"Your Excellency Admiral, this is an impossible task, our fleet does not have the strength to transport the strength of two divisions to a place of more than two thousand nautical miles at one time!"

A Chinese language with a strange accent rang out in Su Jin's office, the voice of Vice Admiral Laborde, commander of the French fleet under the Third Army. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Laborde said with a solemn expression: "And we don't have so many freighters and troop carriers to transport forty or fifty thousand people and equipment to their destination at one time. Moreover, although our fleet has a certain strength, these strengths are still too far from Japan's combined fleet, and once it encounters Japan's main fleet, our entire fleet will be in danger of being wiped out, so I still hope that you can seriously consider it again! ”

Su Jin, who was dressed in military uniform, shook his head: "Don't think about it, I've already decided, this is my final decision." As for the shortage of troop carriers and freighters, I will solve it, and ten large troop carriers, fifteen liberty ships, and four escort carriers will join the fleet the day after tomorrow, and all you have to do is raise enough sailors to get these ships moving. I suppose you've trained enough sailors after nearly two years of preparation, right? ”

"I ......"

Laborde was speechless for a while, and since Laborde came to China, he found that the biggest change in the Soviet general was that he was getting stronger and stronger, and he felt more and more that it was difficult for him to maintain the independence of the French fleet that he regarded as his life. But it's no wonder he feels this way, after two years of training, more and more Chinese naval cadets have become qualified sailors and officers, although most of them have not yet been trained in actual combat, but as a sailor's basic literacy and ship knowledge they have learned almost, the difference is nothing more than the edification of war.

In the past two years, Su Jin has also added five Fletcher-class destroyers to the fleet, which is a multi-functional destroyer with a full load displacement of 3050 tons. The commissioning of five Fletcher-class destroyers and eight Type XXI, or Type 21 submarines, also gave the Chinese sailors and officers a great opportunity to exercise, and although the fleet was still protected by shore-based aircraft, it was undeniable that the level of the sailors of the Third Army had increased rapidly.

But this is not the most important thing, what makes Laborde most uneasy and frightened is the advanced nature of these warships, and the Soviet general has always been able to quietly make some very different equipment. For example, the Fletcher-class destroyer, in Laborde's opinion, is a perfect combination of escort, air defense, anti-submarine and long-distance suppression of the sea and shore, especially the destroyer equipped with air search radar and sea search radar to make the fleet more powerful. Coupled with the eight Type 21 ocean-going submarines that were independently formed by the Soviet Union and Jin, to be honest, the Huaxia Navy can already undertake some limited coastal defense tasks with these ships alone.

Looking at this increasingly mysterious boss and boss, Laborde took a deep breath and said in a somewhat helpless tone, "Sir, I obey your orders. But I hope that you will send the ten large troop carriers and fifteen freighters you promised just now as soon as possible, and I would like to ask you, can you really get four escort carriers? ”

"Why, don't you believe me? Otherwise, if I can't get the ships mentioned above in three days, I'll give all the boys of your French fleet ten thousand dollars, but if I can get those ships in three days, all the people in your fleet will become Chinese citizens and swear allegiance to the Republic of China, what do you think? ”

Looking at the smiling gaze, Laborde glared at Su Jin, as if he was looking at the Huaxia general again, wondering how there could be such a brazen person in this world, only to see him gritted his teeth and said word by word: "You don't have to think in vain, I won't make this bet with you!" I am a lieutenant general appointed by the French government. According to what you Chinese people say, I was born in France, and I am also a French ghost in death, how can I join the Chinese nationality. ”

"Yo, that's good. I have learned idioms in the two years since I came to China. Su Jin pursed his lips, it seems that the agitation method just now is too simple, and Laborade, a guy with a stubborn head like granite, is not fooled.

"Alright, if there's nothing else to do, you can go down first."

After sending Laborde away, Su Jin went back to his desk and began to count. It takes 60,000 energy points to cash out ten large troop carriers and fifteen free freighters, but it takes 100,000 energy points to cash out four escort aircraft carriers, which really makes Su Jin very painful. The so-called escort aircraft carrier is a small aircraft carrier converted from a merchant ship, which is mainly used to escort merchant ships, and is generally deployed in front of the transport fleet, using carrier-based aircraft to reconnoiter and attack submarines, or guide surface ships to carry out attacks. In addition to escorting escorts, escort aircraft carriers often play the role of transport ships.

Some people may ask, if the escort aircraft carrier is so capable, what do you need the aircraft carrier to do? In fact, I have to say that although frigates are capable, their biggest weakness is that they are slow and the number of carrier-based aircraft is too small, and because they are converted from merchant ships, they are not only slow but also extremely fragile as a whole hull, as long as they are hit by one or two torpedoes or heavy shells, they have no need to rescue. Because escort aircraft carriers are so fragile, in another time and space, this platform for loading aircraft, which was quickly converted from merchant ships, quickly disappeared after the end of World War II.

However, although the escort aircraft carrier has one or another disadvantages, it is the most suitable for the navy of the Third Army at this stage. After all, the energy points needed to cash in on a large aircraft carrier are too high, and although several ports and wharves in the Zhejiang River today have the ability to repair and maintain ships of less than 10,000 tons after several years of development, they are powerless for large aircraft carriers with a displacement of tens of thousands of tons, so this is also one of the reasons why Su Jin did not cash in on large aircraft carriers.

"The 347th Division and the 348th Division only spent 40,000 energy points for the rearmament, but if you cash in those troop carriers, freighters, frigates and carrier-based aircraft, a total of 200,000 energy points will be spent. No, I can't pay for the cost of attacking the Northeast by myself, and Lao Maozi can also make some efforts. Anyway, the bullets of those five or six rifles and AK47 assault rifles are all common to the 7.62x39mm1943 intermediate power rifle bullets used by Lao Maozi. ”

Before the battle began, Su Jin began to calculate. As the old saying goes, if you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are, Su Jin, as the helmsman of the Third Group Army, naturally adheres to the principle of saving a little and eleven points. Just when Su Jin was thinking about how to get more benefits from Lao Maozi's pocket, the phone on the table rang.

"Hey...... I'm Su Jin...... What the? The new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States is coming to visit me, and he will be there in three hours. ”

"Smack!"

The microphone was slapped heavily on the earphone sleeve, Su Jin leaned back, only to feel a sense of sleepiness welling up in his mind, during this time he had been busy for half a month for the matter of sending troops to the Northeast, and he didn't even sleep for five hours a day, if it weren't for his body being too strong than ordinary people, I was afraid that he would not be able to hold it for a long time.

He called the orderly, and told him to wake him up in two hours, and when he had finished the order, he began to fall into a deep sleep......

At 16:30 p.m., the new US special envoy plenipotentiary to China, Goss, escorted by dozens of soldiers of the guard regiment, arrived at the door of the headquarters of the Third Army, and Su Jin, who had been waiting for a long time, greeted him.

"Ambassador Goss, on behalf of the Third Army, I would like to welcome you!"

"Thank you!" Gao Si was a tall and thin middle-aged man with a pair of gold-rimmed glasses who looked polite, and he shook hands with Su Jin and said with a smile: "When I came to China, President Roosevelt specially instructed me to pay tribute to the anti-Japanese heroes who have been fighting against fascist tyranny on his behalf. President Roosevelt has also specially entrusted me to convey to you that you will visit the United States at a convenient time, and that President Roosevelt will certainly entertain your friend from afar with the best whiskey! ”

At first glance, when he heard that Roosevelt had invited him to visit the United States, Su Jin couldn't help but be slightly shocked in his heart, and then said with a smile: "Special Envoy Goss, please thank President Roosevelt for the invitation on my behalf." I think I'll visit President Roosevelt at an opportune time, and though I'm now busy commanding troops and fighting the Japanese himself, I don't think it's going to be long, and I've always been convinced of that. ”

After the two exchanged a few words, Su Jin invited Gao Si to his office for a detailed discussion. Su Jin would not be naïve to think that the newly appointed US envoy plenipotentiary to China flew to Hangzhou as soon as he took office to have tea and chat with him.

When the two sat down in the office, Gao Si began to carefully look at the Chinese general whose reputation has now spread to the United States, in Gao Si's opinion, this General Su is no different from the Chinese people he has seen in the past, the height of one meter seven or eight may be regarded as standing out among the Chinese people of this era, but among the Americans, it can only be regarded as average, and his appearance is a little delicate, but the biggest impression he gives people is the black and shiny hair, a pair of eyes that seem to be able to see through people's hearts and fluent English.

"General Su!"

Gao Si was the first to speak.

"I hope my presumptuous actions this time will not cause you trouble and trouble."

Gao Si's words made Su Jin secretly sigh twice in his heart, look at what he said...... The level of politeness is high, and it is easy to feel good as soon as he speaks, so it is no wonder that he can replace Jensen as the plenipotentiary envoy to China.

Although he sighed in his heart, he still said politely: "Special Envoy Goss is polite, you are our honored guest, we can't welcome it, how can it bring trouble and trouble." What's more, your first stop after coming to Huaxia was Hangzhou, what else do I have to say! ”

The two exchanged pleasantries for more than ten minutes, and finally Gao Si couldn't help it, so he took the lead in stopping this kind of nonsense without nutrition, and said to Su Jin with a wry smile: "General Su, I have always heard that Huaxia people speak very tactfully before I came to Huaxia, and I didn't understand much at first, but now I finally believe it!" ”

"Flutter!" Su Jin finally couldn't help laughing, he pointed at Gao Si and said with a smile: "Envoy Gao Si, I finally found out what is the biggest difference between you and Mr. Jensen. If Mr. Jensen is a veteran gentleman, you are more of an eloquent politician. I was still wondering, you thought you liked to talk in circles like that to the bureaucrats in our country, but I didn't expect this to be the case! ”

In the face of Su Jin's joke, Gao Si was not angry, he just shrugged his shoulders helplessly.

"Well, I was wrong, I shouldn't have tried to go around in circles with a Chinese official. So how about we get down to business? ”

Su Jin nodded: "Of course, isn't this what you're here for?" ”

As early as in another time and space, Su Jin understood one thing, you can't be polite to the Yankees, as long as you swim with them, you just scold them in front of them and make them all right, if you are useless to them, you just cry and beg them, and they won't look at you more. So unlike the Chinese officials who are unconsciously a head shorter when they see foreigners now, Su Jin does what he should do when he interacts with those foreigners, and never feels that he is a head lower than them, plus the reputation he has built over the years, which also makes him begin to become famous in the Western world

As soon as he got down to business, Gao Si's expression began to become serious, and he looked directly at Su Jin and said slowly: "General Su, in addition to taking over from Mr. Jensen as the plenipotentiary envoy to China, President Roosevelt also entrusted me to ask you one thing, according to the information we have received, are you planning to mobilize your army to attack the Japanese Kwantung Army entrenched in the northeast?" ”

In the face of Gao Si's words, Su Jin did not show a trace of surprise, he glanced at Gao Si and smiled: "Didn't you get the answer from Brigadier General Doolittle's telegram a long time ago, why are you still asking me now." You should have faith in your FBI, and you should not doubt Director Hoover's abilities. ”

"Hiss......"

Su Jin's words made Gao Si, who had always been sophisticated and moody, couldn't help but gasp. Although Su Jin only said this lightly, he made it as if he had seen it with his own eyes, and he made it clear to the US intelligence agencies, especially the cause and effect of the matter, which frightened Gao Si. (To be continued.) )