Regarding Hopkins's extortionate comments, Yang Zhen, who has always been quick and decisive, explained this time in a leisurely, detailed and even scary way. He rambled and quoted scriptures, and even the Philippines could
They were all dragged out if they couldn't hold on.◎≮w.
Not only was Hopkins very dissatisfied with his attitude in person. Even the old coach around him who knew his character somewhat and Pearson next to Hopkins looked at this in unusual surprise.
It is very different from the past style of cutting through the mess quickly. Some chattering guys are wondering which song this guy is singing?
As for Li Yanping, who knew him well, he understood that he must be setting some trap for the old man in front of him. Otherwise, Yang Zhen had always been accustomed to saying things clearly in one sentence, and he would never say them a second time.
.Where can we have such long speeches like today?
Yang Zhen's words were obviously about fishing here. What he said before was that he was preparing to catch big fish with heavy bait. As for the reason, it goes without saying that Li Yanping was already somewhat dissatisfied at Hopkins.
On his face, he could see the intense interest in his eyes.
Hopkins listened patiently to Yang Zhen's explanation. But he was a little impatient with his unhurried attitude: "General Yang, I hope you can tell the key points. Not here.
Hesitantly, rather than stating everything at once. We Americans don't have as many tricks as you Chinese, and we are used to saying something directly if we have anything to say."
Regarding Hopkins's attitude, Yang Zhen laughed and said: "So if the United States decides to carry out strategic bombing on the Japanese mainland after the US-Japanese war breaks out, we are the only one that can provide an effective base and the one closest to the Japanese mainland can reach the maximum
Areas with high bombing efficiency. Taking off from us, your strategic bombers can use the maximum bomb load to bomb Japan."
"As a result, a problem has arisen. Bombing the Japanese mainland requires a large amount of fuel, bombs, and aircraft parts. We cannot solve and bear all the fuel problems for the time being. The same large amount of aviation required for the bombing of Japan
We cannot bear the bomb ourselves at the moment."
"I can tell you clearly, Mr. Hopkins, the reason why we ordered so much oil production equipment from you last year and purchased an oil smelting plant is because we found an oil field in the Northeast. But the production will not be until next year.
It can only be carried out in the middle of the year at the earliest, and the amount of reserves is still unclear."
"Maybe it's not as big as Hungary's Lake Balaton oil field, or the pitiful output of Germany's small oil field in Austria. After all, China is an oil-poor country, and it was identified by your American experts. At the same time, it is restricted by our oil refining.
Due to the size of the factory, it is difficult for us to fully meet our own needs."
"This has created a serious problem. A large number of bombers have taken off from us to bomb the Japanese mainland. We simply cannot meet the required bombs and fuel at the moment. And if they are shipped from the United States, they will not only have to circle half of the earth, but also need to be transported from the United States.
It’s even quite unsafe. And once something unexpected happens during transportation, I’m afraid all operations will have to be terminated.”
"Think about Mr. Hopkins, if we only dispatch 200 B-17 bombers every day, and each bomber carries 1.5 tons of bombs, then 300 tons of bombs will be needed every day. But such air strikes will not
For Japan’s huge target group, I’m afraid it’s just a drop in the bucket.”
"If we want to speed up the war process, reduce the bloodshed of American youths, and completely destroy Japan's war potential, then the number of bombers we dispatch must at least double. And this number must be dispatched at least every day to achieve effective damage effects.
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"If all the oil and bombs needed need to be shipped from the United States, how many ships do you need to meet the requirements? How much pressure will this put on American industrial production? At the very least, how many more do you need to build?
How many cargo ships can we meet the demand?”
"I only mean one thing, which is that you provide equipment to increase our production of steel and special military steel. And at least quadruple our oil refining capacity. Once our production capacity reaches a certain standard, all of you will
The bombs and fuel used in the Japanese bombings were all handled by us here."
"In this way, it will not only reduce the transportation pressure on the United States, but also free up more military production capacity to meet the needs of other aspects. For example, in the production of tanks and artillery. And you
The most necessary torpedo in the battle against the Japanese navy."
"Also, the Japanese air defense capabilities are not in vain. Their air defense fighters and local anti-aircraft artillery groups are still quite powerful. Under the resistance of the Japanese local air defense forces, the bombers are not completely unable to fly back. The rest of the battle
Damaged bombers The bomber fleet will always need maintenance. If we have the production capacity of some parts or even complete aircraft, it will greatly reduce the pressure on the United States."
"The losses of a war are astronomical. At present, the intensity of the British bombing of Germany is not very strong, but the war losses of the bombing of Germany have remained high. What is the air defense capability of Japan? We are now
It’s still unclear. Once the battle losses are too great and the war situation requires us to persist, what should we do? Especially when you have to take care of the European battlefield.”
"Mr. Hopkins, don't tell me that once the United States is really involved in the war, its overall strategy will be Asia and Europe. Since the war in Western Europe ended and the British were at a disadvantage on the battlefield, how many strategic materials have they taken from you?
The British were the first beneficiaries of your Lend-Lease Act."
"For now, the new tanks used by the British on the North African battlefield are all provided by you. The Soviet Union is in a bad situation, so you sent Harriman to visit the Soviet Union as soon as possible. The Japanese war against China lasted for four years, and the Nationalist Government countless
I asked you for help all over the place, but what did you do?"
"At present, neither we nor Chongqing have received a single tank from you. Especially in the next step, we are about to face battles in plain areas and urgently need a large number of tanks and tactical support aircraft. We now need not only
Supplies, but more importantly, heavy equipment are needed.”
"Of course, Mr. Hopkins, I am not blaming you. After all, the United States is a highly developed capitalist society. The British had certain financial resources before and could buy in cash before the Lend-Lease Act was implemented. China is a poor country.
Apart from playing cards, I don’t have that much cash to buy your strategic supplies and weapons and equipment.”
"I'm just saying all this, which just shows that your overall strategy is to put Europe first and then Asia. Of course, this has a lot to do with the considerable gap between the industrial and national strength of Germany and Japan. To put it bluntly, you
I look down on the Japanese from the bottom of my heart. But Mr. Hopkins, what I want to tell you today is that you will pay a heavy price for this contempt on the battlefield."
"We Chinese fought with the Japanese for four full years. And we also fought with the Japanese for three full years. It can be said that what we withstood was an era when Japan was the strongest and the Japanese army was at its peak. What is the Japanese army?
It can be said that we Chinese have the most say in what kind of army it will be."
"Greed, ferocity, cruelty, cunning, the worst points of all human nature and an army can be reflected in them. The Nanjing Massacre, in front of the international watch, slaughtered a total of 300,000 people
The Chinese. What kind of modern army can do such cruel things?"
"Since they entered mainland China, they have burned, killed and looted all the way. Many innocent Chinese people died tragically under their butcher's knives. They attacked cities and plundered the land of China, leaving behind them ghost cities and piles of bones.
Even your American gunboats don't bomb in the same way? What else do you think they can't do?"
"Mr. Hopkins, you can say that we are greedy. But your strategic focus, or national policy, determines your focus. It cannot be placed on Asia or the battlefield against Japan. Neither can supplies and equipment.
Focus on us. If we cannot develop our own manufacturing capabilities, we can only reach out to you."
"Then Mr. Hopkins, if we don't have the corresponding military manufacturing capabilities, once our troops run out of food on the battlefield, you can't let us fight with the Japanese army on bayonets. That would require the lives and blood of countless of our soldiers to compensate.
.The Japanese army is not dregs, and we are not invincible supermen."
"Even if our steel plant can produce the corresponding steel output according to the designed capacity next year. But as you have been the Secretary of Commerce of the United States, you should know that gun steel is a special alloy steel and is different from ordinary steel.
. Without enough military raw materials and production capacity, what should we do if there are some problems in the United States? Are we going to fight the Japanese army with hungry guns and guns?"
"And what does the annual output of half a million tons mean for the huge consumption of a war? To put it bluntly, if these half a million tons of steel are thrown into this huge whirlpool, not even a single piece of it will float in the water.
It's impossible to fight. If we bear all the bombs needed to bomb Japan, these 500,000 tons of steel may not even be able to meet this demand."
"We must know that we are facing the most powerful and well-equipped Japanese army. The number of its field divisions is even greater than the number of Japanese divisions deployed to Southeast Asia. At the same time, they can also get China
Support from the Japanese troops in mainland China and Korea.”
"The number of artillery deployed in a combat division of the Kwantung Army is one-third or even half more than that of the Japanese divisions organized into the Southern Army. Moreover, these artillery are all the latest artillery of the Japanese army. According to our current
Judging from the intelligence, the Japanese army is dismantling the fortress guns in Tokyo Bay and transferring them to the Kwantung Army. Their tank troops are also constantly being strengthened."
"At least 50% of our artillery currently needs to be eliminated. A considerable number of second-hand and even third-hand artillery are extremely old and have smooth rifling. Moreover, there are only suppression-type artillery, which extremely lacks long-range capabilities.
Direct-aimed artillery and anti-tank artillery.”
"The quality of the Soviet-made light tanks was not satisfactory. Due to its weak armor, its survivability on the battlefield was very poor. When faced with various anti-tank means of the Japanese army, the losses were quite huge. Even the loss of parts and components was quite huge.
Without paying attention, a marching route was littered with tanks."
"We lack a sufficient number of tactical bombers and can only use a large number of fighter jets for ground attack missions. We lack advanced medium tanks and large-caliber artillery. Even artillery tractors are quite scarce. Many large-caliber artillery
, can only use the backward horse traction method."