Chapter Five Hundred and Twenty Westward and Northward
By taking over the Duobaoshan copper mine, the source of raw materials for military copper will not be controlled by others in the future. [,.Com/Text At least the output of ammunition will not cause the output of artillery shells and bullets to continue to increase due to the lack of copper cartridge cases. The most critical thing is
There is no need to accept Jiangbei's sky-high asking prices. Moreover, by this time next year, Jiangbei will be too busy to take care of himself. Even if he wants to purchase copper, he will have no place to buy it.
As for oil, the same principle applies. In the future, we need to develop a modern army. During the war, we relied solely on imported petroleum products on a large scale. The outcome of the German Army in World War II was its own fate. Although it does not have the largest oil consumer, the navy,
The armored forces and aviation forces that need to be developed are all oil tigers. Especially the Soviet tanks and tanks are almost all oil tigers.
Without capturing Longjiang Province, which contains strategic resources related to his success or failure, he cannot solve these two vital lifelines that most restrict his development. Therefore, for Yang Zhen, the entire Longjiang Province of Manchukuo must be captured.
As for the stumbling block of the 51st Division, it must be eliminated. Especially Anda County, which later became the main distribution area of the Daqing Oil Field, must not fall into the hands of the Japanese.
As long as we can occupy Longjiang Province and rely on its rich oil and copper resources, plus the nickel resources in Luobei and Yilan, we can truly establish a batch of modern defense industries on the basis of self-sufficiency, and in the future
Only by remaining invincible in the war can we truly build a modern army that can completely defeat the Japanese army.
This time, Yang Zhen made a deal with the Americans. Regardless of the opposition of the Northeast Bureau, he spent tens of millions of dollars and insisted on introducing a large oil refinery, a large non-ferrous metal smelting plant and a large number of oil production equipment to prepare for this oil field. These two
Large factories, plus a large fertilizer plant, are almost all non-military industries that consume the most money except the automobile production line.
Yang Zhen insisted on introducing oil refineries and oil drilling equipment. Not only did several secretaries of the Northeast Bureau not understand what he meant, but even the Americans did not know what he was going to do. China is recognized as an oil-poor country in the world. As early as
Before the September 18th Incident, Mobil Oil Company had already explored the entire Northeast and concluded that there could be no oil resources in the Northeast.
In the eyes of the Americans, this top military leader in the Northeast can be described as being careless about other things. But spending such a large sum of money to introduce things they don't need can indeed be called weird.
. Could it be that this dictator can conjure oil from the sky?
And not only did he want drilling equipment, he also requested large-depth drilling equipment that can drill to a depth of more than 1,400 meters. In the eyes of the Americans, this is purely crazy. A depth of 1,400 meters is not enough.
There are oil wells, and how much oil can be produced? Judging from the performance of this so-called military commander in the past few days, the Americans gave him the nickname "Fuji".
But for Americans, it doesn’t matter whether Yang Zhen has convulsions or is a wizard who can conjure oil from the sky. But the US dollars sent to his door will not be earned in vain. How he uses these oil equipment is his business, the most important thing
Isn't it a disguised form of spending less cash?
Compared to the incomprehension of the Americans, the commander-in-chief and Li Yanlu reacted much more strongly. If the central government had not granted Yang Zhen full power to decide on this negotiation, neither of them would have agreed to Yang Zhen being such a prodigal. In their opinion
Yang Zhen went even further and not only imported a lot of useless equipment, but also negotiated with Jiangbei and spent millions of dollars in precious cash to hire more than a dozen professional drilling workers from the Soviet Union as instructors specifically to train oil workers.
They even ordered the Political Department of the Military Region in advance to carefully select 300 graduates of the Puppet Manchukuo High School to study for one year in Soviet oil refineries and non-ferrous metal smelting plants to learn about petroleum refining and non-ferrous metal smelting. None of them understood it.
What is the reason why Yang Zhen did this?
Yang Zhen did not explain the incomprehension between the commander-in-chief and Li Yanlu. Because he was only making preparations in advance. Even if he really captured Longjiang Province, he was not prepared to exploit oil in advance. What he is mainly doing now
It is to build oil refineries and train drilling talents. As for the actual start of mining, it will have to wait until the Japanese army moves south.
He could not take risks and turn all the attention of the Japanese army to himself. Yang Zhen knew that for Japan, which had a huge fleet, oil as the main fuel for the ships was the lifeblood of its survival. Once the Japanese army discovered that only the oil produced in the Northeast was
If the oil can meet all its needs and is more than enough, I will definitely fight for it with all my strength.
Compared with himself and the Americans, Yang Zhen believes that the Japanese are more willing to face themselves, rather than the Americans with strong industrial production capabilities. Once Japan devotes all its efforts to attack, he, who is still far from full-fledged, is still far away.
Not an opponent. Sometimes, procrastination is also a tactic.
Moreover, in addition to the Daqing Oilfield, there are also Liaohe Oilfield and Jilin Oilfield in the Northeast. It can even be said that the entire Songliao Plain is rich in oil. He cannot risk a chain reaction from the Japanese army and have the opportunity to solve the required oil resources by himself.
opportunity.
For Yang Zhen, the Pacific War still had to break out. Yang Zhen knew very well that if the Japanese army found that they could get the resources they needed by going north, they would never go south. And he alone would not be able to mobilize the country's strength with Japan.
To carry out a comprehensive war. And for Yang Zhen, he still had the opportunity to hoard enough petroleum products before the Soviet-German war broke out.
And for Yang Zhen, after capturing the Qiqihar area, the Daxinganling Mountains to the west of Qiqihar is a very good natural defense position for his future petrochemical base. With the Daxinganling Mountains as a natural barrier, the future oil base will also have a natural defense circle.
And the most important thing is that taking Qiqihar is equivalent to completely cutting off the retreat route of the Japanese First Division in Heihe, forming a closed-door and dog-fighting trend. After the First Division was lost in Qiqihar, unless it planned to cross the Greater Khingan Mountains for hundreds of kilometers,
no man's land, otherwise they would have no choice but to break out southward.
No matter how far this battle goes, there is one thing that Yang Zhen must carry out no matter how difficult and stressful it is. That is, he will never allow this equipment. It can be said to be the most sophisticated among the various divisions of the Japanese army.
The First Division, which has the largest number of troops attached to it, continues to stay in Heihe.
After occupying Harbin, the position of the First Division was like a sharp knife always pressed against Yang Zhen's back. If he didn't pull out the sharp knife pressed against his back, Yang Zhen would be able to sleep and eat.
Uneasy. Unless Yang Zhen does not intend to occupy Harbin for a long time, just like the previous Anti-Japanese League, he will grab a handful after opening the city and leave.
But Yang Zhen had no such plan. Not only did he want to regain the entire Binjiang Province of Manchuria, he also wanted to take over the entire Longjiang Province of Manchuria. So for Yang Zhen, this first division was different from the second division stationed in Qiqihar at this time.
The same thing as the 51st Division must be solved.
The only difference is that Yang Zhen handed over the First Division to Wang Guangyu with full responsibility. And he personally sat in Harbin to direct the battle against the 51st Division. This is not because Yang Zhen did not pay attention to the First Division, but just the opposite.
.As one of the first and most senior divisions formed by the Japanese army, Yang Zhen valued it far more than the 51st Division, which had not been completely formed so far.
But precisely because of this emphasis, Yang Zhen had to first deal with the 51st Division, which was relatively weak in combat effectiveness and poorly equipped. He seized Qiqihar and completely blocked the retreat of the First Division, and then turned around and tried his best to solve this problem.
The First Division is known as the elite among the elite of the Japanese army.
The order for Ma Fengqi and Huang Shengbin to defend the twin cities for at least seventy-two hours was drawn up by Yang Zhen himself. Because he wanted to concentrate the main force of the four columns, as well as the armored brigade and the cavalry brigade to defeat fifty soldiers in the shortest possible time.
The First Division was the main obstacle in front of him.
Just when the 25th Division was ravaged by aviation on the Lanling front line, Yang Zhen, who was based in Harbin, had already commanded the main force of the 5th Brigade, the 2nd Independent Brigade, the 4th Independent Brigade, the 5th Independent Brigade, and the main force of the Armored Brigade. The Cavalry Brigade had already commanded
They marched westward with all their strength. They successively captured Lanxi, Zhaoyuan and Zhaozhou. The main force divided into two groups to attack Anda, Lindian and Duerbot banners. They also launched a fierce battle with the first part of the Japanese 51st Division on the Anda line.
At the same time, Wang Guangyu, who was fighting on the northern front, was also sweeping across Dedu, Keshan, and Longzhen according to the original plan, and had already invaded the territory of Nenjiang River, and went south with the Japanese First Division to strengthen the First Regiment.
The 49th and 57th Infantry Regiments, part of the Third Regiment, engaged in fierce battles in the southern area of Nenjiang County and Longzhen.
Although Yang Zhen put most of his energy on Tao Jingfei, who was fighting a fierce battle with the 51st Division to the west, he also paid special attention to the battle in the direction of Wang Guangyu to the north and paid close attention at all times.
The First Division is the only division in the entire Kwantung Army that still maintains a four-regiment structure. Its firepower distribution is also unique among the divisions of the entire Kwantung Army. Although the four regiments it belongs to
, there are only two brigade troops stationed in Heihe. The remaining one brigade is still staying in the country.
But its firepower distribution is the strongest among the Japanese troops that Yang Zhen has encountered since he was born. In addition to the artillery regiment of the division, there are also two field heavy artillery regiments. The equipment is
All Type 96 150mm howitzers and Type 92 105mm cannons.
In addition to the cavalry regiment to which the division belongs, the First Division is also equipped with a tank regiment. When the Japanese army began to replace the cavalry regiments of each division with search regiments equipped with tanks and motorized infantry in 1939, the first division
The cavalry regiment of the first division was not abolished like other Japanese divisions. Instead, a tank regiment was directly added.
Except for a small number of Type 95 light tanks, most of the tanks in this tank regiment are all the latest Japanese Type 97 medium tanks. These heavy artillery regiments and tank regiments, even in the war situation
The Kwantung Army was not used at the most dangerous time. When it went south to cooperate with the First Division to counterattack Harbin, it was all at full strength.
The two regiments of the First Division going south, in addition to strengthening the four squadrons of the First and Third Regiments respectively, are also assigned two brigades of a heavy artillery regiment, and the division belongs to the seven field artillery regiments.
of the first division's mobilizable troops and 80% of its heavy equipment.
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