bookrandom Chapter 336: People in the city cannot afford food, so they can only blame Li Yunlong. He deserves t
Chapter 336: People in the city cannot afford food, so they can only blame Li Yunlong. He deserves t
Speaking of the radio, Li Yunlong was also very angry. The arsenal had worked hard for a long time but had not been able to produce a radio. Lin Zhenhua was partly responsible for this. What he obtained was the manufacturing technology of transistor radios, not the manufacturing technology of vacuum tube radios.
I had finally built a radio by myself and successfully communicated with the outside world. That was because I had the help of the system. The core components were all rewards from the system, but the other components were too unreliable when they were produced. Coupled with the sabotage by spies, they were damaged after only a few days of use.
Lin Zhenhua also wanted to use his knowledge to make a tube radio, but after a long time of hard work, he still didn't succeed. He couldn't find the reason now, and always felt that there was something wrong with the manufacturing process. In fact, it was not Lin Zhenhua's fault, but the spies hiding in the arsenal deliberately added some impurities to the raw materials, which made the tubes produced always have problems, forcing Lin Zhenhua to find another way out.
"I think it is necessary to have another good talk with Chen Minggeng and ask him to help us purchase a batch of radio stations. If he is unwilling, then we will terminate our cooperation with him!" Li Yunlong said angrily.
Zhao Gang pulled Li Yunlong and said with a worried look on his face, "Old Li, you can't act on impulse at this time. Now our medicines need to be sold through Chen Minggeng, and we also need him to help us transport a large amount of supplies. Now we need him for help, and we really can't tear our relationship with him, otherwise we will suffer the consequences."
"Besides, we have been lacking communication radios for several months, not just one or two days. There is no need to rush. College students have encountered many problems in the research and development of transistor radios. This is normal. After all, we lack sufficient equipment in the electronics industry. The equipment that college students finally developed was also destroyed by the Japanese bombers. Otherwise, we would have been able to achieve mass production of radios long ago. Even if the failure rate is not high, it can still meet our communication needs!"
Everyone looked at Lin Zhenhua. This time, Lin Zhenhua did not shirk his responsibility. He assured everyone with a firm face: "The reason why we always have problems with the production of electronic tube radio stations is because of the equipment. Since the equipment was damaged, we can no longer produce radio detonation fuses. Now the anti-aircraft guns are using ordinary shells, which will greatly reduce the success rate of our anti-aircraft guns in intercepting aircraft. You must be mentally prepared in advance!"
"There are several difficulties in manufacturing transistor radios. Even if it takes a little longer, we must make a breakthrough in transistors. As for vacuum tubes, we can only give up!"
Lin Zhenhua did not get the production technology of vacuum tube radios at all. He was lucky enough to get a set of production equipment, but it was blown up by the Japanese. He has not received any similar rewards in recent days and was unable to turn the manufacturing direction to transistors.
"We'll talk about the radio station later. Now we need to investigate the current situation of the First Transport Brigade as soon as possible, as well as the Fourth Transport Brigade responsible for short-distance transfers. Only by understanding what happened can we respond in a timely manner!"
The topic just now did go off track, but fortunately Lin Zhenhua changed it in time. There was no other good solution for everyone at the moment, so they had to arrange a transport plane to investigate the matter.
The Ping'an County Garrison Battalion headquarters was brightly lit. Mitsui Taro handed the telegram in his hand to Colonel Kurofuji and announced excitedly, "Everyone, I have good news for you. The Kuroki Fighter Battalion launched a surprise attack on the Independent Regiment's transport aircraft formation during the day today. A total of 12 transport aircraft were shot down, achieving a great victory."
"Tomorrow, the Empire's fighter squadron will ambush at the same location again. As long as the Independent Regiment's transport plane formation passes overhead, they will be directly killed! The air and land blockade plan against the Independent Regiment will be officially implemented today. Let our merchants sell the supplies they carry at the Zhangjiazhuang market and immediately return to Ping'an County."
"We only give you one day. Hurry up and deal with the supplies you have. The blockade operation has officially begun. This operation has received strong support from Commander Yoshio Shinozuka. General Tada also acquiesced to it and secretly transferred all the fuel reserves of the North China Front to the Kuroki Fighter Squadron to help us successfully plug this air loophole."
The good news brought by Taro Mitsui made everyone more confident. They had started selling supplies yesterday, and had basically finished selling them today. They would be able to withdraw the people early tomorrow. It was relatively safe to withdraw the people at this time. After all, Li Yunlong didn't know that the first transport plane formation was wiped out.
"Mitsuki-kun, this is indeed good news. We need to celebrate. We only need to blockade the Independent Regiment for three or four months, and they may have food problems. When the spring plowing season comes next year, we will launch an attack. As long as they miss the spring plowing season, the Independent Regiment will have enough food for 70 people. That will be the beginning of their civil unrest. The Empire won't have to mobilize many troops at that time, and it will be easy to eliminate the Independent Regiment, a major threat, and get a complete arsenal."
"Our special forces team can then sneak in ahead of time and protect the arsenal from being destroyed. This will be a great achievement for all of us. The empire can gain huge benefits without spending much cost. The plan formulated by Mitsui-kun is truly amazing and a genius idea!" Kojiro Hirata praised without reservation.
Everyone present also praised him. The two small mustaches on Mitsui Taro's mouth moved and his face was extremely happy. He finally conquered these guys in front of him, and it was worth his effort.
Even Nakamura Ichiro, who was at odds with Mitsui Taro, didn't say anything this time, but he felt a little unhappy and wanted to find someone to talk to. After finishing the party with a few people, Nakamura Ichiro came to Tianxiang Restaurant and started to complain to Xu Zhongyi.
"Manager Xu, the independent regiment is behind the Zhangjiazhuang market. Li Yunlong is a completely dishonest person. He is really a despicable person. I sold him fine grains, but he was unwilling to do so. He directly reduced the price of grains by half, leaving me with no profit. I don't plan to do business with him anymore. Anyway, I have made a lot of money before. I won't starve now if I lose this income!"
"But Li Yunlong's days will be difficult. He raised the price without authorization, which offended many merchants. Those merchants are very smart. If they find that there is no profit to be made, they will definitely not go to Zhangjiazhuang market to trade again."
"Since the weather has been getting colder, the price of food has gone up a lot, up 60% compared to before, and the price is still rising these days. We sold a lot of food to Li Yunlong before, which made the amount of food on the market short. I estimate that the price of food will continue to rise, at least double!"
Xu Zhongyi replied with a look of shock on his face: "Mr. Nakamura, the current grain price is already on par with the highest grain price last year. If it continues to rise, many people will not be able to afford food, and they may not even be able to survive this winter. Then there will be chaos!"
Nakamura Ichiro curled his lips and said with disdain, "There's really nothing much to say about this matter. Ping'an County has a battalion of troops stationed in the Empire, which can definitely ensure the stability of the area around the county. Besides, the rise in grain prices is also Li Yunlong's fault. It has nothing to do with us. Tomorrow someone will spread the news that Li Yunlong has bought everyone's rations. If you don't buy now, the grain price will have to triple or quadruple. Tomorrow, grain will be in great demand. Shopkeeper Xu, just wait and see!"
Xu Zhongyi could no longer sit still, and said to himself in disbelief: "If the price of food continues to rise, I have to find a way to buy more food. This restaurant consumes a lot of food every day. If I don't buy some in advance, no one will patronize it in a few days!"
Xu Zhongyi deliberately muttered to himself for a while, then he slapped his thigh and raised his glass to apologize: "Nakamura-kun, I was a little distracted just now. I'm sorry if I offended you. Please forgive me. I'll drink a glass first to apologize to you!"
"There is another matter that I need Nakamura's help with. I wonder if you can give me some grain. I don't need a lot, 30,000 to 40,000 kilograms will be enough. I don't want Nakamura to suffer any loss, so I am willing to pay 50% higher than the market price. What do you think, Nakamura?"
Nakamura Ichiro drank the wine in his glass and replied with a happy face: "With my relationship with Shopkeeper Xu, thirty or forty thousand kilograms is indeed not a problem. I will arrange for someone to come over to trade tomorrow. The price will be what you said. I'll just take a small loss this time!"
"Tonight we won't talk about business, we'll just talk about romance. Come on, drink, drink. We won't go home until we're drunk tonight!"
The two drank until about 10 pm, and fell down drunk in the private room. The shop assistant and six Japanese soldiers left the room with their own people. After being sent back to the backyard by two shop assistants, Xu Zhongyi woke up slowly half an hour later.
"There's something wrong with Ichiro Nakamura tonight. It seems like he deliberately arranged this dinner. I have to notify Li Yunlong immediately and ask him to prepare in advance!"
Xu Zhongyi took advantage of the night to go to the contact point and found Lin Tiezhu, the independent regiment's liaison officer in Ping'an County. He handed the information to him and asked him to leave the city early the next morning and deliver the news to the independent regiment.
After obtaining the intelligence and sending Xu Zhongyi away, Lin Tiezhu confirmed that no one was following or tracking him. Under the cover of night, he secretly climbed into the yard next door, found the tunnel out of the city, and left Ping'an County through the tunnel.
"Tiezhu, why did you leave Ping'an County so late at night? Is there any urgent information that needs to be passed back?" asked Ma Shizhu, the liaison officer of the liaison station.
"Shizhu, stop talking nonsense and take me to where the horse is. This is the information that Manager Xu just sent over. I must deliver it to the commander before dinner tonight. The Japanese are planning to attack the Zangjiazhuang market, so the commander must be prepared in advance!"
Before Lin Tiezhu could finish his words, Ma Shizhu hurriedly urged him, "Hurry up and follow me. I'll take you to get the horse!"