In early December, the information that the Entente was preparing to land on the southwest coast of France was obtained by Germany, and Germany then increased the deployment of troops in the southwest of France, and strengthened the defense of the French coastal zone in the English Channel, which made the Entente's plan to land in France bankrupt, and the Entente had to abandon the landing plan, but the assembled troops, ships, weapons and equipment were not disbanded, but prepared to brew a new plan.

On December 6, Xiao Zhenlei was working in the office on this day, and Wang Yaqiao came over to report the results of the negotiations with the Russian Revolutionary Party, "President, we have reached an agreement with the Russian Revolutionary Party, they agree to transfer the lower reaches of the Ob River, the lower Irtysh River, and the Tobol River all the way south to Salah in Iran, and the area east of the country to China, and China will provide them with 18 million Chinese dollars of financial support at one time, and set aside a piece of land in Tyumen and send 100 officers to train a division of troops for them!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei was very happy that the Iron and Blood Investigation Bureau had successfully completed this mission, and he praised: "Very good, Yang Yude's contribution this time is not small, and he should be commended, and those who have contributed to this task should also be appropriately commended, how can you Iron and Blood Investigation Bureau reward him for doing it yourself!" ”

Fifteen or six million square kilometers of land can be obtained by paying 18 million and sending some instructors, which is more cost-effective than a million profits, and this is definitely the most profitable transaction in human history.

"Yes, President!"

Xiao Zhenlei said again: "By the way, has the agreement been signed?" ”

"It has been signed, in which the Siberian region east of the Yenisei River is returned to our country, and the lower Ob River, the lower Irtysh River, and the Tobol River go south to the east of Salah in Iran. The area west of the Yenisei River was sold to us for 18 million dollars! ”

Xiao Zhenlei nodded and said, "Okay." It's good to be so clear and detailed. There will be no territorial disputes in the future, this matter is very well done, and you will contact the Third Army over there for the matter of sending the instructor corps, and ask them to assist ??????."

"Knock knock!" As soon as Xiao Zhenlei finished speaking, there was a knock on the office door.

"Come in!"

After the door was pushed open, the secretary Xiao Gao walked in and said, "President, the convoy is already waiting outside, it's time to go!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei nodded and waved his hand: "Okay, I know." You go ahead and prepare! ”

"Yes, President!"

Wang Yaqiao saw that Xiao Zhenlei immediately had other work arrangements, and immediately said goodbye: "Since the president has other jobs, then I will leave first!" ”

"Okay, then you go back first, and report back if you have something!"

"Yes!"

After Wang Yaqiao left, Xiao Zhenlei came to the rest room, the secretary Xiao Gao and some staff were already waiting here, and a makeup artist came over with a makeup case to dress up Xiao Zhenlei. After ten minutes of makeup, another staff member changed Xiao Zhenlei into a Chinese suit, put on a beige windbreaker outside, and put on a beige hat. That's where the trip began.

The convoy came to the military airport and drove directly onto the tarmac of the fighter plane, at this time Cai Guodong was already waiting on the apron of the airport, after the convoy stopped. Cai Guodong came over with several generals to salute Xiao Zhenlei.

Xiao Zhenlei asked, "It's been a long time, right?" ”

"It's not too early to arrive in two minutes!" Cai Guodong said. Asked a colonel next to him, "Is the time up?" ”

The colonel took out his pocket watch, looked at it and said, "The time is just right!" ”

Cai Guodong said to Xiao Zhenlei: "President, then let's board the plane?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei waved his hand: "Let's board the plane." Go early and come back early! ”

Everyone walked to a large transport plane parked on the side one after another, Xiao Zhenlei walked in the front, Cai Guodong followed, and the others lined up in the back to get on the transport plane in turn.

After getting on the plane, the generals and officers were busy with their own business, Xiao Zhenlei beckoned to Cai Guodong, the two sat down face to face in a relatively quiet position, and asked the service staff on the plane to bring two glasses of red wine, and talked while tasting wine.

Xiao Zhenlei took a sip of his wine glass and asked, "How are the preparations for the south to attack Bay Island going?" Although this time it is just a play with the Japanese, it is for others to see, but we also have to act a little more seriously, you must know that the generals and officers below the rank of lieutenant general and ordinary soldiers do not know, once the fight starts, they will really fight, your informed commanders must control the casualties, if you let others know that acting can kill a lot of people, isn't this a joke? ”

Cai Guodong nodded and said: "Don't worry, boss, I know this, I have already called several army commanders for a meeting, and not once or twice, each time I emphasized this problem, try to control and reduce the number of casualties of our army, if the attack encounters obstacles and cannot be forcibly attacked, they will find a way to solve it!" ”

"Now the soldiers are swimming and anti-seasickness training on the beach, the temperature in the south is much higher than in the north, although the water is a little cold, but as long as the time is not long, it is no problem, now the whole training has been carried out halfway, and the training can be completed in two months!"

"I know that although this time it is an acting, our side will start according to the real beach-grabbing landing battle, and everything will be carried out according to the predetermined plan, and there will be absolutely no ambiguity when it is time to use naval guns, bombers, and fighters, which is also to accumulate experience for the real beach-grabbing landing operation in the future!"

Xiao Zhenlei took a sip of wine and nodded: "Okay, it's good that you have this idea." By the way, after the beginning of spring next year, the sea-crossing and beach-grabbing landing operation will begin, and you will definitely rush to the coastal zone to take command, and who are you going to temporarily assign to the work of the armament department? ”

Cai Guodong shook his wine glass, weighed it and said: "Vice Minister Liao Chengwu is more prominent, determined, has been tested for a long time, and is one of the first personnel to follow us, I think he can temporarily replace me in charge of the work of the equipment department, boss, what do you see?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei groaned and nodded: "Okay, then him!" Well, it's a good wine."

Cai Guodong took a sip of wine and turned his head to look at the interior of the transport plane, the interior of the transport plane has been modified and renovated, and it looks very homely. He asked, "Boss, have you ever thought about letting go of the use of airplanes?" For example, opening up to the people, setting up civil airlines, converting transport planes into passenger planes, or having aircraft manufacturing companies specialize in the design and manufacture of civil airliners? ”

Xiao Zhenlei shook his head when he heard this: "It's not impossible to let the aircraft serve the civilian population, but the time has not yet come, first of all, the manufacturing technology of the aircraft is easy to leak at this stage, after all, our technology is not very advanced, so that those foreigners may understand the key at a glance, secondly, the stability of the aircraft's performance can not be fully guaranteed, even if the failure rate of our military aircraft is very high, if it is used for civilian use, what if there are frequent flight accidents?" Therefore, it is not possible for the time being, at least until the end of the war before the development of civil aviation! ”

Cai Guodong nodded: "That's right!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei raised his wrist and looked at the watch, this is a watch produced by a private watch factory in China, pocket watches are also known as pocket watches, that is, clocks in pockets, and watches are worn on the wrist with a strap, pocket watches were used all over the world before, but after the outbreak of World War I, officers from many countries found that pocket watches were extremely inconvenient in combat when fighting, and they could no longer be used to meet the needs of war, and they were thinking about how to develop a watch suitable for war, and it was not difficult to make a strap to wear on the wrist. The difficulty is that the clock itself is worn on the hand to be both rainproof and waterproof, that is, it is not an easy task.

There is no shortage of smart people in the world, there is a student who came back from studying abroad in Shanghai Tan invented a completely waterproof watch case, and registered patents in various countries, and then a watch factory was opened in Shanghai, Xiao Zhenlei wore this watch factory production, after all, it is a domestic product, and the quality is very good, Xiao Zhenlei has become the most distinguished guest of this watch factory, with this gimmick, the reputation of this watch factory is booming, and orders have been in a steady stream since then.

"It's still early, Guodong, tell me about the general situation of the tank!" Xiao Zhenlei looked at the time on his watch, and said when he was still in Fengtian.

Cai Guodong put down his wine glass and said, "That's okay!" Due to technical reasons, we have only produced one tank and one armored car for the time being, this tank we named the 'Dragon Fight I' tank, weighing 26 tons, armor thickness 8 mm, equipped with a 75 mm gun, a machine gun, can carry 5 people (commander, gun commander, loader, driver, machine gunner), the length of the vehicle is 7.9 meters, the height of the vehicle is 3.1 meters, and the width of the vehicle is 4.1 meters! The maximum speed is 39 kilometers per hour, the maximum travel is 150 kilometers, and it can cross 1.5 meters of trenches and half a meter high obstacles".

"Another armored car, relatively close to the armored personnel carrier in terms of performance, weighs 16 tons, is 7.5 meters long, 2.9 meters wide, 2.3 meters high, has a crew of 2 people, can carry 13 people, if you count the co-pilot position, it can just carry an infantry squad. Loaded with two heavy machine guns, a maximum climb of 45 degrees, a maximum side slope of 25 degrees, a maximum speed of 45 kilometers per hour, a maximum range of 160 kilometers, and now only wheeled combat vehicles are made! ”

Xiao Zhenlei thought for a while and said: "According to the intelligence department, it is said that the British have developed the Mark I tank, how does our Dragon Battle Type 1 tank compare with the Mark 1 tank?" ”

Cai Guodong said: "Of course, the performance of our tank is better, the Mark 1 weighs 28 tons, which is heavier than ours, but it has two 57mm guns and four machine guns, and the firepower is indeed stronger than our Dragon Fight 1, but our Dragon Fight 1 tank uses a 75mm gun, which can be equipped with armor-piercing shells, and the lethality of fortresses and enemy tanks is much greater!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei arrived again: "The chariot should be produced in the tracked type, and the troops can be transported over the trench to break into the enemy's defensive position on the battlefield!" ”

"Well, it's a killer move!" (To be continued......)