In order to complete the construction of ten large airports in the shortest possible time, Cai Guodong directly ordered the army to requisition a lot of farmland around Milan, and at the same time forcibly requisitioned a lot of cement from the cement factory in the city, which was not paid, and the Italian farmers and cement factory owners who were expropriated came to the door, and Cai Guodong asked them to go to the Italian military to ask for it, but the expropriated fields have been cordoned, and the cement and sand and gravel have also been piled up into a hill, and no one is allowed to approach.

Luo Zelin and Trenchard were making a bombing plan, and Cai Guodong was building the airport with the fastest speed and the largest manpower, and the first two divisions were first involved in the construction of the airportTen airfields were built in just one week, with sufficient raw materials, and by this time Rozelin and Trenchard had already completed plans to bomb the German air force airfields in France.

Within a week, Cai Guodong commanded the Chinese army to build ten large airports in Milan, each of which had ten runways, which was not unfast.

After a week of planning and preparation, all the fighters of the three Chinese air divisions flew to Milan, Italy, except for the 100 fighters in Portugal, and all the ground service personnel and equipment of the expeditionary air force stationed in Baghdad also arrived in Milan.

The reason why Cai Guodong chose to build 10 large airports in Milan was for consideration, because the second-generation fighters of the Chinese army took off from Milan, calculated by their range and combat radius. All of France, southern Germany, and much of the Austro-Hungarian Empire were under attack by the fleet, but of course it had to be in spring, summer, and autumn. If it's winter, the plane won't be able to pass through the cold Alps.

The airport has just been completed. The air force units of the three divisions just arrived again, and the ground support troops and equipment were also delivered, and Cai Guodong was preparing to discuss the bombing plan with Luo Zelin and Trenchard, but he did not expect that the Italian general Salde, who was so angry that he was admitted to the hospital last time, came again.

This time, Salde rushed to Cai Guodong again and shouted, "Cai, what do you want to do? Our military has received countless complaints from citizens, and many people have come to our office with various IOUs to ask us for money, and they say that you have requisitioned their supplies and fields, and that you have asked them to ask us for money with your IOUs, right? How can you do that? I would like to respond to the situation at the top of your country. You—You're so savage! ”

Cai Guodong patted his head, took out a list from the drawer and handed it over, Salde took it and asked curiously, "What is this?" ”

"The wages of our soldiers!" Cai Guodong said, "The airports were built by you, and after the war is over, these airports will definitely belong to your Italian military, so these airports are actually built for your Italian military!" You see how friendly our Chinese army is, they just came overtime and didn't rest at night to build an airport for you. Despite the debt, you, the Italian military, are actually the biggest beneficiaries, you have nothing but to pay. Where to find such a good thing? Remember not to default on the land requisition money and material payment, pay it to others in time, and please pay us as soldiers. We committed a total of four divisions, and 100,000 people worked without sleep for a week. Each soldier has to pay at least thirty dollars, please give me three million! Don't call it poor. This is still a friendship price, if it is someone else, it is absolutely impossible not to give 10 million wages."

Salde almost vomited blood again when he heard this, he pointed at Cai Guodong and said, "You ?????? Oh God, why would I have to meet someone like you? Why do you keep giving me trouble? What are you building so many airports for? What are they for? It's just a waste for you to repair here, we don't have so many planes in Italy that can use so many airports! ”

Salde almost cried, "Why are you building so many airports?" Do you eat it on a burn? You still owe so much money for land requisition and materials, and you guy still ask for wages? Where can I find you three million? ”

Cai Guodong spread his hands: "There will definitely be enough planes in the future!" I don't care where you go to find the three million, in short, you must send me three million within a week, if you don't send them within a week, then I will let my soldiers go to your barracks to carry supplies or go to the city to bring cultural relics, as much as you can move, in order to cover the three million wages you owe! ”

Hearing this, Salde pleaded, "Sir, sir, can you discuss with me what plan you have?" Am I such an unreasonable person? As long as I think your plan is feasible, I think I will cooperate with you, but you have made me very passive by not consulting us or notifying us to build the airport without consulting us or notifying us, you make me very passive, you know? The troublesome citizens have already started to march, and they are complaining to the city government of Milan that our military is the work of the army, and the city government of Milan is complaining to His Majesty the King, you are pushing me into the fire pit! ”

Cai Guodong smiled and patted Salde on the shoulder and said: "It's okay, General Salde, I believe you can withstand it, you are a general, and now is the time of war, the military has the greatest power, as long as it is used to protect the family and defend the country, everything is not a problem, isn't it?" Take your courage, and if anyone gets you in trouble, I think you should be tough! I'll do the math for you, if the ten airports are built by those builders, it will cost at least 20 million, but I only spent less than 10 million to build it for you, saving double the money, you make a lot of money! ”

Salde looked at Cai Guodong coldly, and sighed for a long time: "Okay, you win, I'll take care of this, but you have to tell me, what do you want to do?" ”

Cai Guodong thought about it, pulled Salde to the wall and opened the curtain, a huge map on the wall was displayed in front of him, he pointed to the map with a wooden stick and said: "General Salde, you see this is Milan, with the current range of our fighters, it can bomb southern Germany, Austria-Hungary and most of France, even if it is Vienna, our bomber group can run back and forth, if we drop a few bombs over the Austro-Kharen Palace, what do you think the effect will be?" ”

After hearing Cai Guodong's words, Salde's eyes suddenly opened as big as a bull's eye, and he pointed to Vienna on the map and stammered: "Cai, you, your plane can really fly to Vienna for a round trip, and you can also drop a few bombs on the palace of the Austro-Hungarian Emperor in Vienna?" You didn't lie to me, did you? ”

Cai Guodong said solemnly: "Do you think that if I lied to you, I won't be exposed?" You're going to know this kind of thing sooner or later, what's the good of me lying to you now? ”

The Italians have hatred for Austria-Hungary, for so many years, the Italians have been bullied by Austria-Hungary, let's just say that since the start of the war, the Italian army has never been bargained in the hands of Austria-Hungary, every attack is heavy casualties, and many times Austria-Hungary has not counterattacked, not only lost a large number of military supplies and weapons and ammunition, but also casualties are more serious, if you can fly to Vienna with a plane to bomb the Austro-Hungarian palace, Salde is 10,000 willing.

He excitedly grabbed Cai Guodong's hand and said, "Cai, we in Italy need this kind of fighter plane, sell us a hundred?" No, three hundred, no, no, five hundred, we're going to buy five hundred! ”

God knows how badly the Italians were abused by Austria-Hungary, so much so that the old guy Salde actually bought 500 second-generation fighters in one go, in order to fly the plane to the Austro-Crarian palace to drop bombs and kill the old immortal Austro-Hungarian emperor, so as to relieve the evil breath in his heart.

Cai Guodong couldn't help but be a little funny, "General Salde, this kind of fighter is not cheap, and you have found the wrong person to talk to me about buying a fighter, you should first go to our diplomatic department and meet with our high-ranking military figures through diplomatic channels. ”

How do you know that the Italians have a lot of money, Salde waved his hand and said: "Cai, money is not a problem, you show me a clear way, who can decide this matter the fastest?" ”

Cai Guodong thought for a while and said, "Then I can only ask your majesty the king to personally send a telegram to the president of our country!" ”

Cai Guodong knew that Huaguo now has 26 aircraft factories across the country, and with its current production capacity, it can produce more than 26,000 fighters and 500 fighters a year. However, the general version of the fighter for sale has been removed from certain functions. For example, it is entirely possible to sell a first-generation fighter as a second-generation fighter. This can be achieved by reducing the bomb load and increasing the fuel tank, thus increasing the range. The Italians only need to reach the range, but they will not have any requirements for other aspects of the performance of the fighter, after all, the Italians do not even have a few aircraft, where will they pay attention to other performance indicators of the aircraft? This is Cai Guodong's plan, he was originally the Minister of Equipment, he knows this kind of thing clearly, he is ready to send a telegram back to China, if the Italians want to buy 500 aircraft, the first generation fighter will be modified, reduce the bomb load, increase the capacity of the fuel tank, so as to double the range, but the other performance of the fighter has not been improved in the slightest, in addition, you can change the appearance, it is still okay to deceive the layman.

Salde thought about it, and I was afraid that the only way to do this matter directly was to go directly to the president of Huaguo, and he said: "Okay, I will go and ask His Majesty the King to personally inquire about this matter!" (To be continued......)