Chapter 494: Armored Cluster Duel (Part I)
Xi'an, Military Commission Building.
The Principal was squinting at the telegram, which was jointly sent by Yue Weihan and Chen Shaokuan, reporting to the Lord, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the good news of the official formation of the Chinese Naval Corps.
Mr. Zhu next to him said with emotion: "Old máo, the navy of the Chinese country has been reborn again!" ”
"yes." The Lord nodded, and said quietly, "Since the fall of the Ming Dynasty and the entry of the Manchu Tartars, the Chinese country has always pursued the strategy of closing the country and closing the country, and did not pay attention to the construction of the naval division at all. ”
Although the Beiyang Naval Division of the Manchu Dynasty claimed to be the strongest navy in Asia at that time, all the warships and munitions were purchased from the Western powers, and were not the natural products of the country's industrial prosperity.
Mr. Zhu thought deeply and said: "We Communists can't learn from the Manchu Qing Dynasty." ”
"No, the boss is too worried." Zhou Chengcheng came in with a telegram, and immediately shook his hand and said, "Mr. Xi, Yue Jiaowei has just called again, please ask the central government to build ship repair factories in Taipei and Shanghai?" According to Yue Bangwei's vision, ship repair is just a façade, and the real goal is to build a shipyard capable of manufacturing large ships! ”
Mr. Zhu's eyes lit up when he heard this, but the main seat asked thoughtfully: "Did Yue Bangwei say how large a shipyard they want to build?" ”
"A 100,000-ton aircraft carrier!" Zhou Gong raised the telegram in his hand and said, "However, that is the long-term goal!" ”
"Okay, it's good to have this vision and confidence!" Lord Xi nodded happily and said, "Call Yue Jiaowei back immediately, and the central government agrees that they will build ship repair factories in Taipei and Shanghai, but the funds, equipment, and technical personnel have to be self-determined, and the central government has neither a penny nor a machine for them, but a skilled worker for them." ”
"Okay, I'll call you back." Zhou Gong put down the telegram and turned around and left.
Mr. Zhu immediately beckoned to the máo chair and said, "Come, old máo, the current situation in the whole country is very good!" After that, Mr. Zhu pointed to the map again and said: "The Japanese army in Nanyang has been completely trapped in the Indochina Peninsula and the islands of Luzon and Java and cannot move, the Japanese army in Central China has less than 100,000 people left in the vicinity of Nanjing, and the Japanese army has been divided by more than 2 million troops in Yiye, including large and medium-sized cities such as Beiping, Tianjin, and Jinan, and the Japanese army outside the border has been pinned down by 2 million Russian troops in the Far East, and it is impossible to go south in a short time.........
"I'm going to see it soon." The main seat waved his hand, and said with concern: "Although Germany does not care much about the war in Asia, it is impossible to watch the defeat of Japan, if nothing else, in the short term, Germany will cooperate with Japan to put pressure on Russia, and the deadline for the Japanese army to move south outside the border is not far away, and Siye has to step up." ”
After saying this, the main seat said: "However, I believe that Yue Dengwei knows it in his heart. ”
"Hmm." Mr. Zhu nodded and said solemnly, "As long as the Great Wall defense chain can be established, we will no longer be afraid of the Japanese army going south outside the border!" ”
Yangon, Siye Command.
Deng Gong walked into Yue Weihan's office slowly, and immediately raised the telegram in his hand and said to Yue Weihan: "Zhongshu, the central government has called back and agreed that we will build a ship repair plant in Taipei and Shanghai, but we have to find our own way in terms of funds, equipment and technicians, and the central government can't help even if we want to." ”
For Siye, funding is not a big problem.
Although there are many places that need to use money at present, running schools need money, raising soldiers needs money to fight wars, and engaging in scientific research is a black dòng that eats too much money, but it is worth glad that at present, Myanmar's industry has been extremely large-scale, coupled with a large number of Chinese people pouring into Myanmar to take refuge or panning for gold, and now the service industry in major cities in Myanmar has been quite large-scale.
In Burma, the tax revenue from the service sector alone is now a large amount of income, coupled with the arms sales to the Allies and the dismal management of Mr. Rong Desheng and Mr. Tan Kah Kee, which can barely be supported, at least until now, Mr. Rong Ducsheng and Mr. Tan Kah Kee have never come to Yue Weihan because of financial difficulties.
The problem of skilled workers should also not be large, and it is entirely possible to recruit a large number of unemployed workers from the West.
Only equipment is an insurmountable problem, the Americans only went to the "Chinese" to move the warships, but did not provide the "Chinese" country with the equipment and skilled workers of the repair yards or shipyards, plus Roosevelt, the lame man, had already begun to guard against the "Chinese" country, and now it is even more impossible to do so, so everything has to rely on himself.
Yue Weihan said after a moment: "Old rate, dismantle Singapore's equipment!" Singapore was the "Verdun of the East" operated by the British for many years, not only built a strong land fortress, but also built a large naval port, and also built a shipyard nearby, after the Japanese occupied Singapore, most of the equipment was dismantled and shipped back to China, but still left a lot of equipment to repair the ships of the Combined Fleet.
After the reconquest of Singapore, the ownership of these devices became a problem.
The British were very arrogant, claiming that the sovereignty of the whole of Singapore belonged to the British without dispute, so these equipment were naturally British, but the Chinese would never admit this, and the Chinese believed that Singapore was captured by the national army from the Japanese army, and was the spoils of war of the national army, and had nothing to do with the British.
Until now, the two sides have been arguing endlessly over Singapore's sovereignty.
Therefore, the suburban prince was a little worried and said: "Zhongshu, will this cause a dispute between the outside and the outside?" ”
"I can't care so much." Yue Weihan waved his hand and said coldly, "If the British are not convinced, let them try to drive the Royal Navy into the Strait of Malacca?" As for the Americans, they are now so overwhelmed by the war in the Balkans that it is impossible to care about this kind of jīmáo garlic skin xiǎo affair anymore. ”
In terms of personal style, Yue Weihan is undoubtedly a complete hawk! However, the current "China" country has completely strong capital, and the current "China" country not only no longer needs the assistance of its allies, but can even help its allies in turn, even if it is the navy's Dan ten ships, which is also the "China" country used military science and technology in the era of the "China" to exchange from the hands of the Americans, which is called equivalent jiāo exchange, and does not take advantage of the Americans.
Bang Gong nodded and said, "In this case, all the problems are solved." "Nope." Yue Weihan shook his head and said, "The construction of the navy has a long way to go, and it cannot be solved overnight, with the little equipment dismantled by Singapore and left behind by the Japanese army in Taipei, we can't even build a transport boat of hundreds of tons, let alone a destroyer of thousands of tons and an aircraft carrier of tens of thousands of tons!" ”
After saying this, Yue Weihan suddenly said again: "However, it's not that there are no shortcuts!" ”
Di Gong's heart moved, and he said thoughtfully: "You mean, when the Japanese are defeated, the shipbuilding industry and industrial workers in the Japanese will be fully absorbed and digested?" ”
Yue Weihan couldn't help but give Deng Gong a thumbs up, a great man is a great man!
Yue Weihan really thinks so, China now has a navy, "although the scale is not large, but the coast guard used to deal with Japan is more than enough, in this case, Yue Weihan does not want the US Navy to get involved in the war between China and Japan again, and in the future, if Japan is defeated, there will be nothing for the Americans to do in the garrison of Dongying Island."
In this way, China can fully take over the industry of Japan, "the most important of which is shipbuilding!"
Since the Meiji Restoration, the focus of Japan's military construction has always been the navy, and its shipbuilding industry is extremely developed, even compared with the United States, Britain and other countries, it is not much better, but limited by population and resources, Japan's shipbuilding industry seems to be shrinking "can not give full play to its manufacturing strength."
If we can fully take over the shipbuilding industry of Japan, the shipbuilding industry of China will be able to rise in a very short period of time!
With a strong shipbuilding industry as the foundation, whether there are abundant resources and a huge population base as the backing, it is difficult for the seagrass of the Chinese country to be strong, and it may not be possible to wait for the end of the war in Europe.
However, these are all things that will be a few years later, and the most important thing now is to recover Tianjin and Beiping as soon as possible to establish the Great Wall defense chain, and then Yue Weihan turned to Huang Jie, who was busy on the map next to him, and said: "Chief of Staff" How long will it take for the production line of KM-32 armed helicopters to be completed? ”
"It should be soon." Huang Jie didn't raise his head and said, "The reply over there said that it will be put into production in half a month at most!" ”
At this time, the armed helicopter really has no technical content, except for a steel plate welded cabin, in fact, there is only a high-power engine and transmission mechanism left, but the Americans have not suffered anything, and they can exchange dozens of old warships that are about to be retired for such a new concept weapon that can be said to be more than the times, which is definitely worth it!
"Tell them, hurry up!" Yue Weihan couldn't help but say, "It must be built within 7 days!" ”
Yue Weihan was anxious to take the lead - the first main type of armed helicopter was put into production because the 3rd Group Army was in trouble in North China.
As early as 5 days ago, the 33rd Division had already recovered Tanggu.
However, on the way to Tianjin on the 33rd Division, it encountered a counterattack by the Japanese armored group, and after a fierce tank battle, the 33rd Division was outnumbered and suffered a loss, and was forced to retreat to Tanggu.
The 3rd Army immediately revised its battle plan and decided to seize Qingdao first.
However, as a springboard for attacking Tianjin and Beiping, Tanggu must not be abandoned, so on the one hand, Liu Yi ordered the 31st Division to quickly occupy Qingdao, but the attack on Qingdao by the division was also not smooth, and the firepower of the Japanese army in North China was much stronger than that of the Japanese army in Central China, and it was not so easy to defeat.
Qingdao, Taipingjiao.
The 93rd Regiment of the first echelon barely gained a firm foothold on the tidal flats from Taipingjiao to Yan'er Island, but when it advanced in depth, it was met with stubborn resistance from the Japanese army, and the Japanese even launched two counterattacks with armored clusters, but fortunately, the 93rd Regiment still had the fire support of the Air Force, and after a fierce battle, it was pushed back.
From the fierce fighting in the early morning to two o'clock in the afternoon, the 93rd Regiment was suppressed on the tidal flats of Taiping Kok, and was unable to advance half a step.
This can be a big deal for Li Yilong, commander of the 31st Division, and the 93rd Regiment will not be able to open up the situation for a long time, and the engineer regiment will not be able to go ashore, the engineer regiment will not be able to go ashore, and the tank regiment and artillery regiment will not be able to go ashore, because the US Navy's Pacific Fleet has not replaced the LCM3 landing craft that can carry medium tanks, but only the LCM2 landing craft with a displacement of less than 30 tuns.
Therefore, without the assistance of sappers, it is impossible to forcibly seize the beach, unless it is an amphibious rehabitat tank.
In this way, the infantry can only get the fire support of the air force, and if it drags on like this, the situation will only become more and more unfavorable, and when it gets dark and the air force withdraws from the battlefield, the trouble will be big, and then the Japanese army will mobilize armored clusters to fight a counterattack, and the more than 2,000 officers and men of the 93rd Regiment who have already gone ashore can only be driven into the sea to feed the sharks.
"Ge Lao Tzu Di!" After a long time, Li Yilong gritted his teeth and said, "Forcibly grab the beach!" ”
"What, forcibly grab the beach!?" Chief of Staff Liao Yaoting was shocked to the extreme, "Division, the total combat weight of the M4 medium tank is more than 33 tons, but the full load displacement of the LCM2 landing craft is only 26 tons. What should I do if I sink? ”
"Remove the machine guns, protective armor and all unnecessary auxiliary equipment from the landing craft!" Li Yilong gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice, "Let the sappers tie enough gasoline barrels to the landing craft, in short, we must find a way to ensure that the tanks can be sent to the beachhead, the devils of the dog day, Lao Tzu wants them to look good!" ”
"Yes." Seeing that Li Yilong had made up his mind, Liao Yaoting immediately took the order.
Soon, the Chinese engineers on the US transport ship and destroyer were busy, first dismantling the left and right side panels of the landing craft, the armor protection steel plates of the Cào longitudinal chamber, and the two heavy machine guns in the bow of the boat, and after the M tank boarded the landing craft, they also removed the landing ladder plate weighing several tons, and then installed it back after grabbing the beachhead for the M4 tank to disembark.
Finally, the Chinese sappers fixed the gasoline barrels on the LCM2 landing craft with steel cables.
The efficiency of the Chinese sappers was very high, and in less than forty minutes, everything had been done, and then the bows of more than ten large transport ships slowly opened, and one by one the LCM2 landing craft carrying MP medium tanks were pushed down into the sea, and seeing the LCM2 transport boats struggling to sail to the beach, Li Yilong finally breathed a long sigh of relief. ~!