On the morning of September 26, 1940, Shancheng, Qijiang County Garrison Headquarters

came to Li Yunlong, and after inquiring, he finally understood the cause and effect.

"Two hundred thousand prisoners of war? How can there be so many? Wang Yue exclaimed, it turned out that the reason why the highest authorities gave up Beiping was that the Japanese army agreed to release the 200,000 prisoners of war of the national army and 200,000 well-trained veterans held in the four provinces of Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi.

"Not only the prisoners of war of the national army, but also some of the troops of the Jinling government, they were all directly disarmed, and then cobbled together 200,000 prisoners of war, the difference is actually not big, the army of the Jinling government was not also the national army before?" Li Yunlong said disdainfully, he is still confused, he went to Beiping, and he didn't even go to the battlefield, so he commanded the artillery to fire a few rounds of artillery, and after that, he became a national hero who killed General Ningci of Gangcun, do you dare to think about this?

If it weren't for the fact that he was hiding from the reporters who flocked to Qijiang County, Li Yunlong would not have easily taken people back to Qijiang County, it was really terrible, there were thousands of female students and young women blocking the gate of the barracks shouting that they would marry him, and there were so many people in Wuyang that even the deputy commander-in-chief would not dare to go out, and if he continued to stay in Beiping, Lao Li was really afraid that he would not be able to withstand the test.

"It's not just 200,000 prisoners of war, right?" Wang Yue asked, the 200,000 prisoners of war is indeed a big enough chip, but who is the highest authority, if they don't have enough chips, they will definitely not let go easily.

"That's 200,000 prisoners of war, but there are quite a few grassroots officers, as well as 200 pilots and nearly 1,000 naval officers and soldiers, and it is said that there are some government personnel and their families stranded in the Modu Concession." It was Zhao Gang who spoke, and the political commissar Zhao at this time was a little tired, Li Yunlong was in the limelight too much these days, he had to receive hundreds of people for Li Yunlong every day, from morning to night, physically and mentally he was extremely tired.

"I heard General Chen reveal the grapevine, the devil plans to mobilize five standing divisions, 1,000 artillery pieces, and 500 warplanes to attack Beiping, and the government is also worried that there will be a large number of casualties among those citizens who refuse to evacuate, so they have to evacuate, in the final analysis, Beiping is our own city, and the people are all Chinese, all of them are their own." Li Yunlong muttered on the side, he was the first to enter the city on the 19th, and he was greatly touched by the ruins and ruins in the city and the corpses lying everywhere.

In this big battle, not to mention the number of casualties among the soldiers, the casualties of the citizens of Beiping alone exceeded 100,000, and the property losses could not be counted, if it was fought again, even if it was a fluke to be able to hold the city of Beiping, the casualties of the citizens would be very large, and if the Japanese army suffered too much loss and then carried out another massacre, it would really be more than worth the loss.

"Yes, I knew that I wouldn't transport so many weapons to Beiping, and it would be a big problem to transport them to the base area!" Wang Yue miscalculated, in order to support the battle in Beiping, he also brought another hundred M1910 122 mm guns and 100,000 rounds of 122 mm howitzer shells to the Eighth Route Army.

"Shipped back? How can it be! On the day of the 19th, there were 100 M1910 122mm guns that were divided, 36 in the 115th Division, 36 in the 120th Division, and the remaining 28 guns, all of which were bought by the Sulu Theater, Wu Huawen, this brother is really good, the cannon was actually bought with gold, plus shells, people gave a full ton and a half of gold, and the gold is in my headquarters, you remember to take it away in a while. Li Yunlong said with a regretful face, he stayed in Beiping for a few days, and drank a few big drinks with Wu Huawen's fat man, this damn reactionary is also a cool person, if he doesn't do bad things in the future, he can still be punished.

"Oh, there is an unexpected gain, Lao Li said thank you to the commander-in-chief on my behalf." Wang Yue smiled, the weapons and equipment that were transported to the Eighth Route Army in the last few times didn't ask for money, and he actually didn't think about asking for money, the Eighth Route Army fought beautifully during this time, but the losses were just as huge, and the right was to support the War of Resistance by himself.

"Brother Wang, I suggest that you go to the boss to talk about this matter yourself, and the boss will let you have time to go to Li County once." Lao Li said with a smile, Wang Yue's help to the Eighth Route Army is undoubtedly huge, without a large number of weapons, ammunition and materials for Wang Yue's urgent support, the Eighth Route Army is absolutely incapable of attacking Beiping, hundreds of thousands of troops, just one meal a day, is enough to eat the Eighth Route Army, but the actual situation is that with the Jin Sui Army, the Sulu Theater, and the military guerrillas, everyone drinks Coke and eats field rations every day, and the small life is much better than the devils in the city?

"The boss wants to see me?" Wang Yue paused, and the boss had known each other for a while, but the other party rarely took the initiative to meet him, and Wang Yue's first reaction was whether the Eighth Route Army had major losses and needed his help.

"This time the troops have gained a lot in Beiping, and the boss means that he wants to settle all the money owed to you before." Zhao Gang on the side interjected.

"That's okay, by the way, Lao Li, how did the small blast furnace I asked you to build?" Wang Yue nodded, he didn't take it too seriously, it doesn't matter if he wants it or not, he is a rich man over there in 2023 now, and he really doesn't care about this money. 33

The small blast furnace mentioned by Wang Yue is a product born in a special period, compared with the shoddy small blast furnace in the same period, the drawings provided by Wang Yue to Li Yunlong are much more advanced, supporting small coking kilns, air preheating furnaces, blowers, mechanical temperature control devices, etc., although it is a little reluctant to refine special steel, it is still no problem to use this thing to refine some ordinary steel.

Wang Yue plans to use the abundant coal and iron resources in Qijiang County to build 1,000 small blast furnaces, 1,000 small blast furnaces scattered in all corners of Qijiang County, and then make large iron and steel, which can not only reduce the pressure of his own transportation back and forth, but also well disguise the source of materials, just like he vigorously promoted trade and water transportation in Qijiang County.

"Well, the leveling of the site has just been completed, and the proposed road is currently being repaired, and it can be built when the road is repaired." Li Yunlong scratched his head and said with some embarrassment, he used 100,000 migrant workers and consumed more than 200 tons of grain every day, but after working for such a long time, he still didn't do anything, so he couldn't help but be weak-hearted.

In fact, I really don't blame Lao Li, it's really this terrain in Qijiang County, it's too troublesome, just like the field airport that was built before, just a runway, and you have to open the mountain and build a bridge, just one runway actually contains three bridges, otherwise it won't be so long at all, just like the Li-2 transport plane, when landing, the end of the runway is actually a section of wooden plank road, and the average pilot really doesn't dare to get on, and if you are not careful, the plane will be destroyed and killed.

"Lao Li, I told you, we are not afraid of spending money, you can hire more people to do it, if it doesn't work for 100,000, it will be 200,000, if it doesn't work for 200,000, it will be 300,000, we have money and food, we must build these small blast furnaces as soon as possible, to tell you the truth, even if you bring in a million people, I can afford it!" Wang Yue frowned, building so many small blast furnaces, naturally it is not true that he expects how much steel will be smelted from this thing, it is true to sprinkle grain and money on the people, and it will be possible to create a large number of jobs if they are built in the future, and it is true to stabilize the national economy that is about to collapse.

The collapse of the national finance during the Anti-Japanese War is of course directly related to the dead fat man of the Ministry of Finance, and there are also reasons for the shrinking of the economy, otherwise, how could such a large country face economic collapse within a few years, Wang Yue does not dare to kill the fat man rashly now, so he can only choose to restore the national economy and improve the economic volume to counter the government's overdraft of the people's power.

As for pollution? No kidding, that's just a trick of developed countries, as long as it continues to develop steadily, at a certain stage, these problems will naturally be solved.

"For this problem, the northern Shaanxi side also has the latest instructions, requiring the Southern Bureau to fully cooperate with us, but the superiors also hope that Brother Wang, you can consider whether you can build some such small steel factories in Jin Province, of course, this is just a suggestion." Zhao Gang took over the conversation.

"Yes, my plan is to build at least 100,000 small blast furnaces and the same amount of small coking throughout the country in the future, so that the steel industry can blossom all over the country, and in one to two years, our steel production will reach 30 million tons per year, so as to crush the Japanese." Wang Yue's idea is not a whim, he had previously considered getting some obsolete steel equipment from there in 2023 to develop the steel industry, but the reality is that it doesn't work at all, devil bombing, hidden spies, and comprador traitors everywhere can casually reimburse these factories.

But the small blast furnace is different, the input cost is very low, the construction period is also very short, the distribution is scattered, let the devil destroy it, I am afraid that if it destroys such a steel plant, the resources consumed are enough to build a new one, if it is bombed, the value of bombing one, it is estimated that even the oil money is not worth it.

"100,000! A thousand oceans, that's also ten thousand oceans! "Li Yunlong is speechless, this is a rich man, he will throw 10,000 oceans casually, not including the food materials and a small amount of equipment that need to be provided by Wang Yue, if you count them, I am afraid it will be several times more.

"Lao Li, you don't understand, 100,000 steel plants, Shancheng will definitely not let me control them, these steel plants will eventually fall on their heads, we just promote their construction, believe it or not, as long as these thousand steel plants in Qijiang County are built, Shancheng should not be able to sit still." Wang Yue smiled, in 1940, the poor Japanese could only produce 6.86 million tons of steel a year, if their plan was successful, the war potential of the two sides would be equivalent to a major change, which had little to do with who was in control.

Some people died, but not completely......