heavy Bombardment of the Japanese production itself.
However, during this period, Italy was not without good things, as if a few years ago, when Song Zhewu was still studying in Germany, there was an Italian-made semi-rigid airship that passed through the North Pole on the way from Norway to Alaska, which was also the first aircraft in human history to reach the North Pole.
As soon as he thought of the airship, Song Zhewu's eyes couldn't help but light up, by the way, it was an airship. Song Zhewu jumped up excitedly!
For a long time, while designing and manufacturing airplanes, Song Zhewu had always felt as if there was always something in his heart that he hadn't spoken, and now he finally remembered that it was an airship.
Although he doesn't know what the current Italian airship technology is, and as far as Song Zhewu is concerned, in the memory of his previous life, he has never had a deep impression of the Italian airship, which also shows that the Italian airship is not very good in technology. However, Italian airships can't do it, but Germany does! Germany's Zeppelin is one of the most famous.
At the time of the First World War, the Zeppelin could be considered a marvel of science and engineering technology in terms of the level of technology at that time. Each zeppelin has beautiful lines, a huge size of two or three hundred meters, and the characteristic "hum" sound of high-horsepower aero engines, pushing German airships to cut through the blue sky and soar gracefully over the sky of Europa.
Anyone who sees a zeppelin for the first time will surely be captivated by its majesty as if they had been caught by a charm.
In front of it, a heavier-than-air plane is like an ugly newborn that can only carry one or two people. Airships, on the other hand, can easily carry tons of goods. Compared to the airship that soars in the sky like a dinosaur, the airplane is like some inconspicuous, harmless little mammal.
During the First World War, airplanes discovered airships, and the only thing they could do was poke two small holes in its thick skin. The only thing that could stop these German aerial mammoths from visiting their British cousin's house was the vagaries of the English Channel.
In civilian use, it is the time when airships have reached their peak, including the LZ127 "Count Zeppelin" and the LZ129 "Hindenburg" and several other popular giant spaceships with huge and luxuriously decorated cabins, which have made rich profits on the transatlantic routes between Europe and the United States.
It's just very regrettable that after the Hindenburg caught fire and crashed in New Jersey in 1937, which is the famous "Hindenburg Air Disaster", the entire spacecraft transportation industry, including the Zeppelin spacecraft, declined rapidly, and was soon replaced by the new civil aircraft.
Another of the biggest and most fatal shortcomings of the Zeppelin is that it is filled with hydrogen gas, which can easily explode and ignite. And the famous Macon airship developed by the United States uses helium, which does not explode. And the United States, the only one capable of large-scale industrial production of helium, refused to sell it to Germany.
However, the production of helium can be said to be a high-tech technology for Germany at this time, and even for the whole world, and it is definitely a piece of cake in front of Song Zhewu, a doctor of chemical engineering in his previous life.
Although now because the flight altitude and firepower of the aircraft are far from comparable to those of the First World War, because the flight speed is slower, the airship is a live target in front of the aircraft. However, Song Zhewu did not bomb the enemy with airships like the Germans. He would keep his airship far away, and his airship had more important tasks to do.
The reason why Song Zhewu has a soft spot for airships is that he has taken a fancy to some of the advantages of airships over airplanes in this era.
The biggest advantage of an airship over an airplane is its unrivaled stay in the air.
The flight time of an airplane in the air is calculated in hours, whereas an airship is measured in days.
Airships can also fly silently in the air, which is equally important for military applications.
Among the many advantages of the airship, Song Zhewu valued it most for its huge interior space that was almost unrestricted and the ability to fly to heights that no other aircraft of this era could fly. Fitting his secret equipment to the airship would give his air force an advantage that no foreign air force had. And, as long as he keeps it strictly confidential, Song believes that this advantage will be maintained for at least 20 years.
Since the Germans agreed to secretly sell weapons and equipment, they bought the design and production technology of the Zeppelin. Moreover, this rigid airship is now being used as a civilian technology, and there are no restrictions on its purchase.
Thinking of this, Song Zhewu immediately called Bi Guangheng, who was still in Nanjing, and asked him to contact Wang Zhengting and ask him to inform the Berlin diplomats to assist in the purchase of airship technology. Song Zhewu also told Bi Guangheng that if he could get the relatively mature production and design technology of Zeppelin, he would spend more money and recognize it.
Of course, Song Zhewu will not copy all the techniques of the Zeppelin, in addition to filling helium, on the outer skin, he will also use special fibers to improve its strength.
Thinking of the Zeppelin, Song Zhewu naturally thought of the German mustache......
(To be continued)