The next day, a long list was presented to Yue Weihan's desk.
This list is clearly a list of Soviet scientists who are about to come to China. Most of the scientists on the list are academicians of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, and many are academic leaders in their respective fields.
Helicopter experts Kamov and Mili are among them. In addition, there are Mikoyan, the father of jet fighters, Kurchatov, the father of nuclear weapons, Kotin, the father of heavy tanks, and even Soviet ballistic missiles.
Valev, the father of nuclear submarines, was only a researcher in his early twenties at this time.
After seeing this long list, Yue Weihan was so excited that he hugged Jade Fox and kissed her passionately.
"Did you pick up the ingot?" The lips parted for a long time, and the jade fox's beautiful eyes stared at Yue Weihan in confusion, and said coquettishly, "Are you so happy?"
"It's not just a gold ingot? It's simply a rare treasure!" Yue Weihan raised the list in his hand and laughed proudly, "Did you see the name on it? Any one of them is a priceless treasure. It won't be long before all these scientists come to admire it.
It’s all gone, hahaha.”
After saying this, Yue Weihan said again: "We are really developed this time. With these Soviet scientists, our country's scientific and technological level will not be able to take off even if we don't even think about it. In ten or eight years, what kind of missiles, atomic bombs, and hydrogen bombs will be available?"
, there are all heavy tanks, armed helicopters and ballistic missile nuclear submarines, maybe even satellites can be launched into the sky!"
Yuhu didn't understand this, but she was happy when Yue Weihan was happy, so she stepped forward and offered him a sweet kiss.
Yue Weihan put his arms around Yuhu's slender waist and kept silent happily, and then said: "However, things are still a bit troublesome. I heard that most Soviet scientists are unwilling to come to China. In order to force these scientists, Zhukov made a mistake,
He was violent and even shot two researchers, Zhukov is really a prodigal!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Operation Director Ma Zhankui strode into the office.
As Yue Weihan's absolute confidant, Ma Zhankui has the right to enter directly without reporting. When he entered the office, he saw Yue Weihan and Yuhu hugging each other. The two people's hands even stayed at each other's vital positions, but Ma Zhankui seemed to
As if he didn't see it at all, he stood at attention and saluted without changing his expression: "Master!"
Yue Weihan retracted the Lushan Claw with some sarcasm, then grabbed the list from the desk and handed it to Ma Zhankui, solemnly saying: "Zhankui, have you seen this list? This is a group of Soviet scientists, and there are several trucks of drawings.
As well as information, I want you to get them to Yangon, do you dare to take this trip?"
"As long as it's the chief's order!" Ma Zhankui stood up at attention and said solemnly, "It doesn't matter if you go up the knife mountain or the oil pan!"
"Okay, I admire your drive!" Yue Weihan slapped the table and said, "You can ask for anyone or anything you want, I will do everything possible to satisfy you, and Yan'an will fully cooperate with you, but I have to tell you about this matter
It’s not that simple, those Soviet scientists may cause trouble, you have to make sure to get them over unscathed.”
"No problem." Ma Zhankui said loudly, "One hair is missing, sir, please look for me."
"Okay, you pack up and leave immediately!" Yue Weihan said, "Also, this matter must be kept secret, and absolutely no information should be revealed, otherwise Dai Li's Military Command Bureau will cause trouble for you, let alone Japan's Special High School.
If I let you go, maybe even the U.S. government will interfere. After all, these are not just one or two scientists!"
"Don't worry, Mr. Ma." Ma Zhankui said solemnly, "Zhankui will never let you down."
After saying that, Ma Zhankui saluted Yue Weihan with a military salute, then turned around and walked away.
Half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.
In the past half month, Mr. Rong has eaten nearly 100 million tons of grain, which has directly pushed the price of grain in Myanmar to the highest point in history. Taking the most common rice as an example, one dollar could buy fifty kilograms more than a month ago. Now,
But you can only buy one pound. In other words, the price of food has skyrocketed nearly fifty times. This is definitely a vicious expansion.
Soon, the consequences of inflation began to show up.
Starting from more than half a month ago, domestic grain dealers in the southwest and rear areas also began to hoard and no longer sell grain. In just over half a month, the price of grain in several southwestern provinces increased nearly ten times, and the increase was
It is so violent that it will be difficult to calm down in the short term at least. Although the Nationalist Government is determined to calm down food prices, it is obviously powerless.
This situation obviously exceeded expectations, and Yue Weihan immediately summoned Mr. Rong to discuss countermeasures.
"Rong Lao, can we release grain now to lower the price?" Yue Weihan said solemnly, "I heard that the price of grain in the southwest and rear areas has increased nearly ten times. If we don't try to curb it, the price of grain will be completely out of control.
By then our compatriots in the southwest and rear areas will not have enough to eat."
Mr. Rong pondered for a moment and then said: "The price of the first batch of grain imported from Siam has been almost eaten up by grain merchants from various countries, but the price of grain in Myanmar is still rising. Obviously, the funds prepared by grain merchants from various countries to drive up grain prices
It’s still plenty, so it’s not the best time to release grain for cash, but considering the domestic pressure, it’s not a bad idea to release grain in advance and lower prices.”
Mr. Rong's meaning is very clear. If you release grain to cash out now, you have to bear certain risks. Once the grain stockpiled in the early stage is not enough to squeeze out the funds prepared by grain merchants in various countries to drive up grain prices, then the situation will be completely out of control. Yue Weihan's
The original intention was just to prepare food to survive this year's famine, but the result is likely to lead to an unprecedented man-made disaster!
Coupled with the severe drought that is likely to break out in the first half of this year, our compatriots in the southwest and rear areas will have no hope of survival!
Thinking of the possible serious consequences of losing control of the situation, Yue Weihan couldn't help but hesitate. Such consequences were definitely not something he could bear. However, what was even more cruel was that if the Chinese Expeditionary Force did not release food as soon as possible to stabilize food prices, then the compatriots in several southwestern provinces would be in danger.
I'm about to starve because I can't afford to eat.
After a long while, Yue Weihan said: "Rong Lao, how big is the risk?"
Mr. Rong said: "If it were just Southeast Asian countries and grain merchants from various countries, the problem should not be big. But once the Japanese government intervenes, the outcome will be difficult to say. Once the Japanese government fully intervenes, this speculation is likely to
It eventually turned into an economic war between China and Japan!"
Yue Weihan frowned and said: "Rong Lao, are you saying that this speculation may trigger an economic war between China and Japan?"
"Well, it's very possible." Mr. Rong said solemnly, "Although Japan's financial situation is already quite difficult and its US dollar reserves have almost been exhausted, it is not difficult to squeeze out hundreds of tons of gold reserves, and gold is
It can be freely exchanged with U.S. dollars in the international market. Once this batch of gold enters Myanmar, an economic war between China and Japan will be inevitable."
Having said that, Mr. Rong said a little guiltily: "General Yue, it seems that I was negligent. I thought that China and Japan were in a state of war, and Japan had very few U.S. dollar assets left, but I didn't expect that gold was
It can be freely exchanged in the international financial market. Alas, it is careless, it is careless."
Yue Weihan suddenly had a dark cloud in his mind. The price of gold at this time was about US$35 per ounce, which is about more than US$1.2 million per ton. The Japanese government only needs to provide 100 tons of gold, which is enough to absorb the relatively low price of the expeditionary force.
A total of nearly 300 million tons of grain was produced, and then the price of grain was raised to high levels again!
Can the Japanese government come up with 100 tons of gold reserves? The answer is self-evident.
Competing with the Japanese government for economic strength? Yue Weihan is not so arrogant as to be stupid!
However, this economic war between China and Japan is already imminent and must be launched!
If there is no need to consider the feelings of the United States, Britain and other countries, Yue Weihan can forcefully purchase all the grain shipped into Myanmar by grain merchants from various countries at low prices. However, this is obviously not feasible because it will touch the bottom line of the governments of the United States, Britain and other countries. Yue Weihan really
If this were done, the Associated Press and Reuters would only need to follow up and report a few times, and the good impression Yue Weihan had managed to accumulate in the Western world would immediately disappear.
Yue Weihan doesn’t want to become an enemy of the Western world so early!
If you can't force the acquisition, you can only fight an economic war with businessmen from various countries with real swords and guns!
After calming down, Yue Weihan quickly thought of a countermeasure. As the saying goes, the person who tied the bell needs to be the one who untied it. Whether this economic war can be won or not depends on Professor Zhu Kezhen!
At that moment, Yue Weihan sent someone to invite Professor Zhu to the headquarters.
Tokyo, Japanese military base camp.
This morning, a top-secret combat plan was submitted to the desk of the Chief of General Staff, General Hideki Tojo.
Hideki Tojo has been in the limelight recently. Not only has he become the Chief of General Staff of the Japanese Army as a "non-royal member" for the first time in history, but he has also received the secret support of Emperor Hirohito and is likely to succeed Fumima Konoe as the next emperor.
Once Prime Minister, by then, Tojo Hideki will become a great dictator who combines military and political power!
After reading the battle plan, Tojo immediately fell into deep thought for a long time.
The combat plan was jointly submitted by the Central China Front Army Commander Okamura Neiji and the Southern Army Commander Terauchi Juichi. The entire combat plan was actually divided into two relatively independent sub-plans. The first half was an economic combat plan for Myanmar, and the second half was
Part of it is a military combat plan for China's southwest.
Hideki Tojo was not interested in the second half of the military combat plan.
In Tojo Hideki's view, Japan has just annexed the Far East of the Soviet Union. It is a critical period for digesting and consolidating the occupied areas. How can it start a war again? Besides, Japan really cannot afford it now.
Large-scale war expenditures have been incurred. The incident in China has been dragging on for five years. There is no rush for this year and a half, right?
But Hideki Tojo was very interested in the first half of the economic warfare plan.
If the Chinese government's national economy could be destroyed through an economic war and the whole of China plunged into a state of severe inflation, Tojo would be very happy, even if he spent precious gold reserves for this purpose, a final
The plain fact is that the more people starve to death in China, the less pressure the Japanese army will face.
Rangoon, Expeditionary Force Headquarters.
Mr. Rong is introducing the situation to Professor Zhu: "The current situation is that if we continue to hoard food, the price of food will definitely continue to rise, and we will definitely be able to make a fortune, but the price will be that the entire Kuomintang-controlled area will suffer large-scale economic looting
, and tens of millions of our compatriots will lose their precious lives due to hunger."
"If grain is transported back to China to curb the rise in grain prices, the hot money in the Myanmar market will definitely be fully absorbed, and Japanese businessmen will also take the opportunity to intervene. With the nearly 300 million tons of grain we purchased in the early stage, we will deduct nearly 22 compatriots from several southwest provinces.
The consumption is simply not enough to break the capital chain of Japanese merchants and grain merchants from various countries, and grain prices will eventually rebound in a retaliatory manner."
Professor Zhu frowned and said, "In other words, we are already in a dilemma?"
Yue Weihan nodded and said in a deep voice: "Professor Zhu, now I just want to know, when will the drought start?"
"I'm afraid it's difficult to determine this." Professor Zhu pondered for a long time, and finally shook his head and said, "Based on my many years of meteorological observation experience, I can be sure that severe drought will occur in the southwestern provinces in the first half of this year, but when will the drought break out?
But it is difficult to determine, and this is also a worldwide problem in the meteorological community."
Yue Weihan still refused to give up and said: "Professor Zhu, what do you think?"
"My guess is..." Professor Zhu pondered for a moment and then said, "The drought will begin between March and May, and the possibility of no rain starting in April is highest."
"Is it April?" Yue Weihan looked at the calendar and said in a deep voice, "Maybe we still have a chance!"
The time now is the end of the first lunar month, and there are still more than two months until April. As long as several southwestern provinces can get a few rains within these two months, and then Professor Zhu issues another condemnation announcement, everything can still be saved.
Given the leeway, Yue Weihan could even direct and stage a seemingly real "drought scandal" to manipulate businessmen from various countries into his hands.
The specific operation is also very simple. First, release the grain to cash out, and push the price of grain in Myanmar back to a low level. Then Professor Zhu broke the news to the Associated Press or Reuters in private, claiming that the so-called "severe drought in the southwest" was an outright drought.
This scam, directed by Yue Weihan, is to amass huge amounts of money through illegal means!
After the news is disclosed, grain merchants from various countries will certainly not believe it easily and will definitely hoard it and wait and see.
At this time, God’s help is needed. As long as God can provide a few timely rains before the drought starts in April, Professor Zhu’s fake news will become real news, and Yue Weihan’s fake money-making will become real money-making. In addition, various countries
In order to make huge profits, grain merchants borrowed huge sums of money from Nanyang Bank to pay freight and warehouse storage fees. Under the dual pressure of loan repayment pressure and the hopelessness of rising grain prices, the market will definitely see a wave of panic selling!
At this time, Yue Weihan was able to eat a large amount of surplus grain on the Burmese market at extremely low prices. Grain merchants from various countries were ripped off, but they had to be grateful to Yue Weihan, because Yue Weihan helped them when they were about to lose everything.
A handful of them helped them recover the last bit of their losses.