The Battle of Shanghai suddenly broke out before the student union's proposal was approved by the city government. Even though Tang Cheng had been prepared for it, after learning the news, he still felt restless. Tang Cheng's skills were far beyond ordinary people. Even among the personal bodyguards known as Ouchi guards around the Chairman of the Nanjing Committee, few could defeat Tang Cheng. But Tang Cheng is self-aware. He knows that he is not suitable for positional combat. On the battlefield, his chance of death is no different from that of ordinary soldiers.
Tang Cheng was well aware of the brutality of the Shanghai Battle. He was determined to kill the enemy, but he could not let go of his family in Chongqing. The only thing that made Tang Cheng feel gratified was that the day after the Shanghai War broke out, the student union's initiative was approved by the city government. . "I don't know what you were thinking, why did you take over this matter!" After receiving the news, Zhang Jianghe came to the military camp to visit Tang Cheng. When they met, he gave Tang Cheng a blank look. "I'm telling you, students are not easy to control, so you have to be aware of it yourself!"
Zhang Jianghe's complaint revealed his concern for Tang Cheng. Tang Cheng, who was excited, immediately smiled at Zhang Jianghe and said, "Uncle, you have seen the current situation. The Japanese army first provoked a war in the north, and then resumed again. Shi Guji's attack on Shanghai was an attempt to attack the whole of China. Organizing students for military training will not drag them onto the battlefield, but at least when the war goes wrong and the situation worsens, these students will have the ability to protect themselves. What a bad thing."
Zhang Jiang was stunned by Tang Cheng's explanation. He did not expect that Tang Cheng would think so far. "Uncle, some specific arms in the army cannot master those skills without certain cultural literacy, such as artillery and pilots. I thought that if the war worsens, the higher-ups will definitely recruit student soldiers into the army. I am just taking the first step. ." When Tang Cheng spoke, he kept paying attention to Zhang Jianghe's reaction out of the corner of his eye. The reminder in his words was not obvious. It just depends on whether Zhang Jianghe can react.
The appearance of Luo Ji Tavern means that Zhang Jianghe, who had lost contact with his superiors for a long time, must have been in touch with his superiors. Tang Cheng could not directly disclose the information he had to Zhang Jianghe, so he could only remind Zhang Jianghe through this kind of verbal hint, just like Tang Cheng mentioned to Zhang Jianghe the importance of training student reserve soldiers in advance. Zhang Jianghe's eyes flickered, obviously he had thought of something. Tang Cheng smiled secretly in his heart when he saw this, but nothing showed on his face.
Training students is not an easy task, especially when there are many children from rich families among these students. The instructors sent by the garrison, after experiencing several conflicts with the students, only focused on training the students' formation drills. As for the rest, they were all left to the instigator, Tang Cheng. More than 300 students voluntarily signed up to receive military training, and as the training began, students came here from other places one after another. By the time Tangcheng officially took over the training camp, there were already more than 400 students in the student camp. school students.
The situation was great, but Tang Cheng was extremely tired. After taking over the training camp, he finally understood that Zhang Jianghe's reminder that day was not unnecessary. Students are indeed difficult to manage, especially when there are more than 100 female students among the more than 400 students. In desperation, Tang Cheng made a decision, and for this reason he went to Wang Bingzhang. "This is a good thing!" Wang Bingzhang, who learned of Tang Cheng's intention to come, immediately expressed his support for Tang Cheng's suggestion, "As long as there is a war, first aid kits are a necessity."
It was impossible for Tangcheng to train more than a hundred female students like men, so they had to find another way to separate the more than a hundred female students and set up a small first-aid kit production workshop. The first-aid kits to be produced by Tangcheng are different from the military first-aid kits distributed by the army. The first-aid kits distributed by the army contain the Western medicine preparation morphine, while the first-aid kits to be produced by Tangcheng use traditional Chinese medicine preparations. Since arriving in Chongqing, Tang Cheng has received all kinds of strange things from the system, including tobacco, alcoholic beverages, daily necessities, and a first aid kit using traditional Chinese medicine preparations and recipes.
Tang Cheng originally planned to find an opportunity to use a third party to transfer this item to Zhang Jianghe or the Chongqing underground party. At this moment, Tang Cheng changed his mind. He planned to make this first aid kit using traditional Chinese medicine preparations available in advance. Traditional Chinese medicine has been spread in China for thousands of years, and traditional Chinese medicine is even more widely cultivated in the southwest. Compared with the chemically synthesized Western medicines popular in the Western world, traditional Chinese medicine preparations are not only cheaper, but Chinese people seem to be more accepting of the use of traditional Chinese medicine.
Seeing that Wang Bingzhang clearly expressed his support for him, Tang Cheng no longer concealed his purpose of coming, "Wang Bureau, even if the production of first aid kits starts, it will still require financial support and preparation time. You are a native of Chongqing, you have a high position and are popular. Ye Guang, I plan to cooperate with famous businessmen in the city in the name of a student training camp for this first aid kit manufacturing factory..." Before Tang Cheng finished speaking, Wang Bingzhang already understood Tang Cheng's intention.
"Brother, what do you mean, let me come forward to invite well-known merchants in the city to participate in this matter?" Wang Bingzhang was a little surprised at Tangcheng's generosity at this moment. Although the first aid kit is an inconspicuous object, this thing is The cost is small but the profit is huge, and the capital required to produce this thing is not very large. Tang Cheng took the initiative to cooperate with the merchants, which was obviously an initiative to give up profits. In Wang Bingzhang's perception, Tang Cheng was a stubborn man who recognized money but not people. Why did this suddenly dawn on him?
"That's right, that's why I came today." Tang Cheng said bluntly. "The traditional Chinese medicine preparations used in first aid kits require some mechanical equipment and a large amount of gauze, which are available in Shanghai. Under the current situation, it is impossible for people of our status to go to Shanghai, so we need a third party to go to Shanghai** Equipment and gauze. Where there are risks, there are benefits. Since I need my partners to bear this risk, I naturally have to share the benefits with them. Moreover, if this factory does not have the support of powerful people, I am worried about changes in the future. "
When Tang Cheng said the four words "powerful person", he deliberately pronounced the pronunciation of the word. Wang Bingzhang finally understood at this moment that the merchants in the city that Tang Cheng mentioned before were not the real businessmen, but the big shot in the city. . "That's right, that person is indeed a powerful person!" Wang Bingzhang agreed, and at the same time gave a thumbs up to Tang Cheng, thinking that if he could get that person to join the gang, Tang Cheng's thoughts were also There is no one left.
The big shot that Wang Bingzhang and Tang Cheng were talking about at this moment was naturally the warlord surnamed Liu who had been guarding Sichuan for many years. Liu Xiang had been in charge of Sichuan for nearly 20 years. There were both praise and criticism, but it cannot be denied that Liu Xiang was in Sichuan. The prestige of the land is very high, otherwise he would not be called the King of Sichuan by the Chairman of the Generalissimo of Nanjing. When the war broke out in Shanghai, Tangcheng knew that the time for the Sichuan Army to leave Sichuan to participate in the Anti-Japanese War was coming soon. Although the production of first aid kits could not keep up with the day of the Sichuan Army's departure from Sichuan, Tangcheng knew that this batch of Sichuan Army was not the only one to leave Sichuan.
Tang Cheng felt increasingly that he was running out of time, wishing he could divide himself into several people to use it. However, the changes in the situation always made Tang Cheng feel like he could not catch up. On August 20, Liu Xiang, who returned from Nanjing, took office as the commander-in-chief of the Second Route Reserve Army. On August 26, he issued a "Letter to the Army and People of Sichuan Kang", announcing that the Sichuan Army was about to leave Sichuan to fight the war. In later film and television dramas and documentaries about the Sichuan Army, Tangcheng saw more than once the Sichuan officers and soldiers who went out to fight the war in Sichuan wearing hats and straw sandals. It had already snowed in Nanjing in December, but most of the Sichuan officers and soldiers who participated in the war were still wearing single clothes.
The Sichuan Army's ill-preparedness was certainly due to the Central Army's deliberate attempts to create difficulties, but the Sichuan Army's own preparations were also greatly inadequate. After meeting with Wang Bingzhang that day, Tangcheng used the power of the investigation team to secretly contact women in the city to collect military shoes and uniforms. Finally, on August 29, when the Sichuan Army completed its reorganization, Tangcheng rushed to produce a large number of military shoes for the troops leaving Sichuan. The uniforms included a batch of weapons and ammunition confiscated in the city during two crackdown operations.
Tang Cheng also left all the matters of donating military shoes and uniforms to Wang Bingzhang, and the weapons and ammunition were handed over to the Sichuan Army Logistics Department through Zhangjiang He. Tang Cheng left all the matters of showing up to others, but he himself has been hiding. In the labor camp on the outskirts of the city, they were secretly thinking about and making compressed dry food. After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, Tang Cheng, together with several generals of the garrison, secretly mobilized grain from surrounding areas and Yunnan to Chongqing. Dozens of large and small granaries have been built in the current labor camp to store this grain.
The huge amount of grain storage made everyone involved in this plan miserable. Fortunately, the situation had deteriorated into chaos according to Tangcheng's presumption, and others resumed their support for Tangcheng. Tang Cheng did not want to use this grain to make a fortune for the country. He just wanted to use the method of storing grain in advance to curb the rise in grain prices in Chongqing. At the same time, I want to use this food channel to open a channel connecting Chongqing and Yunnan, so that I can do more things in the future.
On September 1st, the Sichuan Army, which had completed its training, set out to leave Sichuan. With the appearance of Tangcheng and the preparations he had made in advance, although the Sichuan Army at this time would still be regarded as a beggar army by the wealthy Central Army, the logistics of the Sichuan Army However, the distribution of supplies has been greatly improved, at least there are many fewer soldiers wearing straw sandals. It was a big event for the Sichuan Army to leave Sichuan to fight the war. It was said that people lined up for dozens of miles to see him off. Tang Cheng, who was depressed in his heart, did not go to see him off, but he asked the instructors from the training camp to take the students there, and through Wang Bingzhang's relationship, he secretly prepared for these The excited students chose a location where they could have close contact with the Sichuan officers and soldiers.
