The development team was not ungreeted, but all the people who greeted him were in the office building, but Zhuang Jihua noticed that there was no professor or anything else, but there was one more middle-aged man wearing a lieutenant general's uniform, Li Zhilong saw Zhuang Jihua looking at him and introduced: "This is General Yu Dawei." ”

Zhuang Jihua suddenly realized, he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "General Yu, welcome, the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense has entered Sichuan?" ”

The Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense was jointly proposed to Chiang Kai-shek by Zhuang Jihua and Weng Wenhao, and the director recommended at the same time was Yu Dawei. Yu Dawei was born into a prominent family, his mother was the granddaughter of Zeng Guofan, a famous minister in the late Qing Dynasty, and the Yu family was flourishing in their generation, and the family members held important positions in both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, covering the political, economic, and academic circles on both sides of the strait.

At this moment, Yu Dawei saw Zhuang Jihua, who was slightly tired, a little angry, and had a strong spirit, and he smiled slightly: "No, the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense was established at the end of June, and you and Mr. Weng have not arrived, I came this time to see what preparations to make, and when I am ready here, I will enter Sichuan again." ”

Zhuang Jihua turned his head to look at Li Zhilong, Li Zhilong smiled bitterly: "No way, you still have to live in the sunflower shed, there are no more 3,000 people going to enter Sichuan, the Cultural Revolution, when you are not there, we have discussed, the base must be separated, the scale is too large, the functions are too complex, and the management is getting more and more difficult." ”

"What we mean by this is that the convoy will be set aside and set up a separate military base, while also being responsible for the protection of the other bases. In addition, several boot camps will be established to prepare for the next step of troop expansion. Hong Junqi added.

A few people walked while talking simply, and when they walked to the door, Li Zhilong found out how he got to the conference room, and he was not allowed to speak, but Zhuang Jihua took the lead in the conference room, walked directly to his position and sat down, Li Zhilong only then understood that Zhuang Jihua was going to have a meeting.

"Cultural Revolution, Liu Yinshu is still waiting at home, you will be gone for almost five months, and you will have a meeting when you come back, and you are not in a hurry to do this."

Zhuang Jihua shook his head, and said heavily after a long silence: "I can't sit still, I don't know if I don't go to the field, how difficult it is for the front-line soldiers, we must speed up the progress." ”

Li Zhilong and they looked at each other, not knowing what Zhuang Jihua meant when he said this, you must know that their progress has been very fast, and by today the four main roads have been 80% completed, note that this is in the absence of large machinery, most of the use of manpower. The pharmaceutical factory has already started, the first phase of the steel plant has been completed by 40%, it is estimated that it will be put into operation in March and April next year, and in the five months after Zhuang Jihua left, seven factories broke ground, and the financial rectification presided over by Mei Yuntian has achieved initial results, the currency in the market has been gradually unified, the education construction in various places has been regularized, and with the work of the work teams in various counties sparing no effort, most of the policies have been implemented very well, the taxes have been completely reduced, and the taxes everywhere can no longer be seen.

"I only knew how weak our army was when I went to the front line this time," Zhuang Jihua said solemnly: "I am thinking all the way, how can we speed up the progress, at present our difficulty is transportation, but as soon as a month, seven more ships will be added, with a total tonnage of more than 3,000 tons, Wu Linpu has also contacted several transportation companies, so the transportation situation will improve quickly, and the prerequisites for speeding up the pace are there, and it depends on how we act." ”

"The gunpowder plant has begun to be put into production, and the scale can be expanded, and at the same time the second one has begun to be prepared, the first plant, the second plant, the third plant is already in production, and the fourth plant can be put into operation in September, but the raw materials are difficult and the output is very small." Li Zhilong said while thinking that the first factory is a gun manufacturer, and they selected the German 7.92mm Mauser rifle, which is a replica rifle, and it was decided to choose this rifle as the standard weapon of the [***] team at last year's military council standard weapons meeting. Plant No. 2 is a bullet production plant, which currently produces rifle cartridges and Czech-style light machine gun bullets, Plant No. 3 produces grenades, and Plant No. 4 plans to produce mortars. Li Zhilong's difficulty in raw materials mainly refers to the barrel, the copper, lead and other materials used in the warhead, which have to be transported from outside Sichuan, so it is extremely nervous.

"Don't worry about it for now, expand while you do it," Zhuang Jihua said resolutely, and the news that Guan Lizheng told his soldiers that they had gone to the front without firing live ammunition made him feel very uncomfortable, which is why he asked to speed up the progress when he entered the door.

"Cultural Revolution, this is not good, we don't have enough skilled workers, I went to the factory to find out, now a master with three apprentices, driving three lathes, the scrap rate is amazingly high." Li Zhilong objected, Zhuang Jihua took charge of the overall work, and came up with various reports from below every week, among which the reports from the factory made him worried, and after calming down the trouble caused by Li Haoyi, he deliberately took time to run in the factory below, and the result was shocking. There is a serious shortage of skilled workers in the factory, and a large number of new workers are serving as the main force of production. The management was very chaotic, and the management methods of the managers were still the same as in the previous private factories, and the phenomenon of insulting and beating workers was common in all factories, and he himself put a stop to four or five cases.

"If the management is chaotic, let them formulate rules and regulations, and we have to do everything, what do you want them to do? Formulate rules and regulations, and act in strict accordance with them, and that's it. Zhuang Jihua was a little arrogant, and what happened after getting off the boat made him feel a fire in his heart: "Skilled workers are not achieved overnight, they can only be cultivated slowly, they should be allowed to produce defective products, defective products are not terrible, a few more times, find the reason, and then improve." The problem now is that ammunition is urgently needed at the front, we don't have much time and we have to take an unconventional approach. Don't be afraid that there are no workers, and don't be afraid that the workers won't do it, let them learn, as long as they can become skilled workers in half a year to a year, the tuition is worth it. When will we be able to supply ammunition to the front line! ”

Zhuang Jihua saw that Li Zhilong's face was a little bad, and he felt that his tone was a little hard, so he changed his tone and said: "Zaitian, I'm anxious, you don't know, we could have won a big battle on the Great Wall, but we couldn't fight it, why?" There is no ammunition, and after another month of fighting, there will be no ammunition north of the Yangtze River. We had to sign the Truce of Rehe, which is now being scolded all over the country, but they know there that the front is difficult. In Tian, now we are more difficult than in the Whampoa period, you have shot a few bullets before going to the battlefield, but now some recruits have not even fired a bullet before going to the battlefield, because there are no bullets to shoot them; Do you think it's ridiculous that Guan was injured because his soldiers were not trained in grenade throwing? But that's the reality. ”

Just like Zhuang Jihua heard the news for the first time, Li Zhilong was also very shocked, although it was difficult in Huangpu at the beginning, he used a wooden stick as a gun to practice, but later not only was the gun equipped, but he, a person who had not been on the battlefield in the end, also fired dozens of bullets, and now there is no bullet for training.

"General Zhuang, I don't agree with your approach either," Yu Dawei, who had not spoken, suddenly spoke, Zhuang Jihua was stunned, he turned his head to look at Yu Dawei, Yu Dawei said quietly: "Industrial development has its own laws, no matter how anxious you are, you can't surpass this law, besides, if you want to discuss those things today, everyone is not prepared, it is better for you to say the things to be discussed first, and we will have a meeting tomorrow." ”

Although Yu Dawei is a lieutenant general and has a higher military rank than Zhuang Jihua, he has no sense of being a commander at all, and is talking to Zhuang Jihua in a completely consultative tone. However, the facts he said, Zhuang Jihua's heart was a mess, and he wanted to speed up the progress, but how to speed it up, he also had countless things in his heart.

He said after a moment: "Okay, tomorrow we are going to talk about how to speed up the progress, everyone will prepare the content of their respective responsibilities, no, tomorrow there will be an enlarged meeting, Secretary Gong, notify it, the heads of each factory, the heads of each laboratory will participate tomorrow, work together, talk about how to speed up the construction progress." ”

Gong Xiuhua stood up and asked, "Do you want to inform the municipal axe?" ”

"Yes, Mayor He, Director Lu must be informed, and Director Lu must arrive."

He Guoguang is not from the Southwest Development Team, and is nominally Zhuang Jihua's boss, and now he is about to become the director of the staff group, and Zhuang Jihua is not sure whether he is really willing to participate.

"Yes."

Gong Xiuhua sat down, but Zhuang Jihua stood up: "Okay, go home." As he spoke, he was about to leave, and everyone stood up one after another, Zhuang Jihua suddenly remembered the reporters outside, and he asked again: "What Li Haoyi did didn't have any impact on the base, right?" ”

Li Zhilong looked at him with pity: "What can he do, but you have brought some influence to the development team." ”

Zhuang Jihua stopped and looked at him, and Li Zhilong explained: "The press is criticizing the "Rehe Armistice Agreement", it is said that you negotiated it, thinking that it is a traitorous treaty, which has caused ideological turmoil in the base. They are suspicious, they are talking in secret. Cultural Revolution, you should come forward to explain. ”

Zhuang Jihua didn't expect that this matter would have such a big impact on the base, he felt that this matter could not be dealt with so easily, and the previous practice of not distinguishing should be changed.

"Hmph, these reporters, if they don't understand anything, they know that they are fooling around, and this situation can't continue." Zhuang Jihua has been thinking about this issue since he told Dai Li in Beiping to control the press, he was a little hesitant, because this spread out, and his reputation was very bad, but now he couldn't care about it, he couldn't let the southwest development be affected by Napo in the slightest and said: "Junfu, you think about how to control the press." ”

Teng Jie agreed without hesitation, controlling public opinion has always been emphasized by fascism, but the attempt of the Blue Coat Society to control public opinion has always been opposed by the Ming Cook faction in the Kuomintang, so that no progress has been made, and it is only when there are obvious articles in the newspapers scolding Chiang Kai-shek or scolding the Kuomintang that they are punished, but the punishment can often only be managed for one or two months; In addition, there were some newspapers set up in the concessions, and the national political axe was beyond their reach, and there was nothing they could do.

Now Zhuang Jihua's decision to implement news control in Yucheng makes him very excited and strongly supportive, and if it succeeds in Yucheng, it can be extended to other regions.

Li Zhilong and Yu Dawei were stunned, they didn't expect Zhuang Jihua to make such a decision. Li Zhilong asked him to react to the meaning of asking him to write an article or something to explain the circumstances under which the "Rehe Armistice Agreement" was signed, and it was definitely not for him to control public opinion. Compared with Li Zhilong, Yu Dawei believes more in Western press freedom, although Yu Dawei is Chinese, but he was educated in the West, he went to Berlin University after graduating from Harvard, and traveled the world in the opposite direction of Zhuang Jihua. He is even less able to accept the practice of controlling public opinion.

"General Zhuang, this is inappropriate, we practice freedom of the press, and controlling public opinion will inevitably cause criticism from comrades in the party, bring unnecessary trouble, and be more likely to cause criticism from others." Yu Dawei's tone was still very gentle, but he had already frowned, obviously he did not approve of Zhuang Jihua's approach in his heart.

"What's this," Zhuang Jihua said disapprehantly: "Now we need to unify our thinking and resist external humiliation, the political axe is frequently blamed, which will shake the people's confidence in the political axe, making it difficult to implement the decree, of course, if I have enough time, I can explain to them slowly, but now I don't give me time, I have no other way." ”

"Be cautious, Cultural Revolution, this matter must be cautious, let's take it slowly." Li Zhilong persuaded.

"What is there to be cautious about, you still worked in the Communist Party, Secretary Gong, when will you tell him how Soviet Russia controls public opinion, Teng Jie, aren't you studying fascism? Take a good look at how Germany and Italy control public opinion, in fact, if we study these three countries, we can find that in all countries where public opinion is well controlled, the cohesion of the people is strong, and the country develops rapidly. It is that public opinion is well controlled. Zhuang Jihuaxin said that in the previous life, any country in the world controlled public opinion, and there is no need to say that China, the news media has never been open to private individuals; As for the United States, news warfare has been included as part of the US military strategy. Controlling public opinion, the trend of the times, I am just a few decades ahead of schedule.

(To be continued)