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    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.  Withdrawn from Britain.  Although the people came back, all their equipment was still on the beach. What they brought back to Britain were only their rifles and hundreds of machine guns. On the beach of Dunkirk, the British and French forces abandoned them  It acquired 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.

    Having lost so much weapons and equipment, even the British, with their deep pockets, are heartbroken. Now the British government is looking for weapons all over the world, especially excellent fighter planes.  Of course, the first person that the British think of is the Americans. However, 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 aircraft do not have any advantages over the Germans.  Moreover, the huge industrial strength of the Americans had not been translated into military production at this time, so the British were destined to be disappointed.

    After the Dunkirk evacuation, the British Air War began. For a time, Britain and Germany were fighting in darkness across the English Channel.  The German ME-109 fighter planes killed the British bloody.  The British losses were increasing every day, but at this time, the British did not have a fighter aircraft capable of suppressing the Germans.

    Just when the British were jumping around in 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, an army with excellent equipment and said to have very good combat effectiveness appeared in the sight of the British government.  In the Times report, the P-47 Thunder fighter is heavily armored and always rushes out of the clouds, beating up the Japanese fighters, the F4U Vixen fighter with outrageous hovering performance, the long-range and  The achievements of the P-51 Mustang fighter with excellent combat performance in air battles with the Japanese appeared in the Times.

    The Times report quickly attracted the attention of the British government, which is notoriously efficient.  But at this difficult time, the British government was surprisingly efficient. They immediately ordered the British Ambassador to China, Sir Carl, to rush from Chongqing to Guangzhou as quickly as possible to contact the top leaders of the fourth war zone, so as to bring these outstanding talents to China as soon as possible.  fighter jets back to the UK.

    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 against China.  When did times change? The mighty British Empire turned to backward China to purchase weapons.  Moreover, Sir Carl had never dealt with Suri, which made him not know how to start.  The anxious Sir Carl thought of Hurley, the American military attach¨¦ in China who had a relationship with him, and the scene just happened.

    The silence continued as Sir Carl slowly ate the xiaolongbao on his 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 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.  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 themselves, they are either modest and cautious, or they bow down, or they look up at themselves, because behind them stands the great United States of America.

    But this Suri was different. Hurley couldn't see any humility or fear towards him in him, only a hint of hostility and contempt.  Yes, it is contempt. Although Suri did not express this emotion in words or on his face, Hurley could clearly feel this contemptuous emotion. This feeling made him very uncomfortable, and it could even be said that  I was very angry, wondering when he, a dignified military attache of a country stationed in China, would even 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 embarrassment: "I'm so sorry."?I was distracted By the way, where were we talking about?  "

    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, there is already a huge and mysterious force behind him 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 convince him to sell the advanced fighter jets he holds, to be honest, I'm really not sure. We can try it first. I think he should give us some face under the joint pressure of our two countries.  Bar.  "When he said this, Hurley's eyes seemed to have Suri's disgusting faint smile

    At 15:30 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 troops must also be stationed in the area."  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 been restored.  , and Fujian is located on the coast, with coastlines everywhere. The Japanese army can land from the coast at any time. It is the time when a large number of troops are urgently needed to defend. Once we dispatch a large number of troops to Jiangxi, will Fujian still need it? If Fujian loses  , the people across the 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 casting a net to 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 must never let this happen again, so I am still old  According to my opinion, 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. Our navy is still in the training stage. Strictly speaking, it is only 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 had been training for more than a year? They wouldn't be so vulnerable anyway, right? If 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 be a guy who had zero knowledge of the navy.

    Su Rui winked at Liang Zhi, and Liang Zhi patiently explained: "Brother Yannong, this is not how the navy's accounts are 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 navy that can fight 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"

    Having said this, 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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