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Chapter 1569 The Great War Breaks Out

At 9 o'clock in the morning of May 9, 1938, An Yi convened the generals of the three general departments and Xiaonanhai to hold a military meeting. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

By the end of April, the entire southern Sichuan, Xiangxi, Qianxi, southern Yunnan, South China, Mongolia and Central Asian control areas, plus trade purchases, the whole group has achieved a monthly output of 1,500 tons of tungsten sand, accounting for about 80 percent of the world's total output, and 50,000 tons of natural rubber, accounting for about 20 percent of the world's total output. Among the main non-metallic minerals, the monthly output of bauxite is 100,000 tons, copper ore 26,000 tons, zinc ore 6,000 tons, tin ore 1,200 tons, and molybdenum ore 150 tons, basically realizing self-sufficiency in alloy raw materials.

In terms of steel and energy, with the large-scale development of the South Sichuan Gas Field and the commissioning of the Nanhua Iron and Steel Production Base, it has achieved a monthly output of 700 million cubic meters of natural gas, 20 million tons of coal and 1.8 million tons of steel, and for the first time has its own oil field. Judging from the overall development trend, the current South China is experiencing a stage of explosive expansion.

After introducing his family's background, Lieutenant General Chang Baofang, director of the General Logistics Department, briefly explained the current equipment situation of various armies, and then said with a smile on his face:

"A hundred of our F-2 surface-to-surface missiles have been produced, and eighty of them have already been delivered to Guryev and Uralsk, ready to respond to a possible Soviet attack on our troops. I think that with missiles as a strategic deterrent, the security of our oil-producing areas can be more guaranteed.

"I would like to tell you the good news that after five months of uninterrupted exploration, the missile production of our military factories has gradually been on the right track, and last month the monthly output of 38 missiles has been realized, and with the expansion of the scale of production, not only the production cost will be greatly reduced, but the output will also be doubled."

An Yi nodded with satisfaction.

One of the important reasons why he was in a hurry to rush back from Central Asia was that An Yi had to personally make the decision to determine the ownership of the missile. The current F-2 missiles are still relatively primitive, with a high range of only 350 kilometers, and no matter how far they go, there will be big problems with accuracy. Ding Molan is organizing manpower to tackle key problems and study medium-range missiles with a range of 1,000 kilometers. But judging from the feedback information, there is no hope of success in the short term, and only F-2 missiles can be produced for emergency.

But in any case, the F-2 missile can be regarded as an epoch-making weapon, with which the enemy is within the attack range of 350 kilometers, and as long as the coordinates are set in advance, it can carry out combat missions around the clock, regardless of day and night. To give a simple example, as long as the location of the enemy's headquarters is determined through radio waves, the F-2 missile can respond as soon as possible and carry out a precise strike. With such a big killing weapon, naturally all the troops want to have it.

After careful consideration, An Yi finally handed over the missile to Shi Junren's Second Artillery Corps, which was under the direct command of the General Headquarters, which was also the original intention of establishing the Second Artillery Corps. Therefore, the commanders of the various units were disappointed, but they had nothing to say.

The Second Artillery Corps has specially set up four missile brigades for this purpose, and after receiving short-term training from rocket experts, it has also conducted live-fire drills, and it has already become combat-capable. At present, two missile brigades are deployed along the Ural River, one brigade is deployed to the Red River Plain in South China, and the latter brigade is deployed to the Mekong Plain region. Of course, if the war requires it, it can be quickly transferred by transport planes and airships at any time to give full play to the powerful combat power of missiles.

The meeting moved on to the next topic.

Lieutenant General Qin Shanyue, director of the Mobilization Department of the General Staff Department, took the initiative to stand up: "After two and a half months of training, the soldiers recruited from Nanhua have completed their training, and all the rest have passed the inspection and acceptance except for 528 people who have returned to the localities due to poor physical and psychological qualities. The next step is to assign them to the troops and completely integrate them into the collective of our army. Now I would like to give a brief report on the training of the soldiers.

"This training is based on the needs of actual combat, and we have deliberately increased the intensity of training, getting up at 5 o'clock every morning, doing a good job of personal hygiene, gathering at 5:10, and then carrying out armed cross-country training. At first, he started on foot, then he carried 10 kilograms, 20 kilograms, until he was fully armed and 40 kilograms, and the distance was 15 kilometers. Eat on time at 8 o'clock in the morning, and come back late without eating, followed by a half-hour break; Queue training began at 9 o'clock and continued until 11 o'clock, cultivating a good military posture, a strict military appearance, coordinated movements, and strict organizational discipline, enhancing the combat effectiveness of the troops, and cultivating the concept of collectivism; From 11 o'clock to 12:30 a.m., students will study cultural classes, and those who cannot read will be taught literacy by the instructors, and those who know how to read will be taught the professional knowledge of non-commissioned officers at the grass-roots level, so as to train reserve officers; Lunch at half-past twelve, with a half-hour lunch break.

"After resuming training in the afternoon, I learned to shoot from half past one to half past three; From 3:30 to 4:30, learn white-knuckle combat or learn to fight the enemy with a big knife and grappling and other kung fu; From half past four to six o'clock, officers and men are required to know the guns in their hands well, disassemble them freely, be able to independently eliminate common faults, be proficient in their own weapons, and exert great power, after which they will have a half-hour rest; Beginning at half past six, the fifteen-kilometer rapid march training was carried out again, and dinner was eaten on time at half past nine; From 10 o'clock to 11 o'clock in the evening, the Political Department sent people to carry out ideological education, cultivate the spirit of nationalism, establish the concept that the people's army comes from the people, and the army and the people are in the water, and the spirit of the model battalion is deeply rooted in the bone marrow. After eleven o'clock is personal hygiene time, and the lights are blown out at half past eleven. This group of soldiers trained very hard, and there were no problems in terms of combat effectiveness and loyalty. ”

An Yi's face was still very grim: "After the training of 400,000 soldiers has been completed, the troops we have at hand are a little more abundant, for the navy and air force to select them, and after replenishing the losses of various departments, it is estimated that there will be 300,000 troops left, plus the 300,000 troops sent by Hanzhong and Yichang, we will be organized into ten group armies." Don't just be happy, the soldiers are assigned to the troops, but they are just taking the first step in the long march of 10,000 miles, and there are still many things they need to master in the future, and it will take at least half a year to come in handy."

Seeing the disapproving relaxed smiles on everyone's faces, An Yi glared and said: "What kind of expression are you, don't think I'm joking, this time the army is assigned, the navy and the air force have the right of priority, how high the requirements of these two branches of the military are, you all know very well in your hearts, the army is no longer just well-trained, courageous can go into battle in an era, the driving and maintenance of tanks and armored vehicles of mechanized troops, the boat and bridge operations of engineering units, the coordination of infantry infantry and infantry tanks, etc., Half a year is just not to let the soldiers pull the troops back, and if we really want to reach the level of veterans, we can't do it at all without a year.

"Since Defense Minister General Hu Jialin is temporarily seconded to Central Asia, and the army is currently in charge of the formation of the army by General Zhang Chengzhu, after the formation of the 10 group armies this time, we will not expand the army again within a year. From the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression to the present, we have expanded from 500,000 troops to 2.5 million at present, and if we add the Northern Military Region, the Armed Police Force and the Democracy Movement Corps, our army will have more than 4 million troops.

"Brothers, this is almost the limit of what our current finances can bear, you must know that just the military salary, our monthly expenses have reached 250 million Chinese dollars, if we expand further, it is estimated that my brother-in-law, Mr. Zhou Chongan, will ask me to resign from the post of Minister of Finance."

There was a burst of laughter in the conference room.

An Yi didn't smile, and said with a straight face: "Fighting a war is fighting money, it is fighting logistics, in addition to military salaries, we don't spend a lot of money on technology and weapon research and development, equipment testing and production, gun and ammunition consumption, etc.?" Fortunately, after 10 years of hard work, we have a very solid foundation, both light and heavy industries, agriculture has always attached great importance to the harvest, this year's summer grain harvest in southern Sichuan, southern Yunnan and South China is a foregone conclusion, commercial circulation is also extremely developed, materials are open to supply, and the people's confidence in Huayuan is getting more and more.

"Another point is that after receiving their salaries, most of the officers and men in the army deposit their money in our banks, or simply buy treasury bonds, so that the amount of money in circulation in the market is basically normal, and our Chinese yuan has not depreciated. However, if we don't know how to cherish it, blindly expand the army, and use all kinds of military force, one day we will exceed the critical value, and then the economy will collapse completely, and it will be too late to cry! ”

An Yi looked at the conference table and the generals in the back row on both sides of the circle, saw everyone's expressions become serious, and said: "What happened in Nanhua some time ago, I believe everyone knows, today's meeting, as the Minister of Public Security, Ding Zhicheng was supposed to attend, but he had no shame to see that the brothers were right, he went down to the grassroots level, and he assured me that it would take half a year to completely reverse the bad atmosphere of the public security and armed police forces, regain the lost spirit and soul, and re-establish the model battalion spirit of daring to fight and fight for the interests of the people."

"Brothers, the lesson is profound, and the consequences of not paying attention to the ideological building of the army are the consequences. Everyone has selfish intentions, but the key is how to overcome them, once people are dominated by desires, they will never recover. Therefore, the General Political Department will launch a rectification campaign in the army in the near future, the main purpose of which is to eliminate the mountaineering and sectarianism that are already showing signs in the army, oppose and eliminate subjectivism, and develop the spirit of seeking truth from facts.

"What is mountainism? That is, they only care about the interests of their own small groups or those of their own troops, divide them by the time they have joined our army, the work area and department after joining the army, and so on, form gangs and factions, and all armies, branches of the armed forces, and departments do not understand each other, are not united, and even hostile to each other, and tear each other apart. So what is sectarianism? That is, the thoughts and behaviors of our army that take sectarian interests as the starting point are mainly manifested in the following ways: In the relationship between individuals and the army, personal interests are put first, and military interests are put second, and the army has an independent small kingdom; Organizationally, nepotism has brought some backward, ignorant, and vulgar styles into the army; In the internal relations of the armed forces, only partial interests are emphasized, as long as they are democratic, they do not stress centralism, they do not abide by the principle of democratic centralism in which the individual is subordinate to the collective, the minority is subordinate to the majority, the lower levels are subordinate to the superiors, and the whole army is subordinate to the central authorities, and unprincipled factional struggles are waged. In terms of relations with people outside the military, they are arrogant, complacent, disrespectful, do not learn from their strengths, and are unwilling to cooperate with others.

"Mountaineering and sectarianism, we must resolutely fight it down, never be soft, if there are such signs of thought in all of you, so as to reflect on yourself immediately, and then quietly submit an ideological understanding to me, then we will not blame the past, otherwise once it is found out, it will not be as simple as admitting a mistake to me!

"We have all been brothers who have worked together for many years, and I do not want to have the situation of disobeying orders, preserving strength, and fighting separately in the various armies under the name of the Nanjing government. I would like to express an attitude here, once I grab the tail of mountaineering and sectarianism, no matter who he is, I will resolutely take it down, and I will never be soft-hearted! ”

There was silence in the audience, and everyone digested the information revealed in An Yi's speech.

Subsequently, An Yi threw out another shocking news: "In order to show that the central authorities attach importance to the ideological construction of the army, we will implement the political commissar system in the whole army." In the future, all directors of political departments at and above the regimental level will be called political commissars, and political officers below the regimental level will be called instructors.

"In the past, the military was ranked in the order of military chief, deputy chief, chief of staff, and director of the political department, and in the future, the political commissar would be ranked behind the military chief and before the deputy chief of staff and chief of staff. The political commissar is mainly responsible for the ideological building of the troops, is subordinate to the head of the unit directly below the higher level, and carries out the work under the leadership of the military commission at the same level.

"In political work, political commissars are subordinate to higher political commissars and political organs; In military work, they should obey the military commanders, political commissars, and military organs at higher levels. In the actual course of leading troops in battle, the political commissar will support and cooperate closely with the military commander-in-chief, and if no consensus can be reached on a matter of principle, it will be submitted to the military committee at the same level for discussion and decision, or it will be instructed by a higher level to resolve it; in an emergency, the military commander will decide on issues related to military work, and the political commissar will decide on issues related to political work, but they must be responsible to the military committee and their superiors, report to them afterwards, and accept inspection.

"Brothers, the purpose of implementing this political commissar system is to ensure the absolute leadership of the central authorities over the armed forces, strengthen the political work of the armed forces, and fulfill all the tasks entrusted to the armed forces by the central authorities."

After An Yi finished speaking, he picked up the teacup in front of him and took a sip.

The reason why ideological building was raised to an unprecedented height was that during the war years, it was necessary to ensure a strong core of leadership, and in order to establish such a core, it was necessary to have a unified guiding ideology; after many years of construction, the An Jiajun Army has formed a model battalion spirit and a nationalist ideological system, and the political commissar will be the unswerving executor of this ideological system. The examples of both the present and the future have proved that without a unified ideology as a guide and without a strong political work system, it will inevitably fail. It is inevitable to introduce the political commissar system in order to unite the troops into a whole and to direct forces to the same place.

"Report! Emergency! ”

Major Guo Aiyu, a staff officer of the Communications Department of the General Staff, appeared at the door.

An Yi waved his hand, and the major staff officer walked quickly in front of An Yi, took out an emergency telegram from his briefcase, and sent it to An Yi with both hands.

An Yi took it, and his face changed greatly at the first glance, and he suddenly stood up and said loudly:

"Brethren, war has broken out between the Far Eastern Republic and Japan! At the same time, the Japanese army concentrated 10 divisions and regiments to launch a strong attack on the Shacaofeng and Zhanggufeng in the border areas of Korea and the Far East, and with the cooperation of more than 1,000 warplanes and hundreds of artillery pieces, the Japanese army crossed the border and entered the territory of the Far Eastern Republic.

"Okay, that's all for today's meeting, after the general colonel of the General Logistics Department returns, he will immediately take stock of his family and be ready to support the front line at any time. The General Political Department must implement the spirit of today's meeting, and even in a state of war, we must unswervingly carry out the rectification movement; only by straightening out our foundation and grasping ourselves ideologically can we grow into towering trees in the future and not fall crookedly and win victory after victory.

"The General Staff General Colonel stayed behind and went with me to the operational command center to study and judge the battle situation. If Japan goes to war with the Far East, we will inevitably be involved, especially in Central Asia, and with the return of the Far East Army, we will face the dilemma of fighting alone, and we must be cautious. ”

As An Yi's voice fell, in the conference room, the generals stood up together and saluted An Yi solemnly. An Yi was not pretentious, and after returning the salute, he took the lead in walking out of the door of the conference room and walked towards the combat command center across the wall.

In the command center, the staff officers were busy and orderly, An Yi came to the large miniature sand table, and watched the eight staff officers plant the flags of divisions, brigades, and wings representing the Japanese army on the territory of the Far East according to the battle report.

An Yi looked at the distance from the coast and made a prediction at the first time: the entire Poshet Plain was only thirty kilometers away from the coast, and most of the area was directly under the threat of Japanese naval guns.

Yang Fei, deputy chief of the General Staff, Shen Ziling, director of the Operations Department, Liu Qing, director of the Intelligence Department, An Jin, director of the Special Operations Department, and other generals and colonels all gathered around An Yi.

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An Yi looked at the dense battleship flags planted in the Great Peter Bay off Vladivostok, and let out a long sigh: "I don't know if the top brass of the Far Eastern Army and the commander of the Pacific Fleet have listened to my opinion." After receiving the top-secret information from Tokyo, I immediately informed the top brass of the Far Eastern Communist Army of the plan of action that the Japanese army might initiate, and suggested that they should withdraw some of their warships and send them to the Sakhalin Bay and the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to maneuver, so as to avoid a head-to-head confrontation with the main fleet of the Japanese navy and a strategic decisive battle in the narrow Amur Bay area. However, they replied that the Vladivostok fortress had been built for many years and was impregnable, and there was no safety problem at all. ”

"It's normal for them to have this confidence."

Liu Qing took the baton from a staff officer: "Vladivostok's defense can almost be said to be impeccable. You see, at the beginning of this century, three fortresses, two polygonal forts, and three spectacle fortresses were built around the Russian port of Vladivostok, connected by a moat protected by a breastwork. At the same time, the fortifications of the 'Russian Fortress' and the 'Fourth Fortress' were built on the north side of the port on Mount Khorotilin and on the Amur Peninsula to the south, which were similar to the Arthur Fortress built at the same time. This was also proved by the fact that during the Russo-Japanese War, the initially completed fortress complex of Vladivostok played an important role, and the Japanese navy's offensive failed to capture Vladivostok under the threat of a large number of coastal artillery.

"Before the First World War, seven more forts and four fortresses were built on the southern shore of the Suifen River basin from the Russian twin cities (present-day Ussuriysk) to the Amursky Bay, and five more forts were built on the southern and eastern shores of Lunda Island (present-day Russky Island), as well as a series of infrastructure facilities such as coastal batteries and covered passages for anti-landing. The fortress absorbed all the achievements of military engineering technology of the time, including many well-set bunkers and underground passages, and was once known as a model of coastal fortress fortress, and became famous for a while. Tsar Nicholas II openly said that there was no fleet in the world capable of capturing the Vladivostok fortress group.

"After the 918 Incident, due to fears that Japan would move north, the Soviet Union allocated special funds to establish a coastal defense system in and around Vladivostok, including a fortified coastal battery built on Lunda Island, which was equipped with 180 mm and 305 mm coastal guns, and the system also included a number of 203, 305 and 356 mm railway guns. This coastal defense system, together with the five fortresses built on Kan Island, covers the entire outlet of the Amur Bay, and the defense is almost impeccable, which is why the top brass of the Far Eastern Army is so confident! ”

"I know all of this, but—"

An Yi took the baton from Liu Qing's hand: "Have you found that the entire defense system of Vladivostok is almost aimed at threats from the sea. Now that the Japanese army is attacking from both land and sea, can these fortresses against the sea still play a huge role? Let's not forget that the Japanese army not only has the world's third-largest navy, but also has a 4 million army, and the Japanese air force is armed with B17 Flying Fortress bombers, which will be a serious threat to the defense of the port of Vladivostok! ”

Yang Fei couldn't think of how to break the situation, so he had to comfort: "Chairman, please relax, as a person concerned, the Far Eastern Army must have thought of these unfavorable factors, and there must be a perfect countermeasure." You see, in the area of the Poshet Plain, the Japanese naval artillery can play a huge role, but in the coastal areas of the Amur Bay, which are dotted with coastal batteries, the Japanese land offensive will inevitably be greatly threatened by the Pacific Fleet of the Far East Army.

"At present, the Far East Pacific Fleet has two cruisers, one destroyer, 12 destroyers, 78 submarines, 19 frigates, 10 minelayers, 52 minesweepers, 49 submarine hunters, and 204 torpedo boats.

An Yi smiled: "Hopefully!" If you can see the little devil eating deflated, it will naturally be extremely comforting, Lao Li personally sent a telegram over, it should be a war report."

I saw Lieutenant General Li Yufu, director of the Communications Department of the General Staff Department, walking quickly into the command center, coming to An Yi's side, and handing him a telegram.

The Japanese Navy's attack on the port of Vladivostok was thwarted, and the large-caliber coastal artillery equipped by the Far Eastern Army played a huge role, sinking one destroyer, two gunboats, and damaging many battleships without casualties. Seeing that the situation was not good, the commander of the Japanese fleet withdrew from the Amur Bay, and according to the reconnaissance results of the 3 high-altitude reconnaissance planes imported by the Far East Air Force from Syria, the Japanese fleet is currently cruising in the Great Peter Bay south of the port of Vladivostok, and the specific movements are unknown.

After reading the telegram, An Yi was a little surprised, could it be that the Japanese Navy retreated like this? With An Yi's understanding of the Japanese, as long as the target is identified, even if his head is broken and his bones are broken, will he not hesitate to break his head or even break his bones, is there a conspiracy of the Japanese in this?

An Jin took the telegram from his eldest brother, handed it to Yang Fei after reading it, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, as expected by Deputy Chief of Staff Yang, the Japanese Navy hit the iron plate headlong and lost three warships just after the war, and it is estimated that their commander will die at this time." ”

After reading the telegram, Yang Fei just wanted to be modest, but An Yi shook his head heavily: "No, this is definitely not the main force of the Japanese Combined Fleet, no matter how strong the defense is, under the powerful artillery fire of battleships, battle cruisers and cruisers, it is impossible for the coastal defense forces of the Far East Army to have zero casualties." There is only one explanation for this: the Japanese Navy did not give full force! ”

The generals were taken aback, and the mood that had just been relaxed tensed again.

An Yi took the baton and suddenly pointed to the Soviet port on the west coast of the middle part of the Tatar Strait, and said loudly: "This military port of only 30,000 people is located at the head of the Primorsky Railway, 513 kilometers away from Temple Street (now Nikolaevsk) in the north, 606 kilometers away from Komsomolsk in the northwest, and facing Sakhalin Island (now Sakhalin) across the sea in the east, choking the passage between the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan, and its geographical location is important. In particular, since the construction of the railway to Komsomolsk two years ago, it has developed rapidly and gradually become an important land and sea transport station in the Far Eastern Republic. If I were the commander of the Japanese army, I would have concentrated my superior forces, made every effort to occupy this port, and then took Komsomolsk along the railway, and then threatened Boli (present-day Khabarovsk), cutting off the rear route of the Far Eastern Army in the Primorsky area in one fell swoop. ”

Everyone looked at the miniature map of the Far East and reasoned according to An Yi's train of thought, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

Yang Fei asked anxiously, "Do you need to notify the Far Eastern Republic side immediately?" ”

An Yi shook his head: "It may be too late, if I am the commander of the Japanese army, at the same time as Vladivostok feints, it will inevitably be launched at the same time as Soviet Port." Today, the attention of the top brass in the Far East is focused on the Poshet Plain and Vladivostok line, and the strategic maneuver of the Japanese army can be easily achieved. ”

As soon as An Yi's words fell, Li Yufu came to the war room again with the message, and sure enough, as An Yi expected: Soviet Port was lost half an hour ago!