June 1, 1941 was definitely a special day

Rommel held military parades in North Africa with great fanfare, and also with Ettore? Admiral Bastico held a press conference together and announced that he would help the African people to end the colonial rule of the Britons and liberate the African people, while the Air Marshal convened a high-level military conference in Berlin and laid out the next phase of the larger bombing of Britain, planning to launch the next phase of the bombing of Britain from July 1941.

On the same day, the Berlin Chancellery visited a military port in Calais, inspected a large number of landing ships captured from the troops of country F, and watched an amphibious landing exercise conducted by the Wehrmacht.

For a time, the entire British Isles was shrouded in the clouds of war, which made people's breathing become depressed

Just when the whole world was being nervous by the Hans, in the basement of the military headquarters of the new First Army in Wuchang, Li Yunlong was making an inexplicable deal with Colonel Rudolph, the military attache of the Hans Embassy in China.

The basement built during the Japanese occupation was a little dim and cold, and if it wasn't necessary, Li Yunlong really didn't want to come here, especially the small light bulb with only fifteen watts flickering on Colonel Rudolph's face was very terrifying.

"Admiral Lee, congratulations! This is a gift from His Excellency the Marshal to congratulate you on your promotion to General 2nd Class. Colonel Rudolph took out a bill of lading from his arms and gave it to Li Yunlong, in the recent big counterattack, Li Yunlong turned the tide and made an extraordinary achievement, forcing the Military Commission to adjust his rank and officially promote to the rank of second-class admiral, well, well, still in the navy.

In fact, the supreme authorities were very entangled, and the combat effectiveness of the 68th Provisional Division was really terrifying, and it was not at all comparable to the so-called elite of the national army; in the later stage of the war, the 68th Provisional Division simply dismantled the armored units in its hands, and a T-38 tank with a platoon of infantry dared to regain the county town and storm the Japanese garrisons that stubbornly resisted and did not retreat, so that now two-thirds of the county towns in the northern part of Hubei Province are under the control of the provisional 68th Division and the provisional 69th Division.

As for Zhang Zhonglin and Qiu Qingquan, of course, they are also fierce generals, but the combat effectiveness of the troops in their hands is really not comparable to others, and even many times the division commander needs to personally go to the front line to supervise the battle.

In this case, even if they are unwilling in their hearts, the highest authorities have to ask the Military Commission to promote Li Yunlong's military rank, and it has to be carried out in a high-profile manner, otherwise how to show the courage of the national army and how to show that they have a close relationship with northern Shaanxi, after all, the opponent is not the same as in the past, you don't see that the highest authorities have always been ruthless in their actions against opponents, but when it is time to admit it, this one can never afford to let go.

"What's so embarrassing, that, what's the use of this?" Li Yunlong asked a little embarrassed, the air marshal often brought him some gifts, but it was the first time to give the bill of lading, Lao Li is now a pseudo-cultural person, but he really can't recognize the scribbled German on the bill of lading, well, even if he doesn't scribble, he can't recognize a few words.

"General, as long as you go to the Hans Bank in Hankow and show the bill of lading, in addition to the marshal's personal gift to you, there is also the gold you asked the marshal to exchange for that ruble, no more, no less, a hundred tons." Rudolph said with a smile, although Wang Yue's goods are very restrained, there are still a lot of rubles sold one after another, so that Hans noticed the abnormality, so he took the initiative to find Li Yunlong and offered to help exchange it.

To put it bluntly, the Hans have already decided that these are counterfeit banknotes, but the question is, isn't the ruble, which even the Federal National Bank can't distinguish, real? It's not easy for Shancheng to make a move, but they are different, they and the alliance still have free trade in the Dabobo region, and the financial order in the eastern part of Dabobo is still unstable, plus the three Baltic regions, they have a way to spend these rubles.

As a result, the Hans used 100 tons of gold to get more than 500 million rubles and 600 million rubles from Li Yunlong's side, and then returned from the eastern part of the Great Bobo and the Baltic Sea region, on the one hand, to enrich their own material reserves, on the other hand, to destroy the economy of the eastern part of the Union, for example, in the past few months, in the eastern part of the Great Bobo alone, prices have risen by 100%, the initial establishment of the ruble credit system has almost collapsed, and the local people's revolt is also high.

The air marshal calculated that the face value of this ruble was equivalent to 420 tons of gold, and the materials purchased from the Alliance-controlled area were more than 200 tons of gold even at the lowest valuation, and he earned at least 100 tons of gold from coming and going.

"Alas, Lao Tzu thought it was all for our Lao Li!" Li Yunlong said deliberately, but a big stone fell in his heart, but at that time, he guaranteed that Wang Yue's "umbrella company" and the air marshal traded, and this exchange was not given at that time, which made Lao Li a little unsupportive, after all, the money was too much, and he Lao Li had never seen so much money in his life.

As for whether the ruble is fake or not, or what did Hans buy it back for? Li Yunlong also knows in his heart, in fact, many people have a number in their hearts, but everyone invariably did not talk about this issue, and even pretended not to know from beginning to end, and even warned Li Yunlong that this matter must be kept strictly confidential.

"Admiral Li said with a smile, as long as you open your mouth, the air marshal will never be stingy." Colonel Rudolph didn't lie, during this period of time, because of the intervention of the "umbrella company", the supply situation of the empire has been greatly improved, especially in North Africa, as long as a small amount of red wine, cheese, truffle, ham can be exchanged for enough things, greatly saving capacity, increasing efficiency, just a few months, the North African Army can not only achieve initial self-sufficiency, but also feed back to the homeland, and the number is very large.

It is said that the person in the Prime Minister's Office personally called the Air Marshal several times, asking him to maintain a good relationship with Li Yunlong, and even ask the Prime Minister's Office for support if necessary.

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