A big war has just ended, and there are a lot of things that need to be dealt with by Yang Zhen. Just after the end of the battle, there were two things that needed to be dealt with immediately before him. First, it is necessary to arrange for the troops that have already ended the fighting to retreat to the northeast for rest and recuperation, and first, it is necessary to select and arrange for the troops to remain in North China from among the units that have entered the North China to fight in accordance with the requirements of the central authorities.

With so many troops stationed in North China for a long time, the pressure on the supply of the entire Hebei region is also quite large. Although the main grain-producing areas in Hebei were recovered in this battle, winter wheat was planted in this area of Hebei, which was sown in autumn and harvested in early summer. There were many major battles on the battlefield in Hebei, and the destruction of the entire central and southern Hebei regions was very great.

Under the destruction of the war, the reduction of winter wheat output in the central Hebei region this year has been inevitable. At present, the hundreds of thousands of troops concentrated in the southern Hebei and Hebei-Shandong border theaters are mainly supported by the captured grain of last autumn. In fact, by the end of the campaign, the troops' food had already been divided into ± parts. ★

Considering the affordability of Hebei, Yang Zhen still decided to withdraw the rest of the troops to the northeast as much as possible, except for the troops stationed in North China according to the requirements of the central government. In order to alleviate the supply pressure of the entire North China battlefield, and at the same time, the troops after a long war should have a good rest.

In addition to these two things, Yang Zhen also had to mobilize tanks, airplanes and other heavy equipment from the northeast to supplement the armored and aviation units stationed in North China. In particular, tanks with large battle losses, as well as fighters and attack aircraft.

Before the battle here ended, Yang Zhen had already sent a report to the northeast. They were asked to transfer a batch of T-34 tanks produced in four or four years to re-equip the armored units remaining in North China. The last time there was a crisis in northern Shaanxi, the Anti-Japanese Union dispatched armored troops fighting in northern Shanxi to cross the Yellow River to support northern Shaanxi, allowing some parties to seize the handle and use this to put pressure on the United States.

For this reason, the Americans have repeatedly stressed that the weapons and equipment they provide can only be used in the war against Japan. As soon as they find out that the Anti-Japanese Federation is using U.S. tanks against domestic forces, even to deter certain parties, they will immediately stop providing assistance to them. Of course, this threat is not only aimed at the Anti-United Nations, but also the pressure on Chongqing is even greater.

This is because compared with the Anti-Japanese Alliance, which is only partially dependent on the United States in terms of heavy weapons and military raw materials, Chongqing's demand for weapons and equipment is much greater. The president of the U.S. wheelchair sent a special representative to Chongqing to exert pressure on some sides. Considering that it is not suitable to turn against the Americans for the time being, Yang Zhen still decided to reequip all the tank units stationed in North China.

The original American-British-made tanks were all transferred back to the Northeast. so as not to give certain aspects and create political excuses. Moreover, according to the current intelligence, the Americans began to provide Chongqing with a large number of American-made 37 anti-tank guns in the fourth and fourth years. At the same time, it has increased assistance to combat aircraft and army weapons on the Chongqing side.

From January to April of '44 alone, the United States provided Chongqing with more than 10,000 79 light machine guns improved by the Canadian Arsenal on the basis of British-made Bren light machine guns. 300 37 anti-tank guns, 200 105 howitzers, and 300 75 mountain guns. At the same time, a batch of Italian-made light and heavy machine guns and mountain artillery captured after landing in Italy were also provided.

How much weapons and equipment the Americans gave Chongqing, Yang Zhen didn't care very much. However, the Americans increased their assistance to Chongqing with anti-tank weapons, which made Yang Zhen a little uneasy. At present, on the Chinese battlefield, all the tank forces of the Japanese army are basically on the North China battlefield. There was not a single tank in the entire Central and East China and even the Henan theater of operations.

At this time, Chongqing was given so many anti-tank guns, and with the progress of time, the number continued to increase. This somewhat makes Yang Zhen suspect that the pressure exerted by the Americans on certain aspects is only superficial. At present, the entire war situation has gradually become clear, and Yang Zhen does not want to make any tongues in public opinion at this time.

In fact, the T 34 tanks of the Anti-Union are the same in appearance as the tanks made by the Soviet Union itself. But the internal differences are still quite large. In addition to the artillery, power and shape have not changed, the internal walking mechanism and the stable structure have been modified according to the shortcomings of the American-made M 4 tank for the shortcomings of the T 34 tank.

The gun was also equipped with the vertical stabilizer of the M 4 tank, and the optical sighting system was used on the German 4 tank. That is to say, the T 34 tank made by the Anti-Union itself, in fact, the appearance of the T 34 tank, and the interior are actually the standard of American tanks.

Not only the handling performance of the tank, but also has been greatly improved. At the same time, it also greatly slowed down the T 34 tank, which was far away from the excessive driving vibration and excessive fatigue caused by the crew's long-distance marching. The accuracy of the gun's fire has also been greatly improved compared to Soviet-made tanks. It's just that this improved tank only began mass production at the end of the fourth or third year, and the output is not very large so far.

However, although the total output is only about 300 vehicles at present, it is just right to reequip the tank units stationed in North China and replace the various tanks of the American and British series among these tank units. Moreover, Yang Zhen has also decided that when the central government decides to let these tank units return to the northeast, they will also withdraw personnel and equipment.

To do this, before the troops retreated. After consulting with the boss, Yang Zhen decided to select personnel from the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region and transfer two brigades of formed units to follow the remaining tank units for training. When the anti-coalition forces withdraw, they will receive the equipment on the spot.

As for the replenishment of the shortfall in the strength of the various infantry divisions due to casualties in this battle, the central authorities have promised that the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei and Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Regions will jointly solve the problem. But in many things, under the current situation that Guo Bingxun is far away in the northeast, Yang Zhen still needs to deal with it personally.

However, after thinking about the selection of the chief person in charge of the troops stationed in North China, Yang Zhen still did not leave Chen Hanzhang, who was the most suitable candidate. Instead, Tao Jingfei was chosen as the commander and Huang Yuqing as the political commissar, who was responsible for commanding the troops remaining in North China.

At present, the troops remaining in North China will mainly play a role as a battlefield deterrent until the reorganization of the various base areas in North China is completed. At least in the second half of '44, the North China Battlefield War may not be very explosive. The troops stationed in North China play more of a training role. Therefore, Yang Zhen left Tao Jingfei and Huang Yuqing to command the troops stationed in North China.

As for Du Kaishan, give Yang Zhen 10,000 guts, and he didn't dare to leave Du Kaishan in North China. This guy who is easy to mess with is better to be transferred back to the Northeast Battlefield. Leaving him in North China may not be able to cause anything. Under the circumstance that Chen Hanzhang still has important tasks in the next step, Tao Jingfei has become the best candidate.

After arranging the sequence of the retreat of the remaining participating troops and the route of retreat, and arranging for Chen Hanzhang to command the troops to retreat to the northeast. Yang Zhen and the boss took a plane and flew directly to Yan'an to report to the central government. Even Beiping City in this era didn't have time to take a look.

After arriving in Yan'an, Yang Zhen knew that he had been ordered to return to Yan'an to report this time, not only to report to the Central Committee on the entire process of the battle, but also to study the relocation of the Central Committee to Beiping. The reason why the central government transferred itself to Yan'an this time was far from being as simple as Yang Zhen imagined.

He was not the only one who returned to Yan'an to report this time, but also the deputy commander-in-chief of the Shanxi battlefield, the commanders and political commissars of the three major military regions in North China, and the responsible persons of various central bureaus. The Anti-Japanese Federation specially dispatched planes from Yantai, which had been abandoned by the Japanese army, to pick up the commander of the Shandong Military Region, as well as the responsible persons of the party, government, army, and New Fourth Army in Shandong. Even the commander-in-chief and the chairman of the Northeast People's Government arrived in Yan'an before him.

At this time, the central authorities summoned the responsible persons of the major regions to return to Yan'an, mainly in view of the development and changes in the domestic situation after the end of the battle, and to study and formulate the overall arrangements for the work in the next two years. The area covered by this meeting can be described as quite extensive, including industry, agriculture and business.

Although Yang Zhen rarely spoke at meetings in other areas except for the military involvement of the Northeast, and even basically kept silent at the meeting, he did not participate as much as possible if he could not attend. But in every aspect of the meeting, whether it was industrial, agricultural, or military issues, the chairman asked him to attend by name.

Yang Zhen didn't understand that he was not in charge of these in the Northeast Bureau, so why did the central government still participate in this kind of local economic construction? It's okay to fight a war on your own, but what kind of industrial construction and what kind of agricultural policy formulation you have, you really don't have that kind of material. When I was in the Northeast, I moved my tongue, and the real work was done by the Northeast Bureau.

Yang Zhen, who couldn't figure out the chairman's intentions, could only patiently participate in these industrial and agricultural meetings. However, except for the various meetings on military issues, it is basically only with ears and no mouth. In particular, if it were not for the main leaders attending the meeting, he would not have been able to understand it at all, and he would even go to the meeting place to sleep.

However, at the North China Industrial Development Conference, Yang Zhen still put forward some of his own ideas and suggestions for the industrial construction of North China. In particular, on the issue of the resumption of production of the Shijingshan Iron and Steel Plant, Yang Zhen resolutely opposed the idea proposed by the Jinchaji Branch to build a new Shijingshan Iron and Steel Plant based on the Shijingshan Iron and Steel Plant, plus the Japanese to stay in Xuanhua and build a new small blast furnace in Tangshan, and to restore the production of this iron plant as much as possible.

Yang Zhen did not disagree with the resumption of production at the Shijingshan Iron and Steel Plant, but Yang Zhen opposed the resumption of production in Beiping. Yang Zhen's opinion was to move the original 250-ton American-made blast furnace of this steel plant, as well as the 380-ton blast furnace and 11 small blast furnaces that were transported from China after the Japanese army occupied the Shijingshan Iron and Steel Plant, to Xuanhua.

In addition, the Northeast Bureau deployed ten electric furnaces and three converters from the United States aid. Fifteen blast furnaces built by the Japanese in Xuanhua in 40 years and have now been repaired, as well as two 150-ton steelmaking blast furnaces that the Japanese transported to Tangshan. Gather together to build a large steel plant.

It makes use of the excellent iron ore resources of Longyan Iron Mine and the high-quality industrial coal produced in Datong area of Shanxi Province. Although Xuanhua is located outside the Saiwai, the location is a bit northerly. However, after the opening of the Pingsui Railway, the traffic conditions in Xuanhua have been fundamentally improved. And for the time being, it is located in the rear of the entire North China base area. The construction of the steel plant there is not comparable to other regions in terms of safety alone.

In order to persuade the leaders of the central and major regions who participated in the meeting, Yang Zhen engaged in politics, military, raw material supply and other aspects, and explained the reasons why he thought Xuanhua was more suitable than Beiping. Yang Zhen still said that in addition to a slight advantage in transportation and electricity, Beiping is definitely not suitable for building a heavy industrial zone.

Tangshan in eastern Hebei and Xuanhua in Hebei have more advantages than Beiping in the development of heavy industry. In particular, Xuanhua, whether from a military perspective or from a resource utilization perspective, is incomparable with Beiping, which is too close to the coast. It is far better to move the Shijingshan Iron and Steel Plant to Xuanhua than to leave Beiping to continue construction.