flstandardbreds Chapter 781: Crashing the Market
Chapter 781: Crashing the Market
Chen Yang thought about it and it seemed that only the Soviets could consume such a large amount of penicillin.
Once the war between the Soviet Union and Germany breaks out, the demand for medicine will certainly increase.
In a battle between millions of troops, a thousand boxes of penicillin are just a drop in the bucket.
Even if there is a lot of penicillin, they can easily digest it.
Knock, knock, knock. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.
Chen Yang came back to his senses, put aside the report submitted by No. 76, and said in a deep voice: "Come in."
With a "creak", the office door was pushed open and Higashino Daiki walked in with a document.
"Minister, Major General Takada sent a document saying that some of the supplies shipped from Nanjing last time were destroyed by the Military Control Commission."
"Now, the 21st Mixed Brigade is about to go to the Nanchang battlefield. He hopes that we can make up for the supplies we owed them last time."
Chen Yang took the document, looked it up and down, and said, "The Expeditionary Force Headquarters sent an official letter, asking us to do our best to assist the 21st Mixed Brigade, the 33rd Division, and the 34th Division in carrying out the anti-counterrevolutionary mission in Nanchang."
"The materials transferred from Northeast China should arrive at the material warehouse in Shanghai in the next one or two days."
"Reply to Major General Takada and ask him to wait patiently for two days. All the supplies are on the way."
Higashino Daiki hesitated and said, "Minister, I'm afraid that Major General Takada can't wait."
"They received an order to set out tomorrow, but they still lack half of the supplies..."
Chen Yang frowned for a while, then slowly said, "How about this, Dongye-kun, tell Minister Yoshikawa to allocate a portion of it from the logistics warehouse of the Military Police Headquarters and give it to Major General Takada for use first."
"I'll tell Major General Sato about the rest and get some from the Expeditionary Force Logistics Department for him."
"After all, they have to go to the front line and can't afford to delay."
"All supplies will be delivered to the logistics department of the 21st Mixed Brigade this afternoon. By the way, how is Colonel Shinoda, who was injured by the Military Control Commission, doing now?"
Higashino Oki said respectfully: "Colonel Shinoda's injury has almost healed, and he will also go to the front line with the regiment this time."
"Colonel Shinoda is indeed a model of the imperial soldiers, fighting with injuries." Chen Yang praised slightly, signed his name on the document and said, "Please contact Minister Yoshikawa, I will call General Sato."
"Hi..."
On March 1941, 3, the 9th Army of the Japanese Army, under the command of Commander Sonobe Kazuichiro, implemented a purge plan in the Nanchang area of China.
The Japanese army assembled the 33rd Division, the 34th Division and the 21st Mixed Brigade, totaling more than people, to attack the Luo Command Headquarters of the th War Zone.
According to the Japanese army's plan, they would attack southwest from the right wing, namely Anyi, with about 33 people from the rd Division.
The 21st Mixed Brigade, with a force of about men, formed the left wing and launched an attack along the south bank of the Jin River from southwest of Nanchang.
The 34th Division, with more than men, was the main force, attacking westwards from Nanchang West Hill and Wanshou Palace along the north bank of Jinjiang River.
They surrounded the 19th Army stationed in Nanchang from three sides and launched a fatal attack.
Upon receiving the news that the Japanese army was about to attack Nanchang, the Shancheng side attached great importance to it.
Shanggao area is the long-term garrison area of the 19th Group Army and Wang Yaowu's 74th Army.
Moreover, this place has a very important strategic location in the central and southern regions.
Gao'an and Shanggao are important transportation routes between Hunan and Jiangxi. If these two places are not lost, the safety of central Jiangxi can be guaranteed.
To this end, the Military Commission deliberately changed Wang's elite 74th Army into the main offensive force.
In addition, part of Gu Zhutong's troops in the Third War Zone was transferred to the Ninth War Zone, and the 49th Army originally guarding the east bank of the Ganjiang River was transferred to the th Group Army and deployed under the unified command of Commander Luo.
Everything is ready, just waiting for the Japanese invasion...
On March 14, the Japanese invaders secretly assembled their troops at night and marched towards Shanggao in three routes: south, north and center.
The next day, the vanguards of both sides came into contact, and the Shanggao Campaign officially began.
Shanghai Stock Exchange, Meihua Building, Joint Transport Department.
Chen Yang looked at the material assistance document handed over by Dongye Damu, and a look of embarrassment appeared on his face.
Since mid-March, the Shanggao Campaign has not been going well.
Sonobe Kazuichiro thought that with more than 40,000 elite Japanese troops against the 100,000 Yamashiro troops, it should be easy to defeat them.
After all, the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Japanese Army is obvious to all. One regiment can chase after a division from Yamashiro.
But the reality was not as he expected. Starting from the 18th, the Japanese army's repeated attacks were blocked by the other side.
The 21th and st Divisions under the th Army quickly broke through the positions of the st Mixed Brigade.
Force the enemy to retreat to the south bank of Jinjiang River.
After the 21st Mixed Brigade finally joined up with the 34th Division, it was surrounded by the th Army stationed on the east bank of the Ganjiang River and the th Army that came from the front battlefield.
Seeing that they were about to be surrounded by the enemy, Major General Takada, commander of the 21st Mixed Brigade, commanded his troops to forcibly resist the attack of the Kuomintang army.
Let the 34th Division break out, move westward and join the 33rd Division.
Although the Nationalist army failed to retain most of the main forces of the 34th Division, the 21st Mixed Brigade suffered heavy losses. The 117th Regiment, which was the main force, almost lost its regiment number under the successive attacks of the th and th Armies.
If the Army Direct Aviation Brigade had not dispatched eleven aircraft the next day to cover its retreat, the 21st Mixed Brigade would have lost at least half of its troops.
"Higashino-kun, why is the 33rd Division asking for supplies again?"
"They have provided us with sufficient supplies. Now that the battle is not going well, they don't want to find a way to solve it themselves, but desperately come to us for supplies. What's going on?"
Dongye Daimu also heard Chen Yang's dissatisfaction and explained in a low voice: "Lieutenant General Saho has decided to abandon the original attack plan and retreat to Anyi County."
"We definitely need some supplies as reserves at this time. Otherwise, if we are surrounded by the Kuomintang army and cannot get supplies, it will be a disaster."
Chen Yang threw the report on the table and said, "But now our own supplies are tight, and he has to take our situation into consideration."
"Last time, the supplies were given priority to the 33rd Division, and this time they will need several hundred tons more."
"How about this, I'll call the material warehouse and see how much I can get, and then send him some first..."
Higashino Daimu opened his mouth but said nothing in the end. He bowed respectfully to Chen Yang, then turned and left the office.
Chen Yang picked up the phone and was about to call the supply warehouse to inquire about the supply situation when suddenly, a figure ran in in a panic.
"Hey, Dabao, why are you here at this time?"
As soon as Chen Yang finished speaking, Lin Tianbao looked panicked and panted, "Boss, it's bad. The Jews are starting to crash the market."
There is no more manuscripts saved. There is one more chapter, tomorrow morning...