Film and Television Beacon Fire: I Have an Equipment Column

Chapter 307 Blockade

Lu Feng was naturally unaware of the personnel changes in the Japanese intelligence agency in Shanghai.

He has stayed in Shejia Village for nearly a month and has been busy assisting the arson brigade in training to help them adapt to the new equipment faster.

Occasionally, when I have free time, I just stay in my room and write something. On weekdays, I can only rely on some newspapers and other channels to understand the news from the outside world.

In a blink of an eye, the days are approaching the end of March.

On this day, a group of people came to Shejia Village, headed by Zhang Wenbai.

Behind Zhang Wenbai, Lu Feng saw many familiar faces, such as Du Guangting, Song Xilian, Sun Jingjiu and others.

Almost all of them were the senior generals who were in Suzhou Liuyuan.

In addition to these people, Lu Feng also saw two unfamiliar faces, one of whom was not wearing a military uniform, but was dressed in regular clothes.

But the other party got off the car right after Zhang Wenbai. From the looks of it, his status must be high.

The other one was a tall and tall foreigner, with an angular face that exuded a solemn air, and he looked like he was not easy to mess with.

While he was talking, Zhang Wenbai had already led a group of people over. Lu Feng and Fang Shengli stepped forward together and saluted everyone:

"Reporting to all officers, all members of the arson brigade have been assembled and are ready for orders from officers at any time."

Fang Shengli left with no life, while Lu Feng stayed with Zhang Wenbai and the others.

Zhang Wenbai looked at the people in the arson brigade, then looked at Fang Shengli, who was much darker, and said loudly:

But Lu Feng didn't expect that today's battle would be so big.

"hey-hey."

Lu Feng, Fang Shengli and others formed a neat square formation early to welcome the arrival of Zhang Wenbai and others.

"The goal of the Arson Brigade is to overcome difficulties. What you have to face will be the most difficult targets. For this reason, your Excellency, the principal, has worked hard to equip you with the most advanced weapons and equipment in the world. I hope you will not let it go. We are disappointed."

Lu Feng said in a deep voice:

"Okay, this is not my business, but your own business."

"Start your drill."

Before the person came closer, Xu Hu beside Lu Feng couldn't help but asked softly:

Xu Hu smiled and said nothing.

"Why do you care so much? I'm here to see your training results. Tell everyone, cheer up. Don't let your guard down. You know this is a matter of your face. .”

The military is relatively simple, and those who are capable will naturally be recognized by others.

Zhang Wenbai pointed at the man in regular clothes and said:

After getting along with each other for more than a month, the entire arson brigade developed admiration for this instructor who lived, ate, and trained with everyone, and who was always the quickest to master how to use new equipment.

"Yes, instructor, don't worry. I've been training for so many days, and it's not that difficult. Brothers, I promise I won't embarrass you."

"Yes."

He has been informed that Zhang Wenbai brought so many officers here today to inspect the training of the arson brigade in Shejia Village.

"Instructor, who are these people here? Why do they look so hard to mess with?"

"Yes, I will definitely live up to the trust of my superiors and the trust of the principal."

"Major Ma Yu, let me introduce to you. This is Mr. Kang Zhaoming from the Attendant's Room."

"Hello, Mr. Kang."

"Ah."

Kang Zhao nodded indifferently, he was just a major, not worthy of his warm treatment.

A person from the attendant's office was sent to observe the drill, which shows that the principal is also very concerned about the progress of the arson brigade.

No way, who made the experimental results of heavy artillery bombardment of bunkers so unsatisfactory? Right now, we can only place our hopes on the fire attack. "This is General Falkenhausen of the German Advisory Group."

"Hello, General Falkenhausen."

"Mud Howl."

The German general shook hands with Lu Feng politely.

Lu Feng had heard about this German general. His predecessor, General von Seeckt, was known as the "Father of the German Wehrmacht" and the founder of the national defense industry.

The government's elite German armorer plan was proposed and implemented by General von Seeckt. Unfortunately, due to physical reasons, General von Seeckt died of illness in Germany last year. Now it is General Falkenhausen. took over his duties.

Regarding Sino-German cooperation and the resulting birth of German mechanics, the reputation on the Internet in later generations is relatively extreme.

Many people believe that the existence of the German Arms Master has greatly enhanced the military strength of the country. If it were not for the German Arms Master, the Battle of Songhu might not have lasted as long as three months.

But there are also many people who look through the books and believe that the "military assistance" provided by the Germans is much higher than the price in the international arms market. The so-called "Sino-German cooperation" is just another glorified way for Germany to reap China's interests. Just saying.

But after actually living in the era of the national government, Lu Feng deeply realized that compared to others, the Germans' offer was really more realistic.

Because at least they are willing to give you real things.

You must know that since World War I, the "Paris Agreement" signed by the great powers has distributed benefits to China. In order to suppress the development of China's national defense capabilities, they jointly signed an arms embargo agreement against China.

During that time, except for high-priced smuggling channels, China really couldn't buy arms even if it had money.

Although this embargo contract expired at the end of 1929, the alliance headed by the United States, Japan, Britain, France, and Italy still maintained restrictions on arms exports to China.

As a result, China's arms import development could only rely on the Soviet Union and Germany for a long time.

However, due to the government's backward productivity and the intentional blockade by the great powers, it has always been a luxury for the government's army to expect to purchase arms at international market prices.

People who are incompetent in their own abilities but still clamor for so-called "fairness" don't know whether to call them naive or stupid?

You know, although the Japanese military academies at the same time said that they would not ask you to pay more, the things that the international students in the military academies in Japan learned were strictly restricted and screened by the Japanese military.

It even happened that students who graduated from Japanese military academies did not know even the most basic infantry and artillery coordination skills after returning to the country, which in turn inspired the revolutionaries to open their own military academies and martial arts halls.

There is also the Chinese Air Force, which has only developed in recent years. From the beginning, it wanted to bypass Germany and the Soviet Union and purchase some "high-quality and low-price" aircraft from the international market.

As a result, the Fiat aircraft purchased from Italy were all defective and second-hand goods, and the supporting teaching and training had to be temporarily increased in price. All kinds of wranglings were made, so that in the end they broke up unhappy.

As for going to the United States to buy various weapons and equipment, after understanding the actual situation, Lu Feng realized that according to the contract between the United States and Japan, the United States could not export weapons and equipment to the government at all.

As for smuggling, the current route from the United States to Japan must stop at Japanese ports such as Yokohama, Osaka, and Nagoya. As long as there is relevant equipment on the ship, Japan has the power to seize, repatriate, or even confiscate it. of.

Not to mention that at this time, Japan was the largest customer of the United States. 70% of Japan's scrap steel and 100% of its oil were imported from the United States.

If you were an American arms dealer, would you offend your number one customer for an unknown small customer?

Anyone who dares to do such a business is offending the arms oligarchs across the United States.

What? You mean Air Force Chennault? And the Air Force’s Hawker aircraft?

This has to mention a loophole in the US-Japan contract.

Because the performance of aircraft during World War I was not satisfactory, aircraft did not appear in the embargo agreement between the United States and Japan.

In other words, the government can purchase fighter jets from the United States, but it cannot purchase weapons such as tanks.

This loophole is only deliberately retained by the U.S. arms oligarchs in order to find a place for the retired aircraft of the Air Force.

Therefore, buying arms from the United States is a dead end from the beginning.

This is a yoke tacitly agreed upon by the great powers, in order to continue to raise China as a fat pig so that they can cut off the meat and fill their bellies at any time.

In this situation surrounded by wolves, compared to those who try to trick you with the slogan of "high quality and low price", there are people who are willing to sell you knives and teach you real skills to protect yourself, but you still think that the price is too high. if.

It's a bit too ignorant.

(End of this chapter)