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Although it is in China's interest for both sides of the war to fight longer, when China is still not directly involved in the war, there is only one way to provide technology and equipment that is ahead of the times, and it is absolutely impossible to give it in vain with the tradition of "asking for money from death" started by Hu Weidong. It's just that because Germany is now completely cut off from communication with China, even if Hu Weidong hates Japan, he will only have this only "support" object. Although Hu Weidong actually knows that the longer Japan persists, the more miserable its future will be, but he is still a little unhappy in his heart

However, to Hu Weidong's surprise, the Japanese Government first sent a special envoy to China to visit China secretly before China sent people to contact the Japanese side, and this kind of decision-making efficiency was much higher than that of the original invasion of China. Because Japan's situation in the Pacific theater has begun to deteriorate rapidly, it is simply too late to introduce technology and slowly digest it, so the Japanese government has no choice but to choose to directly purchase ready-made weapons and equipment from China, and due to the huge air defense pressure, the J-1, which has always been better than the Zero fighter and has similar characteristics, has become the top priority of their procurement.

When Hu Weidong heard this, he naturally couldn't ask for it, "I was going to sell jet planes to them, but since I have the opportunity to exchange those obsolete products for money, let's talk about it in half a year." Anyway, it will take time for the production capacity of the J-2 to come up. Moreover, our supersonic aircraft is about to make its first flight, and if we sell it later, we can continue to maintain our technological leadership over Japan."

The Japanese government's sudden increase in purchase orders includes 1,500 J-1 fighter jets, 10,000 aero engines with two-stage boosters and 20,000 turbochargers, with a total transaction value of $280 million. This is also the result of the Chinese government's rare offer of a conscience. Unconsciously, almost all of the wealth that Japan plundered in the Pacific War had flowed into China through trade, and it is hard to say whether the war would have been fought had it not been for the increasing iron ore production in northwestern Australia and Padang, Indonesia, which opened up new sources of revenue for the Japanese government.

It is said that in 1945, the iron ore output of Japan and its occupied areas has surged to more than 50 million tons, of which more than 30 million tons have been exported to China, and these high-grade iron-rich ore even exceed the total demand of China's iron and steel industry this year, but in Hu Weidong, "I can't use it and buy it and store it, anyway, iron ore will not deteriorate." Under the guidance of the ideology, China's iron and steel enterprises are like a bottomless blood basin mouth, swallowing all these high-quality iron ore that has been pressed to the price of cabbage

Except for iron ore. China's crude oil, which is now self-sufficient, is also being imported as much as possible to increase its reserves. It's just that because the storage cost is much higher than that of iron ore, the amount eaten is not so exaggerated. The same is true of other resources such as nickel and copper, which are relatively small in China, although Hu Weidong, a traverser, helped China discover several world-class mines in advance, but in a sense. Their greatest value is actually just to facilitate our import price reduction. China's future full industrialization will be too terrifying for the amount of resources it will use. What can be saved by its own limited reserves is still to be saved as much as possible, not to mention that if China wants to share the fruits of the final victory in World War II, it is impossible not to participate in the war. At that time, it will be all the more necessary to have sufficient strategic reserves

Although in 1945 China made a lot of money doing business with both camps at the same time, it was also a year in which China's industry continued to grow at a high rate, increasing by nearly 20 percent from 1944 at year-on-year prices, far exceeding that of any other country in the world. The output of major industrial products also achieved a high and sustained growth, although the growth rate dropped significantly compared with before, but to a certain extent, this indicates that China's industrial system in 1945 became more balanced and healthy than before.

The reason why such a high rate of growth has been maintained is that the huge investment is no longer the main reason, and the large number of orders from Japan and the Soviet Union has now risen to a more important stimulus, and the promotion of market demand for industrial production has never been inferior to that of fixed asset investment.

In the last two months of 1945, in addition to the number of talents that must be guaranteed by the more important departments such as administration, the army, and education, almost all the population that could be trained to become industrial labor force had become industrial workers. But their numbers are insignificant compared to the size of China's industry today.

That is to say, for a period of time after that, China's industrial development can only rely on the improvement of labor productivity, under the premise that China's industrial starting point is relatively high in this time and space, the difficulty can be imagined, especially at present, China's scientific research focus is still on the military industry that cannot directly act on the economy in the short term, and the effect is naturally limited only by relying on the spontaneous research of enterprises

According to Hu Weidong's estimates, China's total industrial output in 1946 was at most 8 percent higher than in 1945, and the growth rate of gross national income could not exceed 5 percent, regardless of China's possible entry into the war. This figure is not to mention compared with previous years, even compared with the history of New China, it is really too slow, you must know that even in some years of the ten years of turmoil, the growth rate of industry is more than 8%! Although compared to the war-torn world powers, China's industrial growth rate of 8% is already quite impressive

It is not until at least 1948 (that is, 5 years of primary school + 3 years of junior high school) that the results of the universal compulsory education of the whole country in New China come out, and this problem may be fundamentally solved. Until then, even if China has more orders and investment, it is unlikely that China's industry will continue to grow at a high rate, and the nationwide labor shortage is a headache for the CEOs of state-owned enterprises and the bosses of private companies.

It is precisely for this reason that Hu Weidong believes that in order to ensure China's industrial development as much as possible and to reserve as much of the limited number of highly educated population as possible for industry, science and education, ordinary light infantry can try to recruit young people with a low level of education, especially young people from the rural areas, except for the technical arms that require a high level of education.

In fact, the light infantry has a lower level of education, and its combat effectiveness is not necessarily worse; compared with the so-called "urban young master soldiers" in the mouths of some generals, the rural soldiers with a relatively low level of education are more obedient, and they are also more courageous and hardworking, while China's light weapons are very simple to maintain, and the requirements for the education level of the soldiers are very low, so it is easier for rural recruits to train into qualified PLA soldiers. (To be continued......)