535 The dilemma of falling short
It was already late at night when Lin Fei finished writing the plan, he yawned and was about to go to bed, when he suddenly remembered that Xiyun also said that he would make himself a supper, but a few hours had passed, where had her supper gone, if Ling Xue was still there, the supper would have been delivered to him a long time ago.
Lin Fei walked to the kitchen while thinking, and when he came to the kitchen, he saw Xiyun lying on the kitchen table, sleeping soundly, his black hair hanging down on his snow-white face, and red marks were pressed on his face.
Lin Fei walked in front of Xiyun, the footsteps woke Xiyun up, Xiyun was excited, sat up, saw Lin Fei at a glance, looked at the watch again, and said ashamedly: "Why did I fall asleep?" ”
Lin Fei laughed, "I still want to ask you, why did you fall asleep?" ”
Xiyun raised the recipe in his hand, "I originally wanted to see the recipe before deciding what to do, but ...... But I didn't expect to fall asleep when I looked at it. ”
Lin Fei was very helpless, picked up Xiyun and went back to rest, and the next day, Lin Fei held a high-level military meeting, which was attended by Liu Daming, Li Mingming, Niu Dalong, Chen Jingui and others.
Liu Daming is now the deputy commander-in-chief of the navy, presiding over naval affairs in an all-round way, while the commander-in-chief of the navy is held by Lin Fei himself, Li Mingming is the chief of the general staff of the General Staff, Chen Jingui is the director of the General Logistics Department, and Niu Dalong is the commander of the First Group Army.
At this time, the establishment system of the Huaxia army also changed, the Huaxia Army was under the jurisdiction of the army and navy, of which the commander-in-chief of the army was Lin Fei, and there were the General Staff Headquarters, the General Logistics Department, and the General Political Department, of which the head of the General Political Department was personally held by Lin Fei, and the purpose of the establishment of the General Political Department was to ensure that the army was always loyal to Lin Fei and obeyed Lin Fei's command.
Parallel to the three headquarters were the Seven Group Army, Lin Fei originally only had four major group armies, and later conquered Borneo, Java, and Sumatra, and set up the Fifth Army on Borneo, the Sixth Army on Java, and the Seventh Army on Sumatra.
The organizational setup of the navy is relatively simple, there is only one headquarters, and then there are four sub-fleets, and the local fleet, that is, the first fleet; The Taiwan Fleet is the Second Fleet; Borneo and Sulawesi fleets, that is, the Third Fleet; The Java and Sumatra fleet, also known as the Fourth Fleet.
Because the power of the Huaxia State in eastern Australia was still relatively weak, there was no group army and detachment to defend Australia.
At the meeting, Lin Fei first said: "Germany is about to attack Jiaozhou Bay, and I plan to use chemical weapons to stop the German attack. ”
Everyone looked puzzled, "What is a chemical weapon?" ”
Lin Fei stopped talking, "Chemical weapons are a brand new weapon, about the specific situation of chemical weapons, I will print and distribute relevant information to you after the meeting, now I will talk about how to use chemical weapons to attack the German army, we must pay attention to two points when using chemical weapons." ”
"The first point is that we must use chemical weapons in secret, and we must not be seen by the Germans that we are using them, once the Germans see it, the consequences will be unimaginable, in the gang rape incident, the Germans have already made a grudge against me, and if they know that I interfered with their invasion of the territory of the Qing court, they are likely to fall directly to the British."
"The second point is that we want to use chemical weapons when the Germans are in a dense formation, so that we can inflict heavy damage on them, and I chose this time when the Germans landed, and when they landed, they all had to take small boats, and people were all gathered together, and at this time, we sent small boats, secretly approached the Germans, and then used chemical weapons."
"In order to accomplish these two requirements, we must send people to the area of Jiaozhou Bay in advance, prepare small boats, and wait for the Germans to attack, so I ask you to secretly select fighters who understand the customs and customs of Jiaozhou Bay, preferably people from Jiaozhou Bay themselves, to complete this operation."
Everyone looked embarrassed, and Lin Fei frowned slightly, "Is there any difficulty?" ”
Li clearly said: "Shandong is already the north of the Qing Dynasty, most of the soldiers who defected to the Chinese Empire are southerners, and it is indeed very difficult to find soldiers who are familiar with Jiaozhou Bay in Shandong. ”
Lin Fei said with a smile: "I will find a way to figure out the landing location of the German army, you first find the soldiers who are familiar with Jiaozhou Bay." ”
Everyone agreed, so Lin Fei announced the dismissal of the meeting, and immediately sent someone to the German warship when he returned to his office, informing Tirpitz that he hoped to mend the relationship between the Chinese Empire and the German Empire, which had been rifted by the gang rape incident, so he planned to send a Leopard-class high-speed transport ship to serve as the guide ship of the German fleet.
Tirpitz didn't know what the plan was, so he readily agreed, after all, Tirpitz was attacking the Qing State for the first time, what the Qing people were like, and he didn't know the bottom of his heart, after all, the Chinese and the Qing people had the same culture, with the help of the Chinese people, there would be no harm in it, how did Tirpitz know that this Leopard-class high-speed transport ship was a reconnaissance ship, and reported every move of their warship.
Lin Fei then sent someone to inquire about the situation of industrial synthesis, Lin Fei was most concerned about the synthesis time, now the German warships are purchasing fresh water and food, and they will inevitably be able to go to the Qing court within three days, if the mustard gas cannot be synthesized before the German warships go to the war, then it will be meaningless.
The person in charge of the Ministry of Industry told Lin Fei that from synthesis to mass production, and then to the production of a dose of 500 kilograms, it would take ten days to work overtime twenty-four hours a day, Lin Fei was suddenly shocked, and in ten days, the daylily was cold.
Lin Fei hurriedly asked, "Can the time be further shortened?" ”
The head of the Ministry of Industry shook his head categorically, "Impossible, absolutely impossible!" ”
Lin Fei sighed helplessly, "Okay, you guys will synthesize according to the ten-day time, and I will be responsible for finding a way to drag the German warship." ”
Lin Fei returned to the palace and pondered repeatedly about how to drag the Germans back, the Germans had been delayed in Dayu City for so long because of the gang rape incident, they must have been impatient to go to Qingguo, and if they didn't come up with some real qualities, I was afraid that they would not be able to move the hearts of the Germans.
Lin Fei thought about it, gritted his teeth fiercely, and used this trick.
Lin Fei immediately sent a letter to Tirpitz, inviting Tirpitz to a dinner at the palace in the evening, along with Ambassador Leo Hart and several high-ranking military officers.
Tirpitz and Leohart were full of resentment towards Lin Fei, and they didn't want to come, but Lin Fei was very enthusiastic, so they agreed one after another, and when they arrived at the palace, Lin Fei's face did not have a winner's frame at all, but a sincere and frightened expression, which made Tirpitz and Leohart very comfortable.
At the banquet, Lin Fei held a wine glass and said to Tirpitz with a smile: "Mr. Tirpitz, in order to mend the rift in the friendship between the Chinese Empire and the German Empire, I have decided to invite you to visit our submarine. ”
Tirpitz's eyes suddenly widened, he couldn't believe his ears, the submarine was the most powerful weapon in Lin Fei's hands, and he was willing to let him visit!
Tirpitz is just a soldier, not a politician, let alone an actor, although he is a general, he still won't suppress his feelings, so he put all the excitement on his face, Lin Fei saw his excitement at a glance, his brows tightened, and his words changed, "But ......"
"But what?" Tirpitz became nervous, for fear that Lin Fei would regret it.
"But our submarine forces need fifteen days to have time, that is, you have to wait until fifteen days before they can visit."
"This ...... Can't figure it out and get some time in advance? Tirpitz said consultatively.
"No, the submarine force has recently had a mission, I can't say what the specific mission is, if you want to visit, you will have to wait until fifteen days later."
"Okay, I'll ask our Emperor for instructions and I'll give you an answer tomorrow." Tirpitz didn't care about the banquet anymore, so he rushed out and sent someone to the telegraph office in Dayu City to send a telegram to Berlin.
Wilhelm II has coveted submarines for a long time, and when he negotiated an alliance, he wanted submarines, but Yu Xier categorically refused, and Wilhelm II saw that Tirpitz now had the opportunity to visit submarines, and immediately agreed, anyway, Jiaozhou Bay is there, and he will not fly a few days late.
Tirpitz immediately sent a letter to Lin Fei when he received the telegram, and Lin Fei immediately found Qin Hui, the commander of the Demon Beast Submarine Force.
Lin Fei handed over a copy of the information to Qin Hui and told him that according to the instructions on the information, the key equipment inside the submarine was camouflaged, and the gyroscope, hydrophone, periscope, towed antenna and other things must not be seen by the Germans.
Qin Hui promised to come down and go back to prepare, everything was ready, but there was a problem in the most critical link, that is, the person who carried out the action.
The First Army and the Navy found more than 100 soldiers from Shandong, and more than 20 of them were from villages near Jiaozhou Bay, but these people were ordinary soldiers, and none of them could lead the overall situation, and the requirements for the executors of this operation were extremely high.
When they came to Jiaozhou Bay, they first had to buy fishing boats or merchant ships as cover, and they had to protect chemical weapons on fishing boats or merchant ships, and they had to be able to operate the Jade Bird to communicate with the Leopard-class high-speed transport ships.
For this operation, Lin Fei let out all the submarines, but now he is facing the dilemma of falling short because there is no candidate for action.