Chapter 264: We'll Have It Too
The request made by the Americans was expected by Yang Zhen. Yang Zhen can still agree to this request of the Americans, but there are some issues that must be talked about well. Once the Americans are stationed, it will undoubtedly bring heavy supply pressure to North Manchuria, and at the same time, it is likely to cause some foreign-related disputes.
What kind of virtue those American pilots and air and ground crews are, Yang Zhen still knows. The way of life of the Americans, as well as the way the army is managed, doomed a large part of these guys to be the masters of causing trouble when nothing happens. It is not impossible for US troops to be stationed in the North Manchurian base area. However, for the discipline of the US military, the Anti-United Nations must be strictly demanded.
And this opportunity is also a good second chance for my own sky-high price. If he didn't take advantage of this opportunity to get something more out of the hands of the Americans, Yang Zhen felt sorry for himself. Especially those things that the Americans promised, but always dragged on when they fulfilled them.
At present, according to the supply standards of the US military, except for the Americans themselves, there is probably no second supply in this world that has been shattered. The supply of a large number of auxiliary personnel for the US military aviation unit is undoubtedly a heavy burden for the Anti-United Nations. If they don't exchange something, Yang Zhen feels sorry for those in Ximan, and sooner or later they will enter the cows in their stomachs.
Americans like to eat beef, Yang Zhen is still clear about this. Although the current production of cattle in the West Manchurian area is very large, it will not be eaten up by these guys. But after all, it's a big price for the Anti-Alliance, isn't it? Paid such a big price, what if you don't recover some of the costs?
Especially the high-quality aviation fuel urgently needed by the Anti-United Nations, as well as the refining technology of high-octane gasoline, which Yang Zhen has been peeking at for a long time. At present, although the oil fields and crude oil smelting industries in Northeast China have been largely completed, they can only refine low-grade gasoline and diesel, and high-grade aviation fuel still depends on the Americans.
Yang Zhen has raised this issue of technology transfer many times, but he has not received a response from the Americans. The stationing of the US Army Air Force this time is a rare opportunity. With so much aviation fuel, the Americans could not count on all the transshipment through the Soviet side. The North Manchurian base area has formed a relatively complete crude oil processing system, although it is still relatively low-level, but after all, it already has a certain good foundation of its own.
At this time, if you take advantage of this opportunity to get the production technology of high-grade gasoline, it will undoubtedly be a rare opportunity to improve your own refining industry technology. In many things, Yang Zhen must have a good talk with these two. In addition to asking the US military to restrain their own discipline, Yang Zhen's purpose was to take advantage of this opportunity to develop more advanced technology.
Of course, the production technology of the B-29 bomber and the P-51 fighter, Yang Zhen knew that the Americans would not give it to him whether they lived or died. At the same time, knowing that the jet age has come, this kind of aircraft with piston engines, even if it seems to be advanced at the moment, but he is also on the verge of elimination, and he has no Longwangshu.
Moreover, in Yang Zhen's view, there is no need to get the technology of these advanced aircraft at the negotiating table. As long as the Americans are stationed in North Manchuria, when they go to their own territory, they should still have a chance to use their brains if they want to get these technologies. No matter how tightly the Americans take precautions, there are still times when they are negligent.
Besides, the Japanese homeland's air defense forces are not vegetarians. If the Americans want to complete the bombing of Japan without paying heavy losses, it is such a simple thing. Even if you can't get the whole self, you may not be able to get some battle-damaged planes.
Yang Zhen, who has his own plan in mind, can be said to have taken the lead step by step when facing these two American generals. Of course, supporting the allies in the war against Japan is an unshirkable responsibility for the Anti-Japanese Federation, and Yang Zhen has never denied it. However, he insisted that the northeast is still very poor and backward at present, and there is still a lot of pressure to bear the supply of such a large number of US troops.
Considering the price to be paid in this matter as an ally that is still quite backward economically. Yang Zhen hopes that the Americans should relax the transfer of technology and equipment from the United Nations, as well as speed up the efficiency of the provision of industrial equipment that has been promised but has not yet been fulfilled.
At the negotiation table, Yang Zhen pointed out these machinery and equipment, as well as advanced production technology. It is not simply a need to resist the United Nations, but also to reduce the logistical pressure on the Americans. If we can solve the needs of the US air raids on Japan in North Manchuria, the heavy logistical pressure on the Americans will inevitably be greatly reduced.
This would free up the Americans to divert resources to other theater of operations. At the negotiation table, although Yang Zhen did not directly point it out, he also vaguely proposed that the United States and Britain were preparing to land in Europe on the European battlefield. Yang Zhen hinted that if the U.S. military can provide high-octane gasoline refining technology, the anti-United Nations side can afford all the fuel needs of the U.S. strategic bomber group in North Manchuria.
After several verbal battles at the negotiation table, these two typical American generals with the style of American ** people can be regarded as having a taste of what it means to be a difficult person in the mouth of their colleagues. In the face of these two brothers, who were not opponents at all, they sent a telegram to Chongqing in desperation, asking the US ambassador to China to help with this.
After all, as soldiers, the two of them have no right to make any promises to the demands of the United Nations. Fortunately, the United States moved quickly in China, after receiving a report forwarded by the Chongqing Embassy. The new US ambassador to China was immediately assigned to fly from Chongqing to Yan'an to cooperate in the negotiations.
However, the commander-in-chief of the US military in China, who was supposed to come forward, did not send him to participate in the talks because of his "bad relationship" with Yang Zhen. Although the US ambassador to China came forward, which provoked a stern protest from Chongqing, the Americans ordered the ambassador to arrive in Yan'an to participate in the negotiations in the shortest possible time.
After the US ambassador to China arrived in Yan'an, the Central Committee also sent the acting chief of staff of the Central Military Commission to preside over the talks. After five days of verbal negotiations, the two sides finally reached a general agreement on all aspects. The Anti-Japanese Union agreed to provide the US military with two well-equipped airfields as bases for the US Army Air Corps' bombing of Japan, and to undertake the logistical supply of the US 20th Air Force stationed there.
The Americans also promised to provide high-quality aviation gasoline refining technology in the shortest possible time, and sent technicians to assist in the production of anti-unions. As for the technology transfer fee, it is offset by the right to use the two airports. At the same time, it will speed up the assistance to the metallurgical equipment that was originally promised.
And promised to provide another part of the drilling rig and petroleum smelting equipment before the second half of four years. Doubling the capacity of the current oil fields and refineries of the Anti-United Nations will be offset by the supply of supplies to the U.S. military. It turned out that the deposit money from the Bank of Macau had always been deposited, and the Americans also agreed to use it for the purchase of machinery and equipment from the United States. And these things are not counted in the U.S. aid program.
The two U.S. generals also promised to enforce the discipline of the U.S. 20th Army Air Corps stationed in North Manchuria. If the US military violates the law of the Anti-United Nations, it will be tried and punished by the US military and the Anti-United Nations. However, the Anti-Japanese Federation was responsible for rescuing the US pilots who had landed in the North Manchurian base area because of the loss of their planes.
At the same time, these two generals also agreed to come forward and urge the United States to speed up the delivery of the equipment to the second steel mill that had been promised to resist the United Nations, but now it has been delayed again and again, except for the two open-hearth furnaces, the rest of the equipment has never been delivered, so as to meet the needs of the US military air raid on Japan.
Obviously, these two dudes don't know how long this war will last. But as generals, they have to think about the worst aspect. The devil knows how long this war will last, and some things are better to think about the long term. So for Yang Zhen's request, the two American generals nodded and agreed without thinking about it.
After the signing of the agreement, the Americans made quick moves, and at the end of May, the first batch of 60 B-29 bombers flew from Calcutta across the Himalayas to the northeast. And this kind of bomber, which has a maximum endurance range of more than 5,000 kilometers, has shown extremely excellent combat performance in the process of this transition. Without any refueling in between, it flew directly from Kolkata, India, to North Manchuria.
Of course, after these American bombers entered the territory of Shaanxi, they began to run until North Manchuria, and the ground navigation system of the Anti-Japanese Union was also opened throughout the whole process to ensure the smooth transition of their operations. The Anti-Japanese Union also dispatched a certain number of guidance planes to cooperate with the large-scale transfer operation of the US military.
As for the preparations, the Anti-Japanese Federation does not need to make any preparations in advance for the reception of these behemoths. As early as the second half of the fourth or third year, under the supervision of Yang Zhen himself, the Anti-Japanese Federation successively built airports in Yanji, Mudanjiang, and Emu, which were enough for these big guys to take off and land, and all concrete to run to.
In addition to some of the airfields used by the Anti-United Nations, the remaining four alternate airfields are enough to accommodate at least 400 large bombers, as well as some fighters. These U.S. B-29 bombers used the airfields of the North Manchurian Anti-Japanese Union as airfields for bombing against Japan, but they did not need to be in a hurry to accommodate these heavy bombers.
Although it is not yet known that this latest American strategic-class bomber, detailed combat performance. However, in the process of this transition, this aircraft has shown excellent performance and long range. Except for Yang Zhen's disapproval, all the leaders of the Military Commission who were in charge of this matter were shocked.
The flight from Kolkata, India to Jiamusi is thousands of kilometers, except for a few aircraft that have failed and need to be repaired on the ground. These bombers were able to fly straight to the bomber in one go, without any refueling on the way. Although these planes in transit did not carry aerial bombs for the safety of the transition, this performance is amazing enough.
If the Americans were to deploy such bombers in India or the Indochina Peninsula as soon as they deemed it necessary, wouldn't the whole of China, except for a few areas in the northeast and northwest, be within the combat radius of such bombers? This large-scale transfer of US troops has somewhat felt like a demonstration. This made the chairman's face very unpleasant.
Looking at the chairman's gloomy face, Yang Zhen smiled and said, "Chairman, the performance of these planes is indeed excellent, but there is nothing to worry about. It is true that weapons play a large part of the factors that really determine the course and direction of war, but what is even more important is the people who wield them. ”
"I believe that with the wisdom and talent of our Chinese, as well as the courage and perseverance of perseverance, we are not afraid of bloodshed and sacrifice. Even if these weapons are excellent, they can only be a paper tiger in the face of a nation that dares to face and meet any challenge. ”
"And please rest assured that they have these, and I promise that we will have them within three years at the latest. Even if the performance can't surpass them, it's definitely not inferior to them. Although the Japanese may not have a way to deal with this kind of bomber, we still have a way. Even if we turn against the Americans, they will not be able to threaten us. ”