On the open sea off the beach, a German 10,000-ton ship is moving at full speed. Captain Hoffmann on board checked his pocket watch from time to time.

According to the agreed time, the ship that came to meet should be almost there. Hoffmann again went to the bow deck to look, and sure enough, three fishing boats flying German flags slowly appeared on the horizon ahead. Hoffman ordered the ship to be slowed to the slowest possible.

Soon the giant ship and the three fishing boats met on the sea, only to see the fishing boats waving the pre-agreed flags. Seeing the flag of the giant ship in response, the three fishing boats turned their bows to lead the way, and Hoffman ordered to follow the fishing boats.

In this way, another afternoon turned on the sea, and when it was almost dark, Hoffman's 10,000-ton freighter slowly followed the three fishing boats into a simple berth newly built by Huaxing Foreign Bank at the mouth of Shanghai, where several people were already waiting.

The freighter slowly approached the shore, lowered the gangway, and walked up from the shore first, it was Mike, the chairman of Huaxing Foreign Company. Mike was followed by Li Tie and the Thousand Tails Scorpion, and the black killed a few people.

Mike first greeted Hoffmann in German, and then the two talked for a long time. From time to time, Mike's exclamations could be heard. The two checked the manifest again, and after verifying that it was correct, the captain handed the manifest to the chief officer beside him, and Mike waved to Li Tie that he could unload the cargo.

Black Kill turned in the direction of the docks and let out a long whistle. I saw hundreds of strong axe gangs pouring out of the warehouse on the docks. These gangsters lined up at the dock in an orderly manner, and the professionals led the way to start unloading.

Li Tie and the others were invited by Hoffman to visit his captain's room, and from Mike's relay, Li Tie and the others learned that Hoffman was still a German hero in World War I, and what made Li Tie happiest was that Hoffman was still the senior commander of the submarine force at that time.

When Li Tie expressed his admiration for German submarines, Hoffmann actually cited Li Tie as a confidant. Although the main task of submarines during World War I was reconnaissance, he believed that sooner or later submarines would one day become the protagonists of naval warfare.

It's a pity that they Germany was defeated, and now Germany no longer has a place for them, the submariners of the past.

As soon as Li Tie heard that there was such a good thing, he immediately took care of it and sent an invitation to Hoffmann and his colleagues in Germany. And asked Hoffman to help him order two of the most advanced submarines when he returned home. He was to train a group of submarine cadets, with Hoffman and his colleagues as instructors.

After Hoffman repeatedly confirmed with Mike that Li Tie was not joking and had enough strength to buy two submarines, he agreed to Li Tie's invitation.

The original 40 submarines of their navy have been mothballed and are not allowed to be used by the German side, but they still have 19 submarines of the latest improved models, except for 10 that have not yet been built.

The other nine were dismantled without torpedo launchers in order to avoid the same fate as the other submarines, and existed in the Navy's sequence under the guise of training boats, and everything is now in good condition. If Li Tie can afford to pay. Hoffman can help with the work in China, but there is also a condition that two ships are too little, at least four at a time.

Li Tie did not know the current predicament of the German Navy. It's too late to be happy to buy more.

These four submarines were the prototypes of Germany's most famous U-boats during World War II. The submarines of World War II were mainly U2 types. And the current submarine is the U1 type.

According to the algorithm of later generations, it belongs to small and medium-sized submarines. Don't underestimate a submarine just because it's small. Nearly 50 meters long, each boat has a crew of eighteen people, and can accommodate up to fifty people. It has two torpedo tubes, although it usually carries only six torpedoes.

But the concealment of submarines and the devastation of torpedoes, the two are combined into one, and for any large ship on the sea, it is a death-like existence.

In the end, Li Tie and Hoffman finalized an order for four active submarines from Germany at a price of one million each. At the same time, eight sets of torpedo tubes were ordered from German shipyards, and the submarines could be restored to combat effectiveness by waiting for them to be shipped back to Hong Kong and reinstalled.

At the same time, Hoffmann promised to have a corresponding submariner who would come to China to teach for a year before returning to Germany. At the same time, he also accepted Li Tie's invitation, and only after returning to China this time, he would go to China with these four submarines after completing the purchase of submarines. And became the general manager of Huaxing Yacht Club.

As for Li Tie's desire to buy an airplane, because Hoffman was not familiar with the people in the Air Force, he did not take care of it. As for why he dared to pat his chest and agree to the submarine, it was because the current German officer in charge of naval ships was his son.

At the same time, he knew that the German government was worried about the departure of dozens of submarines in warehouses. Now that someone wants to buy a few, it is too late for the government to be happy, and how can it not agree.

And Hoffman, who accepted Li Tie's invitation, suddenly seemed to be young, and took Li Tie and his entourage to have a good visit to his 10,000-ton giant ship. After the guests and hosts were happy, Hoffman reluctantly sent Li Tie and others off the ship.

This night, the Huaxing warehouse was brightly lit. A whole 5,000 tons of cargo were carried by hundreds of strong axes, and it took a whole night for this half of the shipload to be delivered.

The Hoffmann, who had finished unloading, sailed early to the Bund docks, where they would dock for a week to unload the other half of the cargo of the German foreign company.

On the other hand, it also replenishes the supplies to go back, and also gives the crew a few days to go ashore to play. A week later, a batch of mineral materials purchased by the German government in China will be shipped back to China.

The next morning, after a night of rush transportation, 5,000 tons of goods finally entered the Huaxing warehouse in different categories. Early in the morning, Li Tie and the thousand-tailed scorpion, Mike came to the warehouse again, carefully counted the goods this time, and found that Mike's father-in-law was really a good person.

Not only did they send 20,000 ten-round box guns. An additional 3,000 20-shot 7.62 mm caliber box guns were also delivered.

There were also 2,000 Mauser rifles, hundreds of machine guns, 2,000 boxes of grenades, and countless bullets of all kinds.

Li Tie looked at Mike solemnly: "Isn't there only 15,000 nine-millimeter box guns?" Your father-in-law is a prophet of Weipu, how does he know that we need so much ammunition? You loaded the goods for us three months ago? ”

"My father-in-law explained this to me in a letter that came with the ship. He was a very shrewd businessman, and this time they had chartered half a shipload of cargo, and there were still a few hundred tons of space according to our previous cargo.

He didn't want to spend so much freight in vain, and since China's arms were so easy to sell, he made his own decisions and sent more arms.

The extra thousands of guns and grenades were the stuff of the Mauser factory. He bought all these arms from the Mauser factory at the lowest price, so he would make a lot more money by selling them. ”

"Good fellows, who said the Germans were rigid? I just like businessmen who are willing to use their brains. Mike went back and calculated how many silver dollars he would get? Find a time to send the money back to Germany. We can't live up to your father-in-law's hard work. Li Tie said to Mike.

"Sister Qian, the twenty-shot box cannon, you axe gang to take a thousand sticks, I gave it to you. Pick another 1,000 box guns and 1,000 spears, then machine guns and grenades.

Next week, I will charter a cargo ship with our university professors to ship it to Hong Kong, and let Dabao summon a 1,000-strong escort force in Hong Kong. These guns are their weapons of self-defense. ”

Li Tie locked the 20,000 box cannons and corresponding bullets sold to the three tycoons in three warehouses, and asked the three tycoons to take the goods away today and tomorrow.

Li Tie's arrangement was very reasonable, and in the afternoon of the same day, Du Yuesheng, who received the news, took Dai Li to personally lead the convoy to the warehouse of Huaxing Foreign Bank to pick up the goods.

Seeing Huaxing's huge warehouse, Du Yuesheng couldn't help but sigh to Dai Li: "You little brother is amazing." I fell in love with this land five years ago. It's a pity that it was bought by a Japanese dignitary.

I never had the luxury of getting this land again. Unexpectedly, this Li Tie only worked hard for a few months to get this piece of land. Capable people! ”

Mr. Du praised. My brother Li is a righteous person, and he is one of my generation, so it is better to find an opportunity for me to introduce it to you, after all, everyone will be begging for a life in Shanghai in the future, and you will not see you when you look up. It would be bad if the flood washed away the Dragon King Temple one day. ”

"Hehe, okay, I've long wanted to get to know the fourth tycoon of Shanghai. In this way, in a few days, it will be my birthday, and I will have a banquet for celebrities from all over Shanghai. This Brother Li's please post, Brother Dai, you can arrange it. ”

"Okay, now that this batch of munitions has arrived, my mission is complete. It is estimated that I will return to Guangzhou in a few days, so I just take this opportunity to congratulate Mr. Du on his birthday before leaving.

It's just that I don't know where Mr. Du is setting up the banquet, Paramount? Or the big rich? Dai Li was guessing where the banquet would be.

"No, it's in the Du Mansion." Du Yuesheng put it forward very firmly.

"Haha, it seems that Mr. Du still wants to call my brother a pound? Do we need to inform the Axe Gang, though?

You must know that the thousand-tailed scorpion and my brother are fighting fiercely now, but don't let the Axe Gang misunderstand that we want to be unfavorable to Brother Li. ”

Dai Li knew that Du Yuesheng was not convinced that Li Tie was called the fourth tycoon, and arranged a banquet in his lair to try Li Tie's courage.

"Don't worry, although we don't deal with the Axe Gang, we haven't reached the point where we meet each other. And there's no way I'm going to make my birthday party a Hongmen party. After all, my reputation in Shanghai is still good. ”

Dai Li knew that Li Tie's life would not be in danger, so he completely let go of his hanging heart. If Li Tie can be recognized by Mr. Du, that is, he will be recognized by all the ** big brothers in Shanghai, he will naturally be more prosperous.

So Dai Li is also happy to see it, and Dai Li has a kind of blind trust in Li Tie. He believed that Li Tie, who was proficient in Yi Li, would not be unable to count Du Yuesheng's careful thoughts.

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