Chapter 827: Sino-Italian Cooperation

"The disappearance of General Roligani, the former commander of the Amandi death squad, and his wife, there have been no clues so far......"

The report of the Italian newspaper Citizen goes like this:

"Italy's leader, prime minister, interior minister...... His Excellency Mussolini also expressed serious concern over this incident and communicated with the Japanese government on several occasions to demand that this serious incident be resolved as soon as possible......"

Roligani put down the newspaper and got out of bed.

Today's spirit is much better.

Well, the Chinese still take very good care of themselves, help themselves hire the best doctors, and then specially dispatch a few people to take care of themselves.

I heard that my wife is also very happy in Shanghai.

When she came to see herself in the morning, Giobrina was still radiant, and her eyebrows were full of spring breeze triumph.

It is probably the Chinese who bought a lot of luxury goods for her.

Nice trip to China.

He called the man who was in charge of taking care of himself:

"Hey, I want to see Charles."

"Okay, Your Excellency General, I'll arrange it."

……

The phone rang.

Meng Shaoyuan just wanted to answer the phone, but was hugged by Jobrina: "Leave it alone." ”

You can believe it, early in the morning, Giobrina reluctantly got up, went to visit her husband on a routine basis, and then under the pretext of going out into the street, she immediately slipped back to the suite next door.

That's right, right next door to His Excellency the General.

Meng Shaoyuan was about to get up, but was immediately pounced on by a hungry tiger from Jobrina, who rushed in......

It's easy to be hollowed out like this.

Now as soon as the phone rang, Meng Shaoyuan was like hearing the voice of a savior.

"Hey, that's my job."

Doing everything possible to get rid of Jobbrina, she connected the phone that kept ringing: "Okay, I know, I'll be over in a while." ”

Turning around: "Madam, I think I have to leave, your husband wants to see me." ”

"I'm really good at picking time." Jobrina muttered discontentedly......

……

"Charles, are you sick too?"

As soon as he saw Meng Shaoyuan, Luo Li Gani was a little surprised: "Your face is a little pale. ”

"Ah, tired, tired." Meng Shaoyuan said perfunctorily: "Your Excellency General, is there anything so anxious to see me?" ”

"You may be seated, Charles." Roli Gani invited the other party to sit down: "I have been in Shanghai for a few days, and I am sick, but now I am much better. I don't think I can stay here forever, the people at the Italian consulate may also be looking for my whereabouts, what do you have for this? ”

Of course, Meng Shaoyuan thought about arranging.

The disappearance of the head of the visiting delegation not only put heavy pressure on the Japanese Government, but also made the so-called international visit a laughing stock.

At the same time, the goal of using the pawn of Roligani to disrupt Kenji Dohihara's deployment and regain the initiative in Shanghai has also been basically achieved.

In the past few days, he took advantage of the opportunity of the Japanese special dispatch to eliminate more than 20 large and small contact points of the Japanese intelligence agencies in the public concession.

At the same time, it has preliminarily completed the adjustment of its own contact points, safely evacuated more than a dozen contact points that have been exposed, and established new contact points.

Even, in the Japanese-controlled areas outside the public concession, the Shanghai Special Office of the Military Command took advantage of the lack of strength of the Japanese special organs to set up eight fixed contact points and 12 temporary contact points.

In particular, there are three armed contact points among the eight permanent contact points.

The effect of this on the fight against the sun-controlled zone is obvious.

And now, it is time for the Roliganis to be successfully "rescued".

But how to be rescued?

How to continue to play the role of Rorigani?

Meng Shaoyuan's idea that the rescue of Luo Li Gani and his wife was best left to Tian Qi to do.

But the question is, how can it be seamless so that the Japanese have no doubt that this is a game?

What's even more troublesome is that Meng Shaoyuan can't even contact Tian Qi at the moment.

"Your Excellency, General, I am arranging for your rescue." Meng Shaoyuan pondered for a moment and said, "You will regain your freedom in a few days, and I am sure that you will be quickly sent out of Shanghai and back to Italy." ”

Roligani wasn't worried about that, what he cared about was the benefits that Daniel had promised.

Your Excellency the General would like to ask directly, but the General always has the dignity of a General, how can the dignified General talk about money with others without dignity?

"Your Excellency, General, you have done me a great favor." Meng Shaoyuan took the initiative to mention money: "But before you left Italy, I also asked Daniel to help you pay off all your debts, and it stands to reason that we have already paid off both." ”

Rorigani was a little embarrassed.

But yes, that check was enough to solve everything.

But it is not enough to pay off the debts, and the little retirement salary of His Excellency the General will not be able to satisfy Jobbrina's life.

Moreover, His Excellency the General has no other means of earning a living except for war.

"In my contact with Madame these days, I found that she is a woman who is very good at spending money." Meng Shaoyuan said about the sore spot of His Excellency the General: "Of course, a beautiful and charming woman has the capital to spend money. But Your Excellency, please answer me honestly one question, can you meet her needs? ”

Roligani shrugged.

Meng Shaoyuan smiled: "So, you need my help." I'm rich, but my money isn't just given to people. My friends, or people who can help me, will get enough money out of me. ”

"Tell me, what should I do." Rorigani no longer hesitated.

"First of all, I would like to say about the supply of weapons and equipment." Meng Shaoyuan said unhurriedly: "In the past, there was good cooperation between China and Italy, and the Chinese government imported a large number of weapons from Italy, and even Italy assisted China in building a large number of military enterprises, including an aircraft factory, but unfortunately because of the strong protest of the Japanese government, the cooperation was forced to be suspended. ”

Italian weapons are very distinctive.

For example, the CV33 and 35 ultra-light tanks, although they have thin armor and weak firepower, are cheap and have good performance, especially suitable for the Chinese battlefield that lacks anti-tank weapons and has complex terrain.

There are also various weapons such as the Bailu Type 34 47-mm flat-fire gun, the Breda Type 35 20-mm anti-aircraft gun, the CR32 fighter, and mines, which are undoubtedly not cheap and good, but they are very practical.

The Air Force advisers of the National Government were mainly Italians. In order to show his friendship to China, Mussolini also presented a landline plane to the chairman.

In addition, Italy also helped China build the Central Nanchang Aircraft Factory, which was built with advance funds from Italy, and Italy contributed money and technology to produce the Bretta-25 trainer aircraft, the Savoya S-81 twin-engine bomber, and other models, which will be redeemed by China in five years after they are put into production. Italy has said that the Central Nanchang Aircraft Factory ranks first in the Far East in terms of equipment and scale. However, as soon as the Nanchang Aircraft Factory was put into operation, the Anti-Japanese War broke out, and the aircraft factory was forced to move to the rear.

"I can't get the Chinese and Italian governments to work together again." Roligani said quickly.

He didn't shirk that.

Sino-Italian cooperation has played a positive role in China's modernization of national defense, and China has not only purchased weapons from Italy, but also learned a lot of Italian experience, for example, there are Italian instructors in China who teach tactics such as infantry and tank coordination and multi-arm synthesis, but China lacked such conditions at that time.

In addition, the two countries have also carried out active cooperation in the economic, trade, and political fields, and the trade volume between the two countries has risen sharply, and the relationship between the two countries has become increasingly close.

Japan is very frightened and dissatisfied with the cooperation between China and Italy, and the Japanese government has repeatedly protested to Italy. But Italy turned a deaf ear, and in the face of money, Italy's position was still very firm.

However, after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, due to the alliance between Germany, Japan and Italy, especially after Italy joined the "International Agreement Against G-Industry" on November 6, 1937, Italy had to stop cooperating with China out of consideration of its own interests, and thus China and Italy ended their close "revolutionary friendship".

"I know you can't do it." Meng Shaoyuan finally stated his purpose: "However, you can secretly help me buy weapons in Italy and ship them to China, and then I will be responsible for the sales." I will take all the funds and sales channels, and you can account for 20% of the profits. ”

Meng Shaoyuan decided to become an arms dealer.

He wants to further develop his smuggling network.

A stable supply channel is essential.

"Ah, that's it." Rorigani thought for a moment: "I think I still have some friends who can help me, and of course, it will cost a fee. ”

"I'll pay for it all." Meng Shaoyuan agreed to him without hesitation: "I will let you take a sum of money away, and at the same time, I will appoint an agent for me in Italy." ”

"Then there's no problem." Roligani thought about it and decided it was a perfectly viable business.

The vast majority of Italians don't care about anything to do with Japan until they can make money, and besides, it's a secret business that is hard for the Japanese to know.

"There's a second thing." Meng Shaoyuan became serious: "You have to find a way to send the people we sent to Italy to study to me secretly and safely back to China." ”

During the honeymoon period between China and Italy, China sent many personnel to Italy to learn advanced technology, especially in the manufacture of weapons and the construction of arsenals.

After the alliance between Italy and Japan, under pressure from the Japanese side, all these people were detained in Italy and could not return to China.

For Meng Shao, these people, without exception, are China's most valuable wealth!

"I'm afraid it's difficult." Rorigani hesitated.

"Find a way, power, plus money, there is nothing that can't be done, with your connections in Italy, plus my money, you will find a way."

Meng Shaoyuan said solemnly: "Your Excellency, General, I am full of expectations for you. ”

Meng Shaoyuan's idea is very simple, China's precious talents must return to their motherland!