the world is at stake

Xiao Jinlang is also a person who has seen big scenes. He sat down and chatted about ancient and modern China and foreign countries.At any rate, he had been the Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, and his life experience was no worse than Mayor Chen's, and he was even richer in knowledge.

Talking about the domestic revolution, the national economy and the people's livelihood, and the world political situation, Mayor Chen found that Mr. Xiao in front of him was quick in thinking, broad in thinking, avant-garde in thinking, and had a good understanding of communism.

Cited as a confidant in life!

Chatting and chatting, everyone found that the speed of the boat was accelerating.

The cargo ship sailed northward, passed through Yangpu District, and ran toward the mouth of the sea.

There were crashing waves on the surface of the river, and the scenery on both sides of the river was receding rapidly.

"Oh, it's really fast. It should be twelve knots." Mayor Chen calculated it and was very satisfied.

These days, the speed of cargo ships is as fast as [-] knots, and as slow as [-] knots.Even decades later, ocean-going freighters will run fifteen knots.No matter how fast it needs a very large power, the economy is very poor, and only the army will use it.

"If it's the twelfth day, it only takes two days from Shanghai to Dalian, and three days at most to Tianjin."

Mayor Chen asked Xiao Jinlang for discussion.

"Mr. Xiao, we are very grateful for the supplies you sent. I also have a presumptuous idea, can you lend us this ship as well.

We are very short of transportation capacity now, and it is difficult to transport materials from Shanghai to the Northeast.But now it is time to fight again, and it is very difficult for the volunteers. "

Now the mainland lacks everything, and there are only a few hundred-ton cargo ships, and there are only a handful of large ships.A large ship of [-] tons can hold at least [-] tons of cargo and can run twelve knots, which is very remarkable.

Of course Xiao Jinlang didn't care, and said happily, "This ship can be given to the people's government, there is nothing wrong with it."

Mayor Chen immediately wanted to decline. After all, it didn't make sense to take away so many supplies from others and also take away their boats.But if you think about it carefully, the value of the supplies they sent far exceeds this boat, maybe they really don't care.

Besides, Shanghai really needs transport capacity.

For a while, I didn't know whether to accept it happily or give in one or two.

After a moment of hesitation, the cargo ship had sailed out of the Huangpu River and was sailing along Changxing Island.Its speed is still accelerating, already exceeding fifteen knots.

"There are at least eighteen verses."

Mayor Chen was also looking for a topic, glanced out the porthole, and exclaimed again, "No wonder Captain Zhou asked us to guess, he is very confident. It must be the fastest speed, right?"

Xiao Jinlang laughed, and said to Kajia: "Go and tell Xiao Zhou, Mayor Chen is very satisfied with the speed of this boat, let him demonstrate that it is almost enough, don't play any more."

Katya left as she said.

Xiao Jinlang said to Mayor Chen again: "Xiao Zhou is a young man, very energetic, but he likes to show off too much. He probably wants to show off the strength of this ship."

"Hahaha... how young you are!" Mayor Chen didn't take it seriously, "This boat is really fast and stable, and it feels like walking on flat ground after running [-] knots, without any discomfort."

Xiao Jinlang was ashamed when he heard that.

I don't know what kind of black technology this boat is. It runs so fast on the narrow river, but it is smoother than the high-speed rail.If you don't look at the waves split by the bow, you won't feel that it is racing at high speed.

"Quick, it's really fast." The entourage of the municipal party committee clasped the porthole and shouted in surprise, "This speed is faster than that of a warship. It is accelerating. It must exceed twenty knots, absolutely."

A [-]-ton cargo ship ran twenty knots, and it was crazy.

Xiao Jinlang was a little restless. He didn't know what happened in the cockpit, but when he saw Kajia coming back with a sullen face, he asked anxiously, "What is Xiao Zhou doing? Just let him go."

Kajia's face was very dark, and in front of Mayor Chen and others, he said bravely: "The speed of the ship has exceeded 24 knots, and Xiao Zhou said that he wants to talk to you."

24 knots, this is to drag racing on the sea.

Xiao Jinlang took out a walkie-talkie from his waist, jumped to the intercom frequency, and said to Zhou Qingfeng who was staying in the cockpit: "Xiao Zhou, are you okay? Don't play any more, just put away your magical powers."

Zhou Qingfeng hesitated, "Supernatural power? You think it's fast too, right? But it seems to be faster, I'll try my best."

Faster?

Mayor Chen shook his head, "I didn't expect, I really didn't expect that this ship can run faster? It's going to be [-] knots, right? It's comparable to a battleship. It only takes one day from Shanghai to Tianjin. American technology is so good?"

Xiao Jinlang knew from the tone of his voice that the bastard was afraid of getting into trouble again, so he said in a low tone on the walkie-talkie: "Xiao Zhou, slow down, you are driving a cargo ship, not a destroyer. No matter how fast you speed up, you will fly away." gone."

Unexpectedly, Zhou Qingfeng hung up the call, as if he was a bit busy.

Xiao Jinlang couldn't sit still anymore, if this continued, this damn ship would really take off on the sea.He smiled awkwardly at Mayor Chen, "Xiao Zhou is so impulsive, I'll take care of him."

Mayor Chen laughed, "It's not in the way, it's not in the way."

Xiao Jinlang thought to himself, 'You have never seen that bastard get in the way'.He left the lounge and ran to the cockpit with thumping steps. As soon as he appeared on the deck, he felt the wind and the tide on the sea, and the huge waves were surging.

The waves are breaking, the seabirds are staying away, and the sea wind is tearing.

This [-]-ton cargo ship galloped uncontrollably close to the sea like a wild horse.

What the hell, a transport ship, why go so fast?

After finally getting into the cockpit, Xiao Jinlang opened the hatch and looked inside, only to see Zhou Qingfeng was sweating profusely clutching the steering wheel, almost crying.

"Boy, what are you doing? Slow down."

"I don't know, I actually didn't do anything, but this broken ship is probably nuclear-powered, and the speed of the ship is about to take off."

Chapter 08 Section 37 Transport Ship

When Mayor Chen returned to the Bund Pier, it was already dark.The comrades of the military control committee in the city were furious, wondering if their leaders had been hijacked and kidnapped by enemy agents.

Telegrams were sent to the navy asking to go to sea to find them, and they were notified to the central government.On the contrary, the chairman was calmer in the imperial capital, and asked the Shanghai side to be a little patient, and called a few more times on the radio.

After shouting for a long time on the high seas radio frequency band, they finally got in touch.Mayor Chen said that they ran out and walked around Chongming Island.

At twelve o'clock in the night, the ship came back.

The boss was a little flabbergasted, pointed at the cargo ship and sighed to Zhou Qingfeng: "Xiao Zhou, you are not a cargo ship at all.

Whose cargo ship has a top speed of 37 knots?I didn't feel it in the cabin, and I couldn't stand still when I ran to your deck and was blown by the wind.

Take your boat, half a day from Shanghai to Dalian, one day to Tianjin.This is obviously a large destroyer. If it is equipped with a few cannons, it can challenge Lao Jiang's navy. "

Zhou Qingfeng didn't speak, his body was drenched in sweat, and he muttered unhappily in his heart: "Who knows what's going on with this ship? Standing in the cockpit and driving purely with ideas, the fuel is unknown. This black technology is too outrageous, I don't even know How to explain."

Everyone in the municipal party committee didn't go into it too deeply, they only thought that American technology was so powerful that they had built a transport ship that could run at 37 knots.The dozen or so people who crossed over were like hell, and were left with lingering fears by this ship.

Mayor Chen went back, but he definitely didn't have a rest at night.The existence of Zhou Qingfeng and others and the cargo ship must be reported in detail.In addition, such a fast high-speed transport ship, it would be a pity not to make good use of it.

Xiao Jinlang took a plane to the imperial capital at night.He brought maps, information and a lot of films, intending to shock the chairman with video and video, and take advantage of the hard-won right to speak.

Katya also left with Lao Xiao.In the name of Russian-Americans, this big girl is going to meet the current first Soviet ambassador to China, Nikolai Vasilyevich Roshin, and ask Stalin for more aid.

Zhou Qingfeng stayed in Shanghai, and he received a telegram from Xiao Jinlang early the next morning - he had met the chairman in Zhongnanhai Fengze Garden, and he was warmly welcomed and very excited.

These days, long-distance communication depends entirely on telegrams, with short words and long meanings.As a believer in Marxism-Leninism, can you not be excited to see the true God?

In addition to the map, Lao Xiao also brought video materials of the US military's air raids on Germany and Japan in World War II, and some pictures of the US military base in Yokohama, Japan.

A U.S. infantry division has nearly [-] tanks, [-] trucks, and more than [-] medium and large caliber artillery.

The Northeast Frontier Army, the predecessor of the Volunteer Army, had 25 troops and only [-] trucks, which were drawn from various field armies.Insufficient means of transportation, only [-] animal-drawn trailers could be added.

As for the navy and air force, let's not talk about it.

Katya also sent a telegram in the afternoon, and accompanied by Chinese personnel, he met with the Soviet ambassador Luo Shen, and submitted the progress and report of the US hydrogen bomb research weighing several kilograms—a brief attachment weighing tens of kilograms was copied to the Chinese side.

As an ambassador to China, Luo Shen also needs political achievements, and being able to obtain top-secret information from the United States is a political achievement.He was extremely excited about Katya's appearance, repeatedly asked about the inside information, and at the same time couldn't wait to send a report to Moscow.

Although Moscow's reaction is not known at the moment, Stalin's character will definitely pay attention to it.

Zhou Qingfeng stayed in Shanghai, and formed a logistics and transport group with the remaining chosen ones and followers.

In the following month, the military control committee in the city used trucks to continuously deliver tens of thousands of tons of goods, basically military supplies produced by factories in Shanghai and surrounding areas.

From hemostatic bandages to alcohol cotton balls, from grain cloth to military uniform shoes and hats, from truck anti-aircraft guns to gasoline kerosene.After all, Shanghai is an important industrial city in China and is mobilizing for war.

Zhou Qingfeng quickly reached a cooperation with the Shanghai Navy Management Committee, and the cargo ship that crossed over became a 'strategic transport vehicle'.

It used a crane to load the materials onto the ship in Shanghai, and then set off for Anton, which is later known as Dandong.It is only across the Yalu River from North Korea, and it is the starting point and logistics station of the Volunteer Army.

In Anton is the No.13 Corps, its subordinates are the 38th Army, 39th Army, 40th Army, and 42nd Army. It was the main force in the first battle.

The No.40 Army under the Thirteenth Corps launched the first battle of the Korean War, and its three divisions were also in Andong.The other three armies were in Tieling, Liaoyang, and Tonghua.

Zhou Qingfeng came here specifically to strengthen this corps.Most of the radio stations and artillery were prepared for his family, so he never thought about distributing them evenly.

The Thirteenth Corps was still in hot Guangzhou in July. Except for the 42nd Army in Qiqihar in Heilongjiang, all of its subordinate units were scattered in the south, either suppressing bandits in Guangxi, Hunan, or farming in Henan.

As a result, the chairman gave an order, and within a month, the Thirteenth Corps was dragged to Anton to form the predecessor of the Volunteer Army, the "Northeast Frontier Army", ready to enter North Korea to fight.

Because the domestic railway network was severely damaged at that time.Due to the hasty assembly, the supply work of the Thirteenth Corps has not been done well, and some anti-aircraft artillery units failed to arrive smoothly.

Now cross the cargo ship to unload part of the medicine and radar, fill it with other materials and start racing on the sea.It ran nearly [-] kilometers from Shanghai and arrived in Anton in only half a day.

Completed the military supplies transportation task that has been a headache but could not be solved in China.

Then it went to Dalian, Tianjin, and Qingdao to deliver logistical materials to Anton at super high speed.

The logistics tasks that were once limited by the capacity and could not be transported in place were mostly completed by this cargo ship that can run 37 knots at any time.

Zhou Qingfeng was only in charge of driving for the first transportation, and then handed over to other selected candidates to complete the transportation tasks, and it was good to rely on high-power radio stations to communicate in the middle.

He stayed in Andong with [-] tons of materials loaded and unloaded by a crane on the temporary trestle bridge built near the China-North Korea Railway Bridge on the Yalu River.

At this moment, Zhan Yun filled the Korean Peninsula, and MacArthur had landed in Incheon on September 50, 9 years.

The fat man of the Jin family did not listen to the chairman's advice at all. The main force of the People's Army was all pressed to the south of Busan.

Roshin, the current Soviet ambassador to China, is very aware of these dire situations.The aid group from Shanghai was like a glimmer of light in the gloom, giving Luo Shen's work a more positive meaning.

In the Soviet embassy outside Jianguomen, Luo Shen, who was an intelligence officer, was writing a telegram, "The great leader, Comrade Stalin, please allow me to report to you...

According to the report of the Soviet Air Force stationed in Shanghai to assist in air defense, a cargo ship of unknown origin arrived in Shanghai yesterday and provided the Chinese government with aid including ten tons of penicillin.

Many of the personnel driving the cargo ship are from the West, and one of them, Ms. Katya, is from the United States.She flew overnight to Imperial Capital to find me, and submitted a report on the progress of American hydrogen bomb research. "

After writing this, Roshen paused his pen, recalling the scene when he just met Katya.

The big Russian girl is the ultimate beauty in this day and age, young, pretty, well-mannered and obviously highly educated.She publicly stated that she was an intelligence officer trained in the United States, but defected because of her admiration for the Soviet Union.

Also as an intelligence officer, Luo Shen remained highly alert to Katya's appearance.

However, apart from submitting information and expressing his willingness to provide five tons of dry penicillin powder to the Soviet Union, Katya hoped that the Soviet Union could provide more assistance to China.

By the way, Kajia made it clear that she was Zhou Qingfeng's fiancée and would only be with her fiancée.All aid materials belonged to Zhou Qingfeng and now belong to China.

At the moment, the Chinese Prime Minister is in Crimea on the Black Sea coast, where Stalin is recuperating.The two sides are discussing China's entry into North Korea to participate in the war.

China also knows that the American Air Force is very strong and hopes that the Soviet Air Force can provide air defense.However, Stalin stated that he could provide weapons and equipment, but he could not send troops directly, let alone participate in the war.

Historically, the Volunteer Army is "a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers", and it has a process from unfamiliarity to proficiency in dealing with the US Navy and Air Force.But this process is all in exchange for huge casualties and losses.

Luo Shen knew that the telegram he wrote would affect Stalin's decision to a certain extent—after all, five tons of dry penicillin powder was valuable, but the value of the hydrogen bomb was strategic.

According to the intelligence assessment provided by Katya, the United States will test the hydrogen bomb two years later, which will be earlier than the Soviet Union-in the era of the US-Soviet struggle for hegemony, this is unbearable.

It may be difficult for future generations to understand the cruelty and necessity of such a big country engaging in an arms race for the sake of face.But at the moment, even breaking through a certain technology one day earlier can be advertised to the world.

The first atomic bomb, the first hydrogen bomb, the first rocket, the first artificial satellite, the first astronaut, all these will prove whether capitalism is better or socialism is better?

For Stalin, this was an issue related to his image at home and abroad and the legitimacy of his leadership of global communism. It was the face of the leading brother.

For the sake of this face, the Soviet Union's militarism to export revolutions around the world is an extremely serious political issue that cannot tolerate any jokes.

Who dares to take this matter lightly, the labor camps of the Gulag are waiting for him.

Katya suggested that the penicillin and intelligence brought by Zhou Qingfeng's team be used as a discount to buy weapons and equipment from the Soviet Union for the volunteer troops who are about to enter the DPRK and allocate them directly from Lushun and the Far East.

Now we can't count on the cover of the Soviet Air Force, let alone the sudden growth of the Chinese Air Force, so we can only ask for more anti-aircraft guns, trucks, and portable logistics supplies.

Among them, rations are very important.

Climbing on the ice and lying on the snow can only eat potatoes that are frozen into hard lumps. How can people fight wars?At least get some canned food with self-heating function.

The information submitted by Katya will be sent to Moscow by plane immediately after taking photos for backup, and it will presumably be handed over to Sakharov who is researching the hydrogen bomb.

Luo Shen spent half a day writing the telegram and deducing it carefully under the desk lamp.

According to the current speed at which the US military is advancing on the Korean Peninsula, they should be able to drive Fatty Jin to nowhere by the end of October.At that time, in order to protect its Northeast China, it is very likely that China will send troops.

However, according to the reports of the officers of the three fighter regiments currently stationed in the Northeast of the Soviet Union, the equipment of the Chinese troops is quite backward.

The 39th Army stationed in Liaoyang is already in the best condition. It is called "American equipment", but it is a light infantry division. The main weapons are more than 7000 Japanese Type 38 rifles and more than 5000 American rifles and submachine guns.

Its artillery is basically mortar, the best is 12 American 75mm mountain guns - a gift from Chairman Jiang.

Forget about the rest.

There is nothing else in the Soviet Union. There are a lot of rifles and artillery left over from World War II. If you open any warehouse, there is no place to put it.

According to Katya's opinion, why didn't the Soviet Union use these rags to earn some scarce supplies?By the way, you can also reap the gratitude and friendship of Chinese comrades.

Chapter 09