Chapter 181: The Journey of Awarding

Zhang Xuewu's order undoubtedly made the German military very interested, especially the tank shooting code-named Honor II, which made the German military feel like it was like a star! It has outstanding protection ability, strong maneuverability, and strong firepower! Like a little leopard, and Zhang Xuewu's order of one hundred aircraft saved the Bavarian aircraft manufacturer. Although the two sides were fighting the final battle around the price, many people actually saw it very clearly that the Chinese would be the final winner, because it is difficult to find the next buyer for the extremely risky multi-purpose aircraft made by Bavarian aircraft.

A general under the Central Army of the Chinese government purchases ten times more than his government? This is difficult to understand in the eyes of the Germans. The Germans took great effort to understand the relationship between Zhang Xuewu and Zhang Xueliang, and straightened his position in the Nanjing central government. Then they realized that even the Central Army of the Nanjing government of China can buy the weapons you need as long as you have money. Therefore, the German government's National Defense Force attached great importance to this, which led to Secker's award of the China Tour.

Buzz! Buzz! A shrill alarm sounded on the main external defense position of Chaoyangnan, the 10th Brigade of Hu Zhenglong. Zhang Xuewu opened his pocket watch and placed it aside. George Ferzer and Secker each used a gun team mirror to observe the left and right positions. Thirty seconds later, a large group of troops rushed in. Sun Guiming of the 10th Brigade yelled at the top of the 10th Brigade: "Order the 20th Regiment to enter the position, and the 21st Regiment supported the flanks of the 11th Brigade of Friends. What was wrong? Where is the staff officer Xi?"

In the artillery mirror, the fully armed Chinese soldiers began to quickly enter positions and fortifications in a panic. During this period, the officers and non-commissioned officers played a crucial role. When Sun Guiming discovered the regiment commander Zhang Xuewu and a large group of German advisers, he immediately understood everything, so he immediately entered the role, and immediately contacted the division-level artillery regiment in the rear by phone, and transferred the brigade's direct heavy mortar battalion and Yeshan artillery battalion from the second line to the third line to the third line to the deployment.

Fifteen minutes later, Zhang Xuewu picked up the golden pocket watch beside him and closed the cover and said, "Don't insult the four words on this watch. Your troops performed very well. You can enter the position within fifteen minutes when you are having a meal. The Japanese infantry and tank mixed assault limit is at least thirty minutes. Not bad! Even under enemy artillery fire, you can enter the position without any preparation within twenty minutes. Be careful of arrogance and impetuousness! Fight for greater honor!"

This was the first time Sun Guiming had a face-to-face conversation with the legion commander Zhang Xuewu within such a distance. It was inevitable that he was a little excited. In addition, the legion commander actually gave him a gold-shelled pocket watch. On the spot, Sun Guiming didn't even dare to look at it. He took it with respect and stood by and watched Zhang Xuewu talking with a group of Germans. During the conversation, the Germans pointed and pointed and pointed at Sun Guiming a little scared, very afraid that the Germans were asking for trouble for him.

Finally, Zhang Xuewu said to Sun Guiming: "Tell your division commander, go to whatever he should do, and don't rush over to serve me. I don't need him to serve me. The German consultant said that your fortifications were well built and the troops' response was also OK, but the defense system of the fortifications still needs to be strengthened and improved, especially the right wing position, which has obvious weaknesses!"

Sun Guiming looked at the right wing and quietly approached Zhang Xuewu: "Legislature Commander, there is a defensive connection between our troops and the 11th Brigade. There is a dense minefield and hidden fire point. It is a fire trap, deliberately exposed to the Japanese. In addition, certain mines were buried in the anti-tank trenches. Japan dares to come over to ensure that they have surprises!"

Zhang Xuewu nodded and looked at the long defense line and said, "A division is really tight in defending such a long defense line. It will be much better when the permanent fortifications of the entire defense line are completed! No more than three years at most!"

After Zhang Xuewu and George Ferzer and Secker left, Sun Guiming wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with lingering fear: "Thanks to me who came in today and didn't scold anyone, my God! Can you survive after scolding the Legion Commander?"

The officers on the side surrounded him with a smile, rushing to see Sun Guiming's gold watch. You should know that pocket watches and even watches are not rare, but gold watches are different, especially the gold watches given by the Legion Commander himself, which is even more extraordinary!

Sun Guiming was not willing to let everyone touch it. He carefully opened the pocket watch. The four golden words "Loyalty for the country" on it made everyone's eyes lit up. It was not the most common "Dear and sincerity" or "Successful and Become a Benefit"! And the "Loyalty for the Country" tattooed by my mother-in-law back then!

Zhang Xuewu spent five days with two generals George Fère and Secker, who worked hard to inspect the five divisions and two brigades under his jurisdiction. The most well-trained artillery brigade was the mechanized brigade, and the worst slack was the second brigade of Xu Guohui, the first division. Generally speaking, Zhang Xuewu was satisfied, but Zhang Xuewu also gave severe criticism and warnings to other slacks.

Zhang Xuewu prepared seventeen pocket watches and finally gave only three. Because he would give them only if he was satisfied, he would give them. Therefore, the three people wearing pocket watches were also particularly fashionable. Chinese soldiers are different from foreign military habitually wearing medals. Besides, ordinary officers and soldiers do not have medals to wear.

Medals are representatives of military honors. Seckert is very strange for Chinese soldiers to collect medals instead of wearing them. Xu Guohui, Zhao Xinyu and others feel that if they wear all their medals, if they are killed and confiscated by the enemy, that is the real shame.

Zhang Xuewu naturally knew that this was a kind of difference arising from two different ideologies between the East and the West, and each had its own reasons. However, Zhang Xuewu had the idea of ​​creating a group of honor seals, including bronze, silver, and gold third-class tiger seals for officers and soldiers to hang on their left chests. It seemed a good idea? Moreover, for those who killed senior Japanese officers, bombed, destroyed enemy tanks and artillery during the battle, fought extremely bravely, and participated in the battle with injuries, it seemed that they should also be given certain decorations to prove their honor.

After Secker personally wore the "Knight of Friendship" for Zhang Xuewu, Zhang Xuewu ordered Huang Tao to study a set of battle wound brochures, heroic brochures, destroy the brochures, and kill the brochures, which were used to reward the brave officers and soldiers who fought and marked honors by wearing them on their chests.

Afterwards, the dinner officially began. While many officers were having a lot of food and drink, Zhang Xuewu, Seckert and George Ferzer and his group secretly came to Zhang Xuewu's simple bedroom. A German captain who accompanied him served as the meeting minutes. It can be said that the five days of hard work were actually for this moment, the formal face-to-face meeting, and everything before it was a smokescreen of this meeting.

Sekt formally took out the memorandum and handed it to Zhang Xuewu. Zhang Xuewu, who had a serious expression, stood up and took it with both hands. As a witness of history, Zhang Xuewu was in a state of indescribable mood at this moment. Zhang Xuewu carefully looked through the so-called contract of the German Ministry of Defense!

This contract is similar to the unilateral hegemony clause in later generations. The so-called contract stipulates that Zhang Xuewu must hand over all the design materials and background documents to the German side, and ensure that the German side has all the patent rights and keep it confidential. On the contrary, Germany will immediately start designing and producing the bank's tanks, and the first 30 test vehicles will be given to Zhang Xuewu for free. However, Zhang Xuewu's Rehe Legion needs to purchase a total of 150 of this model and subsequently improved models of the German side. The German side completed the handover of all the tanks before March 1935 and trained relevant armored soldiers and technical maintenance personnel for Zhang Xuewu.

Zhang Xuewu closed the contract and took a deep breath. It was indeed a bit bullying! It seemed to give him great benefits, but Zhang Xuewu knew very well that the Germans were asking him to pay for them to experiment with new equipment. Zhang Xuewu, who had never suffered any losses, smiled and put down the contract and said, "If this design drawing flows into the hands of the Soviet Union, I wonder if I can change to 200 free chariots?"

George Fözer's face changed: "This is absolutely not possible!"

Secker looked at George Ferzer beside him and said, "If General Zhang wanted to hand it over to the Soviet Union, I would have handed it over to them long ago. You must know that Chairman Chiang doesn't actually like the Soviet Union, but he was reluctant to resume diplomacy due to pressure from the Japanese Empire. I hope to use the Soviet Union to restrain the Japanese. Am I right? General Zhang!"

Zhang Xuewu nodded and said, "Your Excellency, you are very right, but I must say that we are doing business. Where can I get the goods, you don't want to give them? Sincerity! Both of us must show sincerity. You must know how many days it took me to draw this design drawing, which is very hard!"

These two drawings drawn by General Zhang himself? George Fère and Secker looked at Zhang Xuewu with incredible eyes. Zhang Xuewu shrugged and said helplessly: "I have loved machinery and weapons since I was a child. In this Battle of Rehe, our army's Renault and Italian thin-skinned junk goods were not the opponents of Japanese tanks at all, and what are the tanks? In ancient times, the battlefield was used to heavy cavalry and charge. My current broken things lacked enough firepower? Not to mention the speed, so I thought about drawing the tanks I imagined, that is, those two chapters of drawings. I hope the German factory can make it for me to deal with the Japanese tanks in the future."

Secket frowned and said, "It's really my own painting. I can't say that it's a design. It's just a general appearance. For specifics, I have to ask professional designers and mechanization engineers to complete it! I also have a lot of different sketches at my home in Beijing, such as airplanes, submarines, warships, etc., which is a hobby!"
Chapter completed!