Life in the world of film and television

Chapter 435 Anti-Japanese United Army

After staying in Nanyang for a few days, Li Mu came to Singapore again, and the planes and machinery he ordered arrived.

The six improved Yi-16s that just left the factory earlier this year weigh 1.3 tons, have a top speed of 580 kilometers per hour, and a combat radius of more than 700 kilometers. They are currently one of the fastest aircraft in the world.

The three latest-generation German-made Bf-109 fighter jets are also extremely excellent fighter jets at present, especially with a combat radius of more than [-] kilometers, which can be regarded as one of the fighter jets with the longest combat radius in this era.

Three British-made Rafale fighters, with a speed of more than 500 kilometers per hour, and a combat radius of nearly [-] kilometers, are also one of the best fighters in the world.

Twelve fighter jets were received, along with a batch of various machines, machinery, and processing equipment worth more than 200 million U.S. dollars. With these, a large-scale metal processing plant can just be established.

In the future, we will need to produce guns, cannons, bullets, and ammunition.

More than 150 million US dollars was spent to purchase a batch of steel, gasoline, raw materials for explosives, and other military supplies, leaving only [-] cubic meters of space.

Li Mu purchased another [-] tons of wheat, [-] tons of rice, and [-] tons of sugar.

Speaking of which, white sugar is really not cheap at $185 a ton.

However, in this day and age, white sugar is really a good thing.

First, sugar is one of the main sources of nutrition for the human body. It can supplement the heat and elements needed by the human body, and can be quickly absorbed by the human body. A small amount of intake can supplement a large amount of calories.

Moreover, white sugar has high calorie content, is easy to carry and can be stored, and can be made into compressed biscuits, candy and other foods.Not only is it small in size, easy to transport, easy to carry, but also has a long shelf life.In times of war and famine, a small handful of sugar can save a life.

During the war, sugar was also one of the essential supplies for the army.

[-]. White sugar can be used for disinfection and hemostasis when there is a shortage of medicines.

On the battlefield, salt water and medicine are very scarce medical resources, and the combat conditions are difficult, and injuries and bleeding cannot be treated in time.

In an emergency, sugar can be used to treat the wound simply. Sprinkle sugar water instead of salt water on the wound, which is helpful for inhibiting bacteria, cleaning and drying the wound.

[-]. Sugar can be made into powerful ammunition. There have been plots of using sugar as ammunition in many domestic and foreign film and television dramas. Many people think it is exaggerated. In fact, sugar can really be used to make ammunition.

White sugar is refined sugar made from molasses squeezed from sugar cane and beets. At a high temperature of 186 degrees Celsius, the sugar will turn into caramel, which will burn to produce carbon dioxide and water after contact with oxygen.If sugar is mixed with an oxidant, it can be made into a powerful fuel.

Many fuels, explosives, and grenades in wartime are made of white sugar as one of the raw materials.Someone once demonstrated bombs made of sugar at home, with a range of 12 kilometers.

It’s not obvious now, but in two years’ time, supplies will be further scarce, and sugar will become a hard currency like weapons, gold, tobacco and alcohol, and it can be regarded as just needed.

On the battlefield, life is the most important thing, and sugar is what can save and save lives at critical times.

Seeing that there is still a lot of space, Li Mu purchased another [-] tons of dried fish. As a seaport city, there is no shortage of this.

There is no way, as the coastal cities have fallen one after another, the aquatic products in the domestic market have obviously decreased, and the price has risen higher and higher, and there is even no market for the price.

Take it back and sell part of it to enrich the dining tables of the people in Nanyang area, and the rest will supplement nutrition for the army.

The business here is over, and Li Mu returns to the country again.

It was still the old rule that some military supplies were left in Hankou for purchase, and Li Mu returned to Nanyang with the remaining supplies.

The rice is handed over to the grain store, and the wheat is handed over to the flour mill. After processing, the gluten can be used to feed horses, sheep, chickens, ducks, geese and other poultry, and the flour is handed over to the grain store for distribution.

From now on, grain stores will no longer sell wheat, but only processed flour, [-] catties per bag, and each person is limited to one bag at a time.

Having said that, the discounted grain has been sold for a period of time. Although the grain price in the surrounding cities is still high, the grain price in Nanyang has indeed dropped a little.

As a result, prices in all aspects have dropped a lot.

Of the 120 tons of white sugar purchased this time, Li Mu sold [-] tons of sugar in the market and recovered more than [-] million silver dollars, which is considered to have earned back his capital.

With the remaining [-] tons, Li Mu set up a candy factory specializing in the production of candies of various flavors, which can not only increase employment, but also enrich the variety of products in the market and earn more profits.

In addition, in preparation for the future march, Li Mu set up a food factory, specializing in the production of compressed biscuits of various flavors and some non-staple foods.

He also convened a group of technical personnel and university professors of related majors to prepare to perfect the production process of ham sausage and produce ham sausage.

Ham sausage can not only supplement nutrition, but also is convenient to carry.Compared with ordinary meat, it has a longer shelf life. It can be used as military rations or pushed into the market to enrich people's tables and nutrition.

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The above are all in the fields of economy, people's livelihood, and manufacturing. The influx of people, the current Nanyang City obviously cannot bear it.

The Office is planning to set up a new district in the east of Nanyang City to accommodate more people and businesses.

In the future, the old city will be inside the city wall, and the new district to the east will be called the new city. The new city and the old city together constitute Nanyang City.

A few days ago, Li Mu sent people to survey the terrain, and went to the concession to invite professional urban designers to make a master plan for the construction of the new district.

It is conceivable that the scale of the project will be launched in the future, how much manpower and material resources will be required, how many jobs will be created, and how many people will be able to find a livelihood in this troubled world.

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At this time, Li Mu heard the news that the [-]th Division of the Japanese Army, under the leadership of Doi Yuan, captured Heze and was about to attack eastern Henan and take Kaifeng, the provincial capital.

Hearing Tu Feiyuan and the Fourteenth Division, a place name "Huayuankou" suddenly popped up in Li Mu's mind.

More than 40 counties in the three provinces of Henan, Anhui, and Jiangsu were flooded, with more than [-] million people affected and millions of deaths. A huge yellow flood zone was formed at the junction of the three provinces.

It was not blocked until [-].

How many good fields have been turned into a flood country, and how many victims of disasters have turned into beggars and fled famine.

Li Mu's hometown in reality also belongs to the Yellow Flood Zone, and he heard from the older generation about the tragic situation back then.

My hometown is actually quite lucky, it is the edge of the yellow flood zone.Some places are really miserable. The whole village, or even the whole town, is wiped out directly, as if it never appeared.

After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, these places were rebuilt, and I did not see a few local aborigines go back. Probably, probably, there is no one left!

Faced with such a tragedy, if it is possible to avoid it, Li Mu will try his best not to let it happen.

He had read articles about this matter, and one of the biggest triggers was the Battle of Lanfeng.

The commander of this battle is the famous general Xue Huhu, and the opponent is the No.14 division of Tu Feiyuan.

It is said that with Xue Huhu's ability, the future Changsha battle will be fought beautifully, and there are 10,000+ soldiers and horses under his command, including several German weapon masters, who are direct descendants of the principal, so it is impossible to defeat a division.

The problem is, I really can’t beat it. The 10,000+ army wanted to make dumplings, but they were beaten through the entire battlefield by a division. In turn, they wanted to join the Japanese army in Xuzhou to make dumplings for the 10,000+ people.

There are two reasons: one is that although there are several direct-line German weapon masters, they only want to preserve their strength when fighting, and they are not even as good as miscellaneous troops.Xue Huhu's dumpling-making strategy was originally implemented well. The [-] to [-] miscellaneous troops were fighting to the death, but it was the direct descendants who were scared away as soon as they came into contact with the little devils. , All thrown to Xiaobenzi.

If his subordinates don't obey orders, what can Xue Huhu do, he can only look up to the sky and sigh, he has nothing to do with him being a direct descendant.

The second reason is that the No.14 division of Tufeiyuan is really strong. Usually, an ordinary standing division A has four infantry regiments and one field artillery regiment.However, in order to strengthen the mobility and firepower of the detour troops, the First Army of Kazuki Division temporarily strengthened three artillery regiments, armored vehicles, and anti-aircraft artillery brigades for the Doiyuan Division, so that the artillery strength of the Doihara Division exceeded four. Ordinary standing Class A division.

The 14th Regiment of the Supplies is not an ordinary unit, but a special "automatic vehicle unit" for Xiaobenzi, equipped with a large number of motor vehicles, plus a large number of motor tractors that come with each artillery regiment.

In fact, the Doihara Division can be regarded as an out-and-out mechanized force.

Such a force is indeed superior to the domestic army in terms of firepower and mobility.

After Tu Feiyuan broke through the entire battlefield, the situation became extremely dangerous. First, he could join hands with Xuzhou's Xiaobenzi to make dumplings for 10,000+ people.

Secondly, after penetrating the battlefield, the hinterland of the Central Plains has no defense against him, and he can be defeated in one battle.Even, due to the Battle of Xuzhou, the vicinity of Wuhan was empty, and with the maneuverability of the No.14 Division, it could even directly attack Wuhan.

Where is Wuhan... After the fall of Jinling, Wuhan has now replaced Jinling, and its importance can be imagined.

The hundreds of thousands of troops in the Xuzhou battle have not been completely withdrawn, and there are also 10,000+ troops in the east of Henan.

In this case, if Xiaobenzi directly attacks Wuhan in the rear and cuts off this water and land transportation hub and transportation line, the situation will be very miserable.

Ever since, based on this consideration, and wanted to delay the attack of the large forces of small books, and buy more time for the military deployment in Wuhan, the Huayuankou incident happened.

The Tufeiyuan No.14 Division was indeed flooded miserably, and retreated to Lu Province with all their helmets and armor thrown away.

However, only one month after the Huayuankou incident, Xiaobenzi drove straight along the Yangtze River, and the battle of Wuhan began.

I didn't see how much time I got.

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Whether he is a person from the Yellow River Flood Area or a Chinese, Li Mu wants to prevent the Huayuankou incident from happening.Although I don't know how useful it is, at least I have to do my best.

Of course, he can't influence the general direction. It is still possible to cooperate with Xue Huhu to besiege the No. 14 division of Tufeiyuan, help defend the eastern Henan area, and prevent small books from the Xuzhou direction from invading the hinterland of the Central Plains.

It's just that this is not just a few bombings by planes, real ground troops must be dispatched.

Thinking of commanding soldiers to fight, Li Mu shook his head, he knew himself.With his military literacy, let alone commanding the troops to kill all directions, he can't even understand the marching and formation.

Not only him, but also the officers under him.

Although they were all military talents he had hired with a high salary, this talent needed to be enclosed in double quotation marks.

Most of these people used to be middle- and lower-level officers. It was okay to command a platoon or company, but at the top, they commanded a battalion or regiment.

Let them command a large force to fight, it's too ridiculous.

It's normal to think about it. A senior military officer who is really capable, who would come here to apply for the instructor of the local security corps because of the high salary.As long as you have a few thousand soldiers and horses in your hands, you can garrison a city at will, and you can get money and soft hands.

There are no available generals in hand, and there is a serious shortage of middle and high-level officers.Even low-level military officers have a large shortage.

Although he set up a short-term military training class, it took only a long time and he did not cultivate many talents.

In the final analysis, the security team has been established for too short a time, its foundation is too weak, and it has no accumulation and background.

Even the low-level soldiers are basically recruits who have been in the army for less than half a year.Those who were recruited earlier had some experience in suppressing bandits, but those who were recruited later, let alone suppressing bandits, had never seen blood.

Without one or two years of rigorous training, and then through military training classes to train a large number of grassroots officers, no matter how many soldiers are recruited, they will be like nothing, and they will not be able to form much combat effectiveness.

Just like now, because of the serious shortage of grassroots officers, many of the platoon leaders, squad leaders, and even company commanders are promoted by recruits who have been in the army for less than half a year.

There is no way, even though he has recruited hundreds of military talents through the Muwu Trading Company, it is really a drop in the bucket to put them in an army of tens of thousands.

In fact, thinking about it, I only came here in August last year, and now in May, in just nine months, I have made such a career, which is not bad.

As for the army, it is not something that can be accomplished overnight. It needs to be cultivated from the bottom-level officers in a down-to-earth manner. Otherwise, no matter how many people are recruited, it will be a mess.

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However, the situation is like this, the army still has to be sent there, and the battlefield is the best school.Fight a few more tough battles, see the blood, and the army will slowly train up.

Then, we can only find a master to lead the team!
A raging soldier, and a raging nest.

People in the south can't count on it, and they don't look down on the small security team.Only the north can be counted on, where the stars are like rain, and the handsome talents are like clouds.

Just send a few over, and you can beat them all.

It just so happens that there is a shortage of money, supplies, and equipment... but there is no shortage of talents, especially various types of military talents.

There is money, supplies, and equipment here, but there is a shortage of talents, especially military talents.

You can ask them a favor and come over to fight the devils together, I think I won't refuse.

For the troops that were willing to come, Li Mu was responsible for providing equipment, food and salaries, together with the security forces here, they formed an anti-Japanese joint army, handed over to the opponent's masters to lead the team, and rushed to the front line together.

At that time, the Mountain Artillery Regiment, the Heavy Artillery Battalion, the Armored Battalion... will all be sent there. Under the command of the masters, I believe they can still touch Xiaobenzi.

As long as the equipment and firepower come up, there is no doubt about the combat effectiveness of the north.

(End of this chapter)