The Turkish Sky

"You are so old, how can you still make toys like a child!" Lisa sat quietly next to Chen Tian, ​​watching him use a wood and cloth.

"This is a model! I'm afraid I can't explain clearly to the designer of the factory, and I can't draw, so I have to make a model for them to show!" Chen Tian was busy with his head down, "This thing is an epoch-making weapon!"

"It's a weapon again, how good this world would be without a weapon!" Lisa picked up her handkerchief and wiped away the sweat on Chen Tian's face.

"Fix it!" Chen Tian stood up and straightened his waist. It took him a week to make this tank model. Although it looked crooked, it was more objective than out of thin air.

It has been almost a year since Chen tian's tractor factory was officially put into production. After the German farmer's technicians in the tractor factory made a demonstration, they were very welcome to this convenient farming machine. Although the tractor was expensive when it was first put into production, the farmers still It is very active to raise funds to buy. Now that the two production lines of the tractor factory are fully produced, we can meet the order demand of more than 100 vehicles every month.

At the same time, Chen tian's tractor factory also began to secretly research and manufacture armored vehicles. According to the current technical conditions, Chen tian expects to be able to trial-produce a light tank like the "Renault FT-17". In Chen Tian's impression, the French "Renault FT-17" light tank was the first tank with a rotating turret. Despite the shortcomings of small size, small crew, weak firepower, and slow speed, it was developed in the tank. The early days are still a classic tank.

"Okay, I'm going to the tractor factory! I might not come back to dinner at night!" Chen Tian kissed Lisa and went straight to the door. He feels that he enjoys the present bland and happy life. Lisa has now rarely gone to Königsberg Military School to take music lessons and changed to being a full-time wife. Lisa is a good lady who never complains and always supports her work in silence.

"Happy life!" When Chen Tian walked out of the house, he looked at the bright sunshine outside and took a deep breath of fresh air.

"Zac, prepare the car! I'm going to the tractor factory!"

"Yes, Your Highness! But two people have been wandering around our gates today. Do you think I let the guards drive him away?"

"Just do it!" Chen Tian was thinking about the tank and didn't care what Zac was saying. When Zach helped him open the car door, he called the guards by the way to drive away the man at the door.

When Chen Tian's car opened the door, several guards were talking to the two people outside the door. The two turned around and seemed to be leaving. When one of them saw Chen Tian's car, he suddenly turned towards the side of the car Rushed over.

Reni next to Chen Tian pushed the car door and jumped out, instantly knocking the guy down to the ground. The guards just responded from the surprise just now, and grabbed another person, and Chen Tian Then open his mouth to remember all this, because Renee's reaction is really too fast.

Chen Tian asked the driver to stop the car and looked at Rennie from afar.

"Prince, this guy has no weapons!" Renee quickly searched the man on the ground.

"Prince, there is no weapon on this person here!" The guards also searched for another person.

"Oh? Then bring them over!" Chen Tian only got out of the car, and the two were also escorted to him.

"His Highness, it's none of my business! I'm German, I'm an interpreter, it's the Turk who hired me. He just told me he wanted to talk to you, let me help translate." The guards caught The man said tremblingly, the scene just now must have terrified him.

The other person did not speak, staring straight at Chen Tian.

"Turk?" Chen Tian felt very puzzled. He hadn't been to Turkey or knew any Turks, but this person's eyes were strange, and they seemed to be a longing look.

"Okay! Bring them to my office, we will not go to the factory for the time being!"

Chen Tian started to go back, when Zach and Lisa heard the movement outside and ran out of the house.

"Gigi, are you okay!" Lisa threw herself up, carefully checking Chen Tian again, and she was relieved.

"It's okay! It seems to be a misunderstanding! I'm going to talk to these two gentlemen. You can help me prepare some refreshments!" Chen Tian held Lisa's face with both hands and smiled mischievously. Lisa's soft hair is as long as before, but Chen Tian still likes her short hair.

"Guards! Relax, they didn't plan to hurt me, you can go out!" Chen Tian watched the guards put the two men into the office very seriously, and then pressed them to sit in the front chair, It felt like the two were very pitiful, so only Renee was left standing beside him and let them both go out.

"What's your name?" Chen Tian looked at the Turk. He looked very young, only in his twenties.

"Mustafah Kemal!" the Turk said quietly, but the interpreter was still very nervous.

"So Mr. Kemal, why are you and your translator always at the door of my house, and you still want to impact my car?" Chen Tian had no impression of the name.

"I am a Turk and we hope to be able to buy planes from your country!"

"Well, you should go to His Royal Highness the Prince. The domestic aircraft must be sold through him!" Chen Tian felt a little surprised. The Turks were also interested in the aircraft. The aircraft should be Italy and Turkey. After 4 years It was only during the war that the Italians were waiting to get on the stage of the war. At that time, it was the Italian planes that made the limelight.

"We have already visited the crown prince of your country, but he refused to sell it to us!"

"Oh? Did he say why he didn't sell it to you?" In Chen tian's view, there seems to be no political conflict between Turkey and Germany. Selling aircraft to them at a high price is also a good business.

"Because we are not here on behalf of the Turkish government, I am a member of the Young Turkish Party! Other countries that own aircraft refuse to sell them to us for this reason. You are our last hope!" Kemal finished After looking at Chen Tian, ​​Chen Tian did not respond. He had never heard of the Youth Turkish Party, although the name was very interesting.

"Then do you think I will sell the plane to you? I have an agreement with the crown prince. I am only responsible for the production of the plane. He is responsible for all sales. I am afraid I will let you down!" Chen Tian also looked at Kai Marl, his eyes were not dimmed.

Prince, as the inventor of the German aircraft, you should hope to see that your aircraft can be widely used in all aspects! Now the aircraft can be used to transport mail and carry people, but in my opinion, the purpose of the aircraft Far more than that!" Kemal looked at Chen Tian again with a firm eye, which made Chen Tian feel very uncomfortable. He had to take the initiative to avoid Kemal's eyes and stood up to the window.

"Okay! So what are you going to do with the plane?"

"Publicity, if you use a plane to distribute flyers, it can have a very good publicity effect!"

Yes, this person is very visionary, Chen Tian still looks out the window, but in his heart began to attach importance to this young man.

"If the plane is bigger, you can also transport supplies through the enemy's blockade or transport the commando to the rear of the enemy for harassment!"

This...

Chen Tian felt a trembling whole body. If this person really belongs to this era, then he is a military genius unless he...

"Have you ever played with a computer?" Chen Tian suddenly turned around and asked.

Kemal looked at him blankly and shook his head, "I've never heard anything like this!"

"Then do you know the aircraft carrier?"

Kemal shook his head without a strange expression on his face.

"Then do you think planes can be used for combat?"

I didn't shake my head this time, just thought for a while in silence, "It should be possible, but the effect is probably not good, the guns should not be aimed at the plane!"

"Puff..." Chen Tian couldn't help laughing, it seems that this person belongs to the former, a Turk with a good military talent.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Kemal, I just lost my mind! But I think we can talk about it!" Chen Tian beckoned to ask his own interpreter, because it is better not to let the interpreter hired by Kemal for the next conversation. know. "Mr. Kemal, let's rest for a while and use some refreshments before continuing!"

Chen Tian's translation was exactly the one in the German embassy in Vienna last time. He has been following Chen Tian since the Vienna incident. This guy is not bad. He can speak several foreign languages, including Turkish.

"Raney, you take Mr. Kemal's interpreter to rest!" Chen Tian nodded to Kemal. Kemal also understood Chen Tian's meaning and took out some money to let the translator go back first.

"Mr. Kemal, can you tell us about you and your youth Turkish party first?" Chen Tian took a cup of tea and began to listen to Kemal's introduction quietly:

Kemal was born on May 19, 1881 in the port city of Thessaloniki on the Balkan Peninsula. When he was studying at the Islamic Church School, he could not bear the restraint of the religious atmosphere in the school, so he concealed his home and went to the Salonika Army Preparatory School, when he was 13 years old. Later, he was successively promoted to the Army Officer School in Monastir and the Military Academy in Istanbul.

Turkey was once a dominant power in the Middle Ages. By the end of the 19th century, the dictatorial dictatorship of the Turkish King reduced the once-outstanding Ottoman Empire into a colony of Western powers, with internal affairs, diplomacy, economy, and military control in the hands of Britain, France, Italy, Greece, and other countries. The people of all ethnic groups in Turkey were forced by external troubles and internal worries and fought frequently against the dictatorship. Affected by the revolutionary struggle in Turkey, Kemal organized a group of like-minded young people, often meeting in secret to discuss various deficiencies in the political life of the country and discuss ways to resist feudal autocracy and save the country from peril. They wrote articles exposing the authoritarian rule of King Sultan, published handwritten tabloids, and promoted revolutionary ideas. Later, because of being reported, Kemal and others were arrested. He was also sent to Damascus for military service. In Damascus, he initiated the "Freedom Association" among military officers and intellectuals. In 1907, Kemal incorporated the association into the Young Turkish Party and became an integral part of the party.

The Young Turkish Party is also known as the Unified Progress Association. In May 1889, under the leadership of Yi Shi Rahim Temo, students of Istanbul Medical College secretly established the Ottoman Unification Association with the purpose of restoring the 1876 Constitution. Many groups were established in succession around the empire. In 1895, the United Progressive Association was formed. The main members were intellectuals, small officials and military officers. The initial leader was Muhammad Riza, the association established many organizations abroad and published free newspapers. At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, the activities of the association were depressed. In 1905, the Russian Revolution and the Iranian Revolution, as well as the rise of the national civil servant movement in Turkey, made the Youth Turkish Party active and the organization developed rapidly.

After introducing these, Kemal looked at Chen Tian and said meaningfully:

"Turkish sky is about to change color!"

Despite the lack of language, Chen Tian and Kemal felt that they met and hated each other. Unconsciously, they talked about the dinner time. Chen Tian naturally invited him to dinner.

For Chen Tian, ​​the dinner was not particularly rich, but Kemal and the translator still looked at the table full of delicious food and somehow. Chen Tian and Lisa smiled at each other, taking care of them without restraint. So the translator began to slurp, and Mr. Kemal was gulping. It seems that the Turkish Revolutionary Party is very poor, and it is really difficult for them to gather so much money to buy planes.

Watching them eat so happy, Chen Tian felt that his appetite was particularly good. Within half an hour, a bunch of foods such as suckling pigs, roast duck, beef, and beans were wiped out on the table, everyone was satisfied. Pat the stomach, and then make a very loud hiccup, and then all laughed out loud. Everyone did not say a few words at all during the dinner, so after the meal, the clips could not be stopped, and it was late at night, but they did not feel sleepy at all. In the end, Chen Tian and Kemal talked like candlelight night. One night, of course, there was a poor translator.

When the sun shone into Chentian's room, Chentian and Kemal had reached a consensus that instead of selling planes directly to Kemal and his young Turkish party, Chentian recruited a group of veterans in East Prussia to establish a A mercenary regiment, and selected a group of officers from the East Prussian Corps and the Königsberg Military Academy to direct this mercenary regiment to Turkey to help Kemal train his revolutionary armed forces and pretend to be his troops to participate in the Turkish revolution.

For the aircraft Kemal needs, Chentian will provide a flying squad. Pilots and technicians will go to Turkey with the hired regiment. The aircraft will be shipped to Turkey after being disassembled.

"Thank you, His Royal Highness!" Before leaving, Kemal solemnly paid a military salute to Chen Tian.

"I am honored to fight with you side by side!" Chen Tian hopes to help Kemal build a strong Turkish regime. During World War I, this German ally would be better able to cause more trouble to the enemy, and at the same time, he could practice in Turkey. Your own team of officers and pilots. He did not know that Kemal would become the founding father of the Turkish Republic even without his own help, but that would have to wait until 1923.

A few days later, Chen Tian personally went to Berlin to report this matter to the emperor. At the beginning, the emperor was very dissatisfied with Chen Tian's decision to make this decision privately, but after Chen Tian exhausted his words to explain that this could bring many benefits to Germany, the emperor It was agreed that Chen Tian would provide assistance to the Turkish Revolutionary Party.

Later, Chen Tian established a hired regiment in East Prussia. Since Lieutenant Colonel Orly became the first commander of this regiment, the regiment was also named the Orly regiment. A total of 1,150 retired veterans were recruited by the Ori regiment, and 20 officers from the East Prussian regiment were selected as intermediate commanders of the regiment, as well as some fresh graduates of the Königsberg Military Academy following the mercenary regiment. Actual training.

At the end of 1907, the Olli mercenary regiment went to Thessaloniki in Turkey in dozens of batches, and five Sky III aircraft also arrived there a month later. In the Turkish sky, there are no longer only birds flying.