The next morning, Zhang Dongning and Dai Ziran came to Anzhai together, and Wu Ming welcomed the two to the reception room in the mountain bell behind.

"Did you say something when you just left?"

Wu Ming asked straight to the point. Yesterday, Fang Zhibin was peeping around and many things were difficult to explain, so Wu Ming only asked about it today.

Dai Ziran and Tian Zhenggang had a good personal relationship. They said sadly: "Zhenggang's transfer order was very sudden and unexpected. He originally wanted to wait for his elder brother to come back to ask clearly, but later he received a telegram from his elder brother to expand the scale of the militia in eastern Gandong to deal with the war, so he volunteered to go to Shangrao to take charge of the matter."

"This move is an explanation for Liu Rulin who is about to work in Jiangxi. Secondly, we can select elite soldiers and generals in advance and let them receive strict training earlier so that they can be directly included in our new second division system in the future. Third, we are just about to prepare for him as Chief of Staff of the Gan Army."

"As my brother said in his call during his time in Shanghai, once Jiangsu and Zhejiang fall in the future, Jiangxi, located along the Yangtze River, will inevitably become a new war zone. The central government will definitely form a large-scale security force in Jiangxi Province. At that time, he must master some direct forces..."

“It’s just mature”

Wu Ming nodded and praised sincerely: "Actually, I can't bear to part with Zhenggang. This time, Liu Rulin asked me personally, and the whereabouts were clear. I had to make this extremely difficult decision on Zhenggang. According to the current situation, in less than a year, Jiangxi will definitely fight a big war. At that time, the importance of the local security forces will be highlighted. I am afraid that Zhenggang, as the chief of staff of the Gan Army, will step by step as the general's position. This opportunity is hard to come by and cannot be missed."

Speaking of this, Wu Ming stood up and pulled open the curtain on one wall, revealing a large map of Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi and Fujian made by the New Second Division, picked up the baton and pointed to a corner of the map:

"The geographical location of Jiangxi is very critical. It is a bridge connecting the eastern and western regions of the south bank of the Yangtze River. Moreover, eastern Jiangxi and western Zhejiang are closely linked together. Once the eastern Zhejiang coast falls, we can only rely on Jiangxi. If there are problems in Jiangxi, we will fall into serious isolation. It is only a matter of time before the fall of Quzhou and Changshan fall.

"If the Gan Army can have the provincial security chief and chief of staff who are closely cooperating with us, it will undoubtedly be a huge opportunity for our new second division to promote and develop and grow. It is precisely because of this that I have to bear the pain of giving up and let Zhenggang go to Jiangxi, and the former artillery battalion commander Luo Changling serves as the commander of the division's independent regiment."

Wu Ming's previous life only had a certain understanding of several major battles such as Songhu, Nanjing, Xuzhou, Lanfeng, Wuhan, Changsha, etc., but he was not very familiar with the local battlefield situations in Zhejiang and Jiangxi, and he didn't know when eastern Gan and western Zhejiang fell.

All the previous arrangements were all for Wu Ming to avoid being taken over by the Japanese.

"But leaving the main force to work in the local area will have a great blow to Zhenggang," Dai Ziran sighed.

Wu Ming thought for a while and asked, "Are you still in Shangrao now?"

"Yes"

Dai Ziran nodded: "When he left, he was from the Infantry Company of the Independent Regiment of the Division, and the Engineers Company each transferred a platoon, and invited twelve instructors from the Fenghuang Mountain Base. Now these officers and soldiers have been sent to various counties in eastern Gandong to recruit and train new recruits. Zhenggang stayed in Shangrao to coordinate with the Gandong Administrative Office to resolve the food and salary of the expanded militia."

"But this situation probably won't last long. Yesterday, Director Liu Rulin, accompanied by the Military Commission and the Military Affairs Department, took a train from Hangzhou to Nanchang. It is said that while the train was stranded in Shangrao, Director Liu specially met Zhenggang and must have explained many things, perhaps..."

"It's okay"

Wu Ming waved his hand, interrupted Dai Ziran, and said, "It's nothing. I asked Liu Rulin to meet Zhenggang when he arrived in Shangrao. Next, they will have to work together to form a team together. They must coordinate first. At the same time, there is a major event that requires two people to work together to complete..."

Speaking of this, Wu Ming looked at Zhang Dongning: "Dongning, how did those Jews do things?

Zhang Dongning looked excited: "I was about to report this matter. Because our European and American geological expert group is very large, it aroused the curiosity of many people when we got off the bus at Quzhou Railway Station. Our reception staff deliberately made ambiguous words, which quickly attracted the attention of local newspapers and journalists in Quzhou. Since it was too late that day, we arranged these quality experts to stay in the old-fashioned hotel opposite the Administrative Office. After one night, everyone in Quzhou knew that a group of blonde and blue-eyed foreigners came."

"The next day, as we invited reporters from Shanghai and Hangzhou to support us, the European and American geological expert group boarded the boat at Quzhou North Pier and went to the Kumaling area west of Maoliangwu for investigation. It took only two days to dig out several high-quality fluorite mines yesterday morning. The expert group immediately held a special seminar as planned. After half a day of discussion, we finally came to a consensus conclusion, believing that this was a large mineral with a resource of tens of millions of tons. Then our publicity department told the reporters who followed the interview the exciting news."

Wu Ming asked happily: "What are the reactions of those reporters?"

"I was still in the Phoenix Mountain Martyrs Cemetery. I rushed to Kumaling after the meeting in the afternoon and listened to Chen Guangde, deputy battalion commander of the Engineering Battalion... At first, most reporters suspected that this was a scam, otherwise how could it be possible to find the ore veins so by chance? You should know that the prospecting investment is large and the geological conditions are complicated. If a geological hydrocarbon is dug, a murder may even occur. It is unheard of to find the ore veins as easily as it is now."

"As a result, we sent engineers to assist in the survey. In the excavated cave, we used steel prying to dig out large pieces of fluorite ore on the spot. The reporters took it upon themselves, and they did not take much effort and gained a lot. They caused a huge shock on the spot. As the reporters' news reports were successively passed back to the report agency, I believe that the media in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai will report this news on a large scale in the past few days, and we can sit and wait for someone to send money to the door."

Although Dai Ziran knew some of Wu Ming’s plans to make money, it was not comprehensive. At this time, she smiled happily: “I said, how mysterious it is when the Chief of Staff comes back. I wouldn’t have to invite you to come home to drink at night. It turns out that it’s because of this… Now, as the fish take the bait, we will not worry about losing money for at least a long time in the future.”

Wu Ming was always calm and shook his head and said, "Things are not as easy as expected. Huang Jinrong and Du Yuesheng have ruined this set of fundraising tricks in Shanghai. If one operation is not good, it will probably be useless. We still have to continue to add materials to make the incident continue to heat up."

"What should we do next?" Zhang Dongning asked.

"Quzhou Chamber of Commerce and Shangrao Chamber of Commerce should move... Let the people from Quzhou Chamber of Commerce come forward and tell reporters that since this super fluorite mine is hidden in Quzhou, it should be invested and constructed by Quzhou Chamber of Commerce. In the past three years, my brother-in-law has developed Quzhou to prosperity. It is no problem for Quzhou's business community to provide millions of investment funds.

Wu Ming's words inspired Dai Ziran and took the initiative to take over Wu Ming's topic: "When the time comes, we will let the Shangrao Chamber of Commerce come forward and denounce this as a typical local protectionism. Whoever invests more should invest and build it. He will fight verbal battles in the newspapers. I guess those in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Consortium will be moved, and they will naturally start to hype."

“Yes”

Wu Ming nodded: "This is the situation. As long as such a large deposit is properly hyped, it is absolutely fine to raise a 1,28 million ocean. At that time, we will mortgage the shares we have to the bank and take out a loan of 3,500 million. As long as the war is in full swing, who will pay attention to this deposit? At that time, this money will become the military expenditure of our New Second Division, which will be used to purchase arms, develop weapons and equipment, build fortresses and fortifications, and fight against the Japanese."

Zhang Dongning and Dai Ziran were both applauding Wu Ming's interlocking design, and discussed some detailed issues to completely solve the problem.

Afterwards, Wu Ming asked Dai Ziran how he was preparing for finding a factory suitable for the production of penicillin and containers containing nutrient solution?

Dai Ziran said that the factory will be located in the hollowed-out mountain belly of the southern foot of Qipan Mountain five kilometers southwest of Maoliangwu. It is only more than 200 meters away from the Maoliangwu Hydropower Station, which is also in the mountain belly. It will be warm in winter and cool in summer. At the same time, the power provided by the hydropower station can be used nearby. In addition, all required equipment can also be conveniently transported by waterways.

If there is no problem with the method of preparing penicillin provided by Wu Ming, I believe the first batch of penicillin will be produced at most half a month.

Wu Ming was very satisfied with the fact that these things were the most important things at the moment. Zhang Dongning and Dai Ziran handled them well, which greatly reduced the pressure on his work.

With a creaking sound, Sun Chengyuan pushed open the door and walked in, holding a telegram in his hand.

Wu Ming took it in confusion and saw that the end of the telegram was Chen Cheng. He quickly read it carefully. After reading it, he was amused and laughed: "Chairman Jiang always remembers us in his heart, and actually asked our New Second Division to send someone to be responsible for the construction of the Zhajia Line. Now the training of the troops will inevitably be affected."

Zhang Dongning took the telegram and read it. It turned out that this was sent by Chen Cheng in his private name. The formal notice must be issued by the Military Commission and the Ministry of Military Affairs.

"If we follow the orders of the Military Commission and the Ministry of Military Affairs, the June military skills competition and live-fire confrontation exercises will not be held as scheduled. We will lose the most valuable training opportunity before the outbreak of the war. We must make a long-term plan for this matter." Dai Ziran was a little anxious.

Zhang Dongning thought for a while and suggested: "I don't think so. The first and second brigades have not been mobilized for the time being. Now, after many expansions, the supplementary brigade has already been under the jurisdiction of five new corpses. We can select one of them to continue to stay at the Phoenix Mountain base for training. The other four regiments can go to eastern Zhejiang under the name of the first and second brigades, and build the Zhajia national defense fortifications while training."

"In order to strengthen the civil fortification construction strength of the four supplementary regiments, we can appropriately draw engineers from the direct engineering companies of the first and second brigades, and then select personnel from the infrastructure company of the Maoliangwu Chamber of Commerce, expand the division's direct engineering battalion into a regiment in one go. The engineering regiment has three battalions under its jurisdiction. We will leave one engineering battalion, and the other two engineering battalions will be transferred to eastern Zhejiang to assist the four regiments of the supplementary brigade in carrying out civil engineering operations."

"This is the best..."

Dai Ziran's eyes lit up and she shouted: "After operating like this, all aspects will not be affected too much. In addition, since we are responsible for rebuilding the Zhajia National Defense Fortifications, we will not be able to allocate funds, right? Maybe we can make a fortune."

"Dongning's advice is very good, but we must not reach out to the money allocated from above."

Wu Ming looked solemn: "Once the construction of Zhajia national defense fortifications, all accounts must be made public, every purchase and expenditure must be implemented, and every minute and every cent must be used to the construction of national defense fortifications. This is a model project, and the whole country is watching, and we must never be confused."

"Besides, in the future, we don't have to rely on this line of defense to resist the Japanese. If we commit fraud, wouldn't we harm ourselves?"

"If I could stay in eastern Zhejiang, it would be better."

Zhang Dongning had seen the fortifications and fortresses carefully constructed by the Japanese in Hongkou and Yangshupu areas in Shanghai. He knew how difficult it would be to attack the eastern district of the Shanghai Public Concession under the threat of the Japanese naval naval guns. He said with emotion:

"Shanghai wars are completely filled with flesh and blood. No matter how brave the individual is, no matter how elite the troops are, they cannot withstand the consumption of iron walls. It is best that our new second division can stay on the Zhajia Line and have national defense fortifications. We are not afraid of any army."

"One red heart, two preparations. When I come back this time, I will ask the Ordnance to study several secret weapons suitable for urban combat. At that time, the enemy's fortress may not be as difficult as I imagined."

Wu Ming said this and looked at his watch, then stood up: "Okay, let's do it today. You have to hurry up on your work. I'll go to Shangrao first. I want to meet Zhenggang and say sorry to him in person, otherwise this matter will be kept in my heart and will never be able to let go."
Chapter completed!