For a moment, both of them were silent. Looking at Sir Carl who was still pretending to be calm on the surface, Hurley was also very irritable in his heart.
In the Dunkirk evacuation that just ended two months ago, although the "Generator" plan personally presided over by Churchill was a complete success, all capabilities were mobilized to evacuate more than 300,000 British and French troops who were exhausted by the Germans.
Withdrew to the UK. Although the people came back, all their equipment was still on the beach. What they brought back to the UK were only their rifles and hundreds of machine guns. On the beach of Dunkirk,
The British and French forces abandoned a total of 1,200 cannons, 750 anti-aircraft guns, 500 anti-tank guns, 63,000 cars, 75,000 motorcycles, 700 tanks, 21,000 machine guns, 6,400 anti-tank guns and 500,000 tons of military supplies.
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Having lost so much weapons and equipment, even the rich and wealthy British people are heartbroken. Now the British government is looking for weapons all over the world, especially excellent fighter planes. Of course, the first thing that comes to mind for the British is naturally
They are Americans, but the current Americans have not converted their huge industrial strength into productivity. The fighter jets currently equipped by the United States
There are only a few types, and after inspection by the British, they believe that the current American fighter planes have no advantage over the Germans. Moreover, at this time, the huge industrial strength of the Americans has not been transformed into military production.
, so the British are destined to be disappointed.
After the Dunkirk evacuation, the British Air War began. For a time, Britain and Germany were fighting in darkness on the English Channel. The German ME-109 fighter planes killed the British in rivers of blood. The British losses increased every day.
It was increasing, but at this time, the British did not have a fighter aircraft that was enough to suppress the Germans.
Just when the British were jumping with anxiety, a report from the East reminded the British. The Times, which has been stationed in China for a long time, published the situation from the Chinese battlefield. In the report, a troop with excellent equipment and combat effectiveness was said to be very good.
The army appeared in the sight of the British government. According to the Times report, the P-47 Thunder fighter, which was heavily armored and always rushed out of the clouds, beating Japanese fighter planes to pieces, had excellent hovering performance.
The achievements of the outrageous F4U Vixen fighter and the long-range and excellent P-51 Mustang fighter in air combat with the Japanese all appeared in the Times.
The Times report quickly attracted the attention of the British government. Although the efficiency of the British government has always been well known to everyone. But in this difficult time, the British government showed surprising efficiency. They immediately ordered the British Ambassador to China to
Sir Carl immediately rushed from Chongqing to Guangzhou as quickly as possible to contact the top leaders of the four theaters, hoping to get these excellent fighters back to the UK as soon as possible.
Sir Carl was worried after receiving the order from the British government. In his impression, it was the British Empire government that had always sold weapons to China and dumped them on China. When did the times change? The majestic British Empire actually wanted to sell weapons to the backward countries.
China is looking to purchase weapons. And Sir Carl has never dealt with Suri, so he doesn't know how to start. The anxious Sir Carl thought of Hurley, the American military attaché in China who had a relationship with him.
Hence the scene just now.
The atmosphere of silence continued, and Sir Carl slowly ate the xiaolongbao on the plate. Then he raised his head and looked at Hull and asked with some worry: "Colonel Hull, do you think that Chinese general will sell the fighter plane to him?"
Us?"
"Only God knows this question."
Hurley looked a little unhappy. He had dealt with Suri several times. The longer he interacted with Suri, the more he found that Suri's temperament seemed to be incompatible with this era. Yes. It was just out of place.
Hurley has come into contact with many Chinese people, ranging from civilians to leaders of a country. Because of their status, when they come into contact with him, they are either modest and cautious, or grovel, or look at him with admiration, because
Behind him stands the great United States of America.
But this Suri is different. Hurley can't see any humility or fear of him in him. There is only a vague hostility and contempt. Yes, it is contempt, although Suri
He didn't show this emotion in his words or face, but Hurley could clearly feel this contemptuous emotion. This feeling made him very uncomfortable, even angry. He thought that as a dignified person,
When did a country's military attache stationed in China despise a general of this backward, ignorant, and barren country?
"Colonel Hurley...Colonel Hurley..."
At this time, Sir Carl's voice sounded beside him.
Hurley raised his head suddenly and saw Sir Carl looking at him, with a strange look in his eyes. He said with some confusion: "I'm so sorry, I was distracted... By the way, where were we talking about just now?"
Although Karl Jueshi was a little curious about Hurley's distraction, he did not show it, but said seriously: "I was asking you just now, if you can persuade the Soviet general to sell us the advanced fighter jets in his hands?"
"Well, yes." Hurley nodded and continued: "In our eyes, this Chinese general is a mystery. Many things about him are secrets, from the fact that he can equip his troops with so many weapons
Judging from the fact that he is equipped with so many advanced fighters, he already has a huge and mysterious force supporting him. It stands to reason that if any force has this ability, it will never be able to hide it from others, but he did it.
This is what surprises me the most.
As for your question of whether you can persuade him to sell the advanced fighter jets he holds, to be honest, I am really not sure. We can try it first. I think he will give us some face under the joint pressure of our two countries.
Right." When he said this, Hurley's disgusting faint smile seemed to appear in front of Hurley's eyes...
At fifteen-thirty in the afternoon, Su Rui, who was at the headquarters, was discussing the increasingly tense situation in Fujian and Jiangxi with Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, Liang Zhi, Xu Zuyi, Liao Lei and others.
Xu Zuyi stood in front of the wall, pointed at the huge map on the wall and said loudly: "I think the Seventh Army, the Forty-sixth Army, and the 398th Army should be deployed in Jiujiang, Nanchang, and Ruichang, and the garrison stations must also be deployed.
Another regiment of the 2nd Air Force Division in Fujian was transferred to airports in Nanchang and other places so that we could guard against the Japanese 11th Army from Hubei, the 63rd and 15th Divisions from Anhui, and the Japanese forces from Zhejiang and other places.
Attack. And we must be prepared to transfer the 400 troops in Fujian to Zhejiang at any time, so as to ensure nothing goes wrong."
After listening to Xu Zuyi's words, Liang Zhi on the side retorted: "Brother Yanmou's words are wrong. If we transfer all our troops to Jiangxi, what will happen to Fujian? We have just liberated Fujian, and the security and production there have not yet been restored.
, and Fujian is located on the coast, with coastlines everywhere. The Japanese army can land at any time along the coast. This is the time when a large number of troops are urgently needed to defend it. Once we dispatch a large number of troops to Jiangxi, will Fujian still need it? If Fujian loses
, the people of the whole country can drown us with just their saliva."
Xu Zuyi sneered and said: "Ziran, you also know that Fujian is located on the coast, and the Japanese army can land from anywhere at any time. What is needed to defend such a place is a strong navy, rather than letting our army defend everywhere like a net and be beaten everywhere."
During the Battle of Songhu, more than 700,000 of our troops gathered in Shanghai, but under the Japanese naval guns, we were able to fight one division after another like this. We will never let this happen again, so I am still old.
My opinion is that only a small number of security troops should be placed in the coastal areas, and at most one army should be placed in the Fujian area. The main focus should be on the Jiangxi battlefield. Otherwise, if the troops are evenly distributed everywhere as in the past, it will inevitably lead to a failure to defend everywhere.
Live phenomenon!”
Looking at Liang Zhi and Xu Zuyi, who were quarreling fiercely, Su Rui, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi looked at the map in silence, as if they didn't hear the growing quarrel next to them.
After a while, Liao Lei, who had listened for a while, couldn't help but said: "Brother Ziran, don't we have a navy ourselves? Why not send him to Fujian to join the army in assisting defense? If there are warships at sea
Wouldn't it be better to coordinate with the army for defense?"
After hearing this, Liang Zhi smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Yannong doesn't know that our navy is still in the training stage. Strictly speaking, it is just an existential navy. Except for our submarine force, the rest of the surface ships have not yet truly
To form combat effectiveness. If we really drag him to the sea to fight the Japanese, I estimate that the possibility of the entire army being annihilated will be very high."
Liao Lei opened his mouth and said in surprise: "No way, didn't Commander Su say last time that they have been training for more than a year? They can't be so vulnerable, right? If so, we raise such a team
What’s the use of a hugely expensive navy?”
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but smile bitterly. Upon hearing this, this guy seemed to have zero knowledge of the navy.
Su Rui winked at Liang Zhi, and Liang Zhi patiently explained: "Brother Yannong, this is not how the navy is calculated. Our current navy is still very weak, too weak to fight the enemy head-on.
But we cannot abandon the navy just because it cannot play its role. In this case, we will not be able to train a capable navy in a hundred years. It should be noted that the training of a navy takes at least several decades.
, it takes hundreds of years of training to become an army, we..."
At this point, a report suddenly came from outside: "Report... Colonel Hurley, the US military attache to China, and Sir Cole, the British ambassador to China, are outside asking for a meeting!"
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