Regarding the importance of the industrial base, the best counterexample is the modern third brother.
The third brother is not without skills.
In fact, he really has no technology, but whatever technology he wants, many countries are rushing to sell it to him.
No reason, just because don’t worry, the third brother will never learn it and will have to buy it next time.
So, the third brother bought the design and found that the engine could not be made. After buying the engine, he found that the avionics could not be made. After buying the avionics, he found that the missiles could not be made. Then there were radars, ejection seats, radios, etc.
In the end, it took more than 20 years to gather almost all the parts of the United Nations to put it together, but the country's military refused to use it.
This is the result of blindly pursuing high technology without an industrial foundation.
On the contrary, if there is a solid industrial foundation, just knock it apart and make a copy. The copy version is even better than the original version and sells for a cabbage price. Then high-tech will come naturally and change with each passing day!
At this time, the Eighth Route Army had this pit in front of them.
It looked like an opportunity, but Wang Xuexin felt that it was better to calm down.
After thinking for a while, Wang Xuexin said: "Chief, I am thinking that in this special period, what we need more is food!"
The chief nodded in agreement.
Although these two transactions with the stubborn army saved 8 million kilograms of grain, it was still a drop in the bucket for the base and was not enough to tide over the difficulties.
Therefore, all technologies and equipment are actually empty and not as important as food!
but……
"The stubborn army also knows this!" The leader frowned and replied: "Just because they know it, they would rather exchange equipment and technology with us than exchange it with food. If we ask for food, the stubborn army may not be willing to exchange it!
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Wang Xuexin agrees with the chief’s analysis.
The stubborn army's strategy was to work with the Japanese to trap the Eighth Route Army with irreplaceable things like food.
As for technology and equipment, these things cannot be used as food. If the Eighth Route Army can be starved to death or trapped to death, wouldn't all these things belong to them in the end?
Therefore, although the Jinsui Army and the stubborn army did not know each other, their attitudes and practices towards the rocket launchers coincided:
At first I thought it could be imitated, and I thought it was harmless to give some food and would not affect the strategy, so I was willing to change it.
But when they knew that imitation would cost a lot of money, they were unwilling to exchange it with food, because this would directly lead to strategic failure.
This is also the reason why agriculture is important. For a country, nothing can replace agriculture. The military and civilians must eat.
After a moment of silence, Wang Xuexin said: "Chief, how about... let's try turning a corner and exchange food?"
"Why do you turn around like this?" The chief asked doubtfully: "If you change it, you will have it. If you don't change it, you won't have it. How can you turn around and change it?"
Wang Xuexin replied: "Food is not only available to the stubborn soldiers, but also to the Japanese!"
"Japanese, we can only exchange salt for food!" the leader replied: "You mean...we can exchange salt with the stubborn army?"
Wang Xuexin laughed. The leader was good at directing wars, but he seemed not to be good at doing business.
"Chief!" Wang Xuexin said: "We can go to the Japanese to buy salt! Buy it with money!"
"It's not cost-effective!" The chief shook his head and said in denial: "The value of the Japanese money has been depreciating. If you exchange a lot of Japanese money for it, you won't be able to buy many things in a short time!"
The devil's money is indeed depreciating.
On the one hand, the Japanese and the puppet government are printing random money, and on the other hand, Chongqing is counterattacking with counterfeit banknotes...
The so-called "counterfeiting with counterfeit" means that the Japanese printed legal currency and threw it into areas with stubborn troops to collect resources. Chongqing also printed counterfeit currency and threw it into the Japanese to seize supplies.
This is actually a financial war, and the two sides ended up fighting inextricably.
The reason why it is so difficult to distinguish is that when the fight comes to a head, both parties are using real money, not fake money.
The Japanese seized complete sets of money-printing equipment from the United Kingdom and the United States.
As for the stubborn army, they obtained the duplicate banknote printing plates through Zhou Fohai, the finance minister of the Wang puppet regime...
Zhou Fohai was actually a man who was greedy for life and afraid of death. He was unwilling to offend both the Japanese and the stubborn army, so he openly surrendered to the Japanese with Wang Puppet, and secretly used his identity as Minister of Finance to copy the stamps and send them to Chongqing.
This ticket version was copied from the original version and is almost exactly the same as the original version. Even the printed money cannot be identified as genuine by Japanese experts.
In this way, Zhou Fohai can benefit from both sides and be valuable to both parties.
Wang Xuexin said: "Chief, it may not be worthwhile if we use the Japs' money, but what if we ask the stubborn army to make counterfeit banknote printing equipment?"
The chief couldn't help being stunned when he heard this.
This little Northeast has quite an appetite!
Just now I thought he wanted gold, but I didn’t expect that what he wanted was the finger that can turn stone into gold!
If you can really get equipment for printing counterfeit banknotes, it will be a good deal. By printing the money, you can go to the enemy-occupied areas to buy things. Not only is it convenient, but you can also avenge the Japanese who used counterfeit banknotes to collect supplies in the base area!
But……
The chief is a little worried, will the stubborn army be willing to change?
Although this was a turnaround in exchange for food, it also affected the stubborn army's strategy of trapping the Eighth Route Army!
Wang Xuexin seemed to have seen through the leader's thoughts and analyzed:
"Chief, I think this can be done!"
"First of all, the stubborn army does not need to pay much, it is nothing more than printing equipment, ticket plates and paper."
"Secondly, when we print counterfeit money to buy things from the Japanese, we actually help the stubborn army fight a financial war with the Japanese, which is beneficial to the stubborn army!"
The chief nodded in agreement.
Another advantage of the Eighth Route Army's ability to print counterfeit banknotes is that it is close to the Japs and can be used within the Japs' defense areas. It can even directly distribute the counterfeit money to people in enemy-occupied areas... This is to use the Japs' materials to help the Chinese people, and at the same time
It can also disrupt the enemy's financial system, killing several enemies with one fell swoop.
"Again!" Wang Xuexin continued: "The stubborn army is secretly negotiating with the Japanese during this period. They don't dare to anger the Japanese too much, so they just use our hands to use the counterfeit money!"
"That's right!" The leader laughed and said: "The stubborn army may still have the intention of sitting on the mountain and watching the fight between tigers. We have fake money. Although we can go to the Japs to buy food, it will also anger the Japs and make us their targets.
...This is in the interests of the stubborn army!"
This was something Wang Xuexin didn't expect.
But this is true, and it may further intensify the conflict between the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese.
It's just that the mentality of the Eighth Route Army is different from that of the stubborn army.
The stubborn army was afraid that the Japanese would offend them, while the Eighth Route Army was afraid that the Japanese would not offend them.
So this is actually a good thing!
Then the leader stopped hesitating. He waved his hand and said, "Just do it like this, change the printing equipment, and we can continue to get food! Only then can we fundamentally solve the problem!"
The chief of staff was stunned when he received the telegram.