"Ito-kun, you are truly a great hero of the Empire."

Yamamoto's tone was unusually excited.

Once fuel can be obtained from Zhao Jiayu, then the importance of his Ping'an County area will be increased again, and the base camp will provide more support, and the imperial military department's thirst for fuel is infinitely crazy.

"General..."

Ito's tone was apprehensive, and his head hung lower, but what Yamamoto couldn't see was that the corners of Ito's mouth were slightly upturned.

As a businessman, the most important thing you need to know is to read words and looks.

After working in the Taiyuan Airport Garrison Brigade for so long, Ito knows Yamamoto Daisa, no, now he is General Yamamoto, a celebrity of the First Army, and the henchman of the two-time commander of the First Army.

This person is a rare doer, who is meritocracy, does not like to slap horses, nor does he like personal interests, and only has special operations and the great cause of the empire in his head, very smart, but also stupid.

This kind of person only looks at the result, not the process.

As long as he thinks you are useful, useful to his career, to the great cause of the empire, he will reuse you, and he will not care about your character shortcomings, whether you are greedy or have other hobbies, whether you can talk, whether you will please your boss.

Fuel business.

It can be seen from the tone of that secret letter that it seems that there will be no less in the future, maybe thousands of tons, or even more, such a huge business is definitely not something that he can eat.

The stakes are also too great.

It is necessary to find partners, and strong partners to work with, as well as to spread the risks.

General Yamamoto, who is in charge of Ping'an County, is obviously the best partner, this person has real power, directly controls tens of thousands of troops near Ping'an County, and is a monopoly on personnel and military and political power, with General Shinozuka and General Gangmura behind him.

Once he acquiesces or even actively participates, then the fuel business will be flat.

Moreover, since they dared to take the initiative to sell fuel, they must have been prepared that the fuel would fall into the hands of the Imperial Army, and finding Yamamoto to cooperate would not annoy the Eighth Route Army and Li Yunlong.

"Is this channel stable?"

Yamamoto, who had regained his composure, asked.

He was a little worried.

After all, the other party's base area takes grain as the pillar, and even issues food stamps, so it is understandable that a large number of grain stable base areas are released, and besides, grain cannot directly enhance the strength of the imperial army.

But fuel, but it is a real military supply, can directly and quickly enhance the strength of the imperial army.

As long as Li Yunlong has no problem with his brain, it is absolutely impossible to take the initiative to release it.

"Stability."

Ito continued to bow his head:

"The other party is the person in charge of a warehouse group of the independent regiment, responsible for the entry and exit of materials."

"Before Sato came, there were many imperial merchants who secretly did business with each other, on the surface the other party used food stamps to buy scrap steel and machinery and equipment, and secretly used sugar, canned meat and other materials to collect food stamps at low prices."

Yamamoto nodded silently.

Grain stamps have long become the hardest pass in the northwest of Shanxi, harder than the imperial currency, and even sometimes some merchants only accept grain stamps and do not want gold. After all, gold is difficult to carry, and food stamps are very convenient to carry.

In just half a year, the Independent Regiment relied on sufficient high-quality grain, sugar, canned meat and other materials to complete the credit foundation of the food stamps.

"Sato said it."

Ito casually rambled:

"The person in charge of the warehouse of the independent regiment seems to have a lot of high-quality heavy oil and aviation fuel in the warehouse, and no one cares about it, and in the future, when the time is ripe, he can sell it in large quantities."

"High-quality heavy oil!"

"High-grade jet fuel!"

"Large quantities."

Yamamoto's gaze skyrocketed.

Heavy fuel oil, fuel used by warships and transport ships, the empire is in dire need, and the logistics department has gone crazy to collect high-grade aviation fuel, which is currently impossible for the empire to produce, and its lack greatly limits the performance of the empire's fighters.

From those weapons and equipment, it can be seen that the force represented by Chen Fan has extremely strong technical ability, at least one grade higher than the empire, and it is normal to be able to produce high-grade fuel.

And these things, the independent regiment does not have a demand at the moment, and it is normal for the backlog to be in the warehouse.

"Nakasa Ito."

Yamamoto suddenly raised his tone.

"Hey."

Kotaro Ito bowed his head and stood upright.

"You will take charge of this, continue to liaise with the person in charge of the independent regiment's warehouse, I will allocate food stamps to you, and I will also transfer other supplies he needs from other places."

"There's only one thing you have to do, collect as much fuel as you can if you get the attention of the top brass of the Independent Regiment."

"Hey."

Ito nodded heavily.

After Yamamoto wrote the order and explained the details, Ito left the headquarters, and as soon as he was out of sight of the headquarters, Ito couldn't help but wave his fist and shout hello.

When General Yamamoto enters, the scale of this business will expand dozens of times, and although he loses the dominance of the business, he can obtain more profits and less risks.

Inside the headquarters.

"General, this Ito..."

Yamada Nakasa, who was already regarded as a confidant by Yamamoto, picked up the report and looked at it, and said to Yamamoto:

"He must have been involved, and maybe he was the mastermind."

"It doesn't matter."

Yamamoto smiled and shook his head.

In Ito's report, the main responsibility for secretly reselling the seized materials was left on the head of his cousin Ito, and then he himself was just a backstage who collected a little money, helping to deal with the tail and providing convenience, and Ito didn't know how big the business was, and after he happened to know about the fuel business, he found out that it was a big deal, so he immediately informed General Yamamoto.

Obviously, there are a lot of loopholes in this, this Ito deliberately dissociates himself, and his cousin's business Ito will not know the scale? He only collects a little money as a backstage?

Yamamoto has a clear heart.

However, the cost of replacing Ito is too great, and the risk is also great, and this kind of private and secret business is still selling military products, and the seller is very vigilant, and any wind and grass will cause vigilance, and even suspend business.

As long as Ito can get a large amount of fuel, it's fine, and he can get a little extra money through other means in private, and let him go. Anyway, these extra money will not damage the interests of the empire much.

"As long as he can get his hands on fuel, a lot of fuel."

"As long as he does not undermine the interests of the army."

Yamamoto's tone was casual:

"These things don't matter."

"Hey."

Yamada bowed his head and should be.

"Help me answer General Shinozuka's call."

Yamamoto said, suddenly waving his hand to stop the staff officer who was about to call:

"Forget it, I'll go to Taiyuan in a few days."

He is going to find General Shinozuka or even General Gangmura to get a batch of machinery and equipment through the imperial garrison in Southeast Asia, and the independent regiment has a great demand for machinery and equipment, especially high-quality machinery and equipment, and the price is several times higher than the market.

The speed of obtaining food stamps through other means was too slow, and Yamamoto planned to sell the machinery and equipment directly.

After all, the machinery and equipment seized in Southeast Asia are all Dutch, the British use their own use, relatively advanced, and it is useless to transport them to the country, and what the empire lacks at present is not machinery and equipment, but raw materials.

The machinery and equipment of a factory, in exchange for food stamps, is massive.

Thinking of this, Yamamoto suddenly smiled.

Before the collapse of relations between the United States and Japan, the empire was fighting everywhere, and large quantities of captured property were used to buy fuel from the United States, and scrap steel was used in the war against the Republic of China. Today, the machinery and equipment seized by the empire are used to secretly purchase fuel from the Independence Regiment.

If you can really get high-grade aviation gasoline and heavy fuel, there must be some ······

Meantime.

Outside the Ping'an County Headquarters.

Ito is teaching his cousin the business scripture in Dunton:

"In my report, I put all the connections aside and put the blame on you, Yamamoto will definitely see the problem, and he will definitely be able to guess that I am the one who is in charge of the business."

"But that's exactly what I'm here to do."

"But why do you want to do that?"

Sato was puzzled.

"Take your time."

Ito was very unbeaten and didn't answer directly.

······

Early the next morning.

Li Yunlong, who hadn't slept all night, finally waited for the iron communicator in his arms to ring.

"Let's go, go to the unloading area."

His eyes lit up instantly, and he rushed to the unloading area with the monk and Zhao Gang in a hurry.

At this time, Zhao Gang was also very excited and looking forward to it.

The reimbursement of ammunition has been determined, and the reimbursement of fuel lost in training, damaged tanks, armored vehicles, artillery, and guns is also known, but the two also want to know whether the fuel sold, the ammunition and weapons and equipment sold are almost deliberately damaged, and the ten rounds of large calories can be reimbursed double.

Yesterday, they not only sold fuel, but also sold some ammunition and guns in very small quantities, as well as a tripod.

If this can really be reimbursed, then...

Li Yunlong flashed sharply.

His ultimate big plan is really hopeful.

When he came to the unloading area, sure enough, Chen Fan had been waiting here in advance, and he was still holding a list of the mountains of grain piled up behind.

"Brother Yunlong, this is the reimbursement list this time."

Chen Fan's tone was full of amazement.

This dog system is really generous, even if it is deliberately damaged weapons and equipment and vehicles, it will be reimbursed, and even the fuel and ammunition sold will also be reimbursed, which is really excessive.

Li Yunlong took the list and looked at it, and was immediately overjoyed, but he first suppressed the surprise in his heart, and chatted with Chen Fan for a while, and only after Chen Fan left, did he begin to be surprised.

Of course, so is Zhao Gang beside him.

"It can be reimbursed, the fuel sold, the deliberately damaged cars, tanks, armored vehicles, and even the reinforced cement used."

The tone of Li Yunlong's message was a little gaffe:

"Unfortunately, only fuel is reimbursed."

In the end, Li Yunlong smacked his mouth, with a trace of regret.

"The ammunition sold is only reimbursed in a single way, the weapons are not reimbursed, and the three jumpers sold are not reimbursed."

"Ammunition sold to their own troops is also not reimbursed."

"It's strange to be reimbursed."

Zhao Gang shook his head.

If the weapons and ammunition sold can be reimbursed twice, and there is no limit to the target, they can turn their left hand to their right hand, and within half a year, they can form a million-strong army with weapons and equipment comparable to or even surpass the elite European and American troops, and have a head-on decisive battle with the devils, and drive them all out at once.

"You say."

Li Yunlong's eyes rolled:

"Can we reimburse the ammunition we make and sell it?"

"Huh?"

Zhao Gang was obviously stunned, and then couldn't help laughing:

"Hahaha..."

"You're too..."

At present, Zhao Jiayu Machinery Factory is responsible for serving as the mother of industry, producing machinery and equipment, and cooperating with a master master to upgrade technology, and the production task is to build factories separately.

At present, there are two firearms factories in the Zhaojiayu area, a small bullet factory, an explosives factory, and a locomotive factory that is being formed. Heyuan County has a fuse factory, an ammonia plant, a steel-making plant, and an experimental integrated artillery shell factory.

Zhang Wanhe also has a mortar shell factory of 60 to 120 calibers, 75 mountain guns, 92 shells can also be produced in small batches, and a factory with a daily output of 350,000 rounds of ammunition.

The army produces its own bullets and shells, as well as the number of grenades, but the quality is relatively large compared to Boss Chen's ammunition, the quality of the explosives is insufficient, the amount of charge is not comparable, and the stability, that is, the probability of duds, is also relatively different.

However, these bullets and shells, compared with those produced by the government, are of similar quality, after all, although their own technology is good, there is a lack of skilled workers.

If you can reimburse yourself and sell these ammunition you produce to the national government, Jin Suijun, etc., wouldn't it be...

Earn blood!

"Hahaha..."

Li Yunlong's eyes rolled:

"Find Chu Yunfei to try it tomorrow, those ammunition are useless anyway."

·····

A few days later.

The 358th Regiment was stationed, and Chu Yunfei received an invitation letter from Li Yunlong of the Independent Regiment.

"Going to the Independent Regiment to negotiate a deal?"

Looking at the invitation in his hand, Chu Yunfei raised his eyebrows.

"Business, what business?"

Fang Ligong on the side spoke vigilantly.

For the independent regiment, Fang Ligong is now like a great enemy, and he is even more nervous than hearing that the devil is coming, after all, there are really no devils around the 358th regiment's station.

"Big arms business."

Chu Yunfei put down the invitation in his hand.

"Arms business! What do they want? ”

Fang Ligong's tone became even more nervous.

Although the 358th Regiment is the son of Commander Yan, and all kinds of good weapons and equipment are prioritized, up to now, only a few 75 mountain guns have been added, forming an artillery battalion with 7 mountain guns. As for the shells, each cannon had only one and a half bases, that is, one hundred and twenty rounds.

Compared with the 105 heavy artillery of the Independent Regiment, the gap is too big.

The wanted anti-aircraft heavy machine guns, as well as other mortars and other infantry support fire, have been applied for for a long time, but not a drop has been given.

Oh, and I gave a couple of American-style officers' uniforms.

Not to mention ammunition, although they did not see the combat situation in Zhao Jiayu's base area, but the battle scene of the Yoshino Wing that was bombarded by 18 105 heavy guns in Heyuan County before was clearly seen by the 358th Regiment.

In just one day of fighting, more than five thousand rounds were fired from 105 shells alone.

It's terrifying.

Yoshino's attack was repulsed several times by shells.

Thinking about it, Fang Ligong found that if the Yoshino Wing came to attack, they could barely fight with their strong positions and artillery battalions, although the Yoshino Wing, as a mobile field unit of the First Army, was strengthened as an artillery unit in order to deal with the independent regiment, but the 358th Regiment was a large regiment, and there were more troops than the Yoshino Wing.

Now the 358th Regiment still has something that the other party can see? Actually took the initiative to come over and say business?

"Let the guard platoon prepare."

Chu Yunfei says:

"It's good to go and see what the development of that Zhao Jiayu base has become."

"Yes."

Fang Ligong sighed in his heart.

This time, it is estimated that it will not be very comfortable, that Li Yunlong, and that Zhao Gang, will definitely show off and be embarrassed.

However, according to the news, because the Japanese army near Heyuan County was wiped out by the independent regiment, the surrounding Japanese troops retreated, and the 358th Regiment was about to be transferred to other defense areas.

Although the 358th Regiment is his own son, his old father is not rich, and compared with the financial owner of the Independent Regiment, it is too far behind. Even if it's an expeditionary force, it can't be compared.

The main artillery of the expeditionary force is still 75 guns! An army is no more than a dozen 105 guns.

The guard platoon was very open and assembled, and along the horse road, Chu Yunfei and Fang Ligong and his party arrived in Heyuan County, and then followed the highway leading to Zhao Jiayu in Heyuan County, all the way forward.

"It's a fast build."

Looking at the new gravel road under his feet, and then looking forward, the wide road with no end in sight surprised Chu Yunfei.

He knew that the Independent Regiment was building roads, and tens of thousands of people were tinkling and tinkling every day, and from time to time they used explosives to blow up the mountains, and the movement was very loud, but the four-lane gravel road in the mountainous area was repaired so quickly and so far, which really shocked him.

"This roadbed is also very strong."

Fang Ligong stepped on the road and added.

When Chief Yan was in Taiyuan, he also built roads, such as the Jinzhong Highway, but it was a single-lane dirt road.

At present, this kind of stone hard pavement, the car runs up fast and steady, even if it is a rainy day, even if it is a rainstorm weather, it will not have too much impact on the driving, but the difficulty of construction is very high, the consumption of earthwork and stone is very large, and the amount of work is large.

As the crowd continued to move forward, there were pneumatic tire carts drawn by mules and horses passing by on the side of the road, as well as ten-wheeled trucks full of goods, and even half-track transporters could occasionally be seen.

"Hey..."

Chu Yunfei sighed.

He felt a deep gap.

It can be seen from this highway alone that it is much better than the current Chongqing, even if it is not comparable to Taiyuan at the beginning.

After advancing for seven kilometers, the quality of the road began to deteriorate, turning into a potholed and ungraded gravel road, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief, if in just one month, the independent regiment had built a 30-kilometer mountainous and solid four-lane road from Heyuan County to Zuojiazhuang, the base of Zhaojiayu, it would be too unacceptable.

The government built the Yunnan-Burma Highway, mobilized 200,000 migrant workers, and with foreign technical assistance, it took nine months to barely open to traffic, and even if it was subsequently renovated, the quality of the road was far inferior to the road under its feet.

At the same time, everyone also saw a large number of workers not far away building the road.

"They actually ...

Just breathed a sigh of relief, Fang Ligong's eyes glared at the big boss.

Chu Yunfei was no better.

What did he see?

On the construction site in the distance, there are tanks in charge of bulldozing, and half-track armored vehicles are used to transport earthwork and gravel.

"Are they crazy?"

Fang Ligong muttered to himself.

Although they have not used tanks, they also know that the loss of tracked vehicles is extremely high, and the fuel consumption is extremely high, especially tanks, every kilometer is a burning of money, and they actually use it to build roads!

Without waiting for Chu Yunfei to answer, everyone saw that the construction site was digging the mountain wall in the distance, only to see the workers evacuate one after another, and then a tank responsible for bulldozing stopped in front of the mountain wall, and a tanker removed the dust cover that lifted the gun muzzle, and then moved the gun barrel to aim at the mountain wall.

Boom...

Boom...

After five shells in a row, the mountain wall collapsed and debris was scattered.

The tanker then put a dust cap on the muzzle again and continued to drive the tank to doze the gravel.

"Can the road be built like this?"

Chu Yunfei and Fang Ligong were sluggish for a long time.