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Text Chapter 520: Going West and Going North

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    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 production of ammunition will not continue to increase due to the lack of copper shells. The production of artillery shells and bullets.  The most important thing is that he no longer has to accept Jiangbei's sky-high asking prices.  And by this time next year, with Jiangbei too busy to take care of himself, even if he wanted to purchase copper, he would have nowhere to go.

    As for oil, the same thing applies.  In the future, we must 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 fuel consumer, the navy, the armored forces and aviation forces it wants to develop are both fuel tigers.  Especially Soviet-style tanks and combat vehicles, almost all of them are oil tigers.

    Without taking over Longjiang Province, which contains strategic resources related to its own success or failure, it will not be able to solve these two vital lifelines that are the biggest constraints on its own 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 was later the main distribution area of ??Daqing Oilfield, must not fall into the hands of the Japanese.

    As long as we can occupy Longjiang Province, we will rely on its rich oil and copper resources.  Coupled with the nickel ore resources in Luobei and Yilan, only then can we truly establish a batch of modern defense industries on the basis of self-sufficiency, and be invincible in future wars. Only then can we truly establish a force that can completely  Defeat the modern army of the Japanese.

    Yang Zhen made a deal with the Americans this time. Regardless of the objections 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. Even 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.

    From the perspective of Americans, this top military leader in the Northeast region can almost be described as being fussy about other matters.  But spending such a large amount of money to introduce things they don't need can indeed be called weird.  Could it be that this dictator could conjure oil from the sky?

    And not only drilling equipment, but also the kind of deep drilling equipment that can drill to a depth of more than 1,400 meters.  To Americans, this is pure madness.  Even if there is an oil well at a depth of 1,400 meters, 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 a seizure or a wizard can conjure oil from the sky.  But the dollars that come to your door are not earned if you don¡¯t earn them.  How he uses these oil equipment is his business. The most important thing is that he spends less cash in disguise, right?

    "Compared to the Americans' incomprehension, the commander-in-chief and Li Yanlu's reaction was much greater.  If the central government had not given Yang Zhen full authority to decide this negotiation, neither of them would have agreed to Yang Zhen's prodigality.  In the eyes of the two of them, Yang Zhen went too far. Not only did he import a lot of useless equipment, he 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 lecturers, specifically for  Training 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 a year in Soviet oil refineries and non-ferrous metal smelting plants.  To learn petroleum refining and non-ferrous metal smelting.  None of them could understand the reason why Yang Zhen did this.

    Yang Zhen did not explain the incomprehension between the commander-in-chief and Li Yanlu.  Because he is only making advance preparations now. Even if he actually captures Longjiang Province, he is not prepared to exploit oil in advance.  Now his main job 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 the risk of turning all the Japanese army's attention to himself.  Yang Zhen knew that for Japan, which has a huge fleet, oil as the main fuel for the ships is the lifeblood of its survival.  Once the Japanese army discovers that the oil produced in the Northeast alone is more than enough to meet all its needs, it will definitely do its best to fight for it.

    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, its own wings, which are far from full-fledged, will still be far from being an opponent.  Sometimes procrastination is a tactic.

    And in addition to Daqing Oilfield, there are also Liaohe Oilfield and Jilin Oilfield in Northeast China.?.  It can even be said that the entire Songliao Plain is rich in oil.  He could not take the chance that the Japanese army would have a chain reaction and have the opportunity to solve the required oil resources by himself.

    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 on its own, it is impossible to fight a comprehensive war with Japan by gathering the strength of the whole country.  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 Daxingan Mountains to the west of Qiqihar is a very good natural defense position for his future petrochemical base.  With the natural barrier of Daxinganling, 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 of the Japanese First Division in Heihe, forming a closed-door and dog-fighting trend.  After the First Division was lost in Qiqihar, unless they planned to cross the hundreds of kilometers of no-man's land in the Greater Khingan Mountains, they could only bite the bullet and break out south.

    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, the First Division, which has the most sophisticated equipment among the various divisions of the Japanese army and has the largest number of troops, will never be allowed to continue 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.  Yang Zhen would have trouble sleeping and eating unless he pulled out the sharp knife that was pressed against his back.  Unless Yang Zhen does not intend to occupy Harbin for a long time, just like the previous Anti-Japanese Alliance, he will grab a handful after opening the city and leave.

    But Yang Zhen had no such plan.  He not only wanted to regain the entire Binjiang Province of Manchuria, but also wanted to take over the entire Longjiang Province of Manchuria.  Therefore, for Yang Zhen, this First Division, like the 51st Division stationed in Qiqihar at this time, must be solved.

    The 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 does not pay attention to the First Division, but 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 the importance, Yang Zhen had to first deal with the 51st Division, which was relatively weak in combat effectiveness and poorly equipped.  After seizing Qiqihar and completely blocking the retreat of the First Division, they then turned around and tried their best to deal with the First Division, which was known as 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 all the main forces of the four columns, as well as the armored and cavalry brigades, to defeat the 51st Division, the main obstacle in front of him, in the shortest possible time.

    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, and the 5th Independent Brigade, as well as the main force of the Armored Brigade and the Cavalry Brigade.  Go westward with all your strength.  Lanxi, Zhaoyuan and Zhaozhou were captured one after another, and the main army divided into two groups to attack Anda, Lindian and Duerbot banners.  And launched a fierce battle with the First Division of the Japanese 51st Division on the Anda front 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. He and the Japanese First Division went south 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 focused 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-unit organization, and its firepower distribution is also unique among the divisions of the entire Kwantung Army.  Although there are four regiments to which it belongs, there are only two brigades stationed in Heihe.  The remaining 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 divisional artillery regiment, there are also two field heavy artillery regiments.  They are all equipped with 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 various divisions with search regiments equipped with tanks and motorized infantry in 1939, the cavalry regiment of the First Division was not abolished like other Japanese divisions.  On the contrary, it directly increased one??Organization of tank regiment.

    Except for a small number of Type 95 light tanks, most of the tanks in this tank wing are all the latest Japanese Type 97 medium tanks.  These heavy artillery regiments and tank regiments were not used by the Kwantung Army even when the battle was at its most dangerous.  When they went south to cooperate with the First Division to counterattack Harbin, they were all at full strength.

    In addition to strengthening the four squadrons of the First and Third Regiments, the two regiments of the First Division heading south were also assigned two brigades of a heavy artillery regiment, and seven regiments of the field artillery regiment of the division.  into troops and all the tank regiments belonging to the division.  These forces account for almost 60% of the first division's mobilizable troops and 80% of its heavy equipment.

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