Just like in Southeast Asia, Major General Smith followed Gao Jianwu this time to experience this encounter completely.
There is no way to get the little devil to cooperate in advance. If there is any connection, it can only be said that Major General Smith himself was sarcastic.
Although it was an accidental encounter, to Major General Smith, the entire battle looked like an exercise. With air-ground coordination and infantry-tank coordination, Gao Jianwu used a mechanized battalion to teach a group of little Japanese a lesson as his grandson.
After a burst of bombing, the dense formation of the little Japanese was concentrated and grilled by the aerial bombardment. Then there was a burst of artillery fire from the tanks, and the unobstructed little Japanese howled like ghosts and wolves, completely losing their battle formation.
Facing the scattered Japs, after the tanks and the assault company behind them pressed forward, each Japs simply became a target for practice by the tanks and the soldiers of the Southeast Task Force!
After seeing this, Major General Smith knew that Gao Jianwu had won another round. Although he did not hear clearly that Qiu Renfu led a company to block the retreat of the Japs, but before the battle, he asked a local to lead a troop to set off. , Major General Smith did not need to understand Chinese to guess what Gao Jianwu wanted to do.
"Gao, it seems that you have found a good way to deal with the little devils. Today's battle was very exciting. I think I have nothing to worry about." Major General Smith said with a smile.
He saw that this time Gao Jianwu had no more control except direct command and deployment, and just accompanied him to brag and watch the battle. Smith understood that this tactic must be a mature routine that the Southeast Task Force had long been familiar with.
"It's not a big problem to deal with the little devils now. Unfortunately, there are not many such opportunities, and such opportunities are fleeting. It is difficult for us to seize them every time." Gao Jianwu responded with a smile. “Now we don’t have many troops that can mechanize, and the island occupies most of the mountainous area. There are not even roads inside, and mechanized troops can’t get in.
So many times when we need to mobilize troops quickly, it's best to do it from the air, which is why I want a few transport planes to use the airborne commandos. "
"I understand, I will try my best to fight for you, but there is no guarantee." Major General Smith strongly agreed with Gao Jianwu's point of view from a tactical perspective.
It's just that he is still a little far from the core of decision-making, so he can only fight for it through General Steven.
"John, you are an old friend of ours. I won't say anything more." Gao Jianwu changed the topic and suddenly switched to another topic.
"John, in my opinion, the war will not last long. It may end in one year or two years at the earliest. Do you still hope to stay in the army after the war is over?"
"Ah? This..." Major General Smith was caught off guard and was confused by Gao Jianwu's question.
He withdrew his gaze from the battlefield.
"Gao, to be honest, I haven't thought about this problem yet. But I think..." Major General Smith thought for a while.
"Although I have a firm foothold in the military, my ambition is not here. Gao, you know, I was an engineer, an aerospace engineer before joining the military. I once participated in the research and development of a passenger transport aircraft.
So if the war ends, maybe I'll join an airline again. "
This was the first time Gao Jianwu heard Major General Smith talk about his past. He really didn't expect that Major General Smith had worked in aviation.
But I soon realized that this was not the case in the beautiful country. When the war began and the recruitment order came down, many engineers joined the army, and then returned to their old profession after the war. This was their normal situation, because in their country , farmers are already very rare.
Most of them are factory workers or engineers. So it is not too far-fetched to say that Major General Smith was once an engineer.
"John, are you now restricting cooperation with foreign countries in the production of civil aircraft?" Gao Jianwu asked casually.
"Gao, you want to build an aircraft?" Major General Smith asked.
"John, to tell you the truth, we are already working on military aircraft. We can now mass-produce Mustang fighter jets, although the output is not high." Gao Jianwu's mind was spinning, and he seemed to suddenly catch something in his mind, and revealed it to Major General Smith. Although this information is still very confidential, with Jinyang Heavy Industry's mass production of Mustang fighter jets, this secret will soon be lost. After all, so many big guys have come out.
"What? You can mass-produce Mustang fighter jets now?" Major General Smith said in surprise. This was the first time he heard that China could mass-produce aircraft.
"Sorry, John, we copied the Mustang fighter without your consent, but you know. In the current situation, we urgently need such a fighter, so after studying the Zero fighter and the Mustang fighter, we chose to clone the Mustang fighter. Engraved Mustang Fighter.”
Major General Smith's mind was buzzing. What he was thinking of was not about patent authorization, but that Gao Jianwu's industrial production capacity had far exceeded their original imagination!
The technical complexity of a fighter jet is far beyond what can be compared with that of making guns and cannons. Although patent protection is already available at this time, in the case of war, infringement is a detail issue. The most important thing is this technology. Production capacity!
Gao Jianwu and the forces behind them must re-evaluate.
Although Major General Smith does not have much of an overall view, as the senior military attache of the beautiful country in Asia, he still has a more or less strategic vision.
Gao Jianwu has always wanted this and that from him. Major General Smith feels that this team is just like other preserved fruit troops, and it will be good if they can use it.
Who knew they even reproduced the Mustang fighter jet. What an amazing ability to learn and imitate.
"Gao, tell me, what weapons can you produce now?" Major General Smith asked after calming down.
"We can manufacture most of the army's weapons ourselves." Gao Jianwu thought for a moment and said to him seriously, "We have production lines for artillery and tanks. Among them, we produce T34 tanks. This is obtained by them. authorized."
Major General Smith shook his head. Sure enough, by being able to produce Mustang fighter jets, their military industrial strength has developed to a level that was unimaginable before.
The intelligence department obviously failed in their duties. They did not respond at all to such important information.
Major General Smith did not accuse the intelligence department unjustly.
Because the Far East Intelligence Center has actually received a lot of this information from Guo Preserved, but the superiors think this is nonsense, because they know exactly what Guo Preserved's military industry is like, and cannons with a size of 105 mm or above are currently unable to produce qualified products. If you want to say that Jin Province can still build tanks and aircraft, isn't that funny?
This is completely false information intended to defraud funds and be shelved.
Even now that tanks and Mustang fighter jets have appeared in Shanxi Province, the intelligence department still thinks that Northern Aid and Gao Jianwu secretly withheld them and gave them to Jinsui.
This information was not communicated to the top management at all.
"John, if," Gao Jianwu looked at Major General Smith, "we two cooperate to start a civil aircraft company on Bayan Island, do you think it is possible?"
Although he knew that this was a bit fanciful, Gao Jianwu still wanted to give it a try.
"this..."
Major General Smith was stopped by Gao Jianwu's question again.
Frankly speaking, with the current situation, Major General Smith does not think this is a big obstacle. Now he and Gao Jianwu are both members of the Allied Forces, and we are still comrades in the same trench.
There should be no restrictions on civilian cooperation in establishing any enterprise.
But aircraft have their own special aspects. Many technologies are difficult to distinguish between military and civilian applications.
Therefore, from the perspective of technical control, civil aircraft should be restricted.
but!
Gao Jianwu and the others can even produce Mustang fighter jets themselves. What other technologies for civil aircraft do Gao Jianwu and the others not possess? What can be restricted?
So, "Gao, I'm not sure, but I personally think there shouldn't be a big problem." Major General Smith responded hesitantly.
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"That's great, John, let's do it together!" Gao Jianwu decisively extended an olive branch. He knew that in the beautiful country, they could switch between military and business at any time. If Major General Smith was persuaded by him to do it together, career, then maybe I can really get started in civil aviation!
After all, in terms of key technologies, aviation engines and aviation aluminum materials have been overcome by themselves. Iterating on the Mustang fighter engine to create a new civilian engine is no longer an insurmountable peak for the masters who have unearthed it.
It is difficult to go from 0 to 1, but from 1 to 2 to 3, there is already a way to find it. Gao Jianwu gave them the complete design drawings and process design parameters of the entire engine, not something obtained by reverse engineering.
Many of them can be verified and verified. If they can't come up with something new on this basis, these masters are too weak.
But Gao Jianwu knew that during this period there were parallel imports that were not worthy of the name, but there were more talented people from the real Taishan Beidou!
Many master figures in his impression have now been introduced to the country through covert operations of the Nanyang Working Group.
He didn't want to wait until his honeymoon with the beautiful country was over before he made his move.
Major General Smith had a ridiculous feeling. Although the battlefield was still in full swing, Gao Jianwu treated it like a golf course and started talking about big business.
"Gao, isn't it a little early to say this now?" Major General Smith put his thoughts back in embarrassment.
"No, not at all, John, you know that I am far more interested in construction than war. If this was a peaceful era, I would probably be either in the factory or on the way to the factory." Gao Jianwu said with a smile. An old joke that only later generations will understand.
But Smith still made him laugh with the gag.
"Gao, you are more of an engineer than me." Major General Smith said. "Back to the topic just now, Gao, in fact, according to my wishes, I am willing to cooperate with you. You are a trustworthy partner. I believe that no matter what you do, you will succeed."
Major General Smith, this is true.
This was also his sentiment after dealing with Gao Jianwu for so long. I don't know since when, Major General Smith found that he and Gao Jianwu almost obeyed his words.
But it is not blind obedience, but everything Gao Jianwu said has become a reality!
This is a tacit understanding gained by working with strong people!
Therefore, if Major General Smith is asked to choose one person to cooperate with in China, that person must be Gao Jianwu!
