Fighting a war means fighting logistics, this saying is not true at all.
With the fall of the industrial and agricultural areas of the Far Eastern Republic in the Primorye, Khabarovsk, Amur, and Transbaikal regions, and later Eastern Siberia and the main railway lines also fell into the hands of the rebels and the Japanese army, the logistics supplies of the Far Eastern Army and the Anjia Army were reduced.
It was seriously threatened, but fortunately there were still industrial and concentrated industrial areas in Western Siberia and the newly captured Ural region that could barely survive.
However, since the Japanese army entered Tomsk and Novosibirsk last month, the industrial and agricultural bases in Western Siberia have been seriously threatened by the Japanese army. At the same time, a large number of Soviet guerrillas have penetrated into Western Siberia and the Ural region, wreaking havoc and causing military supplies.
It's extremely difficult.
Nowadays, due to continuous rainfall, airships and transport aircraft cannot be put into use and cannot replenish the front line in time. The situation has deteriorated sharply. Relying only on the road from Mongolia to Central Asia is obviously a drop in the bucket and cannot meet the needs of large-scale operations.
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To this end, the General Staff Headquarters always pays attention to the weather conditions in Central Asia, intensifies air transportation to areas without rainfall, and transports materials to the front line via railways and roads. At the same time, the General Staff Headquarters in Nanhua conducts operations on the remaining remnants in southern Central Asia.
The attitude of the Soviet army changed from total annihilation to sending gifts out of the country, minimizing material consumption to ease logistical pressure.
Nanhua, Xinjing.
Different from the continuous rain in Western Siberia and Central Asia, it is a sunny day in Xinjing at the moment. The sun is shining brightly, and the hot sun hits the skin, making it feel faintly painful.
At nine o'clock in the morning, An Yi walked into the General Staff Conference Room of Duzhu Temple. All the generals from the three headquarters on both sides of the separate conference table stood up.
An Yi came straight to the main seat, waved his hand, motioned for the generals to sit down, and asked directly: "Commander Hu is in danger one after another and is in urgent need of reinforcements. I wonder where Xiao Wu's regiment has moved? Also, Ye, Li's main force
When will we launch an attack on the Andijan area and force the Soviet army to make a proactive choice?"
Deputy Chief of General Staff Yang Fei stood up, walked to the map, and picked up the baton:
"After Hu Jiyang's Corps captured Almaty the day before yesterday, Xiao Wu's Corps was ordered by the theater headquarters to quickly move north to urgently assist Tatarsk. Previously, the logistics department had organized ten trains and concentrated them on Frunze, Chucheng and Burlik
Three places, after receiving the transfer order, the Corps quickly loaded up the trucks. The forward has now reached Mointi (today's Moint City) north of Lake Balkhash, and is expected to arrive in Tatarsk within a week.
"Yesterday, the main forces of Ye and Li's front forces advanced into Andijan from the north and south respectively. Due to heavy rains for days, the water levels in the Naryn River, Kara River, Syr Darya River, and Fergana Canal surged. In addition, when the Soviet army retreated, destruction
The roads and railway bridges have been blocked, our army's mechanized troops and artillery are making slow progress, and the logistics materials cannot keep up. It is expected that the general offensive will not be launched until at least three to five days."
"Too slow!"
An Yi frowned: "If you call me in the name of the General Staff to urge you, does it mean that without artillery and air force, they will not fight? I have already said that the strategic intention of the Soviet army is obvious. They will stick to Andiyan.
It was just to delay time so that its main force could carry out strategic transfer southward in an orderly manner.
"Time is very precious to us. If we cannot liberate Ye and Li's troops as soon as possible and rush to support the northern battlefield, the Japanese army may turn the direction of their attack to us at any time! And only when the southern front is truly pacified can we let go of industrial and agricultural construction.
, otherwise it will always be a hidden danger.”
Yang Fei was stunned for a moment, then nodded:
"Okay, after the meeting, I will call immediately to find out what the situation is. However, if conditions do not allow it, I will insist on waiting until the conditions are ripe before launching an attack to minimize casualties."
"Make it clear to them that things cannot be delayed. The Japanese army is increasing its troops to Siberia very quickly. So far, ten armies have moved to Western Siberia via railways. One army of the Japanese army has three to five divisions.
Each division plus artillery, cavalry, engineers and baggage troops should have at least 20,000 troops, and ten armies would amount to one million! If we cannot block the gap in time, these million Japanese troops will defeat our northern defense line. This is great.
The situation will fall apart!" An Yi said sternly.
"It's strange that by mobilizing nearly one million troops to fight, the Japanese army is not afraid of being overwhelmed by logistical pressure? Also, in just eight months, the Japanese army transported 20 million Lan-Indian immigrants to North China. This is almost impossible to accomplish.
Mission!" Chang Baofang, director of the General Logistics Department, was overwhelmed by the supplies needed in the Central Asian theater. After hearing An Yi's words, he immediately asked in disbelief.
Major General Xu Yifan, the person in charge of Nanhua in the Fourth Hall who was attending the meeting, stood up:
"I can answer this. Since Kanji Ishihara took charge of the Japanese military base camp, helped Osamu Nagano serve as military commander, and appointed Isoroku Yamamoto as commander of the combined fleet, the relationship between the army and navy, and between the army and the government, has been effectively improved.
After the Japanese army occupied the Lanyin Islands, they took over the Dutch mines.
Ferrous metal smelting and steel enterprises, coupled with the introduction of large amounts of capital investment from the United States, have so far had three coal plants, two steel plants, two tin plants, and one aluminum plant completed and put into operation, and their material supplies have been greatly improved.
The steel and alloy materials used to build tanks, artillery, and aircraft have increased by at least 50%.
"The Japanese government purchased ready-made and scrapped transport ships from Britain, France, the United States and other countries through various channels, ranging in tonnage from 20,000 tons to one or two hundred tons. After slight repairs, they were put into use. In just half a year, they established
Twelve ships with a total tonnage of up to three million tons
shipping companies. These companies all have military backgrounds, and invited Japanese emperors and government officials to take shares, so they can provide transportation services to the army at any time. Twenty million immigrants from Lanzhou and India may seem like a lot, but for those with tens of millions of tons of transportation
In terms of Japan’s ability, it is not worth mentioning.”
(ps: According to data, the total tonnage of merchant ships in the United States before World War II was 82.9 million tons, that of the United Kingdom was 74.8 million tons, and that of Japan was 6.87 million tons. During the entire World War II, the United States produced a total of 86,338 tanks, 160,000 armored vehicles, and 2.4 million military vehicles.
Trucks, 297,000 aircraft, 64,500 landing craft, thousands of warships and 520 million tons of merchant ships.)
Liu Qing confirmed what Xu Yifan said: "Japan's so-called immigration is similar to the white people selling black slaves to the Americas in history. The property of the Lanyin natives was confiscated, and the men, women, old and young were all locked up together, and shipped to China by shipload like piglets.
, only a small amount of water and food were given along the way.
, after arriving at the ports in North and Northeast China, they were distributed uniformly by the puppet government according to the region. Under the whips and guns of the puppet army, those Lanyin people had to travel long distances to reach their destination. In this barbaric migration
On the way, at least a quarter of the weak people died."
Zhan Dao, director of the General Political Department, asked puzzledly: "Since Japan used such cruel methods to deal with the Lanyin people, why are these indigenous people still willing to be the lackeys of the Japanese?"
Xu Yifan said: "The migration process was violent, but once they arrived, Japan adopted a gentle approach. They sent people deep into the resettlement sites to apologize on behalf of the Japanese government, and used military stamps, land, production materials, etc. to support families that had lost their populations.
Compensation. Generally one village
Suppose there are two village chiefs, one Chinese and one Aboriginal. If there is any dispute, the Japanese colonial government will favor the Aboriginals. Through this method, the Aboriginals will have a psychological balance when they see the fate of the Chinese who are more miserable than themselves.
, naturally fell in favor of the Japanese."
The generals looked at each other, not expecting these Lanyin natives to be so easy to fool.
Chang Baofang said worriedly:
"The situation is not good now! The Japanese army's supplies can be obtained continuously through the Siberian Railway, but we need to fly thousands of miles from southern Sichuan to Mongolia, and then transport them from Mongolia to Central Asia by car or air, and finally by train or car
Send it to the frontline soldiers. If we hadn't developed a large-carrying aircraft like an airship, the military in Central Asia would have been out of food by now!"
Lieutenant General Shen Yanxiang, Director of the Munitions Department of the General Logistics Department, said:
"There are still surplus food and ammunition supplies for the Far East Army. I am worried that as the war continues, the logistics of the Far East Army will eventually come to bear on us. With our current supply capacity, we will be overwhelmed sooner or later. The top priority is,
It is to quickly restore industrial and agricultural production in Central Asia and achieve nearby supplies."
"This is the best way!"
An Yi nodded slightly: "Have you calculated the number of factories and enterprises in Central Asia? Is there a reasonable development plan?"
"The comrades of the democratic movement brigade and working groups stationed in various places to take over factories, enterprises, farms and ranches, preside over land reform and establish military control commissions have already handed over specific data. Our General Political Department and General Logistics Department have sent a joint investigation team to conduct a review.
.Originally we wanted to wait until the situation was confirmed before reporting, but since the chairman mentioned it, I will just say it briefly."
Zhan stood up with a thick report:
"As of the end of last month, we have established military control committees at all levels in cities along the Central Asian highways and railways, and established governments in areas with mature conditions. In addition to the south of Almaty, the important city of Karacapal Steppe is east of Kokand.
Outside the region, we have received a total of 986 factories and enterprises. The industrial categories include energy, metallurgy, machinery, chemicals, textiles, etc., among which energy
Sources are further divided into petroleum, coal and electricity, metallurgy includes steel and non-ferrous metals, machinery is divided into heavy machinery, power machinery, tractors and agricultural machinery, transportation machinery manufacturing, chemical industry includes chemical fertilizers, acids and alkalis, synthetic rubber, textile cotton and wool,
Factories such as linen fabrics are all available. Generally speaking, the industrial situation in Central Asia is better than we expected..."
Having said this, Zhan Dao simply stood up and came to the map and picked up the baton: "The large industrial bases include Karaganda, Guriyev, Aktyubinsk, Dzhekazgan, Semipaladinsk, and
Shigabat, Tashkent, etc., these industrial bases have basically formed a huge industrial chain including dozens of factories and enterprises based on the characteristics of the city. In addition, cities along railways and highways also have several to more than a dozen factories and enterprises.
It is completely feasible for us to use local resources in Central Asia to produce supplements nearby.
"Everyone, please look here - Karaganda, located in the heart of Central Asia, is a famous warehouse of coal, iron, manganese, copper, barite, polymetals and rare metals in Central Asia. It owns 27% of Kazakhstan's zinc.
35% gold, 47% lead, 60% tin, 63% molybdenum, 80% tungsten and all manganese,
There are also abundant rare metals, such as bismuth, silver, antimony, titanium, nickel, cobalt, corundum, arsenic, rare earths, etc. The Karaganda coal mine reserves are more than 2 billion tons, and the reserves of iron ore and polymetallic ores are abundant so far.
More than 20 iron mines have been proven, among which the Kentobe mine has reserves of more than 200 million tons. Karaganda is located in the entire large coal mining belt
In the central region, there are two large-scale iron mines in Karkhalinsk and Atasussky with reserves of more than 500 million tons. During the First Five-Year Plan, the Soviet government made full use of the coal and iron ore resources in the region to develop industry, in addition to electric power.
In addition to the steel industry, metal, machinery, chemical, cement and other industries are also very developed. As early as 30 to 5 years ago, Ka
Laganda has achieved an annual output of 2 million tons of steel, 5,000 tractors, and 2,000 trucks and buses. The Karaganda Military Factory is one of the top ten military factories in the Soviet Union. We only need to straighten out the relationship and improve the production line.
With proper transformation, Karaganda will soon become our most important arms and ammunition supply base.
"Look here again - Guriyev on the north coast of the Caspian Sea, Emba near the city, Zhilaya Shazui, Koscchagar, Dosol, Makat and other five oil fields are extremely rich in oil reserves, with an annual oil output of two million
tons and above, the industry is mainly oil refining and chemical industry, in addition to machinery manufacturing, shipbuilding and
Repairs, fish canning, and meat processing enterprises are also relatively developed. In the future, Guriyev will be our most important energy base. With the oil produced here, industrial development will have blood, and the troops can also supply fuel nearby.
, which greatly eases our logistical supply tension."
Zhan moved the baton in his hand: "Dezkazgan is located in the northeast of the Aral Sea and is known as the 'Copper City'. The copper mine reserves near the city are extremely rich. The Soviet Union carried out key planning and construction during the First Five-Year Plan. It is China's
It is the largest copper-producing center in Asia and even the entire Soviet Union, with large mining and metallurgical companies, including
There are a total of fourteen mining, mineral processing, and copper smelting plants. The industrial categories also include meat processing complexes, dairy plants, thermal power plants, etc. Data from the past three to five years is that the city can produce 60,000 tons of copper ingots annually. After technological transformation,
Production will also increase, which will provide our military industrial enterprises with a continuous supply of copper.
"Aktyubinsk is located in the northwest region of Kazakhstan. The Central Asian Railway and the North Kazakhstan Railway run through the entire territory. The Kustanay iron ore reserves near the city are as high as more than one billion tons, including bauxite, asbestos,
Phosphorus, nickel, chromium, potassium salt and other mineral reserves are also extremely rich, ore and metal smelting, steel, military industry, machinery
, metal processing, chemical industry, textile, shoemaking, food processing and other industrial categories are complete, especially military industrial enterprises relying on metal smelting and steel. With a little modification, they can produce bullets, artillery shells, grenades, landmines, semi-automatic rifles, automatic rifles and
Weapons such as cannons are the industrial center cities that we must focus on defending.
"Tashkent, located in southern Central Asia, is the capital of Uzbekistan. Within 500 kilometers nearby, there are rich reserves of copper mines, lignite, oil, sulfur, phosphorus and non-ferrous metals. The Soviet Union has built large mining and metallurgical companies here to produce copper and zinc.
, lead, sulfuric acid, chemical fertilizers, etc., as well as carpet-making complexes, automobile manufacturing and repair plants,
Our plan is to build this place into a capital of metal smelting and chemical industry, and then promote the overall industrial development of surrounding areas. In addition, the Nefteyabad oil field southeast of Leninabad and the Haodag oil field southwest of Stalinabad
, with an annual output of 500,000 tons of crude oil, which is a strong support for the development of our chemical industry in Tashkent!
“The Semipaladinsk Industrial Zone radiates to Ust-Kamen, Leninnogorsk, Zlyanovsk and other cities with huge reserves of metal symbiotic mines in the Altai Mountains of East Kazakhstan. Due to the Soviet Union’s
The five large-scale hydropower stations built on the Irtysh River and its tributaries have played a huge role. The area has convenient hydropower resources and has built lead-zinc, titanium-magnesium
and other metal smelting combined plants, as well as machinery manufacturing, textiles, building materials industries, and wood and food processing industries. In the past three to five years, the area has produced 55,000 tons of refined lead and 77,000 tons of crude zinc. In addition, nickel, magnesium, titanium
, the output of vanadium, tungsten, molybdenum, rare earths, gold, silver, and platinum group metals is also extremely considerable. In the future, it will be our focus to build a non-ferrous metallurgical industry center city.
"Ashgabat is located in the southwest of Central Asia and is the capital of Turkmenistan. There are sulfur, petroleum, Glauber's salt, coal, salt and other minerals nearby. Its industries include machinery manufacturing, motors, glass, petrochemicals, oil refining, textiles and food processing.
Among them, machinery manufacturing includes production engineering machinery, oil pumps, agricultural
Machinery, as well as factories and enterprises such as automobiles and diesel locomotives, and textiles include cotton spinning, silk reeling, carpet making factories and other factories. It is particularly important to note that the current oil production of the Cheleken and Nebitdag oil fields in this area has reached
One million tons has become another fuel replenishment channel for us.
"In the places I have listed here, since the Soviet Union planned hydropower at the beginning of construction, we do not need to spend extra energy on repeated construction. Most of the factories and enterprises organized by the Far East to be demolished from Siberia and the Ural region are currently moving to
After the relocation and resettlement of these areas is completed, the scale of the industry will expand exponentially. Therefore, I suggest that from now on, we must transfer manpower from factories in southern Sichuan and southern Yunnan and fly to Central Asia to work.
Let these factories restore production capacity as soon as possible. At the same time, we can use Soviet prisoners of war to build railway and road networks and promote the development of our transportation and circulation channels. If we want to get rich, we must first build roads. This is an eternal truth. With railways and roads
, not only has commerce and trade developed, but it will also be more convenient and faster to mobilize troops in the future. With such a multi-pronged approach, the development of Central Asia will surely embark on a high-speed track. In two or three years, it will not only meet the war needs of Central Asia, but also promote our South China.
construction.”
“These are great tips!”
An Yi nodded repeatedly and seemed very satisfied: "The work of the Political Department has been done very meticulously. I will discuss it with Chu'er, Sister Qian, Chong'an, and He Jing later, and we will send skilled workers to work in Central Asia as soon as possible.
regulations. In addition, while those factories and enterprises in Central Asia are starting to operate, the Syrian government research institute will also send experts to conduct a comprehensive inspection of those backward production lines to see if they can be improved through technological reforms.
Upgrading manufacturing to save labor costs and increase production capacity. For example, steelmaking must use our current pure oxygen top-blown converter steelmaking method. In this way, steelmaking costs can be reduced by 60% in a short period of time, and production speeds can be tripled.
, the utilization rate of ore raw materials has increased by 80%! By the way, have your General Political Department and General Logistics Department come up with a specific resettlement plan? How to arrange the workers who migrated from the Far East Republic?"
"It's simple-"
Zhan Dao smiled slightly: "All demolished factories will be accepted according to the original units. Anyway, the Far East Republic, like the Soviet Union, implements militarized management of factories, so they are not afraid of trouble. As for the shortfall, the local people will
They are recruited from the middle and put on the job after centralized training. Due to our propaganda, the Central Asian people now hate the Soviet Union to the extreme, and we have successfully controlled the hearts and minds of the people."
An Yi and Liu Qing looked at each other tacitly, knowing that those shady and dark methods were at work.
In real history, during World War II, Stalin sent a large number of Red Army troops, disguised as the invading German army, and went deep behind enemy lines to commit crimes and destroy the reputation of the German army. He also used the photos and audio-visual materials he took to strengthen the determination of Soviet personnel to fight against fascism. In this
During the period, in order to discredit the Far Eastern Republic, Moscow sent people to wear Far Eastern Army uniforms and manufactured them in Western Siberia.
A series of tragedies, and terrorist activities carried out in the name of the Far East Army in Moscow and other places, caused the good reputation that the Far East Army had finally established to collapse. Everyone shouted for beating! An Yi just ordered Liu Qing to follow the same method. The only difference
Yes, the Soviet army deliberately forged it, while An Jiajun knew that the tragedy happened but had no direct evidence, so he had to choose people from among the prisoners to act out.
Chang Baofang suggested: “The wheat, barley, corn, millet, rye, rice and other cereals and potatoes we planted in the central and northern regions of Kazakhstan from May to June are growing well and are expected to be harvested in September or October.
.But before that, we have to supply by air. If the Far Eastern Army needs supplies in the future,
It also falls on us, so even if the food is harvested, there will be a large gap, and our logistics department will have to increase air transportation. Therefore, I also agree to deal with the remaining Soviet troops in southern Central Asia as soon as possible, so we should seize the time
If so, you can also plant a season of potatoes and sweet potatoes, supplemented by plastic film, and harvest them before it snows."
At this moment, the wall clock on the wall of the conference room rang loudly and struck twelve times.
An Yi stood up and said loudly: "Okay, today's meeting will be held here. When we go back, we will each perform our responsibilities and implement the spirit of today's meeting. I will fly to southern Yunnan in the afternoon. Mr. Tesla's regular supervisor
There has been a breakthrough in the research on projectile orbits, I have to go and take a look. At the same time, I also want to take a look at the development of the nuclear reactor, and then discuss with Chu'er about dispatching workers."
The generals all stood up, solemnly saluted An Yi, respectfully watched An Yi leave, and then slowly dispersed.