On April 28, 1939, the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany, welcomed a group of important guests. The entire shipyard, including several kilometers outside it, was blocked.

A black Mercedes-Benz slowly drove into the shipyard, and several tough German soldiers wearing SS uniforms quickly got out of the car at the rear.

After looking around and making sure there was nothing wrong, I slowly opened the door of the Mercedes-Benz.

"Oh~~ It's the Führer! It's the Führer!!" The crowd suddenly exclaimed, and then they saw Hitler slowly walking out of the car wearing a military uniform with the Iron Cross medal he had won in World War I on his chest.

"Hi! Hitler!!" bursts of excited shouts rang out from the crowd. Hitler solemnly returned the salute to those who saluted him, and slowly walked towards the huge ship surrounded by the crowd.

Marshal of the German Navy and Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Erich Raeder, followed quietly to the right of the head of state, while to Hitler's left was Göring, who looked unhappy.

Years of feasting and feasting made Göring no longer the heroic figure he had been in the air during the First World War. Instead, he was obese and slow in action. But this did not affect his status in the Air Force at all.

"This is our big guy, isn't it?!" Arriving in front of the giant ship, Hitler sighed for a while and said to Redel: "What's its name?!"

"It doesn't have a name now, my Führer!" Raeder was very knowledgeable, but the old marshal said to Hitler: "As your weapon, you will name it yourself!"

As a soldier, Raeder had to be so tactful and say this because he was completely forced. Göring was too aggressive when it came to the aircraft carrier. Even Hitler had agreed to return the aircraft carrier to the navy.

But Goering still tried every means to choke the navy on aircraft. An aircraft carrier cannot do without pilots, nor can it do without aircraft. In order to obtain these to increase the combat effectiveness of the aircraft carrier, Raeder found Hitler and communicated with Goering more than once.

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It can be said that this aircraft carrier is the culmination of all Redel's hard work. But he had to hand over the naming rights to Hitler. This was to ensure that his hard work would not fall into crisis due to some dirty work on the sea.

Except for the enemy, no one dared to let the warship named by the head of state himself get stuck.

"Oh ~ a huge warship! This is what we need!" Hitler suddenly became a little excited, walked in and looked at the warship and said loudly: "With it, I believe those clowns huddled in England will tremble!"

"As for the name... let's just call it 'Count Zeppelin'!" Hitler was obviously very excited. The Air Force once tried to attack England directly.

But it was obvious that the effect of direct attack was not good. After losing more than a hundred fighter planes, Hitler directly called a halt to the plan to attack Britain. At the same time, he transferred elite pilots to the newly established aircraft carrier force.

He hoped that the emergence of aircraft carriers could change Germany's current state of helplessness against the British Isles. The British destroyed fighter planes and resolute resistance attitude angered Hitler.

If it were in history, he would have chosen to directly attack the Soviet Union. But now Japan used aircraft carriers to attack Pearl Harbor first, which gave Hitler other ideas.

Historically, Hitler launched the Battle of Britain in 1940, while Japan attacked Pearl Harbor at the end of 1941. In this year, even if Hitler had some ideas, they had already started a war against the Soviet Union.

But the situation is different now. The Japanese army's first action allowed Hitler to see the value of the navy and the value of aircraft carriers. He was prepared to teach the British some lessons in this matter.

It's best if these damn Brits surrender of their own accord, or Germany won't mind crushing them to pieces.

"Raeder, when can you join the battle?!" After the naming, Hitler turned to Raeder and said. The latter thought about it and said: "Führer, we need at least two months of training and adaptation before we can participate.

fighting."

"The aircraft carrier formation needs to be familiar with, and the takeoff and landing of the aircraft also need to be trained. The whole process will take us at least two months..."

Hitler's face was gloomy. He had finally waited for his aircraft carrier to be built, but it still had to wait two months before the war could begin. This made him very angry. But Hitler also knew that this was necessary.

"Raeder, then I will give you two months." After gritting his teeth for a while, Hitler said: "Two months later, I must see our aircraft carrier teach those damn British guys a lesson on the sea!"

"As you wish! My Führer!"

In the Philippines, Masaharu Honma, who was reprimanded by the base camp, summoned all troops, including the Filipino military, and dispatched Japanese troops and other troops to begin a comprehensive search for any suspicious persons.

The troops originally left by the US military to fight guerrillas were brutally surrounded and suppressed before they even started taking action.

The Chinese in the Philippines had already formed their own guerrillas, and some of the troops that originally belonged to the Philippines were transformed into guerrillas to spy on and attack the Japanese army at MacArthur's request.

It is a pity that most of these small forces were wiped out in this Japanese raid before they had time to take action.

"Mr. Geng, can you tell me why there is no smoke coming out of this stove you made?!" After a few days of training, Wainwright's health has obviously improved a lot.

At least now he doesn't have to lie on a stretcher and can stand up and move around on his own. He is curious about everything about this army, from their attack methods to the stove they dug that will not let smoke rise.

"This is called a smokeless stove. It is a stove developed by our National Defense Force for use in field marches." Geng Biao smiled and said, "You have seen its function, which is to prevent smoke from rising straight up and being discovered by the enemy."

Then, Geng Biao enthusiastically explained the composition of the smokeless stove to Wainwright.

The smokeless stove is not complicated. First, dig a trapezoidal pit and then open a hole on the side as the mouth of the stove. The last step is to dig out the flue. Then drill three small holes from the back of the stove.

A trench is dug at the top and extends back about 2 to 3 meters long.

Cover the ditch with turf or cover it with branches, and then cover it with soil, so that the fire will not smoke straight up but will spread along the ditch.

"What an ingenious structure!" Wainwright was very interested in this. As a soldier, he would not fail to see the benefits of this kind of smoking marching stove that does not have direct access to field operations.

This kind of marching stove allows the troops to eat hot food, which is of great benefit to the troops to restore their physical strength. Moreover, the whereabouts of the troops will not be exposed due to fireworks.

And after using this kind of stove, you can clean them and wipe away the traces. You can't find them without searching carefully. The canned beef was cooked while talking.

Vacuum packaging had not yet appeared at this time, and these foods were packed in iron cans. Vermicelli stoves made from potatoes with a huge output have been stored as food by the National Defense Forces.

This meal was beef stew with vermicelli. Wainwright and the others had not eaten anything good for a long time, and many times they were even hungry and full.

They picked up the lunch boxes given to them by the soldiers. The lunch boxes contained half beef stewed vermicelli and half rice. Wainwright and others devoured them.

After finishing the meal, Wainwright habitually touched the pack of cigars in his pocket and handed one to Geng Biao without hesitation.

In the envious eyes of several American officers on the side, Geng Biao took the cigar and lit it up like Wainwright. After two puffs, it felt pretty good! It was no worse than a dry tobacco stick.

"Geng, I have been rescued by you now. But what I want to know is, when are you planning to rescue those soldiers..." As he said this, Wainwright showed a trace of sadness on his face.

"I originally chose to surrender in the hope that they could save their lives. But now it seems that this is not the best choice. The Bataan Death March killed at least tens of thousands of people at the hands of the Japanese. Now they

Being detained at the mine again..."

Geng Biao was silent. This matter was not something he could decide. Even if he wanted to help, he could not help. People from the Intelligence Department would only take action after receiving a telegram from the Nanyang Military Region Headquarters.

The rest of the time, they will continue to lurk, and will not take any action that may expose themselves except for one-way contact with their superiors.

Geng Biao had no way to contact these people, so he had no way to know the situation of the US military prisoners of war. Not to mention the situation of the minerals, he could not find where these US military prisoners of war were being held.

"General..."

"Call me Wainwright!" As soon as Geng Biao spoke, Wainwright said with a smile. When your dignity is knocked down and you pick it up again, you will cherish this hard-earned dignity even more. At the same time, you also learned

Respect others. At least Wainwright does.

"Okay, Wainwright. I can't make a decision on this matter. I need to ask my superiors for instructions." Geng Biao said to Wainwright: "But this matter is not very hopeful. Our current military strength in the Philippines is

There are not many, and there are not many weapons. How to rescue these people and arrange them?!"

"Furthermore, food is also a problem. We don't have so much supplies to feed the troops. The larger the team, the greater the chance of being exposed. Without support, being exposed is equivalent to death."

Geng Biao sighed and said: "So, Wainwright, I think the headquarters will reject your request. Now is not the time..."

Wainwright stopped talking and just smoked. After a while, he said: "So, what can I do for you?! To be honest, I really want to lead the army to fight and wash away my shame. But I don't know if you will be willing."

A general who once surrendered comes to fight with you?!" (To be continued. Mobile phone users please go to m. to read.)
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