Chapter 53: A war of words
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A few days later, all major newspapers across the country published on their front pages the news that Zhang Yunfei had shot and killed a prisoner of war, accompanied by huge photographs.
For a while, there was a heated discussion across the country, and there were those who were very happy, and there were also those who condemned Zhang Yunfei, but ordinary people still supported Zhang Yunfei.
When chatting in private, they all said that Zhang Yunfei was a man, daring to think and do, giving the Chinese people a sigh of relief.
In Wuhan, Yucheng, and other big cities in the nationalized areas, enthusiastic young people from several universities took to the streets and held large-scale demonstrations, shouting that they had reached the foundation of imperialism and supported Zhang Yunfei.
Xiao Yueben also began to make unbridled international clamoring, saying that the [***] team had violated the Neiva Convention and brutally murdered unarmed prisoners of war.
This time, the Kuomintang political axe really went against the norm and immediately held a news conference and invited reporters from the United States, Britain, France, and other countries, as well as consuls stationed in China.
At the press conference, the defense minister of the Kuomintang Party personally attended the meeting, issued a sternly worded statement in support of Zhang Yunfei, and produced a large number of photos of the Nanjing Massacre to publicize the army's bestial behavior.
Seeing that the evidence was sufficient, reporters from various countries took photos and interviewed one after another, saying that they would make public the fact that Xiao Yueben was inhumane and massacred civilians in large numbers.
The consuls of various countries also expressed their condemnation and shock, but they did not expect Xiao Yueben to be so cruel and would definitely reflect these facts back to China.
After today's war of words, it was obvious that he was at a loss, and Xiao Yueben, who had fallen behind, began to shut up, and the incident of massacring prisoners of war was over.
Although most people in the country support Zhang Yunfei and think that Zhang Yunfei is a gentleman.
However, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army still sent a telegram criticizing Zhang Yunfei for violating the ** policy, and the telegram said that the massacre of prisoners was only this once, and it would not be an example.
Seeing that the headquarters did not have a substantive surname, it was just a verbal warning, and Zhang Yunfei didn't pay much attention to it.
Our party's policy is to treat prisoners preferentially, and if we violate the policy, the headquarters will definitely make a show and show it to others, Zhang Yunfei thought.
A few days later, the shooting of the prisoners slowly faded out of people's sight as time went on, and the eyes of the people of the whole country were now attracted by the outbreak of the Battle of Wuhan.
In this battle of Wuhan, Xiao Yueben dispatched two front armies, namely the North China Front Army and the Central China Front Army, which were jointly commanded by the commander of the North China Front Army, Gangmura Ningji, and the commander of the Central China Front Army, Toshiroku Hatata.
In addition to the main forces of the two front armies, totaling more than 300,000 people, the troops participating in the battle will also transfer 10 of the 20 divisions and regiments that had just been formed in the territory of the city to participate in the Battle of Wuhan.
In this battle, there were more than 500 planes, nearly 1,000 tanks and armored vehicles, and three heavy artillery brigades and regiments participating in the battle.
According to the understanding of later history, Zhang Yunfei said that in the current battle of Wuhan, there were big discrepancies between Xiao Yueben and history, both in terms of the number of troops dispatched and the situation of heavy weapons and equipment.
Historically, only the Central China Front Army under the command of Shunroku Hata participated in the Battle of Wuhan, and there were not so many planes and tanks.
On the Kuomintang side, under the leadership of Lao Chiang, [***] also organized more than 100 divisions with a total of more than 1 million troops to participate in the battle, including Zhang Zizhong's 59th Army.
Zhang Yunfei also didn't know what the final result of the conference battle that was beginning to take place and would last for several months would develop.
But there is one point, and it is also the most important point for Zhang Yunfei, at present, the main forces of this book are used to participate in the Battle of Wuhan, and the entire North China army is empty.
Although according to the latest information of the special combat team, several divisions and regiments that Xiao Yueben had just formed and incorporated into the North China Front Army had already begun to land in Tianjin, and two of them had already passed Beiping and were probably preparing to garrison Zhangjiakou.
But no matter what, Xiao Yueben's North China Front is no longer capable of attacking himself, at least until the end of the Battle of Wuhan, the little devil will not take the initiative to attack himself.
I can develop my head for a few months.
In order to develop healthily at a high speed in the next few months, Zhang Yunfei made a series of deployments.
With the annihilation of the Suzuki Brigade and the Fifth Division, the prestige of Zhang Yunfei and the 136th Division is like a storm in the whole country, and more people will rush over in the future.
William's talent company is also developing well, and has successively unearthed all kinds of talents from all over the country, including some experts and scholars of this era.
In addition, William also relied on the experience imparted by Zhang Yunfei through overseas connections to fool a large number of talents from overseas, especially in Europe.
In order to get more talents, Zhang Yunfei told William in detail about the MLM experience of later generations, and asked William to promise to use high returns as bait, and give rewards and commissions to anyone who can poach outstanding talents from overseas.
After listening to Zhang Yunfei's detailed explanation, William's eyes lit up when he listened, and he exclaimed again and again, Zhang Yunfei is a genius, and he can come up with such a good idea.
In addition to these admirers, as well as the talents tapped by William's company, a large number of Jews also came from Europe, and there are now tens of thousands of Jews here.
For these Jews, Zhang Yunfei also adopts two kinds of treatment, all those who have skills and abilities, Zhang Yunfei gives them generous treatment, and all ordinary Jews who have no ability, Zhang Yunfei treats them the same as ordinary people, that is, they eat with physical strength.
At the same time, in the suburbs of Datong, an area of tens of thousands of acres has been demarcated as a settlement area for these Jews, and in this place, a large number of houses will be built one after another for Jews to live in.
The abundance of a large number of talents has promoted the good development of the base industry.
At present, cement plants, steel plants, and machinery and equipment factories have been put into operation to produce cement, steel, and industrial equipment that are urgently needed in the base.
In particular, machinery and equipment factories, like a hen that lays eggs, produce various types of machinery and equipment, including large forging machine tools, and large lathes, grinders, deep hole drilling machines and other equipment.
With this equipment, it was possible to produce cars, tanks, artillery and airplanes.
So Zhang Yunfei is ready to build an automobile factory, an armored vehicle factory, a heavy artillery factory, an aircraft factory.
After the completion of these factories, the heavy weapons produced will make Zhang Yunfei's troops more powerful, not to mention, with Zhang Yunfei's more experience, he can provide a good reference for the products produced by these factories.
For example, in terms of tanks, Zhang Yunfei knew the German Tiger tank, the Soviet T-34 tank, the American Sherman tank, etc., although Zhang Yunfei could not draw a detailed design drawing, but Zhang Yunfei was still sure to draw a rough sketch.
In terms of design, the key is to pierce that layer of window paper, and if you pierce this layer of paper, many things can be designed.
In terms of aircraft, Zhang Yunfei also knows many advanced models of this era, such as the P-51 Mustang fighter, which represents the pinnacle of propeller aircraft, from design to manufacturing the first aircraft, in less than two months.
Zhang Yunfei also knows a lot about the parameters and design features of this aircraft.
Datong, surrounded by flat terrain, is just suitable for the development of industry, suitable for the establishment of large-scale factories, Zhang Yunfei plans to build automobile factories, armored vehicle factories, heavy artillery factories, and aircraft factories in the suburbs of Datong.
Because of the excellent performance of antiaircraft guns, Zhang Yunfei believed that with the expansion of the antiaircraft artillery battalion into an antiaircraft artillery regiment in the future, the number of antiaircraft guns will increase greatly, and it will be able to completely defend the security of the airspace above Datong.
In addition, the early warning radar that Zhang Yunfei eagerly hoped for was also nearly completed under the development of more than a dozen German Jewish experts, and then a few more radar stations would be established, and the entire Datong would be a no-fly zone for little devils within a radius of several hundred miles.
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