"There are no big cities in the distance between Pulandian and Jinzhou, they are all small towns, and the Japanese army's defense in this area is extremely weak, after all, the Japanese army has only one division in the entire Liaodong Peninsula, and it is a little powerless to defend such a large area, so it can only abandon the town and focus on defending Jinzhou, Dalian and Lushunkou!"

Jiang Baili stopped at this point, and Xiao Zhenlei asked, "In this battle, what are the casualties of our army?" What about the Japanese? ”

Jiang Baili said: "The results of the battle damage have come down, and our army has suffered a total of more than 1,000 casualties, of which 302 were directly killed, 178 were seriously injured, and 677 were lightly wounded!" More than 3,400 casualties were suffered by the Japanese Manchurian garrison, more than 1,000 were captured by our army, and more than 500 people fled to the direction of Jinzhou.

After hearing this, Xiao Zhenlei thought for a while and said: "These situations, the Japanese will figure out these situations sooner or later, after the Japanese know it, the Germans will also know it, and the Germans will know it, Britain and France will soon know it, and they can't hide it for long." By the way, I keep these captured Japanese equipment, and no one is allowed to touch its crooked ideas! ”

Jiang Baili said: "President, some time ago, the British military was still communicating with us, hoping that our country could sell some guns and ammunition to them, after all, during the French war, the British and French forces suffered too many losses, and in a hurry, their arsenal did not have time to produce, so they had the intention of buying guns and ammunition from us!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei smiled when he heard this: "This is simple, I have long expected that Britain and France will definitely be defeated by Germany on the battlefield in France, and not only will they lose a large number of soldiers." And all weapons and ammunition will be lost, I have long had the General Logistics Department prepare a batch of guns and ammunition. Since the British want to buy it, then you contact the British military. Sell them this piece of weapons we have hoarded, and they are all their standard weapons? Enfield rifles and matching ammunition, the total number of a million, not much ammunition, they should have ammunition themselves, we sell them this million rifles, those ammunition to sell them, although not much, but it can be used for a while! ”

Jiang Baili and the staff of the staff group didn't expect Xiao Zhenlei to think of this a long time ago. It was arranged in advance, and at the same time, they were also extremely shocked by Xiao Zhenlei's ability to judge and analyze, how terrifying this must be, it is not possible to produce and reserve a million rifles and some big medicines in a period of time, this time is definitely not short, maybe Xiao Zhenlei has already let several arsenals produce two years ago.

Jiang Baili swallowed the saliva in his mouth, he was really speechless, Xiao Zhenlei had analyzed and predicted today's result a few years ago, and he was determined. said: "Okay, I just don't know how to calculate the price of this batch of guns and ammunition sold to the British?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei said: "Including the ammunition, each gun counts them forty pounds, but let them pay in Huayuan!" ”

Jiang Baili and the staff were all stunned when they heard Xiao Zhenlei's words. Jiang Baili and Cai Ye and several other soldiers were surprised because the price was a bit high for the British, while the staff of the other staff groups did not know the international price of firearms, and they were surprised that Xiao Zhenlei asked the British to pay in Chinese dollars.

Jiang Baili was puzzled: "Great president." Isn't that a bit too high? Can the British agree? Besides, why let them pay in Chinese dollars? The total amount of money for so many guns sold to the British is not a small amount. Do the British have so many of our country's banknotes in their hands? ”

When Xiao Zhenlei saw that the staff were all looking at him, he knew that they didn't understand the reason either. He said: "The war has been going on for a whole year, and now the war is tight, and the arms trade is the most profitable business now, so the price of weapons and ammunition in the international arena is also rising in a straight line, and we sell weapons and ammunition to the British, of course, we must sell them according to the international price, and each gun plus ammunition is only 40 pounds for them is already a friendly price, and they find their own ships to transport back, we are not responsible for transportation, and we must pay attention to proportions when negotiating with them. If you don't think you have the talent to do so, I can ask the diplomatic service to send you a few negotiators."

"As for why the British should be paid in Chinese dollars, of course there is a reason, the war has been going on for more than a year, whether it is for the Allies or for the Entente, it is a very heavy blow economically, France and Belgium were directly annihilated, this needless to say, the franc has become a waste paper, the British economy has also declined, the pound has been depreciating for a long time, when our country just issued a new currency, the exchange rate between the British pound and the Chinese dollar was 1: 5.35, and the current exchange rate is estimated to be less than 1:5, if they pay in pounds, when we get the money, the pound depreciation is worth more, aren't we very at a loss? That's number one".

"Second, let them pay in Chinese dollars, which can help our country to circulate our currency in the British sphere of influence, the British must not have so much Chinese dollar cash in their hands, and if they want to raise so much Chinese dollars, they must allow our country's currency to circulate in the British sphere of influence, so that they can raise so many Chinese dollars in a short period of time, and also increase the export of our country in raw materials, which we have always wanted but have not been able to achieve! If China's Chinese dollar circulates freely within the British sphere of influence, then it is equivalent to the free circulation of Chinese yuan throughout the world, which will greatly increase the purchasing power of our currency, and the purchasing power of the currency will be stronger."

Jiang Baili, Cai Yi and the members of the staff group only knew that their knowledge in this area was too short after listening to Xiao Zhenlei's explanation, and secretly thought that they must read more books in this area after they went back.

Xiao Zhenlei sighed: "It seems that my staff group still lacks good economic experts, if you have a suitable candidate, you can recommend it to me, thank you!" Okay, this matter is settled, let's talk about the current situation of the naval fleet, Xiao Gao, is General Sa here? ”

Xiao Gao hurriedly said: "It's already here, I'm waiting next door!" ”

"Then let him in!"

"Yes!"

Sa Zhenbing soon came to the conference room, he saluted Xiao Zhenlei, Xiao Zhenlei pointed to the seat next to him: "General Sa, you sit here, let's start directly, I will meet with the special envoy of the President of the United States Princester later, there is not much time!" ”

"Okay, President!" Sa Zhenbing sat down with a word of agreement, and then began to report on the progress of the naval fleet in the Pacific.

"Two weeks ago, our naval fleet left the East China Sea and entered the Pacific Ocean and headed directly for the Northern Mariana Islands, which are the closest group of German Pacific islands to our country, of which Saipan, Tinian and Rota are the three largest islands, and Sinaparo, the southernmost island of the archipelago, is not far from Guam, which is occupied by the United States. Ten days ago, our naval fleet attacked Saipan, the administrative center of the Northern Mariana Islands, disarmed the Germans on the island, and soon fully occupied the island, after the capture of Saipan, the naval fleet left two cruisers to continue to seize the other islands of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the main fleet was divided into two, the First, Second and Third Fleets formed the left fleet to march towards the Caroline Islands, and the fourth fleet advanced to the Micronesian Islands. Seven days ago, a telegram was sent from Saipan that the Northern Mariana Islands had been occupied by our army, and that our army had left behind garrisons and supplies on various islands, hoisted our national flag, and erected monuments to declare sovereignty.

Four days earlier, the Left Fleet had occupied Yap Island, and then continued its southward advance, leaving behind two cruisers that soon occupied Ponapei, Wayne Island, the main island of the Truk Islands, and the main island of the Palau Islands.

Three days ago, the Fourth Fleet occupied the main island of the Micronesian archipelago and is now advancing towards the Marshall Islands and Nauru.

Yesterday morning, two cruisers of the Left Fleet remaining in the Caroline Islands sent a telegram that they had occupied all the Caroline islands and had deployed soldiers on each road, raising the national flag and erecting monuments to assert sovereignty.

Just before I came, a telegram came from the Left Fleet that they had reached the Bismarck Sea and sent a battalion to land on the island of New Britain, where the Germans had a company of troops, and it should be no problem to take it, and this is the current situation! ”

Xiao Zhenlei thought for a while, got up and walked to the map, looked at it, took the command whip and pointed on the map and said: "This is the Bismarck Sea, these four areas were all German territories before, our fleet will occupy all the islands that originally belonged to Germany before the British and Australians react, you see, there are New Britain Island, New Ireland Island, New Guinea Island, etc., these islands around the Bismarck Sea are all originally German dependencies, and the territory here is not small, and the resources are very rich. In addition, two islands in the Solomon Islands are also German, Buka and Bougainville, which cannot be left to the British and Australians! ”

Sa Zhenbing looked at it and said: "President, New Britain Island, New Ireland Island, Buka Island and Bougainville Island and other islands should be able to be taken, but half of the island of New Guinea is a Dutch colony, if we also grab it, will it cause a diplomatic dispute?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei sneered: "Now the world is in chaos, the Netherlands is a small country, even if we rob the entire East Indies, how can it drop?" How dare you drop? It is already very polite to rob only the part of it located on the island of New Guinea, it doesn't matter, even if it dares to fall to the Allies, then we can't ask for it, and directly rob the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)! ”

The staff couldn't help but laugh when they heard Xiao Zhenlei's words. (To be continued......)