Fang Minghao carried a heavy suitcase full of casual clothes and military uniforms and left the dormitory prepared for the naval representatives by the Jiangnan Shipyard. The car sent by Ambassador Liu Yongqing to pick him up was already waiting for him downstairs.
A luxurious German cruise ship was moored at Huishan Pier across the Huangpu River. The Navy sent a speedboat to send their 13 members of the military advisory group stationed in Italy to the opposite side of the river. The black hull of the cruise ship stood high.
Pier 4, the stern of the boat is written in a line of German capitals with gold-plied "Shankhorst" written horizontally. A red flag on the bow of the boat is fluttering in the wind, and a conspicuous "Wan" character is printed in the white circle in the center.
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They went to the gangway, and Lieutenant Colonel von Thomas stood there to greet these colleagues from China, "Welcome to Germany!"
"Hi! Hello, but we are going to Italy!" Colonel Yue Chengzong from the Army seemed to know this little man named De*.
"Ah, that's the same. We are as close as the Italians, aren't we? The heads of the two countries have just formed an "Iron and Steel Alliance." Lieutenant Colonel von Toma was stunned for a moment before saying, "Please follow me."
I'll come, the Ambassador is waiting for you in the first class, and the Head of State specially ordered us to transfer your second class ticket to the first class."
"Is this true of the order of the Head of State?" Yue Chengzong said: "But I have to thank you for your kindness."
A group of people followed the German lieutenant colonel up the gangway to the third deck. The captain specially accompanied Ambassador Liu to greet them on the deck and arranged their accommodation in person.
"Wow, is it a little too luxurious for each person to have a suite?" As an expert in military industry, Cheng Hui felt a little flattered, "I have never enjoyed this kind of treatment."
"If you give me a gift, you will ask for something! This trip is definitely not easy, and maybe the trouble will be at the back." Fang Minghao said casually, directing the waiter to move his luggage into the room.
An hour later, the mail ship sounded three whistles, and three elevated gangways on the dock were removed from the hull. The band played the national anthem of the Republic and the German national anthem on the dock. This large cruise ship with a full load displacement of more than 20,000 tons.
Under the guidance of two tugboats, they slowly left the Shanghai Wharf.
A flash of lightning shone through the rolling black clouds in the sky, illuminating the sailing "Shanhorst", followed by a rolling thunder blew up on the sea. On the dark sea, heavy rains were pouring
, poured down from mid-air. The ship encountered heavy rain when it was about to arrive at the Zhoushan Islands, but the wind and waves were not very big. Even so, it made the passengers who were traveling far away for the first time feel palpitations.
Someone was knocking on the cabin door. Fang Minghao opened the door and saw Yue Chengzong and two army officers standing at the door, "Is there anything wrong, colonel?"
"It's nothing. You know we've never been on a boat. This ghost weather makes people feel uncomfortable, so I came to chat with you and saw the two of them again in the corridor." Yue Chengzong said.
"Ah, please come in. The person who dares to admit that he is timid must be a warrior!" Fang Minghao smiled and let these people into the room. There was a small living room in the first-class suite with a pair of sofas and three more
An Italian-style round chair can sit down to chat or play cards.
"Haha, you have been awarded the prize. I am not a warrior." Yue Chengzong sat on the sofa and said.
"I didn't say this, it was said by the president." Fang Minghao said, "When the submarine troops that started the Malay Battle, the president also came. At that time, a reporter asked a torpedo when he was launching a torpedo underwater.
Feeling that the torpedo was honest: 'very scared', the president laughed and said that to praise the torpedo."
"Ah, thank you for inspiring me with the words of the president." Yue Chengzong smiled, "To be honest, even in the battlefield, we landlady has never been timid, but on the water, we landlady always feel a little scared.
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"This is normal. In the navy, more than half of people feel fear when they first go out to sea, especially when they encounter storms." Fang Minghao laughed, "Are you all going to Italy?" He turned the topic
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"Ah, no, we went to Italy to help them form armored troops, but Colonel Cheng and others went to Germany to help them guide military production, and there were also some cooperation in technical exchanges." Yue Chengzong said.
"Will the senior management form an alliance with the Germans?" Cheng Hui said, "This year, several batches of military personnel have been sent to Germany."
"Who knows, this is all the decisions of the top leaders. But we are in the war now, and it is estimated that the Germans will not come to this muddy water. Although we have achieved local victory at present, if we want to win in full, it is still better to win the whole country.
It's too early. Even if the Germans want to get benefits, they won't be at this time." Yue Chengzong said, "But our victory confirms what the president said on the declaration of war broadcast: All imperialism is a paper tiger!"
Speaking of this, he laughed.
"But we really stripped the British from pretending to be powerful and showed the weakness of this old empire before the world. The lion with a crown on his head has grown old, and it has actually been declining since the European War."
Fang Minghao said: "Will these encourage Hitler? The Germans suffered many unfair treatment imposed on them after the European War, and ceded a lot of land. But the Germans who lived on those lands suffered a lot.
Bullying, Hitler's personality, must not tolerate this state for a long time. "
"But what are the mistakes of the Czechs? Now Germany has annexed this country for no reason." Yue Chengzong said that in fact, many people in the Republican army have sympathy for the Czechs. After all, in Siberia, there are many people with
The Czech Legion fought together.
"Then what can I do? I can only blame their country for being too weak. This is a world where the strong prey on the weak." Fang Minghao said, "For example, if we fail in this war, it is very likely that these powerful people will be divided up.
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"To be honest, at the beginning of the war, I was really worried that none of the four countries of Britain, France, Russia and Japan were good at it. We actually provoked four at the same time." Yue Chengzong said, "When preparing before the war, imagine the Soviet and Russian Red Army.
It was too powerful, and I didn't expect that the fight would really start. In less than a month, hundreds of thousands of Red Army were defeated. After captives, they could not even block the prisoner's camp. So they surrounded them with barbed wire and circled them up."
"There is a factor in Zhu Yashvili's great purge. I heard that all experienced officers in the Red Army were locked up or killed, and those political cadres were commanding and fighting." Cheng Hui said.
"There is something ridiculous. I heard that the General Staff formulated a combat plan to land in North Korea. As a result, the 38th Army rushed directly across the Yalu River, causing the Japanese to retreat across the line. This combat plan was ruined, and Lin was so angry that he was so angry that he rushed over.
The boss scolds me!"
Several people were having a happy chat. At this time, the waiter came over and knocked on the door, "Sir, the captain invites you to the restaurant for dinner, please be sure to come!" He handed over several very exquisite invitations.