Chapter 18: The Second Transaction (New Book Seeking Attention)

  During this time, Chen Feng participated in two lotteries, which were the rewards for April and May. Since the system had patched up the loophole, the lottery was purely based on luck, and it seemed that Chen Feng's luck wasn't great. In April, he drew a beginner's Japanese language course, and in May, he drew an order to build a steel mill.

  The construction of the steel plant is not what Chen Feng urgently needs now, but Chen Feng knows that to develop the military industry and national defense construction, he cannot do without steel. What surprised Chen Feng was that this steel plant turned out to be a medium-sized steel plant with an annual output of 500,000 tons, with as many as four blast furnaces, which will become China's largest steel plant once it goes into production.

  Although an annual output of 500,000 tons seems like a joke now, the Baosteel Group alone produced over 10 million tons in 2012. However, it is currently 1937 and Japan's annual steel production was only around 6 million tons at that time, let alone the Nationalist Government, whose annual steel production was less than 100,000 tons. It can be imagined how huge an impact a giant steel mill with an annual output of 500,000 tons would have on China at that time.

  The construction order is in hand, but Chen Feng sadly found that he didn't have the corresponding talent. Refining steel is a technical job, and it's impossible without professional talent. What Chen Feng lacks most now is talent.

  Chen Feng ordered Xu Hu to excavate a giant cave on the mountain and set up a mine to extract iron ore. On the other hand, he let Old Man Chen go south to Datong to buy high-quality coal. Chen Feng knew that Datong would fall in four months, so he could buy as much as possible now.

  On May 25th, the old master sent someone to inform Chen Feng that the German arms dealer had sent a message saying that his fleet would arrive at Tianjin Port in three days.

  Chen Feng did not expect that this German would have such a high efficiency in handling matters, and he still thought that this batch of weapons and equipment was beyond his expectations. It is worth noting that if the Germans had come a month later, the war would have broken out, and it would not be easy to transport these weapons and equipment to Sichuan at that time.

  Fortunately, Delixi arrived in time. The war has not broken out yet, and the troops along the way are still Chinese military, easy to handle.

  On the 26th, Chen Feng set off with a fleet of eight hundred large vehicles.

  Two days later, the motorcade arrived in Tianjin, where Chen Feng met Delixi again at the Tianjin coastal dock.

  Compared to before, this time Delixi looked very haggard, his complexion was not good-looking at all, and he didn't look happy about the upcoming big arms deal, his expression was very downcast.

  But when she saw Chen Feng, Delixi still showed a smile.

  "Chen, I'm back. I've brought everything you wanted: 10,000 Mauser rifles, 2,000 handguns, 1,000 light and heavy machine guns, 1,000 grenade launchers, 500 mortars, 100 infantry cannons, and a full 2,000 telescopic sights. Plus, I've also brought the radio equipment and ammunition production lines you needed - not one item is missing." Delixi said happily.

  "Thank you very much, I will give you an extra 5% of the total transaction amount as a reward, thank you Delexi, you helped me a lot." Chen Feng said.

  The total amount of this batch of weapons and equipment transactions reached as much as 1.5 million taels, and the 5% commission was 75,000 silver coins, which can be considered a huge sum of money.

  "Chen, you are very generous, I have already smelled the taste of war, I think this is probably our last transaction, I'm really sorry, our Ministry of Defense has issued an order to prohibit German arms dealers from trading with Chinese people, I would like to help you, but I don't have that ability, you know." said De Lixi regretfully.

  "It's okay, with this batch of equipment we can hold on for a while, but I don't know if we can still get medicine or not. We need a large quantity of medicine here," said Chen Feng.

  "I can indeed get the medicine, but it will take some time and the price will be a bit higher than last time. Additionally, I can also provide you with a group of doctors, they are all the best in Germany, both surgeons and internists, do you need them?"

  "Doctor? I certainly need one, how many do you have?" Chen Feng asked excitedly.

  The field hospital has been set up, but there are hardly any real surgeons. Only Li Xuedan and a few of her teachers and classmates are barely holding on. There are only two or three people who qualify to perform surgery, and such a makeshift hospital cannot meet Chen Feng's requirements, let alone the demands of war.

  "More than 30 people, all of whom have obtained professional medical qualifications, and some are students majoring in medicine." said Delixi Road.

  "Alright, I'll take all of these people. However, as you know, I expect the war to break out soon and I won't be able to stay here for too long. When can they arrive?"

  "They are now on the ship, ready to leave with you at any time. You don't have to pay them a salary, but I hope you can guarantee their safety, Chen. Please." Delisi said with a slightly pleading tone.

  "Are they Jewish?" Chen asked tentatively.

  De Lisi smiled wryly and nodded, saying: "Our leader dislikes Jews. In Germany, the social status of Jews has plummeted, and there are even rumors that the leader wants to kill all Jews, so many people have escaped."

  Chen Feng also had some understanding of this history, at the peak of Hitler's rule in Germany, the situation of European Jews was extremely precarious, and the butcher knife had been raised high. However, countries such as Britain and the United States used various excuses to reject the Jews, and the Jews facing the threat of death had no choice but to turn their desperate gaze towards the distant East.

  "So why are you helping them? Don't you know that this is almost a betrayal of your leader?" Chen Feng asked.

  "I am loyal to the Führer, but I also have a quarter of Jewish blood in me, my mother was a pure-blooded Jewess. I couldn't just stand by and watch them being killed, so I had to send them east." said Deutscher with anguish.

  "Since they are your compatriots, I will accept them all, except for doctors. As long as they have a special skill, they can come to my territory to live. I will pay them salaries according to their abilities and guarantee their personal safety to the best of my ability." Chen Feng was overjoyed in his heart, knowing that there were many elites in various fields among the Jews, such as Einstein.

  "Thank you so much, Chen, you are God's salvation."

  "We are friends, and as friends we should help each other. Also, I remind you that your leader's rejection of Jews has reached a paranoid level. You non-pure-blooded Jews may seem safe for now, but it's hard to guarantee that your leader won't turn on you one day. So, I suggest you be prepared to leave Germany at any time. If one day you can no longer live in Germany, I welcome you to come to China." This German is not bad, at least he is a man of his word and values emotions, Chen Feng didn't want him to become a victim of Hitler's racial theory, so he offered this advice.

  "Thank you, Chen. Although your judgment is hard for me to accept, I still appreciate it very much. If that day really comes, I think I will choose to go to China." Delixi said with a smile.

  The transaction was very successful. Chen Feng swallowed all the military supplies of Delixi with a huge sum of 14.5 million yuan, and then more than 900 horse-drawn vehicles rushed to Xinghe day and night.

  At the same time, about 800 Jews were escorted by De Ray to take a train to Zhangjiakou and then from Zhangjiakou to Xinghe.

  This transaction is huge, so Chen Feng knows that he can't fool the Japanese, so Chen Feng doesn't dare to be careless. In addition to letting the convoy rush overnight, he also sent a special warfare team to guard against the Japanese sudden attack.

  Beijing Taihe Wudaochang

  "Report to Major General, Lieutenant Colonel Yamashita is on the phone, the Chinese convoy has passed through Zhangjiakou, please instruct!"

  The head of the Japanese Army's Special Higher Police Bureau in Beiping, Ryōichi Hirayama, frowned and said: "Those Chinese are moving so fast, are you sure that all those horse-drawn carriages are loaded with weapons and equipment?"

  "Report to Major, this is information from a mole at Tianjin Port, it's absolutely reliable."

  "This massive arsenal must not fall into the hands of the Chinese, tell Lieutenant Colonel Yamashita, order his special action squad to take action, let him be quick and clean. Now that the holy war is imminent, we absolutely cannot let the handle fall into the hands of the Chinese." Commander Hirai ordered loudly.

  "Hi!"

  The fleet finally passed Zhangjiakou, and Chen Feng let out a sigh of relief. Although passing Zhangjiakou is not yet safe, but having arrived here can basically be said to have entered the territory of the security team.

  Zhangjiakou is less than 110 kilometers away, and Lao Chen Feng has ordered the cavalry regiment of the security team to disguise themselves and come to meet them. With more than 200 special warfare personnel in hand, Chen Feng believes that as long as it's not the Japanese army sending planes to bomb, his batch of weapons and equipment will be safe.

  "Commander, enemy ambush discovered at 9 o'clock direction." Just then, the special forces member on forward sentry duty reported back.

  "Have you investigated clearly? Who is it and how many?" Chen Feng asked calmly.

  "It's the Japanese, our special warfare personnel heard them conversing in Japanese, with a number of around 120 people, all equipped with submachine guns and pistols, they are ambushing in the woods on both sides of the mountain path, it seems like they are preparing to ambush us when we pass by." Reported Xu Bao, the commander of the special warfare battalion.

  Xu Bao is the younger brother of Xu Hu, the commander of the Second Security Regiment. Both men had served in Feng Yuxiang's Northwestern Army, and after its defeat they left the army and were later taken in by Chen Bingkun, serving as a team leader in his family's grain protection squad.

  Chen Feng discovered them while training the guard team and felt that these two brothers had high IQs, were material for special forces, so he selected them into the special warfare team. The two brothers did not disappoint Chen Feng's expectations, they stood out from over 2,000 people, whether it was combat skills or command of troops, they had a certain level of accomplishment. After the expansion of the troops, Xu Hu went to the infantry regiment as the regiment commander, and Xu Bao became the commander of the special warfare battalion.

  "Leopard, order special forces to surround and attack in squad units, fight quickly and decisively, the battle time cannot exceed 10 minutes."

  "Yes, mission accomplished!"