Chapter 398: To each according to his needs

After listening to Su Tong's words, Hawkins smiled slyly: "Of course, our industry in the United States of America is the best in the world, and we can build any ship you want." ”

"What Hawkins means is that the buddies have to pay for it themselves!" After listening to Hawkins's words, Su Tong felt a burst of contempt in his heart, in fact, Su Tong still knew a little about Hawkins's intentions, and Roosevelt was also quite worried about the rise of Japan in history, and the Americans must not let the Japanese be too strong if they want to occupy the Pacific Ocean, but now American isolationism is prevalent, and Roosevelt is not good at jumping out of the open flame. You don't see that this old man in the future generations even used a bitter trick, it is really well-intentioned, but now history has changed somewhat, since the force of Chahar has emerged in China, Roosevelt naturally wants to support it, and now everyone on the earth knows that Chahar's shortcoming is the navy, and the envoy Hawkins has also received some authorization from Roosevelt.

However, what made Chief Su disdainful was that since he wanted to support others, he had to pay some benefits, and even wanted his buddies to pay out of their own pockets to support a few warships, so he really picked the door and went to his grandmother's house.

A look of embarrassment appeared on Su Tong's face, "Mr. Hawkins, you also know that our Chahar is a well-known poor country in the whole of China, in order to resist the Japanese invaders, we almost spent the last copper plate, and in order to stop the expansion of Soviet Russia, we had to station a huge army in Siberia for many years, it is also a bottomless pit, we really don't have the strength to buy warships." ”

After listening to Su Tong's complaints, Hawkins nodded in understanding on the surface, but scolded secretly in his heart: "In order to stop the expansion of Soviet Russia? Now you are expanding, your army has reached Lake Baikal, in order to deal with you, the current economic development of Soviet Russia has slowed down, and you still look like a victim, who do you want to deceive? ”

Hawkins was silent, but it didn't mean that Alice behind him could bear it, this upright foreign girl couldn't help but speak, "General Su Tong As far as I know, you now have about 400,000 of the most elite troops stationed in Ulan-Ude and General Zhukov's 700,000 troops to confront each other, and there have been small-scale battles from time to time until now, is Baikal also the land where your country was invaded by the Tsar?" ”

"Of course!" Su Tong nodded without shame, "Miss Alia, you are right, Lake Baikal has been the territory of China since ancient times, and Su Wumu, a great diplomat of our country, herded sheep there more than two thousand years ago, so it is enough to prove that it has always been the undisputed territory of our country, and it was also snatched by the Tsarist Empire in the hands of the Manchu government, and now of course we have to take it back." ”

Su Tong's words naturally have no objections in Huaxia, but in the ears of Hawkins and Alice, it is not the case. They also know a little about the history of China, can your ancestors herd sheep there to prove that the place is yours? Please, is it good that your ancestors themselves were caught there to herd sheep, and you herded the sheep for a few years, so they rowed that place to you? More than 600 years ago, a eunuch of your Ming Dynasty also visited the Cape of Good Hope in Africa, why don't you say that Africa has also been your territory since ancient times?

"You ......" Alice pointed at Chief Su with her finger, so angry that she couldn't speak.

"Okay, let's not talk about these issues for now!" Seeing that Alice was about to rush on the spot, Hawkins hurriedly stopped Alice and hurriedly said: "Okay, the matter of Lake Baikal is a matter between Soviet Russia and China, and we as outsiders should not ask about it." Now let's get back to business. ”

"Well, Mr. Hawkins is right, we did digress, let's get back to the point." Su Tong also hurriedly accepted it when he saw it, and the little girl next to him was about to deform.

"Well, let's get back to where we left off." After a pause, Su Tong said, "What Mr. Hawkins said just now is very reasonable, we really need your country's help. And it's not impossible for us to give you information about the 'Northwest Tiger' tank and that heavy bomber, but we are not without conditions. ”

"Oh! General Su, please speak! Hawkins said bluntly that it is normal to have conditions, and it is abnormal if there are no conditions.

"We need your country's support for several heavy cruisers or light cruisers in the Navy that we are building, such as the 'New Orleans' and 'Astoria' of the 'Treaty' cruisers and the 'Omaha' class light cruisers. We hope that your country will support us with no less than two heavy cruisers and four light cruisers, so that we can expand our navy more quickly. Chief Su spoke eloquently with a breezy look, in short, it was very casual.

Hawkins darkened his face, "What? And no less than two heavy cruisers, four light cruisers? You think it's as simple as buying two catties of Chinese cabbage on the street? Light cruisers are just that, anyway, the U.S. Navy can still squeeze them out if they squeeze it casually, but the 'treaty' class heavy cruisers are quasi-capital ships built by the Western powers in accordance with the "Washington Treaty" signed in 1922, with a displacement of 9,700 tons, equipped with O mm main guns, 8 7 mm secondary guns and dozens of anti-aircraft guns, the importance of which is second only to aircraft carriers and battleships. Why don't you grab it! ”

Seeing that Hawkins' expression was wrong, Su Tong said with a smile: "Mr. Hawkins, with all due respect, in terms of your country's strength, the replenishment of the two cruisers will soon be replenished, and we are not asking for your warships for nothing, we can buy these two warships at the price of scrap iron, so that your country has not only disposed of two scrapped warships that are not needed, but we also have the weapons we need to encircle the sea frontier, isn't this the best of both worlds?" You must know that you want the horse to run fast, but you don't want to feed the horse, how can there be such a good thing in the world! ”

Hawkins rolled his eyes, "Scrapped? These two treaty-class heavy cruisers were only put into service in 1934, and they were less than four years old. Can you find a few of these scrapped warships to sell to me as scrap? ”

However, Hawkins also had to admit that Su Tong's last sentence was very reasonable, if you want the horse to run fast, you have to feed it to graze, and the United States wants to make Chahar a force to counter the Japanese in the Pacific, so how can it be done if it doesn't have a certain strength. Besides, he didn't ask for it in vain, and it was better to sell it to him at the price of scrap to gag the mouths of those big men in Congress.

Su Tong saw Hawkins' face softened and knew that there was a drama in this matter, and sure enough, Hawkins was reserved for a moment and finally nodded, "I personally agree with this matter, but in the end, I still need the president's consent, I will report to His Excellency the president, I hope to get his consent." ”

"Yes, and!" Su Tong interjected inappropriately after seeing Hawkins agree: "Not only warships, I also hope that Guohai can send a group of naval officers to Vladivostok to help train our naval soldiers, after all, our foundation is too weak." Su Tong said to Hawkins sincerely: "Now our navy only has a few destroyers with a total tonnage of less than 20,000 tons, and our navy is also just starting, and there is an extreme shortage of officers. ”

Su Tong said these words extremely sincerely, and Hawkins finally nodded after staring at him deeply, "Okay, I can agree to this matter on behalf of His Excellency the President." ”

"Yes, thank you so much!" Su Tong is overjoyed, in fact, this is the point of what Commander Su wants to say, the few cruisers mentioned above are actually not too rare, it is just a disguise, but you can't tell people that I am not rare with your few broken warships, you can send thousands of officers and sailors to me, then even idiots will know that you have a problem, besides, don't be in vain and don't be no!

After solving the problem of the navy, Su Tong's mood suddenly improved, and he always talked and laughed when talking to Hawkins, and Chief Su began to tell a few small jokes in later generations.

Well, on the wedding night, the groom looked at the bride's jade body and couldn't help but praise: "It's so beautiful baby, every line of you is so perfect, I should ask a sculptor to carve you down." Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. The bridegroom asked aloud, "Who?" He said, "I'm the sculptor who lives next door to you." ”

"Haha," Hawkins laughed, and Alice, the little girl, laughed so much that she couldn't stand up straight on the table.

"General Su, I didn't expect you to be such a humorous person." Finally, Hawkins stopped laughing and said to Su Tong with a smile.

Chief Su said modestly, "Oh, my wife said the same thing!" If you are a face-pleaser, I would like to invite you and Miss Alice to dinner at my house tonight. I just don't know if I'll have that honor. ”

Hawkins smiled, "Of course, I'm very honored to have your invitation, I've heard of the great name of Chinese cuisine for a long time, but I haven't had this kind of mouthful, and I think Alice will feel the same way as me." ”

Alice, who was behind her, finally stood up straight, glared at Su Tong fiercely, and then nodded in agreement with a red face.

Su Tong is also very satisfied, being able to have a good relationship with Hawkins, the celebrity in front of the US president, is very beneficial to his future plans and work, and in Huaxia, the best place to make friends is at the wine table! R