"What about external affairs?" the chief of staff asked again.
Wang Xuexin replied: "The enemy wants to blockade us, and of course we cannot let the enemy blockade us. On the one hand, we must continue to fight against the enemy, and on the other hand, we also need to obtain scarce supplies from the enemy. Such as medicines, radio stations, etc.
There are many things that are difficult for us to produce but must be used.”
Zhang Wanhe added: "For example, train axles, we have been waiting for them for a long time!"
This reminded Wang Xuexin that train axles must be continuously supplied, so as to ensure the equipment of the 92nd Infantry Artillery in the army. This is also a basis for breaking the Japanese blockade of the Eighth Route Army.
Ding Wei got excited when he said this.
Previously, thanks to the "blessing" of the Independent Regiment, the Independent Regiment defended Zhaojiayu and protected the New Regiment from the Japanese attack.
Although the new regiment also fought a small battle... pretending to be the Jinsui Army to attack the Japanese.
But the other troops were fighting fiercely with the Japanese, and they were all proud and proud. Only the Xinyi Group was hiding there and was moldy.
If the task of breaking through the blockade is not given to the new group, who else can it be given to?
So Ding Wei stood up with a "Teng" sound and said: "Chief, please leave this task to the new regiment!"
Li Yunlong was not happy about this.
"I'm talking about Old Ding!" Li Yunlong stood up and said, "We are all guarding that area, why should good things belong to you?"
"Old Li!" Ding Wei said: "Last time you had a good time and I helped you, but I haven't shared the equipment with you yet! It would be too boring if you argue with me about this again!"
"That's not good, you can just take it all!" Li Yunlong said: "Last time you only sent out a few soldiers? You put out so little force and now you want to grab the majority? It's not that easy!"
The chief didn't have time to listen to the two people bickering, so he directly called them by name: "Both of you, tell me what you think! Whoever has the best idea will be chosen!"
Ding Wei rushed to answer: "Chief, we are familiar with the new group in this area. Although the mountainous area east of Zhaojiayu is blocked by the Shanxi-Sui Army and the Central Army, they are also at odds with each other. There are still many loopholes that can be exploited.
, I plan to smuggle it along the gap between them."
The chief nodded slightly. This is indeed a feasible method, but it is somewhat difficult and dangerous.
Then the leader turned his attention to Li Yunlong and asked: "Li Yunlong, what about you?"
Li Yunlong laughed "hehehehe": "Chief, where did all the trouble come from? The terrain is familiar and the gaps are interspersed! I just need to click on this..."
As he spoke, he raised his hands and made a gesture of counting money.
The chief glared and cursed: "I'm talking about business with you, why are we talking about money again? Do you really think you are a landlord?"
"Chief!" Li Yunlong shook his head triumphantly and said, "You don't know this! I, Li Yunlong, have gone to the county seat alone several times. Do you think I rely on courage and luck? Isn't that nonsense?
How can we have such good luck every time! The Jinsui Army and the Central Army all have big smoking guns in their waists, and they smoke out their military pay in a few clicks. How can they survive without making some extra money?"
The chief looked at Li Yunlong with disbelief: "You mean, you went to the county by bribing the enemy? This is your method!"
"Who says it isn't?" Li Yunlong raised his head and replied, "If it hadn't been for this, I wouldn't have said it yet!"
Everyone was "coaxed" and laughed out loud, and the atmosphere in the venue relaxed a lot.
Ding Wei looked hopeless. It wasn't that he didn't know that the Jinsui Army and the Central Army were greedy for money, but he had never thought of doing so.
It seems that this time... Li Yunlong has the upper hand again.
The leader shook his head secretly, this Li Yunlong really could think of any way to achieve his goal.
But if you can do it with a little money, then it is indeed a solution.
Thinking about it, the chief replied: "If what you want is legal currency, it won't be a problem. We will get a lot back by then, and we can take them to the enemy to spend!"
Wang Xuexin interrupted: "Chief, these legal coins may not be enough!"
The leader felt strange and asked: "French currency has been circulating in the border area for several years. In addition, the money invested by the enemy to snatch supplies, if all is recovered... it will be hundreds of millions at least, which will be enough for us to use for a while!"
"Chief!" Wang Xuexin explained: "If it is based on the current currency value, it may be enough, but..."
The chief said "Oh" and understood: "Are you talking about the devaluation of the French currency?"
Wang Xuexin nodded.
There are some things he can't say first.
In the future, as the Japanese print more and more counterfeit currency, especially when a complete set of equipment is seized in Hong Kong next year, the depreciation rate of legal currency can be said to be as high as three thousand feet.
100 French currency can buy you a pig now, but in a few months you can only buy a bag of flour, and not long after that you can only buy a chicken, and then you can only buy two eggs, and finally you can barely buy a piece of paper.
A piece of legal currency with a denomination of 100 can only buy one piece of paper... The money is not worth as much as the paper!
At this rate of depreciation, what else can the hundreds of millions of fiat currencies circulating in the border areas buy back?
I’m afraid I’ll just buy a stack of straw paper if I have to pick two!
The chief frowned even deeper when he heard this. He said worriedly: "If this is the case, we will expel legal currency in the future. How will we go to enemy-occupied areas to buy necessities?"
This is indeed a problem. The border area has issued its own currency, which means that it has nothing to do with other places. If you take the money from the border area to other places, others will not recognize it and cannot buy things. It is equivalent to a piece of waste paper.
Wang Xuexin hesitated for a moment and then said: "We can...do business with the enemy! In other words, we bring what the enemy needs and sell it, and then buy back what we want!"
This has nothing to do with currency devaluation.
Because currency devaluation means that things can be sold more expensively, so the things bought back will be of similar value.
Unless the currency depreciates so fast that when you buy something, it drops another level.
The reason why Wang Xuexin hesitated was because "bringing what the enemy wants" was more sensitive.
Sure enough, the commander's face darkened and he said: "Playing the piano randomly, doing business with the enemy, and bringing things that the enemy needs, isn't that not 'capitalizing the enemy'?"
"Chief!" Wang Xuexin replied: "Then if we use legal currency to buy things, and the enemy uses these legal currencies to buy what they need, isn't it also 'funding the enemy'?"
The chief had nothing to say after being surrounded by Wang Xuexin.
After thinking about it for a while, he felt that what Xiao Dongbei said made sense.
As long as you use money to buy it, its essence is to "capitalize the enemy".
Unless you go to the Japanese with a knife and a gun to rob you, you can still bring it back.
But if we can all go to the Japs and snatch things back, why don’t we just take them away from the Japs?
so……
The chief nodded: "We can use extraordinary means in special times!"
The chief felt helpless. Today he broke his principles twice in a row in order to achieve his goal.