"To the Northeast?" After Mao Yisheng heard what Huo Zixiang said, his brows furrowed.

"To be precise, it's going to northern Shaanxi." Huo Zixiang corrected and said.

"Didn't Brigade Commander Fengtian Jiang fight well, annihilating more than 10,000 Japanese troops, inspiring the whole country, and raising the ambition of China, why do you want to withdraw to northern Shaanxi now?" Mao Yisheng asked puzzled.

"Director Mao didn't know, the Japanese army was not fully prepared before, Brigade Commander Jiang caught the Japanese army by surprise, this time the Japanese army came prepared, and the strength exceeded the defenders, Brigade Commander Jiang and Commander Huang fought alone in Fengtian City, and had to prepare another way to retreat.

Transfer all the property and machinery of Fengtian City to avoid falling into the hands of the Japanese army and become a brother of the Japanese invasion of China. ”

Huo Zixiang explained, "If nothing else, just a Fengtian Arsenal can produce tens of thousands of rifles a year.

With hundreds of cannons, which arsenal in the Republic of China can compare with this scale? If it is occupied by the Japanese army, in a few years,

Japan will be able to pull out another army in the northeast that is no less than the current northeast army. Isn't that a disaster for the Republic of China? In addition, there are some steel-making, iron-making equipment, just that set of steel-making equipment, a year can produce 200,000 tons of steel, steel is the foundation of industry, now the entire Republic of China's steel output adds up to even a fraction of Japan, Director Mao is a knowledgeable person, for the understanding of the importance of these machinery, I should not need to say more. ”

"Can't it be transported into the customs? From Fengtian City to northern Shaanxi, the road is difficult and dangerous, I am afraid that it is not lucky, if it is transported to Guannei by railway, it is much more convenient. Mao Yisheng questioned again.

"Customs? We also want to, but Brigade Commander Jiang and Commander Huang disobeyed the orders of the young marshal and Nanjing, and two days ago, because the 20th Brigade snatched anti-Japanese materials, and clashed with the 20th Brigade, which made the young marshal even worse. Besides, Zhang Shaoshuai didn't plan to ask for those equipment before, and all of them were occupied by the Japanese, and Brigade Commander Jiang and the people of the 7th Brigade worked hard to get it back and transport it into the customs, Zhang Shaoshuai may not be able to realize the importance of these machinery. People are only thinking about self-preservation now, can such a warlord calm down and run a business? The Japanese army will not die if the heart of China does not die, and when the time comes, when the time comes, Zhang Shaoshuai will withdraw without firing a shot, isn't it in vain? Huo Zixiang smiled bitterly, and then cautiously bent down to Mao Yisheng and saluted, "These machinery are worth tens of thousands of yuan, once put into production, for the Republic of China with a weak industrial base, its significance cannot be ignored, and I hope that Director Mao will not shirk." ”

"This, okay." Mao Yisheng sighed, first the Northern Expedition of the National Army, followed by the Central Committee and the Gui Department, the Guangdong Department, the Hunan Army, and then the Central Plains War, the domestic turmoil exhausted the government's energy, even if he has the ambition to serve the country in a civil engineering site, there is no way to serve the country, this goes to northern Shaanxi, first build a pontoon bridge as soon as possible, and then build a railway bridge across both sides of the strait, for him,

It can also be regarded as a professional counterpart.

Hearing Mao Yisheng's promise, Huo Zixiang was immediately overjoyed, entrusted by others, and loyal to others. Huo Zixiang was naturally instructed by Jiang Li to contact Mao Yisheng with the relationship he was looking for at Northeastern University. At this time, it is too late to build a large railway bridge on the side of the Yellow River, but it is also a very technical thing to build a pontoon bridge, and it is not an overnight thing to build a railway bridge.

Coal and iron are indispensable, Shaanxi is not short of coal, but there is no large-scale iron mine, which can be supplemented from Inner Mongolia to a certain extent, after the Japanese army invaded China, it is unrealistic for the steel plant to be built in Baotou, but the difficulty of transporting iron ore is relatively small. The ground in Shaanxi is not open, and there must be a large number of earth fortifications behind, and there is no such specialist as Mao Yisheng, which will undoubtedly slow down the construction progress of the industrial base in northern Shaanxi.

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"Your Excellency Honjo Fan, if there is nothing to do, you can go back to the base camp on the road." Muto Nobuyoshi has no waves on his face,

He didn't show any expression to this old friend.

Shigeru Honjo also had a blank face, and there were many reasons why the Kwantung Army was devastated in his hands, but as the former commander of the Kwantung Army, Honjo had an unshirkable responsibility. Since the Meiji Restoration, Honfanso was the first general to cause the Japanese army to lose its reputation in the international arena, which became a disgrace to the Japanese military circles at this time.

"Although it failed tactically, but strategically for the empire, this was an extremely successful operation, if it weren't for a Jiang Li who jumped out of the Zhina Army, the Kwantung Army would have established immortal feats for the empire this time, this defeat, not a crime of war, but a pity for Commander Honjo Fan." Muto Nobuyoshi's deputy chief of staff, Okamura Ninji, said with a snort.

"Well, despite the loss of the Kwantung Army, the empire also got an excuse for further invasion of China, and tested the truth of China. Within a few months,

The entire northeastern part of China will be brought under the rule of the Empire, and strategically speaking, after the headquarters decided to end the Wicker Lake Incident, Shigeru Honjo was still able to make up his mind to support the actions of Seishiro Itagaki and Ishihara Waner, and he was also a very charismatic figure. It's a pity that the main force of the entire Kwantung Army was broken by the Shina Army in a few days, leaving the imperial soldiers with no face in the world, and the emperor was furious, and the base camp needed a scapegoat, and there was no more suitable person than Ben Fanzhuang. ”

Muto Nobuyoshi smiled indifferently, in a sense, Honjo Fan's actions can completely test Zhang Xueliang's attitude, in fact, the merit outweighs the fault. It's a pity that whether it is the Republic of China or Japan, the political struggle is very dirty, and Honjo Shigeru unfortunately fell victim to it.

"The 4th Cavalry Brigade has landed, will it be sent out immediately?" Okamura asked.

"Let's go out, first sort out those restless Chinese guerrillas, our opponent is very unusual." Muto Nobuyoshi threw a document on the table, "According to the information of the special high school, Jiang Li has funded a large number of weapons for the local armed forces, which will become a logistical difficulty for us. Winter is coming, this battle is not easy to fight, the railway from Fengcheng to Fengtian has been completely destroyed, and more than 260 kilometers of railway from Zhaotun Township to Fengtian City have also been blown up by Jiang Li, although we have mobilized a large number of troops, it is very difficult to transport enough ammunition to the vicinity of Fengtian City in a short time. If we can't maintain the advantage in firepower, Honjo Shigeru is a lesson for us, and winter is coming soon. ”

"Due to the losses of the Kwantung Army,

The intention of the European powers to intervene in the situation in the northeast is getting stronger and stronger, and this war cannot be dragged on for too long.

Otherwise, it will change later, and it seems that the Imperial soldiers will suffer considerable losses this time. ”

Okamura Ninji nodded cautiously,

The winter in the northeast of China is colder than that of the Japanese mainland, Japan has suffered a big loss in Siberia, Russia, which lasted several years and cost hundreds of millions of yen, and finally ended in failure, even if the situation in Mukden is much better than that in the Russian Far East, but if you want to make progress in a short time, you can only use the Japanese army to bulldoze the fortifications set up by Jiang Li in Mukden, and in the face of the defenders of Mukden City who are very resolute in resisting, this is destined to be a bloody battle, and perhaps the Japanese army on the Jilin side will also suffer huge losses.