During the Republic of China, Shanghai experienced abnormal economic prosperity due to the colonial aggression of foreign powers, and was even considered to be the largest city in Asia surpassing Tokyo, Japan. However, in the eyes of Hu Weidong, an industrialist party, these parasitic people obtained nutrients from other parts of China.
Industry is not of great benefit to the national economy, especially under the current situation that China is still a backward agricultural country.
However, even if we only talk about Shanghai's industry, there is still no other city in China that can compare with it at this time. As a typical colonial city, Shanghai's industry is mainly light industry, but even Shanghai with a relatively small proportion
Heavy industry, before the Anti-Japanese War, still occupied the top spot in the mainland. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, because Shanghai was relatively safe under the "protection" of the great powers, a large number of wealthy people poured into Shanghai to escape.
It was difficult, and the Japanese military also had many orders and even investments due to war needs. All of this led to Shanghai's industry ushering in a short golden period due to consumption and investment. Today, Shanghai's industrial scale has even exceeded
The total industrial output of the Kuomintang-controlled areas, even Luoyang, the largest industrial center in the Central Plains Border Region, if not counting Gong County and other surrounding counties, is currently not as high as Shanghai, which has a population of several million.
Therefore, Hu Weidong unhesitatingly proposed that Shanghai should be included in the Central Plains Border Region in order to take advantage of the technical and managerial talents of the Central Plains Industrial Zone. Since what Hu Weidong said was indeed reasonable, the great people approved his request and included the more developed industries in the same industry.
Southern Jiangsu and Nanjing, which can ensure safety, are included in the Central Plains Border Region.
.As for Hangzhou, which is also a large coastal city, because the Red Party is temporarily unable to deploy excess sea defense forces, it can only transfer Hangzhou's schools, factories and ordinary citizens who are willing to leave to Shanghai and southern Jiangsu as much as possible, leaving only a few
The troops maintained law and order in the city to avoid unnecessary losses from a large-scale attack by the Japanese fleet.
As we all know, Shanghai-Nanjing-Hangzhou is the most economically developed region in China and is also very densely populated. After being placed under the jurisdiction of the Central Plains Border Region, the total population of the Central Plains Border Region has exceeded 100 million, and its total economic output accounts for 15% of the country's total.
The proportion is even more
Halfway through. Coupled with the unparalleled strength of the 15th Army, this was almost a dominating situation. For this reason, the great man also made a certain balance. He called the Central Plains Military Region Headquarters and asked the 15th Army to withdraw.
Not less than 50,000
Military and political cadres and technical personnel, plus no less than 30,000 elite infantrymen, merged with the current New Fourth Army to form the Jiangnan Military Region with a total strength of more than 600,000. Among them, 400,000 field troops were called the "Jiangnan Field Army".
Except Shanghai
The Jiangnan Military Region is responsible for the defense and strategy of the Ning-Hang Golden Triangle and other areas south of the Yangtze River. This means that the Central Plains Military Region generally has no major battles to fight. Hu Weidong's future work focus will also shift from military to civil affairs.
The personnel of the Jiangnan Field Army mainly came from the original New Fourth Army, and its backbone came from the 15th Group Army. However, the commander and political commissar of the Field Army were Liu Bocheng and Deng Gong from the Eighth Route Army system, while Chen Yi and Tan Zhenlin from the original New Fourth Army system served as
Deputy Director
When the commander and deputy political commissar Hu Weidong learned about it, he couldn't help but admire Taizu's talent for employing people. Due to the butterfly effect caused by his time travel, the New Fourth Army in this time and space no longer has top-notch generals, making the New Fourth Army's development and achievements comparable to those in history.
Incomparable. But history
After Liu Shuai, the first person in military theory within the Red Party, became the commander of the Jiangnan Field Army, this problem was naturally solved. On the one hand, Liu Shuai's own military command was outstanding, and on the other hand, he was also very good at discovering and cultivating military talents.
The second person is more
It is suitable for the Jiangnan Field Army. Now that Deng Gong, who is deeply trusted by Taizu, has become the political commissar of the Jiangnan Field Army and the Secretary of the Jiangnan Bureau, he will definitely be able to quickly eliminate the negative impact that Wang Ming had on the New Fourth Army when he was the Secretary of the Yangtze River Bureau. This will have a great impact on the future of the Jiangnan Field Army.
very important
At the same time as the Jiangnan Field Army was established, other major field armies were also established one after another. Among them, the Northwest Field Army had 300,000 people, with Mr. Peng as the commander and political commissar, also known as the First Field Army; the North China Field Army had 700,000 people, with Mr. Lin as the commander.
The commander, Luo Ronghuan, serves as the political commissar. This is the Second Field Army; the Northeast Field Army has 400,000 people.
With Xu Xiangqian as the commander and Gao Yuan as the political commissar, this is the fourth field army. Liu and Deng's army in the south of the Yangtze River is the fifth field army. Although it is the last in the sequence and relatively weak in strength, its development potential is huge because the Yangtze River
Everything to the south will be left to them to conquer. This alone shows the great man's trust and importance in Liu and Deng at this time.
As the third field army, the Central Plains Field Army is undoubtedly the most powerful among the five field armies. Although the 600,000 field troops are not the largest, they are second only to the North China Field Army, which was developed from the main force of the Eighth Route Army. Regardless of the quality of its soldiers and officers,
still
In terms of weapons and equipment, the Central Plains Field Army is far from comparable to other field armies. In addition, the number of local troops and basic militiamen in the Central Plains Border Region is almost equal to that of all other major military regions combined. Such a dominant situation is obviously not good, so
central
With a transfer order, Ma Zhongying's New 51st Division and Sun Liren's New 38th Division, the two most powerful divisions in the Central Plains Field Army, were transferred to the North China Field Army, where the main force was about to leave, to help it regain the Northeast. This undoubtedly made the 15th Group Army
The strength is greatly weakened, but
Hu Weidong was unable to object, because he also knew that the Northeast battlefield area was indeed suitable for mechanized and motorized troops, and rather than letting his subordinates waste time in the Central Plains border areas where there was no battle to fight, it would be better to let them go to the Northeast battlefield to continue fighting the Japanese.
For the Central Plains Border Region, which has sufficient reserve troops, the loss of more than 50,000 people can be made up immediately. However, the combat effectiveness of the newly formed light infantry unit cannot be compared to these two long-honed ace heavy armor divisions. As for the North China Field Army
They also encountered an ironic trouble there. Since the heavy armored division's logistical pressure was much greater than that of the light armored division, Mr. Lin, who didn't want to give up these two ace troops, had to grit his teeth and eliminate the 200,000 field troops.
(Reduced to local troops, and some local troops were also reduced to basic militia.) However, in this way, the North China Field Army's already seriously unbalanced "field troops, local troops basic militia" strength balance was much more balanced.
For the North China Border Region, which was in urgent need of young and strong labor for post-reconstruction reconstruction, this was naturally not a bad thing, and its most direct impact was that the construction progress of Baotou Industrial Zone was greatly accelerated (to be continued.)