At the Eighth Route Army Office in Chongqing, Li Hao sat in front of the commander with a tired look on his face.
Returning to the pharmaceutical factory at twelve o'clock in the evening, after briefly understanding the situation of the pharmaceutical factory, Li Hao rushed here without taking a rest.
Although the Ministry of Military Affairs' daytime search found nothing, Chongqing's suspicion of the pharmaceutical factory will not weaken.
More importantly: as Chongqing pays more and more attention to the pharmaceutical factory, there will definitely be more and more intelligence personnel operating around it. It will definitely become more and more difficult for the pharmaceutical factory to send the ammunition from the back mountain to Xi'an as before.
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Therefore, whether it is for the safety of the pharmaceutical factory or to protect the mountains of ammunition in the back mountains, Chongqing cannot stay any longer and must evacuate as soon as possible, taking the remaining ammunition with it.
On the way to Chongqing, whenever he had time, Li Hao was thinking about how to retreat.
After listening to Xiao Yuan's report on the day's search just now, a bold idea quickly appeared in my mind.
The reason why I came to see the chief in such a hurry is to discuss this idea. As long as it is feasible, we will start implementing it tomorrow.
"Chief, I have decided to evacuate the pharmaceutical factory from Chongqing!" Li Hao answered straight to the point.
"The reason why we built the pharmaceutical factory here was, on the one hand, because it has a direct connection with the United States and can directly trade with the United States in exchange for our urgently needed funds, weapons and ammunition. On the other hand, it is because only here can we produce penicillin.
Only by rapid promotion can we solve the dilemma of lack of anti-inflammatory drugs for front-line troops."
"Now that these two goals have been achieved, if we continue to produce penicillin here, not only will the pharmaceutical factory be unsafe, but the large quantities of ammunition we have hoarded in the pharmaceutical factory will also be unsafe."
"The Ministry of Military Affairs and Government has already searched the pharmaceutical factory today. The information was deliberately leaked to them by the Japanese."
"No one can guarantee whether the Japanese have more accurate information."
"If there is, and it is leaked to Chongqing again, the Ministry of Military Affairs will definitely conduct a second search."
"During the daytime search, we used provocation and threats to escape the disaster. We may not be so lucky next time."
What Li Hao said was reasonable and well-founded, and the chief agreed without thinking about it.
"I also support pharmaceutical companies to leave Chongqing as soon as possible."
"After the Hundred Regiments War began, Chongqing became more and more wary of our Eighth Route Army."
"Now they have begun to suspect that the pharmaceutical factory is related to our Eighth Route Army. It is certain that the living environment of the pharmaceutical factory will become worse and worse in the future."
"In this case, the sooner we evacuate Chongqing, the better. If it's too late, we won't be able to evacuate even if we want to."
Having said that, the expression on the chief's face did not relax, but became more and more wrinkled.
The pharmaceutical factory has been targeted, and it will be too difficult to evacuate under Chongqing's nose.
More importantly, the mountains of ammunition piled up behind the pharmaceutical factory were also evacuated.
Those cannot be bought even if you have money. Moreover, the Eighth Route Army is not in a position to produce them themselves, so they must be transported back to the base area.
After a long time, the chief didn't think of a particularly good way to evacuate, so he shook his head and replied: "It's too difficult."
"Comrade Li Hao, pharmaceutical manufacturers have a huge business, and with the ammunition hoarded in the back mountain, even if it is loaded in a car, it will take hundreds of trips."
"Chongqing will never watch you send hundreds of cars of stuff to Xi'an."
"Chongqing is hundreds of kilometers away from Xi'an. Without Chongqing's permission, any accident may cause the entire evacuation operation to fail, and may also expose the ammunition we worked so hard to obtain."
"At that time, the drug factory's charge of reselling arms will be proven."
"As long as Chongqing is willing, it can use coercive means to take away the pharmaceutical factories, leaving us with nothing to gain."
"In addition, Chongqing has begun to doubt the relationship between the pharmaceutical factory and our Eighth Route Army. The Eighth Route Army must not step forward to help you at this time, otherwise it will increase Chongqing's suspicion and be counterproductive. Therefore, the entire retreating pharmaceutical factory can only rely on itself."
Li Hao's expression did not change. He faced the chief's gaze and replied: "Chief, we can negotiate with Chongqing."
"Throw out a bait that Chongqing cannot give up and must eat. Through this bait, we can force Chongqing to agree to our evacuation and send troops to protect our convoy along the way."
The chief thought for a moment and replied: "This is a way, but whether you have such a bait in your hand is a big question."
"If not, your idea won't be realized."
Li Hao thought for a moment and made a decision: "Penicillin production formula."
"The Japanese want to get this formula at all costs and produce it themselves. I believe Chongqing also wants to get the formula and no longer be controlled by others."
"I used the penicillin production formula and half of the pharmaceutical factory's production equipment as conditions to negotiate with Chongqing. I forced them to agree to the pharmaceutical factory's withdrawal to Xi'an and took away half of the equipment and all raw materials."
"The ammunition from Houshan was mixed with raw materials and equipment, and headed to Xi'an together."
The chief obviously did not expect that the bait Li Hao mentioned was the penicillin production formula.
He was frightened and it took him a long time to react.
To put it more directly, the production formula is the root of a pharmaceutical factory and the trump card that allows it to gain a foothold in Chongqing.
If the formula is given to Chongqing, they will definitely produce penicillin themselves and seize the market of pharmaceutical factories in large quantities. In the end, the market left for pharmaceutical factories will be much smaller, and accordingly, the profits of pharmaceutical factories will also drop...
At the same time, Chongqing will no longer attach as much importance to pharmaceutical factories as before.
You can clean up the pharmaceutical factory anytime and anywhere, and you no longer have to worry about ensuring the supply of penicillin like before.
So Li Hao ostensibly gave away the formula, but in reality he was giving away money and trump cards. He was giving away the only trump card that the pharmaceutical factory could use to threaten and restrict Chongqing.
Seeing the calm expression on Li Hao's face after he said the bait, the chief believed that Li Hao must have thought of this, but he couldn't help but remind him.
"Comrade Li Hao, you have to think carefully."
"Without the production formula, pharmaceutical factories will become dispensable in the eyes of Chongqing, and they can find reasons to swallow them up at any time."
Li Hao knew what the chief was worried about and immediately explained: "Chief, I have thought about it all."
"I learned from Americans that they have begun mass production of penicillin domestically, and the price is similar to our retail price."
"With the technology and production capacity of Americans, I believe it won't take long to bring down costs?"
"Once their sales prices drop, our prices will no longer have an advantage."
"So the profits of penicillin will come down sooner or later."
"I must negotiate with them to move the pharmaceutical factory to Xi'an while the formula is still attractive enough to Chongqing."
"As for the future, I told the leader the truth: moving the pharmaceutical factory to Xi'an is just an excuse. The pharmaceutical factory you see now does not exist at all, and will not be mass-produced. My real target is the base area, and those sent to Xi'an Pharmaceutical Factory
They are all empty boxes dropped on the way, or boxes filled with rocks."
"As long as Chongqing allows me to send equipment, raw materials, and the ammunition we have hoarded to Xi'an, I will have a way to send them back to the base area."
The chief nodded and affirmed: "Now that you have made a decision and have specific measures, I will definitely support you unconditionally."
"The pharmaceutical factory is yours, and the production formula is also yours. If you don't feel heartbroken, I definitely have nothing to say."