Fangshan in the southern suburbs of Nanjing is only more than 200 meters above sea level. It looks like a large square seal from a distance, so it is also called Yinshan. Although Fangshan is not high, it is located in a plain, so it has a tall and majestic appearance.
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On the morning of October 2nd, the training ground at the foot of Fangshan Mountain roared with motors and was crowded with people. The training ground was closely guarded by nearly a thousand guards on the high platform in the north. Generals and military attachés from embassies and consulates from various countries in Europe and the United States were arriving in droves. Senior officials from various ministries and general offices of the Military Commission
Under the enthusiastic guidance of the general, they climbed up to the high platform and took their seats, ready to watch the demonstrations of tanks, armored vehicles, assault vehicles and other mechanized troop equipment provided by various weapons dealers to the Chinese generals.
At nine o'clock in the morning, a convoy consisting of more than ten cars, military off-road vehicles and personnel carriers drove into the training ground gate. Amid the solemn salutes of many guards, it slowly came to a stop on the side of the high platform. On the high platform were military attaches from various countries in Europe and the United States.
He and the consul quickly stood up and stepped down to greet the military and political officials such as Chiang Kai-shek, Song Ziwen, Kong Xiangxi, Chen Tiaoyuan, Tang Shengzhi, Cheng Qian, Yang Jie, Zhang Zhizhong and others who got out of the car.
Edward, the sharp-eyed British military attache, saw An Yi getting out of the fifth car behind Chiang Kai-shek's car. He was so happy that he couldn't help shouting. This shout didn't matter to the European and American officials, but it made everyone standing neatly aside.
The various arms dealers who were preparing to meet with Chiang Kai-shek and others were extremely worried: An Yi's unexpected arrival made the arms dealers who were familiar with Anjiajun equipment and the development of military industry in southern Sichuan suddenly become uneasy. No one knew about this well-informed person.
, the extremely picky Commander-in-Chief An Jiajun, whether he can like the tank he sells, will affect the military's choice in just one or two words.
After the meeting was completed according to the tedious etiquette, Chiang Kai-shek and others took their seats on the high platform together with the guests.
Everyone stood on a high place, looking at the various chariots gradually gathering in the thick smoke, pointing and looking very happy.
The behavior of Chiang Kai-shek and others has brought great hope to various fire dealers in Europe and the United States. Everyone knows that Chiang Kai-shek's sudden arrival, which had not originally planned to attend this observation event, is enough to show that the Chinese side attaches great importance to it. From this, we can see that this
A huge arms purchase is already a certainty. The next step will depend on your own strength and performance.
As a result, many arms dealers lost their calm smiles and walked towards the prototype vehicles that were being assembled on their side, summoned engineering and technical personnel and technicians, gave face-to-face instructions, and launched the final effort to obtain the order.
Chiang Kai-shek, who was sitting in the middle of the front row, glanced around the stage, looked left and right, turned to Song Ziwen on the left, and asked doubtfully: "Where is An Yi? Why don't you come up?"
"Here, under the tree in the front left of the stage, we are chatting with Huang Jie, the head of the tax police, and Wang Gongliang, the deputy head. The man next to us seems to be Xu Yuexiang's favorite general Du Yuming."
Song Ziwen pointed to a big tree more than thirty meters away to the left.
Chiang Kai-shek nodded and did not ask anyone to rush An Yi. He turned to Chen Tiaoyuan and other generals beside him to talk for a while. He took the translated materials distributed by Xu Tingyao and began to compare the instructions with the actual objects, exchanging opinions with each other from time to time.
Under the big tree, An Yi and a group of senior brothers were chatting happily, when Xu Tingyao's adjutant came in a hurry to greet An Yi.
An Yi looked at Xu Tingyao waving under the high platform, nodded, and pulled several fellow apprentices up together.
The faces of Du Yuming and others suddenly changed, and they quickly declined, saying that the stage was full of military commanders and central officials. How could I be on the stage with my status? An Yi said nonchalantly that I wouldn't go up either, and would just sit under the stage.
Next to the technical experts in the platoon army, let's listen to the experts' evaluation of various tanks. The four officers next to us wearing new military uniforms are Li Yuewu and others who have returned from studying in Germany. Let's meet and see each other.
For a moment. Although the senior brothers felt that this move was a bit overstepping their ranks, they could not stop An Yi's enthusiastic invitation, and everyone also wanted to meet Li Yuewu and others, and listen to the opinions of these top students who graduated from the Berlin Armored Vehicle School.
What are the reviews for this type of chariot?
When everyone came to the audience, An Yi introduced his favorite general Li Yuewu, Zhu Tiecheng, a nephew of the Zhu Peide clan who came from the second phase of the non-commissioned officer school, Zhang Cunpu, cousin of Zhang Cunzhuang, commander of the 49th Army in Western Hunan, and Duan Ruizhang, Yin Jinan's brother-in-law, to Du Yuming and others.
The four of them, Li Yuewu, quickly saluted. Du Yuming had met Li Yuewu before, who was the deputy of the *** Cavalry Regiment at that time. Naturally, they felt more cordial when they met again. Everyone sat down together politely, while An Yi needed to go up to the stage to say hello to Chiang Kai-shek and others.
Du Yuming happily sat next to Li Yuewu, pointed to the two German wheeled tanks that were the first to be demonstrated in accordance with the order, and asked in detail.
Li Yuewu said politely: This is the latest battlefield assault and reconnaissance vehicle that the German army finalized two years ago. I was lucky enough to drive it. This sd.kfz.222 tank is an improved version of the sd.kfz.221 armored vehicle. It is slightly smaller than the 221 type.
It is larger and has stronger firepower. The open top design can carry more soldiers. The appearance and weapons of these tanks are slightly different from the SD KFZ 222 type used by the German army. It is estimated that Germany made some for export.
Simplified processing, the total weight of the tank is 4.5 tons, with a crew of four. The prototype is equipped with an mg 34 machine gun and a 20mm kwk30 machine gun. The firepower is still good, which proves that the Germans attach great importance to this demonstration.
However, if it is replaced by the 'Zhongzhen Type 5 general-purpose machine gun' finalized by the Xufu Arsenal last year, it may be easier to maintain the weapon.
Li Yuewu then introduced the performance and various parameters of the tank in detail, as well as the tank's use in the German army, off-road capabilities, potential for improvement, etc.
Everyone was happy to hear this. They all moved their chairs and sat down again around Li Yuewu. After Li Yuewu finished speaking, he asked Zhang Cunpu and others to express their opinions.
The three of them, Zhang Cunpu, are all very confident and smart people. They had received a task from An Yi before, so they expressed their opinions and experiences very seriously, and compared and analyzed each other based on the tanks they had built on the field.
, each expressing his or her own opinion.
The seven or eight technical advisers from the Military Commission around them listened with great interest and were very surprised. Although they could not figure out the identities of these young officers like Li Yuewu, they couldn't help but sit around after hearing their unique insights and wonderful analysis.
The circle, which was originally a neat row of seats, has turned into a small venue where people sit together.
Following the explanations by Li Yuewu and others, the British Vickers 1936 tank, the French Renault AMR33/35 rotating turret light tank, the Polish imitation FT17 tank, the American M3 wheeled armored reconnaissance vehicle, the Italian Fiat CV-29 light tank, and the German
The pzkpfw i/a tank and two types of wheeled combat vehicles quickly became familiar to everyone.
An Yi was very relaxed at this time. He did not look at the chariot demonstration on the field at all. Instead, he stood under the pillar behind the rostrum, whispering to Dai Li who suddenly arrived, and looking at the bustling scene on the field from time to time.
, doesn’t seem to be anxious about it at all.
More than an hour later, the products provided by arms dealers from six countries were unveiled in batches. An Yi and Dai Li were still standing behind the rostrum, smoking and chatting like outsiders.
Dai Li saw representatives of various fire dealers lining up on stage, inviting Chiang Kai-shek and others to see their products up close, and whispered to An Yi: "Why don't you accompany the principal and others to take a look?"
"No need. The principal came back from Nanchang last night. My younger brother brought Li Yuewu and four others to the principal. He also presented the information that his old German friend Hans and his old French friend Abel had secretly obtained with the help of the principal. The principal summoned Yue all night long.
Brother Xiang and others started discussions, and I will come to watch it again today, so I must have a good idea." An Yi explained in a low voice.
Dai Li grinned: "It seems that no one can deceive your golden eyes. If the Italian arms dealers refurbished their obsolete domestic tanks and sold them to us as shoddy goods five years ago, I'm afraid it won't happen again.
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An Yi said helplessly: "The eldest brother may not know that all the equipment purchased this time was paid for by the younger brother himself! The principal provided guarantee and Mr. Yongzhi came forward to lend money. Brother Yuexiang was looking forward to it. Last night, he also gave Guangting
My brothers (Du Yuming) pulled some of my brothers out to drink wine with me, and I couldn’t agree even if I didn’t agree. Alas! It’s nearly 30 million yuan. The central government originally owed me not a single penny, but this time it added another sum. I’m at a loss.
Big."
"Yeah! This is not a small amount! However, with the principal's guarantee, what are you worried about? I will pay you back sooner or later, haha!" Dai Li was extremely relaxed.
An Yi was quite annoyed: "When can we count on it? Wait until the legal currency just issued by the central government depreciates hundreds of times before paying it back, right?"
Dai Li was surprised: "How is this possible? Are you too pessimistic? The exchange rate between French currency and ocean is one to one. Although it will depreciate, it won't be as terrible as you said, right? If it doesn't work, you will want gold when the time comes.
Can you just ask for silver? Is there anything else in this world that can be difficult for you to get? Haha! No more talk, let’s go, let’s go down and join in the fun. To be honest, there are several military attachés from European countries in that group.
They are all the objects of close surveillance by Brother Yu. During this period, military attachés and Japanese people from various countries have been in close contact with each other, which cannot help but arouse our high vigilance."
An Yi nodded. He knew that Dai Li's status had risen a lot and he was waiting to live apart from Xu Enzeng's party investigation bureau. Therefore, he was not surprised by the expansion of Dai Li's surveillance scope. Instead, he admired Dai Li's foresight from the bottom of his heart.
At this time, surveillance and reconnaissance of military attachés from various countries in Europe and the United States is very beneficial to ensuring security. The Fourth Department led by An Yi is actually doing the same thing. The only difference is that the Fourth Department starts from a different angle and is in the upper class.
Following the path of the International Consortium in China, people like Hans from Germany, Abel from France, Kaplan from the United States, and others have established strong emotional and intelligence connections and sharing with An Jiajun.
Chiang Kai-shek, Song Ziwen, Xu Tingyao and other dozens of military and political officials walked around the venue with smiles on their faces. They looked at tanks from various countries one by one and listened to detailed introductions by arms dealers. The only one who did not see them was the Polish imitation FT17 tank.
Make more stops.
The Poles, who had already reached a secret deal with some officials of the central government, became anxious. They stopped Chiang Kai-shek and others and loudly demanded to see the products they were displaying. They said that their tanks had the most advanced gunfire and the thickest armor.
Machine guns are helpless against it, and even the 20th machine gun imitated by the Syrian government cannot stop its progress, and it promises to provide it to the Chinese *** Team at the best price, absolutely meeting the requirements of the Chinese *** Team, etc.
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Kong Xiangxi looked complicated and said nothing. Behind him, Wang Kemin and several officials from the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs very politely asked Chiang Kai-shek and Xu Tingyao to consider it. This immediately put Chiang Kai-shek in a difficult position. He didn't even want to scold or leave.
His brows couldn't help but frown.
At this time, An Yi came forward, walked up to the Polish Tchaikovsky, and asked with a smile: "Mr. Tchaikovsky, in this case, can you ask your technician to drive the prototype two cars ahead?"
At a distance of 100 meters, how many hits should our shooters use our guns to hit?"
Tchaikovsky was stunned for a moment, and then he risked his life under the gaze of hundreds of people. Without saying a word, he ran to his prototype vehicle and ordered the technician to drive the tank two hundred meters west.
An Yi turned to Shen Fengdao behind him, nodded slightly, stood beside Chiang Kai-shek and waited with a smile. The interest of more than a hundred military and political officials was greatly increased, and they all stood up and waited for the result.
With a smile on his face, Chiang Kai-shek asked An Yi in a low voice: "Are you ready?"
"Yes, Principal, the Poles have been bribing our officials a lot during this time. In fact, the tanks they imitate are all refurbished junk tanks. The armor seems to be very thick, but in fact they are all covered with a thin layer of steel plates.
It's really solid wood. The Italians deceived us a few years ago. The more than twenty tanks they sold to us were used last year and were all scrapped. But in comparison, the Italian profiteer who sells refurbished goods is still more kind than the Polish profiteer.
Much more." An Yi replied in a low voice.
Chiang Kai-shek said "hmm" and said no more, thinking that it would be good for the tyrannical An Yi to teach the unfaithful foreigners a lesson.
After a while, the Polish tanks arrived, but no movement was seen from An Yi's side.
Tchaikovsky loudly asked An Yi why he didn't start. An Yi politely asked him to call out the two pilots, otherwise it would be easy to accidentally injure him.
Tchaikovsky laughed loudly and sarcastically, saying how could his tank be so fragile? It was completely unnecessary.
However, An Yi insisted on his opinion very politely, and Tchaikovsky had no choice but to comply and was ordered to call out the two drivers and temporarily leave the tank.
The two Polish drivers got out of the car according to Tchaikovsky's instructions, walked out a few steps while cursing, and stood motionless next to the tank, unwilling to take more than a few steps no matter how loud they shouted.
Angry, An Yi raised his hand, and an open-top off-road vehicle to the south of the crowd immediately drove out to the west. Under the nervous gaze of everyone, the speed became faster and faster, and soon it drove to about 180 meters southeast of the tank.
Stopped at a certain place, a big man in a camouflage military uniform picked up a long gun and jumped out of the off-road vehicle. He lay down behind the ridge and took aim quickly. He only heard five loud sounds of "pop, pop, pop". Poland
The tank was shaken by the 20mm caliber anti-tank gun armor-piercing projectile. The iron covering was torn, and the wood chips filled inside shot out with green smoke. Several clear and large holes appeared in the side armor in the smoke.
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When the gunfire stopped, everyone looked at the driver who was lying in front of the tank and the smoking broken tank with great surprise. They felt very incredible.
Tchaikovsky, who was standing in front of Chiang Kai-shek and others, was so frightened that his face was as white as a sheet of paper and his whole body was trembling. All kinds of comments, exclamations and ridicules suddenly broke out, making him almost want to dig a hole in front of him and crawl in.
*. When everyone calmed down and wanted to see what weapon the shooter was using, they found that the convertible had already driven back halfway, quickly passed in front of everyone, and headed towards the gate of the training ground.
Obviously, An Yi didn't even give everyone a chance to see what kind of weapon penetrated the Polish tank. Instead, he left a lot of guesses, making everyone feel a little bit mysterious and weird, and at the same time, it also gave everyone a chance to see what kind of weapon penetrated the Polish tank.
It leaves an unforgettable memory - if you think about fooling the Chinese *** in the future, you will probably think of the smoking Polish tanks not far away and the shameless Polish profiteer Tchaikovsky.