Double-Cut During the War of Resistance: My Wife Came from 1937

129th Division Headquarters.

"Sizzle~"

The walkie-talkie hanging on Commander Liu's waist suddenly rang out.

"Hello, hello, this is He... Please respond if you hear me, please respond if you hear me!"

"Old He?"

Commander Liu quickly pulled out his walkie-talkie and replied, "Hey, Lao He, this is Liu... have you completed the transaction?"

"It's done. In this deal, we traded 100 bags of sulfanilamide for two 60mm mortars, four 65mm Czech light machine guns, 1250 rifles, and 70,000 rounds of ammunition!"

Commander He, speaking into a walkie-talkie in the distance, said, "Oh, by the way, I also got another 20 rounds of ammunition from Yan Xishan!"

Division Commander Liu frowned: "Only 20 rounds? That's far too few!"

If distributed equally, each division would receive just over 6 rounds of ammunition.

Commander He sighed, "You know how stingy Yan Xishan is. It's already pretty good that he managed to get 20 rounds."

"This is also because he needs something from our Eighth Route Army!"

Commander Liu said, "If the Japanese army hadn't crushed his Jin-Sui Army, he wouldn't have been willing to give us these."

Before the Japanese army captured Datong, Yan Xishan never allocated them a single penny, a single grain of food, or a single bullet.

"I'm currently... Hurry up and send someone to take your share away!"

Commander He said, "Next time, have Xia bring more sulfanilamide, so we can get more weapons in return."

"Okay, I understand!"

Division Commander Liu put away his walkie-talkie and found Deputy Division Commander Xu.

"Old Xu!"

Division Commander Liu said to Deputy Division Commander Xu, "Old He has already exchanged the weapons and ammunition. We should be able to get a .65 caliber Czech light machine gun, 416 rifles, and 9 rounds of ammunition."

"Hey, that's pretty good!"

Deputy Division Commander Xu exclaimed happily, "With these weapons, we can arm almost an entire battalion of soldiers again!"

"Alright, hurry back, I'm going to look for Xia!"

After Commander Liu finished speaking, he walked out of the courtyard and headed towards Xia Weiwei's small courtyard.

Upon arriving at the courtyard gate, Commander Liu called out towards the inside, "Comrade Xia, Comrade Xia!"

"Creak!"

The door opened, and Xia Weiwei walked out.

Xia Weiwei invited, "Please come in, teacher!"

"Xia Xia!"

Commander Liu said with a smile, "I have good news for you. Old He has managed to get some weapons from Yan Xishan."

"That's wonderful!"

Xia Weiwei was also very happy.

With more guns and ammunition, the Eighth Route Army could arm more soldiers.

The stronger the Eighth Route Army becomes, the sooner the Japanese and the Kuomintang will be defeated.

"The reason I came to you this time is that I hope you can bring more sulfonamides next time."

Commander Liu said, "In this way, we can also exchange for more guns and ammunition."

"good!"

Xia Weiwei nodded and said, "Then next time I'll bring ten thousand packs!"

Ten thousand packets of sulfonamide would cost 14 RMB.

If you find a manufacturer to wholesale, the price will be much cheaper.

"Ten thousand packs?"

Commander Liu said, "This is too much, we can't use it all. Just give us two or three thousand packs!"

He wouldn't dare take out so much at once.

As the saying goes, "A common man is innocent, but possessing a treasure is a crime."

The Eighth Route Army is still very weak. If they dare to produce so much sulfonamide at once, it will inevitably attract the attention of both the Kuomintang and Japan.

The Kuomintang, in particular, will inevitably use the greater national interest to pressure them.

If it were made available to ordinary people, they would be willing to use it.

But he knew that if these sulfonamides fell into the hands of the Kuomintang, they would inevitably be divided up by the four major families and officials.

Ultimately, they end up on the black market, where they are sold for exorbitant profits.

Not only do ordinary people not need it, but even ordinary soldiers and officers don't need it.

After all, ordinary people can't afford to buy small yellow croakers.

That would only enrich the four major families and corrupt officials.

Moreover, the more you buy, the cheaper the price will become, and the other party will try to drive the price down even further.

It's better to exchange little by little; this way, profits can be maximized.

"Hmph!"

Xia Weiwei replied, "These are all packaged, they won't spoil or get contaminated, why don't you just store them yourselves?"

Ten thousand packages together weigh only 1000 kg, which is about one ton, and doesn't take up much space.

"Okay, ten thousand packs it is!"

Commander Liu laughed and said, "Let's play the role of a nouveau riche for once."

Come to think of it, each of these sulfanilamide powders has its own individual packaging.

If you don't tear it open, you can throw it in water without worry.

There's absolutely no need to worry about damage.

……

Soon, it was time for Xia Weiwei to travel through time again.

This time, only Division Commander Liu and Chief of Staff Ni were inside.

Deputy Division Commander Xu went to retrieve the weapons but has not yet returned.

Deputy Division Commander Nie left the day he received the medicine.

"Comrade Xia!"

Commander Liu pointed to two large wooden crates on the ground and said, "These two crates of gold bars and Yuan Shikai silver dollars were brought over by Deputy Commander Nie. They belong to the 115th and 120th Divisions."

Xia Weiwei opened the boxes and found that both boxes contained forty or fifty large yellow croakers and over a hundred small yellow croakers.

As for the rest, they were all silver dollars.

In the early stages of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Eighth Route Army did not have much gold or silver.

At this time, the Eighth Route Army had not yet obtained stable gold-producing areas.

For example, the Zhaoyuan Golden Passage took 38 years to open.

Thirty-eight years later, and continuing until forty-five years later, they successively handed over 130,000 taels of gold.

However, in 37, the Eighth Route Army was extremely poor, and there were even several instances where the entire army ran out of food.

The Eighth Route Army headquarters only had a little over 8000 silver dollars, and then a few dozen taels of gold.

The money given by the Kuomintang was all worthless paper money, not silver dollars.

It can be said that these three boxes of gold and silver represent the entire savings of the three main divisions.

Xia Weiwei said with a serious expression, "Chief, I will manage them well!"

After saying that, she waved her hand, put the gold bars into her storage space, and turned to enter the spatial ripples.

……

Later generations.

After receiving Xia Weiwei's request to travel through time, Ma Hongwei went to the living room to wait.

"Buzz!"

An invisible ripple appeared, and Xia Weiwei stepped out from it.

"I'll go change my clothes first, we'll talk later!"

As Xia Weiwei spoke, she went into her room.

She was still wearing autumn clothes, specifically Eighth Route Army uniforms, which she had to change out of immediately.

Otherwise, if someone suddenly comes to Ma Hongwei's house and sees this, it will be difficult to explain.

Others might not know that this is a time travel ability, but you can't always say that you're just an extra in a movie, right?

Xia Weiwei changed her clothes and came out of the house.

The two had just sat down on the sofa, ready to talk.

"Shhh~"

Then came a series of footsteps approaching from afar.

A woman in her fifties walked in from outside.

She walked along calling out, "Hongwei, Hongwei?"

"You're not even watching the shop? Where have you been?"