Anti-Japanese War, weapons designer at Fengtian Arsenal

(Thanks to the tip from the loving father's beard)

Li Tiandi was not in a hurry and waited quietly on the truck. He took out the "Tao Te Ching" from his Taoist robe and read it quietly. After about 20 minutes, a team of patrolmen came running quickly, followed by a black sedan.

The leading patrolman looked at Li Tiandi cautiously and asked, "Excuse me, is this Taoist Priest Li?"

Emperor Li Tian put away the "Tao Te Ching" and nodded with a smile.

"It's me, but is Deputy Mayor Tao willing to see me?"

The chief constable opened the door of the car and made a gesture of invitation.

"Master, please get in the car. I will take you to see Mayor Tao."

Li Tiandi got into the car as he was told and soon arrived in front of the office building. The chief constable led the way and after many twists and turns, they arrived at a luxurious reception room. The reception room was full of Western decorations and was very luxurious even from the perspective of the 21st century.

The chief constable invited Li Tiandi in, closed the door and left. Li Tiandi took a quick look around and saw seven people present, four of whom were strong, with sharp eyes and bulges on their waists. They should be guards with guns, standing behind the sofa.

There were three people sitting on the sofa, one was wearing a Zhongshan suit, his face was pale and he looked sick, one was wearing a military uniform with the rank of lieutenant colonel, and one was wearing a western suit.

Emperor Li Tian bowed to the three people and said, "Blessings and infinite heavenly master, I am Emperor Li Tian, ​​and I am sorry to disturb you all of a sudden today. Please bear with me."

The frail middle-aged man in a Mao suit bowed in return.

"Don't bother me, don't bother me. The Taoist priest's name is well-known. In the Battle of Shanghai, the Taoist priest single-handedly saved more than 2000 soldiers. The Taoist priest is kind and righteous. It is a great honor for us to meet him!"

Li Tiandi saw that he was very sincere when he said this, and it was obvious that these words came from his heart. This man was very weak and sick. He should be Deputy Mayor Tao. He didn't expect that he admired him so much. This was a good sign.

Deputy Mayor Tao introduced Li Tiandi: "This is the head of the delegation, Wang Hongyu, and this is the consultant, Ji Shuping."

The two men stepped forward and shook hands with Emperor Li Tian, ​​who quickly analyzed their identities and the forces they represented.

A barely perceptible smile appeared on the corner of his mouth; he already had a plan on how to conduct the negotiations.

He first spoke to Captain Wang Hongyu, "Captain Wang, I didn't expect to meet a military figure from Chongqing today. I am a member of the Punishment Army and am here as a guest. Although we will be leaving soon, we still have to give a gift to the host. Two tanks are a token of respect. Captain Wang can send someone to pick them up at any time."

Captain Wang Hongyu was stunned for a moment, then his face showed ecstasy.

"Tank...tank!"

Li Tiandi nodded and said, "The Japanese Type 89 tanks have been modified by our Punishment Army's arsenal. Both their defense and firepower have been enhanced. Now the two tanks are parked at the Julong Steel Plant. When Captain Wang has time, you can send someone to pick them up!"

"Yes! There's time now! I'll send someone to get it right away!"

Captain Wang shouted these words, and his voice was so loud that the two people sitting next to him even felt some tinnitus.

There's no way, he was too excited. As a soldier, he knew best the lethality of tanks. Tanks are simply the white moonlight in the hearts of soldiers. No matter whether they are practical or not, he must have one, and he will be happy if he has it!

The other two senior officials looked at Captain Wang with some contempt, thinking, can you be bribed by two tanks?

Li Tiandi turned his eyes to Ji Shuping. This man was no simple person. He was Liu Xiang's teacher, the supervisor of Chongqing Customs, and was proficient in French. Most importantly, this man had an unspeakable experience that could be used.

"Advisor Ji, I heard that Chairman Liu asked you to buy a plane from the French a few years ago. Is this true?"

When it comes to buying a plane, Ji Shuping puts on a mask of pain on his face.

The cause of this incident was that Liu Xiang read a military book somewhere which said that modern warfare was a three-dimensional war and had to be fought both on the ground and in the sky. So he asked Ji Shuping, who had studied in France, to buy planes from the French.

Ji Shuping was ordered to go to France to buy an airplane. He found the aircraft manufacturer and was shown the aircraft data and performance. Ji Shuping was overwhelmed because he studied economics in France and knew nothing about airplanes.

The French saw that he was a fool and planned to cheat him, so they sold him several World War I trainer planes as active aircraft.

Liu Xiang knew nothing about airplanes. He was just happy that he had bought a plane, so he sent people to the Hangzhou Air Force School to poach a few pilots to fly planes.

Several pilots arrived in Chongqing and were almost scared to death when they saw those Warhammer 40k Orc-style planes. They refused to fly them. Liu Xiang was furious and called Ji Shuping over to scold him, saying that he was a fool who was deceived by the French and a fool.

In order to prove that he was not a fool, Ji Shuping asked a British pilot to fly the plane. It must be said that the British pilot's skills were quite impressive and the plane flew successfully.

Liu Xiang was delighted and decided to stage an aerial show. Three days later, Liu Xiang brought senior military and political officials to the suburbs of Chongqing to watch the show. When the people of Chongqing heard that they could watch the airplanes, they also brought their families to watch the fun.

The plane flew from one end to the other in the sky, and everyone was amazed. Then a representative of the gentry asked Liu Xiang, how powerful is this thing?

When Liu Xiang heard this, he thought, "Oh, that's right, I bought the plane for war, so he asked the British pilot to perform a high-altitude bombing for him."

The British pilot was also confused at the time. He was flying a trainer plane, so where was the place to mount bombs? Moreover, Liu Xiang’s armory did not have any bombs. What should he do?

The British pilot thought, well, use mortars.

The plane took off again. The British pilot controlled the direction with one hand and grabbed the 10kg shell and threw it to the ground with the other hand. The difficulty of this can be imagined as driving a motorcycle at 80km/h with one hand and playing Temple Run with the left hand.

Then, the tragedy happened. The British pilot stumbled and dropped the shell, but due to the difficulty in operating it, he threw the shell into the crowd of people watching the flight show.

At that time, the people crowded around the performance venue, and a 10kg mortar shell fell into the crowd, killing nearly a hundred people! It became one of the biggest scandals in Sichuan at that time.

Ji Shuping, who was in charge of purchasing the plane, suffered a damaged reputation and this incident became his dark history.

Of course, Emperor Li Tian mentioned this matter not to disgust him, but to give him another chance to fight.

"Advisor Ji, to be honest, in addition to the two tanks, there are two planes parked in our Julong Steel Plant. Although they are a bit backward compared to Western aircraft, they are well-maintained and can operate normally. They are also multi-functional aircraft with aircraft machine guns and can carry bombs!"

“Fly…a plane!!”

Ji Shuping jumped up from the sofa. This time he was bribed just like Captain Liu.