"I heard that you are trying to expand steel production, and I have an acquaintance who has some crude steel in his hands, I wonder if your country is interested?" After Khorenkov thanked him, he squinted his eyes and looked at Sui Bodao again.

"This, Mr. Khorenkov, you also know that if the amount of crude steel is too small, it will not help us, and if there is too much, we may not have so much money to continue to eat, I don't know how much crude steel Mr. Khorenkov has in his hands?"

Sui Bo found Khorenkov naturally knowing that this guy was greedy, but fortunately he had a good uncle, Lavrenty Beria was relied on by Stalin as a spy leader. In the USSR, although it was not famous, it was definitely a heavyweight existence. After Stalin's death, he also competed for the throne of the Great Treasure, but without success. Before finding Khorenkov, Sui Bo had done a certain investigation on Khorenkov, and heard that this guy had a good relationship with the steel department. The high-ranking officials that Khorenkov attaches great importance to are probably not low in their hands, and the Soviet Union has a great business, and it is thicker than the thighs in the northwest when it is currently plucked out of steel production. It would be good if you could get some additional resources through Khorenkov.

"The number is not very certain for the time being, but there are always tens of thousands of tons a year." Khorinkov only gave an approximate figure, and did not say dead for the time being. However, his friend controls the entry and exit of several steel productions, and the output of several million tons a year is several million tons, and it is not a big deal to deduct tens of thousands of tons of crude steel, and even the steel output handed over will not be lower than in previous years, you must know that the steel output of the Soviet Union has been increasing every year in recent years, and they only need to reduce the amount of growth a little. Or let those workers work more shifts. These tens of thousands of tons can be easily squeezed out. And also hand over a nice data to the top.

"That's a lot. However, you also know that after the Northwest has purchased a large number of arms and machinery, funds are already very tight. In addition, I have to go back and ask for instructions, after all, there are a lot of things involved. Sui Tao thought for a moment and said, he couldn't be too eager with this greedy guy. But since this guy is so greedy, I don't worry that he won't take the bait when the time comes. In fact, there is still some room for improvement in the output of arms in the northwest, and Jiang Li considered the issue of production capacity when he bought machinery, but production capacity and output are two different things. Without enough raw materials, everything is blind. The relatively low steel production in the northwest has constrained the production of munitions. If Khorenkov could get tens of thousands of tons of steel a year, the northwest would be able to produce a large number of more guns.

"Okay, the price is negotiable, I'll wait for your news." Khorenkov nodded, but there was a smile on the corner of his mouth, in the war years, the importance of steel even an idiot understood, he believed that as long as the price was not very high, the Northwest would still agree. After all, there is a cheap and not a bastard.

"Okay. I will convey the reply from the Northwest to you as soon as possible. Sui Tao said

"We Sichuan people have the spirit of patriotic tradition, and the martyrs of Huanghuagang have us Sichuan people. The Xinhai Revolution had us Sichuan people, and the War to Protect the Nation also had us Sichuan people. Since the founding of the Republic of China, we, as soldiers, have been supported by the people of Sichuan for more than 20 years, and of course we must strive for the glory of history."

In the sound of Deng Xihou's instructions, the first wave of soldiers who were trained out of Sichuan hung bamboo tubes to carry water utensils around their waists, and most of them only wore a set of straw sandals and a set of single clothes that could be changed and washed. The soldiers each carried a Sichuan-made or old-fashioned Hanyang-made rifle. However, such a group of Sichuan troops, whose equipment was even worse than the Qing army that invaded China a few decades ago, resolutely embarked on the road of the War of Resistance.

"It's true, I knew I would have gone to Nanjing, and I could finally get a position in the military seat when I went there, but now it's good, I'll be demoted to the division commander all of a sudden, Ge Laozi, follow this Northwest is really fucking disgusting." Sun Zhen sat in the car and complained to Deng Xihou. "Commander Deng, you are about to become a military commander now, are you really willing?"

"What can be done? Jiang Wenhao's group army was pressed in northern Sichuan, and even Liu Xiang didn't dare to turn his face with the northwest, you and I have also taken some benefits from the northwest over the years, and dare to go against them? Deng Xihou, who looked impassioned in front of the soldiers, also said with a dark face at this time.

"I knew that I wouldn't have taken advantage of the relationship with the Northwest Army, thinking that I was accompanied by a big tree, but I didn't expect to attract some trouble." Sun Zhen complained at this time.

"Okay, what are you doing with these useless words, now it's almost to Longnan, what do you want to do now? Besides, they are all fighting the Japanese, and they are finally a bit rushed to the northwest, so that they will not be defeated all the way to the end. Deng Xihou accepted his fate and waved his hand.

Relatively speaking, although the Sichuan-Shaanxi Highway was still under construction at this time, the railway from Gansu to Sichuan and the highway had been repaired. Due to the needs of the war, a large number of train wagons in the northwest were requisitioned for military use, and military supplies were transported to Tongguan and Lingbao, which led to the tension of Sichuan's transportation capacity, so after taking most of the trains, he received a notice from the staff headquarters of the Northwest Army, and Deng Xihou led his troops to get off the train and rushed to Dongjiang Town in the south of Longnan.

Although Deng Xihou was frivolous, he didn't have any unpaid feelings about what Sun Zhen said, but what could he do if he was unhappy, Northwest's arms were much thicker than their thighs.

"Yes." Hearing what Deng Xihou said, Sun Zhen also nodded and said, in contrast, in the previous battles with the Japanese army, the record of the Northwest Army is quite eye-catching, in contrast, although there are also several generals in Nanjing, which have caused certain losses to the Japanese army, but after all, there are too many losses. Following the Northwest Army, there is a strong helping hand, and I feel a little more comforted.

"Didi"

"Hey, Look, a lot of cars!" At this time, the driver who was driving suddenly said loudly.

Deng Xihou and Sun Zhen looked at each other when they heard the sound, and saw dozens of hundreds of transport trucks pulling full of supplies from the winding road in the distance.

The team in front of the team was also led by people from the northwest to drive into the largest wheat field in Dongjiang Town, where the common people usually harvested wheat and dried it, and every household had such an open space. Together, there is an open space, and there is also a playground of a middle school here, and there is a wasteland to the east, and tens of thousands of people standing over it do not feel too crowded.

"What are you doing here, what are you bringing us here for? There's still a long way to go. Sun Zhen got out of the car, since the Northwest has produced its own cars, it has become a high-end consumer product, Sun Zhen is not too difficult to buy one, and the Northwest has no restrictions on the sales of industrial products. However, before the outbreak of the war, the Northwest began to control the production of such consumables, and turned to the production of transport trucks that carried heavy loads. (To be continued.) )