Vézé never thought that his second son would have to face such a challenge, one that was beyond Vézé's imagination. He lit a cigarette and wanted to take a few puffs to calm himself down. However, after a few puffs, not only did he not feel relaxed, but it also made Vézé's mind a little more chaotic.
If Wei Kun were to go to Europe as a prince, it would be very efficient for those white skins in Europe who valued bloodlines more than the sky. However, Vézé did not have much confidence as to whether it would have any impact on the internal situation. After all, Vézé was considering the issue of Wei Kun moving forward as his successor. Since he had such thoughts about his son, Vézé could not confidently say, "I don't have such expectations for other sons." If he said that, it would only make others think that Vézé was crazy.
Thinking of this, Vézé came up with an idea. He put forward an idea at the military commission meeting. "Let the Madagascar military send four battleships to escort Wang Mingshan to London to negotiate with the British."
"Are we going to demonstrate to the British?" The Navy Commissar was very excited.
"Are we going to cross the North Atlantic?" The Navy Commissar thought that the Military Governor Vaize had other ideas.
Seeing that his own people had the same idea, Vézé felt that it was more reliable. He smiled and said, "We are only sending a fleet to escort Wang Mingshan to England. As for what other countries think, that is their freedom."
The Navy Commissar Ding Ruchang was very quick-witted. After listening to Vézé's deceptive attitude, he also had his own ideas. "If that is the case, we might as well send eight battleships. Anyway, we have four old battleships here. Send them to Europe too. If we can visit a few more countries, we might even be able to sell them to European countries. "
The Navy Commissar was a little worried. "Won't we scare the European countries with such a big lineup?"
Vézé replied calmly, "That is not a problem. Let Wei Kun go with Wang Mingshan. That makes it easier to explain to the Europeans. "
If Vézé had only asked Wei Kun to go to Europe, it would have been more meaningful to send a warship. Now that they had asked Wei Kun to be Wang Mingshan's assistant and emphasized Wei Kun's special identity, no one thought too much about it. Everyone in the Military Commission knew that Vézé's eldest son, Qi Rui, had made outstanding achievements in North America and had contributed to the promotion of motorized infantry tactics. Even if it was purely from the perspective of a soldier, Qi Rui was still a rising star with solid achievements, reputation, and professional skills. The background of Vézé's eldest son only gave Qi Rui more opportunities, and more opportunities meant more chances to screw things up.
At the moment when Qi Rui passed the test, Wei Kun's visit did not cause any special thoughts in the Military Commission. On the contrary, everyone felt that Military Governor Of Vaize's arrangement was reasonable.
After settling the army first, Vézé was not so worried about the other departments. The East African administrative region was not China's territory, so except for the party headquarters in East Africa, other administrative departments did not have any institutional jurisdiction over East Africa. In theory, the East African administrative region was not even a colony. It was just a large piece of land that China sent people to manage. Under such circumstances, Vézé gave orders to the party committee of the East African administrative region as the chairman of the Restoration Party. The local party secretary, Wang Mingshan, only had to report to Vézé.
Wang Mingshan did not hesitate after receiving the order. The Liberation Army Navy had five fleets. The only threat in the Western Pacific was Japan, so a fleet of outdated warships was placed in the Yellow Sea. Those warships were planned to be completely replaced after they were scrapped. The latest warships were, of course, in the Madagascar military region, and the rest of the surplus goods were mainly placed in the South Sea Fleet to defend against New Zealand, Australia, and India. The four old battleships of the South Sea Theater of Operations only needed to cross the Indian Ocean to reach Madagascar.
Compared with waiting for the naval fleet to arrive, the more troublesome thing was to arrange the work before the visit. Moreover, Wang Mingshan did not expect Wei Kun to be in a bad mood. Wei Kun did not want to go to Europe. He said, "Secretary Wang, I have a lot of work over there. If I'm not there, I'm worried that my work will be affected. "
Wang Mingshan could only persuade him at this time. "Wei Kun, it will indeed affect your work this time. So, you have to learn to arrange your work as well as possible. There is nothing in the world that is completely satisfactory. You have to learn to deal with unexpected events. "
Wei Kun trusted Wang Mingshan more and more. Seeing Wang Mingshan's persuasion, he lowered his voice and replied, "Secretary Wang, I already feel a little complacent now. I really consider myself a prince. If I go to Europe and let people flatter me like this, my tail will be raised to the sky. So, I'd better not go. "
When Wang Mingshan heard this, he could not help but laugh. "Wei Kun, it's not just you who is cocky. Everyone has a tail, and everyone is cocky. Now you know that cocky is wrong, and you know that you may not be able to treat it correctly. That's good. When you really experience how cocky your tail is, although you may not know how to overcome it, at least you will know how cocky you want to be. "
When Wei Kun heard this, he immediately felt unhappy. "Secretary Wang, do you think I can't overcome being cocky?"
"No, no, no!" Wang Mingshan waved his hand. "I've lived for so long, and one of the most classic words I've heard from the commander-in-chief is that you won't learn even if you die, and you won't change even if you die. You don't think cocky is wrong now, but you heard from the adults that cocky will cause a lot of problems. So, you don't dare. If you don't want to be cocky, the solution is that you have suffered too much and don't want to continue to suffer. That's why you have to change. "
Wei Kun's pride was very strong at his age, and it was even more difficult for him to accept criticism from others. What's more, what Wang Mingshan said really went straight to the heart of the matter. Wei Kun was only worried about the problems caused by cocky tails. He himself was only interested in cocky tails because it was harmful to listen to other people's stories, and it seemed to be harmful in other people's stories. Therefore, he was worried that he couldn't control himself. However, after being scolded by Wang Mingshan, he pouted and didn't want to speak.
Wang Mingshan had such an experience when he was young. Seeing that Wei Kun was actually playing the game of pretending to be a dead dog, he was too lazy to say anything more. He only said, "Obey orders!" Then, he chased Wei Kun out to pack his things.
Although he dared to talk back to Wang Mingshan, when he was really chased out to work, Wei Kun lost his previous enthusiasm. The Sudan area was really full of good things. The arid areas could use the Nile water to irrigate alfalfa, and the basin of the upper reaches of the Nile was really a fertile land. Just things like sugar cane could sell a lot of things to Europe. Sudan was so close to Europe, and a large number of Europeans could be hired to work in Sudan. The black uncles couldn't be relied on, and those white people could still act as labor. Not to mention, using Japanese labor was also a very cost-effective deal. Wei Kun felt that it was really unreasonable to ignore these increasingly prosperous places and run to Europe, a place that only recognized blood.
Wei Kun was in Nanzhan City, and no one paid attention to him. As a last resort, Wei Kun could only force himself to calm down and list some things. After careful study, Wei Kun suddenly realized that he had made a big mistake. The people who were originally scheduled to be sent to Pretoria had only contacted them, and this matter was then put aside and not followed up. Wei Kun quickly began to ask about this matter. He was busy the whole afternoon and sent several telegrams. Wei Kun just received the news that the troops had arrived in Nanzhan City and were now waiting for news.
On one hand, he was secretly afraid, and on the other hand, he was dissatisfied that these guys didn't take the initiative to contact him. Wei Kun knew that the current system of Nanzhan City was far from being completed, and the people in charge of each department had to be more responsible. If Wei Kun thought that the group of people would find their own way, after he and Wang Mingshan boarded the ship, this group of people would probably still foolishly wait in Nanzhan City for a meeting with their superiors.
This time, more than 300 commanders were sent, plus about 500 Japanese, a total of more than 800 troops were to act as the backbone of the Pretoria defense system. Wei Kun met everyone, exchanged information, encouraged everyone, and arranged transportation for everyone to Pretoria.
Finally, he talked about the military conflict with a Lieutenant Colonel. The Lieutenant Colonel believed that China would definitely win, but he also thought that this victory would probably require a lot of effort. What made the Lieutenant Colonel lament the most was not the difficulty of the war, but the difficulty of commanding this group of black brothers. "These black people aren't all incompetent people. There are also very good soldiers. If you have to say, the ratio might not be much lower than our China. But the bad ones are the ones who aren't good. They are far behind China. "
Wei Kun agreed with this. Capable people could stand out wherever they went. For example, Wei Kun had many black brothers who had been promoted in Sudan. Thinking of this, Wei Kun casually said, "Forget about those terrible black brothers. Those who are capable should be promoted more. Encourage the advanced and help the backward. "
The Lieutenant Colonel said to Wei Kun with a disdainful expression, "How are we going to promote them? Are we going to let black people command our Chinese people?"
In the face of the attitude of "it's easy to talk", Wei Kun almost instinctively retorted, "Why not? If those black people are capable enough, it's only right to let them command the incompetent Chinese people. "
After a childish outburst, Wei Kun also felt that what he was doing was too meaningless. The Lieutenant Colonel was the commander of this army. In theory, Wei Kun was just a party cadre and a civil official. There was absolutely no reason to command troops fighting in Zulu across borders. So he smiled awkwardly.
Meanwhile, the lieutenant colonel was flabbergasted by Wei Kun's words, and then he burst into laughter. "Let … haha … let black people command the Chinese … haha … you really can think!"
But after laughing for a while, the Lieutenant Colonel stopped smiling. He frowned slightly. It seemed that he was touched. Wei Kun immediately felt that his suggestion should be reasonable, but he still controlled himself and did not say anything. Wei Kun did not feel the slightest pressure in his heart to promote outstanding black people to command black people. Not to let incompetent Chinese people command black people, Wei Kun also insisted on this attitude. But to let black people command Chinese people, to adhere to this standard, it needed not courage, but imagination. Wei Kun felt that his imagination was far from reaching such a level.
After dealing with this matter, Wei Kun dealt with a few other things. He found that the agreement to send 50,000 Japanese to Africa to work was going very fast. The Kanto regime seemed to be very interested in exporting labor, and this level of cooperation surprised Wei Kun. China's population was 20 times that of Japan. With such a huge gap, the Chinese were not willing to come to Africa. On the contrary, as long as there was a chance to work and make money in Japan, they would really be willing to go anywhere.
This matter was then contacted and the personnel assigned to Sudan were confirmed. Then the relevant contact and arrangements were confirmed with the Sudan side. Wei Kun received the order to prepare to set off. Originally, the troops wanted the fleet to rendezvous at Nanzhan City to pick up Wang Mingshan and the others, and then go around the Cape of Good Hope to the North Atlantic Ocean. However, the plan changed. The warships were not going to enter the port. Instead, they were going to rendezvous at sea and then go to the North Atlantic Ocean. So Wang Mingshan and Wei Kun were going to take a ship to Madagascar first, and then board from there to the rendezvous point.
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