"For some indescribable reason, the presiding officer of the meeting had to be replaced by the Deputy General Staff."

Five minutes later, the communications correspondent at Headquarters successfully sent the telegram that had just been prepared to the border area, and the meeting in the Inner North Room continued.

"Alright, the matter of the advisory group is over for the time being, and the next thing begins."

"The next content is an undisclosed top-secret document, and the Desperate War Fox means that everyone will analyze and analyze the rationality and feasibility of the plan."

"Come, read this letter first."

Letter? It wasn't a message.

During the war years, what kind of things would be conveyed by human flesh? So cautious?

With doubts in his heart, Huang He took the folder hand-distributed by the deputy general staff officer, and then couldn't wait to open it for reference.

The letters in the folder were divided into two parts, the first of which was written in slightly scribbled Russian, and there were even a few spelling mistakes on it, which at first glance knew that it was a handwritten copy of the original.

The text of the second edition was changed to Chinese, which is obviously a translation of the original, presumably to take care of a few big guys who do not know Russian.

Just as Huang He was carefully reading the letter, the deputy general staff officer, who was standing next to the wall-hung map, spoke:

"As you can see, this is a letter for help."

"Of course, if you want to, it can also be interpreted as a request from an ally."

"The person who sent the letter was Mr. Choi, who returned to the mountain city a year ago. So in a sense, the contents of the letter were definitely instructed by his superiors. ”

As soon as these words came out, Huang He immediately turned the document to the last page, ready to see who the payer was.

Sure enough, he found the answer he was looking for at the end: a complex name made up of eleven words.

In the original timeline, Lao Cui was sent by his superiors to work in the mountain city because he was familiar with the situation of the Republic of China and had the experience of communicating with preserved fruits.

If Huang He remembers correctly, the other side should return to the motherland in three months, and then go straight to the Eastern Front in Europe.

But now

The intensity of the battlefield on the Eastern Front in Europe is no joke, and if it weren't for General Winter stepping up at a critical moment, who knows what would have happened now.

In this way, everything makes sense.

As a senior commander who is drifting abroad, Lao Cui will inevitably try his best to help the motherland solve problems.

While Huang He was thinking, the deputy general staff drew several circles in the Suiyuan area on the map, and then said to the comrades attending the meeting:

"The other party made it clear in the letter that they hoped that the border area would sign a lend-lease bill with them."

"The people over there are very interested in the 40 fires, mortars and anti-aircraft guns of various calibers, hurricanes, typhoons, breathites, and especially the air train transport planes that our Eighth Route Army is currently using."

It is worth mentioning that there is one special thing in the letter. They also require a large number of raw materials, including but not limited to cotton, food, rare metals, tung oil, and bristles, among others. ”

Hearing this, Huang He had already closed the folder.

Without him, the content of the letter can be simply summed up in one sentence: I, Cizong, hit the money!

In fact, this letter asking for help is really outrageous, after all, theoretically speaking, the border area has just been lifted out of poverty, and there is still a certain distance from being well-off in an all-round way.

Don't look at the current Eighth Route Army, it can suppress the Japanese army in the North China battlefield, but this does not mean that its actual production capacity is comparable to that of the old military powers.

This day has just been a little better, why is there a blind person coming to the door?

If you want to sign the Lend-Lease Act, then you have to find Master Luo, who is the arsenal of a democratic country.

What's more, our border region is now only a force in the Republic of China, and the people who can speak at the international level are the bald heads of the mountain city.

Looking for us, it doesn't seem to be in order.

However, Huang He did not present the above ideas at the meeting. He always firmly believed in one thing, that is, what he could think of, and the staff officers of the headquarters naturally would not ignore it.

Since we can hold a meeting today, it proves that the superiors have their own unique ideas.

Sure enough, the deputy general staff officer did not sell the guanzi, and his next speech immediately solved the doubts in Huang He's heart.

"Theoretically, our border should reject this lend-lease bill. Neither in terms of strength nor international perspective, we do not have such qualifications. ”

"After all, the one-way Lend-Lease bill will hardly get any return, and the Eighth Route Army does not have such a foundation to toss."

"However, the desperate war fox put forward an idea, if the other party allows us to build the factory two hundred kilometers north of Baotou, then we will agree to this request."

"In response to this, everyone talks about their opinions."

Hearing this, the entire conference room was terrifyingly quiet, and everyone was weighing the pros and cons of the plan.

All of you in the border region are high-ranking cadres, so it is naturally impossible not to know what kind of place is 200 kilometers north of Baotou, where the Qing Dynasty and Beiyang have dealt with problems left over from history.

According to common sense, it is impossible for the bearded man to agree to the proposal of the desperate war fox.

The control of the Trans-Siberian Railway alone will allow him to turn his face in public.

But this time is different, and the days in the north are more difficult than the original timeline. Even if the plus five De San can't push to the AA line as they wish, they can definitely hit a large scorched earth.

After Operation Barbarossa began, the North was forced to move a large number of industrial areas to the east.

This means that most of their military factories will not be able to fully restore production capacity in a short period of time.

Coupled with the bearded man's call to the population, a general mobilization began at the beginning of the war. As a result, the economy of the whole country is under extremely strong pressure, and a catastrophe of collapse may occur at any time.

According to the memories of Huang He's previous life, he vaguely lost 38 percent of his grain production area in the first month of his life, and the meat provided by slaughtering animals was even one-fifth of what it was before the war.

The most fatal thing is that the materials provided by the ugly countries through the Lend-Lease Act accounted for only 2.1% of the total at the end of this year.

All the above data shows that the north is now in an unprecedented state of weakness, otherwise Lao Cui would not have rushed to the border area.

After consolidating all the information, Huang He stood up from his seat and was the first to break the silence.

"As you may know, I went to work in the north for a while after graduating from École Polytechnique. Based on my understanding of their war potential, it will most likely take about two years for the other side to recover. ”

"If you're going to sign a Lend-Lease Act, now is definitely the best time to do it. At this time, any small support will play a great role in stabilizing the situation. ”

"If it's too late, the other side is very likely to be able to keep the enemy out of the country with their own strength, or even successfully push back."

As soon as these words came out, everyone present nodded.

Everyone is an old man, so they naturally understand the difference between sending charcoal in the snow and icing on the cake.

In fact, in the original timeline, the north had initially restored its industrial capacity in 1943, and it was self-sufficient in tanks and flights.

After thinking about the words, Huang He walked from his seat to the wall-hung map, he took the pencil handed by the deputy general staff and said:

"Although the military production capacity of the border region can be ranked among the top few in Asia, there is still a big gap compared with the ugly countries. Our only advantage is that we are close enough to the Trans-Siberian Railway. ”

Speaking of this, the Yellow River first drew a route in the Pacific Ocean connecting the western ports of the Chou Kingdom with the ports of the Far East, and then pointed to the transportation route through the Eurasian continent and said:

"At present, there are two routes between the country and the north, one needs to pass through the Pacific Ocean, and the other needs to cross the Arctic Ocean."

"Not to mention whether the transport ship will encounter the enemy at sea, the long waiting period on the road alone is very torturous, and the time required to aid a batch of supplies must be calculated on a monthly basis."

"But the border area is different, whether it is from the north of the station or from the north of Baotou, we can use the fastest speed to send the materials to the battlefield on the eastern front of Europe."

Speaking of which, the deputy general staff and his entourage have already understood Huang He's thoughts.

To put it bluntly, it is to make a time difference, take advantage of the time when the north is weak and the ugly country has not yet fully assisted, and use its own materials to solve the problems left over from history.

This is a serious conspiracy.

Although even if the border area sells kidneys to aid the Soviet Union, the supplies sent over within a year are not as good as the amount of a month in the later period of the Chouguo. But now that your bearded family is gone, it's not like there's anything you want.

Besides, the area 200 kilometers north of Baotou was originally the territory of the border area since ancient times, and we can still be wrong with laying military aid on it?

Even if after the war is over, your bearded man wants to drive the people from the border area away, but then it will not be up to you.

After more than four years, who knows what will become of the rabbit?

After a moment, the deputy general staff looked at the Yellow River with a rather meaningful look, and then continued:

"I've found out that whenever there is a meeting involving issues left over from history, your kid's desire to fight is not ordinarily strong. If someone doesn't know your background, they might think you're a hawk who wants to be a captain. ”

"Alright, tell me about your plans. It was so impassioned just now, it can't just be on paper. ”

Facing everyone's expectant eyes, Huang He slowly told the plan in his heart.

"As things stand, if the border can reach an agreement with the north, then both sides can get what they want in the short term. There are gains and losses, and it is not appropriate to call it a lend-lease bill, it should be called a business. ”

"Since it's a business, the seller should show the buyer their products. I suggest that our Eighth Route Army can take the opportunity of the second Battle of Xinkou to invite Lao Cui and them to form an observation group to watch the battle. ”

"When the time comes, you can also arrange Lao Dai and Lao Hu to join in the fun, so that they can see the strength of their new allies."

This chapter may be revised according to the paragraph commentary, and if there is anything unreasonable, you can say it casually

(End of chapter)