Chapter 688: The Germans Are Leaving

"Bingwen? Shh

It was indeed the former German rear admiral who came out of the destroyer, but he was obviously a little surprised when he saw Bingwen, looked around and hurriedly put his fingers on his lips and made a silent motion.

Bingwen was also taken aback, the Taishan-class destroyer was imported from France, although the latter four were self-built, but the technology is almost the same as the French fantasy class, especially the power, sonar and other precision technical equipment, so Zhanjiang Zhonghua Shipyard has many French naval engineers. If they knew that there were German personnel present, they would definitely protest, and in serious cases, it might even affect Sino-French relations. So Bingwen hurriedly glanced at a few of his partners, let them watch outside, and dragged Hakan into the cabin by himself: "General, why are you here?" ”

Hakan had been working in the country for 13 years, and the years had left a deep mark on him, but they could not erase his persistent belief in restoring the glory of the German navy. Therefore, in recent years, he has actively participated in the Chinese Navy program, leading the German Navy technical team to help the Chinese Navy, while also taking advantage of the opportunity to develop new technologies and learn experience. Thanks to his active efforts, the German Naval Technical Corps participated not only in the design of a number of warships, but even in the design and construction of the Beijing-class battleships. But he also has regrets, that is, Yang Qiu refused to allow any foreign personnel to participate in aircraft carrier and other projects, and never opened the naval tactical training tour from beginning to end, making it difficult for him to understand the tactics and combat capabilities of the Chinese Navy, and he can only judge this force through some details.

Therefore, when the Saudi crisis broke out two years ago, he most hoped that the Chinese and British navies would start a full-scale war, on the one hand, he wanted to understand how strong the combat capability of China's new equipment was, and on the other hand, he also hoped to understand the development of the old rival Britain through comparison. However, the signing of the Treaty of Qingdao disappointed him, and after learning that the Chinese and French navies were cooperating in the construction of a new destroyer with strong combat capability, he tried his best to use his own connections, and finally obtained authorization not long ago to disguise himself as a US naval gun consultant of the Chongqing factory to come to Zhanjiang to take the opportunity to learn about the French naval technology.

After listening to him, Bingwen was taken aback, is this authorization fun? Even if Hakan and the German technical team helped the navy, they couldn't come in the presence of the French! Which department would dare to open this opening?

"Rest assured, my friend, this is an authorization from Mr. President."

"President?!" Bingwen was even more surprised, he didn't expect it to be Yang Qiu who nodded. Hakan hooked the corners of his mouth, with a little tiredness and reluctance on his cheeks, and said, "We will return to China next month." ”

Bingwen was slightly stunned and immediately understood. It is no secret that Hakan and the German team have returned to China, after all, 15 years have passed since the Rhineland project, and they were supposed to leave five years ago, but the chaotic politics and the ensuing economic crisis have kept the technicians for an additional five years. It seems that Yang Qiu promised to let him see French technology, and there is also a sense of gratitude contained in it.

"Let's go out for a walk, the French should be back in a minute."

Bingwen nodded, he had great respect for his old captain, and immediately handed over the inspection work to his partners and walked towards the beach with him. Along the way, Bingwen found that a few blue-shirted workers were quietly following, and it seemed that they should be special personnel covering Hakan's trip.

Hakan turned a blind eye to the latter ones, and was more concerned about Bingwen, who had participated in the Battle of Jutland with him and fought the storms of the Arctic Ocean together. patted his shoulder: "Originally, I was going to look for you after reading it, but I didn't expect to meet here first." I heard from you, Mr. President, and you did a great job in the last crisis. ”

"It's a pity that the shipping lanes are still controlled by the British."

Hearing the unwillingness in Bingwen's words, Hakan laughed: "You shouldn't be disappointed, no navy can become the world's number one overnight." Fierce fighting is only the final sublimation of the navy, and the boring navigation, training and confrontation are the most basic exercises, and I believe that you should have learned a lot from the crisis, which is the most valuable asset. His words are true, although the 21st Task Force did not fire a single shot during the Saudi crisis, it took advantage of its fast speed and entangled with more than 30 British warships for a long time, which involved navigation, water ripples and maneuvers, reconnaissance, aircraft carrier use, etc., all benefited Bingwen and the officers and men of the 21st Fleet.

"Don't always think about competing with the best navy in the world right away, your current opponent is still Japan!" In the sun, the gray hair on Hakan's sideburns stands out. Maybe he was leaving, so he wanted to remind Bingwen and accentuated his voice: "They have laid a foundation in Truk, New Guinea and Rabaul, and this firm subway triangle can help cut them off from China-US and China-Australia routes!" Now that we have East Timor, we will certainly use it as a stepping stone into the Dutch East Indies. Stupid Britons, who always like to maintain balance and the status quo to maintain their own interests, will certainly turn a blind eye to this infiltration, so I don't think it will be long before your defense zone will come under pressure! You should prepare as early as possible, the island of Taiwan will be the key to this scramble! ”

As the older generation of naval personnel gradually retired, it was only a matter of time before Bingwen took charge of the Second Fleet, so Hakan would have the words "your defense zone". These words also shocked Bingwen, Hakan deserves to be a veteran naval officer, and he has seen the situation in the Southwest Pacific so thoroughly. But his eyes are fixed, and I am afraid that he can't imagine that letting Japan go south is what Yang Qiu wants to see the most.

But he is still grateful to remind him that Hakan is kind to himself and even to China anyway. If it weren't for him, maybe there would be greater losses when crossing the Arctic Ocean, and there would be no improvement in the country's manufacturing industry after the Rhineland Plan today, so he still wanted to keep Hakan, and said tentatively: "The general really doesn't consider staying?" When you return home, you're afraid. ”

In fact, Hakan also knew that he was almost 60 years old and could no longer lead his beloved warship after returning home, at most he would serve as a technical adviser to the navy and shipyards. But he still wanted to go back, so he refused to stay, and said with a smile: "Germany is getting better little by little, I should also go back and do my best, I heard that Mr. Hitler is very likely to win the election, and he promised us that he will resume the development of the navy as soon as possible." ”

Hitler's influence has grown in the past two years, and even Chinese newspapers have reprinted his news from time to time. But Bingwen knew in his heart that even if Germany built 3 pocket battleships, it would not be easy to regain a breakthrough in the navy. Because the Hakan and Rhineland plans only allowed Germany to take the opportunity of the expansion of the Chinese navy to retain part of its technological strength, and more technical talents have been divided between Europe and the United States, resulting in a serious naval generation, so it is not easier to restore the peak of 20 years ago than the rise of the Chinese navy.

As the two walked and chatted about the Navy and the future, two jeeps drove towards them. When he saw the car, Hakan knew that it was time for him to go, and said with a smile: "I should go, good luck my friend." Bingwen came to see him off, but the second lieutenant who came with him brought the naval command to go to Xinyang immediately to receive the order for the new plane, so he had to watch Hakan leave.

When the plane arrived in Xinyang, Bingwen discovered that Yang Qiu was also accompanied by Zhou Houkun and others to inspect the Airbus Xinyang assembly plant.

After more than ten years of development and construction and the upgrading of data machines, Airbus has become a large enterprise that cannot be ignored in the world's aviation industry, with five factories in Xinyang, Changsha, Hefei, Anqing and Jiujiang. It has formed a group enterprise with independent design, engine manufacturing and assembly, and what attracted Yang Qiu to inspect this time was the newly developed KC2 passenger aircraft, which is an upgraded version of KC1.

When the KC1 was sold in Europe and the United States, the country, especially the military, looked down on it, and felt that the load and range were insufficient, and it happened that the 1200 horsepower double Mustang engine had begun to be tested, so Ba Yuzao and Zhou Houkun immediately designed the KC2 on its basis, and the test flight was successful in October last year. At first sight, KC2, Yang Qiu almost shouted the name of C47, in fact, KC2 is really exactly the same as the famous Douglas DC3 airliner, and the range data is similar to everything, if there is really a big breakthrough, it is the use of a new standard base hole system in manufacturing.

The base hole system is a very important technology in the national standardization construction proposed by Yang Qiu, which can greatly improve the production efficiency and processing time! In parallel worlds, Japan used this technology to reduce the total man-hours of the Hurricane fighter from 25,000 kilowatts to 4,000! This alone can reduce the cost of KC2 by 10%, which shows how important it is. Because this technology is very critical and can even be described as strategic, the current promotion of the base hole system is still state-owned or core private enterprises.

Although trial production of the KC2 has begun, it is uncertain whether it can become the Chinese C47, because the Air Force still feels that the 3-ton load is too small, and they prefer a medium-range transport aircraft with a load of 5-6 tons, which requires the engine to reach at least 1500 horsepower. Yang Qiu did not interfere in this, because the egg-smashing scene in the Saudi crisis has triggered a boom in the development of long-range aircraft in countries around the world, and even the three domestic aviation groups have come up with their own four-engine long-range passenger aircraft programs, and Chongqing Meteor Company has even manufactured the first full-scale prototype.

After Bingwen talked about Hakan's care for Japan, he mentioned Taiwan, which still does not have a large naval base, and said: "What he said is still very reasonable, the First Fleet wants to protect the Bohai Sea, Vladivostok, the Yellow Sea, and the Ryukyus, and it is difficult to get out under such great pressure. We're stuck in the South China Sea again, so the best thing to do is Taiwan. ”

"Taiwan will not move for the first time." Yang Qiu interrupted Bingwen's words. He knew that the navy had been hoping to annul its promise not to be stationed in Taiwan over the years, hoping to build an ocean-going naval base east of the island of Taiwan, but this matter had been pressed by him. Not only because they promised Britain and the United States not to station a fleet when they recovered Taiwan, but also because if the main fleet was stationed east of the island of Taiwan, it would inevitably distract Japan and increase the probability of launching a surprise attack before moving south.

So Yang Qiu changed the topic and asked, "How many people are there with Hakan?" ”

"After the start of the Rhineland project, a total of more than 20,000 German technicians came to our country, and many of them have returned over the years, and General Hakan is the last of them, and about 4,000 will gradually leave within a year." Bingwen saw that Yang Qiu was reluctant to talk about Taiwan, so he had to hold back for a while and continued: "By the way, many of the senior German Jewish technicians you recruited last time also proposed to return to China, and the number may not be small. ”

"It's because of the Saudi thing, right?"

"Yes. The Jews were unhappy with our support for Saudi statehood, and they feared that Saudi independence would lead to the complete collapse of the Arab world and the loss of Palestinian settlements. ”

"Some things can't be kept, we are choosing, and others are choosing." Yang Qiu hesitated for a moment, not wanting to say these things anymore, and waved his hand to him: "Let's go, Chongqing." Show me your new plane. ”…… (To be continued.)