Chapter 139: First Arrival in Berlin
Although the movement of the plane at this time was still very loud, the crowd of people who flew into the blue sky for the first time were still very excited.
Everyone leaned on the window of the plane and looked down at the ground under their feet, and this one said, "Ah, the people on the ground are so small." He said, "Ah, the earth is running backwards." ”
Although Li Tie looked at this group of native elders who had taken a plane for the first time with great contempt, when the Thousand Tailed Scorpion people found that they had not heard Li Tie's exclamation and looked back at him, Li Tie could only pretend to be the same exclamation as them.
At this time, it can't be shown that Li Tie has done an airplane, otherwise it will be too difficult to explain. Erudite and talented are also acceptable. It would be a little weird if a large airliner that had never been seen before had been seated again.
So not long after the flight took off, while everyone was still a little fresh, Li Tie had no choice but to blend into this exclamation.
Despite the large space of the plane, it was tiring to sit for a long time, but the airliner was modified and had six good sofa beds, so that everyone could always take turns to rest.
The plane's first stop was Germany. In the middle, there are several places to temporarily land and refuel, but in this era, although there are not many round-the-world flights, most countries already have simple airports.
And there is no air traffic control at this time, landing in a strange country as long as you can explain your identity clearly, naturally there will be no trouble.
Just look at the location where the Huaxing will take off and land, and you can know how difficult it is to make a round-the-world flight in this era.
From Shanghai, the Huaxing will pass through Hong Kong, then fly to Singapore, then pass through Mumbai, Karachi, Basra, and finally reach Berlin, the capital of Germany.
This is the time of the northern half of winter, even if the route has always been near the equator, but due to the altitude of the aircraft in this era, there will still be a lot of monsoon winds in the air of several kilometers, so the flight is very bumpy and hard.
In this Huaxing global delegation led by Li Tie, only on the first day of flying from Shanghai to Hong Kong, everyone still had the spirit to enjoy the beautiful scenery under their feet.
In fact, from the second day onwards, there was not much energy left. As long as the plane flies, everyone basically can't do anything but sleep.
In addition to taking advantage of the time to refuel when landing, everyone seized the rare opportunity to get off the plane for a walk, and usually took turns to rest with each other.
Fortunately, Li Tie from later generations brought a lot of interesting things, and playing mahjong on the plane was a bit unstable, but it was still okay for a few people to play poker.
What to fight the landlord, straight flush, Texas Hold'em Under the guidance of Li Tie, this flight journey has also trained the poker level of several people.
Others don't say it, but now the thousand-tailed scorpion is in love with the activity of playing poker. Not only that, because after hearing Li Tie's legend, the God of Gamblers can use poker as a dart to kill people dozens of meters away.
As masters of hidden weapons, the thousand-tailed scorpion and Li Yuhong immediately began to study how to use poker as a hidden weapon, not to mention that this way really allowed them to study several good techniques.
There was only one pilot in Harris on this voyage, but fortunately, Karl, who was an excellent German officer, had also piloted several monoplane planes, so under Harris's **, it took less than a day for Carl to learn how to master the piloting of this large plane in the air.
The two pilots took turns and arrived in Berlin a few days earlier than planned.
It was already very cold in Berlin at the beginning of February, and Li Tie and his entourage had already prepared for the cold, because they had prepared cases with various countries through Huaxing Company before departure.
Therefore, when Li Tie and his entourage arrived at the airport in Berlin, they were not embarrassed at all, but on the contrary, they were warmly welcomed.
When Li Tie took the lead and stepped off the plane, both sides of the runway of Berlin were also full of people who came to greet him. Among the welcoming crowd were a number of journalists.
These reporters had heard that a large plane flying around the world was coming to Berlin in China, so they were uninvited.
As soon as I arrived at the airport, I found that there were quite a few people coming, not only the personnel of the German army, navy and air force, but even the German government seemed to have sent many officials to greet them.
It stands to reason that Huaxing is just a private company in China, and it is understandable that some German businessmen are among the people who came to welcome them, but why did a large number of government and military personnel come?
Although most of these welcoming people were low-ranking officers and officers, a second look at the representatives of several prominent German arms dealers behind these officers.
German journalists, who are also extremely intelligent, have already guessed what the Huaxing company does?
I have always heard that there is an ancient country in the far east, with a large population and very backward country, and it is said that it still uses broadswords and spears as weapons. It seems that such a backward country will not have much to do with the German military.
Although these reporters had a thousand strange questions in their hearts, their cameras still unconsciously took pictures when they saw a group of handsome men and beautiful women coming down from the plane.
Li Tie got off the plane and hugged the representatives of all parties who came to welcome him on the runway, and after a brief exchange, he got into the military vehicle sent by the German side.
Li Tie arranged for Hei Da and Hei Er to guard the plane, and he led the rest of the people to get into the military vehicle sent by the German military. The military vehicles drove directly to the headquarters of the German War Department, where there was a welcome party to welcome Li Tie.
Li Tie, who was sitting in the car, was also very puzzled, it was the first time he went abroad, and it stands to reason that he shouldn't have received such a high-standard reception.
After asking Carl beside him, Li Tie understood the cause and effect of the matter.
It turned out to be the role of Huaxing's nearly 100 moral officials. At the same time, in the past three years, because Huaxing's business has become bigger and bigger, several German military enterprises have been eyeing Huaxing Company, hoping to sign a long-term order contract with Huaxing Company.
Because the current German government is really very poor, and as a defeated country, the living standards of the people at home are low, and they are bullied by European countries everywhere.
In particular, the French ** people are the most excessive, they often drive people on the sidewalk to the street, and if they resist the slightest resistance, they will be punched and kicked, and there are even more insults to their personality in other aspects. This is also the reason why after Germany defeated France, it would take revenge on the French people in a frenzied manner.
When Li Tie and his entourage walked into the office building of the German War Department, Li Tie found that the people in the building were greeting Karl cordially.
It was not until Li Tie came to the conference hall on the first floor of the War Department that it was finally revealed, and he saw that the mastermind of this welcome meeting was named Peter Hoffmann, who was Karl's father and also the chief of the General Staff of the German War Department. At the same time, he was also one of the few nobles in Germany.
The Germans' welcome ceremony was simple and grand, and Hoffmann introduced Li Tie from China to dozens of generals and hundreds of factory representatives. In a round of applause and blessings, Li Tie finally understood the participants of the welcome meeting through Karl.
This time, people from various manufacturers and the War Department were also present at the welcome party, as well as people from the Navy Department and the Air Force.
It turned out that Li Tie was going to purchase all kinds of arms in large quantities for many years, including rifles, machine guns, and all kinds of artillery. So both the War Office and the Kruber Arsenal sent representatives.
As for the representatives of the Admiralty, it was because Li Tie had purchased four submarines from their Admiralty, and now they still have more than a dozen old warships that were eliminated during World War I, so they specially came to sell their navy warships to Li Tie.
As for the Air Ministry, it was completely rushing for Li Tie's Huaxing. Because before Li Tie set off from China, Karl reported the advanced degree of the Huaxing to his father, and as soon as he heard about the parameters of this twin-engine high-power transport aircraft. It immediately attracted the attention of the Luftwaffe Ministry. Only then did representatives of the Air Force come to the welcoming ceremony, and they hoped that Li Tie could stay in Germany for a few more days, so that the engineers of the Air Force Department would have enough time to test the Huaxing transport plane.
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