"Deputy Director Zhuang is right, it is impossible for the company to develop blindly, so I want to know, what kind of scale does the country want us to achieve, and what aspects should the products be used in?" Yan Yaoqiu said lightly.

Zhuang Jihua heard the bones in his words, and was slightly puzzled, not knowing where this dissatisfaction came from.

"Hehe," Hu Jiwen looked at Zhuang Jihua and smiled: "Deputy Director Zhuang, Mr. Yan is right, the main product of Shanghai Machinery Factory is diesel engines, which are widely used in civilian products such as pumps and oil presses, and their sales are also very good." ”

Zhuang Jihua understood at once, he felt a little ashamed, others were not here to beg, he was not condescending: "Mr. Yan and Mr. Hu are right, I was too anxious to make my words clear." Zhuang Jihua said very apologetically: "In the next few years, we will build automobile factories, tank factories, aircraft factories, artillery factories, and ammunition factories in the southwest, and the cars require trucks of more than three tons, and the tanks require medium tanks of more than 20 tons, in addition to aircraft engines." As for the scale, well, I want your factories to be as big as possible, and the bigger the capacity, the better. Because the need will be unlimited. ”

With Zhuang Jihua's words, there was an inexplicable excitement in the conference room, and then fell into silence, what Zhuang Jihua did in Sichuan, Weng Wenhao and Qian Changzhao roughly guessed, but Yan Yaoqiu and others heard it for the first time.

After being silent for a long time, Wu Yunchu nodded lightly: "I see." Since it is a national need, we should naturally work hard, there are some things we have now, but there are still some things that need to be studied, but our strength is also limited, and the order of the political axe is not taken out immediately. ”

"Mr. Wu is right, Deputy Captain Zhuang," Yan Yaoqiu said: "As far as cars are concerned, at present, there is not a lack of engines in China, but a lack of chassis technology, China's first car was produced by Zhang Xueliang's Northeast Automobile Factory, but in fact it is only an assembled car, and all parts and components are imported from abroad." ”

"Well, I don't plan to let you invest by yourself," Zhuang Jihua said after thinking about it: "The United States has a system, a military procurement and military research system, and I think this is a better system; Specifically, the military proposes the project, you accept the project for research, and are responsible for confidentiality, and the required funds are provided by the military, and the military sends people to supervise and accept the project. ”

"That's good." Hu Jiwen couldn't help but say, Wu Yunchu and Yan Yaoqiu also showed a look of relief.

"But the political axe has no money," Zhuang Jihua immediately poured cold water on them, looking at their disappointed looks, he said: "In fact, there is no shortage of funds, but this money is not the political axe." ”

"Is it another donation from overseas Chinese?" Qian Changzhao asked with a smile.

Zhuang Jihua nodded: "Thanks to their trust, I have the right to use this fund, but the money must be used where it is most needed, so I must ensure the effective use of the funds, this is not a matter of not believing you, but business common sense." ”

"And what are you going to do?" Weng Wenhao was a little confused, one would say that he had no money, and the other would say that he had money, and the meaning of his words was that he didn't trust others, which made him a little unhappy.

But Wu Yunchu and they understand very well, what they want to know most now is how Zhuang Jihua plans to support them, China's industrial and commercial survival has always been difficult, capital and technology are all lacking, and they have to face malicious competition from foreign capital, so they can get political axe support is what they hope for the most.

"I want to set up a bank or investment company," Zhuang Jihua said after thinking about it: "Once your company gets our project, you can get a low-interest or interest-free loan from a bank or investment company, and if you successfully develop a project, then the loan or investment will be completed, and then you will be loaned to expand production; It's just......., if the project fails, then you have to repay the loan, what do you think? ”

"Okay, I agree." Wu Yunchu was the first to say that who would oppose this kind of good thing, and Yan Yaoqiu, Hu Jiwen and others also expressed their approval.

"In addition, I hope that you will go to Sichuan to build a new factory, instead of expanding the old factory in the same place." Zhuang Jihua finally said.

But his proposal made Wu Yunchu and others hesitate, building a new factory is not a trivial matter, they may have never been to Sichuan, they don't know anything about Sichuan, but now they are asking them to set up a new factory in Sichuan, which can't help but make them suspicious.

"The reason why there is this requirement," Zhuang Jihua said slowly: "As a soldier, I am very sorry, but I can't help but tell the truth, there must be a war between China and China, we do not have an advantage in this war, and Shanghai and other places will definitely not be able to hold it, so I don't want your factories to become the spoils of the army." ”

The atmosphere in the conference room became heavy, and there seemed to be a shout of march outside the window, Zhuang Jihua calmly continued: "There are many demonstrations in Nanjing these days, and the students are protesting, demanding that the political axe declare war on Yue, but they don't know the gap between China and China; But you are industrialists and scientists, and you should know how big the gap between China and China is in terms of industrial capacity, and the war is the industrial base, and without Yawata Steel and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, I am afraid they would not even have the courage to look at China. ”

After a long time, Yan Yaoqiu said: "General Zhuang, this war...., can we win?" ”

"Of course, the victory is definitely ours, I have no doubt about that." Zhuang Jihua said with a firm expression: "The comparison of national strength between China and China is that China is strong, China is weak, and the people's organizations are said to be good and China is poor, so in the early stage of the war, we must have the upper hand, and it is inevitable to lose part of the country; However, China's advantage lies in its large land area, large population, abundant resources, and the resources needed for war are basically available on the mainland, so as long as we resolutely resist, the offensive of the army will gradually weaken, and the two sides will enter the stage of stalemate. ”

"And what about those places that we're going to lose?" Wu Yunchu asked with some sadness: "How long will it take for us to win?" ”

"I'm afraid the place lost is not small," Zhuang Jihua decided to repeat the historical results, after all, no one knows how much effect the current efforts can achieve: "I estimate that Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong, eastern Zhejiang, and most of Jiangsu, I am afraid that the army can attack all the way to Wuhan, and then we can block them in Hunan, western Hubei, and northern Hubei." ”

After thinking about it, he added: "The better we are prepared now, the less we will lose, the smaller the losses, and the faster the time will be to victory." Gentlemen, instead of demolishing and rebuilding in the future, it is better to set up the factory in Sichuan now. ”

Zhuang Jihua's judgment not only gave them confidence, but also made them feel a sense of tragedy, with so many lands will fall, how big will the loss of the nation be? Everyone fell silent.

"Will the Cultural Revolution, a full-scale war, break out?" For a long time, Weng Wenhao remembered the war that was going on in the north, and he was a little nervous, the resource committee had just been established for a year, and the main work was still only a plan, and it had not started at all.

"Probably not," Zhuang Jihua deliberately thought about before he said: "I said that Ben is not ready for a full-scale war, they have not yet gained a firm foothold in the northeast, and the chairman of the committee is still mainly engaged in suppressing bandits, so I estimate that the north will stop after the signing of an agreement similar to the Songhu armistice agreement." ”

"Another treaty that humiliates the country!" Wu Yunchu's fists were clenched very tightly, and his tone was full of helplessness and pain, China has experienced too many defeats, and in the past hundred years, China's political axe has been defeated in every battle, and the people have long not known what victory is.

"General Zhuang, when do you think a full-scale war will break out?" Yan Yaoqiu asked a little nervously, "I mean, how much time do we have?" ”

"A full-scale war will break out when we are not ready," Zhuang Jihua said unceremoniously: "I will not give me too much time, because they are afraid, because once we are ready, they will lose if they don't fight, so our time will not exceed eight years, or even, maybe only five years." So we have to seize every minute. ”

Zhuang Jihua was the only military personnel among these people, and he was a high-ranking military general, so his judgment naturally made them suspicious.

"Now we still have time, my colleagues and I are preparing for this war in Sichuan, overseas Chinese are also preparing for this war, the chairman of the committee is also preparing for this war, we are all preparing for this war, I believe that our efforts will not be ineffective, at least we will not pay such a big price." Speaking of excitement, Zhuang Jihua stood up, propped his hands on the table, and exuded fanaticism.

"Okay, I'll send someone into Sichuan when I go back and choose the factory site." Wu Yunchu said loudly: "The factory is a Chinese person, and it must not be left to Yu himself." ”

"I went back and persuaded the shareholders that if they didn't do it, I would pay for the new factory in Sichuan." Yan Yaoqiu also said immediately.

"I suggest that you transfer the production base to Sichuan, and the R&D base can remain in Shanghai, after all, it is much more convenient to only evacuate people." Zhuang Jihua suggested that no one had any objections now.

Weng Wenhao, who presided over the meeting, opened the third topic: "The Resources Committee has decided to send Sun Yueqi to the northwest to look for oil, and there are oil wells in Yanchang in Shanxi, and we estimate the possibility of oil fields in this area." ”

For oil, Zhuang Jihua did not have any hope, any large oil field must go through a long period of development to form a considerable scale of oil production, more importantly, China's largest oil field, Daqing, Shengli, Liaohe, etc. are in the east, in the west is not in Xinjiang Province or Qinghai these deserted and inconvenient transportation areas, and China now has no ability to produce drilling equipment, whether derrick, drill bits or casing for cementing must be imported from foreign countries, and then transported into those Gobi Plateau, This would have been unimaginable without a railway.

However, Zhuang Jihua still voted in favor of this proposal, because Weng Wenhao and Qian Changzhao both agreed, so he did not have to oppose it, in fact, he would prefer to build an oil refinery in Yunnan, and it may cost less money to lay pipelines from the Ringanqiang oil field in Myanmar and the oil field in Thailand.

Then Weng Wenhao raised the issue of sending international students, and Zhuang Jihua raised his hands in favor of this proposal, there are too few talents in this era, college students in the previous life were running all over the streets, and a considerable number of people were unemployed after graduation, but now, college students are undoubtedly treasures, and all walks of life are rushing to get them.

"Every year, 3,000 people are sent out, and the tuition fees are sponsored by me contacting overseas Chinese." Zhuang Jihua said as strong as an ox.

"Three thousand?" Weng Wenhao couldn't help but smile bitterly after being surprised: "Cultural Revolution, you are really ......." ”

"Cultural Revolution, you may not know how many college students graduate every year now," Sun Yueqi also shook his head and said: "We investigated the state of universities in the Ministry of Education, and only more than 10,000 people graduated throughout the year, and a considerable number of them are liberal arts students such as teacher training journalism and Chinese history, like geology, there are less than 300 graduates in the country, and even fewer in physics, only about 200 people." Three thousand people can't be. ”

"That's less, a thousand, no less." Zhuang Jihua was helpless, and took out 30% of it to go abroad at a time, which was definitely impossible.

Qian Changzhao still shook his head, and Zhuang Jihua said resolutely: "We can't just see that at present, this thousand people, after coming back, there will be 1,000 university teachers, and one university teacher with 20 students, then there will be 20,000 college graduates, and in ten years, our university will have at least 200,000 college students." ”

"I think it's okay," Wu Yunchu said with a smile: "Ten years of cultivating people, a hundred years of trees, our eyes can't just look at the present, General Zhuang didn't say that the War of Resistance is a long-term process, so the accumulation of talents is particularly important." ”

Qian Changzhao did not insist, they were all in favor of sending people out, the difference was only a matter of how much to send, since this is the case, there is no need to be so stubborn.

After the meeting, Zhuang Jihua received a call from Chiang Kai-shek's chamberlain, asking him to go to the rest house immediately and report to his work.

(To be continued)