At Hainan Wenchang Airport, Li Weidong's special plane slowly slid down the runway. This was already a week after Li Weidong left for Nanjing.
Due to the busy war, Li Weidong resolutely returned to Hainan Island despite Zhang Zhizhong's appeal.
During this week, Li Weidong revealed some information about the Hainan Army to Chiang Kai-shek, which really shocked Chiang Kai-shek.
He actually told Chiang Kai-shek that he had established a complete industrial production line with the support of patriotic overseas Chinese and could share it with the Central Army.
Of course, this is not to bluff Chiang Kai-shek, but Li Weidong used a copycat artifact like the Tianming Base to limit the scientific and technological threshold for development, which simply does not exist.
Rifles, vehicles, and aircraft, as long as there are sufficient resources, multiple production lines can be set up and produced continuously. With these large quantities of sophisticated weapons and equipment, China and Japan can narrow the gap to a limited extent.
However, the things Li Weidong was asked to take out were not without conditions.
This required Chiang Kai-shek to acquiesce in the right of the Hainan Army to enter the Guangdong and Guangxi areas and command operations independently after the Japanese army attacked Guangdong and Guangxi.
In fact, for the Hainan Army, the conditions are the same whether or not. And even if Chiang Kai-shek disagrees, Li Weidong will lead his troops into the Guangdong and Guangxi areas.
The purpose of this is to take care of the Central Army's face. If the Hainan Army fails to obey the Nanjing government's orders every time, it will always violate the Nanjing government's bottom line.
And Li Weidong did not want to break up with the Central Army during the Anti-Japanese War. After all, the Nanjing government was the central government of China.
And in this name, Li Weidong strongly supported Chiang Kai-shek's military power, enabling the Nationalist Government to withstand the next stage of the Japanese offensive.
The other one is to repay Chiang Kai-shek for his help in public opinion to Li Weidong during the Hainan Army's North Vietnam War. Li Weidong is a person with clear grudges. If anyone treats him well, he will repay him twice as much.
Stepping into the commander-in-chief's office and sitting on the desk chair, Li Weidong looked at the pile of documents accumulated in front of him, and his head instantly felt big.
Afterwards, Li Weidong struggled for more than three hours before he saw the wooden table surface instead of the khaki kraft paper documents.
Putting down the pen, Li Weidong moved his shoulders and sighed, he must find a way as soon as possible! Otherwise, if the territory becomes larger in the future, he will die of exhaustion sooner or later!
Seeing Chief of Staff Ge Changming, Li Weidong asked: "During my absence, nothing happened in Hainan Island, right?"
After handing an ordinary review document to Li Weidong, General Staff Ge Changming said: "No, everything is still normal!"
But Ge Changming paused for a moment, and then continued: "However, the Japanese troops stationed in Taiwan are showing signs of landing in Zhejiang, Fujian and other places! According to intelligence, the Japanese navy is undergoing repairs and will go south in about a month!"
Standing up, Li Weidong looked through the window at the streets with people coming and going below, and said in a deep voice: "It seems that the Japanese can't help it anymore!"
In August, the arrogant Japanese navy suffered a bloody blow in the Gulf Battle. Of course they would want revenge.
Therefore, Li Weidong knew that the current peace and tranquility in Hainan Island was only short-lived. The battle between the Hainan Army and the Japanese had just begun. Hidden under the calm waves, there was about to be a more violent storm.
Li Weidong suddenly asked: "What about the special operations team? Has Lin Fuqing been rescued? I don't want Americans to join this game now!"
No one in the world knows better than Li Weidong how powerful the United States, entrenched in the American continent, is secretly.
It's not that this merchant country doesn't want to join the war, but it's waiting for a reasonable excuse, an excuse like the Pearl Harbor incident in its previous life.
Therefore, Li Weidong has always been cautious in supporting the Philippine rebels, for fear of getting into trouble.
Gao Yi immediately replied: "There is no news from them yet!"
However, under the investigation of military intelligence agents, it is certain that the US military base was attacked five days ago, and then the US soldiers blocked various transportation arteries in the Philippines. It must be that their mission must have been successful.
"What happened was counterproductive!" Li Weidong sighed.
It seems that things in the Philippines need to be relaxed now, and the Hainan Army needs to go all out to face the Japanese attack.
"Inform the chief officers of each unit of the military government to hold a meeting in the conference room in half an hour!" Li Weidong said to Gao Yi.
Following Li Weidong's words, Gao Yi, the adjutant, immediately stood at attention and saluted, saying: "Yes, general!"
As Li Weidong was talking, Wu Qiang and others were hiding in the jungle of the Philippines. Four days had passed since the night they left Lin Fuqing.
The attack on the secret U.S. military base made the governor of the Philippines go crazy. He immediately sent troops to set up checkpoints at the exits of the main roads in the southern part of the jungle, and the defenses were very tight.
In Wu Qiang's team, there were not only beggar-like resistance fighters, but also a blond and blue-eyed foreigner. Such a strange team, even if they were disguised, would still be very noticeable on the road.
Moreover, they still had several wounded soldiers, which seriously affected their combat effectiveness. Therefore, Chu Daming had no choice but to decide to cross the US military blockade along the sparsely populated forest.
"Um..., what secret do you think you know? Then why are the Americans looking for you like crazy?" Wu Qiang asked the strange foreigner.
"I've told you many times, my name is Schroeder, not 'that'!" Schroeder Hiller replied dissatisfied. He took the trouble to explain his name to Wu Qiang, but Wu Qiang just couldn't remember it.
Schroeder pointed to his temple and said: "As for why the Americans wanted to arrest me, it's because I know a secret, a research report!"
"What secret? Tell it and let everyone listen!" Wu Qiang couldn't wait to ask after hearing that there was a secret.
Schroeder shook his head like a rattle. That research information was used by him to protect his family's lives. How could he tell others so easily.
In the end, Schroeder couldn't bear Wu Qiang's questioning and revealed a little bit: "Alloy is information about strengthening armor!"
Alloy is a material widely used in military and civilian life in later generations. It is used to manufacture high-strength aluminum alloys for aircraft, armor for warships and tanks, etc.
The use of some alloys can increase the portability of the equipment, enable it to withstand higher intensity pressure, and have characteristics such as resistance to seawater erosion and anti-magnetic properties.
When talking about his strengths, Schroeder's eyes started to shine, and he talked endlessly, with some professional terms popping up from time to time.
However, what he said made Wu Qiang confused, and he didn't understand anything for a long time. With his educational level of not graduating from elementary school, he couldn't understand something like alloy.