Wind spy

The three textile factories relocated to Suzhou, the construction of the new factories was very fast, far beyond Chen Mingxiang’s imagination. The factory walls have been completed and the main part of the workshop has also been completed. This is the first part to start.

The construction team is currently building the dormitory area and warehouse, and the electrician has already started laying the wiring in the workshop. The construction site is busy with vehicles coming in and out constantly, bringing in bricks, sand, wood, cement and other building materials.

Chen Mingxiang and Zhou Haiwen accompanied Li Shiqun to "inspect" the construction site, accompanied by government officials from Su Zhou, and of course newspaper reporters from the Wang puppet government.

These three pieces of land were originally large textile factories. After the Japanese army captured Suzhou, the machinery and cotton yarn were all robbed. The boss had to sell them at low prices. It was not until Chen Mingxiang bought the property that he bought it here. Dare to buy.

Li Shiqun used the administrative power of the provincial government, coupled with the intimidation and temptation of the secret service headquarters and the police station, and the surrounding houses had to be relocated in large numbers, and the area of ​​each factory was expanded by more than four times.

Of course, in order to eliminate the impact, Chen Mingxiang gave very generous relocation subsidies to the textile factories, which reduced a lot of grievances among these ordinary people. Although they were reluctant to leave their homes, they were always much stronger than those traitorous businessmen and the pseudo-city government.

The secret agents of the secret service headquarters and the police from the police station forced the builders in Suzhou to work on the textile factory in large numbers, but their daily wages were twice as high as usual, and they were open to providing three meals a day and working actively. Not bad.

Taking into account the actual situation in Suzhou City, Zhou Haiwen took a daily salary and settled the money on the same day, so as not to affect the construction progress due to the difficulties of the construction workers at home.

"Minister, at the current rate, at most three textile factories will be able to start operations by the end of August. In fact, we all know that the most important thing is the output and the supply of raw materials to make money."

"With the number of our machines, it is easy to produce 12,000 pieces of 20 cotton yarn in a year. The current price of Shancheng is nearly 9,000 yuan per piece in legal currency, and it is calculated based on the net profit of about 2,000 yuan per piece. That's 24 million legal tenders, two million legal tenders per month."

"In terms of pure profit, finished fabrics such as cotton and gauze are higher. The price of the leading muslin in Shancheng is 12, which is about 4,000 yuan in profit. It sells 1,000 pieces in January. Around four million legal tenders."

"The headache now is that the purchase of cotton is a big problem. The Japanese Textile Industry Association has also set up a point in Suzhou to collect a large amount of cotton. In this regard, I need your full support." Chen Mingxiang said.

The net profit of the three textile factories of 6 million yuan per month is really not that much. Although the majority is in the military police headquarters in Shanghai, how can I score 20%, that is 1.2 million French currency, which is equivalent to 60,000 US dollars. , Li Shiqun was immediately moved.

He gave Chen Mingxiang 500,000 US dollars as a management fee, and he had to lose his heart. If Chen Mingxiang's factory was successfully started for a year, dividends alone would make up for this.

"You can safely send people to the countryside to collect cotton. The people of the Japan Textile Industry Association can't make any waves in the Soviet province. They have the favor of the gendarmerie and the secret help of the secret agent headquarters. Afraid of those Japanese businessmen?"

"I will supply you with a large amount of cotton from the Qingxiang Committee at low prices. This is also an exchange of materials for the Imperial Japanese Army. I believe the dispatching army headquarters will definitely support it." Li Shiqun said.

Looking at a large piece of fat, it is impossible to eat it in his mouth. This is absolutely impossible. Li Shiqun also uses the relationship between Huatong Trading Company and the Japanese military. For individuals, his support will definitely not be so great. At least I dare not do it blatantly.

But the Huatong Trading Company is another organization that specializes in exchanging materials with Jiangtong District. The Japanese army fights favoritism on its own. What can he fear?

"Where is Wu Kaixian, a member of the Shancheng government who was arrested? After Deputy Secretary-General Wang took him to Su Zhou, he seems to have never heard from him again." Chen Mingxiang asked casually.

"You don’t know about this. General Yingzuo put him back to the mountain city the day before he left Shanghai. It was the plane that Qingqi and I sent him to the Japanese airfield near Jiangtong District in the southwest. Landed, and then he returned to the mountain city by himself."

"Wu Kai first took away a cooperation plan drawn up by the Mei agency, but has not received a reply from the Shancheng government. It is estimated that General Yingzuo has done useless work, but it is useless to keep him." Li Shiqun shook his head and said.

"If you don't get things on the battlefield, you won't be able to draw a big cake. You can guess it with your nose. The conditions put forward by the Japanese army must be very harsh. Shancheng did not agree to it before, and it is impossible to agree to it now."

"I heard from the Japanese army that the war between Japan and the United States is not going well, and the Japanese Navy suffered heavy losses in the battle of Midway Island some time ago. Four aircraft carriers were sunk by the US forces, although this does not determine the victory of Japan and the United States. Negative, but the situation has undergone subtle changes."

"General Kagezuo's meaning is not necessarily his own, but it may represent a signal that the Japanese army will withdraw from the battlefield in China and mobilize more troops to deal with the battle in Southeast Asia." Chen Mingxiang said.

Li Shiqun was stunned. Although he had achieved the position of chairman of the provincial government, he really didn't know anything about the place name Midway Island, beyond the scope of familiarity, and was far from Chen Mingxiang in this respect.

However, he still knew the concept of four aircraft carriers being sunk. It was a large surface ship capable of taking off and landing aircraft. How many aircraft carriers did the Japanese army have in total?

Chen Mingxiang has close ties with the navy. This news will definitely not be false. It is estimated that the intention of the Japanese side is similar, and he suddenly felt an inexplicable panic in his heart.

After spending two days in Suzhou, Chen Mingxiang and Wang Zhen returned to Shanghai on a navy transport plane. He won't be able to return. The Japanese navy and army in Shanghai are looking for him. Kinoshita personally called him to go back.

Chen Mingxiang did not know that the famous Kokoda Trail Battle and the Battle of Guadalcanal in World War II were about to begin. This was the beginning of the Allied counterattack, and it was also a turning point for Japan to transform from a strategic offensive to a strategic defense.

This time the Japanese tried to use the Kokoda Trail Battle to complete the occupation of Port Moresby, thereby threatening the routes between the United States and Australia, preventing the United States from using Australia to carry out counter-offensives against Japanese forces, and also attacking the eastern and northern regions of Australia. Including important Melbourne.

In order to achieve this combat goal, the Japanese Army formed the Seventeenth Army in May, and the Navy formed the Eighth Fleet. The main force and command center were located in Rabaul, New Britain.