Anti-Japanese War: From Becoming Chu Yunfei to Rising

Chapter 407: I have to do everything, why don't you let me be the chairman? (ask for monthly votes)
"My Lord, has the person left?"

Zhao Pengcheng put the dinner prepared by the kitchen staff on the table.

There is no high standard.

Finances are tight.

As a leader, Chu Yunfei naturally has to lead by example.

Two vegetarian dishes, one meat dish and one soup.

I don’t know where the kitchen got the eggs from.

It fell into the soup and it barely looked like what it was.

Chu Yunfei, who had changed into a white shirt, motioned for Zhao Pengcheng to sit aside: "Let's go, sit down and eat together."

Zhao Pengcheng was not polite and sat aside: "What did Xiao Cao tell you?"

"There's not much to say. I guess he's realized that this intelligence department is probably just a shell. But at least he's found something to do so that he doesn't have to do nothing all day and his skills are useless."

Zhao Pengcheng said casually: "You use this as an excuse to ask for some budget from the headquarters. I wonder if the chairman will approve it."

"Intelligence encryption is a good thing. At least when the Japanese army cannot figure out our deployment, this battle will be easier to fight."

"The Military Control Commission is charging ahead, and the Political Security Commission controlled by Chief Yan will clean up the province. The Japanese army is actually no threat to me."

Chu Yunfei does have similar functional departments at his disposal.

Previously, the southeastern part of Shanxi was blockaded by Japanese invaders.

Functional departments similar to the Security Bureau have already been established.

This functional department.

It can be said that Chu Yunfei was in charge of it all.

And it was handed over to Fang Ligong and Zhuo Tianyu for management.

The excuse they usually use is the name of supporting the army and the people, after all, no one can find any problem with this name.

Go deep into the grassroots to publicize national defense policies and carry out war mobilization.

This kind of thing no matter from which angle you look at it.

There are no problems.

And with the help of the 18th Group Army, the rural feudal forces in the surrounding areas of Changzhi were first eliminated.

After that.

Through relatively mild policies such as rent and interest reduction, and land redemption.

Firmly grasp the grassroots power structure of the entire southeastern Shanxi region.

This is actually a very powerful combination.

After all, there are homework assignments that you can copy directly.

You don’t have to explore and take detours on your own.

This experience from the late Liberation War is very suitable for the current southeastern Shanxi region.

At least with Chu Yunfei's ability.

I can't find a more suitable solution for now.

This is also the reason why Chu Yunfei was able to replace the county magistrate in the southeastern Shanxi region before.

It's just that time and the war are tight.

Even the current Chu Yunfei.

It can only affect half of Shanxi.

Northwestern Shanxi, southeastern Shanxi, and parts of southern Shanxi.

This is also the reason why Yan Laoxi acquiesced and even took the initiative to give up power.

otherwise.

The two of them would probably end up in a very disgraceful quarrel.

"The Jin-Cha-Ji Border Region was run by the 18th Group Army, and the two sides had similar ideas and policies. In addition, this was a legal border region specially approved by the Ministry of Military Affairs and personally applied for by Commander Yan."

Chu Yunfei waved his hand indifferently: "They fight frequently, so they need their own financial support. If they only rely on those anti-Japanese bases behind enemy lines, it won't be so easy to be self-sufficient."

"We can learn from the experience of countless wars. Even if all the participating countries accept the legacy of the defeated countries, they cannot make up for the losses of the war."

"Of course, we can also fight a devastating war and defeat the enemy's national defense forces in a very short period of time. We might even gain appropriate benefits and promote the development of the domestic military industry."

"However, this situation does not apply to the two warring parties today."

Zhao Pengcheng pondered for a moment: "You mean the Germans might be able to defeat the Poles in a crushing manner."

Chu Yunfei nodded.

"But aren't they also a major land power?"

"A country with a large army is not necessarily a country with a strong army. In terms of military strength, our National Government can also be considered a country with a large army, but in reality, its combat effectiveness is not as high as that of a country with a large army."

Chu Yunfei gestured to Zhao Pengcheng to eat and talk after the meal.

Ten minutes later.

Zhao Pengcheng returned and said, "Your Excellency, I just received a call back from the Fifth Army Group. Commander Zeng will arrive the day after tomorrow."

“This is good news for us.”

"What do you think of this Mr. Zeng?"

"I can say that I know Zeng Wanzhong quite well. He is a typical old-fashioned soldier. He is not greedy, does not take advantage of others, does not use others, but he still manages the army in the old way. He often shoots people to kneel down."

"Under the chairman's marginalization policy, the reorganization of the Fifth Army is actually imperative. The reorganization led by the Second War Zone will definitely be better than the reorganization led by Shancheng."

Zhao Pengcheng sighed slightly: "I don't know when the factional struggle will end."

"It depends on the results of this reorganization and whether it can achieve the corresponding expected goals."

The next morning.

After Chu Yunfei finished the work at hand, he quickly changed into casual clothes and set off for Changzhi.

A lot of people came from the mountain city, too.

Many people also came from his hometown of Wutai.

Many people need to be resettled in advance.

Outside a hotel.

Chu Yunfei got out of the car and hurriedly walked into the hotel with Zhao Pengcheng and others.

"Uncle."

Chu Yunfei took the initiative to greet.

The older uncles and others did not act arrogantly and quickly stood up to greet him: "Yun Fei is here."

"Father, mother, second uncle, third uncle, third aunt."

After a series of greetings from the elders.

Chu Yunfei then started talking about serious matters: "I'll need your help in this wedding banquet."

"Yun Fei, don't worry about this matter. Our Chu family is considered a wealthy family, and we still have the proper etiquette."

The uncle stroked his graying beard, looking quite confident.

Chu Yunfei smiled.

Although there is some misunderstanding, it doesn’t matter.

Just ensure the safety of these relatives. As for other things, they are not what we should consider now.

"Back home"

"It's the same as before. Without the Japanese, the villagers feel much more at ease. At least they don't have to worry about being killed by the Japanese planes one day."

Uncle San took over the conversation.

Time flies by when we are chatting.

From the mouths of these relatives.

Chu Yunfei also basically understood the specific changes in the areas surrounding Wutai.

More stable, but still poor as before.

It mainly depends on the weather for food.

Due to financial reasons, the animal husbandry, afforestation and cotton planting that Yan Laoxi had previously promoted basically came to a standstill.

Afforestation is to improve soil erosion.

Livestock farming is to increase income and increase the number of meat poultry farms.

As for cotton growing, relatively little is planted in the areas surrounding Wutai.

Cotton was also a war material during wartime.

Now the war in Shanxi has basically subsided.

Cheap coal can basically maintain the supply within the province, so people will naturally be willing to plant trees instead of cutting them down for heating.

From the small to the big, the whole of Shanxi is getting better visibly.

Just when Chu Yunfei wanted to know more about the people's income situation.

Zhao Pengcheng walked quickly to him and whispered in his ear: "Director Qian is here."

"I understand. You go first."

Chu Yunfei continued chatting for a few minutes.

Chu Yunfei seemed to be fine and continued to accompany everyone here.

The uncle slowly shook his head and said at the right time: "Yun Fei, you are a capable soldier. You should focus on military affairs. We are all family members."

"Yun Fei naturally understands."

After Chu Yunfei said goodbye to the people from his hometown, he quickly set off to return to the headquarters.

Before getting in the car, Chu Yunfei thought for a moment and then ordered, "Pengcheng, send someone to the newspaper office and tell them that I have something urgent to do and will go there in the afternoon."

"Yes!"

Changzhi.

Headquarters.

Qian Dajun was wearing a Zhongshan suit.

After waiting for less than half an hour, I heard the sound of a car outside.

Chu Yunfei didn't even change his military uniform and hurriedly found the God of Wealth.

"Director Qian, I'm really sorry. Yun Fei has been busy with his wedding recently. Please forgive me if I have been negligent."

"You're too polite, Chief Chu."

"Director Qian, please sit down and make tea."

"please!"

The enthusiasm shown by Chu Yunfei made Qian Dajun a little uncomfortable.

He also came to discuss matters concerning Changzhi Airport.

As for whether a new airport can be opened as an alternative.

Alternatively, we can rebuild and expand the airport on its original site, which is also negotiable.

The Aviation Commission has broad powers.

At least at this point in time, the power is still considerable.

Before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the Nationalist government had three airlines and twelve routes.

But none of these routes are in Shanxi area.

The fundamental reason why Chu Yunfei cared about this matter was that he wanted to open two Jinrong and Jindian routes.

Although there is insufficient capacity in air transport.

But it can save lives at critical moments.

The medicines aided by the United States are basically transported into the country via the Burma Road, and require corresponding secondary distribution.

The Jinrong route can wait for a while, or even not be opened.

But the route to Yunnan.

Chu Yunfei not only has needs now, but also needs to prepare for the future.

"The headquarters discussed that the budget was insufficient, so they reluctantly allocated 3 million national currency to repair the Taiyuan Airport."

Chu Yunfei was helpless about this: "Three million national currency is actually far from enough. In order to prepare for the possible counterattack in Shanxi, we must not only repair the Taiyuan Airport, but also promote further cooperation with the Soviet Union."

"Their pilots can come to the skies over Shanxi on a voluntary basis for training, and our Second War Zone can bear the cost."

Qian Dajun felt helpless.

The treatment of the Soviet Union's aviation force supporting China was not low at all.

But these are all included in the aid contract.

But there is a slight difference between the Flying Tigers, who are Americans who take money to do things and like to lie.

This is what Chu Yunfei wanted to express.

They can raise and solve the personnel security related expenses by themselves.

But the Aviation Committee needs to come up with a solution regarding fighter jets.

The Aviation Commission sounds like a small agency with little power.

Its predecessor was the Aviation Administration, and before that it was the Aviation Department and the Aviation Bureau.

But in essence.

In fact, there is only one person who can directly lead them, and that is Chang Ruiyuan, the chairman of the Military Commission.

Even the Air Force Commander-in-Chief only has the right to make suggestions to the Aviation Committee.

Chu Yunfei knew exactly who Qian Dajun was.

He actually represents Chang Ruiyuan's attitude.

But now, there is no sign of the opening of the highly anticipated Shanxi-Yunnan line.

After two months of hard work, we could only raise three million to build the Taiyuan Airport.

This made Chu Yunfei difficult to accept for a while.

I knew that the Nationalist government was poor, but I never expected that Chang Ruiyuan would just spread his hands and say he had no money.

“Has the financial crisis reached such an extent?”

Qian Dajun sighed: "Yunfei, we can barely be considered friends. We are old acquaintances. Let me give you a lowdown."

"Before the Anti-Japanese War, due to the years of civil war, military expenditures and debt expenditures accounted for 75% of annual fiscal expenditures."

"And now, after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the proportion of military expenditure is more than four times that of fiscal revenue."

"The Nationalist government's previous tax revenue source was mainly tariffs."

Chu Yunfei raised his hand and gestured: "Chairman, you can think of other ways. Now that the country's strength is declining and the people's strength is exhausted, the best way right now is to seek external assistance."

"If the Americans are willing to provide us with more than $500 million in aid, all problems can be solved."

Qian Dajun smiled helplessly: "When I often hear people mention the Russians, they always say that they are insidious and cunning, and they don't keep their word. But the Americans are even worse than that. When we do business with them, they only want to eat us alive. If they can't see the benefits in the present and the future, they will definitely not lend a helping hand."

"Reconstruction work has already begun in Shanxi."

"This reconstruction work will certainly generate considerable benefits. It is impossible for Americans to give up such a big pie."

Qian Dajun and other high-ranking officials of the Nationalist government did not have much confidence.

Because they know the virtues of Americans too well.

Qian Dajun shook his head slowly and sighed: "From the previous diplomatic contacts, the vast majority of Americans still focus on Europe, because only the war there will truly determine the future world pattern."

The fundamental reason why Chu Yunfei insisted and even instigated them to contact the Americans and put forward the request for assistance was because, from his perspective.

Americans are happy to do so.

At least they need a stable Far Eastern market.

Also.

After the end of World War II.

The Americans have come up with a very, very famous European economic recovery plan.

The Marshall Plan.

The cumulative amount of aid is US$13 billion.

It covers various forms of assistance including finance, technology, equipment, etc.

The most crucial point is that 90 percent of them are gifts.

Only 10 percent is loan.

The essential purpose of the Marshall Plan was to restore the European economy through aid and make it an important force and tool to counter the Soviet Union.

If considered from this perspective, the Marshall Plan was undoubtedly a failure.

This is also why when Americans mention this plan, many people have a negative view of it.

And the current National Government has demonstrated enough value.

It is not realistic to strive for large-scale aid like the Marshall Plan.

But we need to develop an economic recovery plan for Shanxi.

The Nationalist government actually still has the capital to do so.

The key is how to negotiate and how to ask for the price.

How to give confidence to the National Government?

Chu Yunfei was really in a difficult situation.

We can't ask him to act as a matchmaker, can we?

motherfucker.

I, Chu Yunfei, am not a diplomat.

Noticing Chu Yunfei's low mood, Qian Dajun added: "Yunfei, it's difficult for the chairman to do this. We can only do our best to contact the Americans. As for the results, it's best not to expect too much. It's good enough to receive some military assistance."

"The chairman still hopes to complete the reorganization of the army as soon as possible to improve combat effectiveness and reduce the proportion of military expenditure."

Fuck!
I have to do everything.

Disarmament cannot be achieved.

The local powerful groups dare not deal with it.

Afraid of wolves in front and tigers behind.

Now that even my request for help has been rejected, I don’t want to ask again.

I really want to ask Chang Ruiyuan in person.

What is this?
In order to form an alliance with the Germans, the Japanese took the initiative to negotiate dozens or even hundreds of times like a bootlicker.

Being rejected again and again, but still keep trying.

Although they didn't win in the end, this group of old devils did try their best.

And what about the current Nationalist government?

Although there are some changes.

Even T.V. Soong was employed to maintain ties with Britain and the United States.

But it took two months.

Qian Dajun came over and said that the deal had not been reached.

Don't increase revenue, just save money.

He thought of solving the fiscal revenue problem by relying on the army reorganization plan.

This is such a fucking genius idea.

He has to do everything.

Why don’t you let me be the Chairman of the Military Commission?
Chu Yunfei at this moment.

I think Chang Ruiyuan is just a dog who wins without doing anything with a rating of 3.0.

Chang Ruiyuan really should be asked to look for his own problems.

How to do things without money?

Do we have to rely on Shanxi’s finances to complete the construction of the air force?

This is totally fucking crazy and impossible.

The fiscal and tax revenue in Shanxi alone is barely enough to maintain the normal operation of the garrison and administrative agencies within Shanxi.

The common people need a way to survive!
If we continue to squeeze the already limited fiscal and tax revenue.

That is really pushing the people to death!

"Director Qian, with all due respect, the chairman's idea itself is wrong."

"What is urgently needed now is to increase revenue rather than cut costs."

"The army reorganization plan itself has certain flaws. I don't know whose advice the chairman has adopted. He wants to rely on such a guiding document to be implemented by various war zones."

"The reorganization work in the Second War Zone has just started. I, Chu, cannot guarantee whether it can be carried out smoothly."

Chu Yunfei sighed: "Director Qian, you must have a good talk with the chairman when you return this time. Diplomatic efforts must not be interrupted."

There is indeed a lot of pressure on diplomacy.

Being turned away is a common occurrence.

What's worse, some members of parliament will humiliate them in person.

Kong Yongzhi himself was closer to the German and Italian camps and was not interested in the Americans.

Let him take charge of diplomacy.

In Chu Yunfei's eyes, it was actually a disaster.

Fortunately, there was Mrs. Sun in the United States who made some efforts, and the two sides at least maintained good diplomatic relations.

Chang Ruiyuan can no longer be relied upon.

Chu Yunfei naturally needed to think of other ways.

The consciousness quickly immersed itself in the third module of the system in the mind.

Half of the action points that had been accumulated long ago were invested in improving relations with the United States.

The favorability level is maxed out, even reaching the upper limit - close ally.

Chu Yunfei then quickly changed the amount, type, and upper limit of the aid in his mind.

After trying a dozen times.

Only then were two aid contracts successfully submitted.

With the successful submission of the contract, the relationship between the two parties once again dropped to the rating of "friendly countries".

If you want to submit a further aid contract, the maximum amount will be restored to US$5 million.
(End of this chapter)