Regarding the question raised by Yang Jicai, the acting commander frowned, looked at the director of the political department of the military region next to him, and then said: "Animal-drawn vehicles can solve some of the problems, but the number will not be too many. Last year's continuous sweeps by the Japanese army,
The whole base area has suffered so much."
"Nearly half of the large livestock in the whole area have been snatched and killed. The animal-drawn carts can raise part of it, but it will definitely not be too much. Let us find a way to get you a group of donkeys. As for the city of Taiyuan, it does not count.
In Yuci and Yangquan around Taiyuan, the number of workers who need to be evacuated now. If some light industries and private industries are included, the number is about 30,000. If family members are included, the number may be even higher."
"In the years before the Anti-Japanese War, Yan Laoxi built a lot of industries in Shanxi. The scale of its industry was one of the best in the country. Its arms production was not only self-sufficient, but could even be sold to other warlords. The scale of Taiyuan Arsenal
, are also numerous across the country, even exceeding the scale of the military industry controlled by Chongqing."
"After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, they sacrificed their lives but not their wealth. As a result, except for a small part of Shanxi's industry, most of it was lost to the Japanese. Except for some of the workers in Taiyuan who evacuated to Shaanxi with them, some of them defected to Shaanxi.
Outside the base area, most people are still stranded in Taiyuan City."
"Before the war, there were nearly 30,000 workers in the government-run Shanxi Industrial Company alone. Adding in private enterprises, as well as miners from Xishan Coal Mine and Baijiazhuang Coal Mine, the total number is very large. Shanxi has many giant businessmen since ancient times.
, Shanxi merchants are famous throughout the country."
"Shanxi's private industry is not too inferior to the government-run industry. Wool spinning, cigarettes, iron smelting, electric lighting and other industries are still very developed. The development in the past few decades before the Anti-Japanese War has accumulated a large number of workers. How can these people evacuate?
A detailed and complete plan is needed.”
"Considering the number of your troops, such a small number of troops is not enough. In this way, we are communicating with Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei and Taihang. As much as possible, let the fourth and second divisions of Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei deploy some troops to cooperate with your actions. The other one
The 29th Division and the Taihang Military Region are currently working hard to destroy the Zhengtai Railway, and I estimate that some troops can be mobilized."
"In this way, I am allocating four basic battalions to you. I am trying to find a way to mobilize some militiamen from various counties to coordinate with you to rush for transportation and evacuation. I am looking for the boss and ask him to send a telegram to the deputy commander-in-chief. I am trying to find a way to communicate with Jin
The Chaji Military Region and the Taihang Military Region will be directly connected."
The acting commander's answer made Yang Jicai speechless at that time. There were more than 30,000 workers alone, plus their families and prisoners of war who needed to be rescued, as well as the number of miners in Xishan Coal Mine and Baijiazhuang Coal Mine. In addition,
Private industry may have a scale of 100,000 people.
Not to mention fighting, even a step-by-step evacuation will take several days. Those prisoners of war are easy to deal with, after all, they have received military training. But now there are tens of thousands who have not received any military training, and they can hear the sound of gunshots.
Tens of thousands of workers and their families were bombed.
The route from Jingle to Lan County is still under the control of the Japanese army. If the strongholds along the highway are not removed and the two counties are not besieged, a gunshot along the way may cause these ordinary people who have not suffered any
People without military training or the most basic military literacy fell into irreversible chaos. Tens of thousands of people bombed the camp at the same time. The consequences of this made Yang Jicai a little horrified when he thought about it.
Yang Jicai was shocked by the number of people mentioned by the acting commander. Even the Jinsui Military Region behind him did not hear what he said about mobilizing some troops and militia to cooperate with his operation. How could he evacuate such a large number of people?
People should not be under the nose of the Japanese army. They have already completed their assembly and can just load up the trucks wherever they go. If there is a delay, and there are only a few days, it may be difficult to complete the evacuation mission.
Before Yang Jicai could close his mouth, the communications staff over there handed him another telegram from the headquarters, leaving him completely speechless. Looking at the telegram written by his elder brother in his hand, Yang Jicai felt like crying.
.How can I complete this task by myself?
The entire Tongpu Railway is still in the hands of the Japanese army. Both North Tongpu and South Tongpu are in the hands of the Japanese army. Not counting the evacuation of nearly 100,000 people, and now we have to add so much machinery and equipment.
Even if all the 200 cars in our hands were broken down, we still wouldn't be able to complete this task.
Looking at Yang Jicai, who was a little surprised but somewhat confident before, but was stunned after reading the telegram, the acting commander who was very curious took the telegram from him. After reading the above content, he was also frightened.
Jump. All industrial equipment in Taiyuan City should be dismantled as much as possible.
Especially the equipment of the Northwest Chemical Plant, Northwest Steel Plant, and Northwest Machinery Plant must be transported out as much as possible. As for the power plant equipment in Taiyuan City, we must also find a way to get it. Except for the power plant, the equipment that cannot be transported away
, blow them all up. Especially equipment related to steelmaking, chemistry, and military industry.
Is the Anti-League Headquarters crazy, or is something wrong? Not to mention other factories, just the equipment disassembly of a northwest steelmaking plant. Even with the help of technical personnel, I am afraid that it will not be possible for a month. I have seen the steelmaking blast furnace thing.
Such a huge thing is difficult to install, but disassembly and transportation are not easy either.
And the most important thing is that after the disassembly is completed, how to transport these huge things is even more of a headache. The Tongpu Railway is still in the hands of the Japanese army. Without the railway, these 200 trucks alone will not be transported even if they are dismantled.
Don't go out. That blast furnace cannot be transported out by car.
This acting commander is not one of those war college graduates who knows nothing about industry. He is an authentic graduate of the first phase of Huangpu. He served as the captain of the armored convoy during the Guangzhou National Government, and was the division commander of the main division during the Nanchang Uprising. During the Nanchang Uprising
After the failure, he also went to Nanyang for medical treatment and to avoid being hunted. His horizons can be said to be quite broad.
He knew that dismantling and transporting these equipment was not an easy task. To do this, it would definitely not be possible to open a gap alone. Only by completely capturing Taiyuan could this be done. But the only force that could be concentrated in front of him was to capture it.
Is that possible in Taiyuan?
What's more, a large number of workers and family members need to be mobilized, and a large number of rescued prisoners of war need to be evacuated. Taiyuan is connected by railways to Linfen and Changzhi, where the Japanese army is stationed by one division. The Fourth Mixed Brigade in Yangquan is 100 meters away
Taiyuan is closer. If you move a little slower, you will be surrounded by the Japanese army in Taiyuan City. Don't get the meat by then, but be bitten in return.
Even if the Anti-Alliance Headquarters will provide air support, this task is basically impossible to complete. Attacking Taiyuan and attacking Datong are two different things. In Datong, there was support from the Suinan battlefield, and the second was to take them by surprise.
Taiyuan is now heavily guarded, and there are no conditions for a surprise attack.
Putting down the telegram in his hand and looking at Yang Jicai who looked worried, the acting commander said: "You don't have to get angry. I'll go find the boss and ask him to call back your number one. This task is simply impossible to complete. We can't do it.
This is a bargain, let alone a gamble with so many troops and equipment."
However, Yang Jicai did not make any reply to the commander's words. He stared at the map and was silent for a long time before he said: "Commander, I would like to ask how the enemy situation is along the Tongpu Railway going north from Taiyuan? We are here
Are there any reliable train drivers on the railway?"
Who is the acting commander? Yang Jicai understood what he meant as soon as he opened his mouth. He hesitated and said: "The driver is reliable. We have our own underground connections on the Tongpu Railway. Let alone a freight train, it is just a mobilization of people."
There’s no problem with five or six trains.”
"However, the distance from Datong to Taiyuan is more than 350 kilometers. Moreover, the transportation capacity of the railways along this route is not as large as you think. The quality of the road conditions in many places is far from satisfactory. The Hundred Regiments War against Tongpu in the previous year
The damage to the railway was great, and the Japanese army could barely keep it open to traffic. Passenger trains were OK, but freight trains were not. In addition, the entire route was still under the control of the Japanese army. The Japanese army only needed to remove a few sections of track, and the train would not be able to open to traffic.
I can’t run away anymore.”
"And in the north, you haven't been able to completely capture Datong. Even if it can be transported to Datong via the Tongpu Railway, the equipment cannot be transported to Datong. There are still so many factories to dismantle, and it will take a lot of time. The Japanese army
When attacking Shanxi, the Jinsui Army concentrated a large amount of manpower and material resources, and it took more than two months to disassemble and assemble more than a thousand small machine tools and 200 power motors."
"How long will it take to dismantle an entire steel plant, as well as the equipment of a chemical plant and a machinery plant? The Japanese army still has two divisions in Yuncheng and Changzhi, and an independent mixed brigade in Yangquan. That's all you need
What will we do if the surrounding Japanese troops attack us?"
"Comrade Yang Jicai, I don't care what disciplines and requirements your Anti-Japanese League has. I don't care what your intentions are or what other ideas you have. But what I must remind you right now is that you don't have this task at all.
It's possible to complete it. Time won't allow it, and the enemy situation won't allow it either."
"For something that you know is impossible to accomplish, why do you have to waste unnecessary sacrifices and pay a price that is not necessary in the first place? Your cadres, soldiers, and those tanks and cars, not only you
The wealth of the whole army is the wealth of the whole army. If you insist on doing this, then I will ask the Commander-in-Chief to cancel this mission completely."
Regarding the acting commander's strong opposition, Yang Jicai smiled and said: "Chief, there is no hope of completing this task. Although I don't understand those machines and equipment, I think there must be people who understand among the workers in Taiyuan City. If
If we leave this task to professional and technical personnel, it will be much faster than us blind people trying to figure out the elephant."
"The headquarters does not mean to completely move this factory. In fact, the headquarters asked us to move only a few electric furnaces and coke plants from the Northwest Steel Plant, several pieces of equipment from the Northwest Chemical Plant, and some equipment from the Northwest Machinery Plant.
Those more than 200 pieces of machinery and equipment.”
"Although I don't know what purpose the headquarters has for these equipment or what it wants to do. But I think under the current circumstances, there must be some reason for the headquarters to make this request. There must be some reason for the headquarters to issue this order.
There will be a lot of backup arrangements."
"I think the headquarters has also made up its mind, which is why it went to war in such a big way. I still know the character of our No. 1 very well. Without a certain degree of certainty, we would not make such a dangerous move. Nor would we know that we are
Under the situation of insufficient troops, such an order was issued,"
"Chief, I thank you for your concern for us, but I think it's better to give it a try. In fact, the only way to meet the standards for this matter is to carefully calculate all the processes, seize all the time, and complete the disassembly and transportation. In addition,
It’s Taiyuan Station, there must be enough trains.”