Chapter 501: Yang Zhen's Long-term Planning and Goals
As for the remaining legal helmets, in addition to some being used as reserves, they were equipped with local troops who stayed in the North Manchu base area after the main force of the Anti-Japanese Forces moved southward at the end of 1943, as well as those formed by the troops originally assigned to the Ministry of Security. It is an armed public security force adapted from some of the armed squadrons of the original county brigades for internal security, suppression of bandits, protection of large factories, key parts of transportation lines, and local government security.
Through the various means Yang Zhen adopted, the weapons and equipment exchanged, especially the tanks and large-caliber howitzers, although not the best in performance, were sufficient in quantity to ensure the success of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. Because of a series of reasons such as technology and raw materials, and Yang Zhen Because of some special ideas and arrangements, the main military production was allocated to aircraft and ZLS three cannons, resulting in the production of heavy weapons being always insufficient.
As well as the US aid equipment, in addition to aircraft and cars, the efficiency of ground weapons assistance is slow and cannot even keep up with the British and Canadians. The quantity and performance of weapons have never reached the standards of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, ensuring the troop equipment upgrades, as well as the expansion of the troops, especially the need to form a large number of armored forces.
The most fundamental guarantee is that the troops, especially the armored troops and artillery troops, will always maintain rapid equipment updates in the face of the equipment advantages that are also gradually revealed by the Anti-Japanese Alliance, and the Kwantung Army and the North China Japanese Army will begin to form large-scale tank divisions. , which can ensure quality advantages.
The Anti-Japanese Alliance's own military production has never been able to meet the requirements for army expansion and replacement. In fact, it is not only due to raw materials, processes and technology, but also some special reasons, especially Yang Zhen, who is in charge of military and industrial affairs in the Northeast Bureau. The idea of the second secretary also occupies a big reason.
Yang Zhen went to war in such a big way and tried his best to obtain the best tanks and artillery made by the Soviet Union, as well as the production technology and blueprints of the US-Soviet combat aircraft, and seize all the time during construction. It can be said that he strived to achieve the goal in the shortest possible time at all costs. Build a large factory within time.
In addition to meeting the needs of part of the army's war against Japan, the ultimate reason is to establish its own automobile, artillery, tank and aircraft manufacturing industries, but he also knows that food must be eaten one bite at a time and the road must be walked step by step. , the factory can be built in a short time, but the production technology of the workers is not achieved overnight.
The reason why Western powers can quickly mass-produce an astonishing amount of weapons and equipment after mobilization during wartime is because they have accumulated hundreds of years of accumulation since the Industrial Revolution, and they already have a considerable industrial base.
In particular, the strong industrial base brings a sufficient number of skilled industrial workers. The number of skilled workers and professional abilities required are also extremely excellent. As long as the necessary equipment is available, it is completely possible to form a huge industry in a short period of time. of production capacity.
But not only the Anti-Japanese League, but even China as a whole does not have this condition. China is still in an agricultural society. Although it has some light industries of its own, it seriously lacks a large number of skilled workers and does not have an automobile industry that can quickly switch to tank production. , there is no aviation industry, and there is no machinery and equipment manufacturing industry, resulting in an extreme shortage of workers who truly master modern production technology, especially skilled workers with a certain level of operation.
If you ask a textile worker who only knows how to play with textile machines to suddenly become a worker who makes airplanes and tanks, isn't that a big joke? If you ask a worker who produces simple industrial products such as matches to make cars, can he make it? , light industry and heavy industry, especially the machinery industry, are completely different things.
The machinery industry is the foundation of the equipment manufacturing industry, especially heavy weapons and equipment. Without a mature machinery industry and a large number of corresponding skilled workers, even if there are factories and corresponding equipment, the required weapons and equipment cannot be produced, and Although the Anti-Japanese Federation established a large number of factories, it was unable to find enough skilled workers.
Even the demand for workers, both in terms of quality and quantity, is far from being met. The number of welders who can weld in the entire North Manchu base area in 2042 is not as good as the number owned by General Motors in the United States. Among them, senior welders It is not even as large as a manufacturing plant, and the number of fitters and riveters required to manufacture aircraft and engines is even more severely lacking.
The Northeast is indeed China's largest industrial base. After being occupied by the Japanese, the Japanese also invested heavily in the Northeast and built a large number of heavy industry systems. It can even be said that the cannons, light weapons, and ammunition used by the Japanese Army in World War II were huge. Some of them are produced and manufactured in Northeast China.
However, these workers are all in Southern Manchuria and Kanto Prefecture, which are tightly controlled by the Kwantung Army. Northern Manchuria relies on the building materials, textiles, wood processing and food industries, and the patchwork of trained workers is far from being able to meet the needs. The thin population base cannot provide too many workers with a certain level of education who can be formed in a short period of time.
Under this situation, after Yang Zhen stated that he would not participate in local industrial construction, he was explicitly rejected by the central government. In addition to his original appointment as the second secretary of the Northeast Bureau, he was also directly in charge of operations and military affairs. A line was added to be in charge of industry, science and technology, external negotiations and other work, and Yang Zhen was responsible for external affairs, whether local or military.
I originally planned to withdraw from local work, but I didn't expect that it would backfire. Instead of reducing my burden, it was an act that was ultra vires before and was confirmed by the central government. After repeated requests, I was rejected by the central government, even the deputy chairman Having come to Northeast China to do work in person, Yang Zhen had no choice but to accept the appointment from the central government.
When planning for the development of the entire northern Manchuria industry, a detailed and even somewhat lengthy long-term annual target plan was formulated on a year-by-year basis. The target for 2014-2020 was very simple, which was to test tanks, aircraft, artillery, and automobiles. For production, we must first master and be familiar with production technology, and train workers to the maximum extent possible.
He set the target for actual mass production in four or three years. He also made strict regulations regarding output and quality standards. Yang Zhen definitely did not want to affect the quality of weapons and equipment just for the sake of nominal production. There were considerable problems with the quality of the anti-aircraft guns produced, and the high proportion of repairs gave him a profound lesson and a great impact.
What he wants is weapons and equipment that have real performance and quality that meet actual combat standards, rather than products that cannot be used on the battlefield and are frequently returned to the factory for repairs due to their own quality problems. The Northeast base area is still quite weak in financial resources and cannot bear the risk of accidents. A large number of products are scrapped due to substandard quality.
Why did New China in later generations place its main military industrial bases in the Northeast, Taiyuan, and Chongqing in the early stages of economic construction, and its main civilian industries in Shanghai and Northeast China? It is because these places were originally the industrial base during the Republic of China. The strongest, it already has some relatively good foundations, has the largest number of industrial workers, and is putting into production relatively quickly.
In fact, when New China built and developed its own industry in later generations, a large part of it was built on the basis of factories built by the Japanese in Northeast China, such as Shenyang Aircraft Manufacturing Factory, Aero Engine Manufacturing Factory, and numerous machinery manufacturing companies. The petrochemical industry and aluminum smelting in Fushun, the motorcycle manufacturing and shipbuilding industries in Dalian, and the steel industry in Anshan and Benxi were all based on related industries established by the Japanese.
In Taiyuan and Chongqing within the Pass, it was also because Taiyuan had laid a fairly solid industrial foundation during Yan Xishan's time, especially the military industry foundation, which was extremely strong. Chongqing, on the other hand, was the main military production base of the National Government during the Anti-Japanese War. , also has a strong foundation of related workers.
Even if the equipment was dismantled by the Soviets or the Nationalist Government, and even the arsenal and factories in Chongqing were blown up by the retreating Nationalist Government, you cannot take away those industrial workers who have mastered production skills, nor can you blow them up. Yes, and the equipment can be bought and remanufactured after it is dismantled, but if the workers are gone, that will be the biggest loss.
As Yang Zhen later knew, the four Soviet Pride-class destroyers purchased by the New China Navy at high prices were named Changchun, Fushun, Anshan and Taiyuan because of the heavy expectations and high hopes for these places, which condensed the essence of almost the entire Chinese heavy industry. .
It is precisely because these places have a large number of skilled workers left behind that the new China of later generations placed its main industrial bases in these areas, completed preparations for mass production in the shortest time, and formed its own corresponding industries. Manufacturing capabilities.
But the current situation of the Anti-Japanese Alliance does not have the foundation that can be used as it did at the beginning of the founding of New China. Shenyang, Changchun, Fushun, Anshan, Benxi, Shanghai, and Taiyuan in Guan are all under the strict control of the Japanese army. Chongqing is now the capital of the Nationalist Government and a major arms industry base.
These places, especially the industrial bases in southern Manchuria, are the main operational targets of the Anti-Japanese War, but they are not the main operational targets now. It is not yet possible to truly capture these places where almost most of the workers with production skills in China have gathered. Knowing that the goal can only be achieved in that year, hoping for these can only be far away water that cannot quench the near thirst.
The current situation faced by the Anti-Japanese League is that the foundation is thinner than when the New China was founded in later generations, and the stalls are larger. However, there is no way to allow the Anti-Japanese League to take advantage of the opportunities to reduce construction costs as much as possible. The only way is from now to the fourth In just a few short years, the first half of five years.
There is no such store after this village. After a few years, if you want to build an industry of similar scale, you don't know how much it will cost. Time is running out, and if you waste a little time, you will not be able to achieve it at all. If you work hard for a few years now, you will pay a lot less in the future.
Therefore, Yang Zhen can only try to make the stall as big as possible, use this period of time as much as possible to start more projects, and train his own workers while starting construction, instead of doing it step by step, otherwise By the time all the workers are trained and large-scale construction is carried out, the day lilies will probably be cold to the end.
In Yang Zhen's words, if you follow the steps step by step, you won't even be able to catch up on eating shit. Although this sentence is a bit too rough, the words are rough but the reason is not rough. What he has done is even the leader who has come to the Northeast the most among the central leaders. The vice-chairman was shocked and criticized his stall for being too big and possibly having to carry out half-finished projects. He was not engaged in industrial construction but engaged in rash progress.
The new chairman, who succeeded Li Yanlu as the chairman of the Northeast People's Government and presided over the comprehensive industrial and economic construction of the northeast, was known as an economist within the party. After his inspection, he was also troubled by the large-scale industries built by the Anti-Japanese League. , although he had some understanding of it before coming to Northeast China, he did not expect it to be so large in scale.