The war was approaching, and Hu Zhiyong was aware of the world situation during this period. He spared no effort to send materials and ammunition to the National Government, and exchanged it for the tea, leather, animal hair, antimony, tin, zinc, tungsten, silk, etc. he needed from the south.
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Having lost the opportunity to do business with China, the Soviet Union looked to the south in panic and had no solution. Stalin sent Mikoyan to Phoenix City to negotiate with Hu Zhiyong.
43-year-old Anastas Mikoyan was a Soviet politician. During this period, he became an expert on trade issues in the Politburo and was in charge of the procurement and transportation of military supplies.
Hu Zhiyong's economy was dominated by Hu Zhiyong, so he had to come here to seek cooperation. Hu Zhiyong greeted this astute business expert, pointed to his factory and said: "I can sell you metal materials, but it must be settled in gold. You want it at a low price
ore, I advise you not to have any delusions!"
Seeing the industry in Phoenix City, he knew that it was difficult to achieve his goal. The National Government had this wealthy boss to support supplies, ammunition and funds, and the Soviet Union could no longer get any benefits from this.
He came from the Northern Bureau. Vice Chairman Zhou told him with embarrassment: "We can't make the final decision on the economy of the Northern Bureau. All the factories here are owned by the third master of the Hu family, and he built the railways! Industrial cities in Changchun and other places are run by us.
But everything produced can only sustain our use and consumption!”
There was no hope of cheap ore, so he had to talk to Stalin and began to import large quantities of metal raw materials from Hong Kong. Hu Zhiyong took out the list of materials that Stalin had sold to him: "The price is the same as what you gave us originally. Agreed."
If so, I will make a long-term deal with you!"
Mikoyang was surprised that Hu Zhiyong was willing to suffer losses to import so many supplies from the Soviet Union. Now, he responded to the Soviet Union with such a price, and he was very shocked.
Stalin was angry, but he had nothing to say. The situation in Europe was tense, and no one dared to do business with the Soviet Union. The country lacked resources and was controlled by the islanders. Now he could only choose to do business with China, and this bitter fruit was his own.
caused.
The Soviet Union's economy is now very difficult. There is a shortage of food, metal materials and other resources, which all need to be imported. But Hu Zhiyong does not want their banknotes and will only do business in US dollars and gold.
The United States also wants to extend its business to China, but they know that now they can only rely on Hu Zhiyong to do business with China. They offered diesel oil that is slightly more expensive than water, as well as a large amount of crops and metal raw materials to sell to Hu Zhiyong. In the blink of an eye, he
Sold to all over the world with profits several times or dozens of times higher.
Roosevelt was very shrewd. He knew that the United States was a major producer, and once supplies were squeezed in large quantities, it would lead to another Great Depression. Therefore, seeing Hu Zhiyong profiting from it, he had to catch this young man and not let go.
Of course, Roosevelt thought of Britain and France. For long-term interests, he persuaded Congress to agree to lease supplies from Britain and France. Although he did not receive cash, the problem of excess supplies was finally solved.
Hu Zhiyong was very depressed. History once again proved Roosevelt's wisdom. In order to get his weapons valued for export, he had to sign sales contracts with Germany and Italy. He cursed secretly in his heart: "When you suffer losses, you will come back again."
Come to me!"
Less than 30% of the supplies in Southeast Asia were taken away by others. This is thanks to Hu Zhiyong’s advance planning over the past few years. Not only are the supplies piled high in Phoenix, but also in Hong Kong and Ryukyu, ensuring that there will be no shortage of all food and supplies within ten years!
Wang Jingwei fled and embarked on the shameful path of treason from Vietnam. Hu Zhiyong thought calmly: "Historically, he would form a puppet government in Nanjing. Now that I have the ability to stop it, should I put some pressure on the island country?"
"Master, I suggest sending troops to Shanghai. As long as we capture it, I believe that all the little devil's plots will not be realized!" Ma Xiandeng was eager to go to war. He already felt bored.
"Don't panic, I'm going to wait for him to announce his surrender to the enemy!" Hu Zhiyong knew that Ma Xiandeng was anxious and comforted him: "You will have something to do soon. Let's take down the final project of the airport first!"
"Master, will Wang Jingwei issue a telegram acknowledging his break with the Kuomintang?" Ma Xiandeng was surprised that the vice president of a party actually defected to the island country for the sake of authority.
"Yes!" Hu Zhiyong smiled: "I will not wait for him to establish a puppet government, let him lose everything, and finally die quietly!"
History really developed according to its trajectory. On December 18, 1938, Wang Jingwei, Zeng Zhongming, Zhou Fohai and others fled Chongqing. After arriving in Hanoi, Vietnam, they issued a "bright message" to surrender the enemy.
Hu Zhiyong issued a statement on the same day: "All traitors who take refuge in the Japanese army will be despised by the Chinese people! We warn the people of the island to hand over all traitors, otherwise they will be attacked by us!"
Listening to Tianhua's statement, the island countries inexplicably felt unprecedented fear. But they must have a spokesperson for China to control most of the provinces such as Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui, the cities of Shanghai and Ningxia, and Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, and Shandong
, a small part of Henan and other provinces.
Shanghai must be captured without risk or destruction. For this matter, Hu Zhiyong contacted the British and American ambassadors and told them: "The concession will no longer exist. British and American countries can do business in Shanghai, but
Sovereignty will be taken back!"
The eastern and northern areas of the public concession had been occupied by the Japanese army. When they heard that Hu Zhiyong was going to fight the Japanese army in Shanghai, Britain and the United States sized up the situation and decided to give up extraterritoriality and all concessions in China.
After Hu Zhiyong negotiated with them, he secretly sent blood wolves and secretly took over the Shanghai Concession at the end of 1938. Immediately afterwards, Ma Xiandeng's two divisions were quietly transported to the concession by plane. On the night of New Year's Eve, they suddenly began to attack the Japanese
Raid operations were carried out in the war zone.
"Xue Lang is responsible for the clear operations in the Japanese war zone, and Ma Xiandeng is responsible for laying down the pier and killing all the Japanese ships and warships!" The action was about to strike with thunder. Before the Japanese army knew the situation, the follow-up troops hurriedly controlled the entire urban area of Shanghai.
The Japanese artillery and the airfield were hit first, and then the navy was bombarded non-stop by 300 fighter jets and bombers from Ryukyu. Ma Xiandeng quickly occupied the dock area.
All the supplies and ordnance of the Japanese army here were seized. The Japanese troops on the periphery saw the movement in the city and did not dare to send troops. After Ma Xianden landed, the follow-up troops completely arrived.
Three armies of 200,000 troops occupied the entire Shanghai in one day and one night! Ma Xiandeng rudely confiscated all the property of the overseas Chinese in the Japanese Concession and informed the island country: "If you don't come to pick these people up within three days, you will be punished."
They will be escorted to the mines to work as coolies!"
In the hand-to-hand fighting in Shanghai, the Japanese army lost a division and several cruisers. More than 30,000 expatriates were expelled, and they lost a lot of property. Especially the Japanese-owned Yokohama Zhengjin Bank and the Japanese-owned Taiwan Bank were captured by the Blood Wolf, and thousands of
Tens of thousands of yen were confiscated, and all kinds of foreign exchange, gold and silver were shipped away.
The airport underwent emergency repairs, and a division of fighter jets and bombers were deployed. A large number of transport aircraft were also used to distribute relief supplies to the residents of the concession and urban Shanghai.
Ma Xiandeng was thoroughly conducting a thorough inventory of the remaining Japanese troops, counting the population, and replacing resident documents. He implemented military control and took control of Greater Shanghai. Only then did he issue a notice to the Nationalist Government: "Send officials and tax collectors as soon as possible. Our Ministry will assist the National Government."
The army defends this place!"
The big city that was heavily guarded by the Japanese army changed its owner in two days. The American and British troops personally watched the actual combat of a large-scale airborne attack. They were surprised that such a battle could not be accomplished with their troops in a month!
"Awesome, so awesome!" British Ambassador Xu Gesen was speechless, seeming to be interested in Tianhua Kingdom's helicopters.
"Air suppression, ground assault, bombardment of warships, first of all, clearing the Japanese artillery fire and the airport. This kind of tactics is not an ordinary offensive battle, but a special kind of battle, called special warfare!" Yongxiang explained to the group of ambassadors
, said cheerfully: "We have more than a dozen divisions of airborne troops, and two divisions were dispatched this time."
All these foreigners were interested in helicopters. They did not need an airport, were flexible in attack, had advanced artillery fire, and could deliver manpower, tanks and supplies to the ground. They were surprised.
"Commander Ma, will this helicopter be sold?" the British ambassador tentatively asked.
"Definitely!" Ma Xiandeng said with a smile: "If you want to use this kind of weapon in actual combat, you can't do it without more than two divisions. So our minimum sales will be three hundred, and there is no limit to the higher one!"
"Okay, I will discuss it with the country. I think the Congress will agree to purchase this weapon!" Xu Gesen was overjoyed and hurried back to send a report to the country.
After losing Shanghai, the Japanese troops around Suzhou hurriedly retreated north. Especially the Yangtze River Estuary was controlled by the Blood Wolf, and the Japanese army felt threatened by Nanjing. Chiang Kai-shek's troops quickly occupied Wuhu and the area south of Wuxi, connecting them with Shanghai.
The island country knew that it was the Wang Jingwei incident that stimulated Tianhua. They did not dare to pick up this shameful traitor, so they had to give up the idea of capturing Shanghai. The overseas Chinese were picked up, and from then on, Shanghai was no longer a place where the Japanese army was rampant!
Bai Chongxi quickly came to Shanghai on behalf of the National Government, and Kong Xiangxi and Song Ziwen came together. Ma Xiandeng told them: "Taxation and government formation are your business, and we will bear the responsibility for garrisoning and defense. We will eventually leave, but we have to wait until there is peace.
when!"
"Okay, with you here, I believe the little devils won't dare to fight for it easily!" Song Ziwen laughed loudly: "Give me the yen, you don't need it!"
Ma Xiandeng nodded: "The money can be handed over to you, but the Japanese property will not be handed over to you! We have lost many soldiers and consumed a lot of ammunition. We cannot hand over the public concession to you yet, please understand!"
"What a cunning Mr. Hu!" Bai Chongxi joked: "Controlling the concession means controlling Shanghai's economy. He wants to make a fortune here!"
Ma Xiandeng glared at him: "We have supported the national army with so much material, are we doing it for money? Let's be clear, the situation in Shanghai is complicated, and we need to completely rectify the order here!"
Kong Xiangxi was surprised: "If you do this, you will face the gangs in Shanghai!"
Ma Xiandeng snorted coldly: "We are not afraid of the little devil. How many people can he have in a Youth Gang? What I want to deal with is this kind of gangster that harms the people!"
"It's difficult, it's difficult." Kong Xiangxi couldn't help but shake his head: "The Qing Gang has hundreds of years of history here. It's very difficult to eradicate it!"