The Republic of Heroes

Fang Qidao finally spoke. He pressed the cigarette butt out in the ashtray, twisted it hard a few times, and asked in a deep voice:

"Brother Bu Chuan, if we don't accept it, what should we do with this warship in your opinion?"

Wang Huaishi was taken aback when he was asked, he just instinctively resisted accepting this money-burning super iron bump, especially after hearing that its cost exceeded 8000 million, he hated this thing deeply, he had to protect the money bags of the Northeast Company If the brigade commander wants to expand the army, he will support it with both hands and feet. Even if he has no money to sell iron, he will have to make up enough money, but what is there at sea?Is it worth wasting so much money on why this shitty battleship?

However, he hadn't thought about how to deal with this behemoth, so after Fang Qidao asked a question suddenly, he became tongue-tied. He could say [-] reasons for objecting in an instant, but he didn't have a mature way of dealing with it. idea.

Seeing Wang Huai, Fang Qidao didn't say a word, didn't ask questions, but knocked on the table with his hands, and continued to say slowly: "The battleship Hanoi is indeed a money-burning machine in our hands, and it burns money. The speed is far faster than I imagined when I was doing you."

Speaking of this, there was a buzzing sound in the meeting room. At first, when everyone saw him making things difficult for Wang Huai, they thought he was on the side of the brigade commander, but they seemed to disagree with him emphasizing the high maintenance cost of warships. Everyone Confused.

"However, we can't give back to the Japanese the booty that we have worked so hard to get with the blood of Suidong soldiers? Even if it is dismantled and sold for scrap iron, it is a waste of money. Such a warship is said to be a collection of the industrial essence of advanced countries. Not too much work of art.”

Yin Chengfu finally understood here that Fang Zhizhi had turned a corner and agreed to take over the Hanoi ship.

"Brother Zhi, have you considered the international public opinion? We robbed the Japanese battleship, will they let it go? If they pour their troops to attack Vladivostok, what should we do?"

The problem was very sharp, and all the leaders present nodded their heads, thinking that the problem Yin Chengfu mentioned was very high-level, and it was a more difficult problem to solve than funds.

"Do you want to send the battleship back?" Fang Qidao's tone was not kind. He was extremely dissatisfied with the conservative trend of thought that the Suidong Army came in. They seemed to have forgotten that they came to Suidong to regain the lost land. If he doesn't take the opportunity to grow stronger, the final outcome will be to be submerged by the torrent of history. Since he came to Suidong, he has always had a deep sense of crisis, especially after seeing the huge ships and cannons built by Japan. China's future is even more worrying. Once China and Japan go to war, China will have no power to fight back.

"Of course it's impossible to send it back, it's always possible to ask for a ransom!"

Yin Chengfu expressed his thoughts. In his opinion, instead of holding the Hanoi, which is a hot potato, it is better to exchange it for money. In this way, there is still more room for Japan to change.

Fang Qidao shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "Brother Zhenzhi is a money fan, in a word, your two concerns at present are funds and the potential threat from Japan, right?"

"Yes!"

Yin Chengfu snorted reluctantly, and Wang Huaishi also agreed.

Fang Qidao looked at Wu Xiaoliang, and stated his position word by word.

"Weizhong, if you can solve these two problems, I will unswervingly and actively support the Suidong Army to receive this battleship!"

The high-level officials were arguing, they didn't put Wu Xiaoliang's proposal in the center of the discussion at all, and each expressed their own opinions. Tantai Jize, who had recently joined the Suidong Army, was stunned. He is very uncomfortable.He had just been appointed as the director of the material allocation department. The material allocation office was a very important department. Wu Xiaoliang's ability to hand over this position to him showed his trust in him, which made him complacent for a long time.

Wu Xiaoliang noticed that while Tantai Jize was silent, he seemed hesitant to speak, so he said to Tantai Jize: "Zhongwu, tell me your opinion."

Tantai Jize got up quickly, nodded and bowed, he was not used to this kind of meeting where sitting around and talking freely, when he was in the Shanxi Governor's Office, the chief always issued orders, and the subordinates discussed how to implement them.But here it seems to be the opposite, big ideas have to be discussed on the table, as the leader of an army, Wu Xiaoliang is not eager to use prestige to make everyone obey his position, it seems that he is more focused on convincing everyone to agree .

With this understanding, Tantai Jize immediately understood that Wu Xiaoliang asked him to express his opinion in order to gain his support.Sitting down, he picked up the teacup on the table and moistened his throat.

"First of all, I don't agree with Deputy Brigadier Yin's opinion. Asking for ransom is absolutely unacceptable. First, if the Japanese invaders lost the ship and wanted to rebuild it, they would need another 8000 million yuan, and adding up the losses would cost them one. 6000 million, and the shipbuilding process is too long to be completed in two or three years. During this period, the strength of the Japanese navy will be greatly damaged, and the prestige will be lost. More importantly, if we receive the battleship Hanoi, the strength of the enemy and us will increase and decrease. The second. If If he is allowed to redeem the warship, he will lose only tens of millions, so isn't this tantamount to taking advantage of the enemy in disguise?"

Yin Chengfu was labeled as an enemy, trembling with anger, shouted: "Nonsense, nonsense!"

Tantai Jize waved his hand and said with a smile: "Deputy Brigadier Yin calm down, according to your thinking, we can give money to the Japanese in turn, whether it is for buying or renting, in short, it is absolutely impossible for the warship to go back. , my Suidong Army would rather dismantle and sell scrap iron than do things like supporting the enemy."

These words sounded reasonable, but Yin Chengfu, who was burning with anger, always felt that something was wrong. He couldn't figure it out for a while, and he no longer submitted the proposal to return the warship for ransom.

Wang Huaishi also patted the table beside him: "After a long time of trouble, it still has to be settled on the Northeast Company. I only have two words, no money!"

Wu Xiaoliang felt that the fire was almost ready, this Tantai Jize was really a lovely person, he hit Yin Zhenzhi's vitals right away, only this Wang Huaishi was very noisy, he hadn't found out that he was a miser before, so he couldn't help but feel amused.

"Brother Bu Chuan, I can assure you that I will never use your Northeast Company for the Hanoi."

After finishing speaking, he looked at the governor's office of the Northeast Company who was tongue-tied for a moment with a smile on his face, and thought: You have no reason to object this time, right?

Sure enough, Wang Huai was lucky for a long time, sat down on the chair, leaned back, and leaned against the back of the chair, angrily silent.Not only Wang Huai, but also Yin Chengfu and Fang Qidao were secretly surprised. Could it be that the brigade commander is talking nonsense?