But anyone who knows a little about military affairs knows that the navy is the most expensive branch of the world in the world! The army is enough to arm an infantry division, and the navy may not be enough to buy a second-class destroyer for cannon fodder, like the main force of the battleship class, there are 20 or 30 million ships, and it is the same as sinking in a war.

In light of this, when Franco said that he wanted a battleship, Zhao Jian really doubted that he had the financial resources!?

"Uh...... General Franco, what specifications of battleship do you want? ”

"Just help me win this civil war! My admirals have complained to me more than once that they lack combat power, that their logistics cannot keep up, that damaged ships cannot be repaired in a timely manner, and that those of my allies ...... Hehe! ”

With a sneer on his face, Franco recalled a week earlier, when he approached the ambassadors of Germany and Italy in the hope of getting some naval assistance. As a result, the Italians only refused to sell him some old destroyers and reconnaissance submarines, and the Germans simply said, I will only help you arm the army. Helplessly, Franco said that he was willing to spend money and not ask for it in vain, but the "conscience price" of these two goods made Franco eager to dig out their conscience!

"The price offered by the Germans is no different from robbery, a light cruiser dares to ask me for the price of a battleship, the price of the Italians is very fair, but they are only willing to sell me the obsolete goods that I have decommissioned. The United Kingdom, the United States, France, and Japan all responded to the call of the League of Nations to impose a military embargo on me, so now I can only turn to Datang, who has not expressed his position? ”

After thinking for a while, Franco waved at the adjutant on the side, and the other party quickly took a bag of Wenjiàn, and Franco pushed it in front of Zhao Jian, and then said with a smile.

"I know you may not be in charge, but you can take back this 'naval construction plan' of mine. Give it to someone who can call the shots, and convey that I hope to have a small request at a reasonable price, and it will not be too late to reply to me next time I come. ”

"That's what you want to entrust me?"

"That's right! That's it. As I said, I can understand the idea that the merchant wants as many customers as possible, so I don't care if you provide the IRA with capacity and weapons, you are not exactly on the opposite side of me, and that is still within my tolerance. I can be kind and understanding to anyone except the Communists. ”

"Oh well! I'll convey it on my behalf. ”

Picking up Franco's "Great Construction Plan", Zhao Jian left the Commander-in-Chief's Mansion and returned to the ship. While the weapon was still being unloaded, Zhao Jian returned to the room to take a look at the plan first. Anyway, when the other party gave him the bag, he didn't seal it. Naturally, it means not being afraid to let him see.

From this plan, it can be seen that Franco has completely given up the idea of building a powerful navy. Such a pragmatic and shrewd person naturally understands that the first generation of the "empire on which the sun never sets" has long been a thing of the past, and that Spain is still struggling to protect itself in the present situation. Not to mention the struggle for world domination.

1 heavy cruiser, 4 light cruisers, 12 destroyers, 20 patrol boats, this is what Franco conceived. The whole family of the future of the Spanish Navy. The capital ship is simply not wanted. In terms of scale, it is similar to that of the Netherlands, which can be regarded as admitting the fact that it has declined. Franco planned to hand over all these warships to foreign countries for design, and only the destroyers were responsible for the construction of the destroyers, which was a reluctant choice made by Franco after considering the actual situation.

Stuffing the plan into the safe and putting it away, Zhao Jian felt that it was very likely that China would accept this order, knowing that in the past, the Spanish navy was strictly dependent on the British. Dig into the corner of this old rival, why not?

It took less than four hours for the Spanish workers to complete the unloading, and that was just a few moments. More than a dozen waves of people secretly came to the door, all of them Spaniards who hoped to escape by boat.

As Franco himself said, he could have good intentions and understanding for anyone but the Communists, but another way to interpret this sentence is that Franco had no good intentions towards the Communists. In the areas occupied by the Nationalist Army, in just a few months, nearly 100,000 people were arrested on suspicion of "colluding with the Communist Party."

Franco followed a seemingly formal legal process in dealing with these people, but he set up a "special court" in which judges were only responsible for convicting the arrested people of "crimes" and then handing them over to prison guards to enforce. Prisoners are not allowed to apply for a defense lawyer, nor are they allowed to speak during the trial, as long as they obediently wait to be imprisoned or executed.

For these people's requests, Zhao Jian could only regretfully refuse them, because next he was going to the territory of the Republican Army in the west, and the situation there was not much better than here!

Soon, the unloaded Pingbo lifted off to the disappointed eyes of a group of people, but unbeknownst to them, the ship turned around and headed west as soon as it flew into the clouds. It is a very dangerous move to cross the front line of the battle from within the atmosphere, but it is not a problem for the Zhao ship, which has a "super radar".

Only a day later than the vanguard fleet, the Pinpo also arrived at Marta under the control of the Republican Army, which was much more lively than the last time he left, and the docks were crowded with people who could hear any language.

In response to the call of the Comintern, proletarians and anti-fascists from all over the world came to Spain to take up arms and fight for the republican government. The grassroots officers and men of this "mixed army" are made up of people from more than 50 countries, and no matter how unified their beliefs are, when they come together, they are a mess.

"Are these people really here to fight?"

Zhao Jian had heard a little about the prestige of the international column in his previous life, but he, like everyone else, was skeptical about the combat effectiveness of this improvised patchwork army. However, he also felt that at least the courage of these people who volunteered to go to the battlefield must not be lacking, which is quite an outstanding advantage.

As soon as Zhao Jian got off the boat, he joined his companions near the dock, they had already collected some information for him in advance, and as soon as Zhao Jian returned to the Hydrangea, Di Rui reported all this information to Zhao Jian.

"Rezenov was demoted? For the hair? ”

"It is not clear, his troops are said to have contributed a lot in the battle to capture Bunona, and the casualties were not small. As a result, the entire squadron was awarded the collective first-class merit, except for him, the captain. ”

“……”

Hearing this news, Zhao Jian was surprised, but not surprised.

Rezenov's temper is called "hard" at best, "stinky" at worst! With his urine, if anyone dares to upset him, it is estimated that even Stalin will dare to beat him! In fact, the reason why he landed in this step of the field does have a lot to do with his "right hand of Hu Lai".

In the battle to capture Bunona, Rezenov's armored squadron suffered heavy losses, only 4 of the 16 mechs survived the battle, and Krisgaard's mech was the only remaining BT-5. It was not until after the end of the battle that Rezenov learned that it was Dragovich's erroneous command that prevented the follow-up troops from being able to follow up in time for reinforcements.

Originally, if the initial plan had been followed, the follow-up troops would have advanced in a loose formation as a regiment, and the mountain artillery company deployed by the Nationalist Army on the lonely peak would have played little role even if it had opened fire. However, Dragovich ordered the follow-up troops to charge en masse, and 7,000 men advanced in a dense formation, which immediately gave the mountain artillery a good opportunity to "brush their heads".

When he saw the enemy charging in a dense formation, the commander of this mountain artillery company immediately made a decision and ordered the artillery to start firing without waiting for the headquarters to speak. It took them only 25 minutes to fire all the 1,000 shells they had brought up the mountain, and the Republican soldiers who charged down the hill suffered heavy losses under the shelling, until the destroyers from the navy had scared off the rebels in the city, and they could not rush up to support the first echelon.

It is worth mentioning that the mountain artillery company committed suicide in the cave en masse afterwards, not as much as how loyal they were to Franco, but because they understood that surrendering was definitely worse than death!

After knowing the reason, Rezenov angrily came to the command post, and in the stunned eyes of the officers, he punched Dragovich with a smug face! (To be continued......)

PS: The outsourced big construction is also a big construction!