Beihai Railway Station.

In what was once Irkutsk, the capital of today's Beihai Province in China, a dark green military column lies quietly on the railroad tracks. The heavy chariots that had swept through Central Asia on the long flatbed had been covered with canvas, and thick layers of snow had accumulated on them, like a bed of white quilts.

"Uncle Fan!"

"Ah, General!"

On the platform, the familiar shout made Fan Shaobo's hand shake, and he almost threw away the tea eggs he had just bought. After turning his head, he saw the door of the officer's carriage, and Zhuo Fan beckoned to him. "Phew, next time you go out, you must visit Second Brother Guan!" Fan Shaobo muttered. He didn't have a good impression of the Army's current brightest young general, from the Battle of the Kurgasen Tank to the end of Petropavlovsk, for more than four months, as the coordinator of the Air Force, he was not less scolded by Zhuo Fan, the plane arrived a few minutes late, and the spit sprayed on his face could be filled in a teacup.

So when he saw that it was him, the corners of his mouth suddenly fell. "General, why didn't you fly?" As a brigadier general, he could call a transport plane back to the mainland, so Fan Shaobo didn't expect to see him here.

"I'm not used to flying planes." Seeing his expression, Zhuo Fan smiled: "Looking at you like this, it seems that you don't want to see me very much." ”

"What a thing! It's an honor to be with you. You see, I've only been fighting you for four months, and I'm a lieutenant. If you stay for two more years, you might be able to get a colonel. Fan Shaobo hurriedly waved his hand, as if he had to point to the badge, and took out the tea eggs and handed them to Zhuo Fan: "I just bought it, it's still hot, can you have two?" I heard that there is going to be a bestowal ceremony, so I'm afraid you're going to have another star on your shoulders this time, right? ”

"Hehe, you kid, your mouth is quite sweet. Why do you keep a straight face all day long when you are in front of me, like who owes you hundreds of dollars? But if you want to follow me, wait for me to report and transfer you to your side. What do you think? "Taking advantage of the truce for most of the winter, the news of the award ceremony has already spread in the troops, and it is said that several marshals will be born this time. However, Zhuo Fan didn't care much about this, but looked at him happily, the corners of his mouth slightly curved.

"Ahh

Fan Shaobo almost wanted to slap himself: "Let you be poor, and the saliva of four months will be filled in a teacup." If it's a year or two, you can't use a washbasin. Zhuo Fan laughed, no longer teasing him, and waved his hand: "Okay, don't be a poor mouth with me." What's going on up front? ”

"It was said that there was a plane crash, but it happened to be near the railway. The rescue team has already passed, and it will be possible to pass in a little later. ”

Zhuo Fan didn't think much about the crash. Because Beihai province has a surplus of electricity and bauxite mining is very convenient, there are also two aircraft assembly plants here, and there is also an aviation experimental base nearby. And it's not far ahead. It was rare to see an acquaintance, but he pulled him into the carriage. After following into the carriage, Fan Shaobo found that Zhao Dengyu and Ye Weixun were also there. The former also followed Zhuo Fan to become famous in one fell swoop, because he carried a big knife. He fought bravely, and the Soviets nicknamed him "Butcher with a Big Knife". Ye Weixun is also an excellent officer who has emerged from the army, and in the counterattack of Rezkazigan, he was interspersed with Zhuo Fan at the same time. Only then did Lukin's main forces encircle the triangle south of Petropavlovsk, and was one of the greatest contributors to the great encirclement.

Zhao Dengyu and Ye Weixun also knew him. After seeing it, they all gave up their seats affectionately, and the former didn't know where to conjure up a bottle of Moutai. A roast chicken, a bag of peanuts, a few tea eggs, and seven or eight canned food, the atmosphere suddenly became lively, and even many officers chatting around crowded over. "Young uncle, we are the most well-informed of you here, tell us how the European side has been playing recently?"

Although the General Staff has weekly briefings on the war situation, most of them are related to the country, so the front-line officers have relatively little understanding of the war situation in Europe. Coupled with the lag in news, many people can't keep up to date with the latest situation. Fan Shaobo is an exception, because his elder brother is an officer of the British Air Service Regiment, and he will write back every three or five times, and the Air Force flies back and forth in various theaters, so he is the most well-informed, and even these Air Force liaison officers stationed in the army have been stained and have become "little speakers" in the army.

Fan Shaobo is eloquent, from the surprise attack on Taranto to Malta not long after the end, he is more wonderful than Mr. Teahouse Storyteller. Hearing that the United States declared war to cover up the prestige of the Third Fleet in the Battle of Taranto, Britain also withdrew many Chinese and British posters to slap the United States' sycophants, and everyone cursed the British and Americans for not being righteous. Speaking of the British Mediterranean Fleet and the US Navy, which lost three battleships and two aircraft carriers in a row for more than half a month, they were also worried that Britain and the United States would not be able to hold the Mediterranean Sea and that the flames of war would burn into Turkey and Iraq. Knowing that Coventry was basically destroyed, he was also worried about the safety of Fan Shaobo's brother and those pilots who fought in the UK.

"If you want me to say, it's time to withdraw the British flight group, anyway, the British are only hugging the American thighs now." A major next to him was indignant that Churchill had ordered the poster to be removed.

"It's a pleasure to withdraw, but it's hard to get in in the future." Or Ye Weiqing is insightful. Don't look at the air service regiments that aid Britain are covered by the halo of the United States, but they are China's only force in Europe at present, and they are the vanguard of fighting for European interests after the war. Zhuo Fan also agreed with this statement: "The air service regiment will definitely not be reduced, and if I am the chief of the General Staff, I am afraid that I will consider strengthening it." ”

"Strengthened, isn't it also a lonely?"

"What's wrong with the lonely? When the fight is over, we will move to Paris and other places to station, control a few airports, and Britain and the United States can still drive us out? Besides, those Polish boys don't know how to talk to us now. Last time, my battalion commander also said that when the Soviet Union and Germany were destroyed in the future, he would take me on a tour to the Baltic Sea. ”

"Okay, do you want to sneak attack while I'm not prepared? You also believe this kind of thing, and it is not for us to decide between countries. Zhuo Fan smiled and slapped away the officer who robbed him of the beef, and asked with a smile: "Has the US army entered the UK?" ”

Stimulated by alcohol, Fan Shaobo's cheeks turned crimson, and he shook his head and threw a chicken bone out of his mouth: "No." Yesterday I met pilots who had just returned from Egypt, and I heard them say that after Germany and Italy took Malta, air traffic in the Mediterranean had been cut off. Now they go to England, they have to fly first to Lake Chad in French West Africa, then refuel there and then go to the Canary Islands outside the Sahara and finally to England. It takes five or six days to make a round trip. ”

"French West Africa? That, aren't the Canary Islands Spanish? Did they go to war? "Although I don't understand the situation in Europe. But world geography and international politics are compulsory courses for military officers, so Ye Weixun immediately heard the strangeness. "It's not Britain and the United States who have made money. Don't you know that in order to win over Spain, the British gave all the tens of thousands of tons of wheat sent by the United States to the Franco government, and they themselves are going to learn from the Soviet Union to eat black bread mixed with coarse bran. France can't even manage itself, how can it manage the African colonies. Germany can't do anything for the time being, so everyone can only turn a blind eye. I heard from the pilots that this line was designated by Admiral Marshall as the main route for support to Egypt. After the German-Italian occupation of Malta, the North African offensive was halted. Realignment. I heard that they also have internal contradictions, Italy's Mussonili did not want the German army to enter North Africa, and Hitler scolded Italy for not knowing each other, but I don't know if it's true. ”

"Don't talk about North Africa, ask the U.S. military."

"Uh-oh." Fan Shaobo nodded hurriedly: "After the establishment of the axis and the bombing of Coventry, Britain was very anxious. The United States has been asked to send at least 500 fighters to help, the naval fleet is temporarily in Alexandria, and the army is afraid that it will not be able to go to Europe for the time being. ”

"Why? I remember that in 37 the US Army was expanded, and now there are 500,000 or 600,000 at least. It's hard to say, but there will never be a problem with 30,000 or 50,000 people stationed in advance. Zhao Dengyu asked in surprise.

"It's not that the Atlantic isn't flat." Fan Shaobo burped: "Probably because of the loss of three battleships, the German Navy has been jumping up and down in the past few days!" Last weekend. Two Scharnhorst-class battlecruisers set off from Brest, France, and sank twelve British and American cargo ships in one week! That's more than a million tons! ”

"Shhh

Without waiting for the officers around to finish exclaiming, Fan Shaobo, who had even forgotten his military rank on the alcohol, looked at the guy who was inhaling: "Don't be so ignorant, what is this?" Tell you. The Bismarck, Germany's largest battleship, also went out in circles, but the British Navy was tossed to death! It couldn't catch up with it, and it couldn't catch up with it, and as a result, it was washed away in Shetland Islands in the north of England. Knocked over three freighters and a Kent-class heavy cruiser, and returned home safely. ”

"It's a lot of fun. Isn't the British Navy quite coaxing? When the president supported the establishment of Saudi Arabia, didn't he call for the destruction of our navy in three weeks? ”

"Yes, and what about the United States? They have a dozen battleships, and four or five aircraft carriers. ”

"Not to mention, like the UK, it's too slow, and the fastest South Carolina hasn't been delivered yet. Aircraft carriers also can't be dispatched, because the North Atlantic will be too windy and rough to take off and land planes. Fan Shaobo said with annoyance, but his face fluttered, as if he hated the Bismarck to rush into the Thames and kill. Smacking his lips and continuing: "In a week, three battleships sank a 150,000-ton freighter and a heavy cruiser, and Whitehall's face was completely lost! Prime Minister Churchill was furious, and in order to get back on the field, he asked my brother and them to protect more than 200 bombers and blow up Bremen, Germany! I've heard that the situation is not much better than Coventry. If it hadn't been for the fact that the Tirpitz, like the Bismarck, had been brought back to the port of Kiel a few days earlier, I am afraid it would have been the turn of the Germans to cry. Now Britain and the United States are glaring at the three German capital ships, and you say, if you don't get rid of them, the United States will dare to send the transport ship to the Atlantic? ”

"It's so embarrassing." Hearing this, Zhuo Fan also smiled. Britain and the United States, which have more than 20 battleships and seven or eight aircraft carriers, did not even have a single battleship that could outrun the Bismarck, and it can only be said that the sinking of the Hood was really unlucky. However, he was not very interested in this kind of lace news, the biggest problem of the German Navy was the lack of ocean-going bases, the lack of aviation cover, as long as the new British and American battleships were put into service, they were still passively beaten. But they took the opportunity well. "Germany saw that the United States did not come so quickly, and the British Navy suffered a series of great difficulties, and seized the opportunity very well. It's Churchill and Hitler, hehe, it's funny, Coventry Bremen, the war has escalated! Zhuo Fan smiled, his eyes narrowing slowly.

"yes." Ye Weixun also nodded: "The General Staff of the DPRK has been delaying again and again, and it is estimated that it is also related to the declaration of war by the United States." ”

"There must be something to do with it, and we have Japan between us. Although they are allies, they can listen to whom, how to fight, and how to distribute after the fight should always have a fixed number, it is impossible for us to shed blood and sweat in Korea and Japan, and they will come to grab territory in the end. ”

"Yes. What to fight we wiped out half of the Japanese Navy, and he came to grab the benefits! Didn't you say a few days ago that the prime minister and Commander Chen of the Navy were going to visit the United States, and it is estimated that they must be talking about this matter. If you want me to say, talk about a fart, they dare to stretch out their claws and coax back directly with cannons. ”

"To put it lightly, we are allies now, fighting for the future, and we are not." Ye Weixun hasn't finished speaking. A shout disturbed everyone. "Look! Obediently, it's all broken! Everyone turned their heads to look, only to find that the train had already started at some point, and the wreckage of two unknown planes that had fallen apart was visible in the open ground outside the window. What makes everyone strange is. This kind of plane has no propellers, and under the broken wings, there are two large bags of the same thing.

"What kind of plane is this? It looks like it was a collision in the air. These boys in the Air Force are really wild. Hey, you see, there are also foreigners. During the reminder, Zhuo Fan saw that a blonde and blue-eyed foreigner actually appeared at the rescue scene. He's not too weird, though. There are many foreign scientific and technological personnel in the country, who are active in all walks of life, and they are also making their own contributions to this war.

The train was on a jeep at the scene of the search and rescue as it quickly passed the crash site. Yan Kai withdrew his gaze from staring at the train, threw it on the foreigner in the uniform of the aircraft factory again, threw a cigarette to his partner, and Nunu said: "Look." His hands. ”

After his reminder, the partner saw the foreigner take out a cigarette case. It looks like I'm going to smoke, but in fact my fingers are moving. Suddenly excited: "It must be a miniature camera!" It must have been disguised as a cigarette case. Captain, do you want to do it? ”

"Don't! Let's just watch the play. ”

"Why? Don't think I don't understand, this is a jet plane, didn't Boss Dai tell us to plug every loophole that spreads? Besides, you see, there is still a number on the fuselage, which is clearly a new model that has been equipped! Seeing the foreigner snapping his fingers at the engine and the plane that broke the shell, my partner was a little anxious.

"New model?" Yan Kai smiled at the corner of his mouth, if this is a new model, it will be hell. And in such a big plane crash, there are too few traces of fire around! Although there are a lot of flaws in the layout in his eyes, the assistant is a newcomer, so he can't say much, so he waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, this time it was Boss Dai and Director Yan who personally gave the order, and the task of the two of us is to keep an eye on him and see who he connects with." ”

"Okay." The young security bureau companion was a little unwilling, but when he ordered this, he could only light a cigarette and pretend not to see it-

Yan Baohang jumped out of the car and walked into the tank and special vehicle factory of the Shenyang Industrial Group. It is one of the three major tank factories in China, and the remaining two are in Baotou and Luoyang. The Type 36 main battle tank, which caused the Soviet Union to tremble and was still making a fuss in Europe and the United States, was produced and assembled by Shenyang. With the smooth rollout of the 100,000 small factory plan, more and more spare parts suppliers have joined the military production chain, and the output of tanks is also increasing day by day. Coupled with the huge advantages and low consumption ratio of the Type 36 tank, it is deeply loved by the army.

But no matter how strong you are, as the enemy becomes more familiar, you will face more and more threats. So from the beginning of the war, the development of a new generation of main battle tanks has been launched. Taking advantage of the fact that there was no opportunity for a big war recently, Yang Qiu also came here to inspect. When Yan Baohang came in, he was pointing around two experimental tanks with Xue Yue and others, who were in charge of the new tank, and it was said that he was about to go to Europe. Yan Baohang didn't know much about tanks, only knew that these two vehicles were very different from the current army tanks, but they both had one thing in common, that is, the gun barrel was very long.

"President."

"Baohang is here, is there any movement from our guests?" On the day Hakan entered the country, Yang Qiu got the report. Although the two are old friends, it is impossible for him to meet at this moment, and Hakan will not be stupid to come to see him. Yan Baohang nodded and told the story of the "crash" in Beihai. Seeing that Zhang Xiaozhun and others were puzzled, he also explained: "That Hungarian engineer was recruited during the economic crisis in 29, but in fact he is a Gestapo person!" Dai Yunong has been spying on him for seven or eight years. ”

"Since he hides it so deeply, it means that this person is very capable, why did he show him a jet plane?" Although Xue Yue is in the army, he still knows some about jets. This is the future of the Air Force, and if it weren't for the problems of safety and range, it would have been ready for large-scale equipment a long time ago. "Hehe, Principal Xue, don't worry, those two can't fly at all." Yan Baohang explained. It turned out that after Hakan entered the country, many German spies became active. In addition, Yang Qiu and the General Staff have long been waiting for the United States to send troops. In this way, the power of Britain, the United States and Germany was greatly consumed, so a plan was made to send a few things to Germany.

The German Army was strong, but the Air Force was the biggest shortcoming. One only has to think of tens of thousands of Anglo-American bombers in parallel worlds to imagine German pressure. Moreover, American bombers have always been known for their sturdy and thick skin, and the B17 can go back when the nose is knocked out, which shows how critical it is to ensure air balance. However, Yang Qiu did not think about shooting jets, but was ready to stimulate Germany's own potential. As mentioned earlier, in fact, the progress and technology of jets in Europe and the United States are similar, and Germany did not come up with it until the end in history. First, the pressure on the Eastern Front was too great, and second, there was really no pressure, so Yan Baohang designed a bureau to deliberately let spies see the Chinese "jets" and marked the planes with numbers. Shows that it has been put into service and has started to be installed. China and Germany are currently opponents, and Germany must of course seek restraint methods if the opponent has something, so as to stimulate Germany's jet research to the greatest extent, and the development and installation of jet fighters such as the ME262 will definitely be much earlier. Although the ME262 may not be able to deal with the American P51 and the British Spitfire, it is effective against bombers. In addition to the bomber, there are also detailed data on several aircraft under development in the United States, including the P47 and P51, which Yang Qiu specially translated from the data machine. is ready to hand it over to Hakan to take back, and as for whether it can improve the strength of the Luftwaffe, it is not up to him to decide.

The two tanks in front of him were also "gifts" from the Army, and they were both developed on the basis of the Panther and Tiger tanks. A lot of Chinese elements were also added to the Type 31 tank, including inclined armor and so on. Of course, there are no such things as critical mechanical assistance, chassis, transmission, engine, stabilized fire control, BDD additional armor, etc. The main thing is that both tanks have the same history. The use of an extra-long multiplier cannon seems to be extremely armor-piercing. It's similar to the panther and the tiger, but it's actually very bad for production. To fool the spies, the two tanks were tested to Army standards and were internally numbered Super 31 and Super 36 respectively, sounding like upgrades to the Type 31 and Type 36.

There are "gifts" on both land and air, and the Navy, of course, is not weak. But the Navy's gift was very special, that is, the imitation of the Japanese Type 93 oxygen torpedo, but the caliber was reduced to 533 mm, and these things will be deliberately exposed to those German spies lurking in the country in the near future.

Yang Qiu can't help it, it's not that Germany will quickly fail if he doesn't give things, in fact, even if he does, Germany will have to digest it for at least a year. And it will also combine German aesthetics to make a good-looking but not suitable for mass production of the "hardcover" version.

The main thing is that Hitler is too unreliable!

Since the defeat of France, he has fallen into strategic confusion and hesitated to do things. Just like now, he is still arguing with Mussolini about whether to go to North Africa! Be yourself, and the first thing you will do after taking Malta is to immediately seize Spain and quickly blockade Gibraltar. But he was lucky, first he was made by Musonuri to hesitate to continue into North Africa, and then he was fooled by Franco into not doing anything until now, so these things are not so much to strengthen Germany as to tell Hitler. "We are equipped with these things, and soon the allies will appear on a large scale, if you are not active, you will go directly to your hometown."

Xue Yue laughed after hearing this: "Scared me, it turned out that they were the same as my two babies, they were all like goods." It is no wonder that he looks down on the two "super" tanks, and the new tanks developed by the army surpass these two tanks in every aspect. If you cooperate with the armor-piercing bullet that has not been taken out, let alone the "Tiger", even the "Tiger King" will not be able to stop it.

"What about the people of Hakan now? Who do you have more contact with? Yang Qiu asked.

"People are still in the south, and in the past few days, they have come into contact with some factory owners and technicians who I knew in my country back then. Looking at his appearance, he attaches great importance to our standardization and ship segmentation construction method, and Dai Yunong from Qinzhou and Guangzhou shipyards has personally arranged it, so there will be no problem. Yan Baohang said: "In addition, he also talked on the phone with several members of Congress, all of whom asked if we would cross the Suez Canal or something." There is no contact on the military side at the moment, but I think we will definitely meet.

"Well, you can let Bingwen and the others avoid suspicion, and find a few minor officers to deal with it, I believe he won't dare to be too exposed. These things also leaked out in a hurry. Remember, after the fact, you must make a big deal about arresting people, and make it like a major espionage case. Yang Qiu pointed to the two "super" tanks, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "How are you arranging the affairs of Spain?" ”

"The operation is already being prepared, but Franco's side is very strong and it will take time."

"At the beginning of March, the temperature in Spain will rise, and even if you can't kill him, you must give Hitler an excuse before that." After Yang Qiu finished speaking, he heard a sound of footsteps, and turned his head to see Gu Yuwen walking over quickly.

"President, news from Japan, the battleship Yamato will be officially commissioned in three days."