Next is the factory moving, such as textile factories, paper mills, cement factories, etc.

The light industrial factories moved first. After all, these things related to people's livelihood are urgently needed in liberated areas such as Odalia and the Philippines, and these factories are easier to move.

As for heavy industries such as steel mills, we can temporarily slow down.

In fact, Zhang Chi’s approach cannot be considered moving, because it is not all moved, but part of it stays in the Northeast and part of it moved to Okinawa... A spark can set off a prairie fire. There are tens of millions of people in the Northeast, and it is also a post-war reconstruction that also requires people’s livelihood enterprises. It is obviously not cost-effective or practical to move it.

This is like various industries in Northeast China set up branches in Okinawa, but Zhang Chi is a little selfish and brings most of the better machines, machine tools and skilled employees to Okinawa.

Of course, this also requires respecting the personal intentions of Northeast employees... Some employees who are in Northeast China are reluctant to leave their hometowns. Zhang Chi can understand this, so they do not force it. For those employees who are willing to move to Northeast China, Zhang Chi will try his best to move their immediate relatives to Okinawa.

The key point is Dalian Shipyard.

Okinawa is an island. Although the population on the island will become increasingly dense, the area of ​​the entire island is only more than 2,000 square kilometers. If the mountains and ridges with complex terrain in the north are deducted, the available area is the size of Hong Kong. (Note: Okinawa's area is 2,249 square kilometers, and Hong Kong's area is 1,104 square kilometers).

However, Okinawa has an advantage, that is, there are many small islands that can be used and not small in the surrounding area. The Ryukyu Islands have a total of 55 islands. At this time, of course they are also controlled by the Sino-US coalition forces... In fact, as long as the islands within the radius of Okinawa as the center and aircraft combat are basically controlled by the Sino-US coalition forces, even if there are Japanese troops on it, they will have to wait for the fate of starving to death or being cleaned.

In this way, if some factories cannot be placed in Okinawa, they can be set up on these islands according to their geographical location.

So needless to say, the connection between the islands, as well as the task of exporting products and importing raw materials from Okinawa, requires a large number of transport ships.

At this time, transport ships were in short supply... A large number of transport ships were used to transport military supplies in the war and were blown up. Until now, it can be said that there are only a few broken ships seized from the Japanese.

On the other hand, Zhang Chi also knew that the navy was particularly important for Okinawa... Islands are about maritime advantages and air advantages. If both of these are gone, they will be like the current Japanese mainland and cannot develop.

That is, whether from the perspective of people's livelihood and economy or military considerations, shipyards and shipbuilding technology are top priorities.

So Zhang Chi tried every means to dig up the old technicians who built ships in Dalian. If they really didn't work, they would ask them to work in Okinawa for a few years, and then consider the issue of staying or leaving after bringing out a group of apprentices.

At first, Zhang Chi thought he needed to send someone to find business opportunities, but soon the business came to him, and it was a big business...

"Zhang...good news!" Stilwell called Zhang Chi on that day: "I will report your relocation of your factory to Washington. Washington supports you in doing this!"

"Thank you, General!" Zhang Chi replied.

This is not good news for Zhang Chi. Zhang Chi knew early in the morning that Washington would not object... If it were against it, all the materials needed on Okinawa would have to be transported from the United States, and they were provided free of charge by the United States. I don’t know how much money Zhang Chi can save the United States if he does this.

"And..." Stilwell said: "You know, General MacArthur also led the U.S. Army to fight the enemy in the Philippines. They needed a large number of supplies, including military and civilians... God, your factory is ready!"

Zhang Chi's eyes immediately opened: "General, what do you mean... Washington intends to hand over these materials to us for production?"

"Yes!" Stilwell replied: "You must know that those strategic materials will be shipped from the United States or Austria to the Philippines. If Okinawa can produce them, it will undoubtedly shorten the shipping cycle and shipping costs to a large extent. At the same time... you also said that Okinawa's labor costs are very low, right? This will save us a lot of money! But I have to determine whether you are ready first... You know, this is not a joke. It is related to the supply of the army. Washington is worried about whether you have this ability!"

"It's ready, of course it's ready!" Zhang Chi replied: "Don't worry, General, we have this ability!"

"Very good!" said Stilwell. "The order will most likely include military uniforms, helmets, military boots, compressed cookies, cement..."

Listening to these things, Zhang Chi almost jumped up with joy.

Damn, Zhang Chi only knew that Japan relied on the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, the U.S. Vietnam War, and China's reform and opening up, but he didn't expect that World War II continued when he built Okinawa's industry... So Okinawa would have almost the same advantages as Japan after the war in history. Its location is much closer to Southeast Asian countries than the United States, so production in Okinawa will obviously save a lot of costs.

"General!" Before Stilwell could continue, Zhang Chi replied: "I'll arrive soon. I think we need to talk about this in detail!"

"Of course!" Stilwell also felt deeply, after all, this was not a trivial matter.

Zhang Chifei rushed to Stilwell's office.

As soon as Stilwell saw Zhang Chi, he smiled and said, "Congratulations, Major General... your factory will receive the order soon!"

"Thank you, General!" Zhang Chi replied: "Thanks to your report!"

"Look at this..." Stilwell handed Zhang Chi a document, which was filled with various product names.

"This is the demand from the Philippines battlefield!" Stilwell explained: "Washington means...you can do what you can, and produce as much as you can... Because the demand is too large, from the perspective of the United States, saving a lot of money is just one thing!"

Zhang Chi took the document and flipped it out... In fact, there was no need to flip it out at all. As a person walking on the battlefield, Zhang Chi knew very well what the battlefield needed, and these even included rifles, cars and tanks.
Chapter completed!