NCCnovel Chapter 316 Navy Commander Chen
Chapter 316 Navy Commander Chen
Wang Meng was still looking at the Huasheng rice with a smile. The problem for adults was often that the price had not been agreed upon.
As long as he stays here, there is still something to talk about!
"Not for nothing, weapons and equipment, gold bars, US dollars, and even a small white bottle!"
Wang Meng took out a bottle of penicillin from his pocket, placed it in front of him and shook it.
Peanut quickly took it and squinted at the label, "Pingshun County Pharmaceutical Factory".
"Is this the penicillin that costs thousands of dollars a bottle on the black market? But it's still effective!"
After reading it, Peanut neither kept the penicillin in his hand nor returned it.
Instead, he leaned forward, put the penicillin on the coffee table, and then shook his head with a smile.
"Houfu is my naval commander-in-chief and right-hand man. This is not right!"
Wang Meng cursed Lao Deng in his heart, "If you say that you are the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy when you have hundreds of ships, how dare you call yourself the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy when you only have a few small sampans?"
Have you ever seen a navy without warships? Shameless!
"Two thousand semi-automatic rifles are enough to equip an entire regiment! Their firepower is definitely two levels higher than that of bolt-action rifles. We can kill the Japanese without making a single sound!"
Peanut's eyelids twitched. He had heard that the gun was easy to use. As long as the gun was fired quickly, it could fire ten bullets in a few seconds. It had a long range and high accuracy.
The price on the black market is as high as several hundred dollars per piece.
"Houfu was paid by the government to study ship technology in Europe. It cost a lot over the years!"
Chen Shaokuan did indeed first learn navigation technology at the Jiangnan Naval Academy, then went to the United States to study aircraft and submarine technology, and later went to Britain and Germany.
"Okay, then add another million rounds of bullets!"
Peanut's mouth curled up slightly. Although Chen Shaokuan was a good fighter, he was considered a thorn in his side and had submitted his resignation three times.
After the outbreak of the Battle of Shanghai in 1932, although the Chinese Navy was furious and wanted to have a fight with the Japanese, it was forced by pressure from its superiors to "follow the central government's instructions" and "not fight back." The Navy's "fear of death" behavior attracted severe criticism from all walks of life for several consecutive months.
Chen Shaokuan, who was the Minister of the Navy at the time, was under a lot of pressure and was depressed every day.
In addition, due to factional struggles within the Nationalist government, naval construction has never received much attention.
In November 1932, Chen Shaokuan finally couldn't bear the anger in his heart anymore and submitted his resignation.
On November 11, the Executive Yuan issued the following instructions:
"The minister has been dedicated to his work, never complained about his hard work, and has achieved great success. It is thanks to his great talent that we can strengthen our national defense. His resignation from his concurrent posts should not be debated."
Chen Shaokuan, who was not approved, sat in his position anxiously for another two years.
Two months later, Chen Shaokuan submitted his resignation again. This time, he said in his resignation letter: The outside world "has always criticized the navy and Shaokuan personally, especially since the Battle of Songhu, when the navy was accused of being powerless and unable to defend the country."
Only after other naval comrades and Peanut’s representative Zhang Qunwei stayed did Chen Shaokuan give up his intention to resign.
In November 1934, because the construction of the navy was not taken seriously, he felt that his ambition to build a navy to strengthen China was difficult to achieve and he submitted his resignation again.
Only after repeated persuasion from Peanut and others did he withdraw his petition.
However, the previous attempts to retain Chen Shaokuan were only in the past. Although Chen Shaokuan was now the commander-in-chief of the navy, all the sailors under his command had gone ashore, and they were now the army.
However, there was no way Peanuts could tell Wang Meng all these things.
"Chief of Staff Wang, Commander Chen is shouldering a heavy responsibility now. If he is transferred away now, I'm afraid I'll have to find a successor."
Wang Meng showed a surprised expression, although he was pretending.
"From what I understand, your navy only has a few sampans left? And important missions?"
Peanut's expression was a little awkward. Isn't it common for the upper class to be secretive? Why is he speaking so directly?
"Chief of Staff Wang, things are not as simple as you think!"
It turns out that this is what happened. After the Chongqing government's navy was completely wiped out, although there were no warships, Chen Shaokuan invented a land tactic.
In August 1938, the Navy Command formed a mine-laying commando team to sneak into enemy-occupied areas to lay floating mines.
On September 9, a team of the rangers set out from Liyu Mountain and laid eighty mines in the main channel of the Yangtze River.
Soon, two Japanese ships were sunk by floating mines on the river near Wuxue, Hubei.
After the initial victory, the mine-laying commando team continued down the river, crossed the Japanese defense line on the front line, and arrived at Datong and Guichi in Anhui, which had become the enemy's rear.
On the night of September 9, taking advantage of the dead of night, sixty floating mines were secretly laid in the river, successfully delaying the Japanese navy's plan to go up the river, greatly easing the pressure on the Chinese army that was fighting fiercely on the Tianjiazhen front line of the Battle of Wuhan.
Since then, although the Chinese Navy lost its ships, it opened up its own land battlefield.
"Commander Chen really has the spirit of not admitting defeat. I will give you another 100 bottles of penicillin!"
Peanut immediately slapped the armrest.
"One thousand bottles, I'll give it up with great reluctance!"
"make a deal!"
In the end, Wang Meng spent two thousand semi-automatic rifles, one million rounds of ammunition and one thousand bottles of penicillin to poach the commander-in-chief of the navy.
"Let Houfu come in and have a chat! I'll ask Xun'en to prepare a press conference for our expeditionary force cooperation!"
Not long after Peanut had gone out, Chen Shaokuan, dressed in military uniform, walked in. His face was firm and expressionless.
"Commander Chen, hurry up, please take a seat!"
Wang Meng stood up enthusiastically, as if he was the owner of this residence.
Chen Shaokuan sat down without saying a word. Judging from his expression, he must have known his fate of being "traded".
"Commander Chen, did he tell you?"
"Yeah, I said it."
"What do you think?"
"It is the duty of a soldier to obey orders. There is nothing much to say! But there is one thing I don't understand. Chief of Staff Wang, please explain it to me!"
Wang Meng breathed a sigh of relief. He was not afraid that you would lose your temper on the spot, but he was afraid that you would keep it to yourself and then kill you with a sword.
"Please speak!"
"The Independent Column has indeed been in full swing in the past two years and has won many great victories. But as far as I know, you don't have a navy and no docks. The Yellow River closest to you is not very suitable for shipping. I wonder why you brought me there?"
Before Chen Shaokuan willingly agreed to go to Pingshun, Wang Meng was still hesitating whether to tell him about the big deal signed yesterday.
"Commander Chen, you should know Dai Anlan and Lu Tianlong, right?"
Chen Shaokuan nodded. These two people did not have a good life in Chongqing, but now they are doing very well in Ping'an, which is really enviable.
"We didn't have an armored division or an air force at the time, but they will have them when they arrive. As long as you are willing to go to Pingshun with me, I will give you an entire aircraft carrier fleet within a year at the latest!"