"Forty percent!" Li Chenglong said, "This is the bottom line!" ”

"Ichisei!" Zhong Yi said, "It can't be more! ”

"Sancheng!" Li Chenglong said, "Otherwise, our military commanders will not carry this pot!" ”

"Twenty percent!" Zhong Yi gritted his teeth and said, "It's two, and there is no more!" ”

"Okay, two achievements and two percent!" Li Chenglong said, "Brother Ziren, I really didn't see it before, you are actually an old man, and you are reluctant to give more benefits for this success, and I still treat you as a good brother in vain!" ”

Zhong Yi said: "Brothers belong to brothers, business belongs to business, it's better to make it clear." ”

As he spoke, the gunshots in the Xu Mansion in front of him had fallen silent.

After a while, the captain of the operation, Meng Jiayou, ran over in a hurry.

"Stationmaster!" Meng Jiayou said, "Catch Xu Yuanquan!" ”

Li Chenglong nodded and said, "No one sacrificed, right?" ”

"Nope." The Meng family said, "The two brothers hung up the lottery." ”

"Okay." Li Chenglong stood up as he spoke, and said to Zhong Yi, "Brother, the next thing is to torture Xu Yuanquan and squeeze out all the people's fat and ointment he has accumulated over the years, do you want to participate?" ”

"I don't have the time." Zhong Yi said, "If you ask it, send ninety percent of it to the garrison headquarters, and in addition, it is best to have hard currencies such as US dollars, pounds and gold." ”

Li Chenglong smiled: "Brother, aren't you afraid of me doing tricks?" ”

Zhong Yi glanced back at Li Chenglong, turned around and walked away.

Seeing Zhong Yi's figure go away, the smile on Li Chenglong's face slowly faded, and he instructed the Meng family: "Go, bring Xu Yuanquan over to me, a waste like him, there must be beans poured under the bamboo tube under the three woods." ”

"Yes!" The Meng family responded, turned around and went to lead someone.

……

Besides, Zhong Yi left Jianghan Academy and went straight to the dock.

When I arrived at the wharf, I took a river ferry, crossed the Yangtze River to Hankou, and then went straight to the US Legation in Wuhan.

Hearing that Zhong Yi was coming to visit, Jensen and Stilwell immediately greeted Zhong Yi at the gate of the legation in person, and then welcomed Zhong Yi into the living room with great enthusiasm.

"General Zhong, I finally saw you as a real person!" Jensen said.

Stilwell also said with emotion: "General Zhong is really young and promising. ”

When Zhong Yi heard this, he was surprised and said, "Ambassador Jensen and Colonel Stilwell know about me? ”

"Of course." Stilwell said, "When your 367th Regiment was guarding the Xinjiekou of Nanjing, the two of us would be in front of the radio every day to listen to the Voice of Nanjing. ”

This surprised Zhong Yi a little.

I didn't expect it to be my own fan?

"I'm ashamed." Zhong Yi said, "Nanjing still failed to hold in the end. ”

"That's not your fault." Stilwell hurriedly said, "Besides, it's wise to retreat and preserve the living forces. ”

As he spoke, the waiter had already brought three cups of coffee, and Jensen said, "General Zhong, please drink coffee, this is the coffee I brought back from the United States." ”

"Thank you." Zhong Yi took the coffee and bowed his head politely.

Taking a sip of coffee, Zhong Yi didn't talk nonsense, and went straight to the point: "Ambassador Jensen, Colonel Stilwell, this time I came to ask you for a favor. ”

Jensen said, "Please tell me, as long as we can do it, we will definitely help." ”

Zhong Yi said: "The battle to defend Wuhan is imminent, but our Wuhan Garrison Command doesn't even have a decent howitzer, let alone a large-caliber fortress gun!" ”

Jensen looked at Stilwell and asked, "You want to buy cannons from the United States?" ”

"If it's possible, that's for the best!" Zhong Yi also knew that the United States was trapped in isolationism at this time, and immediately said, "If it is inconvenient, can you help us contact British or Belgian arms dealers?" As long as it is a howitzer with good performance or a large-caliber fortress gun, it will do. ”

Jensen breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and said: "There is absolutely no problem with this, as long as the money is in place, no matter how large the caliber of the cannon can be purchased from the international market." ”

After a pause, Jensen said again: "It just so happens that I know a few arms dealers, and I can come forward to help you order them now." ”

"Really, that's great!" Zhong Yi was overjoyed when he heard this, although he knew that Jensen and Stilwell were pro-China representatives, but he still did not expect the two to be so friendly, in fact, this is normal, the reason why Jensen and Stilwell will be pro-China is not because they really like the Chinese, but just out of vigilance against the Japanese.

At that moment, Zhong Yi said: "I hope to be able to order at least 12 Krupp fortress guns of 200mm caliber and at least 24 155mm caliber grenades!" As for artillery shells, 200 rounds of fortified shells of caliber and above 12000 are needed, and 155 rounds of grenades of 12000mm caliber are needed! And even more! ”

"Oh, the cake seller!" Jensen said, "You need so many shells? ”

Stilwell also said, "General Zhong, you may not need so many shells. ”

"Okay, okay." Jensen said, "In this case, the fortress gun will choose the German-made Krupp 280mm fortress gun, Germany is an ally of Japan, and may not be willing to sell it, but we can still buy it from Belgium, as for the large-caliber howitzer you want, choose the M1918 155mm caliber howitzer." ”

After a pause, Jensen continued: "But General Zhong, the transaction must be in cash, and it cannot be in fiat currency, it must be in dollars, pounds or directly in gold. ”

"That's fine." Zhong Yi said, "But Ambassador Jensen, the price is ......."

"Don't worry about this." Jensen said, "I know that your Chinese government is in difficulty, so in terms of price, it must be the lowest price, friendly price!" In this case, please go back and wait for the news first, and I will contact the Belgian arms dealer in Shanghai as soon as possible, and let you know as soon as there is news. ”

After a pause, Jensen continued: "But you'd better get the money ready, the exact number is not clear, but I estimate that in order to buy the arms you need, it will take at least six million dollars or more!" ”

Zhong Yi is familiar with the historical materials of World War II and is familiar with the price of arms in this era, and the figure that Jensen said is not much different from the figure he expected, which shows that Zhan Zhong does not intend to take advantage of it.

Jensen said again: "General Zhan, my arms dealer friend not only supplies various types of cannons, but also various types of firearms, such as rifles, machine guns, and submachine guns, don't you plan to buy a batch?" ”

Zhong Yi smiled bitterly when he heard this, of course he wanted to buy it, but the problem was that he was shy in his pocket!

This batch of arms alone is estimated to exhaust the funds obtained from cracking down on pornography, gambling, drugs, and smuggling.

In the case of insufficient funds, it can only be used with good steel on the blade, and priority is given to the purchase of cannons!

Because two days ago, Zhong Yi had already looked at the naval guns that had been dismantled from the warship, and found that the models were old, and the number of shells in reserve was not much, so it was not of much use at all!

(End of chapter)