NCCnovel Chapter 174 Mining Rights
Chapter 174 Mining Rights
The brigade commander was stunned for a moment, and then he made a huge request, offering to divide the territory captured by the independent column. Naturally, he was preparing to bargain with Li Yunlong and Wang Meng.
"Tell me, as long as it's not too much, I'll agree to it!"
"Brigade Commander, our independent column wants the mining rights within the jurisdiction of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region Government!"
The brigade commander originally thought that Wang Meng was preparing to ask for some of the territory that had been allocated to him, or to ask him for some new soldiers to replenish the team.
But no one expected that what Wang Meng actually wanted was the mining rights which were just paper wealth?
In that turbulent period, mining rights were indeed expensive. After all, the coal, non-ferrous metals, oil, etc. under a large tract of land were worth a lot of money.
But to say it's worthless is indeed of no value.
After all, it is very difficult to find and dig out these mines, smelt them, turn them into various materials, and prevent them from being destroyed by the Japanese.
"I can't make the decision on this. I have to report to headquarters!"
"Commander, if the headquarters agrees, we will hand over 2,000 rifles and 500,000 rounds of ammunition to the headquarters every year!"
The military fortress's military production line has been put into operation, and one ordnance production line is running at full capacity.
Every day, one thousand G43 semi-automatic rifles, one hundred MG34 general-purpose machine guns, and one hundred 81mm or 50mm mortars can be produced simultaneously.
There were 100,000 bullets of all kinds and 10,000 artillery shells per day.
Therefore, Wang Meng naturally dared to make such a boast.
"Wang Meng, what do you want these mines for?"
"Brigade Commander, our Pingshun military industrial fortress and civilian goods factories all need large amounts of coal, iron ore, and copper ore. Most importantly, we also need oil!"
The brigade commander believed in Wang Meng's words without a doubt. He believed this young officer who was constantly creating miracles, even if he said he could build an airplane.
"Four thousand rifles and one million rounds of ammunition!"
"Row!"
As soon as the brigade commander hung up the phone, Wang Meng was criticized by Li Yunlong.
"Mengzi, I'm not saying anything bad, but you should try to bargain! As soon as you open your mouth, the equipment of our two regiments will be gone!"
Li Yunlong paced back and forth, feeling very disappointed with his friend, secretly trying to find a way to take back the "spilt water".
"Commander, don't be impatient! Once we have these resources, we can expand our production lines a few more. What about those rifles and bullets that are in short supply?"
"Coal is easy to dig, but copper and oil are hard to even think about!"
Wang Meng patted his chest loudly and took on all the work.
Once he invites all the great names in today's scientific community and recalls the locations of those oil wells and mineral deposits, won't it be easy to find them?
As the food of industry and black gold, coal not only provides abundant power, but also can synthesize a variety of chemical products.
There is also oil, which is called the blood of industry. It can not only be refined into diesel and gasoline to provide fuel for the armored division's vehicles, but also produce a variety of chemical raw materials for the brigade.
At this time, Wang Meng was like a chief who drove a Land Rover and had a white cloth wrapped around his head, and he was extremely rich.
"Okay, then hurry up. If this method doesn't work, tell me immediately. I won't suffer this loss even if it costs me my reputation!"
After Li Yunlong finished speaking, he began to gather his troops and set up defense lines to the north of Pingshun County and in the direction of Jincheng to prevent the Japanese from causing sabotage.
Wang Meng also quickly dispatched a certain number of troops to each coal mine that had been mined, and took over all the mines as the property of the independent column.
Li Yunlong and others were busy and having fun, and Chongqing was also in a mess.
Chiang Kai-shek's attendant room was bustling with noise, just like a vegetable market.
One after another, news that had previously been unthinkable was passed in and then delivered to Guangtou Jiang’s desk.
"Damn it! Half of Shanxi has fallen into the hands of the Communist Army!"
Bald Chiang sighed for a long time, but finally followed the established policy and announced the good news of liberation in the party media and major mainstream media.
"The Tiger of Southern Shanxi, Swallowing the World"
"Independent Column Kills Enemy Lieutenant General Nagano Yuichiro"
If the last time the press corps promoted the weapons and equipment of the Independent Column, it was like an embroidered pillow.
This time, we actually annihilated nearly 10,000 enemies and recovered Yuncheng and Changzhi areas, which is our absolute strength.
Even the Central Broadcasting Station continued to broadcast the good news of the "great victory".
For a time, the Independent Column became the biggest star, and Pingshun became a hot spot sought after by patriots.
On the other side of the Yellow River, Yan Laoxi was banging the table in the Second War Zone Headquarters.
"The Eighth Route Army actually robbed the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army of its assets! Is there anyone who cares?"
"Commander Yan, it seems that Chongqing has acquiesced to the actions of the Eighth Route Army. It seems that they don't want to break off relations yet."
Now Yan Laoxi can only swallow his anger and accept the consequences, because these mines used to be his private property.
The Japanese are coming, and we can’t defeat them, so just give in?
But unexpectedly, the Japanese were driven away, and these mines fell into the hands of the Eighth Route Army!
If the Eighth Route Army was still a team with only a few broken guns, Yan Laoxi would definitely have only one word in mind: "rob"!
But now he has to think about it.
There are only two people who hope that the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and the Eighth Route Army will fall out. One is in Chongqing and the other is in Taiyuan.
"Forget it, let's just wait and see."
Strike while the iron is hot, Wang Meng and Lin Shubing met and planned to invite those great scientists over.
Wang Meng and Lin Shubing's first target was Mr. Li Siguang, who was working at the Institute of Geology, Academia Sinica, Guilin, Guangxi.
This time the two of them planned to act separately. Wang Meng planned to go to Guilin in person to invite Mr. Li Siguang.
Lin Shubing was invited to Chongqing to receive an award as the spokesperson of the Independent Column. At the same time, he went to Guiyang and poached all the bigwigs from Zhejiang University which had moved to Meitan, Guiyang.
After a few days of bumpy journey, Lin Shubing met Mr. Li Siguang, who was in his prime, through the introduction of an acquaintance.
Wang Meng went straight to the point and stated his purpose directly.
"Mr. Li, I am Wang Meng, the chief of staff of the Jinnan Independent Column of the Eighth Route Army. The purpose of my visit today is to invite you to develop in our Jinnan! Only in Jinnan can your skills be brought into full play and benefit the people of the whole country!"
Li Siguang felt more favorable towards this sincere and straightforward soldier, but he shook his head.
"Chief of Staff Wang, your independent column has been very successful recently and has dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese. You are all heroes. However, science is not as simple as just wielding guns and sticks."
Wang Meng had already prepared himself mentally. If Mr. Li could be moved with just one sentence, would there be any need for him to come here in person?
"Mr. Li, you know Professor Zhou Renzhou, he is doing very well in our southern Shanxi now. We provide the most advanced production lines and the safest scientific research environment!"
After saying that, Wang Meng took out Zhou Ren's handwritten letter.
Mr. Li Siguang took the letter solemnly...