Chapter 424: Military Cooperation (Ask for a subscription, ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything!) ）

As soon as these words came out, Ma Zheng was ashamed, others didn't know the truth, and they all thought that these regulations were something that Ma Zheng came up with by himself, and they were original! But only Ma Zheng himself knows that these things are all plagiarized by him, and the core of these things is the discipline regulations of the People's Liberation Army in later generations, and many of them were copied by Ma Zheng even untouched, to put it bluntly, he is just a copyist.

Of course, Ma Zheng still understands the principle of adapting measures to local conditions. After all, many of the regulations were used by later generations and were not suitable for the current troops. Therefore, Ma Zheng adapted a large part of the content according to the existing environment, and the things of later generations are only for reference, but they must not be copied.

What embarrassed Ma Zheng the most was that these things were originally formulated by the chairman and others himself, and even if he didn't take them out, they would appear in another five or six years at most. Now that he uses other people's things, he doesn't say anything, but also takes them for himself, which makes Ma Zheng feel like a thief.

After thinking about it, Ma Zheng immediately said: "Chairman, I have no opinion on you to promote these rules and regulations throughout the army, and our military region is very willing to promote these things to the whole party and the whole army. However, I think it would be better to revise some of the things in it, because these regulations were formulated two years ago, and at that time they were applied to the fighters of the Suicha Anti-Japanese Brigade, and the scope of the formulation was somewhat small, and it must be improved if it is to be popularized on a large scale. ”

"Well, what you said makes a lot of sense, I didn't see that your kid has the potential to work as a political worker, and he's really an all-rounder, hahaha!!" The chairman said with a smile.

Then the chairman asked: "I have carefully considered what I said last night, and the matter of penicillin drugs seems to be a little inappropriate, and you know the current situation, the Japanese have captured our entire coastal area, not to mention us, and even Lao Chiang has to rely on the Yunnan-Burma Highway if he wants to communicate with the outside world, and even if we collect funds in the United States, it is impossible to transport them back to China." ”

Ma Zheng smiled and said: "Chairman, I have already considered this matter, as you said, the Japanese have indeed sealed all our foreign ports, and even if we raise funds overseas, it will be difficult to transport them to China." However, this does not mean that we have no choice, although Japan has blocked our coastal ports, but they dare not offend the Americans, American ships can sail freely throughout the Pacific region, and our coastline is so long, there is every opportunity to bring what we want to the shore. ”

Then Ma Zheng continued: "Going to the United States to do business is a series of plans, raising funds is only one aspect, and more importantly, we need American production technology and equipment to improve our armament manufacturing level. So as long as penicillin makes money after it goes on the market, in addition to expanding production capacity, all the money immediately changes hands and becomes the materials we urgently need, and then it is shipped to China by American ships. ”

"And what about that neutrality law of the U.S. government, does the U.S. government allow their ships to transport supplies for us?" The Chair asked again.

"Of course not, but it does not matter, the Neutrality Act, passed by the United States Congress at the end of August 1935, makes it illegal for the United States or its possessions to export weapons, ammunition, and military equipment to the ports of the belligerents, or to neutral countries, for transit to the belligerents, at any point in the event of war between two or more foreign countries, or in the course of war. At the same time, U.S. ships are prohibited from carrying military supplies to belligerents, and U.S. citizens are not allowed to travel on belligerent ships. ”

Ma Zheng continued: "However, the law does not prohibit the export of other goods, including strategic goods. In other words, as long as we do not directly purchase weapons and equipment, it will not be considered a violation of the Neutrality Act, and in fact US weapons are not very suitable for us, what we need is a large amount of production equipment, including stamping machine tools, etc., as long as we have these equipment, we can completely produce advanced weapons on our own. ”

Speaking of this, Ma Zheng looked at the chairman, and then said again: "Chairman, what do you think about the relationship between the United States and Japan?" ”

The chairman thought for a moment and said: "The United States is a country whose interests are paramount, and all indications at present indicate that the Americans do not want to intervene in this war between us and Japan. However, the United States did not want to give up its huge interests in China, so it could only constantly reassure the Japanese. However, I think that the appetite of the Japanese is obviously not something that the United States can satisfy, so I judge that it is only a matter of time before the United States and Japan will inevitably turn the other cheek. ”

Ma Zheng was surprised by the chairman's judgment, such a sharp strategic vision is indeed a fork, if he had not traveled back in time and was familiar with the trend of history, it would be impossible to accurately deduce the changes in the relationship between the United States and Japan based on the current news alone.

"Chairman, I share your judgment. At present, isolationism and pacifism are prevailing in the United States, and a large number of Americans believe that the United States has a unique protection of the two oceans, and that disputes between other countries in the world have little to do with the United States, and that the United States does not need to be involved, and this naturally includes the war between China and Japan. ”

In addition, in the past two years, Japan has been fairly restrained in its treatment of the United States, and its aggression has not posed a fundamental threat to US interests in China, and it has also claimed to guarantee respect for the rights and interests of third countries in China. More importantly, the United States has important economic interests in Japan, Japan is one of the three important export markets of the United States, and during this period of economic recession, the Japanese market is particularly important to American capitalists, so the United States will not help China deal with Japan, let alone get involved in this war, but will use this opportunity to make a lot of war money, just like during World War I. ”

Speaking of this, Ma Zheng's voice changed and said: "However, Japan's goal is to completely annex China, and at the end of last year, the Konoe cabinet issued a second statement on China. The statement declared that Japan wants to establish a "new East Asian order" of "trilateral cooperation between Japan, Manchuria, and China." Japan's idea of establishing a new order in Greater East Asia is a direct challenge to the US open-door policy and has seriously damaged US interests in China. ”

Therefore, it is obvious that the contradiction between the United States and Japan in their struggle for hegemony in the Asia-Pacific region is becoming increasingly acute. The expansion of Japan's invasion of China made the United States begin to realize that Japan's policy in China did reflect Japan's desire to seek control over the entire Asian and Pacific region. This has made the United States feel that its interests in the Asia-Pacific region are seriously threatened, and therefore the United States can no longer tolerate Japan's aggressive expansion in the Asia-Pacific region and has no choice but to adopt some sanctions against Japan. ”

"Now that the United States is aware of the threat from Japan, the U.S. government will turn a blind eye to what we do not go too far in the United States. What's more, once we set up a penicillin production base in the United States, it will definitely be a pie in the sky for the US government. Not to mention economic benefits, political influence alone will be greatly increased! ”

The chairman asked, puzzled: "I understand this economic benefit, that is, taxes, but what other political impact does this penicillin have?" ”

Ma Zheng immediately said: "The economic impact is not only taxes, the United States has just experienced an economic crisis, the impact of the Great Depression is still continuing, our production base in the United States can not only pay a lot of taxes for the U.S. government, but also provide a large number of jobs for the American people and reduce the pressure on the government." Secondly, penicillin is the world's first antibiotic, but also for anti-inflammatory has a unique effect of the specific drug, now the situation around the world is so turbulent, any country can see the strategic role of penicillin, will inevitably hoard a large number of penicillin, and now the drug in the United States, who wants to buy first through the US government, which is an important bonus to the political influence of the US government. ”

The chairman nodded and said, "So the Americans should welcome us, and your idea can basically succeed?" ”

Ma Zheng smiled and said, "It should be fine, but if we want to better cooperate with this plan, we must also do something militarily?" ”

"Oh, what does this plan have to do militarily?" The Chairman asked, puzzled. (To be continued.) )