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At first glance, it may seem difficult to double the oil production of the South Seas, but Hu Weidong knows exactly where a large oil field is located that has not yet been discovered at this time. This Minas oil field is also the largest oil field in Indonesia in history, located in the central part of Sumatra, Riau Province along the coast of the Strait of Malacca swamp zone, discovered in the forties of the twentieth century, recoverable reserves of more than 1 billion tons, if the exploration is sufficient, it is easy to produce 10 million tons per year. It is also worth mentioning that there are also four major oil fields in Indonesia in the vicinity, which together account for a percentage of Indonesia's total historical reserves, of course, during World War II alone, the Minas oil field alone is enough

A huge oil field with such large reserves is far easier to find than those small and medium-sized oil fields in Germany, but because of its remote location, it was not until it was officially put into production a year later that it gradually became known to the world. As an investor, Zhongfu Co., Ltd. made hundreds of millions of dollars in net income from it only before the outbreak of the Pacific War, and Zhongfu International, as its second largest shareholder, naturally made a lot of money.

And Ford also benefited a lot from it, the profit dividend of Zhongfu shares is only one aspect, and more importantly, those Jewish consortia can manipulate international oil prices to get Ford's neck, and this trick will not work in the future. And take advantage of this opportunity to invest in the Minas oil field. Hu Weidong also introduced Chen Jiageng and other major leaders in the Nanyang rubber industry to Ezel. Ford, the two sides then signed a cooperation agreement, which will allow Ford to reduce the cost of rubber by a lot. In addition, due to the continuous growth of profits, Ford, which was not short of money, began to invest in the ocean shipping industry, which is still in a recession cycle, thus completing the construction of a "one-stop" enterprise system.

This business model is inefficient, but it can effectively prevent various risks. This was evident in the late thirties and early forties, when the aftermath of the economic crisis was lingering and the shadow of war was soon loomed, and there was an advantage to doing so over concentrating on a single industry. That is, the Antitrust Act of the United States can be circumvented. Within a few years, Ford, which was already at the forefront of Shijie, grew into a super-giant industrial conglomerate unprecedented in Shijie's history, and even the Jewish consortium that manipulated the economies of many countries was afraid of it. And the high-spirited old Ford even openly wrote an article criticizing the greed of the Jewish consortium for causing the Great Depression, which was the biggest scourge on Shijie, and caused a great storm for a while, of course, these are all later stories

Guiding the devils to Nanyang will be of great help to the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, but it will be an unprecedented disaster for the overseas Chinese living in Nanyang. Hu Weidong felt guilty in his heart but had no other choice, so he could only persuade the overseas Chinese in Nanyang to move away as much as possible, especially the "Jedi" of Singapore, but everyone was generally reluctant to work hard for several generations, and almost did not think that the devil could defeat the British army. So there are not many people who listen to persuasion. In this regard, Hu Weidong can only say sorry in his heart, after all, what he wants to defend is the overall interests of the Chinese nation

As soon as Hu Weidong returned to China, he learned several good news, Tesla not only arrived safely in the Central Plains base, but also quickly made a significant contribution, and Shu Xingbei, who had once again made improvements to the Shiyan radar, finally succeeded in designing and manufacturing the first radar with actual combat significance with the help of Tesla. The previously difficult radio proximity fuze project has also made breakthroughs, and Shu Xingbei, who has never been convinced, was completely impressed in front of this Tesla, a once-in-a-century Frankenstein, and his character became modest and cautious, perhaps because of this, the tragedy of his life in history was avoided

In addition, He Zuolin, a former lecturer at the Department of Geology of Peking University who discovered rare earth ore in Baiyun Obo two years ago, also found rare earth ore in Suizhou, Hubei Province, although the reserves are far from comparable with Baiyun Obo, but at least they were enough during the Anti-Japanese War. Rare earth has irreplaceable value for the steel industry, and is a necessary additive for the production of ductile iron, not to mention that Hu Weidong wants people to study rare earth permanent magnet materials, the basic raw materials are available, the subject immediately began non-stop, Tesla, who is very interested in it, despite his eighty years of age, personally presided over the project. …,

Due to the progress of the peace talks between the two parties, more and more categories of materials have begun to be openly transported into the base areas, the most important of which are naturally those precious machines that Hu Weidong purchased abroad, so that not only the basic industry in the Central Plains base area has advanced by leaps and bounds, but also many weapons that Hu Weidong was forced to give up the development of can finally be put on the ground, in addition to the above-mentioned ones in the Bayi gun family, Hu Weidong attaches the most importance to the development of 40mm individual rocket launchers, 107mm rocket launchers, 105mm mountain artillery and various anti-aircraft guns.

During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in North China, the grenades that were thought to be effective anti-tank exposed the defects of insufficient accuracy and too close range, and Hu Weidong made up his mind to develop a more powerful, more accurate, and longer range individual rocket launcher. After the industrial foundation of the Central Plains base area was significantly consolidated, especially after the industrial production of optical lenses and seamless steel tubes was realized, Hu Weidong immediately began the development of the 40mm individual rocket launcher with the historical Type 69 bazooka as the basic template.

Compared with individual rocket launchers, 107mm rocket artillery is more valued by Hu Weidong, this classic in the history of the new Chinese industry can not only be concentrated on the enemy's large forces and important strongholds to carry out fierce fire coverage, but also can be disassembled into four tubes, double tubes, single tubes, or even abandon the barrel, single use of rockets for guerrilla operations, especially the non-barrel firing method is even more invincible, and 107mm rockets even without a barrel, still have incredible high precision, the enemy's barracks, warehouses, Large targets such as airports are extremely threatening (.

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