Anti-Japanese War: From Becoming Chu Yunfei to Rising

Chapter 254 Chu Yunfei is looking forward to the arrival of the God of Wealth; Song Wenying: Uncle? (Subscribe)

"Brother Zhu."

"Brother Weiguo, I have just been appointed as the captain of the independent battalion of the 3rd Infantry Regiment," Zhu Ziming said in a low voice as he sat next to Zhou Weiguo at Sun Ming's signal.

Zhou Weiguo grinned and said, "Congratulations, Captain Zhu."

"Brother, how are you? I heard that Commander Chu only gave you a battalion commander?"

"This position is very important, and the troops are quite special..." Zhou Weiguo explained vaguely.

Zhu Ziming nodded thoughtfully: "Brother Sun Ming... No, Commander Sun just said that we need to reorganize next. After the reorganization, we can be awarded ranks and become regular troops."

"After all, it is a large and elite force. Regularization is also good for the brothers. The scattered soldiers will suffer when facing the large Japanese army..."

During the conversation between the two.

Chief of Staff Fang Ligong and Chu Yunfei came to the courtyard.

Sun Xinpu saw Chu Yunfei out of the corner of his eye, and immediately stood up and said loudly, "Commander Chu is here."

Zhu Ziming hurriedly followed Zhou Weiguo and others and stood at attention.

"Sit down, everyone sit down... why are you so polite?" Chu Yunfei laughed and gestured to everyone.

"This must be Zhu Ziming, Captain Zhu."

"Hello, Commander Chu..." Zhu Ziming hurriedly stood up and saluted in a fairly standard military salute.

"Sit down, don't be so restrained. This is your welcoming banquet, not a meeting room." Chu Yunfei emphasized.

"Yes."

Zhu Ziming sat back on the bench and looked at Chu Yunfei with some restraint.

Even though Chu Yunfei was amiable, he always gave him an uncomfortable feeling.

It was a bit like evil spirit, and also a bit like murderous intent. It made him, who already lived on the edge of a knife, a little uncomfortable to adapt to.

"Ziming, Weiguo, you were fighting in the Yixiantian area of ​​Laiwu, southern Shandong."

Chu Yunfei first spoke out to express his approval of the two men's combat.

Then he encouraged the two to work hard in the future.

As for the later part, the idea of ​​guerrilla warfare was mentioned in passing, which gave Zhu Ziming a shot of prevention.

Although it was a welcoming banquet.

But there was no wine.

Zhu Ziming felt a little strange.

Fang Ligong then explained a few words.

Zhu Ziming then realized that Commander Chu did not drink, and officers at all levels of the army were only allowed to drink during celebration banquets, war mobilizations, and vacations.

Although it seems a bit inhumane, but if you think about it...it definitely makes sense to do so.

It’s not okay to drink alcohol in big gulps, but it’s also okay to drink water in big gulps.

After having enough water and food.

Sun Ming then selected a platoon of soldiers from the guard battalion.

He took Zhu Ziming and others to the base in the suburbs of Qin County for training.

As for Zhou Weiguo, he took Xu Hu and a letter of appointment to the assault battalion to serve as his battalion commander.

198, 197 and even the supplementary group will take their vacation in batches according to the original vacation plan.

In the blink of an eye, five days passed.

Chu Yunfei was watching the sand table simulation confrontation between Zhang Dayun and Gong Yuxin.

Fang Ligong stepped over and said, "Commander Liu Fei from the Operations Department is here."

"Ah."

Hearing the voice, Zhang Dayun and the other person looked up at Chu Yunfei.

Chu Yunfei signaled to the two of them: "Pause for a moment and wait for me to come back."

"Yes!"

"Commander Liu, you have come a long way, thank you for your hard work!"

Liu Fei smiled and saluted seriously: "I came here on the orders of the chairman to bring back the flag, and I am also responsible for the inspection."

"please"

General Liu Fei and an officer beside him carefully examined the regiment flag for a few minutes.

Then the two looked at each other, quite determined.

"it is true"

"Yun Fei, please send a message to the chairman in my name, asking whether it should be sent to Linfen for exhibition before being sent back to Wuhan."

The telegram was sent.

Chiang Kai-shek called back very quickly.

In short, the war situation in Wuhan was tense, and the plan to send it to the headquarters of the Second War Zone Commander for exhibition was cancelled.

Delivered directly to Wuhan.

Needless to say, General Liu Fei only stayed with Chu Yunfei for one night and left in a hurry the next day.

He also left Chu Yunfei a reward of one million national currency and five hundred thousand ocean dollars.

The national currency had already depreciated during this period, and prices in the Kuomintang-controlled areas and the Red Party bases had risen significantly.

For example, the price of white sugar per kilogram was 4.2 yuan (national currency = legal currency) before, but now it has reached 8.9 yuan per kilogram.

Before, you could buy a 100-pound domestic pig for 150 yuan, but now it costs 250 yuan.

The economic situation in southeastern Shanxi is relatively healthy.

But there has also been a slight decline in purchasing power.

In short, the current economic system of the Nationalist government has begun to deteriorate rapidly.

Although Chu Yunfei got the one million, to be honest, it was only a temporary solution and not a fundamental solution.

The artillery school requires at least three million yuan in funding a year, and more funding will be needed as time goes by.

Otherwise, it will not be able to keep up with the needs of subsequent wars.

This is a problem that needs to be solved urgently.

Ocean purchases remain stable at this point in time, and the fluctuations are not drastic.

One million was awarded to soldiers who had participated in the war, and 300,000 of the remaining 500,000 was taken out and invested in the development and construction of the artillery school.

100,000 to support the development of Changzhi Newspaper.

100,000 to support Sun Weimou's economic construction and development.

Money spent like this.

Chu Yunfei became a pauper again.
Come to think of it, it’s a bit miserable.

How to become rich was really a difficult problem at that time in the Republic of China.

His predecessors who traveled through time tried every possible way. Some grew opium, and some exchanged production lines to make stockings.

But without exception, these are unrealistic.

Growing opium can indeed easily improve economic conditions, whether in the Kuomintang-controlled areas or the Japanese-occupied areas.

It is a hard currency comparable to gold.

But Chu Yunfei was born in New China and grew up under the red flag.

For purposes other than medical planting.

He would not agree to grow food, nor would he be willing to do it.

He hated drugs immensely.

In the late Qing Dynasty, the harm caused by opium to the Chinese nation was too numerous to mention.

Drug prohibition carries the Chinese nation's persistence and pursuit of justice, health and peace for thousands of years.

For every Chinese.

It has become a responsibility and obligation, or even a belief.

Sun Wemou did mention it, but Chu Yunfei rejected it verbally.

If we avoid such unconventional means, we can only move forward step by step in economic development.

In agriculture, the progress of reclaiming land and developing water conservancy projects has been very fast.

The progress on irrigation canals has reached 40 percent and the repair of dams has been completed by 30 percent.

The subsequent construction speed will be further accelerated.

Chu Yunfei was not worried about these.

He was worried about the dam he had built with so much effort.

The Japanese bombers are coming.
It's so fucking bad that half a year's hard work is going to go to waste.

The industry can also be decentralized.

Once he built the infrastructure like the dam, it is there and quite conspicuous.

Anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns are very important.

Combined with the golden finger's anti-aircraft gun guidance skills, it is enough to give the Japanese a heavy blow.

There are currently less than sixty Japanese fighter planes left in North China.

Even if it is fully replenished, the fully-established aviation corps will only have 78 fighters and bombers.

Chu Yunfei just didn’t believe that the Japanese could afford the loss!
At least we have to deal with the anti-aircraft gun issue before the dam is built.

Thinking of this, Chu Yunfei quickly found Fang Ligong and decided to draft another telegram.

Sent to the headquarters.

Kong Xiangxi, who had just returned from Europe, was invited to inspect the southeastern part of Shanxi.

Kong Xiangxi made contributions to the country in the early years of the Republic of China.

Even after it became a corrupt bureaucracy, the so-called Four Great Families.

It also completed currency reform, effectively defeating the Japanese financial war.

but.

Kong Xiangxi can be regarded as a representative figure of the comprador bureaucratic bourgeoisie.

Using public power for personal gain, being both an official and a businessman, and taking advantage of one's position to seek convenience.

Speaking of this, I cannot help but sigh: How could this corrupt element Kong Xiangxi be so bad!

But no matter whether it is Kong Xiangxi or Song Ziwen.

These two people are quite firm on the issue of Japan.

For example, during the Xi'an Incident, Kong Xiangxi, Song Ziwen and others also advocated a peaceful solution and united resistance against Japan.

The conspiracy of He Yingqin and others was thwarted.

With the joint efforts of a group of peace-loving people, as well as senior generals of the Red Party, the Northeast Army, and the Shaanxi Army.

A good outcome was achieved by forcing Chiang to resist Japan.

When the Wuhan Command received this telegram.

Chiang Kai-shek was naturally delighted.

What he was worried about was that Chu Yunfei would use the knife without caring about the consequences, not that he would not get close to him.

He immediately sent someone to find Kong Xiangxi, who was about to transit in Wuhan, and gave him detailed instructions.

In the blink of an eye, it was five days later.

Within these five days.

Liu Shu added twenty civilian trainees with secondary education.

This reduced a lot of workload for these logistics officers and soldiers.

This group of "new recruits" joined the army.

It is a little difficult to get them to recognize the equipment, but it is easy for them to look up numbers and write words.

Even twenty people greatly reduced Liu Shuzeng's workload.

The statistical report was handed over to Chu Yunfei.

He took a quick look and then calculated the consumption of each unit in this battle.

"75 million rounds of Type rifle ammunition, rounds of mm caliber artillery shells, Type rifles, Type rifles, Type heavy machine guns, ​​grenade launchers, and special grenades"

"A number of other types of military equipment and supplies."

"These are just the spoils from the Yangquan Armory."

"The quantities of materials captured in the battle are as follows..."

"One thousand three hundred and sixty Type 38 rifles, seven Type 40 mountain guns, twenty-eight Taisho Type 11 light machine guns, twenty-two Type 92 heavy machine guns, thirty-seven grenade launchers, four French 81mm Brand mortars, and four Type 97 90mm mortars."

"75 rounds of mm rifle ammunition, rounds of mm caliber artillery shells, rounds of mm mortar shells, and rounds of mm mortar shells."

He put the report in his hand aside.

Then he picked up the summary data of losses reported by the participating troops.

This is an extremely simple addition and subtraction.

Overall, the amount seized is still greater than the amount consumed.

But the number is small.

In total, the number of Type 65 rifle bullets increased by 1.8 million.

The number of 75mm caliber artillery shells increased by 2,400, and seven Type 41 mountain guns were added.

More than one thousand 82mm mortar shells were consumed, and no shells were captured in this operation, leaving less than six hundred shells in stock.

This French mortar with a caliber of 81mm had never been equipped before. There were four of them, with more than 300 rounds of shells, and most of them were consumed in one battle, so they were basically of no use.

The Type 92 heavy machine gun is fine and can be distributed to various units.

But this Type 99 light machine gun is a bit difficult to deal with.

The field troops looked down upon it.

The supplementary team doesn't really want to use this thing for training.

After all, this kind of machine gun will not be used in the troops assigned to it.

Compared with the Czech-type machine gun, the Type 99 is simply a weakling.

Apart from saving ammunition and being fairly accurate, it doesn't have any advantages at all.

But the problem is that even if it is the Jin-made Type 65 Czech rifle, it can still save ammunition and hit accurately in the hands of a machine gunner.

"Brother Ligong, I remember that Commander Yan has set up the Security Corps again?"

"That's true." Fang Ligong nodded.

"Sending 20 Type 99 light machine guns and 20 grenade launchers to Linfen is a small token of our appreciation." Fang Ligong chuckled, "Commander Xie will definitely thank you, Commander Chu, when he finds out..."

"You don't have to thank us. We are all colleagues in the Jin army. It's no problem for us to give some support within our capabilities."

"As for the heavy machine guns, give priority to the 7th Infantry Regiment. Also, send a telegram to the Second War Zone and the Supreme Command, requesting that Chen Zejun be promoted to the commander of the 7th Infantry Regiment."

"All the crooked-handled machine guns will be transferred to the Infantry 5th and Infantry 6th Divisions. They are still short of some light machine guns. Send them to them to solve any problems first. We can consider upgrading them later."

"Yes!"

Just as the two men were intensifying their discussion on the distribution of weapons.

Gong Yuxin came to report that Kong Yongzhi had arrived.

To Chu Yunfei, Kong Yongzhi is the God of Wealth.

What’s more, Chu Yunfei knew it clearly.

Kong Yongzhi now holds great power.

As Chiang Kai-shek's financial agent, he even performed some diplomatic work.

But with the Germans breaking off diplomatic relations, Kong Yongzhi, who had always advocated an alliance with Germany and Italy, was now urgently seeking greater support.

Chu Yunfei invited him to visit Shanxi.

For Kong Yongzhi at this time, it can be regarded as a disguised support.

"I've been waiting for almost a week, and finally our God of Wealth has arrived. This Minister of Finance is not an easy person to deal with, Brother Ligong, follow my instructions."

Fang Ligong nodded silently: "Don't worry, Commander Chu, arrangements have been made inside and outside Changzhi City."

"Let's go and welcome our God of Wealth!"

The two had discussed this before.

Fang Ligong naturally knew the purpose of inviting this "God of Wealth" over.

in short.

It is to attract investment and obtain loans.

Work on data.

Chu Yunfei is very smart.

He naturally knew what the God of Wealth liked to see.

As a senior official who only obeyed Chiang Kai-shek's orders.

Looking at its series of national tax reform measures, there are nothing more than two starting points.

1. Directly increase treasury revenue.

Second, it makes it easier for the comprador bureaucratic group headed by himself to gain greater benefits.

Letting this bunch of scoundrels make money and exploit the people is more painful than killing Chu Yunfei.

Therefore, the only option Chu Yunfei could give him was the first one, which was to directly increase national tax revenue.

"Mr. Yong, I am sorry for not welcoming you in person."

Ride horses ten miles out of the city to respond.

Chu Yunfei showed great respect to Kong Yongzhi.

Kong Yongzhi was quite arrogant.

In places like southeastern Shanxi, Yan Laoxi now has to ride a horse when he can ride in a car.

"General Chu, hearing about your reputation is worse than meeting you in person. It is true that heroes emerge young..."

It was the same illustration that Kong Yongzhi and Chu Yunfei had seen, with a smiling face and seemingly harmless.

His temperament is actually very similar to that of Yan Laoxi. If you don’t know him, you might think he is a kind old grandfather.

In fact, he is an old man who eats people without leaving any bones.

After exchanging a few pleasantries.

Chu Yunfei, Fang Ligong and others rode in front, leading the way for Kong Yongzhi.

"Mr. Yong, thank you for your praise. I have already arranged a banquet in Changzhi. Mr. Yong, please come in!"

"please!"

Half an hour later, in front of the most luxurious restaurant in Changzhi City, Fang Ligong stepped forward and opened the car door for Kong Yongzhi.

The area within a radius of 500 meters is under martial law.

Guarded by Chu Yunfei's guard battalion personally.

It can be said that the specifications are fully maxed out.

Even the less than five-meter marble pavement that Kong Yong walked on after getting off the car was covered with a red carpet.

Kong Yongzhi, who was already quite particular about appearances, nodded and praised: "Not bad, Yun Fei put in a lot of effort."

"Mr. Yong, please."

When asking for help from others, Chu Yunfei was very humble.

Kong Yongzhi smiled and nodded, then walked into the box at Fang Ligong's signal.

After exchanging a few more pleasantries.

Chu Yunfei said straight to the point: "This time, we invited Lord Yong to come here for the sake of people's livelihood. Although the current situation is difficult and the government's finances are weak, we should also take into account both the national economy and people's livelihood to ensure that the people can live and work in peace and contentment."

Then he gave a long speech expressing the ideas and policies that Kong Yongzhi always talked about.

On the other hand, a simple and detailed report on the current development status of southeastern Shanxi was slowly placed in front of Kong Yongzhi.

At the same time, Fang Ligong whispered to the chef in the restaurant to serve the dishes.

With Chiang Kai-shek's approval, Kong Yongzhi naturally knew what he was here for.

He was supporting Chu Yunfei and Yan Laoxi in the fight.

Naturally, there is no airs.

As for the areas where Chu Yunfei did not do well, he did not care at all.

After all, Chu Yunfei is a soldier, not a politician.

I am not the same kind of person as them.

Kong Yongzhi was very familiar with Shanxi.

He did business and ran a school in his hometown of Taigu for five years.

He also generously donated money when drought struck Shanxi, raising millions of U.S. dollars.

He helped Yan Laoxi promote Shanxi as a model province, attracted a large amount of investment, and left a lot of good impressions on foreigners.

Between him and Yan Laoxi.

In fact, there is indeed some affection.

However, later, after Kong Yongzhi gained power, many indirect conflicts arose between him and Yan Laoxi.

It was very unpleasant.

However, Kong Yongzhi is still very interested in benefiting his hometown and developing Shanxi.

Everyone likes a good reputation... Kong Yongzhi is no exception.

"This year, we estimate that 200 million shi of staple food will be collected. Nearly industrial cooperatives have been established, with producers participating. The annual added output value is conservatively estimated to be million yuan."

Kong Yongzhi looked at the report on the southeastern Shanxi region handed over by Chu Yunfei.

He fell into deep thought for a moment.

Chu Yunfei introduced the Shandong cuisine in the restaurant to Kong Yongzhi.

"Mr. Yong had previously worked in Shandong."

As for why there is no Shanxi cuisine.

It is also because the presentation of Shanxi cuisine during this period was indeed not very good and was not worthy of being served on the table.

The reason why Chu Yunfei introduced the dishes to Kong Yongzhi.

In fact, I just want to influence his thoughts.

After all, southeastern Shanxi is not a traditional grain-producing area.

It is against common sense to be able to produce so much grain, and this is the requisitioned public grain.

It's not really production quantity.

People like Kong Yongzhi are naturally not ordinary people.

Multitasking is just basic for a player of this level.

As far as he knows.

The exorbitant taxes and levies in the southeastern part of Shanxi Province were not abolished (normally, exorbitant taxes and levies should be abolished, but Yan Laoxi did not do it).

Moreover, apart from the Shangdang Plain, there is not much arable land in southeastern Shanxi.

So where did these people get so much food?
It seemed that he sensed Kong Yongzhi's doubts.

Chu Yunfei went on to explain: "Mr. Yong, many areas in our southeastern region of Jin have implemented a surplus grain collection system. We collect the grain produced to the maximum extent to ensure the supply of the combat troops."

"No..." Kong Yongzhi frowned. "If this continues, the manpower of the southeastern Shanxi region will inevitably be depleted at an accelerated rate. In terms of the overall situation of the war of resistance, it is tantamount to killing the goose that lays the golden eggs."

Fang Ligong sighed.

Chu Yunfei also nodded slightly, with a serious look on his face: "We naturally know this truth, but now the violent Japanese are rampant, and they have increased their troops in Shanxi again, and they are about to invade on a large scale. The people in southeastern Shanxi are only 3.8 million."

"Without extra food, the people will naturally have no way to improve their lives. If the people lose their motivation in life, that will be terrible."

Kong Yongzhi, this old fox.

But I won’t believe Chu Yunfei just because he is from Shanxi and he complains a little more.

Investment also requires seeing the prospects.

Just see the benefits that are within your reach.

In Shanxi, the one who has the final say has the final say.

Of course it’s not Chu Yunfei, at least not now.

But it was Yan Laoxi.

It is worth mentioning that the relationship between Kong Yongzhi and Yan Laoxi can be described in four words.

That is like fire and water.

It was lagging behind the National Government in economic reforms such as increasing capital and restructuring, sorting out land taxes, abolishing harsh and complex tax systems and land reporting, sorting out the currency system and providing relief to rural finance.

Objectively speaking, it did work.

The people had fewer heavy taxes and their lives became a little better.

According to statistics, more than 5,000 kinds of exorbitant taxes and levies were abolished.

(You can imagine how Tang San these warlords are. They are not even as good as these comprador bureaucrats.)
This type of tax was reduced by more than 60 million yuan per year, equivalent to a quarter of the National Government's annual military expenditure.

It also forced local warlords to rely on the central government for military expenses, which made Chiang Kai-shek very happy.

Kong Yong's financial reform was actually aimed at cutting the financial power of local warlords.

Although the return is supplemented by stamp duty and 40% of tobacco tax.

But then again.

How could a warlord like Yan Laoxi possibly implement the central government’s financial policies?
The two men did not get along well, especially Yan Laoxi who wanted to reissue Jin banknotes in Shanxi.

There have been many conflicts between the Central Party and the Central Party.

The reason why Chu Yunfei invited Kong Yongzhi over.

The bigger reason is that he couldn't find a second suitable person to borrow strength from.

Chu Yunfei started with agricultural money and grain, hoping to get a large amount of support funds in the form of loans.

In this way, he would not have to collect food from the common people, but would buy food.

Even if it is purchased at a price far below the market price, it is much better than direct collection.

For people like Chang Kaishen and Kong Yongzhi.

The Japanese are not the only ones that Shanxi needs to deal with.
The subsequent conversation seemed to go more smoothly, although Kong Yongzhi did not fully agree to Chu Yunfei's request.

But he also seriously stated that he would make the corresponding decision after evaluation.

We also had a detailed understanding of the agricultural loans, industrial loans, commercial loans and other aspects mentioned by Chu Yunfei.

There was no sign of perfunctoriness.

Although Chu Yunfei has no interest in politics.

But there will be more or less records of this "smiling tiger" in the history of war.

Before you get the money.

He didn't dare let his guard down for even a moment.

With the cooperation of Fang Ligong.

Kong Yongzhi had a basic understanding of the southeastern Shanxi region described by the two men.

After seeing Kong Yongzhi give in, he nodded repeatedly.

Chu Yunfei felt a little more relieved.

Then Kong Yongzhi proposed to visit Changzhi and surrounding areas.

Chu Yunfei was also prepared and agreed immediately.

Just watch.

It doesn't matter if you look at it.

After reading this.

Only then did Kong Yongzhi realize that Chu Yunfei was really doing his job.

Not only did the light industry develop well, but the ironworks was also booming.

Although the steel plant currently has no equipment and is still under construction.

The development situation of southeastern Shanxi region.

Far beyond Kong Yongzhi's expectations.

"Everywhere along the way, I felt full of vitality. Before this trip, I had never thought that there would be such a beautiful and prosperous place in Jiangbei."

Kong Yongzhi couldn't help feeling a little emotional. Kong Yongzhi, who had been a little hesitant at first, now made up his mind.

Fang Ligong on the side struck while the iron was hot and took Kong Yongzhi to visit the Changzhi newspaper office.

Song Wenying, who was directing the workers at work, heard the noise, turned around and saw Kong Yongzhi, who was in charge.

She was slightly startled, and immediately put down the work in her hands: "Uncle, why are you here?"

The dialogue is deleted in pieces, and I can only say that those who understand will understand.
People like Kong Xiangxi can only be said to have done some things that benefited the country and the people.

But according to the current domestic research data, it is still difficult to stretch
Overall, it is in a state of being too much. It is difficult to evaluate.

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(End of this chapter)