Soviet Ambassador Bodlov was a very simple diplomat. As soon as he and Hu Zhiyong sat down, he chatted non-stop for more than an hour. Hu Zhiyong kept smiling, as if his smile had become mechanical and fixed.
Finally, the diplomat stated his purpose: "The Soviet Union has great technology in building railways. Why don't you cooperate with us?"
"Are you interested?" Hu Zhiyong asked, the smile on his cheeks taking the opportunity to relax.
"Of course!" Building the railway would bring him a lot of foreign exchange income. When Podrov heard that there was still hope, he offered a more favorable price than the United States: "As long as you are willing to cooperate with us, the price is very reasonable.
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Hu Zhiyong smiled: "Okay, you give me 5,000 kilometers of railway tracks, five locomotives, and 400 wagons. Build a thousand miles of railways and stations within two years, and train us 3,000 railway workers!"
Podrov stuck out his tongue repeatedly. He did not expect such a large contract. After consultation with technical experts from Phoenix, he quickly completed the signing of all project letters of intent.
Hu Zhiyong did not ask the Americans for the rails at the beginning, he was just waiting for the fish to swallow the hook. In the room next to the conference room, he and Liang Chengfu carefully considered the possibility of each project.
"Master, do we need so many railway workers?" With three thousand kilometers of railway, we actually plan to train three thousand railway workers. On average, one person per kilometer.
"Only with more people can we select better ones!" Hu Zhiyong said lightly: "The railway from the northeast to the Yellow River has been completed, and we must reserve enough talents!"
"To build so many railways, where will we get the construction personnel?" Liang Chengfu worried. Several lines were started at the same time, and the total number of people in the Far East was less than one million.
"Negotiate with the National Government to recruit a large number of workers from the Central Plains!" Hu Zhiyong smiled: "Don't be afraid of spending money, what I want is to open the train as soon as possible!"
The Far East wanted workers, and Chiang Kai-shek was very happy. Henan, Hunan, Sichuan and other places quickly launched propaganda, and more than 700,000 people gathered in one week. Hu Da gave the workers who applied for the job a settlement allowance and told them: "As long as you work hard and work hard,
Come on, maybe you can stay and live somewhere!”
A large number of convoys transported these people across the Yellow River, and took the train straight to the Northeast. Twenty days later, these people arrived in the Far East and were frightened by the harsh climate here.
However, they received new clothes, gloves, and leather boots, and they no longer felt a trace of cold when wearing them. Especially the daily meal of meat made them as satisfied as the Chinese New Year.
Ma Xiandeng in Shanghai is welcoming Hu Zhiyong who is coming. When the third young master comes here, he must do something!
"Let Su Xiqing's Ryukyus mobilize 50,000 people, Hong Kong's Silver Dragons mobilize 50,000 people. Sixteen divisions with more than 300,000 people, capture Nanjing for me!" Wang Jingwei showed up in Nanjing in advance, and Hu Zhiyong couldn't help but get angry.
.For traitors and traitors, he will not let them have a good life!
The Manchukuo Aixinjueluo Puyi in the Xian Kingdom is now living like a shabby settlement. Without the Northeast, the islanders will no longer care about this useless slave!
"Only attack Nanjing?" Ma Xiandeng was surprised. Lishui and Danyang were both under the control of his troops. Danyang is 200 kilometers east of Shanghai and 68 kilometers west of Nanjing. It is located in the golden hinterland of the Yangtze River Delta. Historically, it has been the economic center of the Yangtze River Basin.
Important town, famous commercial port.
If he wanted to capture Nanjing, his troops could do it in just a few days, so why bother deploying manpower from elsewhere? Hu Zhiyong looked at Ma Xiandeng, who was deep in thought, and said cheerfully: "I want you to capture the east of Yangzhou
Region, directly take Tianshui, Huai'an and Yancheng cities!"
"I understand!" Ma Xiandeng suddenly realized: "Let the Japanese army withdraw from Nanjing automatically and look for opportunities to annihilate the enemy outside the city!"
"It's not to annihilate, it's to drive them away!" Hu Zhiyong stared at Ma Xiandeng seriously: "The Japanese army has exhausted enough troops. We cannot kill them all to give them the strength to occupy Southeast Asia!"
"Master, I don't understand, why do you have to let the little devils invade others?" Ma Xiandeng was furious. He wanted to stew these Japanese people who did all kinds of evil in one pot!
"For the long-term interests of China!" Hu Zhiyong said indifferently: "The Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded us, and we must let them experience the feeling of being plundered by a cruel war. We must gain more benefits in the war and save dozens of
The losses over the years will be compensated double!"
"Master, how much benefit can we see from this?" Ma Xiandeng couldn't help but ask after hearing Hu Zhiyong's passionate words.
"How much?" Hu Zhiyong smiled: "My goal is that they will pay for the investment in Far East and Phoenix City, and in addition, they will absorb hundreds of billions of dollars!"
"Okay!" Ma Xiandeng was happy. Phoenix City and the three small islands only have a few thousand square kilometers, and the materials consumed are already astronomical. If the 600,000 square kilometers in the Far East were like Phoenix City, their years of waiting would be over.
Consider it some compensation.
Su Xiqing received the telegram and personally came to Shanghai with four divisions and large ships. Yinlong was not willing to be left alone, and came with more than 50,000 people from four divisions. Hu Zhiyong saw so many commanders and said helplessly: "Battle command
If Ma takes the lead, we will all sit back and watch."
"I'm here to see the fun!" Su Xiqing sighed: "It's too boring to be in Ryukyu. It's better to transfer me to the Far East."
"Don't you regret it?" Hu Zhiyong looked at Su Xiqing slyly.
"There's no war going on here." Su Xiqing muttered in a low voice.
"It won't be too long!" Hu Zhiyong knew that these soldiers wanted to show their talents on the battlefield.
"Commander Su, Commander Long, since you are here, you have to exert your strength. Today I want to experience the addiction of leading troops!" Ma Xiandeng glared slyly: "Su Xiqing!"
"Here!" Su Xiqing doesn't care who becomes the commander, as long as he can win the battle, he can be a battalion commander!
"Take your troops and attack from Tongzhou all the way to Yancheng!" Ma Xiandeng said with a dull expression on his face, and began to issue combat orders in a pretentious manner.
"yes!"
"Silver Dragon!"
"Here!" Seeing that Su Xiqing had a mission, Yinlong hurriedly accepted Ma Xiandeng's leadership.
"Your four divisions will attack from Changzhou and Zhenjiang to Yangzhou. After occupying Yangzhou, wait for orders!" Ma Xiandeng suppressed his laughter and gave Yinlong the attack route.
"Yes!" Yinlong was already happy after listening to Ma Xiandeng's assignment. Once the Japanese army in Nanjing couldn't help it, they would take the initiative to fight to the death with his troops!
"Four divisions of my army set out from Lishui, and their targets are Chaohu and Hefei. The attack time is tomorrow morning at six o'clock. Don't leave too many guards after retaking the city!"
When Ma Xiandeng said this, he looked at Hu Zhiyong and asked: "What to do with the seized materials?"
"Let the people from the Southern Bureau take over." Hu Zhiyong did not hesitate at all and asked Ma Xiandeng to contact Ye Ting.
"Good guy, you're doing such a big thing without even saying hello to me!" Ye Ting happened to be walking outside the door and burst into the conference room shouting.
"General Ye!" Hu Zhiyong stood up quickly and bowed respectfully to this senior.
"You - the third young master of the Hu family? Hahahaha, I don't dare to accept such a gift in front of you!" Ye Ting solemnly raised his hand to Hu Zhiyong with a military salute, and also gave the neatly dressed Yinlong and Su Xiqing the same military salute.
"How do you know we are taking action?" Ma Xiandeng asked without restraint after having been in contact with Ye Ting for a long time.
"Oh, more than 100,000 troops came over at once. Your cars, military uniforms, tanks, planes, and artillery fire are all for show. Not only do we know that the Japanese army has retreated from small and medium-sized cities!" Ye Ting said cheerfully, taking the hand.
Hu Zhiyong handed over the cigarette and smelled it vigorously with his nose: "It's a good cigarette, isn't it valuable?"
The cigarettes Hu Zhiyong smokes are comparable to those in Greater China today. Hu Zhiyong smiled awkwardly and said: "Smoking this pack of cigarettes is enough to buy two to three thousand kilograms of flour!"
"So expensive?" Ye Ting lit it up in surprise, took a comfortable puff and blew out the cigarette ring: "It smells so good, the best cigarette I have ever seen in my life!"
"Hey!" Ma Xiandeng stopped Ye Ting, who was puffing away, and asked with wide eyes: "Have all the little Japs retreated? Are there any more?"
Ye Ting leaned down, picked up a pencil on the table and drew on the map: "Yangzhou, Nanjing, Hefei, and further north there are Japanese troops in every county."
"Okay, concentrate your forces to capture Yangzhou and Hefei, and let the little devils guard Nanjing and wait to die!" Ma Xiandeng looked at Yinlong: "Commander Long, your troops will attack Hefei, and Commander Su's troops will attack Yangzhou. In order to deter the enemy,
Let’s launch the march this afternoon!”
"Yes!" Su Xiqing and Yinlong took the order and left, leaving only Hu Zhiyong and three other people in the room.
"What are we doing?" Ye Ting came here to ask for cooperation. Seeing that he had no task, he asked Ma Xiandeng anxiously.
"Convoy team!" Ma Xiandeng smiled cheerfully: "You fight yours, and I'll fight mine. There are many Japanese-occupied areas!"
"This won't work!" Ma Xiandeng's words made Ye Ting unhappy: "We must participate in the war this time and show our skills in front of Master."
"Hahahaha!" Hu Zhiyong looked at the humble Ye Ting and said flatteringly: "Who knows the Iron Army during the Northern Expedition!"
"Yes, my soldiers are not afraid of death, but they cannot adapt to the new military." Ye Ting looked at the layers of vehicles outside: "You march on four tires, we march on two legs! Of course, my current
The tank troops are also very powerful!"
"To attack Hefei, we have to cross the Yangtze River. How are you going to arrange it?" Hu Zhiyong was not as humble as Ye Ting, admitting that the New Fourth Army would have difficulties in the New Fourth Army, which did not know a few characters.
ps: Another week has passed, everyone, hurry up and send a flower. It’s almost the end of the month, so give me some encouragement!
"Haha, the warships brought by Su Xiqing are just in use. Let's walk over from Nanjing and let the Japanese army tremble in front of our new warships!" Ma Xiandeng laughed proudly and revealed his plan.
"Your warship? Do you have a warship?" Ye Ting was overjoyed: "Let me go and see your new warship!"