Chapter 976: Congratulatory Gifts in the Army
The United States has confirmed that it will give the Soviet Union a military loan, which the Soviet Union will repay with its own resources. And the United States has already informed the Wehrmacht about this.
At the same time, they expressed the hope that the Wehrmacht would give the Soviet Union some military assistance and sell some of its weapons and equipment.
Obviously, the Soviets wanted more. Stalin: It was obvious to them that the war with the Germans would not end in a short time, and that it would be fatal for them if there was a shortage of weapons and equipment.
The Soviet Union did not enter a period of rapid development before the war, as it has historically been, but was weakened a lot because of the civil war. Under such circumstances, the consequences of the confrontation between the Soviet Union and Germany can be imagined.
Stalin, Trotsky and others are all human beings, how can they not know the outcome of this matter?! It is because they are now preparing for war with one mind, ready to go to war with Germany at any time.
Even Soviet troops were reorganized and went to the Polish region to begin their stationing. It was a surprise attack by the Germans.
“…… The repair of our aircraft carrier is progressing quickly, and a second group of American specialists has already arrived. They were accompanied by British ship repair specialists. After this topic was finished, Su Zongzhen began to talk about his situation.
"The British have promised to provide us with all the battle reports including the blueprints of their aircraft carrier HMS Victory, and the naval battle in the English Channel......"
Tu Mengben couldn't help but laugh. He knew that the British certainly did not want to give themselves these things, but the current situation did not allow them not to give. Britain and France have withdrawn from the war at some level.
The only ones that can barely hold it up are the United States, China, and the Allied-leaning Soviet Union. For the time being, the Soviet Union did not need the equipment of these navies, but if the Wehrmacht obtained the equipment of these navies, it would be able to cut off Japan's absolute superiority in the Pacific.
It can even take the opportunity to strike at Japan and Turkey and force the Japanese to return to defense. At the same time, it can also threaten Japan's Southeast Asian shipping routes and cooperate with the US military to launch a Pacific campaign against Japan.
"It seems that the British are also in a hurry! Hahaha......" Tu Mengben laughed. Everyone in the conference room laughed. Once upon a time, the British Empire was an existence that the Wehrmacht had to look up to. The disastrous defeat of the Opium War lingered in the hearts of the Chinese people.
But now, the powerful country that once looked at itself from a bird's eye has been driven out of its own land like a lost dog. He even handed over his most precious battleship design drawings to the Wehrmacht.
How can this not make these Wehrmacht generals laugh?!
"Presumably, the British will not give us benefits in vain, and talk about what their conditions are." Tu Mengben understands very well that there is no pie in vain in the world. According to the British temperament, it is certainly impossible to give things to the Wehrmacht for nothing.
They must have something to do with the Wehrmacht, or they wouldn't have come up with these blueprints.
"They want us to help take down India at the right time." Su Zongzhen smiled without surprise and said, "Of course." After taking India, we will have other benefits. It includes the southern territories, and a part of India's resources......"
"Humph! The territory of the south is ours, and if they don't give it to us, they will take it themselves! Tu Menghu's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said coldly: "As for resources...... Just a little bit of resources to get us away?! It's really my Wehrmacht is called Hanako, and the conditions are discussed separately. Let Uncle Ge do it! Don't cut off any British meat. Don't think that our Wehrmacht will move. ”
The crowd laughed again. If you come to England, you will bleed, and if you don't bleed, you want the soldiers of the Wehrmacht to go to you desperately, don't even think about it. Besides, now that the British Empire has become a tragedy, won't we take the opportunity to cut off some meat to be worthy of their wreak havoc in Beijing back then?!
Everyone talked and laughed for a while, and then they dispersed and left. The Wehrmacht doesn't have a lot of affairs now, and there are even fewer things that can be pushed to the level of Tu Mengben to deal with.
The current Tu Mengben only needs to grasp the general direction, and the following trivial matters will naturally be handled by special people.
After the meeting, Tu Mengben and Su Zongzhe walked out of the conference room with a smile, but saw a person running over in a hurry at the door. When he saw Tu Mengben from a distance, he shouted loudly.
"Less in charge! Madam...... Madame is happy!! "This man is a big fat man. At that time, he was known as the "Inoue Dragon" in the mountains. It is said that when he smashed the kiln once, he lurked in the well for a day and a night, and was silent, and finally the inside and outside should be combined to smash the red kiln.
This is also one of the few people who has stayed by the side of the cannon master, and this Inoue Long is considered to be the confidant of the Tu family. Even when Ertou Mountain was all included in the Feng system, this Inoue Dragon was still taken by the cannon master and didn't go anywhere.
"Old Uncle Long. What do you say?! Tu Mengben was stunned for a moment, and when he came out in the morning, Federica said that he was a little uncomfortable during this time. Tu Mengben also asked him to go to the doctor to take a look.
Unexpectedly, he received the news that his daughter-in-law was pregnant at this moment.
"Great joy! Great joy! Commander, Madame is pregnant!! "Just now, Inoue Ryu was in a hurry. This anxiety directly shouted out the title of Tu Mengben in the cottage.
But he didn't see it right, so he quickly changed his words.
"Both doctors have just checked it. Madame is sure to be happy! ”
It doesn't matter what Inoue Ryu shouts, good fellow! The entire headquarters was boiling, and the generals from Su Zongzhe to Qi Muden laughed and congratulated their commanders.
Tu Mengben was stupid and didn't know Yinghe, he was still stunned by the news that suddenly came. He responded with a smirk and a few words, completely lost his usual Far Eastern tiger decisive appearance, and pulled Inoue Long and walked home.
Tu Mengben went out, and without saying a word, he rushed directly onto the war horse and galloped towards home.
Tu Mengben, who has never ridden a horse on the street, has broken the rules. But fortunately, his small courtyard was not far from the headquarters, and he rushed directly to his home after three or two clicks.
"Hahaha...... Good! What a girl! This is to add Ding Jin to my old butcher! Hahaha...... "Before I entered the house, I heard the thunderous laughter of the cannon master."
"Three guns, why hasn't your cub come back yet?! The daughter-in-law is happy to be pregnant, and she is still busy with a ball?! It's right to come back and see your daughter-in-law! "This is Li Shu's voice, this old man with a sharpshooter has settled in Tu Mengben's house now.
If he goes back to Tianjin, he will go back occasionally, and now he follows Master Pao around all day long. From time to time, I went to the National Defense University to give a few martial arts lessons. Sometimes they also practice a few hands with crows or mountain dogs.
Tu Mengben jumped off the horse and entered the door directly, but saw the cannon master and Li Shu sitting opposite each other in the small courtyard. Federica, who was on the side, sat quietly in her chair with a happy smile on her face.
"Meng Ben, I'm pregnant." Seeing Tu Mengben come in, Federica stood up. Pregnant, she didn't dare to move too much, just took a few steps and whispered: "We have a baby......
"What's that...... I know...... I know...... "Even if you are a human in two lives, this fierce tiger has never been a father!" In his previous life, he was a bachelor who fed the whole family without starvation, and occasionally went to save a woman who had lost his footing.
This time, he has become a drag family, and now even the baby has made him unable to react at once.
"calf thing! Why don't you help your daughter-in-law back to the room to rest?! "Look at my son's stupidity. The old cannon became angry at this moment, and slapped Tu Mengben on the back of the head and scolded.
"I'm fine." Federica smiled and said, "Father, I'm not that delicate. ”
said so, but Tu Menghu still hurriedly helped Federica and took her back to the room. Seeing his daughter-in-law leave with his son, Sanpao laughed and asked people to bring out the wine. I'm going to have a good drink with Li Shu.
The news that "the Commander-in-Chief's wife is pregnant...... word of mouth spread, and in a while it became known to the top brass of the Wehrmacht and even the coalition government. This time, the butcher was full of guests.
From Lin Sen to Mrs. Song, from Su Zongzhe to Qi Mudeng. One by one, the senior officials of the Wehrmacht and the coalition government visited their homes to inquire about the situation.
Lin Sen first mentioned a word to the child who had not yet been born, and Qi Mudeng directly brought a captured Japanese major general-level saber, saying that it was for the child to use as a laxative.
Li Shu stuffed his newly trained children into the mountain guard dogs, and demanded that he must be responsible for protecting them in the Tu family. The Taoist priest in Baiyun Temple could not bear to show weakness, and hurriedly came to hand over a sign that said that it was carved from a century-old lightning strike jujube wood.
It is said that it can be placed at home to ward off evil spirits. Guangji Temple, Lama Temple, Fayuan Temple...... and so on, and sent their own representatives. I don't know how these monks, Taoist priests and lamas got the news.
At this time, there was really no one in the small courtyard of the butcher's house, and Tu Menghu, who had accompanied Federica, could only arrange people to the hotel with a wry smile. Since everyone is here, you can't have a bitter face, right?!
And the excited cannon master waved his hand and drank with me! As for the monks who can't drink alcohol. We specialize in vegetarian hospitality.
There is really no one who doesn't give Pao Ye's face, and everyone giggles and laughs and goes directly to the hotel set by Pao Ye with the flow of people. Even Zhang Xueliang, who was preparing for the war in Anhui, also heard the news and came directly by plane.
It was the first time that the entire Wehrmacht, and indeed the coalition government, had come together in such a complete group. There are always a few generals or members of the committee on the go.
It was the first time that everyone was together. Celebrate for one thing.
Tu Menghu looked at the large number of people, but hesitated whether his little salary was enough to pay the bill. On the contrary, the cannon master despised his son very much. This son is good at everything, but he hasn't learned how to earn money on his own.
Anyway, we slaughtered the three cannons and had more than 100 small yellow croakers around, and the disdainful count fell for a while, and the son's okay cannon directly photographed five small yellow croakers on the counter of the hotel.
"I'm happy today! You all greet me with the guests who come, and the five small yellow croakers are the bills! I will give you a reward! But as long as one customer is not satisfied, Lao Tzu took off his military uniform and dismantled the store! ”
The chubby manager patted his chest and assured Pao Ye that his store was also famous in the capital, and he would definitely not displease the guests. said that he would return the little yellow croaker to the cannon master.
"Who are we?! I slaughtered three cannons and spit a nail, and you take this little yellow croaker. Count me as a reward for you! I'm happy today! Hahaha......"
Master Pao waved his hand as he spoke, laughed and went to Li Shu to drink.
The bustling crowd made the mountain guards sweaty, and it was not easy to do security work with more people! Especially now that the commander's wife is pregnant, if there is a mistake, they can only commit suicide to apologize.
Fortunately, Tu Menghu also understood the difficulties of these mountain guards, and took Federica around and returned to a private room. When the table opens, sit in the private rooms in the small passageway.
The elders and those who needed to pay a visit were all arranged together. And those subordinates came to the private room to congratulate the commander-in-chief on their own.
"The Commander-in-Chief's wife is pregnant. All military regions have given great gifts, and our Southwest Military Region cannot be left behind. In the front command headquarters, the bandaged Dragon Rope Ancestor looked at the officers at all levels in front of him and said with a smile.
"Commander Qi Muden gave the commander's wife a major general's knife, we can't be stingy!" As he spoke, Long Rope Ancestor drew a circle on the map with his fingers.
"Not to mention anything else, there is also a division of the regiment entrenched here. Slaughtering them is a congratulatory gift to the commander-in-chief! ”
"Yes!!" The generals of the 52nd Division below stood up and shouted loudly.
And Gao Zhihang is also in a hurry now, he has found all the generals of the Air Force and has only one request!
"Our Air Force doesn't have any good gifts, shoot down his thirty fighters and take the trophies to make a handicraft for the commander to send. It's kind of a gesture of heart. There was a pause. Gao Zhihang said: "Qi Mudeng's dog day is a show of face, and he took a major general's knife to the commander and said that it was for the little boy to use in the future!" ”
"Commander Chen is in a hurry for this, if our air force doesn't come up with a decent gift, it will be in vain to blind our trump card identity! Remember, Lao Tzu wants thirty fighters today! You have to beat it down, understand?! ”
"Yes!!" Who doesn't know that guy from Qi Muden?! O old robber! What to rob when you see it, and you like to show off your limelight. It is estimated that this guy did not openly and secretly squeeze Commander-in-Chief Chen Haihua.
Otherwise, the commander-in-chief would not have been in a hurry to send them orders. I want to shoot down the Japanese fighters and send them out to make a trophy of handicrafts.
Even for this, Chen Haihua sent a very small number of Kunpeng heavy bombers. The empty plane was sent in order to pull that thing back.
Kunpeng came with about 20 welders and two painters. In order to design the pattern, by the way, to put up the wreckage.
"Chirp...... Rumble! Rumble!! Early in the morning, Lieutenant General Sakurai Province, commander of the 28th Army of the Burmese Front of the Japanese Southern Army, who had gathered in Muju in Annam, was awakened by a burst of wild artillery fire and bombardment.......
The 28th Army of the Burma Front is a newly formed unit, and only one 54th Division is directly under its jurisdiction. It is not a complete Japanese military-level establishment.
Therefore, it is neither right nor right that the Muzhou that Long Shenzu and they scouted had the strength of a division. Long Shenzu didn't expect that the Japanese army actually had the strength of an army here.
But they couldn't imagine that this army of the Japanese army was actually incomplete. The real strength is only a division.
"Report the situation here to Command right away. At the same time, I would like to ask for tactical assistance from His Excellency Commander Kimura! Sakurai was also a Japanese soldier who had fought on the battlefield in China, and he could see at a glance that this was a strong attack by the Wehrmacht.
Don't dare to slack off at the moment, and quickly let his telecommunications officer send a report to the headquarters.
"Our division is now under attack by the majority of the Wehrmacht, and judging by artillery fire the strength of the Wehrmacht should be no less than two divisions. With the strength of the integrated divisions of our division. Positions are in danger ......"
The chief of staff of the 28th Army, Major General Hiroo Iwabe, roughly supplemented the commander's words before asking the telegraph officer to send the power generation. At the same time, I sighed in my heart. Why is this unfortunate thing on your own?!
Naoji Sakai of the 15th Division had just been killed, and two-thirds of the entire division was reduced to scrap. The commander and himself breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that their 28th Army could get out of the danger of battle damage.
But unexpectedly, the Wehrmacht came to him at this moment. Look at this posture, they still have to attack!
After a bombardment by the Wehrmacht at the Kerala ......, the infantry attacked the Japanese positions under the cover of tanks. The commander of the 28th Army, Sakurai Seizo, suddenly widened his eyes and shouted, "Nani?!" This...... This is not a tentative attack, this is a direct attack! What exactly does the Wehrmacht want to do?! Do they see that we are a newly formed unit?! ”
Both the 28th Army and the 54th Division were in fact newly formed units after the occupation of Burma and Southeast Asia.
Many of them were veterans of divisions that had been scattered or even defeated on the Chinese battlefield. But more often than not, soldiers were recruited from the new Japan.
Although these recruits have undergone a certain amount of military training, their combat effectiveness is not a little worse than that of other veteran divisions and regiments. What is even more serious is that the strength of the 28th Army is now insufficient.
It was only a division, and the base was a division composed of defeated soldiers and new recruits, and Sakurai Sanke was not sure that he would be able to hold his position.
"Let the Annam National Army go up immediately! There must be no mistakes in the defensive position! "This is the only way Sakurai Shozo can think of. Behind the position, there were two divisions of the Annam National Army.
This is the unit formed by Baoda after cooperating with Japan. Sugiyama Moto, who was in a hurry to go to the hospital, did not care about the combat effectiveness of these newly formed troops, so he stuffed them directly into the frontline position.
Anyway, if he dies, he is also a big person, and he has nothing to do with him. And the commander of the Southern Army, Kimura, after learning that the Wehrmacht had launched another strong attack, sent an urgent telegram to Sugiyama to inform him of the situation.
The Japanese troops hurried towards Muzhou......