This is not because these veterans do not have strategic vision, but in their view, unless they gain national power immediately, the Chinese battlefield, at least for a long period of time, will mainly face land warfare. Now the entire army is basically
There is no industrial capacity and no corresponding financial resources to maintain a navy even in a basic posture.
A small-scale navy will not have any effect on the war situation. Instead, it will distract the highly stressed manpower, material resources and financial resources. Rather than spending a lot of money and energy in this area, it is better to concentrate on doing a good job in the already existing problems.
The aviation force is gradually growing.
At present, the entire army is facing expansion, and a large number of qualified military cadres are needed there. At this time, sending a group of cadres to the Soviet Union to study the navy is tantamount to seeking fish from a tree. Rather than wasting a group of cadres in areas where they are not needed, it is better to be down-to-earth.
Think realistically about the problem at hand.
Compared with the gentle tone of the two veterans of the Jinjin Army who already knew Yang Zhen to a certain extent, the deputy commander-in-chief was extremely resolute in his opposition. This deputy commander-in-chief has a strong temperament, an upright person, and never speaks in roundabout ways.
, made quite strong and even excessive criticism of Yang Zhen's suggestion.
Regarding Yang Zhen's idea, even the chairman and boss, who had always supported Yang Zhen, did not express their opinions rashly or draw rash conclusions without understanding what Yang Zhen was thinking.
.At least until they understood Yang Zhen’s true thoughts, neither the chairman nor the boss expressed their support hastily for either party.
It was just two people who were already very familiar with Yang Zhen, but they unanimously felt that when they were studying this topic, they faced the firm opposition of several veterans and remained silent without saying a word. That is, they did not do anything for their own ideas.
Yang Zhen, who had no explanation but stubbornly insisted on his own opinion, must have his own ideas in his heart.
After the meeting adjourned, the chairman kept Yang Zhen. At the chairman's residence, the two talked all night. In the next few days, although Yang Zhen did not participate in the subsequent adjustment of local power, neither did Yang Zhen
He returned to the Northeast. Instead, he was forced by his boss to attend classes at Kangda University during the day. When he came back at night, he was asked to talk to the chairman and his boss.
Yang Zhen knows that it is not easy to convince the chairman and boss to support him under the current situation. But no matter how difficult it is, Yang Zhen knows that he has to do it for the future of the Chinese Navy. Fortunately, the chairman
Although he and the boss did not know all of Yang Zhen's intentions, after several days of persuasion work, they finally expressed limited support.
The Central Committee agreed that these people should be mainly drawn from the Anti-Alliance Forces. The Central Committee assisted them in allocating a group of cadres from the New Fourth Army and the Shandong Military Region. The original Jizhong Military Region was withdrawn to the troops resting in Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei and Taihang, as well as in southern Hebei.
In the military area forces, they were assigned to coordinate two regiments, and those who went to the Soviet Union should study the navy. If the Soviet side needed to increase personnel, the central government would make overall arrangements.
This is the biggest concession that the central government can make on this matter under the current situation. The chairman's final decision completely made Yang Zhen's heart fall to the ground. Of course, the chairman did not know what Yang Zhen would do later.
Such a big move can even be said to have shocked the whole world. It can be called an earth-shattering move.
Different from the previous judgments of the veterans, Yang Zhen never thought about assigning the source of the warship to the Americans. Not to mention that the Americans would not give themselves a warship.
As Shuai said, even if there was nowhere to relocate, there was no way to pass the Japanese navy's blockade.
He insisted on sending a group of cadres to the Soviet Union to study the navy and a group of troops to study in the Soviet Union for postwar considerations. He set his sights on building warships on the Soviets, and of course on the currently infinitely arrogant Japanese navy.
However, he has never considered spending money to buy it because the Chinese people do not have the financial resources in any aspect.
Although the method he used to obtain these warships was a little too unreliable. But in any case, it really allowed him to build a relatively small force in a short period of time. In Asia after World War II, almost
It can be said that it is ranked first. Even if it is placed in the entire world, after the destruction of the German, Italian and Japanese navies, it can still be ranked among the top ten navies.
It's just that his method of building warships is really a bit disgraceful. Even if the chairman and the boss admire this young general, they really can't accept such a bold and shameless behavior. In response to the chairman's evaluation of him, he gave
With a bamboo pole, he really dared to poke a hole in the sky.
And this time he not only really poked a hole in the sky, but even kicked a big hole in the ground. Not only did he almost bring back the Soviet Union's navy, which had suffered heavy losses in the war, almost even the pot was brought back.
At that time, he also took advantage of the situation and snatched back all the remaining warships of the Japanese Navy.
And basically dismantled the entire domestic shipbuilding industry in Japan. He captured all the engineering and technical personnel of the Japanese navy and shipyards. In other words, Yang Zhen brought Japan's shipbuilding industry, which is at an above-average level internationally, to
Almost all of them were relocated to China.
Of course, the chairman still doesn’t know that in three years, the young general he admires most will do such an earth-shattering thing to him that will make the world stunned. If he knew the full thoughts of Yang Zhen, I wonder if the chairman would directly
Detain him, the most admired young general, in Yan'an and not return him to the Northeast, and give him a political education lesson? Lest he dig too big a hole, and even the central government cannot wipe his ass?
However, although the process was not easy, all the things that should be discussed have been discussed. The central government held a small-scale wedding for Yang Zhen and Yuan Zhiruo in Yan'an. However, although the scale of this wedding was small, the level was quite high.
Gao. The chairman personally served as a witness, and the boss served as the officiant. Almost all central leaders who were in Yan'an attended. Ten years later, six of the top ten marshals attended.
But the excitement is always short-lived. On the third day of the wedding, although the boss hoped that Yang Zhen would stay longer and give more classes to the students of Kangda University. But there were more important tasks waiting for him in the Northeast, and he could only
Neng Fang and Yuan Zhiruo returned to the Northeast. However, the chairman and the boss happily agreed to Yang Zhen's visit to the Northeast to inspect the work after the situation around the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region eased.
After leaving Yan'an, Yang Zhen first arrived in Datong to talk to commanders at all levels who needed to stay in northern Shanxi temporarily. On the day Yang Zhen arrived in Datong, the Anti-Alliance troops in northern Shanxi had already completed the battle with the Shanxi-Suiyuan and Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei troops.
The handover of positions and defense zones gradually began to retreat.
The equipment of the northwest steelmaking plant that Yang Jicai demolished in Taiyuan has begun to be transferred to the northeast one after another. All the remaining equipment has been transferred to northern Shaanxi in preparation for rebuilding the plant. After Chongqing approved the defense replacement plan, the originally planned
The second steel plant has been unable to be realized, and this batch of equipment can only be shipped back to the Northeast.
It's just that compared to the troops who started to rest and recuperate after returning to the Northeast. Yang Zhen, who also returned to the Northeast, didn't have much time to enjoy the life of a newlywed. He only took Yuan Zhiruo back home once and had a meal with his parents.
, and then plunged into the myriad of busy things after the war.
The troops coming from the pass need to be resettled, the new recruits need to be trained, the equipment needs to be replenished, and the cadres have to be deployed. This series of things has kept the top commanders of the Northeast Military Region busy. Especially Yang Zhen, although most of the other things have been handed over to
Li Yanping and Guo Bingxun. But all issues require his final decision.
At the same time, he also had to negotiate with the Soviet Union and study the transfer of personnel from the Anti-Japanese Alliance to the Soviet Union to study the navy. He also had to constantly negotiate with Pearson and Ross about the assistance from the United States and the United Kingdom to the Anti-Alliance, especially the urgently needed military raw materials.
, the delay in getting it right gave Yang Zhen a headache.
After a great war, the amount of equipment lost was astronomical. Coupled with preparations for expansion, the Anti-Japanese Alliance currently only has a shortage of automatic rifles. Even if all the stocks are taken out, there will still be a shortage of more than 150,000, which is insufficient for squad use.
There are also a lot of gaps for machine guns and general purpose machine guns.
If a certain amount of inventory needs to be retained, the gap will be even larger. Through Operation Harvester, the Anti-Japanese Alliance snatched back a large number of equipment and workers from the Japanese military industrial base in southern Manchuria. It can be said that production capacity has increased significantly.
, but the basic raw materials still need to be purchased outsourced.
After nearly two years of full-scale construction, the second-hand steel plant purchased from the United States has begun trial production. However, it can only produce ordinary steel and cannot produce special steel needed for the military industry. Especially when there is a lack of nickel, chromium, etc.
In the case of metal raw materials, except for wood, almost all raw materials still need to rely on US aid.
The raw materials and equipment promised by the United States and Britain have been delayed in arriving, which has greatly restricted the military manufacturing capabilities of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. At least the equipment that was damaged in the war has not been replenished. The heavy equipment has not been replenished, which has greatly hindered the Anti-Japanese War.
The damaged tanks and aircraft have also been delayed in being replaced.
While Pearson and Ross promised to urge the country to speed up assistance, they also continued to urge the Anti-Japanese Alliance to increase their air strikes against Japan. They completely ignored the fact that the Anti-Union bomber force was in urgent need of rest and recuperation, as well as the serious shortage of bombers.
status quo.
The reason for these two guys who are about to get angry is very simple. The Americans have suffered another major defeat in the Central Pacific battlefield. All the Japanese bombs have fallen on Hawaii in the United States. What is even more unfortunate is that in the United States,
On the South Pacific battlefield, the Japanese army invaded Australia.
At Midway, the New Caledonia Islands, and the United States, Britain, and Australia, which had been severely beaten by Australia, all panicked to a certain extent. Midway was lost, and Hawaii was under the gunfire of the Japanese.
Once Australia is lost, it will herald a complete failure of the entire South Pacific battlefield. And the US military has lost one of its most important counterattack bases in the Pacific battlefield.
Just when this battle was about to get sweet, a fierce sea, sea and air battle broke out around Midway, a small island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. This naval battle was supposed to determine the fate of the United States and Japan.
Among them, the U.S. military participating in the war suffered heavy losses.
Among the three aircraft carriers participating in the battle, the Yorktown and Enterprise were sunk, the Hornet suffered heavy damage, and one-fifth of the escort warships were lost. However, the Japanese Navy only sunk one aircraft carrier, the Soryu, during this battle.
The heavy cruiser Mikuma and a destroyer, plus three submarines.
The U.S. Pacific Fleet, which suffered heavy losses in this battle and lost almost most of its aircraft carriers, was unable to fight again in a short period of time. The two aircraft carriers lost by the U.S. military in this battle, coupled with the loss of the Lex Star before this battle,
The USS Johnston, the USS Langley, and the US Pacific Fleet only have one aircraft carrier left, the USS Wasp, which is still considered complete.
The disastrous defeat at the Midway Islands resulted in the U.S. military being completely passive in the entire Central Pacific battlefield. After Midway Island was captured by the Japanese army, the Japanese bayonets had already reached Hawaii. On the Central Pacific front, the U.S. military was in a completely passive position.
We can only concentrate our forces to defend the Hawaiian Islands.