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    Chapter 77

    Regarding Hopkins's extortionate comments, Yang Zhen, who has always been quick and decisive, explained this time in a leisurely, detailed and even scary way. He rambled incoherently and quoted scriptures. Even the Philippines can  They were all dragged out if they couldn't hold on.  ¡ò¡Úw.

    His attitude not only dissatisfied Hopkins in person.  Even the coach next to him who had some understanding of his character and Pearson next to Hopkins looked at him in unusual surprise.  This is very different from the previous style of cutting through the mess quickly. Some chattering guys are wondering what song this guy is singing?

    As for Li Yanping, who knew him well, he understood that he must be setting some trap for the old man in front of him.  Otherwise Yang Zhen's usual habit of saying something clearly in one sentence would never be repeated a second time.  Where else can there be such long speeches as today?

    Yang Zhen¡¯s words are obviously about fishing here.  The words he said before were paving the way to catch big fish with heavy bait.  As for the reason, it goes without saying that Li Yanping already saw the strong interest in Hopkins's eyes despite his somewhat dissatisfied face.

    Hopkins listened patiently to Yang Zhen¡¯s explanation.  But he was a little impatient with his unhurried attitude: "General Yang, I hope you can tell the key points. Instead of hesitating here, instead of explaining everything at once. We in the United States  People don¡¯t have as many tricks up their sleeves as you Chinese people do, so we are used to speaking up directly if we have anything to say.¡±

    Regarding Hopkins's attitude, Yang Zhen laughed and said: "So if the United States decides to carry out strategic bombing of the Japanese mainland after the U.S-Japanese war breaks out, we are the only one that can provide an effective base and the one closest to the Japanese mainland that can reach the maximum  Bombing efficiency areas. Taking off from us, your strategic bombers can use the maximum bomb load to carry out bombing against Japan."

    "As a result, a problem has arisen. Bombing the Japanese mainland requires a large amount of fuel, bombs, and aircraft parts. We cannot solve and bear all the fuel problems for the time being. The same large amount of aviation required for the bombing of Japan  We cannot afford the bomb ourselves at the moment.¡±

    "I can tell you clearly, Mr. Hopkins, that the reason why we ordered so much oil production equipment and purchased an oil smelting plant from you last year is because we found an oil field in the Northeast. But the exploitation will not be until next year.  It can only be carried out in the middle of the year at the earliest, and the amount of reserves is still unclear.¡±

    "Maybe it's not as much as Hungary's Lake Balaton oil field, or the pitiful output of Germany's small oil field in Austria. After all, China is an oil-poor country, and it was identified by your American experts. At the same time, it is restricted by our oil refining  The size of the factory makes it difficult for us to fully meet our own needs.¡±

    "This has created a serious problem. A large number of bombers have taken off from us to bomb the Japanese mainland. We simply cannot meet the required bombs and fuel at the moment. And if they are shipped from the United States, they will not only have to circle half of the earth,  It¡¯s even quite unsafe, and if something unexpected happens during transportation, I¡¯m afraid all operations will have to be terminated.¡±

    "Think about Mr. Hopkins, if we only dispatch 200 B-17 bombers every day, and each bomber carries 1.5 tons of bombs, then 300 tons of bombs will be needed every day. But such air strikes will not  For Japan¡¯s huge target group, I¡¯m afraid it¡¯s just a drop in the bucket.¡±

    "If we want to speed up the war process, reduce the bloodshed of American youths, and completely destroy Japan's war potential, then the number of bombers we dispatch must at least double. And this number must be dispatched at least every day to achieve effective damage effects.  ¡±

    "If all the oil and bombs needed need to be shipped from the United States, then how many ships do you need to meet the requirements? How much pressure will this put on American industrial production? At the very least, how many more do you need to build?  A cargo ship can meet the needs?¡±

    "I only mean one thing, which is that you provide equipment to increase our production of steel and special military steel. And at least quadruple our petroleum refining capacity. After our production capacity reaches a certain standard, all of you will  The bombs and fuel used by the Japanese bombings are all handled by us here.¡±

    "In this way, it will not only reduce the transportation pressure on the United States. It will also free up more military production capacity to meet the needs of other aspects. For example, in the production of tanks and artillery. And you  The most necessary torpedo for fighting against the Japanese Navy."

    "And the Japanese air defense capabilities are not in vain. Their air defense fighters and local anti-aircraft artillery groups are still quite powerful. In the Japanese homelandUnder the resistance of the air defense forces, the bombers were completely unable to fly back.  The rest of the battle-damaged bomber fleet will always need maintenance. If we have some parts or even the production capacity of the entire aircraft, it will greatly reduce the pressure on the United States.  "

    "The losses of a war are astronomical. At present, the intensity of the British bombing of Germany is not very strong, but the war losses of the bombing of Germany have remained high. What is the air defense capability of Japan? We are now  It¡¯s not clear yet. Once the battle losses are too great and the war situation requires us to persist, what should we do, especially when you have to take care of the European battlefield?¡±

    "Mr. Hopkins, don't tell me that once the United States is really involved in the war, its overall strategy will be Asia and Europe. Since the end of the war in Western Europe and the British being at a disadvantage on the battlefield, how many strategic materials have they taken from you?  The British were the first beneficiaries of your Lend-Lease Act.¡±

    "For now, the new tanks used by the British on the battlefield in North Africa are all provided by you. The Soviet Union is in a bad situation, so you sent Harriman to visit the Soviet Union as soon as possible. The Japanese war against China lasted for four years, and the Nationalist Government countless  I asked you for help, but what did you do?"

    "At present, neither we nor Chongqing have received a single tank from you. Especially in the next step, we are about to face battles in plain areas, and we urgently need a large number of tanks and tactical support aircraft. We now need not only  Supplies and more important equipment are needed.¡±

    "Of course, Mr. Hopkins, I am not blaming you. After all, the United States is a highly developed capitalist society. The British had certain financial resources before and could buy in cash before the Lend-Lease Act was implemented. China is a poor country.  Apart from playing cards, I don¡¯t have that much cash to buy your strategic supplies and weapons and equipment.¡±

    "I'm just saying all this, which just shows that your overall strategy is to put Europe first and then Asia. Of course, this has a big gap with the industrial and national strength of Germany and Japan, and it has a lot to do with it. To put it bluntly, you  I look down on the Japanese from the bottom of my heart. But Mr. Hopkins, what I want to tell you today is that you will pay a heavy price for this contempt on the battlefield."

    "We Chinese fought with the Japanese for four full years. And we also fought with the Japanese for three full years. It can be said that we withstood an era when Japan was the strongest national power and the Japanese army was at its peak. What is the Japanese army?  It can be said that we Chinese have the most say in what kind of army it is.¡±

    "Greed, ferocity, cruelty, cunning, all the worst qualities of human nature and an army can be reflected in them. In the Nanjing Massacre, in front of the international watch, a total of 300,000 people were slaughtered.  Chinese. How can a modern army do such brutal things?¡±

    "Since they entered mainland China, they have burned, killed, and looted all the way. Many innocent Chinese people died tragically under their butcher's knives. They attacked cities and plundered the land of China, leaving behind them ghost cities and piles of bones.  Even your American gunboats don¡¯t bomb in the same way? What else do you think they can¡¯t do?¡±

    "Mr. Hopkins, you can say that we are greedy. But your strategic focus, or national policy, determines your focus. It cannot be placed on Asia or the battlefield against Japan. Neither can supplies and equipment.  Focus on us. If we can¡¯t develop our own manufacturing capabilities, we can only reach out to you.¡±

    "Then Mr. Hopkins, if we don't have the corresponding military manufacturing capabilities, once our troops run out of food on the battlefield, you can't let us fight with the Japanese army on bayonets. That would require the lives and blood of countless of our soldiers to compensate.  . The Japanese army is not a piece of shit, and we are not invincible supermen.¡±

    "Even if our steel plant can produce the corresponding steel output according to the designed capacity next year. But as you have been the Secretary of Commerce of the United States, you should know that gun steel is a special alloy steel and is different from ordinary steel.  . Without enough military raw materials and production capacity, what should we do if there are some problems on the United States? Are we going to fight the Japanese army with hungry guns? "

    "And what does the annual output of half a million tons mean for the huge consumption of a war? To put it bluntly, if these half a million tons of steel are thrown into this huge whirlpool, not even a single piece of it will float on the water.  It cannot be fought. If we bear all the bombs needed to bomb Japan, these 500,000 tons of steel may not even be able to meet this demand. "

    "We must know that what we are facing is the most powerful and well-equipped Japanese army. The number of its field divisions is even greater than the number of Japanese divisions deployed to Southeast Asia. At the same time, they can also get China  Support from the Japanese troops in Mainland China and Korea.¡±"The number of artillery deployed in a combat division of the Kwantung Army is one-third or even half more than that of the Japanese divisions organized into the Southern Army. Moreover, these artillery are all the latest artillery of the Japanese army. According to our current  Judging from the intelligence, the Japanese army is dismantling the fortress guns in Tokyo Bay and transferring them to the Kwantung Army. Their tank troops are also constantly strengthening. "

    "At least 50% of our artillery currently needs to be eliminated. A considerable number of second-hand and even third-hand artillery are extremely old and have smooth rifling. Moreover, there are only suppression-type artillery, which extremely lacks long range.  Direct-aimed artillery and anti-tank artillery.¡±

    "The quality of the Soviet-made light tanks was not satisfactory. Due to their weak armor, their survivability on the battlefield was very poor. When faced with various anti-tank methods of the Japanese army, the losses were quite huge. Even the loss of parts and components was quite huge.  Without paying attention, a march route was littered with tanks.¡±

    "We lack a sufficient number of tactical bombers and can only use a large number of fighter jets for ground attack missions. We lack advanced medium tanks and large-caliber artillery. Even artillery tractors are quite scarce. Many large-caliber artillery  , only backward horse traction methods can be used.¡±
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