A big war has just ended, and there are countless things that need to be dealt with by Yang Zhen. After the battle, there are two things that need to be dealt with immediately in front of him. The first is to arrange for the withdrawal of the troops that have ended the war.
To rest and reorganize the Northeast, firstly, in accordance with the requirements of the central government, we must select and arrange the troops to stay in North China from the troops entering North China to fight.
With so many troops stationed in North China for a long time, the pressure on the supply of the entire Hebei region is also quite high. Although the main grain-producing areas in Hebei were recovered in this battle, winter wheat is grown in this area of Hebei. It is sown in autumn and begins to bloom in early summer.
Harvesting. There were successive battles on the battlefield in Hebei, and the entire Jizhong and southern Hebei districts were devastated.
Due to the devastation of the war, this year's winter wheat production reduction in central Hebei is inevitable. The hundreds of thousands of troops currently concentrated in southern Hebei and the Hebei-Shandong border theater mainly rely on the captured autumn grain for support. In fact, by the end of the campaign,
There have been some difficulties in providing food for the troops.
Considering Hebei's local affordability, Yang Zhen decided that except for the troops stationed in North China in accordance with the central government's requirements, the rest of the troops would withdraw to the Northeast as soon as possible. This would reduce the supply pressure on the entire North China battlefield, and at the same time, the troops after a long war would be well prepared.
Take a rest.
In addition to these two things, Yang Zhen also had to mobilize heavy equipment such as tanks and aircraft from the Northeast to supplement the armor and aviation units stationed in North China. After an unprecedented war, there was a gap in equipment. Especially when the battle losses were large
tanks, as well as fighter jets and attack aircraft.
The battle here has not yet ended, Yang Zhen has already sent a report to the Northeast, asking them to allocate a batch of T-34 tanks produced in 1944 to re-equip the armored units stationed in North China. The last time there was a crisis in northern Shaanxi
, the Anti-Japanese Federation dispatched armored troops fighting in northern Shanxi to cross the Yellow River to support northern Shaanxi, which allowed certain parties to seize the opportunity and use this to put pressure on the United States.
For this reason, the Americans have repeatedly emphasized that the weapons and equipment they provide can only be used to fight Japan. Once they discover that the Anti-Japanese Alliance is using American tanks to target domestic situations, even to deter certain aspects, they will immediately stop all equipment.
Aid. Of course, this threat is not only aimed at the Anti-Japanese Alliance, Chongqing is also under greater pressure.
Because compared with the Anti-Japanese Alliance, which only partially relies on the United States for heavy weapons and military raw materials, Chongqing’s demand for weapons and equipment is much greater. The wheelchair-bound American president specially sent a representative to Chongqing to provide assistance in certain aspects.
Pressure. Considering that it was not appropriate to fall out with the Americans at the moment, Yang Zhen decided to re-equip all the tank units stationed in North China.
All the original tanks manufactured by the United States and Britain were transferred back to the Northeast to avoid giving political excuses to certain parties. Moreover, according to current intelligence, the Americans began to provide Chongqing with a large number of American-made 37 anti-tank tanks in 1944.
Tanks and guns. At the same time, it increased its assistance to Chongqing's combat aircraft and army weapons.
From January to April 1944 alone, the United States provided assistance to Chongqing, including more than 10,000 79 light machine guns modified by the Canadian arsenal based on the British Bren light machine gun, 300 37 anti-tank guns, and 105
Two hundred howitzers and three hundred 75 mountain guns. They also provided a batch of Italian-made light and heavy machine guns and mountain field guns captured after landing in Italy.
Yang Zhen didn't care how much weapons and equipment the Americans gave Chongqing. However, the Americans increased their anti-tank weapon assistance to Chongqing, which made Yang Zhen a little uneasy. At present, all the Japanese tank forces on the Chinese battlefield are basically
All were on the North China battlefield. There was not a single tank in the entire Central China, East China, and even the Henan theater.
So many anti-tank guns were given to Chongqing at this time, and as time progressed, the number continued to increase. This made Yang Zhen suspect that the pressure from the Americans on certain aspects was only superficial. At the moment
The entire war situation has gradually become clearer, and Yang Zhen does not want to make any noise in public opinion at this time.
In fact, the T-34 tanks of the Anti-Japanese Alliance are the same in appearance as the tanks manufactured by the Soviet Union. However, the internal differences are still quite large. In addition to the artillery, power and appearance, the internal running mechanism and stable structure have not changed.
They are all based on the American M-4 tanks, with certain modifications made to address the shortcomings of the T-3-4 tanks.
The artillery is also equipped with a vertical stabilizer from the M-4 tank, and the optical sighting system is used on the German-made Panzer IV tank. In other words, the T-34 tank manufactured by the Anti-Japanese Alliance is actually the T-34 tank.
The appearance and interior are actually the standards of American tanks.
Not only has the tank's maneuverability been greatly improved, but it has also been greatly reduced. The problem of the T-34 tanks, which originally caused excessive vibration when traveling far away, caused excessive fatigue to the crew during long-distance marches. The shooting accuracy of the artillery is in line with the Soviet Union's.
It has also been greatly improved compared to the production of tanks. However, this improved tank only started mass production at the end of 2003, and so far the output is not very large.
However, although the total output is currently only more than 300 vehicles, it can be used to re-equip the tank units stationed in North China and replace various tanks of the American and British series among these tank units. Moreover, Yang Zhen has also decided to wait until the central government decides to let these tanks
When the troops returned to the Northeast, they also withdrew their troops but not their equipment.
For this reason, before the troops retreated, Yang Zhen, after consulting with his boss, decided to select personnel from the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region and mobilize two brigades of organic troops to train with the remaining tank troops. When the anti-alliance forces withdraw,
, receive these equipment on site.
As for the various infantry divisions in this battle, the central government has agreed to jointly solve the gaps in troops due to casualties caused by the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei and Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu Military Regions. But in many matters, Guo Bingxun is currently far away in the Northeast.
, Yang Zhen still needs to handle it personally.
However, after Yang Zhen considered for a long time the candidate for the chief of the troops stationed in North China, he still did not retain the most suitable candidate Chen Hanzhang. Instead, he chose Tao Jingfei as the commander and Huang Yuqing as the political commissar, who would be responsible for unified command.
Troops stationed in North China.
The troops currently stationed in North China will mainly play a battlefield deterrent role before the various base areas in North China are reorganized. At least in the second half of 2004, the explosive battlefield war in North China may not be very explosive. The troops stationed in North China will mainly serve as a deterrent.
Therefore, Yang Zhen left two people, Tao Jingfei and Huang Yuqing, in charge of commanding the troops stationed in North China.
As for Du Kaishan, even if Yang Zhen was given 10,000 courage, he would not dare to leave Du Kaishan in North China. This troublesome guy would be better off being transferred back to the Northeast battlefield. If he stays in North China, it is unlikely that anything will happen.
Come. Since Chen Hanzhang still has important tasks to do next, Tao Jingfei becomes the best candidate.
After arranging the retreat sequence and route of the remaining troops participating in the war, and arranging for Chen Hanzhang to uniformly command the troops to retreat to the Northeast, Yang Zhen and his boss took a plane and flew directly to Yan'an to report to the central government. Even in this era
I didn't even have time to take a look at the Peking City.
After arriving in Yan'an, Yang Zhen learned that he had been ordered to return to Yan'an to report, not only to report to the central government on the entire process of the battle, but also to study the central government's move to Peiping. The reason why the central government transferred him back to Yan'an this time was far from what Yang Zhen had imagined.
So simple.
And he was not the only one who returned to Yan'an to report this time, but also the deputy commander-in-chief of the Shanxi battlefield, the commanders and political commissars of the three major military regions in North China, and the heads of various central bureaus. The Anti-Japanese Federation specially dispatched planes, which had been
Yantai, which was abandoned by the Japanese army, brought back the commander of the Shandong Military Region, as well as the leaders of the party, government, army and New Fourth Army in Shandong. Even the commander-in-chief and the chairman of the Northeast People's Government arrived in Yan'an before him.
At this time, the central government called the heads of each major region to return to Yan'an, mainly to study and formulate the overall arrangements for the work in the next two years in view of the development and changes of the domestic situation after the end of the battle. This meeting covered an area of can be described as
It is quite broad, involving both industry, agriculture and commerce.
Although Yang Zhen seldom spoke at other meetings except for military issues related to the Northeast, and even basically kept silent at the meeting, and did not participate as much as possible. But every meeting
, whether it was an industrial, agricultural or military issue, the chairman asked him to participate in it.
Yang Zhen was a little confused. He was not in charge of these things in the Northeast Bureau, so why did the central government have to participate in this kind of local economic construction? It was okay to fight on his own, but what about industrial construction and agricultural policy formulation? He really couldn't.
It's not that kind of material. When I was in the Northeast, I only talked about it, and the real work was done by the Northeast Bureau.
Yang Zhen, who couldn't figure out the chairman's intention, could only patiently attend these industrial and agricultural meetings. However, except for military issues, in various meetings, he basically only had ears but no mouth. Especially agricultural issues.
If the main leaders are not present at the meeting, they will not understand anything at all and will even fall asleep at the meeting.
However, at the North China Industrial Development Conference, Yang Zhen still put forward some of his own ideas and suggestions for the industrial construction of North China. Especially on the issue of resuming production at the Shijingshan Steel Plant, Yang Zhen firmly opposed the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Branch's proposal to use Shijingshan Steel
Based on the factory, plus the Japanese staying in Xuanhua and the newly built small blast furnace in Tangshan, we built a new Shijingshan Iron and Steel Plant and restored the production of this iron plant as soon as possible.
Yang Zhen did not disagree with the resumption of production at the Shijingshan Steel Plant, but Yang Zhen opposed the resumption of production in Peiping. Yang Zhen's opinion was to replace the steel plant's original 250-ton blast furnace made in the United States, and the Japanese occupation of Shijingshan
After the steel plant was built, all the 380-ton blast furnaces shipped from China and 11 small blast furnaces were moved to Xuanhua.
In addition, the Northeast Bureau allocated ten electric furnaces and three converters from US aid. The fifteen blast furnaces built by the Japanese in Xuanhua in the 1940s and have now been repaired, and the two that the Japanese transported to Tangshan
One hundred and fifty tons of steel-making blast furnaces are gathered together to build a large steel plant.
Take advantage of the excellent iron ore resources of Longyan Iron Mine and the high-quality industrial coal produced in Datong, Shanxi Province. Although Xuanhua is located outside the Great Wall, its location is somewhat north. However, after the Pingsui Railway was opened to traffic, Xuanhua's transportation conditions have been fundamentally improved.
.And for now, it is located in the rear of the entire North China base area. The safety of building a steel plant there is not comparable to other areas.
In order to persuade the leaders of the central government and various regions who attended the meeting, Yang Zhen elaborated on the reasons why he believed Xuanhua was more suitable than Peiping from various aspects such as politics, military, and raw material supply. Yang Zhen still said the same thing, except for transportation and electricity.
Apart from certain advantages, Beiping is definitely not suitable for being built into a heavy industrial zone.
Tangshan in eastern Hebei and Xuanhua in Hebei both have advantages over Peiping when it comes to developing heavy industry. Especially Xuanhua, whether from a military perspective or from a resource utilization perspective, is incomparable to Peking, which is too close to the coast.
.Moving the Shijingshan Iron and Steel Plant to Xuanhua is far better than leaving Peiping to continue construction.