In early May, a transport plane landed at Ruijin Airport, the cabin door opened, and Ouyang Jian, Xu Xiangqian, and others stepped off the plane. The generals who greeted him at the airport were: Zhu De, Peng Dehuai, Lin and other military generals. Zhou Enlai was also among them, and he returned to Jiangxi one step ahead of schedule. Enlai stepped forward first, shook hands with Xu Xiangqian warmly, and asked for warmth. At this time, Ouyang Jian greeted Zhu De, Peng Dehuai, and Lin. "Brother Ouyang, if you don't come back, I'm afraid Lao Peng will go to Xi'an to find you!" As soon as they met, Zhu De teased.

"Brother Peng, I know you miss me, but it's not so urgent!" Ouyang Jianxiang pretended to be confused. "Lao Peng thinks you are fake, let you solve your doubts is true." Lin continued to tease. "Brother Ouyang, don't listen to them, I really miss you." The scene was full of strong comradeship. Ruijin Airport is not far from the city, and everyone is talking and laughing and walking towards the city. The military meeting of the Central Military Commission is scheduled to be held on 5 May, two days before the military meeting is held, and the purpose is to take care of the generals and officials who have come to Ruijin for the meeting, handle their own private affairs, and visit relatives and friends.

On the day he arrived in Ruijin, Ouyang Jian sent someone to send his niece Ouyang Yun to Jiujiang and let his niece and sister study medicine together, which was to respect his niece's personal wishes, which was Ouyang Yun's own request. On the same day, Ouyang Jian reported at the headquarters on a series of major military operations in which he had participated since he became a senior military adviser to the Nationalist Government. In the evening, Ouyang Jian went to visit Runzhi as usual. "Brother Ouyang, you are coming, your sister-in-law's dishes are all fried, and she said that she will grandly welcome our god of war to return triumphantly!" As soon as she saw Runzhi's humor and humor, Zizhen stood on the side and greeted her with a smile. The chairman laughed, not a triumphant return, but it felt good to go home. For more than a year, don't mention the sweet and sour! ”

"Brother Ouyang, I understand you. In particular, the unfavorable factors and difficulties in commanding a large corps of troops with uneven combat effectiveness can be imagined. I'm not worried about you at all, though. I know all the military deployments and all the details of the Battle of Shonan and the Battle of Guinan, and victory is inevitable. But I want to criticize you, it is not advisable to personally lead the armored troops to attack in the Battle of Guinan, this is because of a small loss! "I accept the chairman's criticism, and I will not make an example."

"If I'm not mistaken, I'm afraid it will be more difficult to go to the 1st War Zone this time!" Runzhi knew Ouyang Jian well. "The chairman knows me, and he must know the situation in the 1st theater of war well." Runzhi changed the topic and said seriously: "The Central Army has successively won victories in defensive operations in southern Hunan and southern Guizhou. In particular, after the victory of the defensive operation in southern Guinan, murmurs began to appear within the Kuomintang, and some people accused us in the media of preserving our power and guerrilla but not attacking. There must have been Chiang Kai-shek's reasons for this, in order to eliminate political passivity, and at the same time to combat the Japanese army, the Military Commission decided to launch a large-scale military operation in June. ”

"The targets of the northern front are mainly concentrated on the Zhengtai line, the Longhai line, and the Pinghan line, striking at the Japanese army and paralyzing the Japanese army's transportation lines. In addition, the independent detachments of the base areas on the northern front, including guerrillas, made all-out sorties against the Japanese army. The Military Commission of the Southern Front decided to use the 1st Corps and the 2nd Corps to participate in the war. The combat mission of the 1st Corps was to recover Shantou and strive to control the eastern part of Guangdong and the coastal areas. The combat mission of the 2 Corps was to recover Hangzhou and connect with the base areas in southern Zhejiang. "I agree, Chairman, now is the time!"

"I have read the report you submitted to the Military Commission, and I judge that at the end of the year or early next year, the Japanese army will launch the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, and we carefully study and agree with your judgment. This is also the reason for this large-scale military operation. A large-scale attack on the northern front could effectively delay the Japanese army's attack on Zhongtiao Mountain, and at the same time buy more time for the defense of Zhongtiao Mountain. "I fully support the deployment of the Military Commission. At present, Wang's puppet government has been formed in Nanning, and the Japanese army's strategy of razing and destroying has begun to play a role. This move was an opportunity to strike at the Japanese army and the Wang puppet regime, and now the Japanese army in North China has begun to move, and the blockade is increasing day by day. ”

"The commander of the Japanese North China Dispatch Army, Okamura Ninji, he is a China expert, and this person is very sober-minded. If we carry out this large-scale attack operation, it will hurt the Japanese army. I judge that Okamura Ninji will definitely carry out a large-scale sweep of the base areas for the sake of law and order in the occupied areas of North China, and we must be prepared. "The questions you are asking are important and must be taken very seriously." "Chairman, don't underestimate Okamura Ninji, this person has many practices and ideas, and he is the most pragmatic among the Japanese generals, and he put forward the strategy of destroying and razing. When Okamura Ninji was in the Tohoku, he used the cage tactics and the three-light policy. ”

"Cage tactics, three-light policy?" "The cage tactic is to concentrate the scattered villages in order to reduce the living space of the resisters. The three-light policy is to kill, burn, and rob all of them, and the purpose is also to make it impossible for the resisters to survive. In order to deal with the Anti-Japanese Union in the northeast, the Japanese army used this kind of trick, and the effect was very good. "It is indeed difficult to deal with the suppression of the living space of the resistants. If the Japanese army implements this strategy in the North China Plain, it will pose a great threat to the survival of our base areas, and we must attach great importance to it. After the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression entered a phase of stalemate, there is no doubt that the Japanese army will inevitably strengthen public order in the occupied areas. ”

"Chairman, it is imperative for the Japanese army to strengthen law and order in the occupied areas, and although there is no major action for the time being, it does not mean that the Japanese army will not take action. Perhaps next year, the base areas in the enemy-occupied areas of the Central Plains will face a test, and the Japanese army will definitely dispatch heavy troops to clear them out. If this military operation hurts the Japanese army, the next step will definitely be a large-scale liquidation of the Japanese army in advance. "You mean that we launched a large-scale attack and at the same time exposed our strength." Ouyang Jian nodded.

Runzhi walked a few steps and continued: "The government accuses us of swimming but not attacking, we must take action." This large-scale military operation was not just as simple as fighting the Japanese army. In order to boost the morale of the whole people, it must be implemented even at a heavy cost. Based on your analysis and judgment, we should have prepared early to deal with a difficult situation. In addition, it may be more beneficial for us to shift the center of gravity of the Japanese army to the security of the occupied areas, and you should know the importance of the west! "Chairman, regarding the situation of Project 01, I have drawn up a development plan, and the time is ripe." After Ouyang Jian finished speaking, he took out a document bag from his satchel.

"I'll take the time to study it carefully, and you can talk about Project 01." "From the beginning of 33 years to the present, it has lasted 7 years, we have successively recruited and cultivated talents, and started from basic theoretical research, from scratch, from small to large, and have brought together a large number of nuclear physics experts and scholars. It can be said that we are close to the front end of this field in terms of theoretical research. However, how to transform theories into scientific research results is not an easy task. "How is the Manhattan Project progressing?"

"According to the information fed back from the United States, the American side has entered the development stage. The Manhattan Project is highly classified, and we don't have access to the inside story. However, the talent development program is progressing smoothly, and we are basically close to the level of the United States in terms of theoretical research. In the next step, we will enter the research and development stage, and the infrastructure of Lanzhou will be basically perfect, and according to the decision of the Central Military Commission, all personnel will be concentrated in Lanzhou and enter an all-round attack, but the difficulties will be unimaginable. ”

"Brother Ouyang, I believe that difficulties will not be difficult for you!" "Chairman, according to the news from the United States, considering the scientific research level and manufacturing capacity of the United States, the Americans will succeed in developing it in about five years!" "Time is very short for us, I trust your judgment, I want to know your timetable?" "At present, our conditions are ripe, and at the end of 43, I am ready to let all American nuclear physicists return to China, during which I will secretly establish an experimental base in the hinterland of the Xinjiang desert."

Ouyang Jian continued: "Chairman, I am confident that I will enter the experimental stage in 46 years!" The detailed plan is in the material! "There is nothing difficult in the world, as long as you are willing to climb." The Chinese nation is a wise nation, and I believe that our scientific researchers will live up to expectations at this critical juncture in history. At the same time, I am sure that you will be able to do miracles again! "Please rest assured, I will do my best!" "Brother Ouyang, the topic is too heavy, let's relax and come and drink." It was another sleepless night, and their conversation continued until the east turned white.

The sun was high, and the guard Xiao Wang woke up Ouyang Jian to report: "Chief of General Staff, several waves of guests came early in the morning to see you,. I'm all in the way. But Zheng Hua, director of the Central Institute of Chemistry, insisted on seeing you, so he didn't leave. He's been waiting for three hours, and I can't help this person if he's too stubborn. This person named Zheng Hua is the former director of the Yunshui County Chemical Research Institute, and this person was dug by Ouyang Jian from the Nanjing Chemical Research Institute. At the beginning of the year, the Central Committee decided to establish the Central Institute of Chemistry and expand its scale, so Zheng Hua was transferred to Ruijin.

Ouyang Jian took a brief wash and entered the living room. "I said Director Zhengda, why are you not doing scientific research in the research institute and looking for me?" "Chief of General Staff Ouyang, it's too difficult to see you. You made us concentrate on synthetic fibers, drew a big pie for us and left it alone. We're running into a lot of problems right now, and we're almost at a loss, and I want you to show us the way. Just in time you're back, there are a lot of questions that need to be cleared up. ”

"Tell me what problems you've all encountered?" "Chief of the General Staff, I can't say a word or two, you better go to the research institute and give a good explanation to the researchers." "Director Zheng, I am not an expert in chemical engineering, you are the real experts in the field of chemical engineering. Frankly, I can't solve the problems you can encounter, so I'll go to the institute and discuss them together. Don't expect me to solve your problems, I'm there to cheer up your comrades! ”

"Chief of the General Staff, I just need you to cheer up your comrades!" Ouyang Jian hastily ate a few bites of food, and then went to the Institute of Chemistry with Director Zheng. Ouyang Jian stayed in the Institute of Chemical Industry for a whole day, he did not expect that this time he went to the Institute of Chemistry to investigate, and the catalyst produced invisibly created conditions for the Institute of Chemistry to break through the development of man-made fiber polyester two years later. It is important to know that polyester is an important raw material for making nylon.

Ouyang Jian knows that in the 40s, the United States used synthetic fiber nylon textiles to create a temporary new era. Nylon socks, which were all the rage at the time, were thin, transparent, and elastic, making women almost obsessed to the point of madness. In particular, the advent of synthetic fiber nylon cloth marks that the textile industry has entered a more glorious era.

Since the 40s, Americans have made a lot of money with nylon socks produced in the United States alone, not to mention the production of other synthetic fibers. Ouyang Jian's purpose is to never let the Americans dominate, he wants to take a share of the sky-high profits, which is why he painted a big pie for the Institute of Chemistry.