Chapter seven hundred and ninety third well-intentioned
The main purpose of Chen Mingxiang's visit to outside the customs this time was to settle the payment for the first batch of strategic materials. Compared with a behemoth like the Kwantung Army, he could only operate on a small scale, and there were so many people waiting for dividends.
The Kwantung Army was extremely wealthy and rarely exchanged supplies with outsiders, such as tung oil, bristles, rosin, and tungsten ore, which were currently mainly produced in the southern region. The quantity requested frightened him, and he had to cut off at least half of his share.
The Kwantung Army’s procurement plan, must the Japanese army in Central China go crazy?
In addition, he specially brought some bamboo leaf green tea, as well as relatively expensive cigars and red wine, and planned to go to the Japanese army station near Bingcheng to meet Ying Zuozhenzhao.
The former chief of the Mei Agency is now the lieutenant general commander of the Seventh Artillery Headquarters of the Kwantung Army. He is in charge of two heavy artillery regiments and a field heavy artillery regiment. From a job perspective alone, it seems that he is of little use to Chen Mingxiang.
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Chen Mingxiang didn't think so, he just wanted to burn the cold stove. Yingzuo Zhenzhao single-handedly established the Mei Agency, and his influence will exist for a long time. The more it is like this, the more his character can be reflected.
As the military advisory group of the Wang Puppet Government, the Mei Agency has absolute authority over military and personnel matters. This resource was obtained with great difficulty, so naturally it must be well maintained and further exert its effectiveness.
"I haven't congratulated you all yet. I heard that the Kwantung Army Headquarters has now been upgraded to the Kwantung Army General Headquarters. This fully reflects the irreplaceable value of the Kwantung Army and the importance the base camp attaches to the Kwantung Army." Chen Mingxiang smiled.
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On October 1, the Japanese government upgraded the Kwantung Army to a strategic group, adding two front army headquarters and an armored corps headquarters, as well as the Kwantung Defense Forces Headquarters and the Second Air Force Headquarters. Historically, the Kwantung Army
The military strength reached its peak period.
This is the office of the Chief of General Staff of the Kwantung Army Headquarters. There has been no change, except that the door number has changed from the Office of the Chief of Staff to the Office of the Chief of General Staff.
But this word put the Kwantung Army and the dispatched troops in Kwan on an equal footing, and Umezu Yoshijiro, like Shunroku Hata, became the commander-in-chief.
"This is indeed the importance the empire attaches to the Kwantung Army. With so many troops added, the demand for supplies has skyrocketed. Chen Jun, you are a friend of the Kwantung Army. The management department is formulating a new supplementary plan. I will trouble you.
Thank you for your trouble." Lieutenant General Yukio Kasahara said with a smile.
"As for the settlement of the last batch of supplies, after the port inspection is completed, I have already prepared them. You can take them away later. We also know that you have difficulties and have to be responsible for military supplies for the imperial army in Central China, but this time
Things are a bit urgent, you need to expand your purchasing quantity, especially white fabrics."
"I need 50,000 pieces of cotton fabric before the end of the year, and I will give you an order for 30,000 pieces. The management department is trying every means to prepare cotton yarn. The remaining headquarters will request assistance from the dispatched army headquarters and allocate it from the Shanghai market." Yoshitake Furuno said.
Pie in the sky!
Chen Mingxiang immediately thought that he could completely fulfill this order. With the help of Taiji Ohta, he had just obtained 30,000 pieces of leading fine cloth from the Shanghai Japanese Textile Association. He originally wanted to handle the next batch of orders. It is now early November.
By the end of December, it would be easy for three textile factories to produce 20,000 pieces of cotton cloth in two months.
It's not that he doesn't care about the people in the Kuomintang-controlled area and transports cotton cloth to the Kuomintang-controlled area for sale, but he plans to exchange cotton cloth for cotton yarn. This will make the quantity much larger, one piece can be exchanged for one and a half pieces. This kind of good thing is impossible to happen in central China.
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He thought through his nose how to deal with the cotton yarn exchanged by the Military Command Bureau. It was nothing more than cooperating with those powerful forces with backgrounds and supplying it to the textile factories they controlled.
The result of this is that both the Military Control Bureau and these big capitalists have made profits, but the price of cotton has been soaring, and the lives of ordinary people have become more and more difficult. A piece of cotton with 12,000 French currency is equivalent to 12 yuan per meter.
, Before the Anti-Japanese War, one dollar could buy more than three meters. How many times has this increased?
If the cotton cloth is transported directly to the Kuomintang-controlled area, the big bosses will be happy, and the privileged classes will also be happy, because the money that changes hands is money. There is a serious shortage of cotton cloth in the market. This money is very easy to make. With such a contribution, Chen Mingxiang’s credit record will inevitably be
To add a dazzling touch.
But he is not willing to let these people easily make money with his own hands. The profiteers in the Shanghai stock market are hoarding money. How can the profiteers in the Kuomintang District be any better? The crows in the world are all black, and the profiteers are all the same, and their nature cannot be changed.
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Chen Mingxiang has calculated that if cotton yarn is provided to the Military Command Bureau, the effect will be much better. At least cotton spinning factories produce cotton cloth. After all, workers are needed to operate the machines and vehicles are needed for transportation, so many jobs can be saved.
"Your Excellency General, I think I can take on this huge order. Now I have 30,000 pieces of cotton cloth in my hand. Originally, the Thirteenth Army Headquarters planned to exchange supplies with the Chiang Kai-shek District. If the Kwantung Army provides
If the amount of cotton yarn is enough, the effect will actually be the same." Chen Mingxiang said with a smile.
"Then this matter will be much simpler. In fact, our Kwantung Army Headquarters is not willing to ask the Dispatch Army Headquarters to coordinate. It would be best to have you do it for us. Just wait a moment, and I will sign a cotton cloth agreement with you right away.
Purchase Agreement.”
"The quantity of cotton yarn involved this time is too large, 75,000 pieces, which is not a small amount. I will try to send 50,000 pieces to Yingkou Port within a week, and it will arrive at Zhenjiang Port within half a month. You start spinning cotton cloth first.
, the remaining 25,000 pieces will be sent out on December 1st at the latest!" Takeshi Furuno was also overjoyed.
The Kwantung Army has always considered itself the flower of the imperial army. Since the September 18th Incident, it has occupied the northeastern region in one fell swoop. Therefore, they look down on the troops within the Kwantung Army, and their relationship has always been tense.
It was only due to the limited resources of the puppet Manchukuo, and also because of the need to change its image after General Umezu Yoshijiro became the commander, that he had to ease relations with Guanai.
Now that it has been upgraded to the General Army and has become a strategic group of the Japanese army, it proves that the imperial government still looks at the Kwantung Army in a different light, its status has also increased, and it is not very willing to owe General Hata Shunroku this favor.
"Generals, in order to celebrate the promotion of the Kwantung Army and to successfully complete our first business, I will treat you to dinner tonight. You can decide the place and have a few drinks and chat." Chen Mingxiang extended the invitation.
Since the management department of the Kwantung Army General Headquarters can now settle the payment, the next highlight is dividend distribution. This time, the settlement is in US dollars and gold. In fact, in the puppet Manchukuo, foreign exchange such as US dollars cannot be spent.
