"What's next?" Zhang Cheng took a sip of his wine glass and asked softly.

The loss of a close friend and important subordinate is indeed very sad, but it is definitely not to the extent that Wang Yan is now. This is a sacrifice for the country, although it will be sad, but it should never be decadent and hopeless.

"Huh." Wang Yan shook his head and sighed, a touch of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes, he picked up the wine glass and raised his head to drink a cup of Xinghua Village, "After the information we exchanged for our lives was sent to the army headquarters, we only got a one-sentence reply. Do you know what they say to me? ”

"What did you say?" Zhang Cheng frowned and asked out loud.

"Got it." Wang Yan's voice was calm, and he said, "They just said that they know." Eleven lives in exchange for such a sentence? My group is dead, and I'm the only one left alive. Pay so much in exchange for such a sentence? ”

After a pause, Wang Yan continued: "I have a friend in the War Department who sent me a telegram telling me that the army bigwigs don't care about those so-called tanks. They believed that the trucks with iron sheets could not be opponents for artillery. The battle for the port of Savona has already proven that these so-called tanks are vulnerable to intensive artillery bombardment! My intelligence. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Yan lowered his eyelids, and his tone, which had been calm, finally showed a trace of fluctuation, "He was thrown into the data room and locked up." I don't think I'll ever see the light of day again in my life. ”

"So what are you going to do now?" Zhang Cheng nodded and asked softly. He could understand Wang Yan's feelings, but it didn't seem quite right in his current state.

"I've resigned." Wang Yan said this with a calm expression.

"Huh?" Zhang Cheng looked at him with a puzzled expression, he didn't expect Wang Yan to do things so desperately.

"I can't stand to continue working for a bunch of idiots. I want to avenge my friends! Wang Yan raised his head and looked at Zhang Cheng, and said in a sincere tone that his main purpose for coming to him this time, "I hope to be able to get your help." I want some weapons, preferably some military explosives. ”

Zhang Cheng held the wine glass, pursed the corners of his mouth, and looked at Wang Yan coldly. Neither of them spoke, just stared at each other. After a moment, the corners of Zhang Cheng's mouth were slightly hooked, and he chuckled.

"Laughing at what?" Wang Yan frowned, "I just want to avenge my friends." ”

"There's no problem with revenge, and I didn't say I wouldn't let you take revenge." Zhang Cheng sat back on the sofa with a smile, put down the wine glass in his hand, took out a cigarette and lit it, and said softly, "Before taking revenge, I suggest you do a few things." ”

"You say." Wang Yan spoke in a deep voice.

"First of all." Zhang Cheng lit a cigarette in mid-air with a cigarette in his hand, and said in a low voice, "You have to help your comrades-in-arms." They died in battle, and even if they have a pension, it won't be enough for their families to live, right? The empire is better than nothing in this respect, and it is financially difficult. Zhang Cheng sneered, and then said, "Whether it's as a boss, a comrade-in-arms, or a friend. You all have an obligation to help their families. ”

Wang Yan was silent. He knew that what Zhang Cheng said was not wrong, and the Ming Dynasty, which had always shouted that it was better than nothing, for the bereavement pension. The army prefers to spend money on the purchase of artillery and the holding of balls.

This kind of thing has always been to give some meaning. It's just that Wang Yan doesn't have any money!

Wang Yan is an agent, and he is not a double-faced agent with a good income. In addition to his own salary to support his family, he can live a good life. But with so many family members of his colleagues, he couldn't make up much money after selling him.

"And." Zhang Cheng took a sip of his wine glass and said, "The information has been collected in the archives, so what is the point of your colleagues' sacrifices?" Raising his hand to stop Wang Yan, who wanted to defend himself, he smiled and nodded, "I know you want to say that it was an order from the bigwigs of the army, and you can't help it." Suffice it to say, is there really no way? ”

Looking at Wang Yan with a stunned expression on his face, Zhang Cheng shook his head, "There is never anything in this world that cannot be done, only whether you are willing to do it." What happened to the Retrieval Library? The bigwigs don't care what's wrong? Could it be that millions of armies are all blind? The power of this powerful weapon is only something they can't see? ”

Breathing a sigh of relief, Zhang Cheng leaned back on the leather sofa and said softly, "You, didn't do your best for your colleagues." Just thinking about casually dying and getting revenge. This is useless. What else can be gained but to leave a bunch of orphans and widows who have no future? What if you blow up Buckingham Palace? What if the king is dead? If the house collapses, it can be rebuilt, and when the king dies, he can be re-elected. The power of the tank was retained until the beginning of the war, and if the country was defeated and destroyed, who would be counted? First of all, you. ”

Zhang Cheng's eyes gradually became stern: "You didn't do your duty. Knowing that the enemy army has powerful weapons, he did not use all his strength to warn. That's your fault. ”

There was silence in the office. Wang Yan looked at Zhang Cheng with some dumbfounded. He felt that his head was a little messy, and Zhang Cheng's words made sense when he listened to them. But years of experience had taught him that something seemed to be wrong, but he couldn't notice it.

Zhang Cheng's original intention was not wrong, and what he said was all true. It's just that he adds simple psychological hints and logical guidance to these words. These psychological knowledge, which can be easily found in modern time and space, are definitely a big killer in this era.

"What should I do?" Wang Yan rubbed his eyebrows, with a look of distress on his face.

Zhang Cheng hooked the corners of his mouth and laughed. Slowly came to Wang Yan's side and handed a cigarette over, "I'll deal with these things, you can help on the side." ”

Wang Yan left Zhang Cheng's office with a check for 300,000 silver dollars. For the families of the agents who died in this operation, this is a huge amount of money that is enough to keep them from worrying about food and drink. This can also make Wang Yan, who is so angry that he is about to lose his mind, temporarily calm down.

Zhang Cheng believes that everything that can be solved with money is a simple thing. The Army Command is not willing to pay this money, so it will pay for it itself. In addition to comforting those heroes who sacrificed for the country, you can also brush up your reputation. There's no harm in this kind of thing. As for the fact that the army bigwigs despise tanks, Zhang Cheng already had a plan in his heart

"Don't be reluctant to spend money on the mainland this time." Zhang Cheng instructed Xu Mu, who was about to go to the mainland, in his office, "Be stingy with the things that should be stingy, and don't save on what shouldn't be spent!" Everything is made with money. As long as it can be done, there will naturally be endless rewards in the future. ”

"Are you sure the Navy will advance the popularity of aircraft?" Xu Mu's eyebrows carried a look of worry that could not be hidden: "I heard that the bigwigs of the navy are very uninterested in aviation. Those officers who supported naval aviation had little power to speak in the Navy. You're pouring everything into the aircraft factory this time, and if you don't get an order from the Navy, you're going to be in vain. ”

Xu Mu's concerns are not unreasonable. Neither the army nor the navy paid much attention to aviation. At most, it was used as a tool for reconnaissance, artillery shooting, letter transmission, and transportation of important personnel. The likelihood of procuring new aircraft, and in large quantities, is almost negligible at the moment.

Zhang Cheng invested a lot of money, not only took out the industrial money prepared for him by the Zhang family before, but also concentrated all the money in his hands to build a huge aircraft manufacturing company. Xu Mu appreciates this kind of courage very much, but the future is worrying.

Without large-scale orders from the military, civilian sales would be almost negligible. At present, most of the private aircraft are produced and used for play, and the planes used in racing competitions are modified by themselves or manufactured by aircraft companies. Who would run to buy a useless plane without having anything to do? Just to have fun with the heavens?

Zhang Cheng smiled and motioned for Xu Mu to sit down on the sofa, "Brother Xu, I understand what you said." ”

Turning around and sitting on the sofa, Zhang Cheng smiled and nodded, "But the times are advancing, and science and technology are developing." What seems impossible today may become something else tomorrow. The outside world has always said that the Navy does not attach importance to aviation, but the Navy has already launched a full-fledged aircraft carrier five years ago. If you really don't pay attention to it at all, how can this giant ship with a full load displacement of more than 20,000 tons be launched? The Navy can't burn up with a lot of money? Although it seems that there is no prospect now. But if there really is a bright future, will it be our turn to take advantage of that good opportunity? With so many predators eyeing us, we can only take risks. ”

"This" Xu Mu was also a little moved. If you can really win a large order from the army, then you can just lie down on the order and eat in this life. Provided that if the Navy really has this idea.

"Although there are a lot of idiots like Chen Lu in the army." Zhang Cheng got up and walked to the wine cabinet, opened the wine cabinet and took out a bottle of whiskey and two wine glasses. Returning to the couch and setting it on the table, he sat back on the couch and said, "But there are also a lot of elites in the army. ”

Picking up the whisky and pouring it, he said, "Every year the Amsterdam Plane Race shows so many great planes, and the technology is improving at a high speed every year. Who can't see the full support of the governments of the great powers and the major consortia? Are they all blind or stupid? Could it be that only the Ming Empire is stupid? ”

"You're saying that the army has begun to pay attention?" Xu Mu picked up the wine glass and didn't have time to drink it, but after hearing Zhang Cheng's words, his eyes suddenly lit up. Eagerly asked, "What's your news?" ”

Zhang Cheng took a sip of his wine glass, and said with a smile: "When the Qinghai Lake was launched five years ago, it was the world's first regular fleet aircraft carrier. But five years have passed, and now even the Japanese have launched three regular aircraft carriers, which of the other great powers does not have aircraft carriers? If you can turn a blind eye to this kind of potential adversary, and the new weapon that is still developing rapidly, then this kind of officer should go for seppuku! ”

Zhang Cheng raised his hand and tapped lightly on the table, and said in a deep voice word by word: "The place that will decide the fate of future wars is in the sky!" ”