With this batch of equipment, the firepower of the roundabout troops was greatly enhanced. Because of the long-distance attack, the roundabout troops only carried two self-propelled assault artillery battalions of the armored brigade in addition to mortars of various calibers, and the artillery regiment of the first division only carried
There were one battalion each of the Type 90 field artillery and the Type 92 105 cannon battalion that were towed by motors, as well as a 107 rocket launcher battalion.
The roundabout force carried one-third of the original organic artillery force, and its overall firepower was compared with that of the 23rd Division, which was equipped with a heavy artillery regiment, an independent field heavy artillery battalion, and its own artillery regiment.
, appears slightly weaker.
This batch of heavy equipment was strengthened for the roundabout troops, so that the firepower of the roundabout troops was at least doubled compared to when they set off. Moreover, although these Soviet mountain cannons cannot be towed by motors, there is no shortage of horses in the roundabout troops and they are far away from the intended battlefield.
Since we are already quite close, it won't take too long to use animal traction.
With the cover of powerful artillery fire, the casualties of the troops during the battle can also be greatly reduced. This will undoubtedly be of great benefit to the next battle. There are also so many grains and other materials, and within a long time,
There is no need for the headquarters to replenish them.
Therefore, even though there is a Northeast Bureau within the military region, Yang Zhen caused big trouble by not dealing with it. It can even be said that in the eyes of some people, the two culprits of this unorganized and undisciplined behavior are quite dissatisfied. Some people even
He threatened that if the military region did not handle the matter, he would file a complaint with the central government.
But in view of Yang Zhen's prestige in the military region, no one dared to mention it again. After the Soviets did not get too entangled in this matter, no one mentioned the matter of dealing with the two people. The Soviets were not involved in this matter.
If you are entangled in the problem, then there is no need to deal with your own people.
Compared with the relaxation of others, only the commander-in-chief and Yang Zhen, who had been dealing with the Soviets for a long time, understood that the Soviets' revenge would definitely be behind them. It was definitely not the Soviet character to sit back and suffer big losses. Although they did not have the energy to pursue this matter now,
I also promised not to pursue the matter further, but I will definitely play some tricks later. With the character of the Soviet people, if I don’t cause you some trouble afterwards, you are not a Soviet person.
However, the Soviets did not dwell too much on this matter afterwards, but what happened later confirmed that Yang Zhen's foresight was still very accurate. After the U.S. aid arrived the next year, the Soviet Union, which had turned its face, immediately provided assistance.
The anti-linkage is a certain color.
Of course, they are also looking to the Americans at the moment. The Soviets, who need a large amount of supplies from the United States to maintain the operation of the army, naturally will not and are not so stupid to go to the Americans for trouble. However, they can provide anti-alliance equipment from the United States that passes through the Soviet Union.
, start when passing through the Soviet Union.
In March 1942, when the first batch of U.S. military equipment to assist the Anti-Japanese War arrived in the Soviet Union, 200 of the M3 light tanks were seized by the Soviets. One hundred and forty of the light tanks were seized by the Soviets.
Sixty tanks were handed over to the Anti-Japanese Alliance, and another 80 M-3 medium tanks were seized by the Soviets. None of them were handed over to the Anti-Japanese Alliance.
Of the two hundred M-3 half-track armored vehicles, 180 were also detained. In other words, among the first batch of equipment provided by the Americans, the Anti-Japanese Alliance only received 60 light tanks with similar performance to the T-26 tanks.
, and twenty half-track armored vehicles. None of the medium tanks that Yang Zhen originally planned to convert into self-propelled artillery were obtained, and all were taken by the Soviets.
In addition to tanks and armored vehicles, the 60 40mm anti-aircraft guns and 98 M3 37mm anti-aircraft guns among this batch of equipment were also seized by the Soviets. 105 howitzers and 110 75mm mountain guns were also detained by the Soviets.
It was just that these howitzers and mountain cannons were not as capable as the Soviet 122 howitzers and 76mm cannons due to the insufficient number of shells arriving on the ship. In addition, the number was too small, so the Soviets could not afford to open another production line for these artillery pieces. , were sent back by the Soviets, but when the few artillery shells were returned to the Anti-Japanese Alliance, less than a thousand rounds were left in total.
As for the ninety-eight Type 37 anti-tank guns, because their power is no longer suitable for the Soviet-German battlefield, they cannot destroy the new German tanks at all. It is useless to bring them down on the battlefield, and it is easy to delay things. Even if anti-tank guns are urgently needed, they are not suitable for them. After testing these anti-tank guns that had no use on the Soviet-German battlefield, the Soviets finally decided to give up and hand over what they regarded as waste to the Anti-Japanese Alliance.
Keeping these artillery pieces was useless to the Soviets, and would easily delay the war. It didn't take long for them to be returned to the Anti-Japanese Alliance. Sixty of them were returned, but they were the same as the 105 howitzers and 75mm mountain cannons, and the number of shells was also the same. There were very few artillery shells left, and the artillery shells shipped by the US military were used by the Soviets on the shooting range and in training their own recruits.
By the time these combat anti-tank guns were handed over to the Anti-Japanese Alliance, the rifling in the gun barrels had been almost polished due to high-intensity use. The Soviets did not hesitate to train their anti-tank crews, but the cost they paid for it, But they came from the Anti-Japanese Alliance, which means that when these combat anti-cannons were finally transferred to the Anti-Japanese Alliance, almost all of them were scrapped.
As for the other major items of military trucks and jeeps among the first batch of aid equipment, more than half of them were simply deducted. The first batch of 1,000 two-and-a-half-ton trucks, 200 tractors, and 210 jeeps , the Anti-Japanese Alliance only got 400 trucks and 100 jeeps.
The Soviets showed an excellent appetite for seizing anti-alliance supplies, even greater than equipment. In addition to equipment, the rest of the armor used steel plates, aircraft aluminum, bullet casing copper, telephone wires, cables, rubber, and medical The Soviets even saved more than half of the raw materials and non-combat supplies urgently needed by the Anti-Japanese War such as equipment.
They even took away two-thirds of the khaki cloth and cotton donated by the Americans for sewing military uniforms and making winter clothes. They transported these materials away, but only provided enough generals for the Anti-Japanese Alliance. Everyone in the base area used 500 tons of salt to marinate their meat to offset their debt.
When the Anti-Japanese Alliance sent people to negotiate, the Soviets directly told the people who went there that this batch of equipment was to offset the Soviet equipment that was forcibly taken away by the Anti-Japanese Alliance in Mongolia last year. As for the excess, it was more than half a year's interest. , even according to their calculation method, even if all these supplies are deducted, it is not enough to pay off the account. It is quite interesting that they can return part of the supplies to the Anti-Japanese Alliance.
After several negotiations, the Soviets remained silent and did not even think about returning the equipment they had seized. Even though Yang Zhen also knew that this was just an excuse for the Soviets to withhold U.S. aid to provide anti-alliance equipment for their own use. But it made him feel quite uncomfortable.
The Soviets received hundreds of times more aid from the United States than the Anti-Japanese League and even China as a whole received from the United States during World War II. However, they still miss the little things from the Anti-Japanese League. If they accept it this time, they will be detained next time. There will be more. Whatever they need, no matter who these things are given to, the Soviets will not hesitate to keep them for their own use.
In order to curb the greed of the Soviets, Yang Zhen did not hesitate to retaliate after the supplies and equipment were seized. At that time, he had already produced them according to the requirements of the Soviets and planned to use them. The delivery of the first batch of 700 82mm recoilless rifles to exchange aviation technology with the Soviets has all stopped.
In addition, the delivery of rockets for rocket launchers that are most urgently needed by the Soviet Army has also been stopped. There are also 110 57mm anti-aircraft guns that are most urgently needed by the Soviet Army, and a large number of radio stations and walkie-talkies that are currently being delivered. All deliveries were immediately stopped, and the supply of food and other non-combat supplies to the Soviet Union was suspended indefinitely.
Yang Zhen retaliated by suspending the provision of equipment and supplies that the Soviets urgently needed. The Soviets were willing to do whatever they wanted. Then the Soviets immediately used the Anti-Japanese Alliance's failure to abide by the contract it had signed with the Soviets as an excuse to unilaterally announce an indefinite cutoff of American aid to the Anti-Japanese War. Routes through the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union's intention was very clear, which was to take advantage of the fact that the large-scale equipment and supplies from the United States aiding the Anti-Japanese War had to pass through their own territory to force Yang Zhen to subdue him. A foreshadowing.
How could Yang Zhen not know about the Soviets' thoughts? The Soviets could just take the equipment that had been taken away by the Soviets, and use it as an anti-Japanese alliance to carry forward the spirit of internationalism. After all, the Japanese armored power was Far from being able to compare with the Germans, the tactics used by armored forces were also incomparable with the Germans. The threat they faced from Japanese tanks was far less than that of the Soviets.
After improvements, the T-26 tanks previously provided by the Soviets basically had no problem against all Japanese tanks, including the Type 97 tank. The latest T-34 tanks could suppress any Japanese tank during the entire war. A new type of tank can be said to be basically invincible against the Japanese T-34 tanks as long as the Japanese don't bring out the German Tiger tanks.
Among the two types of tanks provided by the United States, the light tank and the T-26 tank have similar performance, and are not that strong. As for the medium tanks, they are far worse than the T-34 tanks. Before the M-4 medium tank came out, the United States People's tank technology is still far behind that of the Soviet Union and Germany. Even if the M IV tank comes out, its performance will not be as good as the T III or IV tank. If it is just this part of the equipment, the Soviets will accept it.
But there was another intention behind the Soviets cutting off the international communication lines of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, which Yang Zhen could not accept in any case. US aid supplies were important to the Soviets, but even more important to the Anti-Japanese Alliance. You have the second largest amount of US aid. The British also provided a large amount of supplies, but they still wanted to take advantage of the Anti-Japanese Alliance's rice bowl. This was something Yang Zhen could not accept no matter what.
In particular, this is related to the future development of China's military industry, and he will never give in. In Yang Zhen's view, if the rare opportunity to develop China's own industry during World War II is missed, it will be difficult to establish its own industrial system in the future. , will undoubtedly pay a greater price, even a price that the entire Chinese nation cannot bear. If that happens, it will be his crime against the entire Chinese nation, so he cannot bow his head in this matter no matter what.