After Jiang Cheng left, several plainclothes men came to Gan Doulan's house again. They came to tell Gan Doulan about the confidentiality mechanism. Any unit that Jiang Cheng brought as a shareholder in the machinery and technology would have to learn this lesson.
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——Luliang Mountain
Takeda Yixiong opened his eyes and looked at the blue sky and white clouds in the sky, surrounded by sleeping Japanese troops. After being discovered by the Eighth Route Army Air Force, planes continued to come for air raids. In order to ensure safety, the Japanese troops had to fly at night and hide in daylight, but they walked on mountain roads at night
It was extremely dangerous. More than 200 Japanese soldiers disappeared due to mistakes, getting lost, etc. As soon as day came, the Japanese soldiers hid in the mountains and forests, covering their bodies with grass and other objects they carried with them, waiting for night to come.
"Go to sleep quickly, don't be left behind at night." Ushijima said softly.
"How is your Excellency, Commander? Is the injury not getting worse?" Takeda turned around and asked.
"You, how long have you been, and you still care about his injuries? It's okay. It's just that two fingers were blown off by the bomb, and it was on the left hand. The rest of the injuries are minor and harmless. Once you apply medicine, it will be fine.
Ushijima replied, "How long do we have before we can get out? I see that the condition of the soldiers is getting worse and worse. Now we have almost five to six thousand casualties, most of which are caused by air strikes."
Takeda Takeo took out the map and said, "It should be soon. You can see that the river is already two or three meters wide. As far as I know, we will reach the mountain town when it reaches four or five meters."
"Takeda-kun! Takeda-kun! Your Excellency, division commander, there is smoke! There is smoke!!" Several scouts hurried over and said out of breath.
"What kind of smoke is there? Tell me slowly." Several generals came around and asked.
"It's cooking smoke. Behind that mountain, it's white smoke. It must be cooking smoke!" The scout shouted excitedly.
"Yo Xi, we are finally going out of the mountain!" "Great, we're right in front." "Yes, thanks to Takeda-kun for leading the way." "I want to eat hot rice, and I don't want to eat these damn marching pills anymore.
Already."
Takeda Yixiong also smiled and said, "Great, generals, please tell the people below this good news. Everyone should pay attention, we have not reached a safe place yet. When we reach the town, do not disband the military discipline, seize the time and continue marching. The Eighth Route Army a few days ago
They discovered us, and someone must be chasing us. If we waste time just for the sake of temporary happiness, everyone will be unlucky in the end."
Everyone nodded, and Yoshimoto Teiichi said, "The first unit to arrive in the town immediately maintains order and clears the road so that people behind can pass quickly. There must be an Eighth Route Army waiting for us in front. We can't give them time to assemble, so we leave as soon as possible."
The better.”
——Wuzhai County three days later
"Charge! We must rush out! Go home!!" Countless Japanese soldiers charged towards Wuzhai County with rifles. Countless bullets flying from the county town knocked down these Japanese soldiers one after another, and they rushed up one after another.
The hope of returning home made these Japanese soldiers forget their pain and death, and charged forward crazily.
"Damn it, how many people are here? Are these Japs or locusts? Why can't they be beaten no matter how hard they are beaten?" Yang Xiushan, the commander of the Eighth Route Army stationed here, said helplessly as he looked at the seemingly endless crowd of people.
"Captain, we can't fight any more. We're almost out of ammunition." The logistics officer hurried over and said.
"Then withdraw! The division commander said we don't want us to fight hard. There are friendly forces waiting for them in front. Although they cannot completely annihilate these Japanese troops, it is enough to skin them."
Seeing the county seat being blown apart, Ushijima and others happily waved their sabers and shouted "Hello".
"Okay, let's go northwest. When we reach Pianguan, we will be safe." Yoshimoto Teiichi said excitedly.
At the cost of losing nearly half of its military strength, the Japanese army finally broke out of the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army and returned to the areas controlled by the Japanese army. However, at this time, the four divisions of the Third Army plus the remaining troops in other places only had more than 20,000 troops.
There were thousands of injured soldiers among them, and their combat strength was as high as four-fifths. They had to retreat continuously. Finally, with the support of the North China Front, the entire Shanxi Province became a liberated area with the Great Wall as the boundary.
Sugiyama Gen lost two fingers in the battle and was sent to Tokyo. The Third Army once again had no commander, but the Third Army was not worried about this because the entire strategy of withdrawing troops from the pass had been completely determined.
The four divisions of the three armies that suffered heavy losses were all within the retreat range. They could finally go home. Many of them would be discharged from the army. They were planning what they would do to make a living after returning home. But what they didn’t know was that in the near future,
In the future, they will pick up guns again, but the situation then will be completely different.
——Taiyuan
Yan Xishan looked at the Eighth Route Army that kept joining Taiyuan City, and his heart felt dull. Liang Huazhi said behind him, "Sir Yan, we don't have time to regret now. One hundred thousand Shanxi-Sui Army can defeat these troops with just one order from you."
Less than 10,000 Eighth Route Army troops were all annihilated."
Yan Xishan glared and shouted, "Confused! Are our opponents just these ten thousand people? If we take action, hundreds of thousands of Eighth Route Army troops will rush over and tear us apart!!" Yan Xishan shook his head and said, "
It’s easy to ask God, but it’s hard to send God. Without strength, who will listen to our voice? Let’s see what they are going to do first. Come on, the meeting is about to start, let’s go and take a look.”
Yan Xishan and others arrived at the compound of the new anti-Japanese unified democratic government. The huge blue sky and white sun flag was hung in the center, with the heads of Sun Yat-sen and Marx on both sides. This scene was probably the only one in the whole of China.
"Sir Yan, come on, come on, you're too late, everyone is waiting for you." Mr. Zhu held Yan Xishan's hand and said repeatedly.
Yan Xishan pretended to be surprised and asked, "Oh? Is there still a place for me?"
Boss Zhu looked at Yan Xishan, who was pretending to be surprised, and said, "You are the commander-in-chief of our second theater. This is what we agreed. We, the Red Party, speak with spit and nail, and we will never lie to you."
Yan Xishan nodded and said, "Okay, let's have a meeting together."
Entering the venue, Yan Xishan found that the seats were already full, and there were many people he knew. The stool in the middle was empty, with the words "Yan Xishan" written clearly on the front.
Mr. Zhu waved his hand and said, "Please take a seat."
Yan Xishan nodded and sat down.
Mr. Zhu sat next to him and said, "Everyone, I just received the telegram from the 115th Division. The Japanese army has retreated to Pianguan, and the entire Shanxi south of the Great Wall has been recovered! Shanxi has become the first country to be completely recovered since September 18th.
Province, this is not the end, but the starting point. We must build Shanxi into the anti-Japanese rear area, the anti-Japanese military camp, and the anti-Japanese arsenal to completely drive the Japanese army out of China and win the final victory."
There was a roar and applause. Mr. Zhu continued, "The next three months to half a year are our repair period and our construction period. During this period, the troops must continue to train and restore their combat effectiveness."
, industry, and agriculture must also resume production as quickly as possible. In this regard, Chief Yan will introduce the specific situation in Shanxi."
Yan Xishan saw everyone looking at him and knew that they were testing him. If he didn't even know the specific situation in Shanxi, it would be an easy thing to fool him later.
Yang Aiyuan and Liang Huazhi looked at Yan Xishan with some worry. Yan Xishan stood up and said haha, "Our Eighth Route Army and Shanxi-Sui Army fought very well and deserve commendation. We have a small population in Shanxi. After this period of war,
, I estimate there are still about 10 million. In terms of industry, the Japanese have left us nothing. For example, the oil refining equipment has been brought to Japan. There is still some steel industry. The northwest steelmaking plant can continue to produce, and Japan has strengthened it.
Take a look. The daily steel production is close to one hundred tons, of which the steel production is about one thousand tons a year. There is a lot of coal outside Shanxi. As long as you are willing to invest, it can be restored soon. The arsenal has also restored some, and can produce firearms and forced labor.
Shooting, but the output is not high." Then he looked at Mr. Zhu and smiled and said, "Damn little devil, you ruined ten years of my hard work, I really hate it."
Boss Zhu understood that Yan Xishan was implying that the Eighth Route Army made his fortune by moving his family property, and hoped that the Eighth Route Army would not forget him, so he smiled and said nothing.
Yan Xishan continued, "Agriculture? Our Shanxi has many mountains and little land, only about 530,000 hectares, and there are also large tracts of cultivated land with low yields. We Shanxi people are suffering..." Yan Xishan shed a few tears as he spoke.
While wiping away tears, I secretly observed the crowd and saw that most of my people lowered their heads and looked sad. The people in the Eighth Route Army also sighed and couldn't help but be deeply satisfied with my performance.
Mr. Zhu took over and said, "Everyone knows the specific situation. Comrade Ren Chi will speak next." Mr. Zhu introduced to Yan Xishan, "This is Comrade Ren Chi, an overseas Chinese from the United States. He is very knowledgeable about industrial planning."
He’s the deputy minister of industry in our border region who knows something.”
Ren Chi, who was originally fair and chubby, did not seem to have changed much except that his skin had become a lot darker. Ren Chi smiled and said, "Our foundation in Shanxi is still very good. The steel plant can still produce more than 20,000 tons per year, and the electricity and coal resources are also good."
It's sufficient, but not enough. This month, other comrades and I basically figured out the situation and made the following plans."
Ren Chi stood up, pointed at the map and said, "Let me talk about our border area first. By the end of 2038, all the plans for our first Yan'an Comprehensive Economic Conference had been achieved. We have built a cement factory, a glass factory, a steel factory, an oil...
A heavy industry system composed of a series of heavy industry plants including chemical plants, three acid and two alkali plants, synthetic ammonia plants, and small machinery plants. The light industry has also basically completed the transformation from scratch. By the end of 2038, steel production had reached an annual output of 30,000 tons of steel.
Among them, 5,000 tons of steel.
For Shanxi, we plan to follow the original plan of Chief Yan and continue to use Taiyuan and Jinzhong as the centers of the industrial zone. After all, the infrastructure construction here has been completed, which can save a lot of time. We plan to turn Northwest Steel into the center by the end of 2039.
The factory is expanding again, and the first phase of the project will be completed this year. At the same time, Luliang, Linfen, and Changzhi will serve as three sub-centers. By the beginning of 40, the steel output of the entire Shanxi Province is required to reach 80,000 tons per year, and the total output of the border areas will reach 80,000 tons.
130,000 tons. Among them, the high-quality steel that can be made into gun steel must reach more than 5,000 tons. The ordinary steel must reach more than 20,000 tons."
As he spoke, Ren Chi explained, "Because this year is still dominated by construction, this is only the planned output. It may take 40 years for real steel to be produced. But it is hard to say what the situation will be after one year."
After finishing speaking, Ren Chi continued, "In addition, in the three sub-centers and the main center of Taiyuan, we need to build the same industrial system as the Yan'an Border Region, especially factories involved in military industry. We must give priority to construction. In terms of military industry, we must continue to expand the existing industrial system."
, rebuild the Northwest Manufacturing Plant, Northwest Repair Plant, Northwest Machine Tool Factory, Northwest Yucai Steelmaking Machinery Factory, and Northwest Chemical Factory, and establish two major military factory centers in Yan'an and Taiyuan. In 40 years, they can produce 100,000 rifles per year.
There are 5,000 light machine guns, 2,000 heavy machine guns, 2,000 82 mortars, and 200 combat defense guns. We can also produce mountain guns, field guns and heavy mortars by ourselves. At the same time, we will build new bullet factories and artillery shell factories.
Ask for 30% of our needs.”
"No, no!!!" Liang Huazhi stood up and said, "Have you ever engaged in industry? Is this industry achieved overnight? Do you know how much effort we put into developing industry in Shanxi? This is not recruiting troops, setting up an industry
The flag is fine. If you want to expand, what should you do with the machinery and equipment? Where will you find the workers? Where will the raw materials come from?"
"Sit down!!" Yan Xishan stood up and shouted, "No matter how big or small! Vice Minister Ren is speaking now, when is the time for you to speak?" He said to Mr. Zhu with a smile, "I am a secretary, no matter how big or small!"
.I will deal with him well when I go back. I think Minister Ren’s plan is very good. It’s very grand. If I had known you earlier, I would definitely let you plan our Shanxi industry. Continue, continue, hahaha.”
Ren Chi looked at Yan Xishan and said, "You don't believe me?"
Yan Xishan quickly waved his hand and said, "Believe it! How could I not believe it?" Yan Xishan said, "But I think it's better to take it slow. Don't be anxious. This little devil can't be driven out in a day. Your fur
Didn’t the chairman already say that we need to fight a protracted war?”
Mr. Zhu waved his hand and said, "Ren Chi, Chief Yan is our chief. How do you say this? Chief Yan, this Ren Chi grew up in the United States and does not understand dignity. You should take more responsibility for the moment, but Minister Ren
I think there is no problem with the plan. As for the equipment problem you are worried about, we actually have a way to solve it. As for workers, we also have a set of methods and institutions to train workers. In one year, as long as we work hard, I think it can be solved.
Achieved. Of course, Chief Yan, you are the head of our government. You have the right to veto whether this plan is passed or not."
Yan Xishan thought for a while and said with a smile, "Passed, of course passed, but I think this way, we should make a plan every month. Don't you red party like to make plans the most? If we fail to meet the plan for two consecutive months
If you ask, how about we change the overall plan?"
Ren Chi said excitedly, "If I can't realize my plan by the end of 40, I am willing to engage in military law!"
