Dozens of mortars rained down, blowing up the grenadiers that the Japanese had followed, as well as a Taisho 10-year heavy machine gun.

"Damn, the artillery is withdrawn, don't stay and the Japanese artillery will hit and blow up your own people."

Not long after the battalion commander with rich combat experience gave the order, the whistling Japanese artillery shells visited this place again, and from time to time the defenders were killed and wounded in the artillery fire, but because a part of the surplus troops were withdrawn in advance, the losses were relatively small, and it was impossible to withdraw all the troops at once.

Unexpectedly, the Japanese army was once again repulsed by the Zhuanghucheng regiment, which was in full position, and the forces of both sides were constantly consumed in this bloody strangulation back and forth. In addition, Zhuang Huchen also adhered to the consistent tradition of the 15th Route Army, and when it was night, he cooperated with the Shao Jianbing cavalry regiment that returned to the division to carry out several night attacks, although only killed and wounded dozens of Japanese soldiers, but this movement made the Japanese army restless several times. So much so that the attack, which was originally scheduled for six o'clock the next morning, had to be postponed for a full four hours.

"Bastard, what kind of battle is the Northeast Army fighting, not to mention the 100,000 army, even if 100,000 pigs are driven out of Rehe, it will take ten days and half a month." Jiang Li tore off his wind and discipline button, and with an angry face, he crumpled the telegram in his hand and threw it on the grass, startling Feng Chuyan, who had just walked in in the distance.

"What, are you here?" Jiang Li restrained the anger on his face, looked at Feng Chuyan and asked.

Feng Chuyan nodded, and helped a tall and thin figure behind her. The already half-white hair is parted in the middle. Meticulously combed. He was accompanied by Liu Xianzhou, president of Northeastern University.

"How. Is the person you want to introduce me to the hot-tempered warlord in front of you? Tesla looked at Feng Chuyan and said, he received an invitation from Northeastern University, and Feng Yong's encouragement before he planned to come to Lanzhou to have a look, but he didn't expect to see Jiang Li's twilight when he lost his temper.

"I'm sorry, Professor Tesla, please forgive me for being reckless and ramming you." Jiang Li did not explain out loud, but bowed to Tesla.

"Well, Feng funded my lab quite a bit last year. It was only after Feng's persuasion that I agreed to let him come to the northwest to have a look, and although I don't know what Feng Bai's purpose was in introducing me to meet you, I still planned to come and hear what you had taken so much trouble to invite me from the United States. Tesla looked at Jiang Li calmly, he was not a person who would bow his head in front of power, as a person who was quite controversial in the United States, but he was successful in many aspects, he was not worried about what Jiang Li would do to him as a bad old man.

"The Northwest, or rather our country, needs Mr. Tesla's help. Perhaps some of Professor Tesla's views are being viewed with suspicion or ostracized by others. But I think that's just the short-sightedness of the mediocre, in fact, I've always admired Tesla's achievements in alternating current and radio. The Niagara Hydroelectric Power Station, which was considered impossible, is a jaw-dropping masterpiece. Our country is now suffering from the invasion of the Japanese army, and my soldiers and I are willing to fight to the end against the cruel Japanese army, but these lack sufficient material base. I need to have a stable rear and I need a Tesla professor who can help me solve some difficult problems. Jiang Li said sincerely.

"The use of technology in warfare would be a catastrophe for all of humanity. I don't let my heart and soul go on the battlefield. Tesla looked at Jiang Li's frank eyes, and his face softened a little.

"I can make a promise to Professor Tesla about this, the army in the northwest, and the people need a stable rear, and we hope that Professor Tesla can help me solve some construction problems, such as the key technology of large-scale hydropower stations and thermal power stations, the full use of alternating current in the northwest, and the northwest will not impose anything on Professor Tesla. All of the research Tesla professors do what they want. In return, I was willing to pay $250,000 for the first year and $100,000 for research every other year. Professor Tesla needs space, as long as I am the area I can control, it can be provided to the professor, if it needs manpower, if it has no direct effect on the construction of the Northwest, less than 100 people, the Northwest can also meet the professor. Professor Tesla can hand over some of the research results to Northeastern University if he wishes. Jiang Li said seriously.

"God doesn't have a free lunch, and it feels unreal to listen to it. The conditions put forward by His Excellency the General are so good that they even make me think that His Excellency the General has ulterior motives. Tesla frowned.

"If Professor Tesla doesn't think it's true, the first research grant can be transferred to the professor's account. Next year's funding is available on 1/1/34. If there is a delay, the professor can leave at any time, and the United States has set up a consulate in Lanzhou, so it must be a priority for scholars like the professor. If it is a heart, there must be, and I hope that while the professor is receiving such preferential treatment, he can see the thousands of people in my country who are dying in the war and have lost their loved ones because of the war. We should share some of the research results with the Northwest, so that the industrialization process in the Northwest can be accelerated and the Japanese army can be expelled as soon as possible. Of course, the specifics still depend on the decision of Professor Tesla, and I will not impose interference. ”

While Feng Shiyan and Liu Xianzhou were stunned, Jiang Li smiled indifferently and said, Of course, there is more than that, Tesla, this old monster, is a ghost talent in the scientific world. Even if he doesn't come up with other research, it is enough for Jiang Li to come up with core technologies to help the northwest build several large-scale hydropower stations in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River.

Studying a nuclear bomb requires a huge amount of electricity as a base. At present, the development of Northwest Electric Power cannot even meet the existing needs of industrial development, and in wartime it is necessary to provide energy for the entire industry, and how can it also provide additional expenditures for nuclear bomb research. Even if technicians from the United States and Germany are hired to help build a large hydropower plant, it is only a matter of time before it is built, but with the help of Tesla, this time can be advanced by a year, two years, or even three years.

As the originator of alternating current, Tesla's layout of electricity is unparalleled, and the planning of the power industry in the northwest is enough for Jiang Li to save a lot of money in the development of northwest electric power, and the most valuable time. Jiang Li has sent Qian Sanqiang and Qian Xuesen, who can remember in history, to the most cutting-edge technical universities such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology and California Institute of Technology in the United States through his own channels. What's more, Tesla is also an authority in the field of radio, and if it can help the Northwest build a radar in advance and help the Northwest gain an advantage over the Japanese army's aviation, it will be even more profitable.

"I'm old and can't go around like I used to, so I'm afraid I can't help His Excellency General's ambitions, I don't need so much money, if His Excellency General really has this idea, I will provide some advice and technical support for the power construction in the northwest." It is up to His Excellency the General to do what he can do, and if there is anything here that I find inappropriate, I will return to the United States at any time. Tesla hesitated for a moment and said.

"Of course, Professor Tesla comes and goes freely, and the Northwest reimburses the cost of round-trip vehicle tickets, and I hope that Professor Tesla can stay happily in the Northwest in the future." Hearing Tesla's disguised promise, Jiang Li smiled happily. Damn, the bad news over there is one after another, and it's finally a bit of a good thing to refresh yourself. (To be continued.) )