Yang Zhen knew that his battle had caused a lot of misunderstandings and criticisms within the party and the army. On the surface, he could care less about anyone's criticisms. But in his heart, Yang Zhen was under great pressure. He also knew that in the central government,
Chairman and CEO also bear a lot of pressure.
Today, in front of the boss, a generous elder, he simply poured beans into a bamboo tube and expressed his thoughts. Since the launch of the campaign, especially in the Northeast battlefield, the progress of the war has become increasingly cruel, and the number of troop casualties has been increasing rapidly almost every day.
Increase. This pressure, even for Yang Zhen, a man with a heart as strong as iron, has borne unimaginable pressure.
The newly appointed chairman of the Northeast People's Government approached Yang Zhen many times and asked whether it was necessary to drive such a large battle. Yang Zhen did not understand the chairman's repeated request to reduce the scale of the battle.
After the war, the local government was somewhat overwhelmed by conscription, food requisition, and the resettlement of a large number of disabled soldiers. Especially at this time of war, the pressure brought by rear service had a great impact on spring plowing production.
Moreover, after the battle, cleaning up the combat area will also cause a huge headache for the local government. This veteran leader of the labor movement in the party and one of the few economic experts in the party immediately inspected Xinjing after capturing it.
Xinjing in order to carry out post-war recovery work.
But as soon as I arrived in Xinjing, I saw that it could no longer be called a city, not even the ruins. Not to mention the industrial base, not even a single private house was left in ruins. I immediately asked this party economic expert
He left without saying a word. At this moment, there was nothing left to observe in Xinjing.
After the chairman of the Northeast People's Government left Xinjing, he rushed directly to Tongliao to find Yang Zhen. Although he spoke very restrainedly, the meaning of his words also clearly told Yang Zhen that if this situation and tragedy continue, Northeast China will soon
Some economies and industries will disappear completely. If the Northeast industry is wiped out, no matter how much Yang Zhen builds, he will still be a historical sinner of the Chinese nation.
Not only Xinjing, but also the major grain-producing areas around Xinjing. Spring plowing is approaching. If this situation continues, not only will it be impossible to collect grain from these places this year, but a large amount of grain will have to be transferred from the old base areas in Northern Manchuria.
, to provide relief to war victims in the New Area. This is undoubtedly a heavy burden for the current Northeast People's Government.
In addition, many people within the party and the military disagree with him for spreading his business to such a large scale all at once. The investment in industrial construction and such a large business will almost bring down the Northeast's finances. Once the subsequent construction cannot keep up, in the future
With the huge military and education expenditures, it will completely drag down the entire Northeast's finances.
Nowadays, there are many conservative people who think that his military rhetoric is too big. The troops are evenly distributed in two directions, which violates the principle of concentration of troops. Especially in this northern Shanxi battle, the Deputy Commander-in-Chief and the Military Commission
Several chiefs of staff disagreed.
There were also a lot of criticisms about the scale of the campaign. Some people even thought that Yang Zhen was too arrogant and underestimated the Japanese army. In terms of the intensity of operational cooperation, in addition to the old chief of the Fourth Front Army in the Taihang Military Region, and the direct beneficiary Jin
Outside the Sui Military Region, other directions are too slow.
The speed of troop assembly has always been far from ideal, and the marching speed is even a bit slow. Only after repeated orders from the central government did they begin to cooperate passively. Although the deployment has been started long ago, actual actions are always slow. These problems are all
This brought considerable pressure to Yang Zhen.
There are just some things that he can talk about when he is the chairman. But for other cadres that some people have never met, such as the deputy commander-in-chief, it is difficult for him to even say it clearly. This requires a lot of time to convince, but he
Do you have the time in the United States to do the work one by one?
Now in front of the boss, Yang Zhen, who was under heavy pressure, was like a child who had been greatly wronged. Seeing his elders who had always loved him, he vented all the things in his heart. Some things were made clear.
, it’s much better than being so confused all the time.
"Just to ensure the smooth progress of industrial construction in Northern Manchuria, we have to fight this battle, and we have to fight it. No matter how high the price is, we have to fight this battle. If we don't fight, there will be no
Without a stable construction environment, there will be no room for us to fully develop."
"Without taking over Xinjing and the areas south of Xinjing and north of Siping Street, our air defense depth is still quite insufficient. Japanese bombers can reach various places in the entire North Manchu base within an hour of taking off from Xinjing.
.It only takes half an hour to get to Harbin.”
"After the battle last autumn, the entire Xinjing has become a cancer that has penetrated deep into our base area. If we don't dig him out, the entire rear area will be unstable. And time, stability, this is what we need most now. A bombing can destroy a steel plant, and
It takes us several years, or even more, to build a steel plant."
"What's more, the oil field we are building in the Anda area has completed development and infrastructure construction. It will be officially put into production in two months. And the area of this oil field almost occupies the entire Nenjiang Plain between the Greater and Lesser Khingan Mountains.
It extends to Fuyu and Liaoyuan in the south, and to the junction of the Greater and Lesser Hinggan Mountains in the north."
"Their recent reserves, according to current conservative judgments and estimates, will definitely not be lower than the Soviet Union's reserves in the Baku oil field. Judging from the long-term reserves, they are quite high, reaching nearly 10 billion tons. If fully developed, the oil reserves in a few years will be
The output will completely exceed that of the Soviet Union before the war."
"Judging from the quality of the crude oil produced by test drilling, it is the easiest to refine light, low-sulfur crude oil. The quality and output of the oil there can fully meet all the needs of the Japanese. Especially the quality, it is most in line with the Japanese domestic oil refining industry.
The required light crude oil is also the closest to Japan."
"Boss, although the Japanese currently occupy the oil fields in the Netherlands East Indies in Southeast Asia, they still have to travel a long way back to their home country by sea. In particular, these oil and products must go through almost the entire coast of China before they can be transported back to their home country. The route is not only long, but
And it’s quite dangerous.”
"Compared to the Americans, who have a powerful navy, they can cut off this shipping route at any time if necessary. Although the Americans have so far found it difficult for surface ships and aircraft to penetrate deep into the Chinese coast, which is tightly blockaded by the Japanese army. But the United States
People still have a large number of submarines. Once the Germans adopt the submarine strangulation war adopted by the Germans in World War I and now, even if the Japanese seize the oil fields in Southeast Asia, it will be difficult to safely transport them back to the country."
"Boss, what I'm talking about is not an exaggeration of the facts, but a method that Americans will inevitably adopt. Americans have a very clear view of Japan's weaknesses. Winning on the battlefield is always done by any means necessary. Especially Westerners,
They simply don’t know how to be Song Xianggong.”
"The war has broken out, will the Americans still have any scruples? And this is also very clear to the Japanese themselves. It's just that they have the third most powerful navy in the world, so they don't really care. But
Once the Americans launch a submarine strangulation war against their crude oil transportation lines, maritime transportation will suffer heavy losses."
"And a world-class large oil field was discovered next to it. Although it is controlled by the enemy, the opponent's continuous combat capability is not strong. Boss, what do you think the Japanese will do? I am not being alarmist. More
This is not to judge rashly, this is a fact that will definitely happen.”
"With this premise, will the desperate Japanese invest heavily in troops and try to retake Northern Manchuria despite being hungry, so that they can ensure their own oil supply when necessary? Especially when maritime transportation is too risky
, if the losses are too large, will the Japanese take action against us to solve their own predicament?"
"The Japanese founded their country based on their navy. Without oil, their ships and aircraft are just a pile of scrap metal. The transportation distance from Northeast China to the Japanese mainland is not only much closer than the transportation from Southeast Asia. In addition to the Korean Strait along the way,
In addition, basically all transportation is by land. There are convenient railway lines in the surrounding area, so safety is also quite guaranteed.”
"Although it is necessary to pass through the Korean Strait to reach the Japanese mainland, the distance of Korean seafood is more than half shorter than the distance from Southeast Asia to the Japanese mainland. And with the capabilities of the Japanese navy, even now the main force is invested in
On the Pacific battlefield. But they are still capable of ensuring the security of Japan's offshore waters and the waters surrounding North Korea."
"The most important thing is that the Japanese are very clear about our weaknesses. They know clearly that North Manchuria alone cannot support our long-term war consumption. Especially the sustained war potential cannot be compared with the United States and Britain. Although
They have suffered consecutive defeats at our hands, but they believe that if they invest heavily in troops, even if they use manpower, we will be completely exhausted. Even if the United States and Britain give us more weapons and equipment, what will happen if there are no users?"
"Boss, if this oil field is not developed, we will not be able to guarantee oil supply during the war. Our external channels are all in the hands of the Soviets. This time the Soviets only seized our equipment, so if they seize us next time
What about the oil supply?”
"In a short period of time, if we do not have replenished tanks and artillery, our combat effectiveness will not decline too much. But once the oil is not replenished for a long time, our logistics and most of the technical arms will be paralyzed. The existing
All kinds of heavy equipment and aviation equipment will be unable to carry out any combat operations."
"Without a reliable and sufficient supply of oil, what's the use of all the modern equipment we have? The population base is insufficient, but there are too few recruits. The manpower is insufficient, so we can only supplement it with firepower. But modern equipment is far away from us.
Without modern industrial support, especially a large number of trucks, tanks, and airplanes, without fuel replenishment, they would be just a pile of useless scrap metal."
"This is not the first time that this has happened. Last year when the war was intensifying, the oil we imported through the Soviet Union was detained at the Soviet port. We had to do it when the situation was quite favorable to us.
Terminate the operation. Because relying solely on animal power and manpower cannot satisfy our logistical support. Relying on infantry attacks alone will double our battle losses. For us, this is tantamount to drinking poison to quench our thirst."
"But exploiting this oil field will make Northern Manchuria a key attack target for the Japanese army again. Boss, what do you want us to do? Exploit or not exploit? We simply cannot defend Northern Manchuria with millet and rifles alone."
The Manchu base area. Once the Beiman base area is lost, we will once again become rootless ducks."
"Instead of passively defending at that time, it is better to inflict severe pain on the Kwantung Army once and for all, so that they will not dare to take a peek to the north for the rest of their lives. Push the front line as far south as possible to ensure that our rear defense has sufficient depth.
At the same time, seize the grain-producing areas around Xinjing and prepare for the severe drought that may occur in North China this year."