Neither Sun Bu Luo nor Ying Jiang took the lead, but let the stubborn army take the lead...
Sun Erwei found an excuse to go to Yuncheng on a business trip because he couldn't bear the loneliness. In fact, he went to have fun and have a good time.
Colonel Ian organized a study on the air defense system at the three stores... The air defense system is not something you can use immediately after you buy it. Even if you know how to use it, the technicians have to learn how to maintain it at the three stores.
But this is really embarrassing for Su Xin. The Eighth Route Army itself uses tube computers but has to produce and maintain relay computers. It's just like having to go back to traditional mobile phones after getting used to smart phones in modern times.
It took time for both of them to rush back to Liyuan, so they let the other person take the lead.
On this day Wang Xuexin was looking at the list of materials seized in Taiyuan. To be precise, it was not the materials seized but the industries seized.
Which one should you choose between a chicken that lays golden eggs and several golden eggs?
Any fool knows that he should choose the chicken that lays golden eggs.
Industry is the chicken, and materials are the golden eggs.
But only fools ask multiple-choice questions. In the battle in Taiyuan, the Eighth Route Army took all the industry and supplies as ordered:
3 million tons of steel.
There are more than 25,000 rifles.
3900 machine guns.
More than 200,000 tons of canned goods.
In addition, there are flour, cloth, compressed biscuits, military uniforms...
Needless to say about industry, if there are these "eggs", of course there are "chickens" that can lay these "eggs".
Speaking of which, Wang Xuexin also has to thank Okamura Neiji. If he had not underestimated the enemy and believed that the Eighth Route Army could not launch an attack from the direction of Luliang Mountain, these materials and factories would not have fallen into the hands of the Eighth Route Army so completely.
There were indeed some industries before the Eighth Route Army, such as a weaving factory and a biscuit factory set up in three stores.
But factories or industries are not as simple as imagined.
Take the weaving industry as an example. Wang Xuexin did use a trick to steal a batch of machines from the Japanese for spinning and weaving to solve the problem of food and clothing, but it only solved the problem of food and clothing.
Does the cloth need to be dyed after weaving?
Does dyeing require dye?
Do you still need a tailor?
You even need a designer to design the clothes!
All of these need to form a complete industrial chain to be competitive and open up doors in the market. Otherwise, what will be sold will always be the cheapest white cloth and you will only be able to earn hard-earned money.
Now, Taiyuan is quite complete under the management of Yan Laoxi and the strengthening of the Japanese industry. What moved Wang Xuexin the most was the seizure of five thermal power plants... This basically ended the Eighth Route Army's consumption of gasoline.
The era of using automobile engines to generate electricity also reduced costs and laid a foundation for industrialization.
In fact, Wang Xuexin thinks that he has to thank Yan Laoxi. This is not only because he laid the foundation when he was in Taiyuan. For example, he built four of the five airports and built most of the military factories.
Three of the power stations existed originally, and there were also railways, highways, coal mines, etc., all of which were contributed to by Yan Laoxi.
What is even more grateful to Yan Laoxi is that he escaped so quickly that Shanxi's industry was almost completely captured by the Japanese, and now Wang Xuexin was able to recover it completely.
"Captain!" Zhang Zongping reported at this time: "The Japs in Linfen evacuated last night!"
Wang Xuexin said "hmm".
After Taiyuan was recaptured, it was inevitable that the Japanese would completely withdraw from Shanxi.
The terrain of Shanxi is very special. It is called "closed but not closed" and is also called a "natural castle".
These two statements have the same meaning, which means that Shanxi can be blocked from the outside world, but it is very difficult for outsiders to surround Shanxi.
The reason is that Shanxi has many geographically advantageous checkpoints, such as Shahukou, Piantou Pass, Ningwuguan, as well as the famous Yanmen Pass, Pingxing Pass, Niangzi Pass, etc.
However, most of these important passes are in the north, and there is only one Tianjing Pass in the south.
At this time, once the Eighth Route Army occupied Taiyuan, all the passes in the north had nothing to do with the Japanese. Once the Eighth Route Army's Yuncheng troops attacked eastward to occupy Tianjing Pass, the Japanese would be sealed. At that time, the Japanese would have no other way but to cross the Taihang Mountains.
Walk.
In order not to be surrounded, the Japanese had no choice but to withdraw from Shanxi.
This is why Taiyuan is so important. To sum it up in one sentence, "Those who have Taiyuan will get Shanxi."
There are advantages and disadvantages to the Japanese's voluntary withdrawal.
The advantage is that you no longer have to waste troops and resources fighting the Japanese.
The disadvantage is that with the cruelty of the Japanese, they can basically burn and kill, but they will not leave anything behind for the Eighth Route Army... It is not difficult to imagine that those places are like a scorched earth.
Fortunately, the commander had long expected that the Japanese would do this, so he ordered Yuncheng's troops to feint to the east.
In fact, the Eighth Route Army had no offensive energy in the direction of Yuncheng, and its troops and resources were concentrated in the north.
The leader had only one purpose in doing this, which was to speed up the retreat of the Japanese so that they would have no time and energy to kill the people.
"Captain!" Just when Wang Xuexin was lost in thought, a guard reported: "Captain Chu Yunfei Chu wants to see you!"
"Chu Yunfei?" Wang Xuexin was very surprised: "Why is he here?"
Wang Xuexin was surprised. First, he wondered why Chu Yunfei came all the way to Liyuan. Second, he was surprised that Chu Yunfei, as an officer of the Shanxi-Sui Army, could enter the Eighth Route Army Liyuan Airport without Wang Xuexin's knowledge!
Later, Wang Xuexin found out that Chu Yunfei bribed Yingjiang's pilot to fly on Yingjiang's plane... Yingjiang's plane carrying supplies came and went without checking, so this loophole was taken advantage of.
As for the safety awareness of Yingjiang pilots... There is a shortage of Yingjiang pilots during this period. Many pilots are from civil aviation or flying clubs and take up their posts after a little training. Even female pilots are put into use in large numbers (female pilots generally perform safer transportation in the second line).
mission), such pilots cannot ask for too much and hope that they have the alertness of soldiers.
Wang Xuexin hesitated for a moment, and then ordered: "Let him come in!"
Soon Chu Yunfei appeared at Wang Xuexin's headquarters with an entourage. He was wearing a long gown, a wide-brimmed hat, and even a pair of dirty round-frame sunglasses on the bridge of his nose.
Seeing Wang Xuexin, Chu Yunfei quickly took off his sunglasses and walked forward quickly, shaking hands like a good friend reunited after a long time: "Hey! Brother Wang, long time no see! How are you doing, Brother Wang?"
"Thanks to Brother Chu, everything is fine!" Wang Xuexin was a little uncomfortable with Chu Yunfei's formal speaking tone. Thinking about it, he thought Li Yunlong's speaking style was more smooth.
Chu Yunfei said with a smile: "Brother Wang, I'm going to look at you with admiration after three days of separation! When you were in the independent regiment, you were just a company commander, but now you can stand alone!"
"What the hell!" Wang Xuexin pretended to be modest: "It's just some luck. By the way, Brother Chu is here..."
"Oh!" Chu Yunfei seemed to have remembered the business. He took a small box from his entourage and handed it to Wang Xuexin. He said, "It's a little disrespectful. I asked someone to bring this from Switzerland."
The watch is not worth much! I hope Brother Wang will accept it!"
Wang Xuexin confiscated it. He knew that it would not be that simple. It was impossible for Chu Yunfei to make a special trip just to give a watch, even though the watch was probably worth a lot of money.
"Brother Chu, you're welcome!" Wang Xuexin said, "As the saying goes, no reward will be given without merit..."
Chu Yunfei hurriedly interrupted Wang Xuexin: "Hey, how can you say it was a futile effort? Brother Wang helped us retake Taiyuan, which is a great achievement!"
Wang Xuexin thought in his mind: Want to trade a watch for Taiyuan? You must be thick-skinned!