Chapter 385: The harmony between generals and generals

On August 19, 1938, on the road from Liuzhou to Binyang, four light armored vehicles were running fast under the escort of two trucks of guards. Mo Jianhao, the commander of the Northern Guangxi camp, was wearing a python-patterned military coat, sitting on the third armored vehicle, holding his right hand, closing his eyes to ponder...

He was Mo Rongxin's eldest grandson, and he was quite talented. He accumulated qualifications and merits in the General Staff Department. He successfully became the commander of the Northern Guangxi Camp, obtained the qualification to lead the army, and held military power.

In the first half of this year, with Bai Chongxi's command and the hard fighting of the ** army, the ** regime, as the only legal government in China, achieved a great victory in Taierzhuang, which shocked China and the world.

But soon after, Japan concentrated its army in North China to besiege Xuzhou. The Fifth War Zone could not stand, so Bai Chongxi had to lead the army to break westward. Within a few months, Zhengzhou and Wuhan fell one after another, and Jiang Ruiyuan's ** government was forced to move to the mountain city Chongqing to serve as a supporting capital.

Now the ** Party relies on the advantages of the complex mountainous areas of the Southwest to resist in a condescending manner. The land still under control is only half of that of Sichuan, Yunnan, and Guizhou.

Mo Jianhao led more than 50,000 troops, a total of three fully-built mountain infantry divisions, just to take charge of the Northern Guangxi to prevent the party. It would be better to prepare for such things early, otherwise they would definitely do such shameless and despicable things like Sun Yixian did when Chen Jiongming was the way Sun Yixian had dealt with Chen Jiongming. With the past style and character of the party, they would definitely do such shameless and despicable things.

Even if Jiang Ruiyuan is restrained enough, he may not be able to control the soldiers and gangsters under his command. These people have blood, but the military discipline is indeed a mess.

As the war continued, the ** Party lost the entire territory of North China, and Shanxi and Shaanxi became Yan Xishan and Hongmen who survived. In the entire land of China, only the Hualian was still in a prosperous state. They went out of central China, recovered the capital, and forced the Japanese Central China dispatched troops to retreat north of the Yangtze River.

In addition, Hunan and Jiangxi provinces have also expressed their surrender to the China Federation of China governments, and the work of internal affairs and military acceptance has even begun with great fanfare a month ago.

"Commander, our main job now is to ensure that the road traffic is smooth and unobstructed. Today's main task is to patrol the guard posts along the way." The adjutant sat next to Mo Jianhao and arranged today's itinerary one by one.

Since the loss of Nanjing and Shanghai, the ** government's foreign material import has been completely cut off. Although the southwest can be safe for a while, it is surrounded by mountains and it is difficult to import materials.

So much so that we have to cooperate with Hualian to rent ports and channels, and continuously enrich the resources of goods and resources from the UK and the United States to maintain the endless consumption brought by the war.

The work of Daying in Beibei is to prevent and maintain these two key points, and maintaining the smooth flow of transportation is also one of the essential tasks.

At the Guangzhou Base Camp, fierce debate continued, and the Hualian internal part became the main site and the main and two major factions.

At present, the Hualian has pushed the front line to Nanjing and controlled all areas south of the Yangtze River. However, Hefei is still in the hands of the Japanese army, and the two armies confront each other across the river, and are temporarily at a deadlock.

The pro-war faction was a military official led by Li Zongren. They controlled the army and urgently needed to establish merits, so they insisted on fighting. The pro-war faction believed that the whole army should take advantage of the favorable situation of the current advantage, recovered North China, drove the Japanese army out of the pass, and thought about restoring Taiwan.

The peacemakers are cabinet politicians headed by Chen Jiongming. The main considerations are the huge damage to the economy and people's livelihood by war, as well as the government's financial difficulties caused by the accumulation and consumption of materials. They believe that large-scale military operations should be temporarily stopped, and balanced power should be maintained, and then plotted to accumulate strength.

During the entire Central China Battle, the Chinese army's material consumption was amazing, almost consuming most of the strategic materials that Hualian had hoarded over the past five years. Especially in the Battle of Hangzhou, the strong attack of the armored army, under the bright appearance, hiding the hidden danger that Hualian's internal industrial capacity could not keep up with the rhythm.

The bombing of aircraft is also a money-burning machine, high-explosive bomb, and aviation fuel. These are materials that rely heavily on industrial production capacity. One expenditure after another has hurt the cabinet and the Minister of Finance, so it is strongly demanding that the frontlines slow down military operations so as to restore the society.

After the end of the battle, the logistics unit transported more than 100,000 tons of various materials to the front line, including all the materials needed by bullets, guns, artillery shells, food, cement and other front personnel.

A total of more than 270,000 people were transported, effectively and timely supporting the deployment and adjustment of operations.

A total of more than 600 kilometers of primary highways, more than 40 kilometers of railways, and more than 40 temporary steel bridges were urgently built. Several engineering corps and several road bridge construction units responsible for logistics road construction support were awarded by the headquarters headquarters.

War is not simply relying on passion and slogans, nor is it calling on soldiers to die one after another, but it is necessary to make careful calculations and seriously consider material consumption and supply.

At the General Command of the Chinese Alliance Army, more and deeper problems are also placed in front of the top military and political leaders.

Although the battle in the previous period was very exciting, the large-scale and high-intensity battles had already caused the various materials that the Hualian had painstakingly reserved to consume a large amount of money.

The consumption of many materials, such as various ammunition, has consumed one-third of the reserves of China's Federal Reserve, and oil consumption has consumed half of the reserves. The large amount of consumption has made the Chinese army lack the ability to attack again, so temporary renovation and re-reservation are also discussed by the senior management of China's central government.

"No hurry, this kind of thing cannot be rushed." Chen Jiongming immediately rejected the practice of reducing quality and pursuing quantity, which is also expressing his position against the military's continued expansion of the war.

"But if we still follow the current production capacity, can we equip enough troops? Moreover, the supply of materials on the front line cannot be achieved. Once the enemy counterattacks, it is very dangerous." Cheng Wenli seemed a little anxious.

"Do you think that sending enough weapons and equipment now can make these new troops have enough combat power immediately?" Chen Jiongming asked back, and his rhetoric made the other party swallow his later words.

As a front-line officer, Cheng Wenli clearly needs to form a unit equipped with advanced weapons to how long it will take. Now the front line is not only short of weapons and ammunition, but also a big problem for personnel replenishment. The more and more territory it controls, and the number of military and administrative personnel required is increasing.

"You soldiers who are in the army hope to have more troops as soon as possible. I can understand this mood. You want to fight the Japanese and unify China. It's not only me. Look at the other leaders of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Science and Technology who are sitting there. Which one is different is also looking forward to expel Japanese pirates and restore my mountains and rivers as soon as possible. But we don't have such great strength yet. You military supervisors who have logistics reserves have also seen how much resources we consumed in this battle and don't have enough material resources. You really want to play bamboo guns with the Japanese to compete with each other."

After a pause, Chen Jiongming tapped his fingers on the table and continued to talk about the problem of production capacity. In fact, we noticed and started preparing a few years ago. Now, in Guangxi, Hunan provinces, super-large arsenals and ammunition factories are being built. The scale of these factories is unimaginable to you military members."

"They will make every effort to produce cars, tanks, machines, cannons, various ammunitions, and more advanced weapons and equipment. However, Rome was not built in one day, and it is impossible to complete the super-large factories without more than ten years of construction. But let me give you a clear idea. As long as these large factories and surrounding corresponding construction complete the first phase of construction in two years, even if the total production capacity of all our current arsenals and ammunition plants is added together, it will be less than one-fifth of the initial production capacity of the first phase, and the capacity of the second phase of construction will be more than ten times the current production capacity."

This is not a blank check. The military leaders present are very considerate of the difficulties in the cabinet. They have had many years of good cooperation experience, and at least they have not scolded the angry words of "traitors" and "traitors".

When several military chiefs heard the huge pie drawn by Chen Jiongming, they were interested. According to their estimates, as long as the construction and production of these factories went smoothly, they would equip more than one million main regular troops.

"I'll add this first. Some data and progress have changed, and the data progress of the head of state is already a little inaccurate." Xu Wenlong, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, stood up.

"A variety of super-large factories built with Panzhihua Heavy Steel Plant as the center will be the focus of our current construction work. The preliminary exploration of the key dragnet-type exploration since 1934 has basically ended. It was initially explored that the Panzhihua mining area not only has hydropower resources with an installed capacity of 7 million kilowatt-hours of hydropower in the developed area, but also has a reserve of 9.4 billion tons of vanadium titanium magnetite."

"Of course: the reserves of 420 million tons of associated titanium are now ranked first in the world; the reserves of associated vanadium are 10.38 million tons, and the reserves of cobalt are 746 million tons. In addition, there are many rare and precious metals such as chromium, gallium, scandium, nickel, copper, lead, zinc, manganese, and platinum. Among the non-metallic minerals, coal reserves are 708 million tons, crystalline graphite reserves are 15.4 million tons, Zhuke Inkstone reserves are 20.98 million tons, solvent limestone reserves are 295 million tons. Metallurgical dolomite reserves are 363 million tons, cement sandstone reserves are 11.94 million tons, refractory clay reserves are 10.32 million tons. Diatomaceous earth reserves are 16.5 million tons, granite reserves are 83.75 million cubic meters, and marble reserves are 53.99 million cubic meters."

"The construction of infrastructure such as transportation roads, railways, and electricity, which began at the end of 1935, has been basically completed. At the same time, mineral development, early smelting steel plant construction, and machinery factory construction have also taken shape. In another year, or even seven months, the first phase of construction will be completed and put into production."

"Oh? So fast?" The military and political officials present were a little excited and excited.

"The biggest problem now is that we must share the industrial achievements with the ** Party. Strictly speaking, the ** government is the investor, we are the party responsible for technology provision and management, and we occupy half of the equity of the entire heavy industry zone."

No matter how unhappy the Hualian and the ** Party were, they had agreed to build Sichuan into China's rear industrial base four years ago. Although this to some extent, it strengthened the strength of the ** Army, the Hualian also gained considerable benefits and returns from it.

"In the next paragraph, the first batch of gold and cultural relics in the negotiation agreement with the Germans will arrive. Handover must be arranged, and no matter how it is done."

"First of the People, I am of great significance to us, but I don't understand the engine technology that exchanges 1,100 horsepower. According to Germany's industrial strength, it is difficult to take such advanced technology now." Xu Wenlong asked in confusion.

"Hello question, I'll tell you about the technology here. The scientific research department not only needs to transform our high-end technology into productivity, but also needs to pay attention to the priority research and technical reserves of some high-end technologies."

"After twenty years of construction, what Hualian lacks is no longer a problem of technology. Twenty years ago, we couldn't even build bicycles. But now we can produce products such as TVs, computers, composite armored tanks, etc. that test the overall comprehensive strength of the industry, but what we lack now is production capacity. That is, industrial production capacity in the potential of war, to put it simply, quantity."

Relax, Chen Jiongming lit the pipe and continued to talk about the smoke that everyone noticed the problem of insufficient production capacity in our area through this battle. This is also one of the problems we need to solve now. You can look at the old powers such as the United States, Germany, the Soviet Union, Britain, and France. If we do not calculate the advanced nature of the various weapons we produce, just count the quantity, the guns, cannons, tanks, armored vehicles, aircraft, ships, submarines and other weapons and equipment we have produced in recent years will be less than the annual output of these countries."

Before taking over Hualian, Chen Jiongming made a lot of hard work, and started from the grassroots level before he was promoted to the current position of head of state. He had a deep understanding of Hualian's economic affairs and industrial development, and was able to grasp the key point.

"For example, let's look at the results of this air-to-sea battle. In more than a month, the air force sank more than 80 ships of various types. Of course, if the restrictions are lifted, the number will be several times higher. However, even if we have such a record every month, it will only be nearly one thousand ships in a year. Even if we really double the amount, it will be three thousand ships."

Speaking of this, I paused for a moment, and then continued to look at everyone's eyes. The annual ship production of more than 5,000 ships can reach a speed of more than 5,000 ships. We can fight?"

"Some people say that I am afraid of this and that is not enough. Is it because I am not afraid of it, but I am sufficient? But I didn't see that with the overall industrial strength of the southeast corner, can our overall industrial strength be compared with the overall industrial strength of an old-fashioned country?" No mistakes will not skip.

"If we say that the southwest is now lacking, it is the overall industrial production capacity. But if we say that sufficient, it is our priority reserves for technology."

Chen Jiongming put down his extinguished pipe and took out a 1:74-sized Fiery Bear i-type tank model and put it on the table. We have noticed and started to implement the situation where the production capacity is insufficient, but this requires. A super-large industrial area not only needs to be built, but also requires huge production workers to operate machinery and equipment to produce. But technically, we need to be far ahead of the front end of the world. Just like this tank, the Fiery Bear i-type medium main battle tank."

After Chen Jiongming finished speaking, Chen Yongshan, the chief military chief who was in charge of the logistics tasks of the Chinese coalition military, also took the lead. He was a technician within the army and a core figure in the defense and heavy industry department. In the technical field, his words were the most convincing.

"The production of this kind of tank is not high now. So far, we have only equipped two armies and can only produce 15,000 vehicles a year because the various scientific and technological technologies included in this tank are too cutting-edge. But we just need to use these mature scientific and technological products to drive our overall industrial production capacity."

"The highest technological crystallization of military products like the Wind Bear Tank lies in its core engine, high-hard shell and composite armor of the turret. Composite armor can now be produced in steel plants in Liuzhou, Dongguan and Nansha. This greatly limits our output, and this problem must be solved after the establishment and commissioning of the Panzhihua factory. Another one that represents the comprehensive industrial strength, the engine can wait for the full deployment of production technology to obtain sufficient output."

Chen Yongshan walked back and forth at the conference table, talking freely, explaining the military production issues within Hualian with the senior military leaders present clearly to avoid discord between civil and military officials. This is also the purpose of this meeting. Both the military and political parties need to reach a consensus and choose the development direction that is most conducive to Hualian.

"The Germans are not stupid to see this 1100 horsepower engine. Although they can't produce much now, they can use some of the technologies in production to drive the improvement of the overall technology. There are many parts of the engine, and the new technology of each part can bring unexpected benefits to other products."

The alloy bearing tiles in the engine crankshaft can reduce engine friction by thoroughly grasping this technology, increase output power while reducing fuel consumption, and extend engine overhaul for thousands of hours.

Similarly, putting this technology on other engines such as aircraft engines and automobile engines can also achieve the same effect. Mastering a technologically innovative process can drive the simultaneous improvement of other related products.

Only when the German industrial sector corrects this point will it continue to deepen its cooperation with Hualian. Especially for engines like 1100 horsepower, it not only has this new technology, but also contains hundreds of new technologies.

After saying these things, the military leaders also understood the cabinet's considerations and agreed to the opinions of the military to slow down. Especially Li Zongren, the commander of the Third Army, who is now leading troops on the front line, is well aware of the righteousness and is willing to obey the arrangements of the Head of State Chen Jiongming.

Wang Liwen made great contributions in the battle of Central China, while Li Zongren took over the follow-up, and now he just made some money to drink. However, he still knows how to be sensible and has the demeanor of a general. He will not ignore the feelings of the cabinet in order to make contributions in a hurry.

It is really a blessing of Hualian. In such a chaotic situation, there is still an internal situation where the generals and generals are in harmony.

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