Liang Jian: Lao Li, I'm really not a military expert

Chapter 637 If there are less than 1000 million kilograms of grain, I won’t even be qualified to neg

Li Yunlong was used to winning battles with firepower, so it was really hard for him to adapt to the stingy days before. He agreed with Lin Zhenhua's proposal very much. He wanted to make a fortune while the demand for medicines was high, which would not only solve the food crisis in the base, but also the raw material crisis in the base, which was a win-win situation.

"College student, I agree with your proposal. The plague in Ping'an County has been basically under control. You can go back to the base at a suitable time to increase the production capacity of medicines."

"Our soldiers still need 2 to 3 days to recover, and the counterattack will take five days to prepare. This time, I will eat up all of the Japanese's Donglu attack group. The Japanese are now in dire straits and have little ability to resist. They were so aggressive a few days ago, but now they have become weaklings, a complete joke."

Lin Zhenhua did not find it funny. The Japanese made a mistake in the execution this time. Otherwise, this biological warfare would have been very successful.

"Old Li, if the Japanese didn't launch a night attack the next night, it would be very difficult for the plague to spread to them. This is really a case of man proposes, God disposes. No one knows what the final result will be until the last moment."

Chu Yunfei hurried over and said excitedly, "I just received a message from my old superior, saying that the plague in Guxian County has been brought under control. I can finally sleep well tonight! Thank you very much for the support from the college students, otherwise, we would not have been able to get through this plague so safely!"

Lin Zhenhua replied nonchalantly: "Old Chu, this is a trivial matter. I don't have time to chat with you two. I have to go back to the base. A lot of penicillin has been consumed these days. I have to go back to the pharmaceutical factory and find a way to increase the production of penicillin."

"Originally, I don't need to be so anxious, but we are about to launch a counterattack. The casualties of the troops will increase dramatically, and we will definitely need a large amount of medicine to save lives. This matter cannot be delayed at all."

Lin Zhenhua hurried to the airport, drove a Lightning fighter, left Ping'an County, and returned safely to Maoershan Airport an hour later.

Zhao Gang, who came to pick up the plane, immediately drove and took Lin Zhenhua to the penicillin production factory. It took three hours to arrive. In order to ensure the safety of the penicillin factory, Lin Zhenhua built the penicillin factory on the cliff, which effectively avoided the Japanese bombing and sabotage by spies and ensured the stability of penicillin production.

"Old Zhao, I will go to the laboratory to cultivate it first. You should immediately arrange for people to prepare the production machines. If there is a shortage, immediately have the arsenal work overtime to produce it. Make sure to complete the expansion work within half a month."

Zhao Gang did not dare to delay and immediately started the third phase expansion of the penicillin factory according to Lin Zhenhua's arrangement. A large number of jars and culture dishes were transported in. It took three full days to gather all the raw materials and equipment.

Lin Zhenhua also took out the reward given by the system and cultivated it for three days, obtaining a mature and high-yield Penicillium strain, which he immediately put into the third phase of the penicillin factory expansion. This caused the penicillin production to increase by 20 times. After stabilization, it could reach 30 times the original amount, which greatly alleviated the dilemma of insufficient penicillin production capacity.

"Old Zhao, pack up all the remaining penicillin and give it to Chen Minggeng immediately. Hurry up and exchange the bullets and shells in his hands. The troops will start a major counterattack on the 12th, and we must prepare in advance! All combat supplies must be prepared before the th. This matter cannot be delayed any longer. We must take over Shuiquan Oilfield in the middle of this month, and Taiyuan City in the second half of the month, and then occupy the entire Shanxi Province."

"The Japanese have suffered heavy losses in this plague. This is our best chance right now. It would be a pity if we miss it. Starting tomorrow, immediately send the air force regiment out to bomb important targets of the Japanese!"

Zhao Gang nodded hurriedly and said, "College student, I will arrange it in a moment. The base is not too busy right now. The repair of the canal has been completed, and the construction of the road is in full swing. In order to increase the supply of arsenals, coal and iron ore, a railway line that runs across the entire base has been designed and is expected to start construction in half a month!"

"As long as we solve the problem of insufficient raw material supply in our arsenal, the arsenal's production capacity will be able to reach a higher level. Our arsenal's current production capacity has basically reached its limit. If we want to expand it again, we must find more skilled workers."

Hearing Zhao Gang mention this matter, Lin Zhenhua also felt a little overwhelmed. Fortunately, there will be a full-scale counterattack next, and all the workers captured by the Japanese will be rescued. At that time, the problem of lack of workers in the factory will be quickly solved.

"Old Zhao, as long as we occupy the entire Shanxi Province, it will be no problem to get tens of thousands of workers. Not to mention that we have trained more than 16000 workers through the method of old workers bringing up new workers. The total number of workers in the entire base has reached 22000. Otherwise, it would be impossible to support such a large business."

"We have more than 1000 machine tools of various types. If we can get the 500 machine tools from Tom, our machining capacity can be more than doubled. Tom has a wide range of connections. He can't just do the machine tool business once. I plan to buy a batch of machine tools from abroad through him, about 2000 units, and exchange them all for medicines."

"Let alone other things, I've already taken a fancy to the three arsenals in Tom's hands. If they sell us a complete set of equipment, our gun and ammunition production capacity will be more than doubled. We can produce nearly 300 million rounds of bullets and millions of artillery shells a year, which is completely enough for our Northwest Shanxi Military Sub-district to consume."

Lin Zhenhua became more and more excited as he spoke. His eyes lit up when he saw the machine tools, especially the special machine tools he modified, which greatly improved the production efficiency. It was because the system did not reward CNC machine tools, otherwise the production efficiency could be increased by two or three times.

Zhao Gang was happy to see Lin Zhenhua's plan come to fruition. Through doing business with the Japanese Navy and the Third Reich, they got more than 800 machine tools. Due to the heavy production task, half of the machine tools have been scrapped. Fortunately, they have completed the imitation of basic machine tools. With the existing production capacity of the mechanical processing plant, more than 1000 machine tools of various types can be produced each year, which greatly alleviates the urgent shortage of machine tools.

Compared to the jubilant Northwest Shanxi Military Division, Lieutenant General Imai looked very ugly. He regretted launching the poison gas war and got himself into trouble. Holding the order from the Taiyuan Headquarters, he was very angry, but thinking of the current predicament, he had no choice but to call Kojiro Hirata over. He decided to have a good talk with Kojiro Hirata.

After receiving the summons from Lieutenant General Imai, Kojiro Hirata did not dare to delay. He immediately put down all the work at hand and hurried to the command center.

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, I am reporting to you from Hirata Kojiro. If there is anything I can do, please feel free to give me instructions!"

Lieutenant General Imai was very satisfied with Hirata Kojiro's obedient attitude. He handed the Taiyuan Command's order to Hirata Kojiro and said earnestly, "Hirata, I know you are still upset about what happened last time, but I will not apologize to you. The difficulties we are facing now are all caused by you. If you hadn't instigated others to launch a night attack without authorization, the army would not have been infected with the plague."

"The Taiyuan Command suppressed the matter entirely for your uncle's sake, but that doesn't mean the matter is over. In order to resolve the current dilemma, the Taiyuan Command requires you to reach a deal with the Independent Regiment within three days to resolve the current plague crisis!"

"I didn't want to say much about this matter, but for your uncle's sake, I still want to give you a few words. No matter what conditions Li Yunlong puts forward, you can't agree directly. Ping'an County can be temporarily given to Li Yunlong, and we can also have a short truce. But once the plague is eliminated, a war between the two sides is inevitable. Li Yunlong cannot be unaware of this, and the next negotiation will be very difficult."

"Fortunately, the Taiyuan Command has also made some compromises, allowing you to trade grain and salt, and also allocating a small amount of copper. The support given to you is very great. I hope you will not disappoint the commander!"

Hirata Kojiro secretly complained in his heart, because he knew how greedy and difficult Li Yunlong was. Food and salt were indeed what Li Yunlong urgently needed, but compared with copper, urgency could not be put first. In particular, the independent regiment arsenal was producing a large number of aircraft and tanks, which required a large amount of rubber. For this reason, they even offered a price of 15000 yuan per ton, which was really full of sincerity.

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, if you want me to make this deal, you need to give me more autonomy. The amount of grain must not be less than 1000 million kilograms. If it is less than this, there is no need to even negotiate."

Lieutenant General Imai did not set any obstacles in this regard and directly gave 2000 million kilograms of grain and 20 kilograms of salt. This number did not scare Kojiro Hirata, because he knew how expensive penicillin was. It was not an exaggeration to say that it was liquid gold.

"Thank you for your support, Lieutenant General. I will definitely negotiate this deal!"