Looking at the corner of Yang Zhen's mouth, which was almost exactly the same as that Mr. Hopkins, it made people feel creepy, even a chilling smile. Pearson thought about it, and still forced down some of the thoughts that he shouldn't have at this time, but he did just hold it.

It's no wonder that Mr. Hopkins, who has always been cold to people and difficult to approach, would put down his worth and take the initiative to make friends with this guy. He's right, they're really the same people. A pair of cunning foxes who are always calculating others.

After catching Hopkins's words and telling Yang Zhen, Pearson was first Hopkins, and then Yang Zhen also smiled weirdly, making him a little uneasy, and hurriedly turned around and left without making any stops. But he didn't see Yang Zhen looking at his back, but he had a rather cold look on his face.

Originally, they all thought that those high-ranking American and British officers who went to visit would be able to complete the visit in two or three days. But no one thought that those American and British officers would go for a full seven days. They not only watched the composite training of the troops, but also randomly selected two divisions from the list provided by the Anti-Japanese Federation to observe the daily training.

At the same time, they also visited the ongoing training course for chiefs of staff of military regions, command schools of some branches of the armed forces, recruit training camps, several arsenals, prisoner of war camps, and places where overseas Japanese are concentrated. It can be said that they have read all the things that the Anti-Union can show them. Of course, those things that can't be shown to them, not the slightest bit of them are shown to them.

During the visit and inspection of these senior American and British officers, Yang Zhen did not hold any further talks with Hopkins, but the two of them had dinner together a few times like real old friends. Even at dinner, the conversation between the two people stops at the international form and the so-called friendship between the two people.

As for the negotiation, it seems that the two of them have collectively forgotten about it. Hopkins didn't mention it, and Yang Zhen didn't say anything. On a couple of dinners, although the dishes were simple. But the two of them talked with flying eyebrows, as if they were really old friends at first sight.

During this rare free time, this Hopkins became famous. In order to maintain secrecy, except for a visit to the new Northeastern University, which is being established as a reporter, he basically did not leave the station. Most of the time, I set up a fishing rod on a hidden river by the river, and I drank coffee while fishing.

On the contrary, it was Pearson's guy who ran back and forth between the station and the residence of the U.S. Military Observer Mission quite frequently. At the same time, the U.S. Military Observer Mission's external radio communications were unusually frequent during this period. For the sake of secrecy, the Anti-Union also provided him with two more cars for him to change back and forth between the two stations.

The fact that the two main participants are not in a hurry does not mean that the others are not in a hurry. It's just that in the face of the two people who are breezy and calm, it's not easy for others to say anything. The political commissar of the advance army, who participated in the talks, tried to open his mouth several times to urge, but for unknown reasons, in the end he still did not say anything.

When the U.S. and British military delegations that went out to visit or inspect finally returned, Yang Zhen was still unhurried. After receiving the report that the US and British military delegations had returned, Yang Zhen, who was studying the Soviet artillery configuration received by Guo Bingxun, just replied that he knew that it was like no one.

Even the reception banquet in the evening was for Li Yanping to go. He himself was at the headquarters, and together with Guo Bingxun, Zhang Zhenhua, and Xiong Dazhen, he studied military issues for most of the night. Being a shopkeeper doesn't mean you really don't care about anything. There are some things that should be studied or studied.

Yang Zhen still said that the US and British delegations attach importance to it, but the original work cannot be left behind. You can't choke on food in order to receive them. Especially in the current situation where there are many things, what to do or how to do it, you can't give priority to these foreign devils.

Putting down the meeting minutes in his hand, the things that need to be made in the short term have been roughly studied, and Guo Bingxun can finally relax a little. After a rare stretch of a big lazy waist, he looked at Yang Zhen with a breezy face, and smiled: "Really not in a hurry?" ”

Regarding Guo Bingxun's ridicule, Yang Zhen put the pen in his hand back into his breast pocket before shaking his head slightly and said, "It's impossible to say that you're not in a hurry." I'm not one of those saints in ancient times, so maybe I'm really not in a hurry? This matter is related to our future development. I'm going to say I'm really not in a hurry, it's purely for the Americans. ”

"But this matter can not be solved by us in a hurry. This was true for the Americans, but also for the Soviets. The key in this kind of thing is to adjust your mentality, the more urgent you are, the easier it is for others to take advantage of it. Therefore, in dealing with this kind of thing, the mind must maintain a peaceful mind, and the mind is calm and naturally cool. ”

"Today is a rare time for us to relax, and when it's time to relax, we have to relax. I guess tomorrow, we're going to start fighting them with bayonets. These foreign devils are very good. They will never do anything in the snow. Falling into the well, it is very set. ”

Yang Zhen, who simply replied to Guo Bingxun, who was half ridiculing and half asking, did not say much about this matter, but turned the topic to Zhang Zhenhua and said: "Old Zhang, how is the production of winter clothes?" The weather is getting colder day by day, not to mention at night, and even the temperature during the day is less than 10 degrees. Seeing that the frost is about to fall, this winter clothing has another week, and if you can't finish the preparations, the army will not be able to stand it. ”

In response to Yang Zhen's inquiry, Zhang Zhenhua smiled bitterly: "No. 1, as soon as the cotton is shipped, I will immediately send it down." But the time is too tight, and such a large number of winter clothes can't be rushed out in a short time anyway. Excluding some of the cotton allocated to the central government, the amount of cotton is now somewhat insufficient. ”

"Fortunately, the Soviet-style glossy sheepskin short coat has already been made more than halfway. The rest of the skins are also eighty percent ripe. In a maximum of ten days, all the short coats and some sweaters will be able to be made. But the cotton pants and the thin padded jacket inside will take some time. ”

"Now the troops stationed in the northernmost part of Heihe, winter clothes have been given priority by using last year's limited inventory. As for the rest of the troops, it will take at least half a month. One, I also know that this is an urgent matter. But this winter dress is not relatively simple in structure, and summer clothes can be completed quickly in a short time. The process of making winter clothes is much more cumbersome. ”

"Even if several of our quilt factories work overtime, even if all the workers are working hard, it will be difficult to complete hundreds of thousands of sets of winter clothes in such a short time. It's not 12,000, it's not 100,000, it's not 80,000. In addition to the advance army, this is five or six hundred thousand sets of cotton clothes. ”

Zhang Zhenhua's answer, although he knew that the logistics department had done its best, Yang Zhen was still a little dissatisfied. He was not satisfied with the slow progress, nor was it because the logistics department did not work hard. He also knew that this batch of cotton had arrived too late. It is quite difficult to prepare hundreds of thousands of sets of cotton clothes in such a short period of time.

What he was not satisfied with was why he couldn't find a way to use his brains more when he knew that the number was large and the time was short. After thinking for a while, Yang Zhen said: "Lao Zhang, this speed is not good. I can only give you a week at most, and the winter clothes have to be all taken care of. ”

"There's not enough manpower, you have to think of a way. No, first concentrate on making cotton trousers, cotton shoes and sheepskin coats. Cotton gloves, cotton hats and two cotton jackets, and if you send them again at night for a week, you will not freeze to death. However, cotton pants and short coats are not acceptable, and they must all be distributed within a week. ”

"As for the thin cotton jacket used inside the short coat, I think it is possible to mobilize the people in the base area to help make zuò. And as long as the coat is sent on time, even if the raw materials are insufficient, these thin cotton jackets can be put away first. After all, it is not really winter yet, and there is still some time before the count of nine days. It's not too critical something, can we put it back for a while. ”

"Our troops don't have transitional clothes such as fleece jackets, and they can only wear cotton clothes when they take off their single clothes. In the weather is now as cold as a day, how can this army stand without winter clothes? Especially the sentinels, the temperature at night has dropped to about zero degrees, and there is no coat to freeze. ”

"I also know that time is tight, but can we figure out a way? Now Chinese do not have the habit of buying cotton clothes, and the vast majority of cotton clothes are made by their own families. Almost all the housewives in the base area will make zuò cotton clothes. In addition to the quilt factory, we can mobilize the families in the base area to help make the zuò. ”

"Cotton winter clothes are not high-end fashion, and an ordinary housewife can complete several sets in three or five days. With so many housewives in the base area, even half of them can be mobilized to complete the production of cotton blouses in a short time. Your logistics department will send the required size down, strict regulation style, I think there should be no problem. Although the handmade zuò cotton clothes are a little rougher, they are better than nothing. ”

"Cotton pants can also be used in this way when necessary. There are also sheepskin short coats, all of which rely on the logistics department to be made by the clothing factory, not to mention the production zuò, and even the familiarity can't be cooked. The nearly one million skins you need are all cooked by yourself, when will you be able to finish it? The sheepskin provided by the central government can also be cooked by the central government before being shipped? ”

"As early as the Manchu Qing Dynasty, our Northeast was a high-end fur production area. Not to mention other places, there are many workshops in Harbin that cook skins. It didn't have much technical content, and it could be processed by an ordinary fur workshop. We can provide raw materials and pay processing fees, and hand over some of the leather cooking work to the local government. ”

"As long as you can ensure the quality and speed, and give some supplies such as bedding to the place, some of them will be much less stressful. Also, don't wait for all the winter clothes to be made and then distribute them uniformly. This year's situation is special, and a batch will be issued when a batch is completed. The order is to come first from the north and then to the south according to the station, and the troops first and then the organs. All the personnel of the organs were issued in the last batch. ”

"Lao Zhang, I know you're having a hard time right now. You're not a magician, and you can't conjure up hundreds of thousands of winter clothes at once. But we have to think more about how to complete the winter clothes in the shortest possible time. This climate waits for no one, and neither can the troops. If it is not resolved, the army will freeze and collapse. ”

"It's not that I'm forcing you, Lao Zhang, you are an old anti-Japanese federation, you know better than me about climate change in North Manchuria. In late October, temperatures began to drop to freezing in most areas, and even snow began to fall in some mountainous areas and the Heihe River in the north. How can I not be in a hurry in the face of such a climate? ”

"The army itself has a large amount of training, and our food does not have so much oil and water, and the cold tolerance of the army itself is not very good. In this case, if you don't wear warm clothes, you will get frostbite. Think about it, a living person can't let urine suffocate to death. ”