"But just for the issue of shipbuilding alone, we need enough manpower.
How can we ensure that after we people come, the foreigners will not be burdened with burdens.
In addition, shipbuilding alone is not enough.
Someone has to buy the ship.
After our people come, How to arrange it?
Also, this place is dominated by foreigners, and they speak foreign languages, so Even the descriptions of some equipment and parts are all in foreign languages.
Jiangnan Shipyard hired some foreign technicians to teach.
Although some people can speak foreign languages, they cannot solve the fundamental problem.
You have to hire a few people to handle our daily work.
Affairs, other people in the church can also speak and read foreign languages.”
Wu Jishi was a professional after all.
He just decided to stay and immediately raised several issues that needed to be dealt with.
"You don't have to worry about the ship order.
Now that we are operating at full capacity, we are afraid that the shipyard's production capacity will not be increased and the ships built will not be as good as those of foreigners.
Therefore, the foreign technicians in the factory cannot be dismissed for the time being.
They should tolerate it.
We have to endure it for a while.
When the ships we build are no worse than those of foreigners, those foreigners can sail them wherever they want."
Mr.
Hu said rather nonchalantly that the world situation was changing rapidly at this time.
Whether it was arms, medicine, steel, or the shipping industry, they were all entering a golden age under the stimulation of war.
As a large number of refugees entered the areas controlled by the Northwest Army, there were also famines during the war years.
The demand for food in the northwest cannot be met temporarily.
Food alone is enough to keep the Burma Highway busy.
Not to mention other bulk machinery and arms.
Although the group has rented some ships, the price of renting ships is also very high in this era.
The group has united overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia and North America and is working hard to build an ocean-going transport fleet.
The demand for ships is huge.
At least for the next few years, it will be enough for the factory to operate at full capacity.
Hearing the prospects described by Mr.
Hu, Wu Jishi's eyes began to light up.
If it is true as Mr.
Hu said, then the shipbuilding industry of the Republic of China can indeed be temporarily placed in the United States for development.
One day, the Republic of China will defeat Japan and then turn back.
Native.
And the ships they produced will continue to fight for the great cause of the Anti-Japanese War, which is indeed a curved way to save the country.
The Japanese army increased its troops in North China, causing the national army in southern Shandong to fall into a bitter battle.
At this time, two more divisions of the Japanese army appeared in Huaibei and marched northward.
Li Zongren began to feel that the situation was serious.
It is believed that the terrain of the North is open, the area is vast, and the defense is difficult.
Also considering that the main force of the Northwest Army was currently constrained by the Battle of Northern Henan and the Battle of Suiyuan, it was unable to take care of the fifth theater for a while.
At this time, the situation in the fifth theater has become increasingly difficult.
What is even more dangerous is that although Li Zongren is the direct commander of the fifth theater, the real command power is controlled by Chairman Chiang in Wuhan at this time.
Chiang believed that the Japanese army had suffered repeated defeats from Taierzhuang and Lunan, and their morale had plummeted, and they were terrified.
They actually shrank their defense lines and abandoned part of the occupied areas in southern Shanxi and Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
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Only one unit is sent to guard the key points.
And mobilize all available troops to move closer to the eastern section of Longhai Road.
Its total military strength combined with the Huaihe River is no more than 150,000 from Lu and Yu.
The number of troops gradually mobilized by the central government to the fifth theater is close to 600,000, which is four times the advantage of the Japanese army.
Moreover, the Japanese army's rear was unstable and supplies were inconvenient.
Wuhan miscalculated the situation and was overly optimistic.
And directly commanded a large number of troops to rush to the eastern Henan area to cover the northwest flank of Xuzhou.
At this time, Northwest spent a lot of energy to rescue millions of refugees from all directions.
At the same time, the defense fortifications in Zhengzhou and other places are being repaired.
Although Jiang Li felt a little unhappy about the large-scale entry of the Central Army into eastern Henan, after all, most of Henan had been forcibly occupied before.
With his precedent, he could not say that there was anything wrong with Chairman Chiang's actions.
At this time, northern Henan, western Henan, central Henan, and even most of southern Henan were already under the direct control of the Northwest Army.
Zhengzhou, the traffic hub that controls Pinghan Road, is also under the control of the Northwest Army.
Regarding the actions of the Central Army, although there were many discordant voices from the field army, Jiang Li at the top did not say a word, and there was only a temporary response from below.
Holding back.
The Fifth War Zone was under pressure and was not allowed to make adjustments to the plan, but Li Zongren finally saved a trick.
However, the troops have not yet been mobilized and assembled, and the situation on the battlefield has changed beyond everyone's expectations.
Before the first part of the Luoqi 95th Division, which was ordered to defend Yongcheng, arrived, the Japanese 13th Division occupied Yongcheng.
The 9th Division captured Bai Situation.
The 18th Brigade in charge of the 9th Division subsequently occupied Nanpingji.
Although the Chinese army counterattacked that night, they were all repelled by the Japanese army.
At this time, the Japanese army's equipment, including some cars, mules and horses, and controlled traffic arteries, were fully effective at this time.
The rapid force of the 13th Division includes one brigade of tanks, one squadron of light armored vehicles, two squadrons of mounted infantry, and one squadron of engineers.
Quickly advance to the area east of Wang Pavilion.
Longhai Road was blown up.
The 3rd Division, which was transferred to Zhenjiang, repulsed the Nationalist Army and occupied Hefei at the same time.
It can be said that at this time in Huaibei, the Japanese army had completely set its own pace.
In Lunan, the Japanese army faced a relatively large number of national troops.
The national army's resistance was extremely tenacious and progress was relatively slow.
In western Shandong, the Japanese army made extremely rapid progress.
After fierce fighting, the 16th Division retreated from the 75th Division and successively captured Yutai and Jinxiang.
It quickly captured Yutai and Jinxiang.
The main force of the 14th Division crossed the Yellow River overnight.
Defeat the 23rd Division and capture Caozhou.
In order to strengthen the offensive power of the North China Front, the Japanese base camp once again transferred the 3rd and 13th Brigade from the Kwantung Army to Xuzhou and assigned it to the 2nd Army.
The two mixed brigades had arrived in Yanzhou and were ready to go into battle at any time when the situation in Huaibei changed drastically.
In short, the Japanese base camp's battle plan to encircle and annihilate the main force of the Chinese army near Xuzhou and occupy Xuzhou was basically close to completion at this time, and a large-scale encirclement situation had been formed in the battle.
In view of the rapid deterioration of the battlefield situation, Li Zongren began to order a group retreat to avoid the main force of the 500,000-600,000 national troops from being surrounded and annihilated.
Due to some previous arrangements, although several large armies suffered certain losses, they finally withdrew from the Japanese encirclement.
Although the main force has withdrawn, Xue Dong's troops in eastern Henan are still fighting fiercely with the Japanese army to cover the transfer of the main force.
Although there are still Central Plains Field Corps in the further west area, it is related to the withdrawal of the main force of the Central Army.
Even if Jiang Li There was a promise here, but Chairman Chiang still couldn’t believe it.
After all, in another position, the Northwest Army would not let Chairman Chiang hold its lifeline.
The two sides are on the same front, and at the same time, the fundamentally antagonistic relationship between the two sides has not changed.
In case the Central Plains Field Corps releases water on the way to the rear, the main force of the Japanese army will take in all the retreating Central Army.
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It’s too late for Wuhan to cry.
I'm afraid even Wuhan won't be able to defend it anymore.
The Japanese army successfully captured Xuzhou, which was easier than expected.
After occupying Xuzhou, the Japanese base camp believed that the Battle of Xuzhou was basically over.
To expand the results.
The Japanese army intensified their pursuit.
Most of the Japanese troops achieved their intended combat objectives, but there were some inconsistencies among the pursuing troops.
The main force of the pursuing Japanese 14th Division advanced too fast.
Became a lone army.
More than ten divisions of Xue Yue's Yudong Corps surrounded the 14th Division in the Lanfeng area.
In this battle, the national army's defense was passable, but the serious lack of attack was once again exposed without reservation.
More than ten divisions surrounded the Japanese army of 6,000 to 7,000 people, more than ten times the strength, and fought for several days.
Although they caused a large number of casualties to the Japanese army, they were still unable to encircle and annihilate the Japanese army.
At this time, the Northwest Military Academy and the General Staff Department compared the training and equipment of the Northwest Army and the Japanese Army.
After learning the lessons of the national army, we found that if one day the Japanese army defends and the Northwest Army is in an offensive position, the casualties of the Northwest Army will also be much higher than now.
Chiang called Jiang Li many times and ordered the field army to lead a force to support the battle in eastern Henan.
However, until the 16th Division and the 13th Huncheng Brigade captured Yucheng and simultaneously attacked the outskirts of Shangqiu, Huang Jie's 8th Army first retreated to the outskirts of Shangqiu, and then retreated to the Liuhe area, entering the jurisdiction of the Central Plains Field Corps.
Although Huang Jie ordered the 187th Division to defend Zhuji Station and Shangqiu, it was effective only.
Huang Jie himself withdrew with the military headquarters.
At this time, the fighting spirit of the Chinese army was gradually declining, and a considerable part of the army had no intention of fighting the Japanese army again.
On the night when the military headquarters withdrew, the 187th Division also led the division to retreat.
It was not until the 187th Division also left that Pang Bingxun's 43rd Army, which was affiliated with the field corps, completed its initial replenishment and arrived in Shangqiu late to take over the 187th Division's defense area.
Blocking the side of Xue Yue's army.
Blocking the unprecedented crisis caused to Xue Yue's army due to Huang Jie's private withdrawal, it also allowed Xue Bing to continue to mobilize troops to encircle and annihilate the first part of the 14th Division.
Although Jiang Li only did this, he still expressed his position at the critical moment, and the Northwest Army did not move.
Once it took action, it happened to be blocked in the most dangerous war zone.
"Thanks to the Northwest Army this time, Huang Jie was a fool.
I will report him to the Chairman when I get back."
Xue Yue breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the battle situation in Shangqiu.
However, in a sense, it was not just Pang Bingxun who led the troops to fill the gap in the Eastern Henan Army that could make Xue Yue and even Chairman Chiang breathe a sigh of relief.
It was Jiang Li's attitude.
The current movements of the Central Plains Field Corps were enough to cover the gradual retreat of the main force of the national army in the Xuzhou Theater.
"More than a dozen divisions surrounded the two regiments of Japanese troops and fought for several days with no results.
I really don't know what to say."
Zhang Zizhong put the telegram aside and looked at Song Zheyuan, who looked a little pale next to him. , "The Japanese army in the Xuzhou Theater is taking advantage of the situation to attack westward and plunder the Central Plains.
The battlefields are now showing signs of employment.
The soldiers should take care of themselves."
"I'm afraid it won't get better during this period.
I have applied to Director Jiang, and you will temporarily take over the position of commander of the 29th Army.
The rest of the 29th Army will be left to you.
Don't ruin the reputation of the 29th Army.
I hope I can Seeing the moment when the 29th Army continues to grow."
Song Zheyuan waved his hands and said.
Since retreating to Henan, his health has been deteriorating, and he had to make some arrangements at this time.
After all, the 29th Army belonged to the old Northwest Army.
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Song Zheyuan didn't want to be lost in the war.
The old Northwest Army will eventually leave some of its own footprints.
"You can rest assured, military officer.
Your humble position will definitely preserve the legacy of the 29th Army, and the 29th Army's designation will continue to exist in the Northwest Army sequence."
Zhang Zizhong looked solemn and said, Qin Dechun has been transferred to Luoyang Security Division Chief.
For the post of army commander, Feng Zhi'an's qualifications are no weaker than him, but the new group army commander Zhang Zhibang is an old acquaintance of him from the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War.
In Song Zheyuan's mind, he became the best candidate for army commander.
At this time, the Northwest Army also gave several armies a considerable degree of autonomy.
However, Zhang Zizhong did not think that it was a good idea to maintain an aloof relationship between the 29th Army and the main force of the Northwest Army.
Since the 29th Army experienced several heavy casualties in the previous wars of resistance, more and more Northwest training troops were added to the 29th Army.
As time goes by, it is difficult for the 29th Army to maintain its autonomy as before.
"Your tone is a bit forced, but I understand what you mean.
Sooner or later, this north belongs to the Northwest Army.
But we can't get too impatient.
Let's see how Pang Bingxun and Sun Dianying react first."
Song Zheyuan made the point.
Zhang Zizhong's thoughts.
"I have had some contact with the people in the south before, but after you took the position of acting army commander, I no longer have to deal with them.
I have also been thinking about Director Jiang for a while.
At critical moments, he will kill with absolute determination.
Very few people can do it. .
He was very good at construction.
If the old chief had been able to do this, we wouldn't be in this situation now.
It's a pity.
Now, I've said all that needs to be said.
Let's fight the next battle well.
The army cannot be embarrassed on the battlefield."
"Yes, military seat," Zhang Zizhong said solemnly.
After handling the military affairs, Song Zheyuan went to Xinxiang to recuperate.
But not long after, this battlefield veteran in his prime suffered from liver disease and then cerebral thrombosis.
On his deathbed, Song Zheyuan heard that Pang Bingxun fought hard in Shangqiu and blocked the crazy Japanese counterattack.
At the same time, Xue Yue Yudong News of the legion's complete annihilation of two multiple regiments of Japanese troops in the encirclement.
Later, his condition worsened, and Song Zheyuan died suddenly after rescue efforts failed.
The Battle of Xuzhou, on the whole, still developed according to the historical process.
The previous Battle of Taierzhuang was fought beautifully, but it still did not change the outcome of the fall of Xuzhou.
In the final analysis, the war potential of the Japanese army is not comparable to that of the Republic of China at this time.
Even if they fall once, twice, or three times, the Japanese army can still make a comeback.
However, what is different from history is that in the Battle of Taierzhuang, several detachments of the Japanese army were not able to withdraw, and the main force of the 14th Division was not rescued as it had been in history, surviving the encirclement and suppression by more than a dozen national army divisions. .
In this large-scale battle, the Japanese army lost nearly 40,000 lives, reaching an astonishing more than 50,000 people.
It can be said to be the heaviest loss since the war began.
Moreover, the main force of the battle was provided by the Wuhan Central Army, which saved Jiang Li a considerable amount of trouble.
The most important thing is that under the threat of the Northwest Army, the Japanese army failed to let go of their hands and feet to pursue the retreating Chinese troops.
For a moment, Chairman Chiang Kai-shek did not need to dig up the Yellow River embankment to stop the pursuit and fierce attack of hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops.
Jiang Li's Northwest Army would not allow the other party to do this
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