When I see a once great nation falling behind the times, a feeling of helplessness arises spontaneously! Our nation has led the world for thousands of years, but has been overtaken on the road to modern times!————
— "Quotes from Kongchen"
After more than a month of traveling across the ocean, the visiting delegation of Nazi German officials finally arrived at Hainan Island. The first place they arrived was the Nansha Islands. After reporting and explaining their purpose of visit and having their identities verified one by one by Hainan Army agents, they arrived in Hainan
It arrived at Hainan Island under the escort of the frigates of the South China Sea Fleet.
Li Weidong was very surprised about this. Why did Nazi Germany suddenly send a delegation here? Counting the time, Europe should have been at war by now. What was the reason for Hitler to send people here at this time? Various questions appeared in
Li Weidong couldn't get it out of his mind.
Can't figure it out? Then don't think about it! As the saying goes: Water comes to cover, and soldiers come to stop them. Since they dare to come, then I'm afraid to receive them. And maybe it's a good thing, right? If the Hainan Army wants to go further, it must
Using international strength, Germany may be a good choice.
The behavior of the Germans who came this time was also very strange. They came directly on a Spanish cruise ship and rarely stayed anywhere else along the way. Their goal was very clear to go straight to Hainan Island.
On October 5, representatives of the German government finally arrived in Wenchang City.
Today's Wenchang City is no longer the small town it once was. After two years of vigorous development by the Hainan Military Government, it has become the political center city of Hainan Island. The original dilapidated city walls have long since been demolished, and various building facilities have been expanded outwards in geometric forms.
Due to expansion, land prices in some urban centers have been sky-high due to speculation.
The unprecedented prosperity of the market inevitably affected the development of productivity. The clouds of war shrouded the prosperous Jiangnan area. Some wealthy people followed the Nanjing government and evacuated to Wuchang, but many people also fled to Hainan by boat. They no longer viewed the Nationalist Government very much.
Already.
With the inflow of large amounts of liquidity, businessmen needed to invest and make money, which caused various local industries in Hainan to spread virally. One day, there was even a record of seven rubber shoe factories being established at the same time, which almost caused the economic structure of Hainan Island to collapse.
As a last resort, the military government had no choice but to stabilize the production structure through government intervention and expansion of military orders. Merchants began to produce goods after receiving orders from the military, which were then purchased by the military government, and then consumed by the military or sold to the National Government.
This resulted in a highly centralized economic model led by the government.
In the past two years, the Hainan Army has sold a large amount of military and civilian supplies to the Nationalist Government on the pretext of "anti-Japanese aid". Regarding these high-quality and low-price products, Chairman Chiang expressed mixed feelings. While enjoying the low price, he was also worried
Raising tigers is a recipe for disaster, and a momentary misstep allowed the Hainan Army to grow into a situation that he has to face up to now.
However, this unprecedented economic growth rate cannot conceal the extremely unbalanced problem of Hainan's own industrial development.
The emerging factories are mainly engaged in light handicraft production, such as spinning mills and match factories! If you are bold, you can buy a ship and run a trade! At the worst, you can make money by going to Hongji Coal Mine to bring back some coal.
money!
As for heavy industry and agricultural production, no one cares about it. The only few factories were built by the military government. In this regard, Li Weidong had to vigorously encourage economic transformation, including a three-year tax holiday and preferential policies.
It took a long time for the economy to return to normal development.
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The leader of the German army this time was Hans von Seeckt, known as the father of the German Wehrmacht.
This was not his first visit to China. As early as 1934, he had been invited to serve as Chiang Kai-shek's military adviser, and he also won Chiang Kai-shek's admiration. Unfortunately, the heavy workload made him exhausted and bedridden. In 1935
He returned to China to recuperate due to illness, and it has been four years since he left!
But this time he came to China, it brought him a completely different feeling. It was an inner feeling that could not be expressed in words. Most of the Chinese people he saw in China before were numb, like
He lived like a zombie, but what he saw with his own eyes this time in Hainan overturned what he had seen before.
Perhaps the clothes of the poor people here have not changed, and they are still working hard for food and clothing. But he saw something in these people that he had never seen before. It was a kind of spiritual power, a kind of hope.
smile.
What caused such a big change in these people? This made him curious about the 'commander' of the Hainan Army!
The person in charge of receiving them was a major officer of the Hainan Army. After sending them to the hotel, he left with a few translators. Before leaving, he told them that a dinner would be held at the Yingbin Building at eight o'clock in the evening.
Vehicles will be arranged to pick them up at that time.
Now it is three hours before dark, and they can arrange this rest time freely. They can go out for a walk, enjoy the beautiful scenery of Hainan, or go to the gym to participate in some fitness exercises. The relaxing time passes quickly, and once
In a blink of an eye, the car that came to pick them up had stopped at the door of the hotel.
"Your mission is very clear. It is to inspect the actual military strength of the Hainan Army and analyze the possibility of cooperation between the Hainan Army and our country! According to the data from the Ministry of National Defense, the source of the Hainan Army's advanced weapons has always been unknown. There may be a
Countries or organizations are behind this, and they are obviously very powerful, and our Japanese 'allies' have been beaten to a pulp. So, your other task is to win over them without being hostile to them!" Just get in the car.
Before leaving, Sekter's mind rang with the words that the Führer had said to him alone before leaving.
At the banquet, after a brief introduction, Li Weidong met this German consultant who would become famous in later generations for the first time!
"Nice to meet you, Mr. Sekter! I have heard your honorable name from Mr. Jiang, but I have never seen it!" Li Weidong took two glasses of red wine from the waiter's tray and handed one to Sekter.
Special, said.
"Although I have heard about it before, His Excellency General's youth is unexpected! He is really young and promising!" This was the first time Sekter saw Li Weidong and was surprised by his youth. When he was his age,
I wish I had just joined the military!
"Mr. Sekter is really fluent in Chinese?" Li Weidong was surprised that Sekter spoke fluent Chinese.
"Of course! Not only do I understand Chinese culture, but I also love Chinese delicacies!" Sekter still has a special affection for China.
Seeckt chatted with Li Weidong word by word, ranging from German human geography to ancient Chinese culture. Seeckt also experienced for the first time the "difficulty" of this slightly shy young general, who spoke strictly.
It is watertight and full of nonsense without any important points. It makes Sekter, a diplomatic adviser, very depressed.
"General, let me tell you the truth! Judging from the current situation, Japan has gradually been unable to adapt to our country's 'ally' status, so Germany needs a new 'ally' in the Far East!" At this point, Secker
Te took a deep look at Li Weidong, and Li Weidong also understood what he was referring to.
"And this 'ally' should make us believe that he has this ability, what do you think? General!" Sekter turned from passive to active and said after clinking glasses with Li Weidong.
This old fox! Li Weidong cursed secretly in his heart. Then he laughed and said: "I, with my thin arms and legs, can't stand your torment like this! It's okay! We are going to hold a military exercise tomorrow. If you are interested,
Then let’s come together!”
Li Weidong didn't say anything. And when people come to your place, they must show some expression! It's not Li Weidong's style to let customers leave empty-handed.
"Really! That's great! I personally have admired the famous Hainan Army for a long time!" Sekter achieved half of his goal, so he will not pursue Li Weidong too closely. The purpose of this visit is
Time is still long, and there will always be opportunities in the future.
The next day, Li Weidong personally took Sekter to visit the ordnance station outside the city. In fact, there was nothing in it that needed to be kept secret, so he was not afraid that the Germans would find out. The news that the Hainan Army can produce its own munitions,
It's no secret outside.
The ordnance factory is divided into machine gun production rooms, rifle production rooms, and special firearms production rooms. What Li Weidong took Sekter to visit was the rifle production room. It was a large factory building, with a huge machine in the middle.
Mechanical group. Workers first stamp and shape the forged parts, and then use the tools on the lathe to smooth out the irregularities. The parts that pass the inspection will be transferred to the next link on the crawler, while those parts with problems will be
It was thrown into the scrap to wait for the next recycle.
The only feeling given by the entire workshop is that of efficiency and order.
At the end of the firearms production line, Sekter picked up a rifle that was about to undergo final adjustments. He found that this rifle was surprisingly similar to the Mauser rifles in use in his country. He had seen many imitation Mauser rifles.
Although he was young, this was the first time he saw such a standard Mauser rifle. If he hadn't seen the production process of this rifle with his own eyes, he would even suspect that it was made and sold by a German factory.
"It's undeniable! Li, you have a group of excellent workers! Their excellent craftsmanship is not inferior to that of our country's senior technicians!" Sekter was not stingy with his praise.
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ps: I have a bit of a fever today, and my thoughts are not very good. I have just finished writing this chapter since noon, and my head is about to explode! Take some medicine and go to bed quickly!