Shadow Spy

Chapter 176 I want to learn to fly a plane
After joking for a while, we got down to business.

Wen Qiang came to him this time mainly to discuss the type of goods for the next transaction.

Due to the Japanese army's continued economic blockade of the Kuomintang-controlled areas, Chongqing is now short of everything, even wax paper, ink, and newsprint for printing. The prices of these three commodities alone are nearly five times higher than before the full-scale Anti-Japanese War!
As for cloth, cotton yarn, etc., there is an even greater shortage.Due to the lack of cotton yarn, a large number of cotton spinning mills that moved to the southwest before the war are now in a state of shutdown; the supply of cloth is even more tight than you can imagine. Now even the production of military uniforms for the army cannot be guaranteed, and ordinary people cannot buy it with money. cloth.

Under the huge pressure of supply and demand, even the homespun cloth produced by the mountain people is in high demand, and various forces are smuggling it for their own use or profit.

The batch of leading fine cloth that Juntong and Li Junhao traded last time made a lot of money, so for this transaction, Juntong still wants to focus on cotton yarn and cloth; other imported and Shanghai-produced industrial products, daily necessities, etc. need.

Li Junhao naturally agreed to Wen Qiang's demand for goods. He had already arranged for Willis to help purchase these goods. As for how much he could receive, it didn't matter. He just wanted to let people know that he had purchased the goods. Then there would be a gap in the quantity of the transaction. , he will naturally solve it from the system mall.

As for the goods provided by the military, they are still mainly a few strategic materials and local products from the southwestern provinces, and nothing else can be obtained.But this is enough for Li Junhao.

After spending some time, the two basically clarified the items and quantities of the transactions on both sides, and agreed to conduct the transaction in 20 days. The specific method was tentatively determined as the last time.

Li Junhao was a little helpless after sending Wen Qiang away. It seemed that he would still have to make a trip in person at that time, but leaving Shanghai for nearly ten days at this relatively sensitive time would be too much of a delay!

He was thinking, is there any other way?well!It would be nice if I could fly my own plane... Well, I think I can think about it!He began to seriously consider the possibility of this idea
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On Saturday, July 7, Li Junhao visited the Consulate General, mainly to check the latest intelligence summary from the Military Attaché’s Office in order to better understand the situation outside.

On July 7, more than 6 Japanese planes attacked Chongqing at night and dropped more than 30 bombs. One Japanese plane was shot down by the Chinese army.

On July 7, the second anniversary of the July 7th Incident, the Yan'an underground party issued the "Declaration on the Current Situation in Commemoration of the Second Anniversary of the Anti-Japanese War", proposing the policy of "persisting in the war of resistance and opposing surrender; insisting on unity and opposing division; insisting on progress and opposing regression".

On the same day, Chiang Kai-shek issued "Message to the Military and the People of the Nation", "Message to the Japanese People", and "Message to Allied Persons", declaring that the national policy of resisting the war to the end would remain unchanged.

People from all walks of life in Chongqing gathered to commemorate the second anniversary of the Anti-Japanese War and pay homage to the fallen soldiers and compatriots who died in the Anti-Japanese War.He Yingqin reported at the meeting: Since the Anti-Japanese War, the Chinese army has killed and wounded 91 enemy troops, captured nearly 716 Japanese and puppet troops, destroyed 644 enemy aircraft, and sunk or damaged [-] enemy ships.

Li Junhao couldn't help but be speechless when he saw this. The Kuomintang really dared to say that!
On July 7, China Industrial Company was established in Chongqing with a capital of 10 million yuan in legal currency. Kong Xiangxi was appointed as chairman, Fu Rulin was appointed as general manager, and Huo An was appointed as associate manager.The company was formed by the merger of Kong's Hualian Steel Company, China Radio Corporation, which moved inland, and Hu Zhongshi's Huaxi Company. The factory was located at Xiangguo Temple in Jiangbei.

In Li Junhao's view, this is a typical collusion between government and businessmen, and it is not even disguised. You must know that Kong Xiangxi was still the Acting President of the Executive Yuan, Minister of Finance, and President of the Central Bank at this time. This was a monopoly business!

On July 7, the executive meeting of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang decided to permanently expel Chu Minyi, Zhou Fohai, Chen Bijun and other traitors from the party.

Li Junhao muttered: Well, of course this is right, but why did it take so long?In addition, there is news from the United States that the Ministry of War once again submitted a proposal to expand the army by four divisions and was rejected by Congress. This is the first time!This shows that isolationism is still the mainstream among the upper echelons of American politics and is unlikely to change in the short term.
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After reading all the intelligence, Li Junhao went to Colonel Hobbs, the military attache, and asked if the US military had more advanced aircraft in China, especially fast fighter jets.

Hobbs said that the U.S. military does not have fighter jets in China, and only a few airlines have passenger planes. The most advanced one is the Douglas DC-3. The U.S. military fighter jets that are close to China are only available at bases in the Philippines, and the fastest one currently is the F2A. Single-seat fighter-bomber with a maximum speed of 517 km/h...

Wow, it’s only available in the Philippines. It’s so far away!Li Junhao was a little disappointed.

Hobbs added: "By the way, F2A is also available in Hong Kong, but we sold it to the British army...Pan Sen, why are you interested in aircraft?"

"I said I wanted to learn to fly a plane, do you believe it?" Li Junhao said.

"Haha! Are you kidding me?" Hobbes laughed. Then he saw that his expression was serious and asked, "Are you serious?"

Li Junhao nodded and said, "I really want to learn."

Hobbes touched his chin and thought for a moment, then said: "If you really want to learn, go and say hello to Mr. Ayers. If he agrees, I will help you contact the British Army in Hong Kong..."

"Thank you, Colonel." Li Junhao was happy.

Then, he went to Ayers and explained the importance of learning to fly, mainly to facilitate travel between Shanghai and Chongqing...

Ayers sneered at his statement and said: "I have never heard of a diplomat having to learn to fly a plane. Don't use this reason to fool me." In fact, he was worried about the danger of flying a plane into the sky, and of course he didn't want to be too young. Ogg goes to fly the plane.

Li Junhao had no choice but to say: "Uncle, actually I am doing some business with Chongqing. Sometimes I need to go there in person, but driving is too far, the road is difficult, and taking a boat is too slow, and both are dangerous. Sex is also great, only airplanes are the fastest...

“In addition, we can get some more strategic supplies back...

"The most important thing is that the war is about to begin. If you learn to fly a plane, wouldn't there be more ways to escape then?"

Doing business?Just smuggling!Ayers was too lazy to expose him. As for bringing back strategic supplies, it would be great, but it didn't have to be done by Little Ogg, but his last reason made him a little tempted!
It sounds like this reason for running away is the most absurd, but if you think about it carefully, it may be the most useful!
Thinking of this, he pretended to be impatient and said: "Okay, okay, don't talk about it here! If you have to learn, let Hobbes arrange it for you, I am too lazy to care about you..."

(End of this chapter)