Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 1794 Market Economy
That's not what Wang Xuexin cares about.

Because the victory or defeat of the Kwantung Army at this time is not actually in the hands of the Kwantung Army, but more importantly, it depends on the naval battle.

It can be said that as long as the Eighth Route Army can stop the Japanese at sea, defeating the Kwantung Army on land will not be a big problem.

Therefore, Wang Xuexin is not as concerned about land operations as before.

His focus on Xinjing is more on the captured factories... The prosperity of Xinjing.

In the past, these factories were mainly in the hands of Japanese immigrants or traitors, but now it is different. They have become the basis for the Eighth Route Army's industrial development.

The next day, Zhang Zongping handed a list to Wang Xuexin and reported: "Commander, these are the factories captured by our army! Fortunately, the damage to these factories was not great, and only a small part was set on fire by the Japanese." Burned, except for a few flammable textile factories that could not be rescued, most of the others were completely seized!"

Wang Xuexin nodded in satisfaction.

He looked at the list, which classified various factories by type, and then listed the address, scale, machinery and equipment in detail.

The most are textile factories, and then there are glass factories, furniture factories, paper factories, and even bicycle factories, sewing machine factories and watch factories.

Xinjing is indeed different. There are no clock factories or sewing machine factories in Taiyuan.

There is no other reason. During the war, everyone was too poor to afford these gadgets. There was no demand or market for them in Taiyuan or even Fengtian, but Xinjing was a place enjoyed by capitalists. In addition, the Japanese planned to invade the "Puppet Manchukuo" Long-term development has been built at all costs. As a result, these technical light industries that are basically invisible in other cities have flourished all over Xinjing. There are even more than a dozen watch factories, and many of the watches produced are for export.

Seeing Wang Xuexin's detailed reading, Zhang Zongping felt a little strange.

"Captain, shouldn't we give priority to the development of heavy industry?" Zhang Zongping asked: "These are just trivial things, and they won't be of much help to the war in front of us, right?"

Wang Xuexin understood why Zhang Zongping said this. He was influenced by Mao Xiong.

Mao Xiong believes that light industry has little to do with national strength, but heavy industry is things like steel, trains, tractors, and even tanks and warships, which are directly related to war.

Therefore, the development of heavy industry directly affects the advanced nature of military equipment.

As for light industry, those are all about the convenience of people's lives.

Objectively speaking, heavy industry is indeed more important in a state of war, because it determines whether the enemy can be defeated.

Only by defeating the enemy and ensuring the security of the country can light industry, something related to people's livelihood, be meaningful. Otherwise, no matter how developed the light industry is, it will be a trophy for the enemy.

However, Wang Xuexin values ​​light industry more.

This is not only because light industry is related to people's livelihood, but also because he knows that Mao Xiong's blind development of heavy industry and neglect of light industry will directly lead to serious imbalances in its domestic industry in the near future.

To put it simply, China can exchange cans for airplanes from Mao Xiong, and pots and jars can be exchanged for bulldozers, excavators, and various technologies from Mao Xiong, and it is still at a very cheap price.

Especially here in the northeast, it is very close to Mao Xiong. As long as a railway is opened to Mao Xiong and a steady stream of light industrial products can be transported there, it will be a huge source of wealth for China!
It will not be difficult to develop heavy industry on this basis.

Of course, Wang Xuexin could not answer Zhang Zongping like this.

"Heavy industry is the solution to the problem of winning or losing on the battlefield!" Wang Xuexin replied: "But do we still have this problem?"

Zhang Zongping nodded in agreement.

What Wang Xuexin said is actually correct. Mao Xiong may need to develop a large amount of heavy industry to ensure the combat effectiveness of the army, because it needs a sea of ​​tanks, artillery groups and batches of fighter planes.But in principle, the Eighth Route Army only needs to develop its own missiles to gain an advantage on the battlefield.

Therefore, what the Eighth Route Army needs to consider now is people's livelihood issues, that is, light industry.

However, this does not mean that the Eighth Route Army does not develop heavy industry. Half-track vehicles, artillery, tanks, etc. are all being built, and fighter aircraft are also planned to be developed into the jet-powered MiG-15!
After thinking about it, Wang Xuexin said: "After stabilization, half of the factory will be sold!"

"Sell it?" Zhang Zongping looked at Wang Xuexin in surprise and asked, "To whom?"

"Sell it to whoever can afford it!" Wang Xuexin replied.

"But this..." Zhang Zongping said hesitantly: "Head, can the superior agree?"

"I will ask my superiors for instructions!" Wang Xuexin said: "We need more funds to develop and produce advanced fighters for the needs of war!"

"Yes!" Zhang Zongping responded and said nothing more.

Wang Xuexin did this not because of financial reasons.

Because the previous transactions with Yingjiang and Mao Xiong were basically in exchange for technology or equipment, and the Eighth Route Army often took advantage of its small advantages.

Of course, this can also be an excuse.

Because it does require a lot of money to develop new fighter jets... No country can sell the MiG 15 production line to China. This requires China to buy some equipment here and import some machinery there to complete it, so it is true that funds are needed.

It's just that Wang Xuexin can be interchanged with it through certain equipment or technology as before.

Wang Xuexin did not do this because he hoped to establish a market economic system in China as soon as possible.

Developing industry is not as simple as imagined. Just factories, labor, and demand are enough.

It also requires a reasonable operating system.

Because of the influence of Mao Xiong, the Eighth Route Army moved toward a planned economy for a period of time... Its starting point was good, and it did not want capital to be in the hands of capitalists who would exploit the people.

Therefore, enterprises and factories are all controlled by the state, and the common people work for the state, hoping to form an equal society without class and exploitation.

However, this will cause a very serious problem: there is no competition between each other. If you do more or less, you will get the same salary.

So, why should we do more as an individual?

Is it not good to grind foreign workers?

The result is that factory quality drops sharply, production efficiency becomes low, and ultimately no one has anything to eat.

Wang Xuexin hopes to take advantage of the special nature of this war period to first launch a market economy and form a virtuous cycle.

For example, if companies are sold on the pretext of needing funds, these companies sold to private individuals will form a competitive relationship with state-owned enterprises and enter a virtuous cycle.

Only in this way can China truly embark on the road to industrialization.

(End of this chapter)