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At the city gate.

"Mr. Shen!"

Commander Lu greeted Shen Wang with a hearty laugh, shaking his hand tightly: "You've finally arrived! We've been missing you!"

"Hello, Mr. Shen!" The brigade commander smiled and saluted.

The two men subconsciously looked behind Shen Wang, only to find that he was alone, not the endless convoy of trucks.

A slight sense of disappointment flashed through my mind.

However, they quickly put on warm smiles.

In any case, it's a good thing that Mr. Shen came.

"Commander Lu, Brigade Commander, how have you been?" Shen Wang smiled and nodded.

"Thanks to Mr. Shen, everything is fine."

Commander Lu said, "Mr. Shen, you must be tired from your journey. Please come in and have a seat in the city."

"No."

Shen Wang waved his hand: "Let's go to the dock first. Everything I brought this time was shipped from the sea."

Commander Lu and the brigade commander exchanged a glance upon hearing this.

It seems Mr. Shen's connections really are overseas!

Commander Lu quickly asked, "Mr. Shen, what treasures have you brought us this time? Are there any new weapons?"

The batch of weapons that Shen Wang sent last time directly upgraded the troops in Jiaodong City, significantly improving their combat effectiveness.

Now, whenever Commander Lu sees Shen Wang, the first thing he thinks of is weapons.

"I didn't bring any weapons this time," Shen Wang said calmly.

Commander Lu's smile froze instantly.

"We brought only food."

"food?"

Commander Lu's eyes widened suddenly, then he became excited again: "Great grain! That's exactly what we need most right now! Mr. Shen, how much grain have you brought this time?"

"not much."

Shen Wang smiled and said, "It's only 60 million catties of rice, 40 million catties of wheat flour, 20 million catties of cabbage, 20 million catties of potatoes, and 10 million catties of cured meat..."

He paused, then added, "Although it's a small batch, this is only the first batch; there will be a second and a third batch later."

"boom--"

Commander Lu's mind went completely blank, as if struck by lightning.

He stood there dumbfounded, his mouth agape, unable to utter a single word for a long time.

"That's all"

Although there are not many

Listen to this, is this even human language?

Sixty million catties of rice, forty million catties of wheat flour... that adds up to a full one hundred million catties of grain!

Is this just the first batch?

My God!

He was just worrying about the five million catties of grain, thinking it wouldn't last more than ten days.

As a result, Mr. Shen made a move and donated 100 million jin!

This 100 million jin of grain is more than enough to last not only three months, but even a year!

That's enough for them to build the shipyard and airport completely!

"Mr. Shen..."

Commander Lu's voice trembled: "You...you're telling the truth? One hundred million jin of grain?"

"certainly."

Shen Wang nodded: "The ship will arrive soon."

Commander Lu was so excited that he was trembling all over and almost burst into tears on the spot.

He gripped Shen Wang's hand tightly, his voice choked with emotion, and said, "Mr. Shen! You are truly our savior!"

After the initial excitement subsided, Commander Lu said with some difficulty, "Mr. Shen, headquarters has only allocated five tons of gold. It's definitely not enough to buy so much grain."

"But don't worry, I'll send a telegram to headquarters right now and have them replenish the gold immediately. You won't be shortchanged by a single penny!"

At current grain prices, one ton of gold can only buy ten million kilograms of rice.

One hundred million jin of grain requires at least ten tons of gold. The five tons provided by headquarters are not even half of that.

Shen Wang paused for a moment, then looked at Commander Lu with a strange expression: "What gold?"

"The money for buying food."

Commander Lu replied matter-of-factly, "We can't let you give us so much grain for nothing, can we? This is supplies worth tens of tons of gold!"

He knew the weapons were given away for free. It seemed that headquarters had signed an agreement with Mr. Shen, with Mr. Shen becoming a shareholder and one-third of the spoils going to him.

But we can't just give away the food for free, can we?

Just then, the brigade commander quietly tugged at Commander Lu's sleeve, leaned close to his ear, and whispered, "Commander Lu, don't say anything more. Mr. Shen's food is free."

"What?"

Commander Lu turned his head sharply, looking at the brigade commander in disbelief: "No money? Are you saying it's free? That's a hundred million catties of grain!"

The brigade commander nodded, then whispered, "What's a hundred million catties of grain? Where do you think headquarters got all that gold from?"

"Buzz—"

Commander Lu's mind went blank again.

The gold at headquarters... was also a gift from Mr. Shen?

Brigade Commander: "Commander Lu, please don't ask any more questions."

Only the rear area and a few core members knew about Shen Wang's distribution of 1500 tons of gold to the Eighth Route Army. If the brigade commander hadn't been in charge, he wouldn't have been qualified to know.

At this moment, Commander Lu was completely shocked.

Sending weapons, food, and gold? Seriously, what are you after?

He looked at Shen Wang with disbelief, admiration, and even a touch of worship.

Shen Wang waved his hand: "Let's go, let's go to the docks."

Commander Lu and the brigade commander then realized what was happening and hurriedly followed.

The group walked along the dirt road by the sea toward the pier. The sea breeze, carrying a salty smell, swept over them, stirring up the dust on the ground.

Halfway there, Shen Wang suddenly stopped and looked up at the sky.

"Huh? What's that sound of an airplane?"

"It's Fifth Master!"

The brigade commander quickly explained with a smile, "The headquarters leaders were worried about something going wrong in Jiaodong City, so they specially transferred all 24 J-5 fighters from the First Flight Squadron of Southeast Shanxi over here."

Shen Wang nodded, understanding dawning on his mind.

The bosses really did consider everything thoroughly.

Although the large, formal airport in Jiaodong City has not yet started construction, the J-5 is not a supersonic fighter jet and does not have high requirements for runways. As long as a simple runway is leveled, it will be sufficient for takeoffs and landings.

He sent a total of 24 J-5 fighters, 18 J-6 fighters, and 36 Q-5 fighters to the Eighth Route Army. Although this number of troops is insignificant in later generations, it was an absolute air superiority force in the skies over China in 1941.

Deploying 24 J-5 fighter jets to guard Jiaodong City as a precaution is indeed a prudent move.

"The bosses have thought things through." Shen Wang said calmly.

Although Shen Wang believed that as long as the Japanese weren't out of their minds, they would never send air force units over again.

Since the last time we wiped out an entire Japanese air brigade, the Japanese haven't dared to send their air force to swagger over North China for several months.

Okamura wouldn't be that stupid.

A dozen minutes later, the group finally reached the breakwater of the pier.

Looking out, a huge black shadow was slowly approaching on the once empty sea.

At first, Commander Lu and the brigade commander didn't pay much attention, thinking it was just an ordinary cargo ship.

But as the shadow drew closer, their eyes widened and their mouths slowly opened.

"What...what is that?" Commander Lu rubbed his eyes, thinking he was seeing things.

The brigade commander gasped, and the hat in his hand fell to the ground with a "thud".

"My God..."