Hearing him say this, Luo Fu couldn't help but shake his head slightly, "This is already planning for the chariot battalion?" It's you. ”

Although most people do not yet know about the establishment of the Marine Brigade, such inside information is nothing to him.

"Isn't it good to plan ahead? If there were no (medium tanks), the Marine Corps would have only floats with thin skins and heavy tanks that were slow to swallow. ”

"What's wrong with that?"

Amphibious tanks are used to accompany the landing detachment to seize the beach and accompany support, and heavy tanks are used to cooperate with the troops to hold the landing site and beachhead.

"The best defense is to attack, and if conditions permit, it is much more flexible to put in an armored detachment to carry out a surprise attack, disrupt the enemy's offensive preparations, and break up their offensive."

"You...... It's so bold again. ”

Zhou Changfeng replied disappreciatively: "This is not called boldness, this is a necessary enterprising spirit, even if you can't completely win the initiative on the battlefield, you can't give up directly, right?" ”

Luo Fu, who smiled bitterly, waved his hand, "Okay, whatever you want, this thing is going to work anyway." ”

Compared to the Army, the Marine Corps has much less demand and is more well-funded, so there is no need to worry about whether to equip all tanks with on-board radios.

The 40 Type 38 medium combat vehicles that the navy has won will all be equipped with radio equipment, ordinary vehicles will only be equipped with receivers, and platoon and company commanders will also be equipped with transmitters.

In addition, pneumatic auxiliary shifting equipment, leather seats, and small electric fans have all been added - this is the habit of the Navy when purchasing vehicles, and they must all be fully equipped at the top of the level.

"By the way, now that you have seen this situation, I don't know when the sky will change." Luo Fu stretched out his hand and pointed to the sky, "My sister-in-law is pregnant, I'm afraid you won't be able to accompany you at that time." ”

"yes, I've been thinking about this for the past few days."

"Hiring someone directly is a worry."

In fact, Zhou Changfeng had plans for this before, but he always stayed at the stage of thinking about it and did not put it into action.

Given the growing urgency of the situation, it is indeed time for serious consideration.

Later, he talked to Xia Xiaoshi about it. The latter was a little resistant at first, worried that it would not be easy to get along.

"No, sir, I can take care of myself, if I have difficulty moving, then I can ask my mother to come and take care of me for some time, why bother?"

"Come on, it's easy for you to talk about it, but you will suffer when the time comes."

"That's fine, but it must be a very well-behaved and pleasant ......"

In this way, the matter of hiring people was tentatively settled.

There are quite a lot of specific requirements.,First of all, the gender defaults to female.,There's no need to say much about this.,Otherwise, the more you think about it, the more outrageous it becomes.。

In short, this maid must first follow Xia Xiaoshi's hope of "gentleness and loveliness", and secondly, the age requirement is between twenty and thirty years old; At the same time, Zhou Changfeng considered that he usually had to be able to chat with Xia Xiaoshi openly and talkatively, so his cultural level must be at least middle school.

Because it is too close and close, it is best for the candidate to be close to him, so he called Zhou Roujia to ask if there was a recommended candidate in this regard, but unfortunately there was none.

The same is true for Xia's father and mother's side, women who meet all the requirements are either married, or they are too angry to do the work of serving people under the fence.

After inquiring around like this but to no avail, Zhou Changfeng finally had to go to the tooth shop to find it on his behalf.

The reason why I didn't go to a housekeeping company was mainly because I felt that those people were not very reliable, and there must be very few candidates who met the requirements, otherwise the company would offer prices all over the place.

So Zhou Changfeng still went to the dental shop, so one-on-one, directly introduced the on-site contracting, and avoided the intermediate exploitation of the housekeeping company.

As an intermediary, this intermediary company named Xinyun is not small, operating a variety of point-to-point businesses.

After asking the requirements, the waiter who received him bowed his head and said, "Does the gentleman's house have a telephone?" If you find it, we can call or send a letter to let you know. ”

"Just call." At this time, Zhou Changfeng suddenly thought of something, raised his hand and said, "Oh wait, I forgot to say a note." ”

"It's okay, you just say it."

"It's because of my personal reasons, if you come to my house, you should still be subject to the review of the Foreign Investigation Factory."

"Oh, that's right...... Okay, I've got you covered. ”

Two days later.

In Nanjing in July, the weather is sunny and windless, the heat is unbearable, the temperature is as high as 35 °C in the afternoon, and the temperature is even higher.

And because of the topography, the heat of Nanjing and the heat of Yanjing are completely different, and the humid heat with more water vapor will make people feel that the whole body is slightly damp, and after sweating, it is wet and sticky, which is very unpleasant.

Outside the door of Xinyun company, a thin figure ushered in, she took the umbrella, and then looked left and right for a while, and then walked in nervously.

The girl's name is Lin Xi, she grew up in Dongwanlu, and she is an authentic Lanfang person. Her great-grandfather was a native of Zhangzhou, Fujian, and was one of the thousands of people who went to Nanyang to wander through the oceans, worked as a gold miner and a dart master in Dongwanlu, and later married a wife and had children in the local area.

The well-off life of the Lin family was actually very comfortable, but she couldn't suppress Lin Xi's desire and curiosity about the outside world, and after graduating from middle school, she worked in the local library for a year, and then she had the audacity to secretly resign and board the ship to Fuzhou.

So, she came here, the Ming Jingshi Ying Tianfu.

Along the way, the strange accent made her suffer a lot of contempt, so she was very nervous to be in this bright tooth shop.

What kind of work can be done for a young girl who has crossed the ocean?

Waiter in the restaurant? No, the salary is too small and not decent.

Accounting for a company? No, I'm not competitive.

A nurse in a hospital? No, the salary during the internship is too meagre, and it is almost impossible to live in the dignified capital of the Ming Dynasty.

Lin Xi actually wanted to find a stable place to transition for a while, correct his accent, and be able to speak Nanjing Mandarin fluently. In addition, "eating" and "wearing" can be very frugal, but "living" is not easy to do, and the housing prices in the capital can almost squeeze out her monthly salary.

So she set her sights on the job of a housemaid who seemed tempting.

Looking at the dazzling array of dozens of different requests, she patiently flipped through them one by one, and finally spotted one of them.

"This is a little different, the identity of the head of this household is very high, and if you go to his house, you may have to be reviewed by the foreign factory." An employee casually reminded.

"Outside the factory? What is that? "Lin Xi doesn't know why.

"It's a spy, checking people."

"Oh."

Despite this additional request, she was intrigued.

The small size of the family meant that there wouldn't be much to do, mainly to take care of the pregnant hostess. And I have a lot of free time to eat, and my salary is also considerable, with a full 40 yuan per month.

It's a job made for yourself! While the requirement to sign a one-year contract may seem restrictive, it pales in comparison to other benefits.

In the afternoon of the same day, Zhou Changfeng, who had just returned home from a meeting at the military headquarters, received a call from Yaxing, claiming that someone had been hired and asking him when he was going to meet for confirmation.

Without further ado, since it's still early, let's do it right away.

More than an hour later, when he heard a knock on the door, Zhou Changfeng came to the front yard with Xia Xiaoshi and opened the door.

"May I ask if this is the Zhou family? I'm here to be hired......"

A small man of less than 1.6 meters, with a thin body, a slightly dark complexion, a round face, and large eyes. Although her appearance is not outstanding, she looks very pleasing to the eye, and this girl has a very good first impression on Zhou and Xia.

However, the girl's accent is really a bit ...... Blame.

"That's right." Zhou Changfeng didn't show any other looks, but just bowed his head and said, "Come in and talk." ”

"Yes......"

"How old are you?"

"Hmm... Nineteen, twenty next month. ”

Lin Xi's background made Zhou quite surprised and curious, there was a Lanfang girl in his family who dared to venture boldly?

"Lanfang" is the full name of the Lanfang Great Unified Republic, the causes and consequences of the establishment needless to say, even if there is no Ming and Qing dynasties, but there will still be countless Chinese who go to Nanyang.

In 1777, Lan Fong was founded in Pontianak, in western Borneo, where gold is abundant. Since then, the surrounding tribes and clans have responded and joined one after another. At its peak, Lan Fang's sphere of influence encompassed almost the entire Borneo continent.

Lan Fang's successive commanders attached great importance to the development of production, improving farming, expanding mining, building roads and bridges, and so on. The military system is also unique, and all young and middle-aged people throughout the country are required to receive military training, except for a small number of standing armies.

In terms of culture and education, it also followed traditional culture, lectured and taught, and even hired Confucianism from the Ming Dynasty to teach.

Historically, the Qing Dynasty was not interested in Lan Fang, a small country spontaneously established by the "outcasts of the Celestial Empire", and in order to avoid being annexed by the Dutch, Lan Fang pretended to be a vassal of the Qing Dynasty, which frightened the attack of the Dutch who were eyeing him.

Later things were logical, the end of the Qing Dynasty was defeated, and the Dutch invaded Lanfang, and the Qing Dynasty ignored this, and the Dutch, who had the advantage in weapons and equipment, naturally succeeded.

But the difference today is that the Ming did not collapse after the initial crisis, and the long-coveted Dutch, although they also tried to annex Lan Fang, but it ended in failure.

At that time, the Ming court, which received a request for help, also had many differences, some thought that it was not appropriate to mix, some thought that it should be stopped openly, some thought that it should be openly sent troops, and some thought that it should be secretly assisted.

In the end, the emperor ordered the Nanyang Naval Division to hold a parade, and secretly assisted several batches of ordnance. In the face of the Ming Dynasty's posture and the stubborn resistance of the Lanfang army and civilians, the Dutch had to abandon the annexation plan, but the territory of Lanfang was also greatly reduced, leaving only a small piece of western Borneo.

Today's imperial court has a clear position for Lanfang, seeing it as a bridgehead for the projection of Ming influence and military power.

Due to the abundant resources of rare metals and the relatively developed trade, Lanfang's finances are very rich, and because it was once infinitely close to the danger of national annihilation, it attaches great importance to the construction of national defense forces.

The Lanfang Great Command has two major armed force systems, the National Defense Force and the Civil Defense Force, the former is divided into three armed forces, the army, navy and air force, and the latter only has land forces.

The army has 2 infantry divisions, 5 infantry brigades, 1 tank regiment, 2 field heavy artillery regiments, and 1 anti-aircraft artillery regiment, totaling more than 80,000 people; The Air Force has more than 300 fighters of various types; The navy has 1 heavy cruiser, 2 light cruisers, 6 destroyers, and 5 small submarines, all of which were purchased from Daming or France, in addition to hundreds of minesweepers, minelayers, submarine hunters, and torpedo boats.

The Civil Defence Force is the second-echelon armed force, which is used to cooperate with the Defence Force in carrying out defensive tasks, and its equipment and training are much backward.

Of course, the tradition of all people being soldiers continues to this day, and it has been enhanced by the advancement of ideology and culture – women are not required to serve in the military, but are also trained in other skills such as medical care.

Under the one-year military service system, all young and middle-aged people in Lanfang have received military training and have served in the army. What is even more exaggerated is that any university student, male or female, must participate in the additional training of candidate officers in their spare time, and upon graduation they will become a second lieutenant in the reserve of the Wehrmacht; High school students are not mandatory, but voluntarily participate in the training of non-commissioned officers, and are awarded the rank of corporal or sergeant in the reserve based on their merit.

In addition, around the main transportation routes between the port and the town, various semi-permanent and permanent fortifications can be found everywhere.

It can be said that this almost pathological move has made Lan Fang a "hedgehog" that should not be underestimated, and both the British and the Americans are very nerve-wracking when formulating military plans around Lan Fang.

“…… Anyway, that's it, I'm likely to be away from home for a long time in the future, my wife is pregnant, and life will be somewhat inconvenient in the future, you just need to take care of her. ”

"Well, sir, I know it all."

Zhou Changfeng is very satisfied with all aspects of Lin Xi, and his behavior, appearance, knowledge, and personality all meet the needs of his family.

As for the accent, it can be reversed in a few months.

Perhaps because of her interest in Lan Fang, Xia Xiaoshi and Lin Xi had a very happy conversation, and even excitedly discussed how they would travel there in the future to see how the people who went to Nanyang in the past overcame obstacles to establish such a unique small state overseas.

So is this really a three-minute heat?

The next day, after finalizing some details, they were ready to sign the contract.

Zhou's life is very comfortable, but some people are different, and the burden of status and power is extremely worrying.

Also on the same day, a passenger plane took off steadily from Takahashi Airport and slowly flew in the direction of the Dongying Islands after changing course.

It was none other than the crown prince Zhu Likai on board.

Through the round windows next to the cabin, the propellers of the engines on the inside of the wing can be seen spinning at high speed, and the things below are getting smaller and smaller, until they are completely obscured by white clouds.

Parallel to the passenger plane, there are three fighters on the left and right, and the whole is in an inverted V-shaped formation.

"How's the preparation going over there?"

"Since yesterday, we have been stepping up preparations for the audience, and Your Highness can rest assured." One of the attendants hurriedly replied.

Zhu Likai said one more sentence, "This is a great symbol, and there can be no mistakes." ”

(End of chapter)