Listening to Hopkins clearly mentioning the names of factories that are now top secret, Yang Zhen didn't react at all on the surface, but the anger in his heart became more and more intense. Steel plants, oil refineries
All equipment for chemical plants and non-ferrous metal smelting plants are purchased from the United States.
A large number of American experts and technicians were hired to build these factories. All workers were trained by highly paid teachers from the United States. It is not surprising that these Americans know everything about them, because in this regard,
It cannot be kept secret from Americans.
But the tank manufacturing plant, the automobile manufacturing plant, the aircraft manufacturing plant, and the synthetic ammonia plant that was all completed last month and just put into use were all exchanged from the Soviet Union. Not to mention that this person has never been to China before.
Hopkins didn't know, and even Pearson, who was guest translating at this moment and had been in the Anti-League for a whole year, didn't know.
In particular, most of the construction of the Anti-Japanese Alliance tank factory has been completed, the production line has been installed, and it can be put into production in a short time. However, due to the lack of experience in the construction of the aircraft factory and the delay in delivering equipment from the Soviet Union, the process is relatively lagging behind.
Apart from the Anti-Japanese League itself, only the Soviets who sent some experts and engineering and technical personnel to participate in the construction knew about it. Now that Hopkins opened his mouth, it shows that he has a comprehensive grasp of these things. And being able to reveal these things to him
I am afraid there is no one else but the Soviets who are responsible for this.
If there are Soviet spies in the base area, Yang Zhen does not doubt it. Not to mention the original Northern Manchuria, even in the old Anti-Japanese League, the Soviet influence is not small. Many cadres have been trained in the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union
People will not give up this opportunity and plant spies inside.
But the Americans probably don't have this ability. If the Anti-Japanese Alliance wants to keep it secret from them, then they won't even know about it. There are Soviet spies in the base area, and there are Japanese spies who have not been cleared out because they were hidden too deeply.
That's for sure.
But Americans are probably still blank in this regard. The CIA, which was just established in July this year and is currently called the Intelligence Coordination Bureau, is far from as large an organization as later generations and has agents all over the world. The real intelligence agencies of the United States
It developed and grew during World War II.
The U.S. secret service agencies that became famous all over the world with American movies in later generations, whether it is the CIA, the Office of Strategic Services of the Department of Defense, or even the most mysterious National Security Agency, have no shadow at this time. Except for the FBI, most of them have
They are all scattered departments, or their own intelligence collection agencies belonging to the army and navy.
As for the Intelligence Coordination Bureau, which only had two or three kittens at this time and did not even have a fixed office location, it simply had no ability to get ahead of the Anti-Japanese Alliance and plant a large number of nails in Manchukuo, which was under the strict control of the Japanese. And Lu
The focus of the navy's respective intelligence bureaus has never been on the North Manchuria region.
The Americans had such a clear grasp of the industries being built by the Anti-Alliance. Apart from the Soviets, Yang Zhen did not think there would be any other reasons for leaking these things. Although Pearson had a background in military intelligence, he did not have that ability.
, to be able to figure out these things so clearly within one year, under the strict confidentiality of the Anti-Japanese Alliance.
And what other reason could there be for the Soviets to do this? It was nothing more than to dig out some or even most of the share of the Anti-Japanese Alliance for their own use. Reduce the quota of materials and equipment obtained by the Anti-Japanese Alliance and increase their own capabilities.
The materials and equipment obtained were harmful to others and not beneficial to oneself. This was Yang Zhen's only evaluation of the Soviet Union's approach after he figured this out.
This behavior of the Soviets made Yang Zhen feel betrayed and betrayed. No matter how angry he was about this matter, after all, the Hopkins in front of him was not the Stilwell of yesterday. Not only could Yang Zhen not
If you have any anger, you can't even show too much dissatisfaction on your face.
Forcibly suppressing the anger in his heart, Yang Zhen said to Hopkins, who did not show any complacency and seemed very calm after exposing the anti-Union background: "Mr. Hopkins, what are you talking about?"
That’s right. But have you ever considered that our industries have just been built and are still far away from real output?”
"Let's not talk about whether the output after production can achieve our expected goals. It is purely a production problem. We lack qualified management talents, qualified technical personnel, and a strong industrial foundation accumulated over decades.
.Even the necessary production workers need to be trained from scratch.”
"Under such circumstances, even if the factory is put into production, the output will not reach the designed capacity all at once. It may even be impossible to produce qualified products for a long period of time. A complete industry
A system is not just as simple as the completion of one or several factories."
"What is needed is a large number of qualified technical workers and the support of a complete range of upstream and downstream supporting industries. But now, for us, all this is blank. We are building on a piece of white paper, and there is a serious lack of supporting capabilities.
And with a large number of qualified industrial workers, the improvement of productivity is bound to be a slow process."
"When this steel plant with an annual output of 500,000 tons is put into operation, it may only be able to produce 100,000 tons or even less qualified steel within a year. Mr. Hopkins, we are talking about qualified steel, which reaches the level of your American steel plant.
Standard quality steel, not shoddy stuff."
"As the former Minister of Commerce of the world's largest industrial country, Mr. Hopkins, you should know that it cannot be completed in a short time from the time a steel plant is put into operation until its production capacity meets the design standards and produces fully qualified products.
There is a strict difference between putting into production and actual production."
"There are also tank manufacturing plants, aircraft manufacturing plants, and truck manufacturing plants. It is true that we purchased these factories, corresponding production lines and equipment drawings from the Soviet Union through barter. But with the steel plant
The situation is similar. Once these factories are built, it does not mean they can produce qualified products immediately."
"I have said before that China is an agricultural country. It does not have as many industrial workers as Western developed countries, and it does not have a solid foundation accumulated over a long period of time. In this vast and sparsely populated North Manchuria, under the tight blockade of the Japanese army, we
There is even more lack of a large number of technical personnel and qualified workers. Under this situation, even if our factories are completed, how much real production capacity will they have?"
"After the equipment is installed and the production line is debugged, it does not mean that qualified products can be produced. Perhaps our factories can only produce fifty tanks and thirty aircraft a year with substandard quality, and this production capacity is almost all
It cannot meet the amount of battle losses for a battle."
"Mr. Hopkins, although you are not a soldier, I think that in your capacity, you should be familiar with military issues. You should know that after a large-scale battle, the equipment lost will be astronomical.
And even if our factories are put into operation, they still have very limited production capacity, and it is simply impossible and impossible to meet the demand."
"What's more, these factories are still under construction, and all workers, including managers, are still being trained. They are still far away from being put into production. Even if they are actually put into production, they can produce qualified products.
, I don’t know how long it will take yet.”
"Let me tell you an example. The Japanese army has a Type 92 105 cannon with excellent performance. We had captured this type of artillery the year before last. Since we lacked large-caliber artillery at that time, we immediately decided to start reverse mapping and imitation.
.Three years have passed and we still have not succeeded in imitating it.”
"The artillery that was barely produced was not only far inferior to the prototype in terms of range, power and service life, but also had its chamber exploded many times. It even happened that the rifling was polished after firing just a few rounds. Those imitation guns
The artillery simply didn’t dare to be put into use.”
"Mr. Hopkins, I am not self-deprecating, but telling the truth. You should know that it is an extremely long process for an agricultural country to transform into an industrial country. If it is placed in peacetime, we will naturally wait for this time.
But now we are in a cruel war, can the troops afford to wait?"
"Will the Japanese wait for us to safely complete all industrial construction before attacking us? Will the development of the war situation give us time? From the day the steel plant was built, the Japanese have organized large numbers of bombers many times.
Bomb our industrial base. If you hadn't provided radar and fighter jets, I'm afraid this steel plant would have been in ruins by now."
"The United States cannot allow us to assume responsibility, even the main responsibility for fighting Japan for a long period of time. At the same time, when our limited production capacity cannot meet its own needs, the assistance in materials and equipment cannot be met.
The amount given makes it difficult for us to barely sustain ourselves.”
"If the United States really hopes that we can contain the Kwantung Army and even prevent most of the Japanese invaders from going south, then I hope that the United States can change its current attitude. Because until we get a sufficient amount of supplies and equipment, we will not be able to afford it.
Such a heavy burden. You Americans can't let the horse run and not let the horse eat grass at the same time."
"Mr. Hopkins, although we know very well that this war is not only a global anti-fascist war, but also an anti-aggression war for our Chinese nation to fight for independence and freedom. We will not because of you Americans or British
If you join the war, you will forget the responsibilities and obligations that our army should bear."
"With your American material assistance, we will fight to the end. Without your assistance, we will fight to the end. But this time will be longer, the process will be more painful, and the price will be greater. The enemy is strong and we are strong.
Weak, this is the real situation we face in this war."
"If an agricultural country wants to defeat a modern industrial power, it is destined to pay a huge price, even unimaginable by you Americans. But we know that this is no choice for us. But in the end it is only our determination
, does not mean that we can really defeat Japan completely without external support."
"Don't forget, we are fighting a modern industrial power. Without modern equipment, we cannot defeat an enemy armed with aircraft, artillery, or even armed to the teeth without modern equipment, flesh and blood and courage alone. Once our blood is shed
If we do it, then only failure awaits us."
"I hope that Mr. Hopkins and the United States will not doubt our determination and will to fight on. But I hope that the United States will be as equal as possible in the distribution of materials and equipment. Think about all our
I think Mr. Hopkins should understand the consequences of defeat."