Life in the world of film and television

Chapter 449
In the next period of time, Li Mu used Henan North Airport as his base to launch a comprehensive attack on Xiaobenzi's air power in the northern region.

The process was a bit bumpy, but despite being chased and intercepted by Japanese planes many times, it took less than a month to complete the set goal.

For a time, the morale of the domestic anti-Japanese war was greatly boosted, and the future was bright.

Coincidentally, the penicillin has paid back, and within a short period of time, more than 1000 million U.S. dollars has been paid back.No wonder penicillin was known as soft gold during World War II, and it was really more expensive than gold of the same weight.

During this critical period, if you have money, you will naturally spend it.When I came to Singapore, I ordered another batch of machines and equipment for the production of penicillin.

Continue to expand production scale and output.

In addition, the European war is about to break out, and some weapons and equipment also need to be ordered, otherwise it will be difficult to buy in the future.

Li Mu contacted several large international arms suppliers, and Li Mu placed an order for 30 Mauser 98k; another 2 M[-] heavy machine guns; [-] light machine guns; and thousands of mortars.

Another two hundred howitzers and thirty heavy artillery pieces were ordered at a high price...

There are so many people who have ordered more than 2000 million U.S. dollars in arms, and paid 500 million U.S. dollars in deposits alone.

In the next few months, or even within half a year, these munitions will be delivered one after another. The quantity is really too large to be raised in a short period of time.

In order to increase war potential and self-sufficiency, Li Mu ordered [-] bullet production lines; [-] firearms production lines; [-] mortar production lines; [-] shell production lines, [-] grenade production lines...

It just so happened that the batch of inland river gunboats he purchased also arrived, and he paid the balance and completed the acceptance.In the future, in the inland river basin, a surface force can be formed to protect the safety of the water and at the same time launch attacks from the water.

Not only military supplies, but also various civilian products and supplies are also within the scope of his procurement.

The Nanyang area is already in the rear, and the only threat is the air threat. Now that the air threat is gone, it is conceivable that there will be basically no wars spreading here in the future, and it can develop stably.

That being the case, people's livelihood cannot be left behind, and some basic public configurations are naturally required.

For example, the bus.

Don’t think that buses in the Republic of China were rare. According to Li Mu’s knowledge, Guangzhou City Hall was established in 1921, and buses appeared on the streets in that year.

Before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, there were more than 200 long-distance buses in the city, and more than 300 "pheasant cars" that stopped at hand, similar to today's taxis.

From here to there, this is the case in Guangzhou, and it is the same in other big cities. Buses are almost standard.

The Nanyang area has developed to this point. In order to meet everyone's travel needs, buses have become a necessity.

This time, Li Mu purchased [-] buses of various models at one time, and hundreds of cheap Ford cars, which can be used for rental.

In addition, ambulances, fire trucks, police cars, construction vehicles, including excavators, bulldozers, etc... also purchased a large number.

With the transportation of these vehicles back to Nanyang, the development speed of Nanyang has been accelerated, especially the construction speed of the new district has been raised to a higher level.

Gradually, it has the temperament of a big city in the Republic of China.

On the other hand, the domestic war continues and natural and man-made disasters continue. In order to prevent famine in the country, Li Mu stepped up his plan to stockpile food.

It happened that the autumn grain harvest in the international market has been bumper, and the price of grain has dropped slightly, especially corn. This year, the production in various places is good, and the price has dropped a lot. Now it has reached [-] US dollars per ton, which is about [-] US dollars cheaper per ton than wheat.

Therefore, Li Mu instructed the Far East Commercial Bank to purchase corn on a large scale and store it in the warehouse in the northern port of Malaysia. If conditions permit, they can even go directly to the South American grain origin to purchase.

In China, many granaries in the Nanyang area have also been built, so Li Mu is busy again.

In my spare time, I have to fly abroad to bring food, 4.8 cubic meters, and I can carry two [-] tons at a time, and I have to go back and forth a total of eleven or twelve times a month.

Unexpectedly, corn noodle processed is quite popular in China.It’s not that everyone likes it so much, but it’s mainly cheap, one-half cheaper than flour, and twice as cheap as rice.Given the current domestic situation, it would be good if the people at the bottom could have enough to eat, and who cares about the taste.

In terms of grain, Li Mu has relaxed the ban since the air route to foreign countries was opened up, allowing some grain to flow out.

In fact, during this period of time, domestic food prices have risen too much, not in one place, but in surrounding areas.

As the war continues and the price of food is getting higher and higher, people's livelihood is difficult, as can be imagined.

Li Mu sometimes drives a fighter plane to investigate during the day, as long as he goes out of the range of Nanyang, it is like two worlds, there are people fleeing everywhere, and there are not a few hungry people who starved to death on the roadside.

Selling children and selling daughters happened from time to time.

It is true that the price of food is soaring. The war itself has led to a reduction in food production. Coupled with the hoarding of exotic goods by some merchants, the price of food has become even higher, and it is almost unstoppable.

In view of this, Li Mu relaxed the grain restrictions in the Nanyang area, not only adding more than 20 grain stores, but also relaxing the single grain purchase quota for residents to [-] catties.

If there are small grain merchants who want to use this method to purchase grain, they can purchase a batch.

In addition, Li Mu issued a new policy that holders of food stamps can exchange grain without restriction at grain stores under the name of the Commissioner's Office.

As long as you have enough food stamps in your hands, you can exchange as much food as you want.And there is no restriction on the whereabouts of these grains, you can use them yourself, or you can sell them in other places.

As soon as this policy came out, the Nanyang area boiled, especially the small grain merchants in the surrounding areas, all rushed to Nanyang.

This also led to another thing, the value of the food stamps was completely highlighted. After Li Mu originally adopted the policy of food stamps plus cash payment, many hired workers did not understand that they did not want food stamps, but only cash.

Gradually, everyone understood the value of food stamps, and they could directly take them to the grain store to exchange grain, so they gradually accepted it.

Now that the new policy comes out, food stamps are becoming more and more expensive. It is said that the price of food stamps on the market has increased by 20.00%, and the supply is still in short supply.

Don't look at this 20.00%, which is equivalent to Li Mu's remuneration of five silver dollars to the workers with food stamps. The workers can sell the food stamps in the market for six silver dollars.

This is the benefit delivered to you.

As a result, the current workers don't want silver dollars anymore, they all want the remuneration paid by food stamps.

Li Mu is not short of food now, and can transport about 50 tons of food from abroad every month. In order to stabilize the price of food in the surrounding areas, he has also begun to increase the issuance of food stamps.

It is used to pay various rewards and purchase some domestic materials, and its recognition is higher than that of legal currency, and it can even be used in surrounding areas.

With the implementation of this policy, a large amount of funds were concentrated in Nanyang, making the Nanyang area more and more prosperous.

Moreover, another purpose has also been achieved. A large amount of grain outflow has played a very good role in suppressing grain prices, especially in the surrounding areas of Nanyang. With the influx of a large amount of grain, grain prices began to fall gradually, and the people can finally breathe a sigh of relief. , Li Mu's goal was barely achieved.

Due to the opening of the air route, in addition to bringing food, Li Mu can also bring more goods. Li Mu not only purchased a large amount of military supplies, but also purchased more various civilian supplies and commodities that are scarce in the country.

So many scarce materials and commodities have attracted many merchants to purchase goods here, and more funds have gathered in Li Mu's hands.

It also makes the newly established Fuxing Bank no less than the old domestic banks in terms of capital strength.

On this day, Li Mu had just presided over the establishment of the water battalion. Thirty inland river gunboats were newly ordered and returned. They were divided into two teams. The first team was stationed at Nanyang Baihe River and Han River to maintain the safety of this waterway.

The first team was directly assigned to the Anti-Japanese United Army and stationed in the waters of the Yellow River. They not only had to undertake the function of patrolling the Yellow River, but also assisted the Anti-Japanese Allied Army to prevent Xiaobenzi from crossing the river south by relying on the natural danger of the Yellow River.

The construction of the Dragon City in the Kachin area is also progressing rapidly.

Since it is closer to the northern port of Malaysia where grain is stored, it takes more than three hours to fly one way.Under extreme circumstances, it can even run back and forth twice a day, carrying [-] tons of grain.

Therefore, in the Longcheng area, Li Mu also hoarded a large amount of grain, about 30 tons.Not only food, but also a large number of local scarce materials were purchased and piled up in the warehouse.

There is food and supplies. At present, with the assistance of Muwu Trading Company, Dragon City has begun to absorb labor and refugees on a large scale.

Southwest China is not a major grain-producing area. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, so many people who fled from refugees flooded in. It's okay for those with a little money to buy food and settle down, so they can make do with their lives.

For those low-level people who fled southward, without money or food, they really became refugees and beggars. In addition, there were too many victims, and the local government could not provide relief at all. Many people could only wait to starve to death in vain.

The Longcheng area recruited labor, and they took care of food, drink, and wages. Once the news got out, it was like a glimmer of hope for those refugees who were in a desperate situation.

In addition, Muwu Trading Company has set up a lot of registration points in the southwest region, as long as they sign up, they will be paid, which has attracted countless people to sign up.

As a result, batches of hungry people with nowhere to go frantically poured into the Longcheng area. The Guofu naturally saw this situation, but they also pretended not to see it.

There are so many hungry people, they can't solve it, and they can't help them.Staying in the southwestern region can only cause chaos and consume food that is not rich at all. If there is a place to solve it, it is naturally desirable.

As a result, a large number of refugees poured into Longcheng along the road that had just been opened up.

Here, Li Mu never refuses anyone who comes. Now he is not short of money, food, or supplies, but he is short of labor.

The just-planned Dragon City needs to be built, the surrounding roads need to be repaired, the surrounding infrastructure needs to be built, and some basic factories such as cement factories, brick factories, power plants, flour mills, etc. also need to be built.

These all require a huge amount of labor.

When the first batch of refugees arrived and put on new clean and tidy work clothes, they could not only eat white steamed buns and rice for each meal, but also eat meat once a week, and they were paid wages. .

When the news spread, more refugees came here after knowing the treatment here.

Dragon City, which was originally a desolate and sparsely populated area, suddenly became bustling with people and became more and more lively.

Countless refugees came here to build cities, build roads, build factories... and open up wasteland to farm and settle down.The entire city was rapidly being built at a miraculous speed.

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On the other hand, the front line in Wuhan has been stalemate. The airport in the northern region has been pulled out, and the attack is also weak. Xiaobenzi focuses on Guangzhou, trying to take down the largest city in the southeast region in one fell swoop.

As a result, the navy and transport ships were dispatched to transport a large number of soldiers and supplies and landed in Daya Bay, opening up a new battlefield.The Guangzhou garrison had already been transferred a lot, but they were in a hurry in the face of Xiaobenzi's sudden attack, and the front positions were breached one after another.

In addition, Xiaobenzi's reinforcements, supplies and ammunition are constantly being transported from the sea, and Guangzhou suddenly appears to be in danger.

It just so happened that Wuyishan Airport was also repaired, and the straight-line distance to Guangzhou was about 750 kilometers, which was barely at the edge of the combat radius of fighter jets.

Since there is no need to mount bombs and some necessary offensive weapons, the weight of the fighter is greatly reduced, and the combat radius and endurance time are further improved, which also gives the fighter a certain amount of free fighting time.

On the same day, after carefully studying the front-line intelligence and maps, Li Mu drove a fighter jet and arrived at the newly built Wuyishan Airport in a low-key manner.

In the early morning of the next day, the moonlight was bright, and the improved Yi-16 slowly lifted off and flew all the way towards Daya Bay where Xiaobenzi landed.

More than an hour later, with Daya Bay in sight, Li Mu slowed down, opened the hatch, and took out his binoculars to observe the surrounding situation.

Xiaobenzi not only firmly controlled Daya Bay, a steady stream of soldiers and ammunition were transported by sea, and the soldiers in front also made rapid progress, repeatedly breaking through the defense line of the Guofu defenders.

If there is no other force to intervene, if you persist for another six or seven days at most, Xiaobenzi will be able to break through the battlefield, drive straight all the way, and occupy Guangzhou.

After observing for a few minutes, Li Mu walked around the periphery of Daya Bay and came to the beach. There were still seven or eight large cruisers floating on the sea, more than a dozen supply ships, and more than 20 large troop carriers that had just arrived. Log in at night.

All kinds of artillery and armored vehicles were unloaded, and they were arranged in a black mass on the beach. Boxes and boxes of shells and bullets were piled up everywhere like hills.

Tomorrow, these will all become weapons on the front lines.

At this time, Li Mu's eyes were on the sea...cruisers, these are rare, and now there are no Japanese ships on the Yangtze River.

Some time ago, the three-ton aerial bomb just developed by the arsenal was useless.

There is a good opportunity in front of us.

The next moment, the fighter plane circled in the air for half a circle, and the altitude slowly dropped, 4000 meters, 3000 meters...

The fighter jets kept at an altitude of 2000 meters, and rushed towards the floating cruisers, supply ships, and troop carriers... directly.

Without the slightest hesitation, three-ton aerial bombs fell silently from the sky, falling towards the target below...

In just three to four minutes, Li Mu dropped nearly 4 aerial bombs of [-] tons. Although most of them missed, almost a quarter of them hit the target.

Five cruisers, twelve supply ships, and nineteen troop carriers were hit by aerial bombs one after another, flooded, turned over, and slowly sank to the bottom of the sea.

The navy of Xiaobenzi hadn't fought a battle for many years, and was directly stunned by the bombing. While firing into the air, it retreated far into the sea to avoid the bombing.

Li Mu's time was limited, so he didn't chase after him. He circled for half a circle, and rushed directly at the artillery, armored vehicles, ammunition boxes, and soldiers who had just disembarked on the beach.

First, aerial bombs washed the ground. Within 5 minutes, Li Mu poured thousands of tons of aerial bombs in this area; followed by gasoline bombs. In a short period of time, thousands of tons of gasoline turned into fire rain and were poured onto the ground. .

For a while, this area was like a purgatory on earth. Not only did all kinds of weapons and ammunition that had just been transported, but also armored vehicles and artillery, there were not a single one of them, and there were countless small books that were affected.

After finishing the matter, Li Mu didn't stop, and quickly disappeared into the night.

In the next few days, Li Mu dispatched two more times. Since Xiaobenzi had already taken precautions, the losses caused were much smaller, but Xiaobenzi lost the chance to win Guangzhou in one go.

After several rounds of bombing, Xiaobenzi's offensive gradually weakened, and Guofu quickly dropped troops to reinforce the front line in Guangzhou, so the battlefield was also stalemate.

Seeing this, Li Mu no longer cared about it, and continued to transport food.

(End of this chapter)