The birth of the Dexing Copper Mine immediately attracted all the attention of the Quzhou Maoliangwu Kumaling Fluorite Mine, and people rushed to Shangrao, ready to snatch the bonds of the Dexing Copper Mine and steadily reap the profits. This newly formed mining company has the participation of the Jiangxi Provincial Security Department and the Shangrao Administration, and there is no problem in terms of security, as long as the copper reserves are large enough, making money is almost doomed, which is much more than putting money in a bank or bank, or setting up a factory and collecting land rent.

Nanjing, Central Military Academy, resting house.

In the elegant study room filled with the fragrance of moon flowers, Chiang Kai-shek threw down the newspaper in his hand and said to Dai Li, who was standing in front of him: "Yunong, what is going on with this Dexing Copper Mine, why didn't the Ministry of Industry of the Executive Yuan report the news?" Aren't all minerals stated? How can you allow the local government to mine on its own and openly raise funds from the society, this is really too much?"

Dai Libi replied respectfully:

"Principal, I have investigated this matter clearly, and the cause of the incident is that the Quzhou Changshan Maoliangwu Chamber of Commerce has invested in a large-scale fluorite mine for its exploration, which has been a great success, causing Shangrao to follow suit. According to the news from Quzhou, as early as before the exploration, the Maoliangwu Chamber of Commerce reported to the Zhejiang Provincial Government and spent 200,000 yuan to obtain the exclusive exploration and mining rights in the surrounding areas of Maoliangwu. ”

"Who knows that the road is not settled wave after wave, Shangrao's Dexing County has actually explored a giant copper mine, but also involves the Jiangxi Provincial Security Department, Shangrao local administration and chamber of commerce, because this newly discovered copper mine and the army and local government are implicated, now even Jiangxi Provincial Chairman Xiong Shihui is very jealous of this, there is a heart to reach out and fear of triggering a national public opinion attack, so until now, no one knows what to do in Ludao"

"Nope"

Chiang Kai-shek shook his head categorically: "Such a large mineral deposit, and it is a strategic resource like copper, must be firmly in the hands of the state, how can it be allowed to be exploited by private individuals?" I remember that the "Mining Law" promulgated in the 19th year of the Republic of China has provisions in this regard, why does the Ministry of Industry not intervene? ”

"The main thing is that you don't understand whether this Dexing copper mine should be government-run or private"

After Dai Li's answer, he further explained: "This time, the Jiangxi Provincial Security Department and the Shangrao Administration were involved, and before that, the Shangrao Chamber of Commerce had filed a case with the Jiangxi Provincial Government...... Dexing as early as the Tang and Song dynasties have begun to mine copper, smelting the originator of Dexing's Zhang Qian with wet smelting copper, but after years of mining, to the end of the Qing Dynasty has not found new deposits, before the Ministry of Industry geological experts have also specialized in exploring Dexing, that the veins there have been exhausted, so the national government and the Jiangxi provincial government have respectively transferred the mining rights to the Shangrao local government, Shangrao Administration and then handed over to the private lease. At that time, the idea was that no matter who came to explore and exploit, as long as they could receive taxes, no one expected that such a huge fortune would be involved."

Chiang Kai-shek was silent for a while, and then sighed: "It seems that there are still loopholes in our Mining Law that can be exploited, and they must be improved...... However, even if there is no way to rely on it, such strategic resources must not be in the hands of the local governments, and must be returned to the central government, since we can't find a way from the legal side, then remove the officials, I don't believe it......

Before the words fell, Chen Bui walked into the study with a happy face, and said loudly: "Seat, happy event, great happy event......"

Chiang Kai-shek turned his head in surprise and asked, "Hikoji, what makes you so happy?" ”

Chen Bui handed the telegram in his hand to Chiang Kai-shek: "The Jiangxi Provincial Security Department and the Shangrao Administration have jointly sent a telegram, in view of the difficult state affairs and the need for money in all aspects, the Jiangxi Provincial Security Department and the Shangrao Administration are ready to hand over 40 percent of the shares of the Dexing Copper Mine to the central government, and at the same time, the funds raised by this foreign investment promotion, except for the expenses required to develop the mineral deposits, will be transferred to the state treasury to alleviate the urgent needs of the central government."

Chiang Kai-shek was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses, hurriedly lowered his head and carefully looked at the telegram in his hand, and after a long while, Huo Ran stood up and said loudly:

"Liu Rulin and Wang Daohan are both rare party-state talents, who can be anxious about the central government's urgency and take the initiative to hand over huge sums of money to the central government, which is worthy of commendation With this money, the funds for the construction of defense fortifications in Jiangsu and Zhejiang will be settled, and there will be no need to worry about huge deficits."

Chen Bui said with a smile: "What's more, in order to calm down the incident, Mr. Ziwen and Mr. Yongzhi have each taken out two million for emergency purposes, plus more than six million yuan obtained by the central government from the officials of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, if there is another unexpected income, the treasury will be abundant all of a sudden."

Chiang Kai-shek nodded heavily: "That's right, with this money, we can at least arm two more German armor divisions, or buy a batch of new fighters, which will greatly enrich our air power."

Speaking of this, Chiang Kai-shek suddenly remembered something and said to Chen Bui:

"Yan Ji, did Wu Ming submit a report on the situation of the main combat aircraft of various countries today through General Baifu (Zhou Zhirou)? It seems to mention that Germany has recently developed a fighter called Hfl09, calling it the most advanced fighter in the world...... Do you think we need to ask Yongzhi to buy a batch back during his visit to Germany? ”

"That's true"

Chen Bui said happily: "The main purpose of Mr. Yongzhi's visit to European countries is to purchase ordnance. The delegation will visit Germany next month, and I think we can find a way to bring in this aircraft, which is said to be extremely high-performance. ”

"According to Zhou Baifu, Wu Ming judged that with the good cooperative relationship between us and the German government, the Germans will not set up too many obstacles to sales in order to obtain the actual combat data of the fighters, and we only need to promise to keep it strictly confidential, perhaps the Germans will agree to export some of the fighters to us."

Chiang Kai-shek immediately made a decision: "Yan Ji, you go and draft the telegram now...... The Germans are in increasing demand for our tungsten sand, antimony sand and other minerals, and we only need to know the benefits and get unexpected receipts. Wu Ming said in his State of the Union address that Hitler was a political opportunist, and that the German dictator had openly said that there were no permanent friends in international relations, only eternal interests, and that while Sino-German relations were still in the honeymoon period, we must try by all means to obtain enough benefits, so that we would not be caught off guard by the loss of this ally in the future."

At this time, neither Chiang Kai-shek nor Chen Bui realized that they had been greatly influenced by Wu Ming unconsciously, and they were imperceptibly following Wu Ming's ideas in both thinking and acting.

When Chen Bui left, Chiang Kai-shek remembered something and hurriedly asked Dai Li: "Yunong, is Wu Ming involved in the fundraising of the Maoliangwu Chamber of Commerce?" ”

Dai Li hesitated and shook his head: "Fang Zhibin went to Jiaxing, and our work in the new second division is temporarily blank, so I don't know what is going on with the props." However, judging from various signs, the fundraising incident of the Maoliangwu Chamber of Commerce must be inseparable from Wu Ming...... Principal, why don't I go to Quzhou myself? ”

"Very good"

Chiang Kai-shek admired Dai Li's courage to do things very much, and said: "Go all out to investigate, even if you find clues, it's good, as long as you can find tangible evidence, I will give you a big credit, if you really can't find out, it's nothing, you can help me bring a word, ask Wu Ming, what does it mean that he took the deputy chief of staff sent by the Central Military Committee and the Ministry of Military Affairs away?" Does he want to rebel? You want him to be honest and tell me how many things he is hiding from me."

Dai Li's face showed a hint of joy, he knew that Chiang Kai-shek asked this question purely to scare the unruly guy, with Chiang Kai-shek's words as a foreshadowing, no matter how difficult Wu Ming was, he had to temporarily lower his proud head and obediently accept the investigation of the secret service.

But is it really that simple?

Northeast Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Zhejiang defense fortification construction site.

Zhapu is located in the throat of the north bank of Hangzhou Bay, from the coast to the west due to the sediment accumulation brought by the upper reaches of the Qiantang River, as well as the change of tide, resulting in frequent swing of the main trough line, complex and changeable waterway, large-tonnage ships dare not go deep, Zhapu with a deeper draft has become one of the best choices for a large number of invading enemies from the sea to land on the north shore of Hangzhou Bay.

Zhapu leans on the mountain and faces the sea, since the Southern Song Dynasty, it is a commercial port, and the Yuan set up a city shipping company, and opens the port for foreign trade. The famous Ming Jiajing "Liangzhuang Pingwa" battle and the "Guanshanwan Anti-British" battle in the Qing Daoguang Opium War were both carried out to defend Zhapu.

After the January 28 Incident in Shanghai, the Nationalist Government began to rectify the Jiangfang and coastal defenses, and the Navy of the Nationalist Government used the forts built in the late Qing Dynasty to build the Nanwan and Tianfeigong forts on the east and west hills of Jiulong Mountain at an altitude of more than 100 meters, and at the same time the Navy also deployed a garrison of more than 600 people in Zhapu, in addition to equipping two L50 mm caliber giant guns in the late Qing Dynasty, it also deployed four additional 0 mm heavy cannons purchased from Germany as shore defense guns.

Long Shaogang, deputy commander of the new Second Division, stood on the top of the dustpan behind the Nanwan Fort, holding a telescope and looking at the turbulent Hangzhou Bay in front of him, and then moved left and right to observe the situation on both wings of Jiulong Mountain.

"Everywhere, the terrain of Zhapu is dangerous, especially if the Japanese army wants to launch a landing under the fire of the shore defense artillery, the sacrifice will be great. On the contrary, the coastline is relatively flat on the line from the northeast of Zhapu to Quangongting, and the Japanese army can completely bypass our fortress defense area and choose any place northeast of Jiulong Mountain to land."

"The Japanese army only needs to bypass Jiulong Mountain, then the fort with a strong frontal defense will become an ornament, and the Japanese army can launch an attack from the weak defensive area behind the Zhapu side, and then the troops in Qinglong Mountain will have no choice but to retreat In my opinion, the previous defense fortification design has obvious loopholes and must be corrected."

Although Long Shaogang, the director of the provincial security department, cannot control the new second division that belongs to the central military system, how can it be said that the new second division is also stationed on the territory of Zhejiang, and it is inevitable that he will deal with the provincial security department. Moreover, Xuan Tiewu, as Chiang Kai-shek's confidant, shouldered the heavy responsibility of guiding the defense line of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, so Long Shaogang behaved very respectfully to Xuan Tiewu.

Xuan Tiewu looked around in the direction pointed by Long Shaogang and nodded:

"That's true, the Zhaja line is led by Zhapu. Due to the proximity of Zhapu to the coast, it would be extremely difficult to rescue the battery area under the threat of Japanese naval guns...... Once Zhapu is the first to be broken through by the Japanese army, the Japanese army can calmly follow the coastal road, directly penetrate Haiyan, Haining and other counties, and then cut off the Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo railway, then the Zhajia line, which we have built with heavy money, will not play any role, and our troops on the Songhu front line and the national defense line may be surrounded by the Japanese army...... It seems that it is indeed necessary to strengthen the flank and ventral back defense line of Qinglong Mountain."

Long Shaogang asked the guards to send the map and put it on the ground:

"Please take a seat, Zhapu, Jiaxing, Pingwang, Wujiang, Suzhou, Changshu, and Fushan form a complete national defense line, and any mistake will be fatal to the entire defense line.

After Xuan Tiewu squatted down, he pondered for a long time on the map and asked: "What if the main forces of China and Japan confront each other in Shanghai, and the Japanese troops who landed in Hangzhou Bay ignore the divisions and go north directly along the periphery of our defense fortifications and attack Jiaxing?" Or how should we deal with the fact that we ignore our fortifications and turn around and surround our troops assembled in the Songhu area? ”

Long Shaogang laughed: "It would be nice if that was the case... The troops deployed on the front line of defense fortifications can quickly attack, encircle the main forces assembled in Shanghai from east to west, calmly destroy the enemy who has landed, and fight a few more similar battles of annihilation

Xuan Tiewu stroked his chin and muttered: "In this way, the troops assembled in the defense line must not act rashly, otherwise once the Japanese army is successfully landed, and the defense line does not deploy the corresponding defense force, the whole situation will immediately collapse."

"Won't it?"

Long Shaogang asked a little strangely: "Even I, a person who has never attended a regular military academy, know the importance of deploying heavy troops on this national defense line, it is impossible for the central government not to know about Lu Dao, right?" ”

Xuan Tiewu stood up, looked at the construction scene of the officers and soldiers of the new Second Division in the north and northeast of Qinglong Mountain, and took a deep breath:

"In the previous combat plan formulated by the Military Committee and the General Staff Headquarters, there was indeed no relevant plan, and this matter had to be brought to the attention of the chairman anyway, so I will go back and call ......."