Travel through the 1945 super power construction secret base

After arranging everything, Wang Ze went straight back to the Xincheng Mountain Base.

He decided to give himself a vacation and have a good rest.

When Wang Chun and other maids learned that he had returned, they immediately rushed over to take care of him.

When Wang Ze went to the shipyard before, he did not bring them with him. After all, this trip was mainly to handle affairs. If he brought a group of maids with him, Wang Ze always felt that he became a little corrupt.

After two days of good rest, Wang Ze finally recovered.

So he got up and went to find his elder brother Wang Jixin.

He knocked on Wang Jixin's office door, then walked in with a smile and said, "Brother, is there any good news recently?"

Wang Jixin asked curiously, "Have you finished your work?"

Wang Ze nodded and replied, "Well, it's all done. I'm really tired! When you are free, you can go and take a look in person." After that, he walked to the sofa and sat down.

After hearing this, Wang Jixin showed an expectant expression. He knew that his brother was responsible for the task of building warships this time and was very curious about the current results.

Wang Jixin stood up, walked to the sofa and sat down. He said: "A lot of things have happened recently. We have recruited 20,000 workers to participate in the construction of the canal, and the project has entered the initial stage."

Wang Ze couldn't help but be surprised when he heard the speed. He originally thought it would take longer to prepare for this project, but he didn't expect everything to progress so quickly.

Wang Jixin explained: "We offer a very generous reward, so it is not difficult to recruit the right people. The engineers in charge of the canal have gone all out, working day and night, and have completed the design drawings. Now we just need to move forward steadily according to the plan."

Wang Ze nodded in satisfaction: "Very good, let me know when it is almost finished, and I will go inland to handle the construction of the canal."

He was not in a hurry to start building the canal right away. After all, the news had just been announced, and if the canal was mostly built immediately, it would cause too much attention and controversy.

Wang Ze then asked about other countries' reactions to the plan.

Wang Jixin was silent for a moment before saying, "Neighboring countries have strong opinions on this, especially North Vietnam, which has been constantly complaining and accusing."

Wang Ze raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a hint of sneer.

He responded firmly: "Don't pay any attention to them. If they have the guts, let them attack us directly."

North Vietnam was extremely dissatisfied with Xincheng's construction of a military port on Phu Quoc Island.

They have always had a unified mindset, but now they are not only facing intervention from the United States, but also from New Town. Naturally, they are very angry.

They not only talk about it verbally, they even go to the mainland to cause trouble.

Now everyone knows that the person in charge of Xincheng came from the mainland, so North Vietnam hopes that the mainland can step in to take charge.

However, the mainland simply ignored North Vietnam's actions.

The mainland was originally unhappy with North Vietnam's direct war, and was forced to support them to prevent South Vietnam from overthrowing it and triggering another Korean War.

Moreover, the trade between Xincheng and the mainland is now frequent and the relationship is close, which is far more important than that between Xincheng and North Vietnam.

During this period, the mainland faced tremendous difficulties. On the one hand, it needed to repay debts to the Soviet Union, and on the other hand, there were problems with grain harvests.

Therefore, the food transported from Xincheng to the mainland is vital to the mainland.

In recent days, Xincheng has purchased large quantities of food from Thailand, Myanmar and other places, and then resold it to the mainland at a fair price.

Every day, several cargo ships carrying about 100,000 tons of grain arrive at the port to unload.

This matter was first proposed by Wang Jixin. At the meeting, Wang Ze not only did not object, but strongly supported this decision.

After all, he also came from the mainland, so he could help as much as he could, and he also had a deep understanding of the difficulties of this era.

After the Xincheng Farm has a good harvest this year, the amount of support we can provide will increase a lot.

Given the current purchasing situation, if it were not for New Town’s strength, Thailand and Myanmar would not dare to offend it easily, otherwise they would have stopped the outflow of grain long ago.

However, this outflow cannot last too long, after all, their country's food production is limited.

So far, a total of more than two million tons of grain has been delivered to the mainland.

Based on the current food distribution situation in the mainland, combined with domestically produced food, it is enough to ensure that no one will starve to death.

Wang Ze knew that it would take several more years to get through this kind of life.

"How is the construction of the military ports on the two islands progressing?" Wang Ze asked.

"We have sent people to conduct on-site surveys, and the preliminary design work is in progress. As for the light steel, it has all been transported away by the Americans, and they are very anxious!" Wang Jixin replied with a smile, and then asked: "What are you going to do if the United States still wants light steel?"

"Sell it. Light steel costs 5 million Singapore dollars per ton now. Why not sell it at this price?" Wang Ze said with a smile.

Money in this era is not as inflated as it will be in the future, so money is still very valuable.

Five million Singapore dollars converted into US dollars is about two and a half million. Only the United States and the Soviet Union could afford to purchase in large quantities at such a high price. Other countries could not afford it even if they wanted to.

Wang Ze's decision to sell light steel to the United States was a well-considered one.

He knew that because of the existence of light steel, the Soviet Union's strength had far exceeded its original historical level.

Especially in the air force, the Soviet Union used a large amount of light steel to manufacture aircraft. Since steel mills were required to directly produce parts, Xincheng could easily obtain relevant design drawings.

In Wang Ze's eyes, from the perspective of the air force alone, the United States is currently unable to compete with the Soviet Union.

It is also because of this that on the international stage, the Soviet Union gradually emerged and became increasingly powerful and confident with its advanced weapons and equipment made of light steel.

This is also why the White House has been proposing to purchase light steel and is eager to get it.

Wang Ze did not want the power balance between the United States and the Soviet Union to become too disparate.

If one side is too powerful, it will affect the neutral status of the new city.

Therefore, he believed that the current situation was just right, and neither side dared to force Xincheng too much, for fear of pushing it to the other camp.

Under this delicate balance, the new city was able to maintain relative independence, maneuvering easily between the two forces and gaining the best of both worlds.

Although the Soviet Union was very dissatisfied with the fact that the price of light steel had increased so much compared to before, it continued to purchase it.

These days, the security department has caught more than one or two spies in the light steel plant, which means that the key equipment is all manufactured by Wang Ze with superb capabilities. Other countries cannot imitate it at all, otherwise Wang Ze estimated that the technology would have been leaked long ago.