"Now that our bullets are localized, there will be no shortage of copper!" The pig on the side nodded and replied.

The earliest clones who followed Meng Xiang had already entered the highest echelons of the coalition government.

Although in this era of power, it is always difficult to separate the military and the government, but in order to eliminate the hidden danger of military interference in politics, Meng Xiang has also complied with the echo of many democrats to carry out some restrictions.

Niu Yi, Tiger and other soldiers are more suitable for controlling the army, and the character of the clone can't fight too much with those old foxes.

However, in order to control the functioning of the government, many clones have been converted from military to civilian use since very early times.

They may not be great decision-makers, but they are the best executors, and according to their talents, they control every aspect of government.

Pig Yi is the head who controls the military industry, and he is also the core figure of the national industrial system. He doesn't say it easily, but as people at the highest levels of the country, they need to speak. In addition to repeating Meng Xiang's will through their tongues, and reciting the speeches of the secretaries, they also had the wisdom to say a few words appropriately.

Clones are not robots, they have the same feelings. Although the base has only instilled in them professional knowledge and some basic knowledge, with the accumulation of these years, especially after a few years of social involvement, their emotional intelligence is gradually improving.

With the accumulation of military merits, some of their restrictions were lifted, and they were given more abilities by the sub-bases. Especially after those one-name clones have been promoted to hero-level characters, although they can't handle interpersonal relationships like special heroes such as Tanya, they have become more and more like ordinary people.

"Although the output of refined copper has been greatly improved, the industrial demand for copper is very large, and military consumption should not be too much!" Weng Wenhao said with a frown.

After seeing the economic difficulties of the Chongqing government's industrial development, the former economic minister of Lao Jiang resigned in disgrace and became a professor at the Jixia Academy. He was only invited out of the mountain before the coalition government was formed last year.

Cautiously, he said it more tactfully.

The strategy of the Vanguard Army is well known, and the amount of bullets consumed is always calculated in astronomical numbers. The consumption of this piece of copper is naturally indispensable. And 90,000 tons of copper seems to be a lot, even more than Japan, but there are too many places where copper is used.

Not to mention anything else, just a township electrification project. The power transmission network can be built to exhaust the copper produced by itself. Thanks to the second-hand and cheap goods received from Europe in the past two years, as well as various copper power lines and equipment purchased from the United States, the project was carried out smoothly.

As the war progressed, even the Americans reduced their exports of copper, a strategic material, and it became more and more difficult to scavenge from Europe, resulting in a decrease in imports. However, in society, whether it is the industrial consumption of electrical or thermal conductivity, or the consumption of various building lines, or the financial consumption of a handful of copper circles, a large amount of copper metal is needed to support.

If part of the copper resources are appropriated by the military industry, I am afraid that the supply of civilian copper will be in famine.

The year before last, the vanguard military government announced that it was forbidden to destroy those copper cultural relics at will, but there was a shortage of metal copper, and I am afraid that many people would have such an idea.

He did not worry about the problem of copper ore, as the first doctor of geology in China. A geologist with a series of honors, he still does not forget his old profession and often pays attention to new trends in the geological community.

The large-scale copper mines found in Dexing in Jiangxi, Dongchuan in Xinping in Yunnan, and Quheng in Shanxi are enough to support the demand for copper ore in China. Not to mention the extra-large copper mines found at the junction of Inner and Outer Mongolia. In addition, the largest copper mine in Russia, the largest copper mine in Russia, near Chita in Eastern Siberia, is also a world-class large copper mine.

There are also a series of discoveries in places such as the Far East and Central Asia.

If it weren't for other conditions such as electricity, I'm afraid the output of refined copper would be higher.

"The 7mm bullets of our new rifle are difficult to import from outside, and they need to be produced in large quantities, and the consumption of this part of copper cannot be less!" Yu Dawei and Weng Wenhao, who were next to the pig, were also old acquaintances, understood what he meant, and responded directly.

Whether it is a 9 mm or 7.92 mm or larger caliber 12.7 mm bullet, it can be solved by base manufacturing, but the 7*41 bullet of the TJ-37 rifle is a new creation. It can only be produced by itself.

Production lines of other calibres of bullets are also being built and improved, but only sporadic production, and the cost advantage has made imported goods mainstream.

The various firearms of the TJ-37 gun family have been tested and perfected in a harsh environment, and have begun to be equipped with elite troops. If it weren't for the limited ammunition problem, I am afraid that the Suomi submachine gun would have been replaced on a large scale long ago.

The Wehrmacht is expanding the range of the new rifle in its installation. Especially in the jungles of the south, the TJ-37 assault rifle performs better than the somi, and is not inferior to the AK-47 equipped by some elite troops in the south.

For the sake of the future, Meng Xiang is increasing the scale of manufacturing of this rifle and the corresponding ammunition. As one of the core projects of this year's military industry, the mass production of 741 bullets is inevitable.

"You don't have to worry about the supply of copper metal!" Meng Xiang spoke.

Lemon can bring back refined copper from Chile, Zambia, Congo, Alaska and Canada through the refinery at the sub-base.

In the past, only some copper ore was brought back through the mining site of the base, but the sub-bases located abroad can directly supply copper metal at the expense of surrounding energy.

Compared with the tens of millions of tons of copper metal output in later generations, the energy consumption of tens of thousands of tons of copper is not much at all, and at most it slightly affects the scale of weapons production in the sub-bases.

If it weren't for the purpose of building Huaxia's own industrial cornerstone, Meng Xiang could directly use the base refining workshop to fully provide refined metals, not to mention the dismantling and recycling of copper metal on many weapons.

There are twenty or thirty tons of copper on the propeller on just one battleship, plus the dismantling and utilization of various wiring, boilers, pipes, etc., the base can be fully provided.

Everyone is also accustomed to his magic, since Meng Xiang has spoken to solve it, then it will definitely be solved.

Zhou Bai continued to report, listing the output scale of other strategic materials one by one.

Whether it is tungsten ore or tin ore, magnesium ore, etc., Huaxia is surplus, in recent years, through the introduction of equipment and technology, has mastered the smelting, processing and utilization of these metal ores.

Huaxia has used its own tungsten filament, and the military industry also has its own large-caliber armor-piercing bullets.

Metals such as lead, zinc, cobalt, and nickel, with continuous exploration, are also enough to meet normal demand. Copper-nickel coins have begun to replace some copper coins.

Chrome ore has always been poor in China. But since the occupation of Kazakhstan, the world-class chrome ore resource Kempiersai has become Huaxia's own. There are also a lot of chrome ore resources in the Far East and the Urals, and Meng Xiang is frantically plundering chrome ore resources from India through sub-bases, and the concentrate sands are directly transported back to China.

With the exploitation of some resources in northern Siberia and the Far East, as well as the exploration and development of various resources on the Chinese mainland, a variety of metals have strengthened the skeleton of China's industrial system.

"Last year's war in the south caused the Japanese to strengthen the blockade of Nanyang rubber, and our rubber resources were greatly affected, and less than 8,000 tons were obtained last year, which needs to be solved this year." Zhou Bai continued.

Subject to the influence of natural conditions, China's rubber still needs to be imported. Most of Nanyang's rubber plantations were controlled by the Chinese and many shadow companies that had been acquired from the Japanese, the United States, and the Netherlands.

In the past, rubber from China was smuggled from these plantations, but now that China and Japan are at war, although after supplying enough rubber to the Japanese, the Japanese have not yet attacked the Chinese, but they have strictly controlled the sale and transportation of rubber, making smuggling difficult.

Brazil and other South American countries have very little rubber, and the production scale is only 20,000 or 30,000 tons, which is controlled by the Americans.

The rubber production of Liberia, Nigeria, and Congo in Africa is only about 20,000 tons, plus nearly 10,000 tons of rubber in India, which was not occupied by the Japanese army, is controlled by the British.

Although the Russians were lacking, they could trade with Japan and had the support of Britain and the United States.

The Germans were heavily engaged in the production of artificial rubber, looking for various alternatives to rubber, and in order to save rubber, even many shoe soles were switched to leather.

It is good that Huaxia can rely on the previous submarine smuggling to obtain nearly 8,000 tons, and this is mainly civilian.

All kinds of tires and other rubber military materials can be provided by the base, and even the Germans are supported by copycat companies in exchange for synthetic rubber technology and equipment.

At present, in Lanzhou, Jilin, Tianjin and other chemical industry bases, synthetic rubber factories have been built by using the surrounding oil and gas resources.

However, with the increase in demand for rubber, this rubber is not enough even for civilian use.

"There's no rush, we'll get this out soon." Meng Xiang smiled.

Although rubber plantations in Indonesia and Sarawak cannot be solved for the time being, half of the world's rubber center is in Malaya, and Malaya, which once produced more than 610,000 tons, is enough for China's consumption.

"Only to the south, the rubber there belongs to us!"