Yang Zhen, who was holding a meeting in the Northeast Bureau, received a telegram from Li Yanping about Du Kaishan's appearance after knowing that his family had changed. After thinking about it for a while, he still drafted a return call to Li Yanping. Let him withdraw the men who were sent out to follow him far away because he was not at ease. Just like himself in the previous stage, this kind of thing is still solved by Du Kaishan himself, and others can't help him.

This time, Yang Zhen rushed from the headquarters in Xingshan Fortress to Luobei in the Northeast Bureau for a meeting overnight, and he left in a hurry. Originally, the idea of wanting to talk to Du Kaishan had to be postponed. This time, I was in a hurry to return to the Northeast Bureau for a meeting because of a top-secret telegram from the commander-in-chief who had just returned from Jiangbei.

The commander-in-chief's visit to Jiangbei this time was not only a matter of negotiating the introduction of a military production line, but also an important matter was to purchase a few transport planes from Jiangbei in accordance with Yang Zhen's proposal, and to assist in opening an air route to refuel in Outer Mongolia and fly directly to Yan'an via Jiangbei on the way. In order to open up a straight line with the center.

Before the campaign was launched, Yang Zhen received a call from the central government after this group of cadres, most of whom were transferred from Xinjiang, set off from Xinjiang. The central authorities directly and clearly informed in the telegram that with the deterioration of the traffic environment in the northwest, the original route to the northeast via Gansu, Xinjiang, and the Soviet Union had to be temporarily suspended.

Cadres passing through Lanzhou have been arrested by the local military and political authorities on several occasions without reason, and have even been secretly kidnapped and disappeared. Out of the need to protect the safety of cadres, this group of cadres will be the last group of cadres to be transferred from the Guannai to the northeast before the safety of the communication lines is restored.

In order to reopen the straight line with the central government, Yang Zhen accelerated the progress of the original air route with Jiangbei in order to shorten the travel time. In order to be able to buy the required transport aircraft, Yang Zhen even endured the lion's big opening in Jiangbei, drove a ton of gold and an airplane, and trained all air and ground crews to settle in yen in cash exchange.

It's just that what Yang Zhen didn't expect was that after the end of this battle, Jiangbei's original attitude of being a little ambiguous, and even asking for a sky-high price, suddenly changed. The changes before and after are so great that Yang Zhen, who feels that he has a strong endurance in his heart, feels quite overwhelmed.

This time, Jiangbei not only agreed to provide three low-interest loans with a total value of 20 million rubles, but also agreed that Yang Zhen would sell five Li-2 transport planes, which were also the latest in the Soviet army, to the Anti-Japanese Union on the premise that the pilots would settle the problem by themselves. He also promised to transfer the latest C46 transport planes imported by the Soviet army from the United States with a carrying capacity of 8 tons to Yang Zhen's department in accordance with Yang Zhen's request.

As for the weapons and ammunition captured by the Soviet army during the invasion of Poland that Yang Zhen wanted, the production line was also very generous. Indicates that these weapons can be sold at half price as second-hand goods. Ammunition can be sold at 30 per cent of the international market price.

As for the military production line named by Yang Zhen, all the Polish weapons production lines and two ammunition production lines confiscated in Western Ukraine and Western Belarus can be provided at 60% of the actual value. It was only that Polish industry was mainly concentrated in the western part of the former Germany and Austria-Hungary. The military-industrial complex of Western Ukraine and Western Belarus, which originally belonged to Tsarist Russia, was not very large. Limited quantities are available in this regard.

Jiangbei even offered to cancel the previous contract for a small ammonia factory, and the other party would transfer a medium-sized ammonia production plant in Lviv, an important industrial region in Poland, to Kanglian free of charge. It was even promised that all the captured aircraft in the Polish Air Force could be transferred to Yang Zhen.

Of course, Yang Zhen still needs to pay a certain amount of disassembly and transportation costs for these materials. And those Soviet specialists who came to their aid were also required to be paid at twice the average salary in the country.

Even though these things are second-hand in the first place, they should be sold at second-hand prices. But at present, under the situation that his only outsourcing channel is in the hands of others, Yang Zhen can only endure in his opinion, this kind of pure improvise, but also to set up a memorial arch.

Obviously, Jiangbei was very satisfied with the expansion of Yang Zhen's department and the surprising results, so that the benefits he obtained were far greater than his initial investment. In Moscow's view, it is still very calculative to exchange a pile of its own useless scrap metal and almost free factory equipment for a stable eastern border.

In the face of the deteriorating situation in Europe, the Soviet High Command was very satisfied that it was able to maintain a stable border in the east. In the view of the Soviet High Command, since the Soviet army had decided to settle the Finnish problem by force, it was more important to maintain a stable eastern border.

Under the so-called construction of the supreme commander of the Soviet army, the negotiations, which had been delayed for two months, suddenly made rapid progress. Jiangbei changed the previous practice of not being able to drag it out, and then it was the lion's big mouth asking for a price. After the original long-delayed negotiations, an agreement was reached in just five days that Yang Zhen was quite satisfied, and Jiangbei not only basically met all the previous requirements of the commander-in-chief, but even added some additional aid items. For example, Yang Zhen originally planned two Li II transport planes, but this time Jiangbei simply and generously added three Li II transport planes.

He also promised to give away all the planes of the Polish Air Force and some tanks of the Army captured by the Soviet Army in the Polish Campaign, which Yang Zhen did not propose. Of course, one of the prerequisites for this is that the training of personnel for the use of these equipment must all be carried out in Jiangbei, and all instructors must also be served by the Soviet army.

As for the C46 transport planes, which the Soviet Army had previously refused to admit to purchasing from the United States, even in the United States, it was the latest C46 transport planes, and this time it was promised to resell two. This time, Jiangbei's table Xiàn once again proved that dignity is played by strength, without strength, you just hold a golden rice bowl and ask for food, and no one will take care of you.

These captured weapons and equipment of the Polish Army were themselves equivalent to a pile of scrap metal for the Soviet army. Whether it is the imitation of the German 1924 WZ 29 rifle, the modified Soviet-made Mosinagan rifle WZ 25, the imitation of the Belgian FN 1918 light machine gun produced by the WZ 1928 light machine gun, or the WZ 30 water-cooled heavy machine gun, all use 79 bullets.

The French-made or Polish-copied French-style 75-mm mountain guns and the 100-mm light howitzers made in Austria-Hungary and the Czech Republic were all useless antiques for the Soviet army. Especially those 69-mm mountain guns produced in France after World War I were not even old antiques for the Soviet army. Not to mention that many of the Polish Army weapons and equipment captured by the Soviet Army were mountain artillery captured by Poland during the Soviet-Polish War.

For the Soviet army, which is also vigorously expanding its strength, these weapons and equipment are useless to keep because of the different calibers, and they have to be maintained with great care. In wartime, it is easier to cause confusion in equipment due to different calibers of weapons. It's better to pack it at one time and deal with it cheaper for Yang Zhen.

But even if these are scrap metal in the eyes of others, they are in the hands of others. On the premise that you can't bring him any benefits, you just hold up the gold bar to buy it, and you won't give even a bullet or a rifle.

Jiangbei designated the low-interest loan of 20 million rubles that Yang Zhen obtained from Jiangbei this time to buy these burdens in their eyes, which almost killed two birds with one stone. Not only did the money lent out not even be used for a turn, so it returned to his pocket. also made 20 million rubles for the white wolf with empty gloves, and Yang Zhen still had to accept such a great favor from them.

After all, they have to take certain military and diplomatic risks in selling arms to the Anti-Japanese Alliance. Although after the rapid growth of Yang Zhen's department, the risk they took was almost minimal. But for Jiangbei, which has always adhered to the principle of the supremacy of the interests of the great Soviets, this risk is still very great.

Although Jiangbei's attitude has changed a lot this time, he is also very generous. However, Yang Zhen's hope to be able to buy the stocks of nickel chromium and other raw materials captured by the Soviet army in Poland was refused. Only 1,500 tons of high-grade nickel-chromium steel imported from Germany by Poland before the war, as well as 2,000 tons of explosives used in the manufacture of artillery shells, were promised to be sold.

The opinion they gave was that Yang Zhen's department did not have the advanced technology of smelting nickel-chromium alloy steel, and did not even have a regular steel mill. It was better to have the special steel needed to make the guns from the great Soviets. These raw materials that Yang Zhen has always wanted to obtain, no matter what the commander-in-chief says, the other party just won't speak.

As for Yang Zhen's request that Jiangbei could provide a set of steel-making equipment in order to use the iron ore resources of Xiaoxinganling to build a steel mill and achieve self-sufficiency in steel for guns and artillery, the other party also unceremoniously refused. Jiangbei's reply is also very clear: the construction of a modern steel mill is a huge cost that you cannot afford now.

In the absence of air supremacy, the construction of a steel mill is neither necessary nor necessary. The great Soviets are ready to offer you high-quality steel at extremely good prices. Moreover, the seized equipment of the Polish steel mills was also needed by the Soviets.

It is obvious that although Jiangbei is surprisingly generous this time, he does not intend to let go of the control of raw materials. In other words, Yang Zhen has now established a modern arsenal, but the blood vessels are still in the hands of others. The supply of raw materials to the arsenal can be cut off at any time as long as Jiangbei wants to.

Without high-quality nichrome steel, you're producing an astronomical amount of ammunition, but you can't make guns that fire it, and it's useless. Without raw materials, the equipment of those arsenals, no matter how advanced, is nothing more than a pile of scrap metal.

Yang Zhen was urgently recruited to the Northeast Bureau this time, in addition to meeting with Li Yanlu, to discuss whether to do this deal or not. 20 million rubles, this amount can be described as an astronomical amount in the eyes of the commander-in-chief and other leaders of the Northeast Bureau, and it must be carried out with great caution.

After listening to the commander-in-chief's description of the negotiation, Yang Zhen said without hesitation: "Do it, why not do it?" With 20 million rubles to buy back more than 10 divisions of weapons and equipment, as well as a large number of weapons production lines, why not do such a good deal? ”

"Didn't Jiangbei promise us that we could repay the loan within five years with coal, agricultural products and some cash? So what are you waiting for? According to the current output of 60,000 tons of coal a month in the Heli area, in addition to the part we use for our own use, we can take out 40,000 tons to pay off debts, what else is there to worry about. ”

"Now that the war in Europe has been ignited, it is Jiangbei who has used it to us, so it is so generous. One is willing to fight, the other is willing to suffer, what is there to worry about? After this village, there is no such shop. ”

After the commander-in-chief and Li Yanlu, the newly arrived director of the Northeast Working Committee, looked at each other, hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Now that the military task is overwhelming, we agree to repay the loan with Heli Coal." However, Comrade Yang Zhen, you must hand over the several coal mines and gold mines that are now in the hands of the Jidong Military Region. The coal and gold produced are used by the Northeast Bureau. ”

"In addition, after the loan of 20 million rubles for the purchase of weapons and military production lines is used, there will be about 2 million rubles left. Half of this money was handed over to the Northeast Bureau. The Northeast Working Committee has already begun its work, and local governments in various localities have been formed. But funding is extremely tight. ”

"The funds you have allocated can only maintain the daily work of the Northeast Bureau and the Northeast Working Committee, that is, they can only feed the stomachs of the staff. In the absence of any source of funds, we can only reach out to you. In addition, fifty percent of the funds you will capture in future operations must be handed over to the Northeast Bureau. ”

Looking at the commander-in-chief who was talking to him so strictly for the first time, and the lion's mouth between him and Li Yanlu, Yang Zhen smiled without the slightest hesitation: "Commander-in-chief, Director Li, aren't you saying this to see the outside?" These coal mines, gold mines, and even loans are not my Yang Zhen's personal property, they are all the wealth of the country and the nation, and it is appropriate to hand them over to the higher authorities for unified management. ”

"The principle of our party is that the party commands the gun, not the gun commands the party. The Jidong Military Region is a party team, not a personal team of Yang Zhen, and it is necessary to obey the command of the Northeast Bureau. Lao Tzu asked for money from his son, what else is there to say? ”

In this way, of the coal mines in the Heli area, the military region left one for the rehabilitation of prisoners of war, and all the rest were handed over free of charge. As for the gold mine, tens of thousands of troops in the commander-in-chief military region are also waiting for the rice to be cooked, so they have to leave me one. I think I will leave us the Wutong River gold mine, and I can hand over the rest. ”

"In addition, don't pay half of the balance of the loan. In this way, no matter how much it is, except for leaving 30 percent as working capital, the military region can hand over all of it to the Northeast Bureau and the Northeast Work Committee for unified use. However, the funds captured in the war can also only be handed over to a maximum of 30%. ”

"Commander-in-chief, Director Li, tens of thousands of troops in the military region eat horses and chew for a month, which is an astronomical amount, and it is also helpless for me to keep these. The emperor is not short of hungry soldiers, and I, as the commander of the military region, must not let the troops go hungry to fight. You can't even leave some money for cigarettes for the soldiers. ”

"In terms of funds, I can do it according to the requirements of the Northeast Bureau, but the military factory must be managed by the Jidong Military Region and cannot be transferred to the Northeast Bureau. The replenishment needed by the First and Third Route Armies can be transferred directly from the inventory. In addition, all the weapons and equipment purchased this time were handed over to the Jidong Military District. ”

"We have a large number of troops, and after the expansion, the main force plus local troops are nearly 100,000 people, and there is a great demand for weapons and equipment, especially ammunition. As the main force of the anti-Japanese resistance in the northeast at present, the Jidong Military Region, which is under the greatest pressure, must ensure the replenishment of equipment and ammunition. ”