This positive attitude towards life moved the French officers and soldiers who held Kerim in custody, and they began to meet Kerim's demands as much as possible without violating military law, but this just facilitated the actions of the Chinese special forces

"Comrades-in-arms from the ancient countries of the East, the Moroccan people will never forget your kindness." After being rescued and learning that he would be sent back to his hometown, Kerim excitedly thanked the special forces, and Hu Weidong's letter translated into Arabic was of great help to his anti-colonial struggle after returning home

In his letter, Hu Weidong praised Kerim for his great achievements in leading the Moroccan people to resist colonial aggression in the past, and on the other hand, he put forward some opinions and suggestions to him on the basis of the lessons of China's revolutionary struggle. In fact, Hu Weidong at that time did not simply want Kerim to help China stumble on France for a few more days, but Kerim's subsequent success far exceeded his expectations

Krim's struggles aside, Hu Weidong did not pin his hopes entirely on a foreigner, and was transferred to the newly established Southwest Bureau (in charge of the five provinces of Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi). After the first secretary and the commander and political commissar of the Southwest Military Region, he immediately drew up a list of generals, specifically requesting that Ma Zhongying's armored cavalry division be transferred to the Southwest Military Region, because although the mountainous terrain of the southwest has great restrictions on armored troops, the enemy often neglects to take precautions because of this, and if it is used well, it can achieve miraculous results, just like in the Korean Peninsula at the beginning. As for the Air Force, the more the merrier. However, considering the complex terrain in the southwest region and the northern part of the Indochina Peninsula, in order to avoid unnecessary losses caused by too many accidents, only veteran pilots and newer aircraft were given the opportunity to participate in the war.

On the one hand, it was to reduce the logistical pressure, and on the other hand, it was to speed up the land reform, the suppression of bandits, and the building of the militia system in the newly liberated areas of the southwest; as long as the rear was stabilized, Hu Weidong was confident that relying on one million elite soldiers would be enough to deal with the enemy in the Indochina Peninsula, as long as Britain and France did not continue to increase their troops.

In addition, subconsciously, Hu Weidong reduced the forces under his command. It is also inevitable that there is no scruple that China's generals have had since ancient times when they led troops abroad. In fact. Hu Weidong still doesn't know why the central government refrigerated him for a period of time, and now he continues to give him great power and let him do it. But even if you don't understand. He will not be afraid to take on heavy responsibilities because of personal considerations. And it wasn't until years later. Hu Weidong finally understood that the great man's original refrigeration was to protect him. In the past year, he has made exceptional reuse and desperately made him meritorious, also to protect him

During the preparation for the war, Hu Weidong also actively gave full play to his strengths in military industry, and carried out simple but greatly beneficial combat or logistical improvements to some combat weapons, such as the two wings of the Stuka have been changed by him to a type cabin, and the landing gear can be retracted in it to reduce drag when flying, which can speed up the flight speed of the Stuka bomber by about 10%, and at the same time, it can also be equipped with a large-caliber cannon (two wings are two) to enhance the ground attack capability. Anyway, the wing of the Stuka bomber is very strong, and digging two slots does not make much of a difference (historically, the Germans often used the space inside the wing to transport things when the land supply lines were not smooth, which is enough to see how strong the Stuka wing is).

This improvement was highly praised by the Stuka bomber manufacturer Juncker, and a similar modification was made on Germany's own Stuka bomber, but the Germans did it more carefully, and not only could it be equipped with an aerial gun in the type cabin (after all, this modification was only useful for ground attack, and the target could only be troops with no shelter in the field). ), which could also be converted into additional fuel tanks to further increase endurance, which the Luftwaffe estimated could increase the actual combat effectiveness of the Stuka bomber by 15 to 20 percent

In addition, all kinds of small equipment adapted to rainforest warfare, as well as special materials such as cooling oil necessary for rainforest areas, began to be hoarded in large quantities, and by the end of 1940, China not only had more than enough land to defend its territory, but even if it launched a large-scale counteroffensive, there was no big problem. The reason why Hu Weidong has such confidence is that in the past year, China has made unprecedented achievements in all aspects

First of all, it successfully negotiated peace with Japan under relatively favorable conditions, and dismantled the conspiracy of the United States to take advantage of the Sino-Japanese dispute to benefit from the fisherman. Then, it was China since the end of the Qing Dynasty that finally achieved domestic reunification and established a new regime in which the people were the masters of the country, and the great man announced to the whole Shijie in the capital Luoyang Victory Square that "the Chinese people have stood up from now on", and Hu Weidong's "Singing the Motherland" was selected as the national anthem of New China (the national flag and national emblem are consistent with history), which shows the unprecedented self-confidence of the Chinese leadership today, which is completely different from the strong sense of crisis revealed in the "March of the Volunteers".

The reason for such a difference is, on the one hand, because of the difference in the international environment, when the new China was established in history, the bipolar pattern had been formed, and at that time China was in ruins, neither of the United States nor the Soviet Union was something that China could confront alone, and the old Chiang fled to Taiwan, and since then he has never stopped attacking the mainland, spies, bandits, air raids and other means have emerged one after another, and China is in full danger at home and abroad; Now that the full-scale outbreak of the Shijie war is imminent, China is about to get an unprecedented opportunity for development, and it is very likely to take advantage of this opportunity to get a piece of the pie, the situation is naturally completely different.

On the other hand, because of its own strength is different, due to the butterfly effect caused by Hu Weidong's crossing, China's national strength is not weak today, in terms of the output of major industrial products, close to the level of New China in history in 1957, and if China's proportion in the Shijie economy is concerned, it is equivalent to the level of 1976. And now China's military is even stronger, although there are 5 million PLA in history, but military production can not be basically self-sufficient until the completion of the first five years of Jihua, and in 1940 when the total strength of the PLA reached a peak of 8.52 million, military production and logistics supply is still enough to meet the needs, and now even the strongest United States among the Shijie powers, the national strength can not be compared with the United States and the Soviet Union after the war, unconsciously, China has become one of the great powers, How can the Chinese not be confident? (To be continued......)