"Ahh Am I not dazzled? Why did you seem to see the Nagato just now? Komatsu rubbed his eyes.

"Maybe something, right?" Companion Nagano Bukuma muttered, rolled over and continued to sleep.

"But, I saw it!" Komatsu finally muttered in a low voice, his wish was to join the Imperial Navy, for those warships in the book, he could say a thing or two at any time, and he was even more familiar with the Nagato, and he could draw it roughly at will, just now he did see that ship was very similar to the Nagato.

He lay down again, but still could not sleep, and got up again to look at the undulating sea.

"Ahh He suddenly shouted again.

This time, it wasn't just Nagano who was woken up, but Miyanobu, who had the most grumpy temper in the fishing boat, got up, came to Komatsu's side, slapped him twice, and kicked the thin Komatsu to the ground.

"You don't sleep, and you don't want anyone else to sleep!" The stout Gong Xin shouted with his waist crossed.

"I, I saw the Nagato!" Komatsu touched his cheek and whispered.

"You just said you saw Nagato, won't he come back?" Nagano also said dissatisfied.

"No, it's another one, probably the Mutsu!" Komatsu argued.

"You're dreaming! How could the Flower of Empire come here? Go to bed! You're going to be yelling, I'm going to throw you into the sea. Gong Xin stretched out his foot and kicked Komatsu's ass again, making him lie on the ground again, and then went to sleep by himself.

"How is it possible to see two Nagato here in Nauru at once? Do they really have a mission? Komatsu touched his cheek, and after secretly glancing at Gong Xin, his mind was on the Nagato again.

"$40 million is too expensive!" When a group of people from Brazil saw the Nagato, their eyes straightened, and this can be said to be one of the most powerful weapons now. After testing, those of them who were familiar with intelligence had already concluded that this was Nagato's sister ship, and even if it wasn't Nagato, it was worth the money. But the price still has to be negotiated. At this time, 40 million US dollars was equivalent to 100 million yuan, and the cost of the Nagato was more than 43.9 million yuan in the 20s. At this time, the cost is higher, and the cost is not the selling price. Besides, it is not possible to buy such an advanced ship with money.

"It's not that our ships are expensive, it's that the price of your land is too high!" A New York-speaking 76 reply that when the Brazilians were negotiating, they took the opportunity to raise the price of land in some places below.

"Think about it, miss it!" 76 nodded proudly, turned around and went out.

"I saw Billis, that Argentine!" A Brazilian next to him said suddenly.

"We have it, and the Argentines have it." The leader of the group, Lovaldo, couldn't help but look at the crowd, and suddenly said, "The power generation report is known to the country, we must get one!" ”

"Put both of them out, let them see our strength!" This was ordered by Meng Xiang, and sure enough, when he saw the umbrella company, he sold two ships at once, which surprised everyone who came to trade and watch. I can't help but guess the position of the strength of the umbrella company, but no matter what, it must be included in the list of objects that cannot be easily offended.

Barter, which can be compensated for with land, is still very attractive, especially in Brazil and Argentina, where there are fewer people and more land, especially arable land. In the end, both the Brazilians and the Argentines were quick to agree, because most of the land demarcated by the umbrella was not existing arable land, and even if prospecting and mining rights were added in some places, the land was still in their country, not a concession.

In later generations, Brazil sold for $1.6 a hectare, and the land price at this time was also very cheap, so that the umbrella even directly harvested a lot of arable land. Of course, all the land is bought in kind, this figure is too huge, Brazilians do not dare to be so large, more than half of the cost is given in kind for five years, mainly sugar and cocoa, coffee and other tropical crops, as well as grain.

Brazil is known as the kingdom of coffee, and at the beginning of the 20th century, it accounted for three-quarters of the world's production. Meng Xiang took into account the consumption of coffee in European and American countries during the war, as well as the instant coffee being developed in the Special Economic Zone, so he ate a large amount of goods for five years. Brazil's cocoa production has long been the world's first, coupled with Brazil's more than 100 years of sugar boom, these advantageous projects are lacking in China at this time, and Brazil's supply is needed before Hainan and Southeast Asia are not dealt with.

The Argentines also offset the payment for goods with land, grain, and furs. Argentina has excellent natural conditions, and grain production and animal husbandry have always been large, with a large number of exports. At this time, the conditions of the umbrella did not seem to be very high, and the price of 40 million US dollars dropped a lot, which made the Argentines feel that it was too cost-effective, and saw that the Brazilians and Chileans were there, so they hurriedly made a move.

Only the Chileans, who do not have much arable land, and the saltpeter, which once made them abundant, has also declined a lot due to the emergence of chemical products, but the discovery of the two largest porphyry copper mines in the world in the early 20th century has made them God's favorites again. However, the real ownership of the Chukikamata copper mine with reserves of 69.35 million tons and the 67.76 million tons of Elteniente is in the hands of the Americans. If you want to barter, you have to ask the Americans what they mean.

As for the others, there are still a lot of things that I haven't found, and Meng Xiang doesn't know the specific location, so he can't mess around, right?

Although China has been short of copper, but Meng Xiang is not very urgent need for copper mines, the bullets and shells produced by the base have solved a major problem of using copper, and the copper cables produced by the radar station have also relieved the pressure on civilian lines, and the recovery of bullet shells can also receive a lot of metal copper.

Therefore, the conditions proposed by the Chileans did not satisfy Meng Xiang too much.

But after all, there are still three Nagato-class battleships in production at the Nanyang base, and it doesn't matter if you sell one to the Chileans. Now many places have been abandoned because they are porphyry copper mines, but Meng Xiang knows that after solving the problem of low-grade mining in the fifties and sixties, there will be a wave of porphyry copper mining all over the world.

Circle those places and wait for the money to be counted.

"There's food! This time, there is no need to worry about food. Meng Xiang also put down a stone in his heart. The preliminary results of the census in the Special Administrative Region have already been obtained, and the total population of the newly occupied areas that are still being counted is close to 30 million. Excluding the population who cultivate their own crops, more than one million tons of grain are consumed just by eating subsistence allowances a year.

In the first transaction, 300,000 tons of grain were recorded in the account. In addition, the Pioneer Army's own food in the Special Zone is enough to cope with this year's situation.

Next year, we will be able to get more food by clearing the land in the Americas. At this time, the country was in turmoil, and when the time came, some disaster victims were brought in, and they were organized to go to South America to reclaim, using tractors and combine harvesters, and they could ensure a stable source of food without too much population. And as the Chinese immigrant population grows and occupies more and more territory, it doesn't matter who the land belongs to. The Chinese can kill them with their population.

The twelfth base car is also about to be produced. Meng Xiang was still hesitating where to settle at this time. At this time, the news came that Jiujiang had been conquered.

This time, the devil still used the same trick, taking advantage of the rainy night, the slackness of the defenders, suddenly landed from Poyang Lake to attack the city, and conquered Jiujiang in one fell swoop. This attack made the center of the devil start to shift again.

On one side is the vanguard army, and on the other side is the rich Yangtze River after the opening of the Jiujiang River. While the base camp was discussing, the Hatian detachment attacked all the way to the west. The accompanying 106th Division also attacked in the direction of De'an along the Nanxun Road.

This time, the Potian detachment and the 106th Division, which ventured to attack, were resisted by the Central Army, and the Central Army's layers of defense prevented their attack.

Terauchi Shou scolded the Central China dispatch army for their rash attack at first. At this time, the base camp was already making plans to deal with the vanguard army, but the Central China Dispatch Army only cared about their own interests.

After the devils occupied Zhengzhou, it was obvious that there were better conditions for attacking the vanguard army, and the central army retreated far away, and only needed to deal with the vanguard army.

But at this time, there was still an argument in the devil's base camp. However, it is not about which side to attack first, but about when to deal with the vanguard.

"The hidden danger of the vanguard army must be lifted, but we still need to wait, the strength of the vanguard army at this time has made us a little difficult, since we want to fight, we must completely finish him off. At least until October! At that time, the Russians did not dare to move troops easily. ”

"During this time, we can first take advantage of the abundant water period of the Yangtze River to go directly to Wuhan, and we may be able to occupy Wuhan in two months!"

"There is no need to discuss this problem anymore, the vanguard army must be solved first!" Sugiyama Mototo waved his hand. Although Wuhan was more tempting, the construction of the Pioneer Military Special Zone became more and more stable, and the subsistence allowance and population registration suddenly restricted the movement of the spies. The enthusiasm for actively joining the army that burst out of the SAR made them feel shocked.

"It's okay in September, the weather in Siberia is very abnormal, and in late September it sometimes changes faces. And we are also sure to resist the Russians for a month. ”

"The vanguard should be attacked now, they are still expanding. Wait another month, I'm afraid they will expand to 200,000. "The news of this man seems to be a little behind, the vanguard army is now 250,000 men, of which 70,000 recruits are constantly training, and in a month, the vanguard army will have 220,000 soldiers available for combat, and these are all qualified training. By then, the total number of people will be expanded to 300,000.

"I also support fighting now, we have never blocked the weapons supply line of the vanguard army, they have obtained Yantai and Qingdao, the foundation is not stable, we should attack now."

"Half a month of preparation, and in September we will start the attack." Sugiyama finally made up his mind. And with the permission of Konoe and Emperor Devil.

This time, the devil planned to mobilize more than 500 planes from the country, including more than 300 fighters. The real Nagato may also have to come and walk around and shine a light on its demeanor as one of the seven largest warships in the world. They were accompanied by the aircraft carrier Akagi and the returning Ryuxiang.

"You're going to hit us?" After hearing the news from the spy, Meng Xiang was not too surprised in his heart. I had long expected the devil to come.

"It's good to come here, just enough to consume them! Hit it! "Taking advantage of the home field advantage can avoid the pressure of logistics, and with his back to the base, Meng Xiang is not afraid at all.

"Keep listening!" If the devil is really coming, some plans can be implemented in advance.

On the 25th, the news of the devil's attack was finally confirmed, and the devil was gathering two new divisions in the country to prepare to participate in this attack.

"This time, Wuhan can be safe!" Lao Jiang had plans to abandon Wuhan, but he heard that he planned to attack the vanguard army.

"Eight divisions? This time the vanguard army is in trouble! Lao Jiang also had a lot of emotion.

The devil has mobilized a lot of power this time.

To the south of Xuzhou were the 6th, 13th and 101st Divisions, and to the east were the 114th Division of Lianyungang and the 110th Division of Weihai.

To the west were the 14th and 16th divisions involved in the operation. To the north was the 116th Division and the 3rd and 4th Mixed Reading Brigades.

"Shall we go over and help?" Bai Chongxi asked. This situation is obvious, but it is still necessary to squeeze Lao Jiang.

"I want to support it, but I need to send out people! Build a commando team first, and then you can strategically assault behind enemy lines! The 4th Division, the 89th Division and the 200th Division will be formed together, and let Emberlai be the commander of this assault army! ”

This is what Lao Jiang planned to do in history, but he has not acted, at this time the vanguard army is about to be attacked by devils, and the pressure on Wuhan is greatly reduced, so he can transfer manpower.

The most important thing is that Lao Jiang also did not want the vanguard army to fall, and the cutting of the feudal domain was reduced to the reduction of the feudal domain, but if the vanguard army fell, the pressure on the central army would be too great. However, it seems that this time, the vanguard army is less auspicious.

"There are more than 200,000 people in eight divisions, it's difficult!" Bai Chongxi also sighed beside him.

"Eight divisions want to come and fight us?" Meng Xiang sneered, "Since you have torn your face, then I'm not welcome!" ”

"Destroy all the 110th divisions first! Regain Weihai! Originally, Meng Xiang planned to keep a low profile, but in this world, even if it is low-key, it is useless, and he has already pointed the finger at the vanguard.

The 110th Division now has less than half of its manpower, and the remnants are still in the Weihai area, and all kinds of artillery are almost lost.

On the 26th, with Meng Xiang's order, the brigade of Niu San of the 50th Division, which had long been prepared to attack them, immediately rushed forward.

With the roar of more than 100 cannons, more than 60 Stuka and HS-123 freely stretched and galloped in the sky, and when their attack came to an end, the tanks rushed forward, and the infantry rushed directly into Weihai in one fell swoop.

The division commander, Lieutenant General Kuwaki Takaaki, committed suicide, and the 110th Wing, who was recuperating from his wounds in a coma, was captured.

The vanguard army continued to march and regained Rongcheng and other places. The 110th Division, only more than 100 devils of the 140th Wing, escaped by boat holding the flag of the wing.

One day and conquered all the lost ground.

On the same day, the Izumo sailed out of the port of Longkou Port, and Ryuichi personally served as the captain of the first ship, and the large Chinese character Izumo on the bow of the ship was properly written. Meng Xiang led everyone to cut the ribbon and cheer, and when the battleship sailed out of Longkou Port, everyone from the Central Navy who heard the news cheered and shed tears in unison.

On the 27th, the Ashigara also sailed out of the shipyard in Qingdao Port. Although those engineers will help with the overhaul, this is not something that can be repaired in a while, and Meng Xiang can't wait for them to study it slowly at this time, and after driving away these dedicated engineers who have forgotten to eat and sleep at night, he will turn on the repair function of the shipyard to repair for a while.

After such repairs in a row, I finally repaired the ashigara.

Just to cover up, he left some small tails, since the devil tore his face and sent the Nagato and Akagi, Meng Xiang no longer cared about the devil's warship, with the support of the French giant cannon, he was indeed a lot more courageous.

"I won't live up to the name of this ship!" Looking at the name of the bow on the Ashijo, which had been changed to a broken name, Shen Honglie said excitedly.

Meng Xiang sent someone to contact him, and the captain's position on the Ashigara was vacant, and the title of deputy commander of the Fifth Fleet of the Vanguard Army was also sent to him. The post of director of the naval school of the newly built Pioneer Army in Qingdao is also waiting for his choice, what else can he say?

At this time, Lao Shen did not hesitate, and finally chose to take refuge in him.

Shen Honglie raised his arms and shouted, and some of the original men and horses gathered one after another, and soon gathered all the establishments on the Broken Horn.

Meng Xiang didn't expect this Broken Ship and the old Izumo to fight against the devil's Nagato and Akagi, this was just a gesture, a posture facing the whole country, a gesture of forcing Lao Jiang to make a move. His real secret hands were those shore guns and planes.

At this time, there were already more than five hundred aircraft in the Vanguard.

Meng Xiang reorganized the Pioneer Army's flying team.

On August 8, the Air Force of the Vanguard Army was formed, but it was still called the Flying Corps to the outside world. A phoenix flag endowed the Air Force with the spirit of rebirth from the ashes. Only by tempering themselves in the flames of war can the air force of the vanguard army grow better.

The Air Force was still largely modeled after the Luftwaffe. The two-plane and four-plane formations composed of long planes and wingmen are the most basic tactical formations; Three four-aircraft squadrons with a total of 12 aircraft are the lowest level of tactical formation; The basic tactical establishment is a flight group consisting of 4 squadrons and a brigade headquarters, with a total of 68 aircraft; On the next level is the Flying Wing, which has four brigades and a wing headquarters with a total of 276 aircraft.

The existing aircraft of the Vanguard Army had just filled two wings.