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Chapter 644: The End of the Kong Family

(Is it surprising?)

Zhang Anping had no intention of letting Demon King Kong go. After learning that the other party had gone to the United States, he sharpened his knife and ordered the forces in the United States to set up a trap for Demon King Kong - a trap whose main purpose was to drain the Kong family's financial resources.

The Kong family's property is basically the fat of the people. Not draining it dry would be a crime against the people.

But what I didn’t expect was that this scheme would last for several years.

The main reason was that the people in the United States found that Kong Er was very wary of the Chinese. Even if they had been interacting with him for several months, Kong Er would basically not get involved in matters involving investment. After investigation, they found that Mr. Kong had not given Kong Er the authority in this regard, and Kong Er had previously managed the opium business and was accustomed to businesses that made money quickly. It would be difficult for Kong Er to get involved in investments with ordinary returns.

So after consulting Zhang Anping, he changed his strategy and started planning on a yearly basis.

The person chosen as the core was a senior executive of the American Biological Pharmaceutical Factory - because the general direction of this bureau was set by Zhang Anping, and the core business of this American Biological Pharmaceutical Factory was penicillin!

With deliberate packaging, the executive became friends with Kong Er and introduced Kong Er to the penicillin business. Kong Er immediately became interested in the agency rights of penicillin in China, but unfortunately he never got what he wanted.

In fact, the agency rights are just a carrot dangling from the other party, so it is naturally impossible to promise them out easily.

In the past few years, Kong Er got to know many powerful people in America through the senior executives of the pharmaceutical factory. While expanding his own network, it also allowed Kong Er's solid state to sprout, and he became a devil in America.

During this period, she caused a lot of trouble, but because of the existence of this huge network of relationships, no matter how big the problem was, she could basically settle it. This made the Kong family look at Kong Er's abilities with admiration and also allowed Kong Er to regain a lot of voice.

The pharmaceutical company executives even introduced several money-making projects to Kong Er. Although these projects were insignificant compared to the money-making opium business, they were, after all, businesses in the United States, and greatly helped Kong Er increase his voice.

If the Japanese army had not attacked Pearl Harbor, Kong Er's friendship with the Americans would probably have continued.

But as the United States and Japan entered a state of war and the U.S. war machine was activated, the already profitable pharmaceutical factories, weapons factories and other related industries became very popular in an instant.

In this situation, American Biopharmaceuticals made a decision:
Quickly open multiple new factories and increase production capacity!
How profitable penicillin is has been obvious to all when the United States was not involved in the war. Now the United States is also going to be involved in the war. The huge war machine is rumbling into action, and the orders from the military must be an astronomical figure. Investing in a pharmaceutical factory at this time is tantamount to sitting on a gold mountain!
Kong Er was tempted and immediately joined the ranks of people waving US dollars and begging the pharmaceutical companies to accept their investment.

Unfortunately, Americans are not interested in Chinese capital.

Even if Kong Er proposed conditions that would harm their own interests, the pharmaceutical company still did not consider Kong Er.

Are you kidding? The American biological pharmaceutical factory was originally seized from the Chinese by capitalists, who then exchanged it for shares in military, oil and other companies.

Now that the United States has entered a state of war, these shares have skyrocketed. The capitalists are considering how to continue to seize these shares back by trickery. How can they still accept Chinese investment?
Kong Er became anxious and quickly contacted his good friend at the pharmaceutical factory, hoping that he would come forward to help him.

The senior officials who were closely related to Kong Er refused several times, but could not resist Kong Er's pleading and finally agreed to help give it a try - but the result was naturally tragic. Even though Kong Er proposed not to share dividends for several years and to acquire the same amount of shares at twice the price of others, the pharmaceutical company was still not happy.

At this time, a "busybody" gave Kong Er some advice:

I don't want any shares, I just want the agency rights of Penicillin in China.

This idea made Kong Er hesitant. She was not a fool. She was worried that penicillin would become a controlled drug by the military and foreign trade would be prohibited. If the military listed it as a controlled drug after she obtained the agency rights, wouldn't that be like throwing meat buns at a dog?
But at this time, pharmaceutical companies began to lobby the US military, requesting that penicillin not be listed as a controlled drug on the grounds that its production had increased dramatically.

Faced with the production capacity figures given by the pharmaceutical company and the new production capacity estimates, the military released the news through various channels and agreed to the pharmaceutical company's request.

This dispelled Kong Er's doubts, and he urgently invited Mr. Kong to the United States. After much investigation and discussion, the father and daughter decided to obtain the agency rights in China in this way.

There was no shortage of penicillin in China at that time, but it was very expensive - but in the eyes of the Kong father and daughter, this expensive price was simply the cheapest it could be!
Come on, what era is this?
War years!

How many wounded soldiers are waiting for medicine, and how many wealthy landlords are willing to exchange gold for penicillin?

The results of it?
They actually provided the National Army with a steady supply of penicillin at a price far below the market price - how many people within the National Army could earn three, five or even ten times the profit by getting the penicillin and reselling it!

The United States is at war at this time. If we get the agency rights, we can use this as an excuse to raise the price - a tenfold increase is really too conscience!
At that time, the price of penicillin will be based on the price of gold. Is that fair?

It’s really a conscience!
Compared with the profits from life-saving penicillin, the profits from opium are like the difference between a small ditch and the ocean!
After repeated research, the father and daughter submitted an investment application to the pharmaceutical company with this condition.

Although Mr. Kong has lost his power due to corruption, as long as the relationship between the Kong family and the [Chief Aide-de-Camp] remains, the Kong family will still be the top powerful family in the National Government!
The Kong family obtained the agency rights for penicillin in China, and there was no problem at all on the Nationalist government's side.

This is a money grabbing business!

Use huge initial investment in exchange for a gold mine that can be mined continuously!

Even the [Chief Aide-de-camp] could hold their heads high and claim that they were innocent - the Americans wanted to list penicillin as a controlled substance because of the war, and my Kong family, for the benefit of the Nationalist government, ruined our family fortune to lobby the United States and spent a huge amount of real money to win the agency rights.

I am sincere and you actually say I am greedy?!

The conditions suddenly put forward by the Kong family made the Americans confused. What?
No shares, no dividends, just the agency rights for Penicillin in China?
After careful consideration, the pharmaceutical factory accepted this pie that fell from the sky. After the two parties signed the agreement, the huge wealth that the Kong family had worked hard to earn over the years became the construction funds for several new factories of the American Biopharmaceutical Factory.

The Kong family also obtained the agency rights for Penicillin in China through legal documents.

And they successfully got the first batch of penicillin - although the price was three times higher than that of the previous agent, the Kong family was wealthy and they still raised the full amount of money for this batch of drugs through mortgage, loan and even embezzlement of public funds.

Mortgage, loan, high interest rate?

It’s okay, this is Jinshan!
Does Jinshan understand? That little bit of interest is just like raining in front of Jinshan!
Embezzlement of public funds?

It’s okay. This is the National Government’s arms procurement funds, and my brother-in-law got them from somewhere. It’s no big deal to embezzle them temporarily. At most, I can just give my brother-in-law a little interest later.

It doesn't have to be too much, half of the mortgage and loan interest is enough.

What do we have to fear when we have a mountain of gold?

For the first time, the Kong family realized the generosity of owning a mountain of gold.

What about corruption and bribery, what about squeezing the people's fat and blood, what about smuggling opium that harms the country and the people? My Kong family will be a family of great kindness and virtue in the future!
Mr. Kong was immersed in his fantasy of the future and couldn't extricate himself for a long time.

He even thought about what he would say to everyone in the future:

Money is something that only needs to be enough. My happiest time was when I earned dozens of dollars a month before I got married...

For us businessmen, making money is secondary, having morals is the most important!
……

Timeline dial back.

For the first time, American capitalists encountered a pie-in-the-sky situation:
I can provide a huge amount of funds for the expansion of the pharmaceutical factory, but there are two requirements:
First: The shares you gave me in exchange for the shares of the pharmaceutical company will be redeemed by you at the price six months ago;
Second: I need you to use your influence on the US military to help me tell a few lies;
Third: After penicillin is included in the control list, give me a certain amount of flexible quota;

Fourth: Promote penicillin into China's aid projects and enjoy the lowest supply price;
Fifth: After the war, all kinds of factories that have stopped production should be sold to me at an appropriate price - don't use various excuses to stop them.

There are some small conditions here and there, but they are not important.

Faced with this pie, the capitalists were hesitant.

The pharmaceutical factory is a huge gold mine, and they have the money to expand its production capacity.

But even if you have it, the money is yours. How can it be the same as getting it for free?

In addition, there were the shares they had exchanged for when they had seized the pharmaceutical factory - they had intended to use disgusting means to take them back by force, but this would inevitably involve fierce conflicts with the other party. They had no idea how many cards that magical man had. They had decided to do this purely because birds die for food and capitalists sell ropes to hang themselves for profit.

But now, the solution offered by the other party has attracted their attention.

After the outbreak of the European war, stocks of military factories began to rise, but the rise was far less severe than the one caused by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

The stock prices of those military factories half a year ago were at least twice as much as they are now!
And the other party had predicted their actions long ago...

After thinking it over, they decided to take the pie - the nature of capitalists is to seek wealth, and when the risks outweigh the benefits, reason will dominate their thoughts.

Rather than greed.

So, the unlucky Kong family fell into a trap.

Unfortunately, the Kong family is still immersed in the joy of obtaining a mountain of gold, and has no idea that they have fallen into the mouth of a prehistoric monster.

……

After the Kong family obtained the first huge amount of penicillin through loans, mortgages and embezzlement, they were preparing to transport it to the country by plane. However, a piece of news made Demon King Kong furious.

Global Trade, before ending its agency rights in China, stockpiled a large amount of penicillin.

The total amount is more than three times what the Kong family took.

The fact that Global Trade was Penicillin's agent in China was information that King Kong learned from senior executives of the pharmaceutical factory. Global Trade had prepared multiple layers of disguise, and the Nationalist government had never known who the real agent was.

Although Demon King Kong is arrogant, he is not a fool. Global Trade previously sold goods at low prices, and now the inventory on hand is three times as much as his own. If he still sells at the previous low price, then the speed at which their Kong family recovers the money will inevitably be very slow.

So Kong Er decided to negotiate with the global trade - both sides raised prices together, and everyone made money!

But Global Trade ignored Kong Er's good intentions and didn't even have the desire to meet Kong Er.

Kong Er was furious, and after discussing with Master Kong, he decided to use administrative means to block the sales of penicillin in China by Global Trade.

It is true that the Kong family has withdrawn from politics, but with the relationship with the [Chief Aide-de-Camp], the Kong family will always be the top family in the Republic of China. Since you, Global Trade, are so shameless, I will let you taste the iron fist of the National Government!

Therefore, through the relationship with Mr. Kong, orders were issued to the country to suppress and crack down on global trade.

As a result, just as this side issued the order, a piece of bad news came:
The US military announced that penicillin is a controlled drug!

In other words, private individuals can no longer obtain goods from pharmaceutical companies.

Mr. Kong and Mr. Kong were horrified and immediately rushed to the pharmaceutical factory, hoping to terminate the contract and return the huge deposit...

Want to eat fart!

The pharmaceutical company directly took out the contract and explained the right of interpretation:
Military control is an irresistible factor!
Mr. Kong was extremely anxious and immediately mobilized his connections to resolve the issue through the Nationalist Government’s diplomats in the United States.

After all, the Nationalist government was an ally of the United States, and the U.S. government intervened under pressure. The pharmaceutical company had to give in and returned 80% of the deposit - but Mr. Kong and Kong Er were furious. They only returned a mere 8,000 US dollars?
Just $8,000?!

The pharmaceutical company sneered, took out the contract again, and explained:

If the pharmaceutical company breaches the contract unilaterally, it will have to pay a hundred times the deposit!
If the Kong family breaches the contract, the deposit will be confiscated.

Now, because of special reasons, it does not count as a breach of contract by both parties. The pharmaceutical company refunds 80% out of humanitarian considerations, which is reasonable!

Kong Er was furious and cursed at the representatives of the pharmaceutical factory, demanding that the huge amount of funds provided by the Kong family be returned in full.

The pharmaceutical company representative spread his hands:
Those were donations from the Kong family, with a donation contract and the Kong family's signatures - can the donated items be taken back?!

The pharmaceutical company representative angrily said: "You are used to lawlessness. Do you really think that the United States has no laws?"

There was nothing wrong with what the pharmaceutical company said - but the problem was that the Kong family's so-called donation was intended to obtain the agency rights.

Now that the agency is gone, the donation should be abandoned.

Unfortunately, the United States is actually the least law-abiding country. Pharmaceutical companies are wealthy and powerful, and they claim to abide by the law, but they never think about abiding by the law at all.

If the law is really enforced, is the United States still a paradise of freedom?

The paradise of freedom is built for the rich. If we talk about the law, can it still be called the paradise of freedom for the rich?
The Kong family’s money is definitely confiscated!

This is what the capitalists say. Even if God comes, it will definitely be a disaster!

……

Faced with the pharmaceutical factory that had been well prepared, the Kong family father and daughter, who were used to being domineering in the country, immediately realized that this was an unsolvable situation.

Mr. Kong almost had a heart attack.

That was the people's hard-earned money that he had accumulated over many years!

Kong Er comforted Master Kong:

"Dad, just treat it as feeding the dog. We still have penicillin worth tens of millions of dollars. It's not a big problem if we make less money."

"Profiting less means losing money!" Mr. Kong was heartbroken.

It’s gone, all gone. The pretentious quotes that I prepared are no longer useful. The character image of the Kong family as a family of great virtue and great kindness that I prepared for them can no longer be established.

He comforted himself in his heart: It’s okay, if I can’t establish my personal image, then I can’t. At worst, I can make a few more years of profit. No one can suffer any loss, but my Kong family cannot.

But since Zhang Anping had planned it and the experienced Ming Jing had executed it, how could he let it go so easily?

Global trade has begun a sharp drop in the price of penicillin!
Hello, is this the Nationalist Government? I heard that you won the Battle of Yenangyaung? I have a lot of penicillin here. Buy three and get one free. Do you want it? Not enough money? No problem. We can provide a transaction method of delivery first and payment later.

Attendant's Office: Hmm? Is there such a good thing? Do you still have the money that "that little guy" got? Keep more!

Hello, is this the Third War Zone?
Hello, Expeditionary Force?

Hey……

After a round of global trade “feeding”, the Nationalist government suddenly stockpiled enough penicillin for a year’s consumption – did you really think that the founder and original controlling shareholder of the pharmaceutical factory could not accumulate much stock over the years?

How could Guabi not know that the Nationalist government would only have the Hump Route as a supply channel in the future? How could he not prepare more goods while all transportation channels were unobstructed?
After feeding the military and the government, global trade distributed the remaining goods to the civilian population. A large amount of penicillin flowed into the civilian population, causing the price of penicillin to plummet. It is said that some Americans estimated that China's holdings of penicillin far exceeded that of the United States, which produced it...

This move to benefit the people made the global trade that had cut off ties with Japan instantly become the guest of honor of the National Government. Mr. Confucius' order to suppress global trade was also collectively ignored - please, the global trade background is so complicated, and it can still provide various assistance to the National Government and win the friendship of various war zones. Are you stupid enough to go against them?

……

At this time, the Kong family father and daughter were holding their breath and trying every possible way to prepare the transport plane.

They wanted to transport the gold mountain back to the country.

If we ship it back to China, even if it is only 20% of the preset price, it will be a gold mine!
But at this moment, bad news came again:
The price of penicillin in China plummeted, and the price was half that of Europe at that time - the Japanese were frantically buying up penicillin in the Kuomintang-controlled areas, and then one spies after another were arrested.

The Kong father and daughter looked at each other in bewilderment, and hurriedly sent a telegram to the country to inquire about the market price of penicillin.

To ensure authenticity, they ordered people to collect penicillin prices in multiple cities for comparison.

After hearing the price, both the father and daughter fainted.

For example, their purchase price is 1 yuan - the current market price is 1 yuan.

It seems that they still have some profit, but after deducting various costs, they lose a lot of money!
The key point is that there is too much penicillin on the market. Although it is not so popular that ordinary people cannot buy it, there is really a lot of it!

So many that it makes people despair!

The total amount of penicillin purchased by the chief attendant alone accounted for half of the total controlled by the Kong family.

These things are not available to ordinary people, only the military and rich people can use them. Although the market is huge, the current total amount on the market can barely support more than a year.

In other words, don't expect penicillin to go up in price for at least eight months.

However, the Kong family had to pay a cost for holding these medicines - mortgage and borrowing were both costs. Although the Kong family was one of the top families, the interest on mortgage and borrowing during wartime was not the current 3%, 4% or 5%, but was comparable to the interest on online loans.

Mortgage and loan can be delayed, but the most terrible thing is that the Kong family misappropriated the funds from the [Chief Attendant’s] treasury. At that time, Mr. Kong thought that he was about to hold a mountain of gold, so he just embezzled the funds. In the future, he would give the “porter” a little interest, which would surely make the “porter’s” bald head laugh happily.

But now, this embezzlement has become a death warrant.

Because something happened that was particularly coincidental - the United States sold a batch of fighter jets to the Nationalist government. These fighter jets are not currently included in the military aid project, but the price is very low. The [Chief Aide-de-camp] acted like a rich man in the Middle East without saying a word and chose to buy, buy, buy.

After all, he has money!

Now the deal is done and the payment date is approaching - but the money has been secretly misappropriated by Mr. Kong!
Mr. Kong became anxious and started to raise money everywhere.

But the Kong family has put all their valuable loans and mortgages on the line. No matter whether it is the Kong family’s fixed assets, circulating funds, or credit, they have all become penicillin. It is easy to make money now, small amounts are easy, but large amounts are impossible!

In desperation, Mr. Kong wanted to mortgage penicillin to the Bank of America in order to temporarily overcome the difficulties.

But the mortgage price offered by the bank was only half of their pickup price.

Well, it's not impossible to grit your teeth and cover up the chief attendant's mistake first. As long as we get through the current difficulties and wait for the price of penicillin to go back up, we will not lose money.

However, just as they were about to pledge their assets, the U.S. military appeared.

Considering that the Kong family was a powerful member of the Nationalist government, the U.S. military gave them a reason:
Add 10% to the mortgage price and buy it!

And because it was wartime, the military had banned banks from accepting such collateral, so the Kong family had no choice but to sell it to the military.

The bank's mortgage price was only 50% of the Kong family's pick-up price, and the price offered by the military was 55% of the pick-up price - the military was not robbing openly, because the supply price that the American Biological Pharmaceutical Factory gave to the Kong family was the price after the price increase, and the U.S. military's purchase price was relatively low.

“This is robbery!”

Mr. Kong roared loudly when faced with the price offered by the US military.

But in order to avoid a disaster, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and agree to sell part of it to the US military, hoping to get the money back quickly to offset the embezzlement.

Then, he fell into the trap again!

The quick payment promised by the U.S. military had to be delayed until three months later due to a purchase. For this reason, the U.S. military specially notified the Nationalist government to express its apologies.

Is this considered the utmost kindness?

However, for the Kong family, this delay is enough to be fatal!
So, this bomb...exploded!
……

Attendant's room.

The chief aide-de-camp listened to his subordinates' report in astonishment and cursed for three minutes.

His money, his money was actually embezzled by Mr. Kong?
He actually embezzled his money!

That was the money he used to purchase cheap and high-end fighter jets!
The lady was too embarrassed to interrupt, after all, she had done something...

The chief attendant was completely disappointed with the Kong family - you squeezed the people's money, and I tolerated it for the sake of our relationship. I was planning to re-employ you in the future, but I didn't expect you to do this to me?
That's my money, and you embezzled it!

The chief aide gnashed his teeth and paid another sum of money to settle the purchase of fighter planes. Then he sent a stern telegram to Mr. Kong, which roughly meant:
"Tiaodan", our relationship has come to an end. You, pay me back the money you embezzled from me, and I will not pursue you. But you should not appear in front of me. I am kind-hearted and cannot stand the sight of blood. If you appear in front of me, I will bleed! !
The Kong family's exploitation of the people's wealth was of no concern to the chief attendant. He was a kind-hearted man and would just ignore it as long as they didn't see it.

But the misappropriation of his "private money" almost caused the military procurement plan to fail - was this a spy sent by the Japanese?

Master Kong has completely ended in the heart of the chief attendant.

……

I don’t know whose mouth was too loose, but the news of Mr. Kong embezzling public funds was exposed - embezzlement was very normal in the Nationalist government, but if the funds were not repaid, it would mean the collapse of the Kong family’s credit.

Don’t forget that the Kong family still has a lot of loans!
Mortgage loans are easy to deal with, in the worst case the collateral can be taken away, but many loans are purely credit loans because the Kong family has the financial guarantee.

It is true that those who dare to lend money to the Kong family cannot afford to offend the Kong family, but that is also legal and compliant, and there are countless interest groups behind them!
The Kong family has now collapsed, how can the creditors sit idly by?

Borrowing money has always been the icing on the cake or the worse for the worse since ancient times. Now everyone rushes to ask for money. A group of mice can kill an elephant, not to mention the Kong family, which has completely ended in the heart of the chief attendant?
Mr. Kong was almost driven crazy. Under pressure from all sides, he could only find ways to cash in the medicines in his hands.

Americans welcome Mr. Kong to cash in on the drugs, but the price will certainly be lower than the factory's shipping price;

But it is difficult for an individual to come up with such a large sum of money. After the news spread, it was no surprise that representatives of the US military showed up and brought contracts with them.

The money can be given immediately, and they will not take advantage of the situation, and the purchase price is still the same as before:
The Kong family takes 55% of the delivery price.

Not selling?

Well, you have to be careful about being expropriated - I heard that your Kong family is quite good at this? After the expropriation, the money will still be paid, but it will not be at this price!

The Kong father and daughter signed the contract with tears in their eyes.

Not only did Jinshan change its owner, but it also suffered a 45% loss.

Fortunately, the US military kept its word and the money was immediately credited to the account after receiving the medicines.

But the creditors were waiting with their knives sharpened, and the money would be divided up as soon as it arrived.

After paying off all the credit loans and mortgages, Mr. Kong was stunned when he looked at the empty account balance.

Gone?

All the money he had worked so hard to extort from the people was gone just like that?

噗

After Ito Masashi and Dobi, Mr. Kong became the third person who was so angry that he vomited blood.

Unfortunately, the father and daughter of the Kong family had no idea from the beginning to the end that this was a trap, a trap specifically targeting their Kong family.

After this battle, the Kong family had no chance of making a comeback politically, and although their financial situation was not impoverished, it had reached the point of being at the end of their rope.

Without political protection, it would be absolutely impossible for the Kong family to collect such a huge amount of funds again!

……

In this scheme, it seemed that the pharmaceutical factory swallowed up the greedy "gift" of the Kong family, but in fact Zhang Anping got most of it in a way similar to money laundering - if there had not been this income from the pharmaceutical factory, the shares of the military factory that the damn capitalists gave him would most likely have been swallowed up.

In the end, Zhang Anping sold those shares at a premium. Although it was not the current price, he still made a profit compared to the initial price.

This is equivalent to taking most of the profits made by the Kong family - it's not that Zhang Anping doesn't want to sell these shares, but once he shows signs of selling, the capitalists will just eat him up!

Never overestimate the bottom line of capitalists, do not be superstitious about the integrity of capitalists, and do not be confused by the illusory contracts - if the contract is binding, there will be no contract.

Capitalists can often use their own country's power resources to achieve their wishes, and although Zhang Anping has a network of interests in the United States, he is an outsider after all.

If the law worked, how could Zhang Anping lose his pharmaceutical factory?

Therefore, it is precious and real to put the money in your pocket!
The additional conditions will allow Zhang Anping to obtain a large amount of factory equipment for the country after the end of World War II. Although they are second-hand, they will definitely become the cornerstone of the country's future industrial construction. The only thing that needs to be guaranteed is that these factories cannot be destroyed by the National Government before its retreat.

As for the medicines received from the Kong father and daughter, although they were purchased in the name of the US military, the actual operators were not the US military.

These medicines will eventually become part of aid materials to China.

In short, Zhang Anping finally used a method similar to money laundering to turn the people's wealth extorted by the Kong family into materials belonging to the country and the people.

It's a win-win outcome.

The only loser was naturally the Kong family, which fell into oblivion from then on.

……

Zhang Anping lit the telegram, and the knot in his heart completely dissipated as it burned.

"It's just little things—"

"The top priority now is to bomb Japan!"

"Pass on my order. Tonight, all tribes in eastern Zhejiang will relight their bonfires."

Zoker, who was in charge of connecting with Zhang Anping, was stunned:
"Zhang, we're not bombing Japan tonight!"

Zhang Anping smiled:

"This is called... a strategy of wearing out the enemy!"

(End of this chapter)