Chapter 180: From Germany

Qian Dajun was slightly stunned, he knew that He Yingqin had complaints in his stomach, and he was afraid that he would not be happy if it was, it was not right to ask for instructions, and it was still wrong not to ask for instructions, so Qian Dajun had no choice but to snort haha, and whispered in He Yingqin's ear: "Brother Jing is cautious!" How can this be a place to speak? ”

He Yingqin waved his hand helplessly and said, "Say goodbye first!" ”

After He Yingqin turned around and left, Qian Dajun returned to Chiang Kai-shek's office, and Chiang Kai-shek said while looking at the file: "Jing Yi must be very angry, right?" ”

Qian Dajun smiled helplessly and said: "He has also suffered on behalf of others, how can he not be angry!" Originally, it was not said by someone from their military and political department, but it became popular, saying that they would use the money saved to purchase guns to subsidize the national disaster salary to various ministries in Nanjing. ”

Chiang Kai-shek hummed and said: "The country has not yet been reunified, and the soldiers do not cultivate their self-cultivation, and think about others all day long, this is forgetting their roots, how can they face 30 million fathers and elders in the three northeastern provinces?" Such a person is not worthy of being a soldier, and his heart is punishable! Inform Dai Li to step up the investigation, investigate and punish the mastermind behind the scenes, and make an example! ”

Zhang Xuewu in Rehe is naturally as stable as Mount Tai, and the Supervision Yuan has reported to the Executive Yuan more than 10 times in a row that he is selling opium and cultural relics and antiques, but all of them have fallen into the mud pond like goose feathers, and even the slightest ripple has not been aroused.

Clear-eyed people know whose black hand this is, and an official who doesn't take two puffs, plays with money, and sleeps with women can still be considered a good official these days? Obviously the big problem was lifted out by the spies of the secret service, and Wang Jingwei couldn't cover it, Li Hanwen and Chen Mosheng had to resign in embarrassment, and soon, one fell into the river and drowned after drinking, and one hanged himself at home.

In April, in his speech "Personality and Revolution" to the students of the Central Political School, Chiang Kai-shek proposed that in addition to the four words "dear and sincere," it is necessary to add "courtesy, righteousness, honesty and shame" in order to "save the degenerate people's morality and people's hearts," "transform the revolutionary environment," and "determine the foundation of our revolution."

Some people who are aware of it are aware that I am afraid that next year, there will be a series of new measures introduced by the central political axe, so that opium, the root of all evil, is the first to be eliminated, but at present, Chiang Kai-shek's actions have also made the outside world understand, and anyone can be eliminated, that is, Zhang Xuewu is not allowed to touch, if you touch Zhang Xuewu, I want your head!

Without the interference of the outside world, Zhang Xuewu naturally had more experience in the development and construction of Rehe, Chahar and Suiyuan, and his large purchase of German weapons and equipment won the favor of all the German [***] officer advisory groups, especially the outgoing regiment commander General George Futzel, in order to show the German political axe to Zhang Xuewu's support for military purchases, George Futzel brought a special "knight's medal", a special medal that has never been in the German Army Medal Regulations.

To put it simply, this medal is called the "Knight of Friendship", which is the result of Hitler's repeated applications to the Ministry of Defense, if there is no large amount of arms purchases from Zhang Xuewu's real money, the budget of the Wehrmacht in 1934 will be reduced by at least one-third, Hitler not only used his slogans, doctrines, and views to win the support of the Wehrmacht and the Junker nobles behind it, but he also showed with his actions that I can give the Wehrmacht what they want, restore the supremacy of the German [***] people in the Reich, And it all starts with action.

With a large sum of money paid by Zhang Xuewu, Hitler made an unprecedented salary adjustment for the German army in addition to the expansion of the army, and at a time when the entire world economy was in an extreme recession, the move of tightening his belt to highlight the status of the military won Hitler the support of the Wehrmacht.

That's why there was the birth of this "Knight of Friendship Medal", and George Fuzzel ostensibly came to Zhang Xuewu to confer the medal, in fact, it was a secret mission, George Futzel and his successor, Admiral Seckert, walked with Rehe, which in itself is a very unusual thing, but most people in China still simply regard it as the attention of the German [***] affairs advisory group to the German armament, after all, the five A division in the first army under the Rehe Army are the real German armament division, not the adjustment division and the finishing division.

The arrival of the two generals, Georg Verzell and Seckert, made Zhang Xuewu a little excited, the former was his old acquaintance, and the latter was invited by Chiang Kai-shek to China, in history Seckert was given unimaginable power in China by Chiang Kai-shek, saying that he was the spokesman of the chairman of the committee, and could directly command the entire Central Army It is not an exaggeration, and even the local factional army had to give him three points.

Seckert can be called the real founder of the German "100,000 Army" after World War I, laying the foundation for the re-emergence of the German Army, and deserving to be the father of the German Army in World War II. In the twenties, a group of German [***] people who pushed cardboard boxes, drove toy airplanes, and shouted that I am a so-and-so platoon to simulate the war, I am afraid that any visitor, or even themselves, can not help but laugh. But in fact, in doing so, they are a whole era ahead of the tactics and strategic awareness of those opponents who fly real planes and real tank exercises!

In the face of these two doers, Zhang Xuewu knew that he couldn't play any tricks, just look at the most real troops, so he didn't notify any subordinate troops at all, and was ready to take the two German generals to personally inspect his troops. Zhang Xuewu also hopes that through two professional soldiers with great strategic vision, they can find some problems that they can't find, and the troops are brought up by Zhang Xuewu, so whenever he sees his troops make progress and grow, Zhang Xuewu will be very happy, and Zhang Xuewu also knows that happiness does not mean that his troops are really qualified, and the qualifications of regulations, regulations, and tactical training are only the basic of soldiers.

No welcoming crowds, no loud drumming! Georg Verzell and Seckert, two skinny old German men, thought they were in the wrong place? If it weren't for the fact that the translator saw the listing of the headquarters of the Rehe Army, he really thought that he had come to the wrong place, and a colonel of the Military Administration Department who was in charge of contact and coordination was suddenly drenched in his back!

Isn't that rude? Zhang Xuewu of the Rehe Army is now the biggest in the country, who can say about him? He said that he was really completely dead without being notified!

When the car drove into the courtyard of the headquarters, George Futzel and Seckert were very satisfied, because all the officers present were very polite and courteous, and there were constantly people standing up and saluting, but they did not stop watching, but hurriedly, simply put, there were no so-called idlers present, unlike the Nanjing General Staff, there were officers chatting in the shade of the standing tree with cigarettes in their mouths, obviously this situation would not happen in Rehe, and although the uniforms of all the soldiers passing by looked very old, there were even patches, But it is very clean and tidy, and the military appearance and discipline are rigorous!

Seckert nodded to George Verzell with satisfaction and said, "This is the army we need!" ”

George Verzell also smiled and said, "Wait until you see Zhang Xuewu himself talking about it!" ”

Before the two walked side by side at the gate, George Verzell found Zhang Xuewu standing behind the door, so he smiled and introduced to Seckert: "This is General Zhang Xuewu, the commander of the Rehe Legion, and the officers and soldiers you saw before are his subordinates!" ”

Zhang Xuewu also hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, and said in German: "Thank you for visiting my Rehe Legion to inspect the two generals, please do more if you are rude, please wait for the car!" I took two people to raid the troops below so that they could investigate and deal with the problems and rectify them one after another. ”

Surprise checks? Seckert smiled at Georg Furtzel, they were very happy that Zhang Xuewu could speak fluently in Germany, because there was no so-called communication problem, and the previous level of translation was limited to simple conversations, and he could not understand complex military jargon at all.

In the car, Zhang Xuewu excitedly introduced the military strength and equipment of the Rehe Army to the two generals, and the result surprised George Futzel and Seckert, and when Seckert learned that Zhang Xuewu had purchased 98 150mm field heavy howitzers in order to form four artillery regiments, he was stunned! Does a legion need such a strong firepower system? In Seckert's opinion, this is all a surplus of firepower.

But this was absolutely unspeakable, because during Georg Verzell's tenure, out of German rigor and pragmatism, he suggested that China purchase a lot of Czech and French weapons, so the German [***] fire merchants, who were extremely economically depressed, expressed great hostility towards Georg Vertzel, and France was also trying to replace the position of the German advisory group in China with its officer advisory group.

What's more, there are many factions in China, and it is not the Central Army that is the only one, and everyone has to pay for German goods, otherwise it is difficult to meet Germany's requirements by relying only on the Central Army's share of arms procurement, and the most fatal point is that Germany is not allowed to produce tanks, heavy artillery and other weapons and equipment, so these weapons and equipment can only be produced in German overseas factories in the Czech Republic, Sweden and other countries. However, according to the laws of the Czech Republic and Sweden and the provisions of the Versailles Convention after World War II, German factories abroad could not produce howitzers with a caliber of more than 25 tons of tanks and more than 15 tons.

(To be continued)