Wu Enming lowered his voice and said, "Seeing that a full-scale war between Japan and the Republic of China is about to break out, Nanjing's investment in industry is not much after all, and most of it relies on external purchases. However, Commander Jiang had the foresight, and even in such a critical situation of the war, he squeezed out funds to ensure the maintenance of Feng Yong University and Northeastern University, and also funded the dispatch of a large number of overseas students. Not only that, the direct value of the equipment for this westward relocation alone is as high as tens of thousands of yuan. Once put into operation, the Republic of China will be able to have a strong rear industrial base in the northwest as a strong support for the future anti-Japanese resistance. In this Mukden War of Resistance, the anti-Japanese coalition forces in Mukden did not suffer a major defeat at all, and if there was such a powerful rear, the outcome of the war would really not be good. ”

"Is there really so much equipment for moving west?" Li Siguang said quite excitedly, Wu Enming is right, Nanjing relies heavily on the purchase of weapons and equipment from outside, and the consciousness of self-manufacturing is not strong enough, a set of equipment that can reach more than 200,000 tons of steelmaking capacity alone is indeed attractive enough, you must know that once this set of equipment is put into operation, the steel output of the Republic of China can instantly increase by three or four times. Moreover, Fengtian's large-scale dispatch of foreign students this time was quite a sensation in the education circles, and he also knew about it. Judging from Wu Enming's words, Jiang Li is not only a great fighter, but also a very far-sighted person.

"Of course it's true, if you don't believe it, Professor Li can send a competent person to northern Shaanxi to have a look, which is only a lot more than what I said." Wu Enming reassured.

"Well, I'll go to northern Shaanxi first, if that's the case. Even if this more than 100 catties are buried in northern Shaanxi in the future, it is nothing. Li Siguang took a breath. In his early years he witnessed the nation. The weakness of the country lies in the fact that it does not have the same strong ships and cannons as the Western powers, so it began to learn the design and manufacture of warships. Later, he realized that a large amount of steel was needed to build warships, and that the domestic steel production was pitifully low, and warships basically relied on purchasing from foreign powers, so Li Siguang changed his studies to geology, and obtained a doctorate in geology that was not easy for foreigners to obtain in the harsh and contemptuous eyes of foreigners. Who said that scholars are not hot-blooded. He is a hot-blooded patriot, but he can't find a place to output after all these years of learning, and now Jiang Li has provided such a platform, at least, Li Siguang plans to take a look, if it is true, he will never watch such an opportunity slip away from his eyes!

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Since the Japanese army used poison gas bombs, it has caused an uproar, and although Japan has vigorously denied it, it has been belatedly in front of the investigation team of the League of Nations. Thousands of gassed corpses, and those who were dying. In the face of iron-clad facts, how can two cunning words be denied?

The tragic street fighting in Fengtian City is still continuing, and the defenders of Fengtian City have shown signs of retreat, especially the team led by Jiang Li has already taken substantial action to the west, and the imminent collapse of the coalition forces has made the Japanese army see that victory is just around the corner, as long as Fengtian City is occupied, and the most headache Jiang Li retreats westward with the most powerful army, even if Jilin, Heilongjiang is still not a small anti-Japanese force, but it is only a matter of time before it is cleared, although the casualties in this battle are very large, but it can seize the northeast, It was completely worth the cost for Japan, which invaded Russia's Western Far East for several years, and spent six or seven billion yen on it. However, the rich land of more than one million square kilometers in the three eastern provinces is real. After a few years of governance, Japan will be able to have a perfect supply base for grain, wood, coal, soybeans and other resources.

Therefore, even in Nanjing, Zhang Xueliang strongly asked the League of Nations to intervene in the Japanese invasion of Northeast China as soon as possible, the investigation team of the League of Nations was delayed again and again, and the Japanese army would never stop its pace when it had already arrived in Northeast China. Further, the northeast is Japan's, and taking a step back not only made a name for itself, but also paid hundreds of millions of yen and nearly 100,000 casualties, and I am afraid that few of these officers who returned to the scene could please him.

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Bang!

A stack of documents was slapped on the table, and at this time, in the conference room of the Kwantung Army headquarters, the division commanders, brigade commanders, and chief of staff led by Matsui Ishine all had a deep face.

"On December 13, the baggage team passing through Anshan was attacked by the Chinese guerrillas, and it was found out that the leader of the guerrilla group was a man named Zhang Haitian, who controlled the guerrillas in the area of Tai'an, Liaozhong, Liaoyang, and Anshan, and was a Chinese who was extremely hostile to the empire, and since the Kwantung Army and the Chinese army were fighting, they attacked the imperial baggage team more than 87 times, causing 1,316 deaths and 457 injuries to the imperial soldiers. In addition, consumables such as ammunition and cotton clothing are not included. ”

In addition, the activities of the Chinese guerrillas in the area from Dandong to Benxi were also very rampant, and the bandits were led by Li Chunrun, who had a military background. There were no less than 60 attacks on the Imperial logistics contingent, resulting in 619 casualties and 339 wounded in the Kwantung Army. ”

The staff officer read aloud this pile of headache-inducing data, Li Chunrun, Zhang Haitian, Liu Jingwen, Xu Dasan, Zhang Zongzhou and other guerrillas accepted the guns and ammunition provided by Jiang Li, and the casualties caused were several times more than in history, of course, this is also Jiang Li in the front to absorb the absolute main force of the Japanese army, the Japanese army in history can move troops around to extinguish the local guerrillas, but at this time, the strength and transportation capacity are stretched, so that Zhang Haitian and these people can operate more freely in the rear.

"Of course, these ugly data are only a fraction of the battle of Mukden, and even a fraction of them are not comparable."

Matsui Ishine took the staff officer's words and said with great sadness, "The total number of surviving troops of the Second Division of the Kwantung Army, as well as the local garrison brigades that were previously in Shina, does not exceed three thousand. Counting the losses of the soldiers in the township, more than 14,000 people were lost in the first stage of the Battle of Mukden. ”

Since Commander Muto Nobuyoshi took over command of the Mukden War, in battles large and small, the empire has lost 39,200 people (including those who died of serious injuries and froze to death), 29,700 people who were lightly wounded, and 6,416 people who were seriously injured. So far, the empire has lost more than 55,000 casualties and more than 36,800 lightly and seriously wounded. ”

"The empire mobilized 5 infantry divisions, 3 independent mixed brigades, 2 cavalry brigades, and more than 130 aircraft of all kinds. The total loss of equipment, cash, and grain, including railways, by the Imperial Manchurian Railway Co., Ltd., Inagawa, and Kansho & Co., Ltd., amounted to a staggering 870 million yen, and if you include military spending, this figure has reached more than 1 billion. We are dishonoring the Empire, to His Majesty the Emperor. ”

The commanders of the divisions, brigades, and chiefs of staff present were all expressionless, but what they were thinking was something else, and they could not be blamed for fighting like this, and the soldiers under their command fought bravely, and it was not much worse than the Russo-Japanese War of that year. But the Zhina army in Fengtian City also has an iron will. Moreover, compared with the Russo-Japanese War of that year, the logistics support this time was really poor, and even the supplies were constantly harassed by the Chinese guerrillas, so that the frontal troops had to weaken the fortifications. If you don't have enough ammunition, what will you do to knock the turtle shell of the army in Mukden City?

"Ahem, let me analyze the commander of the Chinese Army, Jiang Li, you can have a premonition that the Fengtian War is coming to an end, but in the future, if the empire wants to annex China, it will have to face this opponent again." Okamura Ninji has been promoted from the original deputy chief of staff to chief of staff because of his outstanding performance in the entire battle, and at this time, the battle of Mukden is still going on, and morale should not be too bad. (To be continued......)

PS: Well, it's on the shelves, although it won't have any good results with the current data, but I'm still very apprehensive, and I'm looking forward to the subscription breaking three or four hundred.