Chapter 501: Yang Zhen's Long-term Planning and Goals
As for the French steel helmets, which had the largest number of original equipment, with a total of nearly 300,000 pieces, after the Normandy landing, at the request of the Free France, in order to maintain a complete set of American and British equipment from top to bottom, including military uniforms and steel helmets,
The remaining self-respect of the French. Under the coordination of the Americans, all the steel helmets in stock were transferred to the Free French Army as a symbol of the new French army.
Of course, Yang Zhen would not take out these supplies in vain. After the successful landing in Normandy, the Americans promised to continue to transfer the captured German artillery over 100 mm, as well as the Panzer III and IV tanks, and all self-propelled assault guns to the Anti-Japanese Alliance.
In addition, they also agreed to transfer the German-made steel helmets captured in Italy and North Africa to the Anti-Japanese Alliance on a one-to-one basis.
The weapons and equipment exchanged by Yang Zhen through various means, especially tanks and large-caliber howitzers, although their performance is not the best, are sufficient 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 there are also some special reasons. Especially Yang Zhen, the Northeast Bureau in charge of military and industry
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. He also seized all the time during construction, and 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 skills of the workers are 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 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, which is still in an agricultural society, has some light industries of its own, but it seriously lacks a large number of skilled workers. It 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. This results 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 a worker who produces simple industrial products like matches makes cars, can he make it?
?Light industry is completely different from heavy industry, especially the machinery industry.
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 could weld in the entire North Manchu base area in 2042 was not as good as the number owned by General Motors in the United States. Among them, senior welders,
It's not even as large as a manufacturing plant. The number of fitters and riveters needed 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 workers it has trained 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 clearly rejected by the central government. In addition to his appointment as the second secretary of the Northeast Bureau, in addition to being in charge of operations and military affairs, he also directly
An additional line was added to be in charge of industry, science and technology, and external negotiations. Moreover, 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 have the opposite effect. 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. Among them, the target for 42 years is very simple, which is 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 a target date of 43 years for actual mass production. Regarding output and quality standards, he also made strict regulations. Yang Zhen definitely did not want to affect the quality of weapons and equipment for the sake of nominal production. 41 years
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 Northeast China, 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 originally formed 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. For example, Shenyang Aircraft Manufacturing Factory, Aviation 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 very solid industrial foundation during Yan Xishan's time. Especially the foundation of the military industry was extremely solid. And Chongqing 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, even the arsenal and factories in Chongqing were blown up by the retreating Nationalist Government. But you cannot take away those industrial workers who have mastered production skills, nor can you blow them up. . And the equipment can be bought and rebuilt 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. It completed preparations for mass production in the shortest time and formed its own corresponding industries. Manufacturing capabilities.
However, the current situation of the Anti-Japanese Alliance is not as good as that of the later days when New China was founded. 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 Alliance. But they are not the main operational targets now. It is not yet possible to really capture these places where almost most of the workers with production skills in China have gathered. I know that the goal can only be achieved in that year. Expecting 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 New China was founded in later generations, and the paving the way is bigger. 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 passing 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 does not wait, and if you waste a little time, you will not be able to achieve it at all. Goal. 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, and use this period of time as much as possible to start more projects. While starting the construction, he will train his own workers at the same time. He cannot do it step by step, otherwise he will do it bit by bit.
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 with the 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 half-finished the project. It was not about industrial construction but 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.