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Italy's great leader, Benito Mussolini, was riding on a pure white Norman thoroughbred horse, wearing a crisp dark blue military uniform, and his huge head was held high. There is arrogance inside and out. It was as if he were the greatest commander in the world, and his Italian army was the most powerful in the world. However, at this time, few people really know that the rows of handsome-looking Italian black-shirted officers and soldiers in front of them are actually ...... It's all real paper tigers.

I don't know what kind of good story it is today, or what kind of commemoration of Italy's victory in the war. Anyway, on the day the Nationalist Axe delegation arrived in Rome, they were invited to observe this grand military parade. About 100,000 Italian paper tigers braved the sweltering heat of the Mediterranean in August to take part in the ostentatious parade.

Luo Yaoguo also reluctantly put on the thick uniform of the National Revolutionary Army, accompanied the enthusiastic Chiang Kai-shek, and came to enjoy the performance of the Italians. Looking at Chiang Kai-shek's envy, it is estimated that after returning to China, he also wants to play like a cat and a tiger, right? However, with your Chiang Kai-shek's ability, it is not possible to learn from other people's old ink. At least you don't have as much nonsense as him, Luo Li talked for two or three hours, and he didn't even drink a sip of water, this guy really has a set, no wonder the Italian people worship him so much! It seems that the great leader of the Cuban people in his previous life can also say that he often blows under the scorching heat of the Caribbean Sea for most of the day, and those Cuban people who stand under the sun have never heard of heat stroke, and they probably have practiced it.

At this time, a burst of earth-shattering shouts suddenly sounded, probably because Lao Mo's speech was finally over, right? The elated Italian paper tigers finally began to shout slogans. Luo Yaoguo didn't understand what he was shouting, but he thought it was long live the leader, long live the leader, and so on. Now the National Revolutionary Army often shouts this, and I don't know if it will increase its strength after shouting?

After shouting the slogan, the review officially began. Mussolini rode a tall horse and walked in the front, followed by an Italian general. Among them was Ilota. General Balbo, I heard that he is now Mussolini's successor, uh, another successor who took a plane to let his own people down. I really don't know if there's anything greasy in it?

Next, it was the turn of the 100,000 Italian troops to pass through the viewing platform in rows and be inspected by the envoys and the national political axe inspection delegation. To be honest, the ranks of these Italians are still quite neat, and their mental outlook is also good. The weapon in his hand looked like it could be fired. After the infantry finished, there were also rows of cannons pulled by horse-drawn carts, which were quite like that, but why did they keep losing battles?

While Luo Yaoguo was thinking about it, the sound of buzzing aircraft motors came from the sky, and dozens of biplanes flew slowly from the distant sky in formation. These must be the Italian fighters that Balbo is trying to sell to himself, right? Luo Yaoguo picked up the telescope and began to look at it carefully, he was a pilot in his previous life, and he still loved airplanes very much, and he was also very knowledgeable.

This is also the reason why Luo Yaoguo is reluctant to cooperate with Italy. The plane is not a banquet, the more dishes the more face-saving. If the types of aircraft are too miscellaneous and make a universal brand, logistics maintenance will be very troublesome. Moreover, there are many problems with the coordination of aircraft between different countries and different models. The best choice is to choose a truly high-tech partner and choose the right direction for long-term joint development. For example, this biplane is an obsolete cargo, and it is okay to use it as a training aircraft, and it is not worth investing in research and development. The level of ground maintenance in China is certainly not as good as that of Europe, so it is best to choose a durable air-cooled engine in the engine, and the star-type air-cooled engine has also produced a lot of good things in World War II, such as the zero type of the small Yueben, the P47, F6, F4 series of the United States, and the FW190 of Germany are all taking this path.

Today the Italians should show off the CR.1, a biplane that was the first fighter designed by Rosatelli. A strange "half-wing" design was adopted (i.e., the lower wing area was much larger than the upper wing). A Fiat A.20 twelve-cylinder liquid-cooled in-line engine was installed. However, the aircraft had just completed its prototype and was already outdated. In this era, aircraft technology is advancing so rapidly that no fighter can survive for several years. Even during World War II, the update was also very fast, but at that time they were all serial models, don't look at the appearance is similar, but in fact, the surname of the new model can still improve greatly.

Lao Jiang put down the binoculars in his hand, glanced at Luo Yaoguo, and said with a smile: "Brother Fuwen, what do you think of this aircraft?" Italians try their best to sell something to us, but if they don't buy it at all, I'm afraid it will affect the future partnership, right? ”

A mocking sneer appeared on the corner of Luo Yaoguo's mouth: "Italians really don't dare to compliment things, if you really want to buy them, just buy a few training planes." And also...... It's poison gas, uh, Jiegong, do you think we're going to buy some from the Italians? ”

Italy is quite famous for poison gas, and it is by virtue of this that they defeated Ethiopia. China should also develop it, which can be used for poison in the future

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Palazzo Venezia, Rome. It is the most famous Renaissance palace in Rome, built in 1455. Later, it became the official residence of the Ambassador of the Republic of Venice. Now it is the headquarters of the Italian Fascist Party.

One morning in August 1926, the main members of the Nationalist Axe Expedition visited this famous monument and visited the Italian leader Benito Mussolini.

At 10 a.m., the talks officially began. The meeting took place in a meeting room on the second floor of the Palazzo Venezia. Mussolini looked full of spring breeze today, still wearing a dark blue military uniform and no hat. Air Force Admiral Balbo, Admiral Paul Murphy. Leffair, Chief of the General Staff, Field Marshal Badogglio, surrounded Mussolini. On the Kuomintang side, Chiang Kai-shek, Luo Yaoguo, Soong Meiling, and Navy Minister Sa Zhenbing attended the talks.

Although both sides were accompanied by interpreters, Mussolini spoke fluent English for the sake of ease of conversation. He kept talking a lot of nonsense about Sino-Italian friendship, and I wonder which country's minister threatened to occupy China twice in 1923 and 1924.

"Italy has the best navy in the world, the best army and the best air force in the world. As far as China's needs are concerned, our Italian technology is fully able to meet 100% of them. For the sake of friendship between China and Italy, we can consider transferring some of the latest technological achievements to you, and we can also help you build some modern weapons factories...... My friend, if you ask for anything, just ask. ”

Mussolini's remarks had just been finished. Luo Yaoguo took over the conversation with a smile, and he smiled in fluent American English: "Dear Italian leader, on behalf of my country and the Kuomintang, I would like to thank you for your generosity and the friendship of the Italian people. I am not satisfied with you to say that we have come to Europe this time to obtain some advanced weapons and industrial technology, and I am very grateful for your help. First of all, we wanted to purchase twenty Fiat CR.1 trainers from Italy for the training of our pilots, in addition to ten spare engines and some spare parts. ”

"That's no problem at all." Mussolini waved his not-so-long right arm exaggeratedly, with a warm smile on his face.

"Secondly, we would like your country to help us build a chemical plant dedicated to the production of dichlorodiethylsulfide (the English chemical name for mustard gas). Hopefully, the leaders and Italy will meet our requirements. Luo Yaoguo smiled and put forward a new request.

“dichlorodiethylsulfide？” Mussolini repeated the English chemical name of mustard gas, frowned slightly, as if he was thinking carefully, and after a while, he smiled: "Oh! It turned out to be poisonous gas! There is no problem with this, our Italian poison gas is the best in the world! State-of-the-art! If you want to develop the gas industry, you can't go wrong with us asking for help. ”