readx; In order to convince Gao Fei, Michael Rosen further explained the stakes inside: "General Gao, the occupation of Guangzhou by the Yue army is a huge blow to the national political axe, and the situation of the war is also very unfavorable, but it is a rare opportunity for us in Fujian!" ”

Seeing Goofy leaning forward, Michael Rosen knew that he had succeeded in attracting his attention, so he slowly explained: "After the fall of Shanghai and Hangzhou, there were basically only two routes for the transportation of materials in the mainland, Fujian and Guangzhou, of which Guangzhou always occupied the largest share because of the opening of the Shaoguan-Zhuzhou section of the railway, coupled with the geographical advantage of being adjacent to Hong Kong. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Now that this road has been cut off by the army, materials and personnel will inevitably be driven to Fujian, which will bring a huge impetus to the development of local industry and commerce. At the same time, in order to ensure the safety of the lifeline at sea, the national government will certainly do its best to maintain a good relationship with us, so that we can benefit from it. ”

Seeing that Gao Fei's attitude had softened a little, Cai Yuyan decided to add the last straw: "Now a large number of refugees are pouring in from Guangdong, Jiangxi and the Yellow Flood Area, which has put tremendous pressure on our food supply!" Guangdong fell into the hands of Yue himself, and it was impossible to buy grain from there, and there were only a lot more refugees in Hunan than we did here, and in addition to the large number of government agencies and units that had retreated with the political axe to feed, there was definitely no surplus food, so we had to buy a large amount from abroad. 'The people take food as the sky', if the stomach is not full, rebellion is possible! ”

Gao Fei didn't expect the problem to be so serious, so he had to agree, immediately called his subordinates, ordered to stop the mine-laying, and organized personnel to clear the mines that had been put into the sea, hoping that the blocked ports would be opened to navigation as soon as possible.

After putting down the phone, Gao Fei said worriedly: "The Anti-Japanese War has just started less than two years, and we are facing such huge economic pressure, and the occupied area is getting bigger and bigger, and we can achieve the purpose of nourishing the war with war, but the living space of [***] is gradually getting smaller, and the gap between China and China is likely to get bigger and bigger!" ”

Mike Rosen and Cai Yuyan are experts in economics and have a much deeper understanding than Goofy, so they are not surprised by this issue at all.

"The outcome of the war depends largely on the economic strength of both sides, and it is clear that the Ben understands this a little bit better than the Chinese political axe, which is why they occupied Canton," McRosson said. However, the national political axe has not yet opened up new channels for the entry and exit of materials, which is indeed relatively short-sighted. ”

Cai Yuyan said: "The 'scorched earth war of resistance' strategy formulated by the national political axe has additionally increased the economic burden on the rear! Every retreat takes with you a large number of people, and these people also have to eat! ”

When Gao Fei heard him say this, he immediately remembered the problem of the guerrillas, and hurriedly said: "Chairman Cai, when our guerrilla troops were operating in enemy-occupied areas and marginal areas, they found that the local organs of the national political axe were basically paralyzed. ”

Cai Yu's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "Of course you can!" As long as the army firmly controls these areas, we will not only be able to restore local political power, but we will also be able to relocate the refugees stranded in Fujian, which will not only solve the problem of food, but also consolidate the base areas. ”

Mike Rosen also agreed: "This can also expand the market of Fujian's industrial products!" In the past, these places were under the jurisdiction of other provinces, and it was difficult to break in, but now they are in a state of no political axe, whoever occupies it first is whoever owns it, and the national political axe has no way to accuse us. ”

Gao Fei thought that if he dealt with it in this way, the area under his control would be at least doubled, which would be a good thing, so he said happily: "When our army marches into Guangdong, we will also do the same, so that Fujian, northern Guangdong, southern Anhui, southern Jiangnan, and southern Jiangsu will all be under our control, so as to gain a vast space for survival and development!" ”

When he said this, Gao Fei suddenly remembered the information sent back by the Jiangbei Army: "At present, many leading figures in the rear of the National Control Region are doing business with Yue himself, smuggling important strategic materials through the border to the occupied areas, and then importing tobacco and industrial products produced by Yuben. Did the two gentlemen find this kind of thing in Fujian? Now the flow of people and materials in Fujian is very frequent, and it is easy for people to take advantage of loopholes! ”

Cai Yuyan and Mike Rosen looked at each other and smiled.

Cai Yu said: "We are about to talk to you about this!" Then he told Gao Fei some of the recent discoveries of several customs in Fujian: "The National Political Axe has just set up a special mineral coordination committee to fully control the production and sales of strategic materials, but the customs have found that a considerable part of the materials have been transferred to Yueben through Hong Kong, and the people behind the scenes are obviously not simple, otherwise how can the materials strictly controlled by the political axe be delivered to the enemy?" ”

"Scum!" Gao Fei slapped the table hard, and stood up with a 'Teng' sound, as if he was about to burst into flames in his eyes: "You dare to send these things out from Fujian, Lao Tzu will shoot them!" As he spoke, he reached for the pistol, which scared Mike Rosen into trembling.

"General Gao!" Cai Yu's voice was low and powerful, Gao Fei suddenly realized his gaffe, and smiled embarrassedly at Michael Rosen, but the anger on his face still did not dissipate, and the smile he barely squeezed out was more ugly than crying.

Cai Yu looked at Gao Fei in anger with interest, and said, "Can you be so angry?" Without the help of these scum, how could our office be able to purchase scarce materials? You should thank them! ”

Gao Fei said angrily: "Do you just let these scum who have brought disaster to the country and the people go unpunished? ”

Cai Yu said slowly: "These people have high positions and old qualifications, and their relationship with the chairman is naturally extraordinary, so even if Lao Jiang knows, there is nothing he can do with them, let alone us!" As if he was afraid that Gao Fei's stimulation was not big enough, Cai Yu continued to shake the inside story outside: "Now the soldiers at the front are fighting bloodily, it stands to reason that the imported materials should be given priority to ammunition, equipment and medicines, but according to the customs records, the import of high-end luxury goods such as perfume, fashion, and foreign wine is growing faster than weapons!" ”

Goofy's mood slowly calmed down, and he asked in a low voice, "Who are the companies that run these luxury goods?" ”

Cai Yu nodded with satisfaction and replied: "You don't need to inquire about who it is, anyway, it's either the surname Kong or the surname Song, our Republic of China is actually a family, and it really has to be investigated by our leader." ”

Gao Fei nodded slowly, and said in a firm tone: "You are right, let them go to these clowns, let's do our own things first, and when we finish cleaning up, I will deal with them." ”

Cai Yu said happily: "It's great that you can think like this! Then he said: "The business between these scum and Mr. Ronson and me is a great inspiration, we might as well do business with him!" With that, he looked at Goofy with his eyes straight to see how he reacted.

Goofy's reaction was completely expected by him, and his mouth opened wide in surprise: "How can you do such a thing!" I wouldn't agree! ”

Cai Yu hurriedly said: "Don't react so much, listen to me finish the matter first!" Then he explained the results of his discussion with Mike Rosen: "This political axe instructed the secret service to set up a company to sell tobacco and smuggle strategic materials from the national control area, as long as it is for the purpose of feeding the war with war, as for where these materials come from and how they come from, they don't care at all, so we also set up a company to sell some strategic materials purchased from the mainland to Yue himself, so as to gain their trust." Then, we secretly printed the banknotes issued by the Japanese government in the occupied areas, brought them in, purchased a large amount of grain, raised the prices, caused inflation, and forced the political axe to come up with hard currency to stabilize prices. ”

After listening to Cai Yu's words, Gao Fei suddenly felt empowered, and he looked at Cai Yu with admiration: "Chairman Cai is really amazing, he can think of such a superb method!" ”

Cai Yu hurriedly excused himself and said: "This was proposed by Mr. Michael Rosen, I don't dare to be greedy!" ”

Michael Rosen met Goofy's eager gaze and said: "Attacking the opponent by destroying the enemy's financial order is a method that was used by Germany, Britain and France as early as World War I, and I just borrowed it. Then he made further suggestions: "We can also send people to the occupied areas to check the prices of stocks and other necessities of life, so that we will be exhausted and it will have no extra supplies to expand its army." ”

Gao Fei got a lot of inspiration from his words, and said: "In the future, the funds for the guerrilla troops will be paid directly with counterfeit money, so that they can buy supplies in the occupied areas, and truly feed the war with war!" Then he said viciously: "Didn't I smuggle the tobacco and soil of Manchuria to the Kuomintang to harm our common people, let us give him a way to 'treat others in the way of others' -- smuggle the tobacco and soil to Taiwan, and smuggle counterfeit banknotes to the past, so that they will not be able to live in peace!" ”

Cai Yu was stunned and said, "But Taiwanese are also Chinese!" ”

Gao Fei explained: "The Taiwanese have been living under the rule of Yue himself for more than 40 years, and the young people who have grown up under the enslavement education of Yue himself do not have the slightest affection for the motherland, but they are very much identified with the Yue Ben, the troops have captured Taiwanese soldiers on the front line in Wuhan, and Taiwan has been developed into a grain production base and a military source base!" Only by recovering Taiwan as soon as possible and returning it to the embrace of the motherland can we have a chance to purge ourselves of the influence caused by ourselves, and it is worthwhile to take some improper measures now! ”

Cai Yu asked: "But it is forbidden to smoke tobacco in this country, and since they operate Taiwan as their own land, they should also ban smoking, and smuggling has not been of much use in the past!" ”

Gao Fei said angrily: "Judging from the information provided by the captives, I only manage Taiwan as a colony, and adopt a policy of 'industrial and agricultural Taiwan', with the purpose of using Taiwan's abundant grain to support the so-called holy war." At the same time, in order to increase revenue, the government allowed the smoking and sale of tobacco in Taiwan in order to collect heavy taxes. ”

Cai Yu nodded and said, "If that's the case, you can try it!" ”

Gao Fei further explained: "Through smuggling tobacco and soil, we can also send reconnaissance personnel into Taiwan to collect intelligence on the garrison and prepare for the recovery of Taiwan in the future." ”

Cai Yu said: "You are very thoughtful! ”

At this time, Mike Rosen interjected: "General Gao, although the economic warfare plan proposed by Chairman Cai and I is good, it will eventually be seen through by the person, so we must take appropriate precautions to prevent the person from using the same method against us." ”

Goofy touched his chin with his hand and asked, "What do you think should be done to prevent destruction by the enemy?" ”

Michael Rosen looked at Cai Yu, and when he nodded his head to express encouragement, he tentatively said his thoughts: "In the past, Chairman Cai and I once said that we would use the ocean to replace fiat currency, and judging from the current and future situation, this is the best way to deal with the economic war in this country!" ”

Cai Yuyan explained in detail: "The ability of ordinary people to identify paper money is very low, but the method of identifying silver dollars is easy to master, so that we can not only use the printing of counterfeit money to deal with the book, but also resist their attack!" Speaking of this, he looked at Gao Fei's expression and continued: "But in this way, it will definitely cause a misunderstanding of the national political axe and bring great trouble!" ”

Gao Fei felt very strange about Cai Yu's statement, and asked puzzledly: "Since Chairman Cai has taken this relationship into account, why do you still use this method?" The nature of the problem is actually quite serious, and it is possible for the national political axe to accuse us of sabotaging the War of Resistance! ”

After that, he looked at Cai Yu meaningfully

Cai Yuyan did not answer his question immediately, but stood up and paced back and forth in the room a few times, and finally stopped, his eyes pressed Gao Fei to look at him, and said in a slow and low tone: "The reason why I propose this is because I think it is difficult to win the war under the leadership of the national political axe, and even if it can be won, the price paid is unbearable for the Chinese nation!" We, the Ninth Legion, need to take part in the war of resistance in a different way - as collaborators rather than subordinate! ”

Cai Yu's words exploded in Gao Fei's ears like a bombshell, making his head dizzy, and before he could react, Mike Rosen came over again and said: "Now during the National War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Fujian's industrial enterprises have been affected!" Our businessmen found that private enterprises were severely suppressed in the interior, and that only government-run enterprises and a few large conglomerates had a chance to grow and grow, and if Fujian returned to the direct jurisdiction of the Nationalist Axe, most of the industrial and commercial activities would cease to exist! In the end, Michael Rosen said solemnly: "I am an American and a Jew, and at this time, the fate of the Jews has been closely linked to the Ninth Army and the local government of Fujian, and it is inseparable!" ”

Mike Rosen made it clear to Goofy that no matter what happens, the Jews will stand firmly on their side!

Gao Fei is soberly aware that what is in front of him is not a simple choice, but an inevitable conflict between two different governing concepts: although the national political axe also encourages the development of industry and commerce, when the crisis comes, it always sacrifices private enterprises without a background to protect the interests of the government and several large families; Fujian implements a market economy under the guidance of the political axe, and in addition to opening all fields related to the national economy and people's livelihood to private capital, the political axe also gives strong support in terms of policies and funds, thus truly winning the support of the people

Cai Yuyan looked at the ever-changing expression on Gao Fei's face, knowing that there was a fierce ideological struggle going on in his heart, and said sideways: "The collision of two completely different concepts is inevitable, all we can do is to try to make the most beneficial choice for ourselves and the people of Fujian, and this choice will definitely benefit the people of the whole country!" ”

Gao Fei let out a long breath, and the expression on his face returned to calm: "Two gentlemen, do you want me to reply immediately?" ”

Cai Yuyan and Mike Rosen knew that he had made a decision, and they looked at each other, and they both found happy expressions on each other's faces, and said in unison: "Yes! Then holding his breath and waiting for Goofy's reply, the office suddenly became unusually quiet, with only the chiming clock ticking.

Gao Fei resolutely said: "Since these bigwigs of the National Political Axe are disappointing, let's take up this responsibility in our Ninth Legion!" Michael Rosen showed a pleased smile, even the wrinkles on his old face were relaxed, and he said: "General Gao, your decision is very wise, and the people of Fujian industry and commerce will definitely go all out to support you!" ”

Gao Fei's view of the situation was not as optimistic as his, and he said to Cai Yu: "Chairman Cai, although we have decided to start anew, it is best not to provoke the incident first, otherwise it is easy to cause chaos below, and the reason why the 'Fujian Incident' failed so quickly is because of this!" ”

At this time, Gao Fei suddenly thought of the events that had happened in Fujian.

Cai Yu said: "General Gao, you are too worried, how can the current situation be compared with the time of the 'Fujian Incident'?"

Then he carefully analyzed: "The land problem in the rural areas of Fujian and southern Jiangxi has been properly resolved, so that we have the broadest support in the rural areas; With the rapid development of industry and commerce in the cities, the working class is constantly developing and growing, and the living standards of the workers in Fujian are much higher than those in other places, and there is no reason why they should not support us -- the workers in other parts of the Kuomintang are still striking for wages and long working hours; The landlords, capitalists, and free businessmen have benefited the most, and they will certainly support us with all their might! ”

Goofy pondered for a long moment, then nodded slowly!

(To be continued)