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After a pause, he continued: "With the existing equipment, it is impossible to build a large-scale comprehensive arsenal, but it is not difficult to build an arsenal specializing in the production of bullets and shells."

Yan Xishan suddenly stood up from the recliner, and then paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back.

Knowing Yan Xishan's habit, Yang Zhenji liked to pace when he was thinking about problems and making decisions, so he just followed Yan Xishan back and forth with his eyes, but didn't make a sound to interrupt.

After a while, Yan Xishan suddenly asked: "Director Yang, do you think the [-]th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army is capable of building this arsenal?"

Whether the [-]th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army has the ability to build an arsenal will directly determine whether Yan Xishan will make this deal.

If it is said that the [-]th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army is unable to build an arsenal, then feel free to send Zhang Kai and other engineers and skilled workers from the Taiyuan arsenal to the Eighth Route Army. The number of engineers, skilled workers and family members who came out is huge, tens of thousands.

In order to feed these tens of thousands of people, Yan Xishan really tried all kinds of methods.

Now that the Eighth Route Army wants it, Yan Xishan is also happy to get rid of this burden.

However, if the [-]th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army is really capable of building this arsenal, then Zhang Kai and other engineers and skilled workers cannot be transferred to them.

The reason is simple, the Japanese will leave Shanxi sooner or later.

At that time, it will be the Eighth Route Army who will compete with Yan Xishan for Shanxi. If the [-]th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army builds this large arsenal, it will be able to provide the Eighth Route Army with a steady stream of bullets, and Yan Xishan will still be in Shanxi. What's up?It has long been the territory of the Eighth Route Army!

This will kill Yan Xishan.

Regarding this question, Yang Zhenji naturally did not dare to make light judgments.

Of course, Yang Zhenji was inclined to the Eighth Route Army's [-]th Brigade not being able to build an arsenal.

How can it be so easy to build an arsenal, especially a large one?

Commander Yan has been struggling in Shanxi for decades, and it took a lot of manpower and material resources to finally build the Taiyuan Arsenal. The [-]th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army is located in this small place in Northwest Shanxi. It needs money, people, and resources. Resources are so poor, and you still want to build a large arsenal?What are you thinking!

What's more, the Japanese have not left yet.

Will the Japanese army watch the Eighth Route Army build the arsenal?

Therefore, one hundred people in Yang Zhenji did not believe that the [-]th Brigade could build an arsenal.

But, to be honest, he is not afraid of [-], but just in case, if he says that the Eighth Route Army does not have this ability, and then the Eighth Route Army builds an arsenal, then he will be responsible for it.

Therefore, based on the principle that one thing more is worse than one thing less, this must not be said indiscriminately.

At the moment Yang Zhenji said: "President, I think this possibility still exists, so be careful."

"Just talk nonsense." Yan Xishan was very dissatisfied with Yang Zhenji's words, and immediately said, "Hurry up and ask someone to prepare a car. Let's go to Luochuan this afternoon."

Such a professional question should be asked to a professional.

So, I have to go to Luochuan and ask the engineers at the arsenal.

……

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the national industries in the coastal areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang experienced an epic relocation. Thousands of large and small factories and enterprises relocated to Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other rear provinces.

A considerable number of factories have also moved to Baoji and other places in Shaanxi Province.

But in fact, in addition to the factories in the coastal areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the national industries in Shanxi Province also had a centralized relocation, but the scale and distance of the relocation were far from enough to compare with the factories in the coastal areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

For example, in the Taiyuan Arsenal, although most of the machinery and equipment have not been relocated, the personnel of the Arsenal, including engineers hired from abroad, technical backbones of various workshops, and their families have all moved to Shaanxi.

After the factory was relocated to Shaanxi, factories such as flour mills, yarn mills, textile mills, and match factories could soon be rebuilt and put into production, and they could rely on their own profits to support the workers. However, it was impossible for the Taiyuan Arsenal to do this because the Taiyuan Arsenal was relocated. In fact, it has been discontinued.

From moving to Luochuan at the end of [-] to now, in nearly five years, the Taiyuan Arsenal has not produced a cannon, a submachine gun or a bullet.

It is really impossible to resume production, and electricity cannot solve the problem.

The factory is in a state of shutdown, so Yan Xishan naturally has no way to sell arms.

If you can't sell arms, you have no money to pay salaries to engineers and technical backbones. Because of this, Yan Xishan has no choice but to deduct the military pay of the Jinsui Army and even resell military rations.

But even so, it can only try to maintain the food and clothing of the engineers.

As for the skilled workers and backbone of the arsenal, they are basically lost.

In order to retain these talents, Li Mengshu, the director of Taiyuan Arsenal, really racked his brains.

The first thing Li Mengshu thinks about when she wakes up every morning is, where should she go to get money today?If you can't get money today, how many technical backbones will leave?

But this still cannot stop the loss of personnel.

By this year, even some workshop directors and factory managers couldn't bear it anymore.

Early in the morning, Li Mengshu had just woken up, because the family had no cooking, and could only drink a scoop of cold water to satisfy his hunger temporarily, when he was thinking about where to get some money, there was a knock on the door.

When I opened the door, I saw two skinny middle-aged men standing outside.

Liu Gongdu, director of the submachine gun factory and director of the steel factory, and Xing Gongbi, director of the smokeless gunpowder factory.

Liu Gongdu and Xing Gongbi are actually very young, less than 40 years old, but because of long-term malnutrition, they look much older than their actual age.

The two looked like old people in their 60s.

"Uncle, we really can't take it any longer." Liu Gongdu mumbled.

Liu Gongdu and his group of backbones were personally sent by Li Mengshu to the Wuhan Arsenal for further study. At that time, Liu Gongdu and the others were still [-] or [-] years old, so they all called Li Mengshu uncle.

Then this title has been retained until today.

Xing Gongbi also said: "The children are getting older, but now they are always hungry..."

Li Mengshu sighed, and said sadly: "Uncle is useless, he has harmed both of you and your children, well, if you want to leave, then go, but you will come back when the War of Resistance is victorious in the future. "

"That's for sure." Liu Gongdu hurriedly said, "When the arsenal will resume production, uncle, you just need to send a letter, and we will come back to work without saying a word! Uncle, in fact, we don't want to leave, but there is really no way .”

"Uncle knows, good boy, you are all good boys." Li Mengshu said emotionally.

After seeing off Liu Gongdu and Xing Gongbi, Li Mengshu hadn't recovered when the knock on the door rang again.

When he opened the door again, he saw Wang Jiarui and Zheng Yongyang standing outside the door. Seeing them, Li Mengshu immediately collapsed.

"Mengling (named Wang Jiarui), Ensan (named Zheng Yongyang), even the two of you are leaving?" Li Mengshu said with a sad face, "You are the veterans of the Taiyuan Arsenal!"

Wang Jiarui graduated from the Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, UK.

Zheng Yongyang graduated from Sheffield University in the UK, majoring in electromechanical.

When the Taiyuan Arsenal was first established, the two resolutely returned to China and devoted themselves to it.

Up to now, the two have been the chief engineer of Taiyuan Arsenal, with high positions and weights.

"Director, what are you talking about?" Wang Jiarui and Zheng Yongyang looked at each other, "We didn't say we were leaving."

"Don't go? It's fine if you don't go, it's fine if you don't go." Li Mengshu breathed a sigh of relief, and then said, "Recently people keep leaving, even Gong Du and Gong Bi couldn't bear to leave just now, I was really scared. "

"Did Gongdu and Gongbi leave?" Wang Jiarui sighed softly, and then said, "Director, Baichuangong has arrived in Luochuan, let you and me hurry up to see him."

"Has Lord Baichuan arrived in Luochuan?" Li Mengshu was overjoyed.

At that moment, Li Mengshu, Wang Jiarui, and Zheng Yongyang boarded the car sent by Yan Xishan and went straight to the county office.

In the county office of Luochuan County, the three of Li Mengshu met Yan Xishan and the accompanying Luochuan county magistrate.

It can be seen that the head of Luochuan County is very nervous, because he is worried that Yan Xishan will settle accounts with him, blaming him for not taking good care of the factory relocated from Shanxi.

It was too easy for Yan Xishan to deal with him.

But Yan Xishan didn't make things difficult for him, and sent him away with a few words.

The rest are their own people, Li Mengshu, Wang Jiarui and Zheng Yongyang are loyal to Yan Xishan.

"Tao An, Meng Ling, and En San." Yan Xishan glanced over the faces of Li Mengshu and said solemnly, "I won't talk about those routines with you, that's what it is."

Yan Xishan briefly explained the ins and outs of the matter.

Of course, Yan Xishan would not say that he did it to maintain the influence of the Sui Army.

After a pause, Yan Xishan said again: "You tell me the truth, if you are allowed to go, let those engineers and technical backbones also go, is it possible to rebuild the Taiyuan Arsenal?"

"Baigong, I'm afraid it will be impossible to rebuild the Taiyuan Arsenal." Li Mengshu said.

"That's right, many of the equipment in the Taiyuan Arsenal have been moved to the Northeast by the Japanese." Wang Jiarui also said, "What remains in Taiyuan is just a bullet factory."

Yan Xishan said: "Then can the bullet factory be built?"

"Of course there is no problem." Zheng Yongyang said without hesitation, "With a full set of machinery and equipment, engineers and technicians, and a ready-made site, there is no reason why it cannot be built."

Hearing this, Yan Xishan's face immediately collapsed.

The three of Zheng Yongyang looked at each other, not knowing where they said something wrong.

"Oh, it has nothing to do with you." Yan Xishan waved his hand and said again, "Even if the bullet factory is built, I'm afraid it won't be able to put it into production, right? After all, the production of bullets and shells requires raw materials, doesn't it?"

Wang Jiarui shook his head and said, "Master Baichuan, there is no shortage of raw materials."

Zheng Yongyang also said: "Yes, Shanxi is rich in resources. Everywhere you dig is coal, and there is no shortage of copper, iron and other mineral deposits. It is also next to the Yellow River and has abundant water resources. Therefore, whether it is building iron and steel Plants, thermal power plants, and acid and nitrate plants are all completed without any problem."

"Okay, I see." Yan Xishan nodded, and said again, "Have you had lunch yet?"

Before Li Mengshu and the others could answer, Yan Xishan said with a smile again: "I've asked County Magistrate Huang to prepare a banquet, let's go, let's eat first, we can talk about other things after dinner, ha ha."

"Yes." The three of Li Mengshu got up respectfully.

Chapter 514 Assassination

Yan Xishan brought the three of Li Mengshu to the reception banquet carefully prepared by the Luochuan county magistrate, but he himself did not stay too long at the banquet, and left without even taking a sip of water.

As mentioned earlier, Yan Xishan was very careful when going out.

Don't say it's a banquet, he even refuses to drink boiled water easily.

He is not afraid of anything else, but he is afraid that the military spies will poison his food.

So the Luochuan county magistrate's reception feast was prepared in vain.

Yan Xishan returned to his apartment in Luochuan County, and called Yang Zhenji, the director of intelligence, over again.

Yan Xishan said: "Director Yang, I asked you to install a few reliable personnel among the technicians in the arsenal. Are these reliable personnel still there?"

Yang Zhenji was stunned when he heard the words.

Why did Chief Yan suddenly ask this?

But Yang Zhenji still replied: "Go back to the chief seat, it's still there."

"Okay." Yan Xishan nodded happily, "When exchanging personnel, you also arrange these reliable personnel there, and tell them to find a suitable opportunity to sabotage."

"Exchange personnel?" Yang Zhenji was taken aback again.

"Yeah." Yan Xishan nodded and said, "I've considered it again and again, and decided to 'help' the Eighth Route Army to build this so-called arsenal in Northwest Shanxi."

Yang Zhenji slandered, why help the Eighth Route Army build an arsenal?

Isn't it because you are envious of the Japanese prisoners of war of the Eighth Route Army and want to exchange them with engineers and technicians from the arsenal, and then make a big fuss about these Japanese prisoners of war?

But of course Yang Zhenji didn't dare to say this clearly.

"Understood, I will arrange it when I return to my humble position." Yang Zhenji said respectfully.

But before turning around and walking two steps away, Yang Zhenji suddenly turned around and said to Yan Xishan: "Boss, there is a saying that I don't know if I should say it or not?"

Yan Xishan said: "If you have anything to say, just say it."

Yang Zhenji said: "Boss, I don't doubt the ability of the agents of our intelligence department. The agents of our intelligence department may not be as good as the Japanese spies, but they are not inferior to the agents of the Central Command and the Military Command. Therefore, There's absolutely nothing wrong with letting them do a little bit of sabotage."

Yan Xishan said: "So, what do you want to say?"

Yang Zhenji said: "Boss, I want to say that the Communist Party's agents are also very powerful, especially this time it is still on the territory of the Communist Party's Eighth Route Army. The Communist Party's agents can get the support of the Eighth Route Army at any time, which is even more troublesome. The secret service personnel in the department are a little bit alone."

"So?" Yan Xishan said, "Director Yang, do you have any good suggestions?"

Yang Zhenji said: "Boss, I think that people from the military commander and the central commander should also be allowed to participate in this operation."

"Let the military command and the central command also participate in the operation?" Yan Xishan frowned and said, "The idea is a good idea, but the problem is that it is too much to temporarily insert the military command and the central command among the technicians in the arsenal at this time." It's an eyesore, I'm afraid it's hard to hide it from the eyes of the intelligence personnel of the Communist Party, and I'm afraid this matter will be difficult to handle."

A look of disdain appeared at the corner of Yang Zhenji's mouth, thinking that you are really naive.

It's just that because Yang Zhenji lowered his head, Yan Xishan couldn't see this taunt.

At that moment Yang Zhenji said again: "The chief doesn't know. In fact, among the engineers and technicians of our Taiyuan Armory, there have always been secret agents of the military and central command hidden among the engineers and technicians, but we have not been able to find them out."

"What did you say?" Yan Xishan's face collapsed, and he said with a dark face, "Why didn't you report such a big thing?"

"Because we haven't got conclusive evidence yet." Yang Zhenji said hurriedly, "We want to wait until we have conclusive evidence to report to the chief. Unfortunately, the Japanese invaded Shanxi at this time."

"Forget it, let's not talk about it." Yan Xishan said angrily.

The matter has passed, and now it is time to employ people again, Yan Xishan doesn't want to pursue it anymore.