Chapter four hundred and ninety-six drought appeared
Sun Ning snorted, put away the dagger, stood up, and asked, "You've been here for a long time this time. What happened?"
Jiang Cheng took out his mobile phone and handed it to Sun Ning and said with a smile, "Look, my new toy is very good."
Sun Ning looked at it and exclaimed in surprise, "Aircraft carrier? This style is very unique. It should be the French one...what's its name?"
"The aircraft carrier Béarn, when this fleet was heading from France to America, France surrendered. I talked with Germany and France and hired this fleet. Now it belongs to us." Jiang Cheng
Said somewhat proudly.
"Let's see what you can do. It's really good. Give it a reward." Sun Ning kissed Jiang Cheng and said, "How long are you planning to stay this time? Are you planning another big purchase?"
Jiang Cheng hummed and said, "Yes, I am planning to build a large military base in Polynesia in the South Pacific. There is some foundation there, but it is not enough. I am planning to expand it. I have enough manpower, although what is needed is machinery.
Equipment and Materials.”
The materials are everything from cement, steel bars to glass. Although it is close to Australia and the United States, Jiang Cheng is not prepared to purchase materials from the Republic of China. This will make the price extremely high due to the transportation price, and it will also be caused by the mix of people.
Risk of intelligence leakage.
Sun Ning touched his chin and said, "In other words, we need to build a large-scale military port. However, the construction of this military port is a technical job and cannot be built casually."
Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "What if I ask the country to help you with this? Just produce a design drawing."
Sun Ning shook his head and said, "No, the military port must take into account the local hydrology and climate. In addition, the shape of the military port will reveal some geographical location information. Through national comparison, it is easy to find where the military port you want to build is."
, you should find someone over there for the design drawings of this military port. However, the materials and construction will be better here. Our heavy industry has become more and more oversupplied recently. If you can absorb a large part of it, I believe that the country will
You will be very happy."
Jiang Cheng shrugged and said, "Fortunately, I guessed it. We have already sent someone to find an architect. I have to say that we overseas Chinese really have everyone. Well, let's buy building materials and machinery and equipment first."
.In addition, there must be a fresh water device. They are all on the island. If there is not enough fresh water, it will be ruined.”
"Okay, you have to be busy every time you come here. By the way, our sales of photovoltaic materials and new energy batteries have been good recently. The Prime Minister has helped us support us. Now the deposits we have received in the past few months have been close to one billion.
, so you don’t have to worry about me being transferred." Sun Ning brought another piece of good news to Jiang Cheng. Jiang Cheng clenched his fist and said, "This relationship is great, but I also wonder where the money will come from.
.”
——Singapore in the time and space of the Republic of China
Tan Kah Kee slowly put down the telegram, looked at Jinshan opposite and said, "Do you need 10,000 laborers and 3,000 people willing to join the army? This... how much is needed?"
Jinshan nodded and said, "We have taken over an archipelago in the South Pacific and will build our navy there. These 10,000 workers are prepared to build various military equipment. But don't worry, we are all Chinese and we will
Give them the best treatment, and in addition, those three thousand overseas Chinese will join our navy."
"Do we have a navy?" Tan Kah Kee asked in disbelief.
"Yes, according to our employer's telegram, we already have three large warships, and one of them is an aircraft carrier." Jinshan said with great pride. God knows how big a sensation this news caused when it reached Yan'an.
, it is said that Chairman Mao composed a poem on the spot.
Tan Kah Kee nodded and said, "Okay! This matter cannot be delayed. No matter what, we must recruit people as soon as possible. By the way, will anyone from your side go?"
Jinshan nodded and said, "Lianyungang is still in our hands. We will use it to transport some people there. If everything goes well, we will also transport some people there. According to the central government's wishes, we will remove French colonists there in the future."
The hands are freed, and this is also for preparation."
Tan Kah Kee hummed and said, "Okay! Then I will immediately organize a group of volunteers from Nanyang to set off as soon as possible."
The camera pulled back and appeared on the fleet. Hill came to Jiang Cheng's cabin door again and asked Zhang Ye, "We have arrived. Governor Morier will be here soon. It is inconvenient for my boss to be away.
It’s better to ask the boss to come out.”
Zhang Ye hummed for a while and scratched his face anxiously, thinking about what kind of excuse he should give to excuse him. Suddenly he heard a crash behind him and saw Jiang Cheng walking out of the hatch. Zhang Ye was excited.
Said to Jiang Cheng, "Master...you...are you awake?"
Jiang Cheng hummed and said apologetically to Hill, "Sorry, Hill, I haven't been feeling well during this period, so I haven't come out. Are you here yet? Can we go and hand over to the governor here?"
Hill stood at attention and said, "My boss, Governor Morier has arrived at the port. As long as there is a handover document, he will leave with the 600 local soldiers."
"Are there only 600 soldiers?" Jiang Cheng asked.
Hill nodded and said, "There is no armed force here, and the indigenous people here have no sense of resistance, so six hundred people are enough. There has not even been a decent riot here."
"..." Jiang Cheng shook his head and said, "Okay, let's go out."
Morier was a bearded Frenchman. He was very respectful when he saw Hill. After all, Hill's military rank was much higher than his. The handover was very quick. After the documents were signed, Morier said to Hill
Shaking hands and saying, "Then I will leave everything to the general. I will take the soldiers back to France tomorrow."
Hill sighed, "Okay, but I hope you are prepared. France is no longer the same France."
Morier was stunned for a moment and said sadly, "But it's still France, isn't it? I also want to go back and see if Marshal Pétain and his friends made the right or wrong choice."
Morier then said to Jiang Cheng, "Are you Mr. Jiang? I'm glad to see you. I heard that the governor here will be you?"
Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "Yes, Marshal Pétain has asked me to become a French national. You know, our Republic of China allows dual nationality, so I don't have to give up my Chinese nationality, and he gave me the rank of Major General."
and the office of Governor."
Morier had heard some rumors before and knew that the reason why Hill could maintain a semi-independent state was that this strange Chinese had contributed a lot. Of course, in his heart, Jiang Cheng was just a puppet. The great France
How can a person become a subordinate of a Chinese?
Morier said, "I have a dozen people under my command who are unwilling to return to Vichy France. I hope you can take care of them."
Jiang Cheng immediately smiled and said, "Of course, I will take good care of them."
Watching Morier leave with his men's ship, Jiang Cheng looked at Hill and Zhang Ye and said, "Okay, let's get ready. People and supplies will arrive soon. By the way, take me to the warehouse here."
, feel free to tell me about the situation here, by the way, Zhang Ye, where are our people here?"
Zhang Ye came over with a somewhat darkened man and said, "My boss, this is the person we selected. He has lived here since he was a child. His family has a very traditional Chinese education. His name is Zhu Wei."
"Hello, boss! It's our first time meeting you. Please give me your advice in the future!" Zhu Wei, who was a bit thin, bowed to Jiang Cheng and said.
Jiang Cheng helped Zhu Wei up and said, "Okay, from now on we will all be people who work for the Chinese nation. Come and talk to me."
As the group walked, Zhu Wei said, "Our archipelago is mainly composed of volcanic islands and coral reefs. There are also some minerals here, such as phosphate, nickel, chromium, etc., but the main products are cocoa, sugar cane, natural rubber, etc.
The original ethnic group here is the Maori, which is a combination of the yellow race and the Australian aborigines. Most of them believe in Christianity. Only a few people like us overseas Chinese do not believe in religion. Look at the owner, it is a sugar cane plantation."
Jiang Cheng looked up and saw rows of sugar cane as lush as bamboo forests. Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "Okay, sugar is a very good cash crop. He heard that there are only hundreds of thousands of people here?"
Zhu Wei nodded and said, "To be precise, there are 117,000 people. There are about 80,000 indigenous people, about 15,000 European and American white people, and the rest are us overseas Chinese, Japanese or other races."
"Japanese?" Jiang Cheng frowned and said, "We must immediately clear out the identity and background of all aboriginal people. Our ancestors once said that people who are not our own race must have different intentions. Although this sentence is somewhat absolute, it is to a large extent
It is applicable to the above, but it does not mean that all Chinese people can be trusted. We overseas must be more careful in our intelligence work."
Jiang Cheng couldn't help but think of the Battle of Pearl Harbor. The Japanese expatriates at that time provided Japan with relevant military intelligence.
Zhu Wei immediately said, "The French have statistics on all people's background information, and we can call it at any time."
Jiang Cheng smiled and said, "This is very convenient for us. This is the warehouse? Hmm... That's right, Zhang Ye, immediately mobilize reliable manpower to guard this place. There are four lines of defense inside and outside. The first batch of supplies will arrive soon."
of."
Jiang Cheng turned back to Hill and said, "The troops have worked hard. Let's give them a holiday. In addition, we can tell everyone in the fleet the situation and let them make a choice. If they want to go home, they can go home."
The ship that Jiang Cheng really values and the crew members are leaving, and Jiang Cheng is really eager to leave.
Hill thought Jiang Cheng was thinking about them, and said gratefully, "Don't worry, boss, I will advise everyone to stay."
Jiang Cheng patted Hill and said, "You should take a rest first. The scenery here is nice. Relax first. You will be tired again soon."
Hill nodded, looked at Jiang Cheng's back, and suddenly felt that working under this Chinese boss might be a good outcome in this troubled world.
——Yan'an, China
"Huh...is it already that serious?" Chairman Mao slowly took a puff of cigarette and said.
Zhou Guansheng nodded and said, "I went to Shanxi and Suiyuan during this period, and then to the Taihang Mountains and Hebei, and then to Henan and Shandong. Drought has begun to appear in all places. It is very serious. Although it snowed this year
, but only in places close to the sea or water sources such as Shandong, there is not much snow in other places. Henan and other places have not had a drop of rain for more than three months in a row. There are already signs of a severe drought. This must be what Xiao Jiang said before
The upcoming severe drought. As for weather disasters, even if we win 10,000 battles, there is nothing we can do to stop it, so it is normal that there will be no change."
Chairman Mao hummed and said, "In the past few days, I have also read through the information that Xiao Jiang brought us, and even watched the movie again. Drought and locust plagues do not separate families. If they are really together, our year
There is no need to do anything else, disaster relief is enough for us to keep busy."
The scope and duration of the drought that began in 1941 are rare in history. In fact, there are too many cruel things that were not described in the movie 1942. When people are hungry to the limit, all morals and laws cannot stop them.
It is not uncommon for people to do anything, eat corpses first, and then eat living people. One person dies and the whole family lives. Because of the movie 1942, later generations only have an impression of the 1942 drought. In fact, the drought started in 1941. History
In the past year, many places had begun to experience crop failure, and more than one million people died of starvation that year, but this horrific number was nothing compared to the famine of 1942.
Chairman Mao stood up and said, "The Japanese are our enemies, and the drought is also our enemy. If they are enemies, they must be defeated! Where is the most serious place now?"
Zhou Guansheng smiled bitterly and said, "It's Shandong. The reason for Shandong is not just because of the drought, but because half of Shandong's rural areas were rotted by the war this time. Many places were abandoned, and the spring planting area was almost half reduced. So it can be expected that
There will definitely be a famine in the summer and autumn. Then there is the Taihang Mountains. The Taihang Mountains are originally more mountains and less land, with less agricultural products. They mostly rely on Xiaojiang's help to feed so many people. Now it seems that Xiaojiang still needs more help.
That’s all.”
Chairman Mao shook his head and said, "Although Xiao Jiang is one of our own, other people's money does not fall from the sky. It can be said that Xiao Jiang has given up too much for our generation. We must do it ourselves first.
If it really doesn't work, ask Xiao Jiang for help, and immediately give orders to prepare for a comprehensive drought relief campaign. At the same time, we must use this drought to carry out shallow attacks on enemy-occupied areas, and open up more new base areas to reduce the number of original base areas.
burden."
The Chinese Red Party in Yan'an discovered traces of the drought. At the same time, Okamura Neji in Peiping also received information about the drought.
"Hmm... Drought?" Neji Okamura sat down and said, "The empire's strategy is about to change. North China is positioned as a military station at best, and at worst not to become a burden, so disaster relief is absolutely not possible.
It can be done.”
Yamashita Fengwen next to him nodded and said, "Indeed, the people in our empire cannot have enough to eat, so how can we use precious food to feed those Chinese people?"
Okamura Neiji thought for a while and said, "Immediately prepare to dispatch the troops again. This time the goal is to grab food! After the robbery, immediately retreat to areas with better security and abandon all those places without food. The Red Party can give them to them if they want."
Red Party, give it to Chiang Kai-shek if you want it, anyway, it cannot become our own burden!"
