He, Yang Zhen, is indeed very capable, and he has no doubt about this. If he didn't have the ability, he wouldn't have created such a big world in the Northeast where the Japanese army was heavily stocked. But he, Yang Zhen, is not a god, and he can't give up a penny.
Under the circumstances, let's build a few more large-scale factories. Even if the Americans promise to provide equipment, they can't give it all for free.
Moreover, he can pat his chest and guarantee that these equipment will definitely not increase the financial burden of Northeast China. In building these factories, Northeast China only needs to bear the infrastructure costs. As for the required industrial equipment, it is guaranteed that Northeast Finance will no longer be used.
Pay a penny of the expenses. Is he really that capable of conjuring a lot of industrial equipment with his bare hands?
At the beginning, Yang Zhen swore so confidently that he, the chairman of the Northeast People's Government, found it hard to believe where he could get so many factory equipment. After all, Yang Zhen is a human being, not a god. Besides, even a god can't do it.
Zi conjured up so many machines and equipment. But with Yang Zhen's guarantee, he could only accept it with hesitation.
Facts have proved that what Yang Zhen promised was really accomplished. Not only did he obtain a large amount of industrial equipment from the Americans, he basically completed the installation and debugging of the equipment before the Americans imposed a blockade on Northeast China.
They also swept through the Japanese industrial system and snatched back half of the Japanese industrial equipment with some twists and turns.
The second phase of the No. 2 Special Steel Plant in Jiamusi used a 15,000-ton hydraulic press and three 70-ton acid open-hearth furnaces. The Japanese spent a high price to import them from Germany in order to build the Yamato ship.
. The US$10 million spent in 1940 to import these pieces of equipment can be described as an astronomical figure.
The several 3,000-ton forging hydraulic presses used by the Second Heavy Machinery Factory were also obtained from various Japanese factories. In addition to the industrial equipment that the Harvester planned to snatch back, as well as those from the Americans
The acquired industrial equipment, construction and expansion of these factories really did not cost the Northeastern government a penny except for infrastructure costs.
Not only did he not spend a penny, but he also used equipment dismantled from Japan to basically restore production in a short period of time to those companies in the Nanman Industrial Zone that were severely damaged by him. Anshan Iron and Steel and Benxi Iron and Steel even reached production capacity.
It more than doubled. Especially Fushun Aluminum Factory, relying on Japanese equipment and Japanese technical personnel, directly became the largest aluminum factory in Asia at that time.
It's just that Yang Zhen did do this, but he did it in an earth-shattering way, and the central government was very passive. But his shamelessness and lack of scruples, even though he was scolded miserably, really contributed to the industry of New China.
construction, saving a lot of valuable money and time.
In the large-scale industrialization construction of New China, the factories built in the Northeast in recent years have been responsible for almost 70% of the equipment manufacturing for the country's large-scale industrial construction. This has saved a large amount of precious foreign exchange, and most importantly,
Time. Except for two aviation factories and a shipyard imported from the Soviet Union, all equipment needs in the early stages of construction were basically relied on domestically.
However, regardless of whether Yang Zhen's original guarantee could be fulfilled, at least the expansion of the Qiqihar Special Steel Plant and the construction of the heavy machinery plant were thanks to the plans of American experts. In the eyes of everyone's doubts, all the motivation,
Considerable leeway has been reserved for facilities such as pipelines, transportation, and even infrastructure such as factories.
It is precisely the infrastructure that has left room for expansion in advance, so that the equipment Li Mingrui robbed from southern Manchuria can be installed in the factory, basically without any infrastructure. At most, it is only the interface of the pipeline, because the caliber is different.
, make some adjustments appropriately.
If the Soviet experts' plan is followed, even if these equipments are shipped to Northern Manchuria, it will take at least two years before they are actually put into production due to infrastructure problems. Those equipments can only be exposed to the broad daylight and let the wind and rain blow.
.The resettlement of the relocated workers will be even more troublesome.
By saving the longest infrastructure construction time, the speed of production will naturally be quite fast. Under the consistent Northeast efficiency, these equipments are quite fast from entering the factory to being installed and then put into production. In the month when the equipment enters the factory,
The installation was basically completed. One and a half months later, all pipelines and power systems were connected.
Coupled with the workers rushed out by the Harvest Plan, Fularji, a special steel factory specializing in manufacturing steel for guns, which originally had limited output, doubled its output in two months. In Tonghua
After the steel plant equipment arrived, it even doubled several times in just one year.
In addition to relying on external supplies for metals such as nickel and chromium, relying on the First Steel Plant, which has been put into operation one after another, it can produce all the other raw materials for gun steel by itself, and basically meets the needs. Of course, gun steel
The smelting still needs a certain amount of time to run in. However, the steel for light weapons and ammunition has basically been solved.
In particular, the demand for aerial bombs not only met the needs of the Anti-Alliance bombing of Japan. It even met 80% of the needs of the subsequent bombing of Japan after the U.S. military joined in. The demand for steel in major strategic areas within the pass also
It has almost reached 100% satisfaction. All the rails of the Jitong Railway under construction can also be based on China, and no longer rely on US aid, which is not very reliable.
At the same time, the military industry also experienced rapid development in a short period of time after the arrival of these workers and more than 3,000 pieces of machinery and equipment. Based on the batch of gun steel that Li Mingrui robbed from Fengtian, in a short period of time,
It met the gap in light weapons and equipment after the expansion of the Anti-Japanese Alliance.
The imitation and production of heavy weapons also accelerated significantly. After the arrival of this group of workers, 200 Soviet-made ZLS cannons and more than 70 122 howitzers were produced by the end of the year, ensuring the expansion needs of the army.
And adequate preparations have been made for the expansion of artillery within the customs forces.
After this battle, the Anti-Japanese League stopped all production and manufacturing of Japanese-made light weapons and ammunition. All weapons and ammunition production was turned to the 7.92 bullets urgently needed by the internal forces, and the 7.62mm bullets used by the Anti-Japanese League themselves.
The production of ammunition. At the same time, the production of 60 guns, recoilless guns, and rocket launchers has been strengthened.
Under the painstaking efforts of the Northeast Bureau and the Northeast People's Government, by the end of the Anti-Japanese War, the entire Northeast base area had formed special steel and heavy machine manufacturing in Qiqihar and Jiamusi, Jiamusi military industry, automobile industry, and Harbin's aircraft manufacturing industry, machinery and equipment
Manufacturing, textile industry.
Tangyuan's steel industry base has been renamed Daqing's Sartu oil exploration and refining base. Mudanjiang's power manufacturing, non-ferrous metal smelting base, Zhuhe to Yanshou chemical industry and a series of large industrial bases. As well as Jixi, Qi
The expansion and mining of two very large coal mines in Taihe, and the expansion and mining of the Duobaoshan copper mine.
Although a considerable part of these industrial systems are still dominated by the military industry. And because of the limited area of the base area, the products are mainly to meet the needs of the war. And because the technical strength is currently quite insufficient, the scale of all factories can only be regarded as medium.
However, by the end of 1944, except for the fact that the scale of some industrial products was not as good as that of southern Manchuria, and there was a lack of some light industries, the industrial manufacturing capacity in the entire northeastern base area was compared with that of the entire northern Manchuria, which only had a few light industries, as well as some industries such as mining and logging.
, is no longer the same.
Although many industrial products can only solve the problem of availability. Both quality and output cannot be compared with foreign countries for the time being, but the entire Beiman Heavy Industry Base has basically taken shape. The output of industrial manufactured products far exceeds that of the entire Guannai Kuomintang area.
several times of.
The booming and rapid development of the military industry has given Yang Zhen a lot more trump cards. At least the expanded troops don't have to worry about the lack of light weapons. But compared to weapons and equipment, Yang Zhen's biggest headache is not the problem of weapons, but the problem of weapons.
The issue of troop recruitment.
The more rapid the development of industry, the more serious the shortage of manpower. In the situation of retaining enough agricultural population in the countryside and a large expansion of the army, it is even more felt that the number of people is insufficient. This time after the war, the army will be supplemented and expanded.
The number of children increased by hundreds of thousands.
In addition to field troops, railway, engineering and other troops, they have also reached the point where they cannot do without expansion. In the context of the need to rush to repair the railway lines around Xinjing and seize the time to build the Jitong Railway, the Railway Troops Column expanded by two at once.
The strength of seven regiments of the division. In addition, personnel must be selected to go to the Soviet Union to learn the navy through combat training, and the number of soldiers required is even greater.
And through this battle, Yang Zhen also discovered that the division-level troops of his own army were too large and cumbersome. There were too many heavy weapons, which also limited the troops' mobility in complex terrain. China is not a Western European road construction company.
It is lagging behind, and the quality of the roads, which are almost all dirt roads, also varies greatly.
The excessive number of heavy-armed divisions severely limited the army's combat capabilities in complex areas. Therefore, after several studies with Guo Bingxun and the heads of various services and arms, Yang Zhen made up his mind to adjust the organization of the army, especially at the division level.
Firepower organization. At the same time, large-scale adjustments were also made to the organization of armor, aviation and other services.
This organizational adjustment, in addition to the formal establishment of a composite command headquarters at the column level, mainly focused on the organization and weapons equipment at the division level. With the development and changes of the situation, a relatively large operation was carried out. Heavy equipment was reduced.
The division's establishment was adjusted to include light divisions at the first level of most divisions.
Among the troops of the entire army, only eighteen original divisions were retained as heavy armored divisions. However, the mountain artillery battalion among them was changed to a German-made 105 howitzer battalion. The division's artillery was equipped with two 122 howitzers.
Battalion, a 76 mm cannon battalion, and a 107 rocket launcher battalion, that is, the division artillery regiment was changed to a four-battalion system.
The remaining troops reduced the wild mountain artillery from three battalions to two battalions. They changed it to one battalion of 75mm mountain artillery, one battalion of 76mm cannon, and one 107 rocket launcher battalion, and added two 120mm mountain artillery battalions.
10mm heavy mortar company. At the same time, the number of mules and horses was increased. Except for the division's automobile company, the entire division was changed to mules and horses.
The firepower configuration at the regiment level remains unchanged. For organic units below the regiment, the number of battalion-affiliated 12mm machine guns will increase by one. The number of newly developed 40mm grenade launchers will increase by three for each infantry company. The rest of the firepower equipment standards will remain unchanged.
.In addition, the number of mules and horses has been increased in the organized units below the regiment level.
Regarding the adjustment of the armored forces, according to the current development of the situation, in addition to retaining two armored divisions, no new first-level armored divisions will be formed in the future. Instead, a lighter armored brigade will be used as the main organization of the armored forces.
, and added a number of independent tank regiments.
In addition to the armored vehicle company and the light tank company under the brigade headquarters, the armored brigade is organized into two tank battalions, plus a light infantry regiment with two battalions, equipped with an artillery battalion, an anti-aircraft artillery battalion and an engineer battalion.
1. And the establishment of technical arms in each armored force has been increased.