While the two were talking, Cheng Yue walked over quickly.

Cheng Yue reported: "Political commissar, and captain, Jin Suijun sent a strange telegram. ”

"I'll see." Wang Ye took the telegram and read it, and a smile immediately bloomed on the corner of his mouth, Finally waiting for you, Chief Yan.

"Xiao Wang, why are you smiling so insidiously?" Zhao Gang couldn't help but quipped, "Looking at you like this, I guess who is going to be unlucky, I don't know if it's a devil or Jin Suijun." ”

Wang Ye feigned anger and said, "Political commissar, I don't bring you like this." ”

"I'm just kidding." Zhao Gang waved his hand and said, "What's the matter?" ”

"Chief Yan personally congratulates us." Wang Ye handed the telegram to Zhao Gang as he spoke.

After reading it, Zhao Gang was confused, and said a little puzzled: "Yan Laoxi specially sent us a telegram, just to say this nonsense that is not salty and not to be talked about?" ”

"Of course not." Wang Ye said, "Yan Laoxi is throwing stones to ask for directions. ”

"Throwing stones and asking for directions?" Zhao Gang said, "What stone to throw?" Ask what way? ”

Wang Ye said: "Political commissar, what did you say when you read the last sentence of the telegram?" ”

Zhao Gang read out the last sentence of the telegram: "If there is any need, the theater commander's department should fully cooperate, and the theater should work together to ruthlessly file the arrogance of the Japanese invaders." ”

"Nothing? It's just an empty word. ”

After a pause, Zhao Gang said again: "In normal times, some high-ranking officials of the Kuomintang don't often say such clichés, empty words and nonsense? None of the sentences in the half-basket are really useful. ”

Wang Ye said: "But this time is different, this is a code word." ”

"Secret words?" Cheng Yue hadn't left yet, and when she heard this, she couldn't help but ask, "How to understand?" ”

Wang Ye said with a smile: "Yan Xishan's sentence can't be read correctly, it has to be understood in reverse. ”

"Can't read it properly? Turn? Cheng Yue subconsciously said, "The arrogant ......"

Wang Ye burst out laughing and said, "It's not for you to read it the other way around, but to understand what Lao Yan means, he said that if there is anything that needs the full cooperation of the Theater Commander's Department, the implication is that he needs our cooperation now." ”

"The Chief's Department needs our cooperation?" Zhao Gang said, "How to cooperate?" Surrender the seizure to the Commander's Department of the War Zone? Isn't this nonsense, Yan Laoxi can't be so naïve, right? ”

Wang Ye said: "Yan Laoxi will not daydream like this, the cooperation he wants has actually been told to us, just in the last sentence of the telegram, the arrogance of the Japanese criminals." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Gang finally reacted.

Zhao Gang is a righteous person, and he never bothered to think about those twists and turns, so he couldn't comprehend Yan Xishan's telegram at all, but Wang Ye reminded him many times, and Zhao finally reacted just now.

"Xiao Wang, are you saying that Yan Xishan wants us to hand over the prisoners of war to the Chief's Department?"

Zhao Gang said: "Then Yan Xishan can make a fuss about these prisoners of war and create public opinion?" ”

Wang Ye said: "If I understand correctly, Lao Yan should mean this." ”

Cheng Yue said: "If you want to say that, Yan Xishan is shameless enough, isn't this eating ready-made rice?" ”

Wang Ye said: "For those high-ranking officials and high-ranking generals of the Kuomintang, this is a routine operation. ”

"I can't promise him this." Zhao Gang said, "Our party pursues an independent political commissar of the War of Resistance, and the Commander's Department of the Second War Zone has no authority to require us to hand over Japanese prisoners of war. ”

"Don't." Wang Ye hurriedly said, "Political commissar, prisoners of war can be given." ”

"Nonsense!" Zhao Gang said angrily, "Xiao Wang, what are you talking about? ”

"Commissar, prisoners of war can really be given." Wang Ye said with a smile, "But we have to exchange the engineers and skilled workers of the Taiyuan Arsenal with us." ”

"Oh yes." Zhao Gang patted his head and said, "I forgot about this." ”

After a pause, Zhao Gang said again: "However, with my understanding of Yan Laoxi, I am afraid that he will not agree, Taiyuan Arsenal is his treasure bump in Yan Xishan, not only machinery and equipment, but also personnel." ”

Wang Ye said: "No matter what, you have to try." ”

Zhao Gang said: "This is also true. ”

……

Qiulin Town, Headquarters of the Second World War Zone Governor.

Yang Zhenji hurriedly walked into Yan Xishan's office and reported: "General, the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army has replied. ”

"Really?" Hearing this, Yan Xishan hurriedly put down the big teapot and asked eagerly, "Has the Eighth Route Army understood the meaning of our telegram?" ”

"The Eighth Route Army has understood." Yang Zhenji nodded, "And put forward the conditions for the transfer of prisoners of war." ”

"Really? Is the Eighth Route Army so easy to talk to? Yan Xishan was really overjoyed at this time, and asked again, "Tell me what conditions they have?" As long as it's not too harsh, I'll say yes to them all. ”

"The conditions are harsh, but not harsh." Yang Zhenji said, "It's not ......"

"Hey, don't spit out." Yan Xishan said, "You just have to say it boldly. ”

Yang Zhenji replied and said: "The Eighth Route Army proposed, let us exchange the engineers and skilled workers of the Taiyuan Arsenal with them, one skilled worker for ten ordinary devils or one devil lieutenant, one engineer for one hundred ordinary devils or ten devil lieutenants, or one devil adjutant, and ......."

Yan Xishan's face immediately fell, and he said in a deep voice, "What else? Say. ”

Yang Zhenji whispered: "The Eighth Route Army also said that if it is Zhang Gong, it can be replaced by a devil Dazuo. ”

Zhang Gong is talking about Zhang Kai, the chief engineer of the explosives factory of the Taiyuan Arsenal and the inventor of the Kaizi explosives.

Hearing this, Yan Xishan's face became completely gloomy, and he said in a deep voice: "In this way, the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army is really preparing to build a large arsenal!" ”

"I'm afraid so." Yang Zhenji said, "According to the information fed back by Director Liang, after the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army captured Taiyuan last time, it almost moved the factories inside and outside Taiyuan City, not only the power plant, the steel plant, but even the equipment of the bullet factory was dismantled and transported back to the northwest of Shanxi Province. ”

After a pause, he said: "With the existing equipment, it is impossible to build a large-scale comprehensive arsenal, but it is not difficult to build an arsenal specializing in the production of bullets and shells. ”

Yan Xishan stood up from the recliner and paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back.

Yang Zhenji knew Yan Xishan's habit, and he liked to pace when thinking about problems and making decisions, so he just followed Yan Xishan back and forth with his eyes, but did not interrupt soundly.

After a long time, Yan Xishan suddenly paused and asked, "Director Yang, do you think the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army has the ability to build this arsenal?" ”

Whether the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army has the ability to build an arsenal will directly decide whether Yan Xishan will make this transaction or not.

If the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army is not capable of building an arsenal, then it is safe to boldly send Zhang Kai and other engineers and skilled workers from the Taiyuan Arsenal to the Eighth Route Army, so that it can even reduce the financial pressure on the Second World War Zone, because the number of engineers, skilled workers and their families evacuated from Shanxi is huge, enough to tens of thousands.

In order to feed these tens of thousands of people, Yan Xishan really tried all kinds of methods.

Since the Eighth Route Army wants it now, Yan Xishan is also happy to get rid of this burden.

However, if the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army really has the ability to build this arsenal, then it cannot transfer Zhang Kai and other engineers and skilled workers to them.

The reason is very simple, the Japanese will have to leave Shanxi sooner or later.

At that time, it was the Eighth Route Army that was competing with him Yan Xishan for Shanxi, so if the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army built this large arsenal, then it could provide a steady stream of bullets and shells to the Eighth Route Army, so what happened to Yan Xishan in the whole of Shanxi? It has long become the territory of the Eighth Route Army!

This will kill him Yan Xishan.

On this issue, Yang Zhenji naturally did not dare to judge lightly.

Yang Zhenji, of course, was inclined to the fact that the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army was incapable of building an arsenal.

How can it be so easy to build an arsenal, especially a large arsenal?

Chief Yan has been operating miserably in Shanxi for decades, and it took an unknown amount of manpower and material resources to finally build the Taiyuan Arsenal, and the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army is nested in this small place in the northwest of Shanxi. What do you think!

What's more, the Japanese haven't gone yet.

Will the Japanese army watch the Eighth Route Army build the arsenal?

Therefore, Yang Zhenji did not believe that the 386th Brigade could build an arsenal.

However, to be honest, he is not afraid of 10,000, but he is afraid of what if, in case he says that the Eighth Route Army does not have this ability, and then the Eighth Route Army builds an arsenal, then he will be responsible for this.

Therefore, in line with the principle that more things are better than less things, this must not be said nonsense.

At that moment, Yang Zhenji said: "Boss, I think this possibility still exists, be careful." ”

"Net." Yan Xishan was very dissatisfied with Yang Zhenji's words, and immediately said, "You hurry up and let people prepare the car, and we will go to Luochuan this afternoon." ”

This kind of professional question still has to be asked by professionals.

So, I have to go to Luochuan and ask the engineer of the arsenal.

……

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the national industry in the coastal areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang experienced an epic internal relocation, and thousands of large and small factories and enterprises moved to Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other large and small rear provinces.

A considerable number of factories have also moved to Baoji and other places in Shaanxi Province.

But in fact, in addition to the factories in the coastal areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the national industry in SX Province has also been relocated, but the scale and distance of the relocation are far from enough to compare with the factories in the coastal areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

For example, although most of the machinery and equipment of the Taiyuan Arsenal have not been relocated, the personnel of the arsenal, including engineers hired from abroad and the technical backbone of each workshop, together with their families, have moved to Shaanxi.

After the relocation of the factory to Shaanxi, factories such as flour mills, yarn mills, textile mills, and match factories were soon able to rebuild and put into operation, and they could support their workers with their own profits, but it was impossible for the Taiyuan Arsenal to do so, because the Taiyuan Arsenal was in fact in a state of shutdown after the relocation.

From the end of the 37th year to the end of the move to Luochuan to the present, for nearly five years, the Taiyuan Arsenal has not produced a single cannon, a submachine gun or a bullet.

There is really no way to resume production, and electricity can't solve it.

The factory was in a state of shutdown, and Yan Xishan naturally had no way to sell arms.

If he can't sell arms, he won't have money to pay salaries to engineers and technical backbones, because of this, Yan Xishan can't use his talents to deduct the military salary of the Jin Sui Army or even resell military rations.

But even so, they can only barely maintain the food and clothing of the engineers.

As for the skilled workers and backbone of the arsenal, they are basically lost.

In order to retain these talents, Li Mengshu, the director of the Taiyuan Arsenal, really racked his brains.

The first thing Li Mengshu thinks about when she wakes up every morning is, where should she go to make money today? If you can't get the money today, how many technical backbones will leave?

But that still doesn't stop the loss of personnel.

By this year, even some workshop directors and factory directors couldn't bear it.

Early in the morning, Li Mengshu had just gotten up, because the family had run off cooking, so she could only drink a scoop of cold water to satisfy her hunger temporarily, and when she was thinking about where to get some money, there was a knock on the door.

When I opened the door, I saw two skinny middle-aged men standing outside.

Liu Gongdu, director of the submachine gun factory and director of the steelmaking plant, and Xing Gongbi, director of the smokeless gunpowder factory.

Liu Gongdu and Xing Gongbi are actually very young, less than forty years old, but because of long-term malnutrition, the whole person looks much older than his actual age.

The two looked like old men in their sixties.

"Uncle, we really can't bear it." Liu Gong said with a snort.

Liu Gongdu and their backbone were personally sent by Li Mengshu to the Wuhan Arsenal for further study, and Liu Gongdu and them were all thirteen or fourteen years old at that time, so they all called Li Mengshu uncle.

Then the title has been preserved to this day.

Xing Gongbi also said: "Children are growing their physical age, but now they are always hungry ......"

Li Mengshu sighed and said gloomily: "It's useless uncle, it has hurt the two of you, and it has also hurt your children, if you want to leave, then let's go, but when the Anti-Japanese War is won in the future, you will have to come back." ”

"That's for sure." Liu Gong hurriedly said, "When will the arsenal resume production, uncle, you just need to bring a letter, and we will come back to work without saying a word!" Uncle, in fact, we don't want to leave, but we really can't help it. ”

"Uncle knows, good boys, you are all good boys." Li Mengshu said emotionally.

After sending Liu Gongdu and Xing Gongbi away, Li Mengshu didn't slow down when the knock on the door sounded again.

When I opened the door again, I saw Wang Jiarui and Zheng Yongyang standing outside the door, and when I saw the two of them, Li Mengshu immediately collapsed.

"Mengling (Wang Jiarui's words), Ensan (Zheng Yongyang's words), do you two even want to leave?" Li Mengshu said with a sad face, "You are the elders of the Taiyuan Arsenal!" ”

Wang graduated from the University of Victoria with a degree in Chemistry.

Zheng Yongyang graduated from the University of Shefeier in the United Kingdom with a degree in mechanical and electrical engineering.

When the Taiyuan Arsenal was created, the two resolutely returned to China to devote themselves to it.

By now, the two are already the chief engineers of the Taiyuan Arsenal, and they are in a high position.

"Director, what do you say?" Wang Jiarui and Zheng Yongyang looked at each other, "We didn't say we were leaving." ”

"Not leaving? It's good not to go, it's good not to go. Li Mengshu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Recently, people have been leaving, and I can't even stand Gong Du and Gong Bi just now, I'm really scared." ”

"Are Gong Du and Gong Bi gone?" Wang Jiarui sighed lightly and said, "Factory director, Baichuan Gong has arrived in Luochuan, let you and I hurry up to see him." ”

"Has Baichuan Gong arrived in Luochuan?" Lee was overjoyed.

At that moment, Li Mengshu got into the car sent by Yan Xishan with Wang Jiarui and Zheng Yongyang and went straight to the county office.

In the county office of Luochuan County, Li Mengshu and the three of them met Yan Xishan and the accompanying Luochuan County Magistrate.

It can be seen that the county magistrate of Luochuan County is very nervous, because he is worried that Yan Xishan will settle accounts with him, and blame him for not taking care of the factory relocated from Shanxi.

It would be too easy for Yan Xishan to clean him up.

However, Yan Xishan didn't get along with him, and sent him away with a few words.

The rest are all their own people, Li Mengshu, Wang Jiarui and Zheng Yongyang are loyal to Yan Xishan.

"Tao An, Mengling, Eunsan." Yan Xishan's gaze swept over the faces of Li Mengshu and the others, and said solemnly, "I won't talk about those clichés with you, that's the case." ”

Yan Xishan briefly explained the ins and outs of the matter.

Of course, Yan Xishan would not say that he was trying to maintain the influence of the Sui army.

After a pause, Yan Xishan said again: "You tell me the truth, if you let you go and let those engineers and technical backbones also go over, is it possible to rebuild the Taiyuan Arsenal?" ”

"Baigong, I'm afraid it's impossible to rebuild the Taiyuan Arsenal." Li Mengshu said.

"Yes, a lot of the equipment of the Taiyuan Arsenal has been moved to the Northeast by the Japanese." Wang Jiarui also said, "What remains in Taiyuan is just a bullet factory. ”

Yan Xishan said: "So can the bullet factory be built?" ”

"Of course that's fine." Zheng Yongyang said without thinking, "There is a full set of machinery and equipment, engineering and technical personnel, and ready-made sites, and there is no reason why it cannot be built." ”

Hearing this, Yan Xishan's face immediately fell.

Zheng Yongyang and the three of them looked at each other, not knowing where they said the wrong thing.

"Oh, it's none of your business." Yan Xishan waved his hand and said, "Even if the bullet factory is completed, I'm afraid it won't be able to put it into production, right?" After all, raw materials are needed to produce bullets and shells, don't they? ”

Wang Jiarui shook his head and said, "Baichuan Gong, there is no shortage of raw materials. ”

Zheng Yongyang also said: "Yes, our Shanxi is rich in resources, and there is no shortage of copper, iron and other minerals when you dig up a place, and there is also a rich water resource next to the Yellow River, so whether it is to build a steel plant, a thermal power plant or an acid and nitrate plant, it is not a problem to complete." ”

"Okay, I got it." Yan Xishan nodded, and said, "Have you had lunch?" ”

Without waiting for Li Mengshu and them to answer, Yan Xishan said with a smile: "I have already asked County Magistrate Huang to prepare a table of feasts, let's go, let's eat first, and it's not too late to talk about other things after eating, hehe." ”

"Yes." Li Mengshu and the three of them got up respectfully.

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