Bai Chongxi and Zhang Zhidan looked at each other and smiled.

Jiang Fangzhen has been president of the National Defense University for more than 10 years, and he has always been known for his iron-faced, selfless, and strict management, and even the president and chief of the general staff cannot resist him when it comes to matters involving military academies. So when they heard the principal, who had never boasted, praise the Air Force's transportation capabilities alone, both of them laughed.

To be honest, with the rapid development of the domestic aviation industry in recent years, these generals all know that the air force is very strong, but few people know how strong it is. It is only known that in order to develop the Air Force, both the army and the country paid a great price! Because the tilt of manpower, financial resources and resources towards aviation will inevitably lead to a shortage in other aspects, the 60,000 tanks dreamed of by the army have been cut to 35,000 and replaced by cheap armored vehicles with insufficient protection and mobility (anti-tank destroyers, half-tracks, wheeled vehicles, etc. are included in the list of armored vehicles). The Navy plans to get only 20 and 40 cruisers with 12 and 26 ships. The worst is the automobile manufacturing industry! As of last year, the total annual output of all vehicles and motorcycles in China was about 2 million, but after entering the arms economy, the production capacity of 800,000 of them is gradually being converted into the aviation manufacturing industry. Those who have the ability to do the final assembly, and those who are not able or have poor ability to manufacture standardized parts according to the drawings, which has led to a 4% drop in the annual output of the automobile industry. In other words, if the current scale remains unchanged before the end of the war, then the number of vehicles that can be put on the civilian market will not exceed 300,000 per year, which is far from making up for the current demand of more than 1.8 million per year.

Of course, these things are still top secret, and what they show is always only the tip of the iceberg, only when China joins in. Only then will everyone know what China holds.

As the warhawks trained in the evening returned one after another, Jiang Fangzhen, together with Saudi Prince Ben Aziz, the current commander-in-chief of the Saudi Defense Forces, and Iranian Prince Pahlavi, who had arrived from Tehran, boarded a KC2 passenger plane of China Northwest Airlines to Hyderabad, India, to meet with Muslim League leader Jinnah and Indian National Democratic Party Chairman Chandra, and return to China to attend the upcoming Asian Liberation Front Congress.

As soon as Jiang Fangzhen left, Zhang Zhidan, who had been injured and resting for several months, also took a plane back to the northwest. Don't look at his usual giggling, but Beria's two bullets have to be returned no matter what. After the two left, the Saudi side was left with Bai Chongxi, commander-in-chief of the Persian Gulf Theater of the National Defense Forces and commander of the Fourth Army, Zhu Binhou, commander of the 22nd Fleet, and Zhao Meihang, commander of the Persian Gulf Air Force of the National Defense Forces.

Zhu Binhou couldn't stay idle. Having dropped a cruiser and several destroyers, take the main forces to the Indian Ocean for training. Zhao Meihang is an ace pilot in the European War, and like Xue Muhua, he is an out-and-out air force madman, and he can't tolerate anything else in his eyes except for the baby pimple plane. Therefore, the work of expanding the base, building hangars and strengthening adaptation training is patronized. Encountering two picky guys, Bai Chongxi, the commander of the "light pole", could only sigh that he was unlucky, and took over the huge and complicated preparations with a group of staff officers who arrived in advance. Seven days later, the C-shaped fleet arrived without incident, along with 15 territorial water-class frigates that had been transferred to the 22nd Fleet for daily patrols and escorts. More than 100 cargo ships need to be loaded and unloaded, 700,000 tons of ammunition, equipment, and other materials must be put into storage as soon as possible, and 4.5 million barrels of finished gasoline, diesel, and lubricating oil must be stuffed into the fleet before Japan turns around, so that the family can go back as soon as possible.

Before this wave of busyness was over, food equipment purchased from countries such as the United States, Brazil and Chile was crowded in again. Short of manpower, he had to turn to Ibn Saud and bring in more than 4,000 Saudi soldiers to help. Wait until the loading and unloading and transshipment are arranged. He also sent people to Tehran to inform Li Jin to be on guard. After all, so many ships came in. Even Britain protested one after another, and it would be strange if the Soviet Union had no ideas, so the armored training battalion in Iraq had to be careful in everything.

At the tank training ground in the eastern suburbs of Tehran, four export-oriented 31 tanks rushed left and right in the sand, after the target was erected a kilometer away. Four tanks quickly stopped. After the muzzle turned to the target and shook it up and down a few times, four armor-piercing shells burst out of the chamber. Every time a cannon is fired, the heavy tank shudders. Dust, fine sand, and gunpowder smoke filled. "Car No. 2 hit, and the others missed the target." In the corner of the training ground, Ran Nanxuan, who was dressed in a desert military uniform and wearing a yellow beret, pouted, inserted a Parker pen and pen sleeve and handed the statistical table to Li Jin, who was watching from the sidelines.

He and Li Jin were both from Sichuan, enlisted in the army in 1923, and four years later were admitted to the Baoding Army Armored Forces Academy, where they were the fifteenth graduates. After graduating, he was assigned to the 2nd Armored Division, and because the country's oil deal with Iran included a contract to sell two armored divisions, Reza Khan offered to select elite officers to help with training. Because of their outstanding performance in the division assessment, the two were recommended to be ordered to bring more than 100 armored troops and 36 export version of Type 31 tanks to Tehran to help Iran train tank crews.

Li Jin is the commander of the training battalion, and he is the deputy battalion commander and the chief of artillery training. To be honest, the quality of Iranian soldiers is really not very good, just like in front of them, they have been training for three months, and their driving and maneuvering are quite standard, but the final live firing level is rarely qualified. I really don't know if in the eyes of Iranian tank crews, is it a success if the shells are fired?

There is no good way for the two of them to do this kind of thing, so they can only increase the amount of training and strive to bring out some people, at least they must be worthy of the monthly allowance of 500 US dollars per person from the king. So when they saw the flag raised at the end of the shooting, the two immediately stepped forward and together with the tank crews who came with them, they taught the Iranian soldiers hand in hand, telling them one by one why they didn't hit accurately and where they were wrong.

"Report."

Having just finished teaching the first group, and the second group had not yet gotten into the tank, the training battalion tactical training officer and interpreter rushed into the training ground in a jeep. The Hanjiang Grand Jeep is one of the few domestically produced cars that sell well in the world, exporting as many as 200,000 units a year, and even the American company Dodge has purchased a patent. The interpreter immediately saluted the two of them after jumping out of the car, although they were in a foreign country, but every word and deed of the training battalion represented the image of the country and the national defense force, so everyone promised each other before coming out this time that they would maintain good military appearance and military discipline at all times and places.

After Li Jin and Ran Nanxuan returned the salute, the translator took out a letter: "Battalion commander, Commander Bai's letter." ”

The news of Lieutenant General Bai Chongxi's appointment as commander of the Persian Gulf Theater has spread throughout the Wehrmacht units, although the training battalion in Iraq has come to teach. But administratively under the jurisdiction of the Persian Gulf theater of operations. Li Jin was just about to open the letter, and the translator said next to him: "Battalion commander, deputy battalion commander, there is one more thing." We have just arrived at our station, and we have brought more than a dozen foreigners, all of whom are Germans. ”

"What are the Germans doing?" Li Jin frowned.

He is not afraid of the exposure of the tank, the Type 31 tank has been known to the whole world after its debut in Afghanistan, not to mention that the export model and the self-use version are only the same appearance, even the engine is different. He just wondered, did the Germans come to his side in a good way? To know. The situation in Tehran now is complicated. There are pro-German, pro-Chinese, pro-British and even pro-Soviet forces, and almost all traces of activity can be found here in the domestic intelligence department, the German Gestapo, the British ** Intelligence Agency and the Soviet GC International.

The military aspect is also clearly divided. Of the two Guards Divisions, the 1st Guards Division was biased towards Germany, from the instructors to the weapons. The Second Guards Division is all Chinese weapons, and Commander Bai Chongxi also served as a tactical instructor in this unit back then, so he prefers to learn from Saudi Arabia and cooperate with China to break the blackmail of Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union. The reason for this chaotic situation is that Reza Khan was eager to stabilize the regime after coming to power, while holding back Britain and the Soviet Union, and on the other hand, learning from Germany, seeing Saudi Arabia's current status and economic strength. It is gradually moving closer to China. In addition, there is a serious conflict between local religious forces and Reza Khan. Therefore, Iran now is the Colosseum where various countries are secretly wrestling, and the assassination of Zhang Zhidan last time is the embodiment of this chaos.

"Why don't we go back and see, we can't make a mess at this time." Ran Nanxuan was afraid that something would go wrong, so he suggested going back and seeing.

Li Jin nodded. It doesn't matter if you let the Germans look at it a few years ago, it's not your own equipment anyway. But in recent times, Sino-German relations have fallen to a freezing point, mainly because Germany has sold a lot of advanced weapons to the Soviet Union. It is said that there are thousands of BF109 fighters and HE111 bombers in Europe alone. Engines and manufacturing technologies were also sold. Now that China and the Soviet Union are already mortal enemies, Germany has unintentionally touched China's bottom line by doing so, so it is normal for diplomatic relations to deteriorate.

The Iranian government knows that Sino-German relations are not very good, so after the arrival of the training camp, as long as there are social activities, the Iranians will try to stagger to avoid conflict, so it is really not a good sign for the Germans to visit the camp at this time. Thinking of this, he didn't bother to read the letter, stuffed it into his jacket pocket, put on a beret, handed over the rest of the training to his comrades, and took Ran Nanxuan and the translator back to the training camp five kilometers away.

"Lee, you're back."

As soon as he arrived at the door, several familiar Iranian officers grabbed him and pointed to a dozen Germans who were stopped by soldiers: "They are Iranian VIPs and want to visit your station and tanks." In the Iranian officer's half-baked English, Li Jin met more than a dozen Germans, both in suits and in German uniforms. Even though he had not been allowed to enter the station, he still grabbed his camera and pointed at the Type 31 tank in the garage in the distance. When the soldiers stopped them, they screamed as if they had been wronged, and some of them quarreled with their own soldiers.

This scene made Li Jin scratch his head secretly. According to the agreement, the tanks were originally Iranian, and the armored training battalion was only responsible for teaching soldiers to use them. Although it is written in the agreement that there is an obligation to maintain confidentiality until the end of the agreement. But they didn't care about themselves, and they didn't want to embarrass the other party too much, so they shrugged their shoulders and said, "General Risaf, when we came, His Majesty the King personally took care of the matter of secrecy, if there is no warrant." ”

Before he could finish speaking, the major general named Risaf immediately took out the warrant of the Iranian Army Staff. Since there was a warrant, Li Jin couldn't stop it, so he could only let the soldiers let the Germans in. After seeing them walking towards the garage and maintenance workshop, after telling Ran Nanxuan to pay attention to the movements of the Germans, he took out the letter and prepared to hide to the side to see what was going on. But as soon as he tore open the letter, out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly saw a German ** officer in military uniform pointing and pointing, as if counting the number of tanks. What is even more strange is that the Germans seem to be trying to write down what each tank looks like and go inside to see it. If it weren't for the fact that one person couldn't drive the Type 31 tank, I'm afraid it would be mistaken for a car thief.

In addition to these two places, the Germans behaved decently, drilling in and out of the tank from time to time, and from time to time they complimented a few words, joked with Iranian officers, and even took photos with Chinese tank crews, and there was nothing unusual about it. In this way, a dozen Germans lingered for nearly an hour before leaving contentedly with a large number of photographs. Seeing them walk out of the station, Li Jin had the information to read the letter carefully.

The letter was written by Bai Chongxi himself, in addition to informing him of the current situation, he and the training camp were reminded to be careful of the changes outside to prevent being attacked.

After reading the letter, Li Jin felt more and more that there was a problem with the Germans just now, but the problem was not there. I had to ask Ran Nanxuan to immediately take an interpreter to the Iranian Army Staff to verify the origin of the group of people just now