Steel is the backbone of industry, don't look at the Northeast steel resources are very rich, but no one will dislike more steel. In particular, Maoshan Iron Mine is still an open-pit mine, which is difficult to mine and has a lower cost, which makes Zhang Tinglan extremely tempted.

Zhang Tinglan was also worried that the Japanese would bite the bullet and disagree, but he didn't expect them to agree, which was indeed a bit unexpected. In fact, the reason is very simple, that is, the Japanese do not know about this iron mine, Maoshan iron mine was originally located at the junction of China, Russia and North Korea, and has always been relatively desolate.

Historically, the Japanese only began to develop the Moshan Iron Mine in the thirties, and now it is natural for the Fengjun to take the lead. They will always be with this treasure land.

Compared with Zhang Tinglan, who was overjoyed because of the iron ore, Jiang Baili and they paid more attention to the strategic location of Qingjin and other places, and circled around the sand table a few times, and then Jiang Baili said with a smile: "Humble words, after Qingjin and other places are in hand, the outlet of the Tumen River will be completely controlled by us, and the three eastern provinces will be able to directly go to the Sea of Japan, and the three eastern provinces will have an additional economic corridor, which is really gratifying." ”

Yang Yuting also said with a smile: "Not only that, with this place, we are equivalent to adding a large barrier to the southwest of Vladivostok, and we can rest assured that we can boldly develop this sea base in the future." ”

Vladivostok is a very good sea base, but it has a fatal problem, that is, it lacks strategic depth, and it is only a few dozen kilometers from the border. At present, Japan's air liliang is negligible, but as long as the air force is developed and stationed on the Korean Peninsula, it can threaten the security of Vladivostok.

The Feng army took the plane to deal with the Japanese, and what they were most afraid of was that others would do the same and threaten the Feng army's sea liliang, so although the Feng army leased Vladivostok, it did not have large-scale investment for a long time, and there was no main naval force stationed.

But that's no longer the case. After taking the Qingjin line, Vladivostok's barrier in the southwest will be there, and the front will advance fifty kilometers to the south, and as long as the Feng army sets up enough air defense here, it will be difficult for the Japanese to threaten Vladivostok, and the opportunity to vigorously develop this good port in the Far East will be ripe.

"There is Lushunkou in the south and Vladivostok in the north, and the navy has these two major bases, which is definitely promising!" Jiang Baili said with a smile.

Shen Honglie, who was also listening on the side, suddenly lit up in front of him, and hurriedly asked eagerly, "Dashuai." Is this a preparation for the vigorous development of the Navy? We're all looking forward to it! ”

Zhang Tinglan smiled and spread his hands: "I want to develop the navy, but I also have to have money to do it, this time I beat the Japanese into poor eggs, we are also suffering from internal injuries and vomiting blood, and the financial situation is better than that of Japan." It is better to vigorously develop the navy. I have a jihua though. It's about making a fuss on the Mackensen. ”

The Mackensen? Shen Honglie suddenly had a puzzle. The main reason for the war with the Japanese this time was because of the problem of the Mackensen, the Japanese tried to plunder it, and the army was desperately protecting it, but as a result, the King Kong was sunk, and the two countries fought.

When the Japanese attacked Huludao. Fearing that the Mackensen would be affected, the Feng army towed the warship to Qinhuangdao, and now it has been towed back to Huludao again.

"Marshal, didn't you say that you want to develop aircraft carriers. Just change the Mackensen into a large fast aircraft carrier, we have begun to prepare in all aspects, is there a change now? ”

"Of course not." Zhang Tinglan said: "It is impossible to change the course of our aircraft carrier development, and this is also the only correct path for the development of the Navy in the future." However, we can mislead foreign countries about the path of naval development, especially Japan, and let them go further and further on the road of artillery and giant ships, and make more and more mistakes. ”

After Zhang Tinglan finished speaking, Jiang Baili suddenly smiled and said: "Humble words, how can this have the meaning of strategic flickering?" ”

"That's right, it's just to make a fool of us, and we want to let out the news that we want to develop a cannon giant ship, and we want to rebuild the Mackensen to confront Japan and protect maritime interests."

When the Feng army introduced the Mackenson, it was said that it would be dismantled into scrap steel, and if it was rashly changed into a warship, it would easily cause trouble, especially if there was also the British factor, even if Britain did not have the ability to start directly, but if there were some trade sanctions and the like, it could make Zhang Tinglan uncomfortable for a while.

The British Empire had no choice but to relax restrictions because of the evidence that Britain was favoring Japan, and just as a peace agreement was reached between the Bong army and Japan, an agreement was also reached between the Bong army and the British. The Feng army was free to dispose of the Mackensen, and the British promised to help the Feng army train 200 naval and shipbuilding personnel.

As a veteran maritime hegemon, Zhang Tinglan thinks it is very worthwhile to learn something from the British, so he let the British go, but the sonar baby Zhang Tinglan will not return it, in fact, Feng Jun has already begun to study imitation. Submarines and anti-submarine warfare will play an extremely important role in future naval warfare, and the Feng army must pay equal attention to both legs.

"Dashuai, a big guy of tens of thousands of tons, it's not a gadget, if you want to completely fool others, I'm afraid it's very difficult, right?"

Zhang Tinglan said with a smile: "It's not that we want to deceive for a lifetime, it's just that in the early stage of our reconstruction, we want to convince foreign countries that we want to develop artillery and giant ships to lure Japan to follow up, and once Japan follows up, the United States and Britain will not miss it." A warship of tens of thousands of tons, as long as the keel is laid, cannot be easily changed, and even if they find out that they are fooled in the future, it will be too late. ”

Yang Yuting said with a smile: "Humble words, this kind of thing still needs to find an expert, let Zhong Zhao come over to discuss it, and see what he has ideas." ”

Soon Zhong Zhao was invited over, Director Zhong Si Wenwen, and wearing gold-wire glasses, completely a scholar's style, after listening to Zhang Tinglan's idea, Zhong Zhao suddenly showed a confident smile.

"Marshal, this is not a difficult matter, what the Mackensen lacks is nothing more than large-caliber naval guns, as long as the outside world knows that we will find a way to solve this problem, they will naturally think about the cannon giant ship."

"Sure enough, it's a master." Shen Honglie said with a smile: "Director Zhong, do you have any tricks?" ”

Zhong Zhao said with a smile: "We can take two preparations, on the one hand, we can increase the intensity of independent research and development of large-caliber artillery, and on the other hand, we can go to various countries to purchase jishu." The United States, Britain, France and other countries will not sell it, we might as well contact Italy and pretend to introduce large-caliber artillery jishu from them, even if it cannot be used on warships in the future. If it is made into a shore defense artillery, it will not suffer. ”

When Zhang Tinglan heard Zhong Zhao's suggestion, he also nodded frequently, Italy is indeed a very haode choice. Don't look at Italy's poor performance in World War II, but Italy, as an old industrialized country, is still quite strong in military jishu.

Moreover, after the First World War, Italy fell into economic difficulties and social turmoil. Mussolini had already formed the Italian Fascist Party, which was at a critical juncture in the seizure of power, if the Feng army could provide some funding. It's very easy to get jishu from Italy.

If you want to fool the other side, you have to do things reasonably, and once you release the artillery jishu that seeks from Italy, it will inevitably convince the countries that the Feng army is going to complete the Mackensen. The scam was successful.

"Director Zhong, you have to work hard, immediately in the name of the expert team. Proposals were made to the government to strengthen the Navy. Then we will organize manpower, purchase from abroad, and be sure to convince the great powers that we want to develop artillery and giant ships. ”

After Zhang Tinglan finished explaining, everyone moved, and a huge scam unfolded. This scam lasted for more than two years, and the Japanese put a lot of effort into it, designing and building a more powerful battle cruiser for the Mackensen. The United States and Britain also had to follow suit, and as a result, a lot of financial resources were wasted.

It wasn't until the Mackensen changed its face and appeared in front of Shijie as an aircraft carrier that the powers suddenly realized that they had been deceived, but at that time, they had already signed a five-nation treaty, which limited the naval armament, and there was no way to change Jihua, which also became the beginning of countless credits for the Strategic Fooling Bureau.

After arranging this scam, Zhang Tinglan smiled and said to several henchmen: "I promised to invite everyone to go to Luda to bask in the sun, but now that the time is right, we should also act." ”

Saying that, Zhang Tinglan also stretched his waist, and the bone joints all over his body made a crisp sound, since the start of the war, everyone has worked at high intensity, and they can sleep for two or three hours a day, which is already very good, and a thousand things are piled up together, Zhang Tinglan, a young man, is a little unbearable, let alone others, everyone is also very tired.

According to the agreement between China and Japan, on July 23, 21, the Japanese officially returned Luda, since the Opium War, China has ceded out a large amount of territory, but has not really recovered a piece, which is also the first of its kind, not only the Feng army is very important, but also attracted the attention of the whole world.

In particular, the New People's Party was to be formed, and a large number of political veterans, business leaders, and academic elites were all under Zhang Tinglan's command. The higher the status of the Feng army, the greater their influence, and in order to build momentum for each other, they spared no effort to publicize the significance of reclaiming the brigade.

At the same time, it is also an opportunity to promote the ideas of the New People's Party, and July 23 is the anniversary of the official founding of the party. With the activities of Tang Shaoyi, Liang Qichao, Zhang Taiyan and others, the news quickly spread all over the world, and almost everyone knew that Luda was going to return to the embrace of China.

The Chinese, who have been bullied, finally saw a hope at this moment, and they locked their eyes on the University. On the day of the handover ceremony, Zhang Tinglan, dressed in military uniform, accompanied by the generals of the Feng Army, personally led the two ace troops of the tank division and the first division into Lushunkou.

The handover ceremony was placed near the 203 heights of Arthur, of course, it was chosen here, and there was a reason, when Nogi Noshinori led the Japanese army and fought a bloody battle with the Russians on this highland, with heavy casualties.

In order to commemorate this battle, the Japanese collected fragments of artillery shells after the war and built a bullet-shaped Erling Mountain Memorial Tower, which the Japanese boasted of their great achievements.

But just sixteen years have passed, they are about to get out of here, and Lushunkou wants to return to the hands of its original master, and the Japanese are also unwilling, but what can be done.

The pale-faced Shirakawa Yoshinori stood expressionlessly at the bottom of the Erling Mountain Memorial Tower, as the commander of the Kwantung Army, he would represent Japan, and the Feng army signed a document to return the brigade to China.

At ten o'clock in the morning, Zhang Tinglan led the generals of the Feng army, as well as Chinese and foreign reporters to the bottom of Erling Mountain, as the commander of the Feng army, Zhang Tinglan walked to the front of Shirakawa Yoshinori and others with the smile of the victor.

From the moment Zhang Tinglan appeared, Shirakawa Yoshinori had been staring closely, and he wanted to know who had defeated the Japanese Empire. But when he saw Zhang Tinglan so young, like a scholar who had just come out of college, it suddenly made Bai Chuan feel unbelievable!

What surprised him even more was that most of the generals around Zhang Tinglan were around thirty years old, and some even looked younger than Zhang Tinglan. Is this still the old empire, I remembered their Li Zhongtang, but he was just a bad old man, on the contrary, the Japanese political scene at that time was full of high-spirited and high-spirited politicians.

But now that the politicians of the Meiji era have withered, only a few elders are left, supporting the scene, and China is the young Zhuang faction in power, is this reversal a change in the national fortunes of the two countries?

When Shirakawa Yoshinori was thinking nonsense, Zhang Tinglan had already walked in front of him.

"Mr. Shirakawa, the Chinese often say that things are returned to their original owners, and you have stolen them for many years, and now it is time to return them."

Shirakawa Yoshinori finally came back to his senses, he reluctantly sat down at the table, trying to take the pen to sign, but suddenly his hand trembled, the tip of the pen kept shaking, and his left hand flipped back and forth to the document, and he couldn't find the place to sign.

Zhang Tinglan looked at this guy's fierce appearance, and sneered in his heart, with the potential gap between China and Japan, as long as China wins once, Japan will no longer have a chance to catch up, but I am afraid that the next time the Japanese sign it again, it will be a surrender!

"Mr. Shirakawa, don't delay any longer, I still have to go into the city for lunch!"

Saying that, Zhang Tinglan pointed to the position of the signature, Bai Chuanyi shook his hand and reluctantly signed his name, and Zhang Tinglan also signed his name in the same way.

At this moment, everyone couldn't help but cheer, the gateway to southern Liaoning, which had been stolen by Russia and Japan for more than 20 years, the key to the Bohai Sea, Luda! Finally back to the bosom of China.

The Feng army had already prepared for the haode salute and began to roar, and above the sky, the warplanes circled, the surrounding crowd thundered with joy, and colorful flags fluttered.

Compared with the Chinese's raised eyebrows, the Japanese can only carry the memorial tower of Erling Mountain and turn back to the country in ashes, and what awaits them is endless humiliation.

Zhang Tinglan led the crowd down Erling Mountain, jumped directly into a special car, in front of which were twenty tanks to open the way, behind were cavalry, in the sky, accompanied by airplanes, and at the same time, naval ships also drove in from Lushunkou.

Lushun, this storm-beaten city, has finally returned to the hands of the Chinese! (To be continued......)