June 2, 1941, Wuchang, Military Commission
"Are these real?" General Chen threw a few photos on his desk and asked feebly. His eyes seemed a little empty for a moment. Just now, Director Dai of the Military Command Bureau brought The latest information obtained - the Eighth Route Army secretly built a military port in Haiyang County, the Jiaodong base area, and has acquired fifty G-5 torpedo boats. Obviously, while the government is delighted that the navy has restored a certain combat effectiveness, the Eighth Route Army is also Has its own naval power.
"It's absolutely true. Not only us, but the Special High School also obtained relevant intelligence. This morning, the Japanese North China Expeditionary Force dispatched more than a hundred fighter planes to launch an air raid on Haiyang County, and an air battle broke out with the Eighth Route Army Air Force." Director Dai also had a wry smile on his face. As for whether the military commander was behind the information obtained by the special higher education institution, there was no need to go into details.
"Can their air force engage in large-scale air combat with the Japanese?" Admiral Chen was even more surprised, but he soon thought about it. Li Yunlong's flight team has maintained a scale of more than a hundred people for a long time, and there are constantly more The old people are leaving and new people are coming. What does it mean to train a group of fighter pilots?
"Not only can it be used in air combat, but its combat effectiveness is also very strong. The Japanese raid group was shot down 52 in less than half an hour. According to the intelligence we have, the Eighth Route Army deployed at least fifty P-39s in Haiyang County alone. Fighters, and in Jin Province and northern Shaanxi, their number of fighter jets is no less than this number. Just last month, they obtained at least one hundred P-39 fighter jets and one hundred new trainer aircraft." Dai. The director broke the news again. What he didn't know was that if it weren't for the fact that the Eighth Route Army didn't have many pilots, Wang Yue seemed to want to support more aircraft for the Eighth Route Army.
"This is the agreement we reached with Mr. Wang before. He can sell weapons to the Eighth Route Army at 1/2 of our military purchase quantity. The reason for this agreement was that on the one hand, he did not have so many weapons in his hands, and on the other hand, It is because the Eighth Route Army's financial situation does not allow them to purchase weapons on a large scale." General Chen felt like he was in a cocoon. If it was in 1940, he would have been sure that the government had the ability to destroy the Eighth Route Army, but now, don't be kidding. If you don't see Madam, you have to visit Madam Hu Bicheng no matter what. Isn't it to ease the relationship between the two parties?
"No one thought that Mr. Wang would accept everything, especially the dried sea cucumbers, dried abalones, Changle sapphires, and isinglass from the Eighth Route Army." Director Dai said a little sourly. For some reason, Wang Yue said to The purchase price of dried seafood has increased three times in a row, and has recently doubled compared to a few months ago.
How did he know that due to the random discharge of sewage in a certain country, the price of radiation-free dried seafood in Wang Yue's place has also increased. Of course, it is limited to pollution-free wild seafood, while the ubiquitous farmed seafood is still just as cheap.
"Thanks to Mr. Wang's help, the government's finances are finally a little better." Admiral Chen was complaining in his heart. Who doesn't know that your brother has recently increased his manpower to the four eastern provinces and Korea to collect wild ginseng and antlers? Are these not used to trade with Wang Yue? You know, wild ginseng is a first-class trading product and can be paid directly in silver dollars.
"Uncle Guo is promoting the sorting out of counterfeit legal tender currency on the market. If it is really successful, the government's finances will probably return to the state before the war." Director Dai looked at Admiral Chen with questioning eyes. The National People's Congress The currency war between the government and the Japanese has been going on for several years. The market is flooded with astronomical numbers of counterfeit currencies, involving the interests of all aspects. How easy is it to sort out legal currency and crack down on counterfeit currency?
The high-imitation legal currency on the market is actually only the first batch. The printing plates and paper that were seized are actually real money. Later, they are replaced with printing plates carved by the Japanese themselves and paper ink obtained from other channels. , there are traces of counterfeit banknotes. However, due to various reasons, the political commissar did not crack down on counterfeit banknotes very hard. Even replacing the new version of banknotes took a long time. It was easy to replace them, and the anti-counterfeiting level was not improved at all. Said that there were actually more counterfeit banknotes.
Only the military control agencies have been insisting on a currency war with the Japanese, printing a large number of China Reserve Bonds and investing them in the occupied areas. However, this only disrupts the economy of the occupied areas and does not help the economy of the Kuomintang-controlled areas. Otherwise, there will be no There will be a cliff-like depreciation of the legal currency between 1940 and 1941.
"It's hard to get rid of the accumulated counterfeit money. What to do with the counterfeit money in the bank? What to do with the counterfeit money in the hands of the urban poor? What about the counterfeit money in the hands of friendly countries? One move affects the whole body, and if one is not careful, the economy will collapse." Admiral Chen said to Uncle Guo. I am not optimistic about the struggle between him and his two brothers-in-law. If his third brother-in-law really supported him, his eldest brother-in-law would have been fired. In fact, he was not. He is still the finance minister, or the minister of finance. The spring breeze is proud.
"What do you think of the exchange of border tickets for penicillin introduced by the Eighth Route Army?" Director Dai shook his head slightly and changed the topic. This is not news. As early as March, the Eighth Route Army announced that it would increase supplies for border tickets. , allowing border area tickets to be exchanged for grain and penicillin. Of course, there are certain thresholds for exchange, such as household registration, tax status, personal background, single-day upper limit, etc. However, for ordinary people, they can actually I switched to penicillin locally.
In today's North China, any landowner would be embarrassed to go out if he didn't have dozens of penicillins and a few 81-type horse rifles at home. You must know that given the current medical level and medical environment, penicillin can definitely bring the dead back to life. It’s a miracle medicine, and even if you don’t use it yourself, selling it to those who walk around the street to “collect medicine” is still a source of income, right?
Because of this, in just a few months, the value of border tickets has increased by more than 300%, and it is still appreciating. It is said that the issuance of border tickets has expanded five times. After all, the one who made the most money in the end Or the Eighth Route Army.
Director Dai definitely didn't mean to ask General Chen's opinion. He wanted to see if the Tantan government could also copy the "advanced experience" of the Eighth Route Army?
"Brother Yunong, what are you thinking about? I don't know how much penicillin we have sold to Britain. If there are so many maturing debts that can't be offset by penicillin, the government's financial collapse will only be faster." Chen Shang Jiang Zhengse persuaded, as to whether more was sold or more debt was paid, Director Dai, who did not mention hypnosis, probably also knew.
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