After a short stop in Jinan, Huang Ke and his entourage drove to the front-line battlefield to inspect and comfort the soldiers.

Huang Ke and they took the Yellow River brand jeep newly produced by Jiangnan Heavy Industry in Shaanxi, which took a short time from finalization to mass production, so it was not considered in many aspects of human body mechanics, and it was a bit bumpy to sit on it; However, with the previous experience of introducing American engines, the power of this car is still good, and after installing snow chains, it is effortless on muddy roads.

Speaking of the naming of this type of vehicle, it also caused a lot of domestic public opinion, when this car came out was developed after Jiangnan Heavy Industry Machinery moved to Xi'an, because it is not far from the Yellow River, and at the same time can reflect the meaning of the mother river of the Chinese nation, this car was named "Yellow River".

However, soon after the name was announced, an opposition newspaper published an article saying that the name was actually a work of flattery. The reason is very simple, Huang He and Huang Ke are the same, isn't this sentence to use this car to show courtesy to the military commander Huang Ke?

This viewpoint has been echoed by many people, and it has also caused a lot of public opinion. Under heavy pressure, Jiangnan Heavy Industry Shaanxi Automobile Industry Plant also explained. Soon after, the battle in Shanghai also made this topic lose its attention, and everyone forgot about it after a long time.

Thinking of these things, Huang Ke couldn't help but smile at the corner of his mouth, he knew the thoughts of the following people, and he couldn't say that the naming of the "Yellow River" had nothing to do with sycophancy, because many military products of heavy industry were codenamed "Yellow River", but it would be too petty to make a fuss about these things.

However, the name does not seem to have the slightest effect on the performance of this vehicle, since the promotion of this jeep quickly began mass production, and it also performed well on the front line, but because of the asymmetry between demand and production, these vehicles were only distributed to battalion-level units on the front-line battlefield, and most of the distribution was a simple type. The so-called simplicity is actually different in the exterior decoration, the simple Yellow River jeep does not have a cover and door, just a piece of canvas covered with a steel bracket, the left and right sides are empty, the summer is fine, the winter ride this car is purely windy, so the front-line officers and soldiers also call the Yellow River jeep the wind jeep.

This time he went to the front line to inspect, Huang Ke was naturally not riding that kind of big windmill. They ride in a soft-top detachable body, which is well sealed around and does not have to be attacked by wind and snow when driving in winter.

Huang Ke and Liu Jian sat in the back seat, and Fourteen Boys sat in the co-pilot. This car is the same as the one issued by the grassroots troops, the space in the car is small, there are only two rows of seats, so it can only seat four people, plus the four soldiers who are tall and wearing heavy military coats, the space in the car is even more cramped.

Huang Ke leaned back, his eyes occasionally looked into the distance, the snow outside had stopped, the land of Qilu was covered with a piece of snow, the sun was sprinkled on it, some bright and shining, the villages in the distance were lined up, the undulating mountains were accompanied by wisps of green smoke, and the frame was black and white, like a moving Chinese rural painting.

"Out of Zhangqiu, it's the battlefield." Liu Jian took off his glasses, took out a cotton cloth from his pocket, gently wiped the mist on it and said: "To be honest, the combat effectiveness of these divisions of the devil is indeed not to be underestimated, and neither the quality of individual soldiers nor the comprehensive combat capability are below the elite troops of our army. I was thinking that if it weren't for this heavy snowfall, they might have been able to hit the city of Jinan. ”

Liu Jian smiled bitterly a few times as he spoke, with some helplessness in his words.

Huang Ke said with a serious expression: "Play the piano randomly!" This Qi Yuan must be dealt with seriously. ”

Liu Jian put on his glasses and said: "Actually, Qi Jiyuan can't be blamed, at that time, I also had some overly optimistic estimates of the situation on the battlefield, and I also used to launch a large corps to fight and encircle and annihilate the enemy in Qingdao. ”

"I don't care exactly how to fight, but it's not right to be too aggressive. We have been fighting Japan for almost a year, and the previous year we fought very well, and all the battlefields remained stable, but if we continue to fight, this situation will be broken. When Huang Ke said these words, his face became grim.

Soon they were on the battlefield of the first line, and here, right next to the front line, was the position of the third regiment of mechanized infantry. This regiment had withstood several rounds of Japanese attacks not long ago, and the dirt of the position had turned into a scorched earth. Although it had snowed a lot not long ago, and the snow covered the scorched earth, the traces of the battle here are still visible: the fire points distributed along the skirmishers, the tanks camouflaged in white cloth, and the red-faced officers and soldiers busy with their work.

After Huang Ke got out of the car, he walked to the front line, and the officers and soldiers temporarily formed a team, Huang Ke raised his right hand to review the scene and delivered a speech on the spot. The mood of the officers and men was very high, and it was clear that they were infected by the enthusiastic words of the supreme military commander.

At the end of the review, I don't know where to rush out of the wild boar, the wild boar rampage made the atmosphere of the scene a lot chaotic for a while, but Huang Ke was not afraid of danger, grabbed the rifle in the guard's hand, aimed at the wild boar and pulled the trigger, and the crazy wild boar was killed by a shot.

At this time, the officers and soldiers of the cooking squad came over, and it turned out that they had caught a wild boar and were about to kill it, but they didn't expect to rush out without tying it up. Huang Ke laughed heartily when he heard this, and he also said that he wanted to taste this wild boar.

This thrilling was seen by many officers and soldiers at the scene, but what they didn't know was that it was arranged by Huang Ke in advance, after all, at this time, it is very necessary to give the people of the whole country a mighty and strong military leader.

After the inspection, Huang Ke and Liu Jian went to other positions, and the next day's newspaper would report all of Huang Ke's itinerary and the killing of wild boars, which were arranged by the people below, and Huang Ke didn't need to worry about it at all.

He sat with Liu Jian on the way back, and not long after he got in the car, Huang Ke asked him, how are you going to fight next?

Liu Jian naturally understood what Huang Ke meant, and the next year was a very critical year. The difference between the comprehensive national strength of China and Japan is too great, although China has developed a lot of military industrial enterprises, but it is far from Japan in some important military industrial enterprises, and in the first year of the war, China invested all its elite divisions into it, which can be said to contain Japan's attack, but then it is less and less, and there will be a disadvantage in fighting with Japan.

"Bo Jian, let's predict the future trend of the Sino-Japanese war and tell me your opinion." Huang Ke changed his words and asked about it again.

Liu Jian thought for a moment and said, "I have to speculate that I am a little pessimistic. ”

"Don't get in the way, let's just discuss it privately, it's not a strategic military meeting convened by the Ministry of Defense, you can just say what you want, just like we looked forward to the future when we were in the Northern Expedition." Huang Ke cheered him up.

Liu Jian stroked his glasses and said: "I predict that for a long time in the future, we will have a big rout period due to the constraints of various conditions such as the army's troops, weapons and equipment. If Japan continues to devote heavy troops to fight us, I am afraid that we will lose a lot of ground by then. ”

Liu Jian has a straightforward personality, and among the military commanders who lead the troops, I am afraid that he dares to say it so bluntly.

Huang Ke nodded after hearing this, and he said, "Your opinion is the same as mine. Actually, at the beginning of the war, I didn't think so, but two months ago, when I talked to Baili about these issues, he keenly pointed out the problems behind the current brief confrontation, and he estimated that we would lose nearly one-third of China's but more than half of China's population on the Shandong Peninsula, Songhu, and Central China. I didn't believe it at the time, I said that we had carried out military modernization and created a mechanized Wehrmacht, and now we are in a confrontation situation with more than a dozen Japanese divisions on the front line, how can we be defeated? ”

"Guess what Baili said?" Huang Ke turned his head to Liu Jian and asked, without waiting for Liu Jian to answer, he said: "Brother Baili saw that I didn't believe it at that time, and made a comparison for me, he compared the supply and demand of our country's military industry with Japan, and I was shocked after seeing it, although our country has built a lot of industries, it cannot be transformed into Japan's combat power in the short term, and our industrial base is still very weak and backward. ”

"But if we persist, we will prevail." Liu Jian followed Huang Ke's words and said: "China is a traditional agricultural country, our industry is concentrated inland, unlike the United States and Japan, occupying an industrial city and their industry will be finished,"

Huang Ke nodded: "So Baili planned with me before he passed away, and it was important to let this situation not occur." ”

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On the first day of the new year, a luxury cruise ship from the United Kingdom to Hong Kong docked at the port of Shanghai. Although there are constant wars in Shanghai, there are still normal exchanges between the port and the port because of its proximity to the concession.

After a few whistles, the luxury cruise ship began to dock, and under the tugboat tow, the cruise ship with the rice flag stopped at the harbor, the spiral ladder was lowered, and the well-dressed passengers came out of the cabin one by one, waving to the people who came to pick up the station.

Wang Maocai walked out with his hands in his pockets, he was wearing a white suit, a pair of white leather shoes, a white top hat on his head, and a pair of fashionable sunglasses. Behind him, a man with a flat head and wearing a Japanese-style youth dress followed closely behind him with a fashionable suitcase in his hand, and a man in the same dress next to him used his arms to block the people around him with sharp eyes, opening the way for Wang Maocai.

The tall foreigners around him were very dissatisfied with this person, but when they saw the sharp-eyed men around him, they knew that these people were not easy to mess with, and they knew that these people must be Japanese.

However, although they were very resentful, the foreigners did not dare to speak loudly, so they could only scold a few words of "damn Japanese monkeys" behind their backs!

Wang Mao got off the boat, and there were several black Mercedes cars parked in front of the dock, and several men in black suits stood in front of the vehicles. As soon as Wang Mao got off the boat, a woman dressed in Yin Dan Shilin came over, and she smiled and said, "Sir, it's been hard all the way!" ”

Wang Maocai ignored her, the corners of his mouth rose and he walked over, got into the car and left.