Chapter 206: Crisis in North China (7)

"Old Zheng, it seems that we have some negligence! We have to run a school on the Rongjun Farm, so we have to let these children study and tell them that girls and boys must go to school. In addition, those half-aged and middle-aged children can no longer work on the farm, so they can go to middle school in the county town. If they have a promising prospect, they can go to college, and the tuition will be paid by us. In the future, if the Japanese devils are driven away, our country will rely on our next generation to build." Chen Xiuwen said with a deep emotion.

In the study room of the Shen family courtyard, Chen Xiuwen summoned Zheng Huaishan, Pan Kangliang and his brother-in-law Tang Wenbin to discuss the matter. From then on, Zheng Huaishan stayed in Wanxian, and the three of them will be the core members of Chen Xiuwen's rear base, which was built by Wanxian.

Chen Xiuwen was inspired by visiting the Rongjun Farm two days ago. With the arrival of his family, there were still many children in the Rongjun Farm, most of whom had never been to school. Even if he had been to a private school in his hometown for a few days, there were adults working together when he arrived at the farm. Children who were seven or eight years old, who were still acting like children of such age in the future, but here they were like little adults, carrying a hoe. When Chen Xintong asked inadvertently, the children were polite and said: "Get more food and support the anti-Japanese war ahead." Chen Xiuwen felt very sad when he heard this.

Therefore, Wang Changgen asked Chen Xiuwen's seventeen-year-old son to join the army and go to the battlefield to fight the Japanese. Chen Xiuwen refused on the spot. Wang Changgen had already paid one of his arms for this war, and Chen Xiuwen couldn't bear to send his only son to the battlefield. He also told Wang Changgen to let his children study and be a promising person in the future.

Zheng Huaishan followed Chen Xiuwen to experience the scene of that day, and nodded quickly and said, "Master, this is my mistake, I didn't think about it carefully. I will do the school matters immediately."

"There is also a step-by-step construction of the factory protection team. The recruited personnel must have knowledge, and it is best to have junior high school or above. In addition to the necessary military skills training, they must also teach them and learn necessary military knowledge. It is necessary to ensure that these people can be used as grassroots officers in the future." Chen Xiuwen continued.

Two days ago, Chen Xiuwen's biggest gain at the welcoming banquet for Tang Tingxuan, a commissioner in eastern Sichuan was that he was allowed to independently establish a factory protection team of hundreds of people. Now in Wanxian, there are more than ten factories in the Yu family, including flour mills, textile mills, printing and dyeing factories, etc., and it is reasonable to establish a factory protection team of hundreds of people. However, Chen Xiuwen's fact plan is to build a team similar to the student team set up by Zhang Hanqing in Peking in the name of this factory protection team, and strive to train grassroots officers in the army. At the same time, he also prepares for recruiting and training reserve troops in Wanxian in the future.

"I can handle the things like so many things, running schools and opening an arsenal, with Boss Pan helping me, but I really can't do the work of forming a factory protection team. There is also training, so you have to give me some more people." Zheng Huaishan complained with a dismay. He also knew his weight, and it was okay to do logistics. It was indeed a bit difficult for him to train the troops and train grassroots officers.

Chen Xiuwen smiled and said, "Don't worry about this. I will send someone to help you when I go back." As he said, Chen Xiuwen looked at Pan Kangliang sitting beside him and said, "In addition, don't expect Kang Liang to do his best to assist you. I have another task to him. However, who else do you need? Even if you propose it, as long as it does not affect future operations, I will try my best to satisfy you."

Zheng Huaishan and Pan Kangliang have cooperated well in the past two years. He looked at Pan Kangliang reluctantly, and thought for a while and said, "Others asked me to think about it again, but since Boss Pan is still a different task, then you have to give Adjutant Ma to me and let him be my deputy."

Ma Congping was also an old man from the 88th Division. He was active and cautious. He had basically made no mistakes in the past few years after being with Shen Xiuwen. To be honest, Chen Xiuwen really couldn't live without him. He thought about it slightly, nodded and smiled, "Okay, Zheng Huaishan will dig my wall with one hand. Okay, I'll send Ma Congping to you."

When Zheng Huaishan heard Chen Xiuwen agree to let him go, he was immediately overjoyed and laughed unrestrainedly: "Master, that's not what you learned from you."

"Old Zheng, you can do it! But we are ugly, and the arsenal can be done slowly, but you must hurry up the training of the factory guard team. I will draw a batch in half a year. If it fails, I will ask you."

Although Chen Xiuwen had a smile on his face, Zheng Huaishan did not dare to be careless and quickly stood up and said, "Yes."

Although Zheng Huaishan was in charge of logistics affairs, he was also a soldier after all. He knew that after the war, it was easy to replenish soldiers, but it was difficult to replenish grassroots officers. Especially on the battlefield, an incompetent officer would often kill all his brothers, which was not a sloppy.

At this time, Pan Kangliang also stood up from his seat and said with a respectful look: "General Chen, will my mission be to replace Director Zheng in the future and be responsible for the transportation of materials coming in the United States?"

Chen Xiuwen nodded with satisfaction. Pan Kangliang was indeed very smart. This made him feel more at ease when he took over Zheng Huaishan's original job.

"Yes. Now, while the Japanese have not occupied Ningbo, the United States can still export the materials we urgently need. I plan to increase the efforts to import from the United States during this period. I will hand over this domestic transshipment to your Tongda Trading Company."

"From Ningbo to Wanxian, I have run this road several times before. Since General Chen trusts me so much, I will do my best to get this done." Pan Kangliang said hurriedly.

"Domestic transshipment is carried out according to the normal process of Tongda Trading Company. All freight documents must be complete. The freight fees will be settled from several companies under our Shen family in the future. Of course, it is impossible to indicate that the freight documents are guns and ammunition, but some imported machinery and equipment." As he said, Chen Xiuwen waved his hand to stop Pan Kangliang from speaking, and then said: "Everything is based on the normal process, and the entourage must be trustworthy people. Now Japanese spies are everywhere, so we must ensure the safety of the materials."

As he said that, Chen Xiuwen stood up from the sofa, looked at the three people in the study, and said, "I know that there are many refugees who have fled from the east to Wanxian. Our own factory and your Tongda Trading Company have hired a lot of such people. We must strictly prevent the infiltration of Japanese and Chinese spies."

"But, the teacher seat, there are many young students among the people who fled to Wanxian now. I also want to recruit our factory protection team from these people in the future. If these people are abandoned, I am afraid that there will be many people in Wanxian locals." Zheng Huaishan hurriedly said when he heard this.

Chen Xiuwen smiled slightly and said, "I'm not saying that such people cannot be recruited. Our factory protection team recruits such young students. They are knowledgeable and enthusiastic, and are the best candidates. Don't worry, I have notified Shuyi and asked him to send some people to Wanxian. In the future, all personnel who enter the factory and are selected for the factory protection team must undergo political review."

"Brother-in-law, please help me worry more about the arsenal." Chen Xiuwen finally said to Tang Wenbin with a smile.

"Liberation, what are you saying? Don't worry, Dad has spoken long ago. Your business is the business of my Shen family. Besides, I still owe you my affection." Tang Wenbin said with a smile.

Chen Xiuwen was stunned for a moment and didn't understand when Tang Wenbin owed him a love.

Pan Kangliang smiled and said, "General Chen, you may not know yet. Mr. Tang has made a lot of money in the US stocks in the past six months. I heard Mr. Tang say that he invested a little, and it appreciated by 10% in just two months. I heard Mr. Tang say that these stocks are still recommended by you. General Chen, you really turn stones into gold!"

"What? You all bought American stocks and can appreciate by 10% in two months? Why don't you tell me such a good thing? Mr. Tang, bring me with me, and I also invest." Zheng Huaishan was anxious when he heard this and said quickly. The 10% of the elements he had taken in Tongda Trading Company over the years have also made a lot of money, so how could he give up such a good thing?

"Old Zheng, you can invest in the amount of your family. Within five years, you can guarantee that your current net worth will expand ten times. Haha." Chen Xiuwen patted Zheng Huaishan's shoulder and laughed.

War can destroy a country, but it is not a means to stimulate the economy. Five years later, the Pacific War broke out, and stocks of many arms companies such as Boeing, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin rose more than ten times.

Time flies quickly, and in a blink of an eye, seven or eight days passed after returning to Wanxian. Sun Yuanliang approved the twenty-day leave of Chen Xiuwen. It took seven days on the way back and forth, and there were less than two weeks left. However, in name, it was a vacation for family visits, but Chen Xiuwen had no time to free himself. He ran back and forth at several points every day. If not, he would deal with the various local forces who came to visit.

"You said you are coming back to visit relatives or work, and you don't have to stay at home every day except for sleeping time." On that day, after Chen Xiuwen's social engagement, he returned home with alcohol. Yu Wenwan complained while helping him bring him hot wash water.

"Oh, there is no way, there are many things to do. Moreover, in Wanxian, we are new immigrants. We don't suppress local tyrants. We still have to socialize if we should socialize." Chen Xiuwen wiped his face and sat on the edge of the bed and said.

Yu Wenwan brought a cup of freshly brewed tea to Chen Xiuwen, then sat down beside him, lowered his head and said, "It's almost time? When will you leave?"

Chen Xiuwen knew that Yu Wenwan was a little disdainful these days, so he put down the teacup in his hand, hugged Yu Wenwan beside him, and sighed, "I'm sorry, Wenwan, there are so many things to arrange when I come back this time." Then, he immediately smiled and said, "In this way, I'm fine tomorrow, let's go to Taibaiyan together."

Yu Wenwan raised her head, looked at Chen Xiuwen with a smile on her face, and said, "Luanfu, you don't have to take time to accompany me. You are a person who does big things. I know you are busy, I am just worried about your body. You see, you have suffered so many injuries on the battlefield and have not been properly conditioned, so can this body bear it? I asked you when you will leave, just want to ask you, will you take me with me in Wuhan this time?" In the end, Yu Wenwan's voice became smaller and smaller.

Speaking of this issue, Chen Xiuwen was a little hesitant. It was not that he was unwilling to take Yu Wenwan to Wuhan with him. However, although the Neon Army in central China has suspended its offensive, the situation in North China is not optimistic. In the past few days, although Chen Xiuwen is in Wanxian County, Chen Xiuwen will send the latest information about the Pingjin area of ​​North China every two days.

Because he unexpectedly came to this era, the War of Resistance broke out in Shanghai in advance. Because the Lugou Bridge Incident in history was the beginning of the War of Resistance, Chen Xiuwen made Chen Zuan care more about the situation in the Pingjin area of ​​North China as early as after the war in Shanghai. Chen Zuan had a good relationship with Chen Gongshu, the stationmaster of the Secret Service station in Beijing. Some troubles in Peking and even the entire Pingjin area would be reported soon.

Some time ago, as the Neon Army exercised more and more frequently outside Wanping City and Lugou Bridge area, Feng Zhian, the commander of the Beiping Security Commander and commander of the 37th Division, simply started an exercise, confronting the Neon Army's North China garrison. Just two days ago, news came from Peking that the Neon Army's exercise troops and the 37th Division's exercise troops once again happened to meet again. The two troops clashed and each suffered casualties. Since the Neon Army took the lead in firing, no bigger incident occurred in the end. However, Chen Xiuwen knew that there was already a lot of war clouds, and whether the National Government and the 29th Army were willing or not, it was inevitable that the war in North China would go on.

Once the war begins in North China, the Central Army will inevitably be transferred to the battlefield in North China. However, most of the main forces of the Central Army suffered heavy casualties in the Battle of Shanghai, and are now basically in the rest and recuperation stage. If they are transferred to the battlefield in North China, there are only a few troops that can be transferred, and the Rongyi Division is likely to be among them.

Since he may be transferred to the front line at any time, and in his memory, Wuhan will sooner or later fall. Therefore, Chen Xiuwen does not want Yu Wenwan to follow him to Wuhan.

Seeing Chen Xiuwen not speaking for a long time and looking hesitant, Yu Wenwan felt disappointed in her heart and forced a smile and said, "If it is not convenient for me to follow you to Wuhan, then forget it."

Seeing Yu Wenwan's disappointed look, Chen Xiuwen couldn't bear to refuse and quickly smiled and said, "You are my wife, what's the inconvenience? Tomorrow I will tell my father and sister that we will go to Wuhan together in three days. Besides, before coming, my sister-in-law told me that I would take you to Wuhan and be her companion."

"Really?" Yu Wenwan suddenly stared at Chen Xiuwen with excitement.

"Of course it's true." Chen Xiuwen smiled and shaved Yu Wenwan's stop nose, hugged her into her arms, and kissed her on the cheek, saying, "After arriving in Wuhan, I will try my best to spend more time with you to have a good time."
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