Chapter Ninety-Eighth: Equivalent Retaliation in the Aftermath
The Soviets cut off the American aid route, and Yang Zhen simply refused to do anything and retaliated in kind. He immediately announced that he would also indefinitely terminate the original export of grain and coal to offset the original arrears of the Northeast Military Region and the Northeast Bureau.
The Soviet Union's debt contract stopped providing grain and coal to the Soviet Union.
And seized the recoilless rifles, rocket launchers and anti-aircraft weapons that had been provided to the Soviets according to the previous contract, as well as a large number of radio communication equipment such as radio stations. Of course, there were also all the Bobosha submachine guns commissioned by the Soviet Union to be produced by the Anti-Alliance.
Stop delivery.
With limited retaliation capabilities and means, Yang Zhen could only choose all means to retaliate against the Soviets, even if he temporarily lost his face. It cannot always be the Chinese who suffer, and the Soviets cannot be stopped.
With this trend, we still don’t know how much losses the Anti-Japanese Alliance will suffer in the future, and how much urgently needed supplies will be seized by the Soviets.
Once these materials are misappropriated by the Soviets, it will not only affect the future development of the army, but more importantly, it will seriously affect the industrialization process of the base area. This is the most fatal to future development. Time waits not for us. After passing this village, it will be
There really is no such store anymore.
This is why Yang Zhen took counter-retaliatory measures against the Soviets despite the pressure from some high-level people within the party, the military, and even the central government, as well as some people who did not understand. This is not what some people say.
The issue of tone is a major issue related to China's future development. Failure to take tough measures will only allow the Soviets to push their limits further. Fortunately, although most people did not understand it, the chairman and the boss gave Yang Zhen firm support.
support.
The Soviets, who originally thought that under their high pressure, Yang Zhen would be forced to acquiesce, were stunned by Yang Zhen's move. They did not expect that Yang Zhen would be so tough. Under the high pressure, instead of bowing their heads, they actually gave themselves a
Reciprocal retaliation. The angry Soviets, while continuing to exert pressure, directly protested to Yan'an, trying to use the authority of the central government to suppress Yang Zhen and force him to bow his head.
It's just that although the central government does not want to completely fall out with the Soviets, it not only has no differences with Yang Zhen on the concept of building Northeast China into its own industrial base, but has also been doing everything possible to provide help to the Anti-Japanese Alliance. The Soviets
Trying to use the central government to suppress the Anti-Japanese Alliance and bow its head was a miscalculation.
Of course, from Yang Zhen's report, the central government, which already knew his true thoughts and intentions, would not stand up to the Soviets. Moreover, it would also persuade Yang Zhen to mediate and not to get too serious with the Soviets.
.But this kind of persuasion is also based on the overall development of Northeast China.
Regarding the Soviets, the Central Committee, especially the Chairman, was no worse than Yang Zhen in its defensiveness. Even because it did not want the Chinese Party to become the chairman of the Soviet Union's puppets, its defensiveness against the Soviets was far higher than that of Yang Zhen. The Central Committee would not
It harmed the fundamental interests of the Chinese people, and affected the realization of the established goal jointly formulated with Yang Zhen to build Northeast China into a logistics and military industrial base for the entire army and a national heavy industry base, and to maintain the face of the Soviet people.
The current central government no longer has the final say for those students who returned from the Soviet Union. Therefore, the central government's mediation is naturally between Xi Ni and Yang Zhen, one of whom is a good person and the other a bad person. On the surface, the confrontation is in accordance with the requirements of the Soviet Union.
The United Nations exerted pressure, but in fact it gave Yang Zhen constant encouragement. At the same time, he urgently dispatched a vice chairman to the Soviet Union to coordinate the anti-Union struggle against the Soviet Union.
In fact, the Soviet Union's cutting off the international transportation lines of the Anti-Japanese Alliance had far less impact on Yang Zhen in a short period of time than they imagined. After 4 years of hard work and development at all costs and means,
By the beginning of 1942, the war industry of the Anti-Japanese Alliance had reached a certain scale.
The Anti-Japanese Federation adopted the method of concentrating a large number of workers and implementing round-the-clock construction operations with no breaks, and also adopted various methods such as building simple workshops first, installing equipment, and constructing at the same time.
Next, several large-scale factories introduced from the Soviet Union and the United States in the 1940s have been initially completed.
The automobile factory, tank factory, and aircraft factory have been put into production at the end of April 1st. Although the production capacity seems to be somewhat insufficient due to the recent start of production and the technical ability of the workers. But after all, they have got rid of the dilemma of being completely heavy-equipped and can only rely entirely on foreign aid.
situation. It also ensures the combat capability of the original equipment through the production of spare parts.
Not only has the production capacity for Soviet aircraft been initially formed, but the American-made aircraft owned by the Alliance have also been able to produce parts and overhaul. Especially through the introduction of two fighter jets, the P-39 and MiG-3, and the T-34 and T-34.
The production technology of T26 and T26 tanks has initially formed the production capacity of aircraft engines and high-power diesel engines.
In less than half a year, the remaining basic industries such as steel, metallurgy, and petroleum refining that were started in early 2001 will be put into operation. Relying on private funds and equipment imported from the United States, light industries such as textiles, building materials, and papermaking will also be established.
Great progress has been made. Moreover, the use of advanced production equipment aided by the United States has greatly improved its military production capabilities.
As long as the raw materials are sufficient, the output of small weapons, recoilless rifles, rocket launchers, large-caliber anti-aircraft machine guns, anti-aircraft guns and other weapons developed by the Anti-Japanese Alliance can fully meet the needs of the Anti-Japanese Alliance itself, and even have certain export capabilities. And various ammunition
Production not only fully meets its own needs, but also creates relatively sufficient reserves.
By the middle of 1942, the Daqing Oilfield had entered the first stage of actual exploitation. This indicated that the Anti-Japanese Alliance had established a series of basic industries such as metallurgy, steel, chemical industry, automobile manufacturing, and aircraft production in the Northeast Anti-Japanese Base Area.
system. Although many factories have only completed the installation of equipment and many infrastructure constructions have not yet been completed, Bibi has made a good start after all.
This kind of ensuring the progress and speed of the project at all costs has made it possible for a large factory that originally took three to five years to complete, but in the Northeast, where the annual construction period only takes more than half a year, it can be completed in just one year.
The extraordinary speed of infrastructure construction was later called the Chinese miracle by American experts who came to the base area.
Although most of these have only completed the construction of the most basic simple factory buildings and the installation of equipment, most of the infrastructure has not yet been built, and the factories that can only be put into simple production are still just blanks in their eyes. But in their eyes, this
It's already an incredible miracle.
After the 1941 Anti-Japanese War, they imported and hoarded raw materials at all costs, even if the Soviets cut off the international channels for the Anti-Japanese War. At least for more than half a year, Yang Zhen did not have to worry too much about military raw materials. And half a year later, his own non-ferrous metals
The construction of upstream military industries such as metal smelting and steel will also be completely completed. The dependence on imported raw materials will also be greatly reduced.
In fact, when Yang Zhen seeks aid from the United States, his goals are more focused on various advanced production technologies and mechanical equipment than on various weapons and equipment. For combat equipment, in addition to American-made cars and combat aircraft, his demand
, the rest is much worse due to different opponents and the development of its own military industry.
At least his demand for tanks is far less intense than that of the Soviets. It is not as demanding as the Nationalist Government, which requires dollars and even more equipment. I want artillery, airplanes, tanks, cars, and even rifles and machine guns.
The most basic equipment of an army, such as steel helmets and water bottles, are also required.
The National Government's needs are to maintain the combat capabilities of the troops and improve the equipment level of the troops as much as possible under the situation that the domestic military industrial capabilities are too different. Therefore, even the most basic rifles are required. And Yang Zhen's vision
, is much higher. His focus in introducing equipment is still on aviation technology and equipment.
The most important thing for the current Anti-Japanese Alliance is to seize the time to complete the follow-up construction of existing projects and the digestion and absorption of existing technologies before the end of 2019. In particular, the T-34 tanks needed to truly launch a large-scale attack on the troops
, the absorption of weapons production technology such as the IL-2 attack aircraft.
Moreover, the raw materials in hand are to be invested in the production of ZLS 376 mm cannons and M 30122 howitzers that are urgently needed by the army. We will not produce tanks and aircraft for the time being, and will focus on
The digestion and absorption of technology is still beneficial to the development of our own military industry.
So even though tanks, cars, and airplanes have been put into trial production, Yang Zhen's instructions to the factories were not to rush to produce products. The orders he gave to several factories that had already been put into production were very simple. Once he passed the inspection on the existing
Maintenance of equipment, truly grasping the production capacity of tanks. Second, complete the thorough absorption of various technologies transferred from the Soviets, especially various engine technologies. Third, seize the time to train technical workers and form their own technical backbone.
The time set by Yang Zhen for the tank factory to actually produce T-34 tanks is the second half of 2003, rather than putting it into production immediately after the factory is built. The main task of the tank factory at present is to produce and produce T-26 tanks in small batches.
Modify so that workers can get the training they deserve.
In Yang Zhen's case, it was too hasty to rush into production without fully absorbing the technology. The quality of the weapons and equipment produced in this way was difficult to guarantee. What he wanted was actually produced aircraft and tanks of qualified quality, not
Low quality knockoffs.
In Yang Zhen's view, instead of rushing into production and producing substandard products, it is better to truly and thoroughly absorb the technology of these equipments before carrying out large-scale production. Although he is in a hurry, haste is better
He, Yang Zhen, was still clear about the principle of failing to reach a goal and pulling out seedlings to encourage growth.
Although Soviet-made weapons have always been famous for their simple structure and ease of production, they cannot be produced simply. Without real mastery of technology, it is not easy to produce qualified products. Especially
A relatively delicate engine requires more patience and meticulousness.
Without truly mastering the technology, rushing to produce substandard products will only waste the limited resources and raw materials in hand. Instead of doing this, it is better to stay calm and steadily grasp all the production technology in your hands.
Yang Zhen believed that the equipment he had, coupled with the equipment provided by the Americans in the future, would be enough to cope with the war situation four or four years ago.
Therefore, Yang Zhen was not too anxious about lifting the Soviet blockade. And he knew that compared to him, the Soviets might not be able to sit on the Diaoyutai so securely. Because the trap he designed for the Soviets was not just a trap.
.Now the Soviets are far more dependent on themselves than they are on them.