Chapter 333: Borrowing the Tao Again
The duration of this large-scale migrant workers' support was not as long as before and after the Huaihai Battle in history, but because of the larger number of people and more than 10,000 vehicles involved in the transportation, more supplies could be transported. Hu Weidong, who had regained sufficient supplies, finally breathed a sigh of relief, but what he did first was not to launch an attack, but to continue to complete the defense line along the river that had been started since the beginning of the armistice, on the one hand, to prevent the main force of the Japanese Central China Dispatch Army, which had an absolute superiority in troops, from suddenly counterattacking, and on the other hand, considering that after having a solid defensive line composed of advanced field fortifications, Hu Weidong only needed to deploy one army of troops on the canal line to resist the all-out counterattack of the Japanese army in Xuzhou, and to be able to obtain more mobile troops. This point is of great significance to the top and bottom of the 15 th Group Army, which prefers to fight a war of annihilation. In fact, by the time the prisoner exchange was completed, the group of field fortifications on the canal defense line was almost complete......
The situation of the Anti-Japanese War suddenly became so bright, which is directly related to the incredible results of the Battle of Lianyungang, and the biggest hero of the First Battle of Lianyungang was not Sun Liren's new 38th Division, but the two battleships that had actually been sold to the Soviets. However, the "giant ship cannon" is easy to use, but borrowing it without the consent of the owner seems somewhat unauthentic, especially since this incident has further deteriorated the relations between the two countries, which has naturally caused a headache for the Soviets, who have been increasingly hostile to the Western powers in recent years.
But, on the other hand, Stalin knew that even without this. The contradictions between Japan and the Soviet Union were still irreconcilable, and from this point of view, Hu Weidong's elimination of so many Japanese troops this time not only relieved Stalin, but also benefited the Soviet Union in the near future. Therefore, Stalin did not hold on to this matter, but only demanded that the Chinese side leave the anti-aircraft weapons on the two battleships as compensation for this matter, so that the Soviets did not have to be too worried about the battleships on the way to Vladivostok, fearing that the devil's plane would shamelessly sneak attack.
But Lao Maozi didn't know that although Hu Weidong accepted this condition. However, all the new anti-aircraft shells installed on the ship with proximity fuses were replaced with the previously captured pressure (fixed height) and timed fuse shells, and in addition, the "phalanx" was also dismantled and replaced with captured Japanese-style weapons, if it were not for the gyroscopic sight Jishu had been transferred to the Soviet Union, there was no need to continue to keep secrets, so those equipped on the ship were not removed, and the air defense capabilities of these two battleships would definitely have dropped even more ruthlessly......
Hu Weidong's unauthorized use of the two battleships that had already been sold to the Soviet Union made Stalin very unhappy, but his "abuse" of the Soviet aid air force made Stalin even more distressed. Although the Soviet aid air force made great achievements during the three battles, their own losses were also staggering. Even the total casualties in the Spanish Civil War, which was stronger than the Soviet Union's, were so far greater, and if Stalin had known some Chinese culture, he would have scolded Hu Weidong as "a cub who sells his grandfather and doesn't feel sorry." However, the Soviets have always paid little attention to human life, and a few hundred aircraft are only half a month's output compared to the current production capacity of the Soviet Union, as long as the Red Party is willing to give enough benefits, Stalin is not unable to bear these losses, but he still attaches great importance to the young officers and ace pilots he values, especially Pokryshkin. Stalin even specifically asked him not to fly the plane to the battle as much as possible, so as not to have any accidents in the gutter......
After bargaining between the two sides, Hu Weidong transferred all the relevant jishu techniques for several other small-caliber anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns designed by him except for the "Phalanx" to the Soviet Union, in exchange for the Soviet Union's continued agreement to his unrestricted use of the Soviet aid air force, the Soviet side also promised to make up for the lost aircraft and personnel within a month, and agreed to give the Red Party another $100 million low-interest loan to purchase Soviet equipment and supplies.
As for the "phalanx", it is due to the application of electric jishu and hydraulic jishu that are one year ahead of the times. Hu Weidong didn't want the Soviets to grasp it easily, and in fact, without the help of Tesla, a monster of science, Hu Weidong would never have put it into practical use so quickly. In order to prevent Lao Maozi, whose copycat ability is not inferior to the Chinese, from cracking the jishu key in it, Hu Weidong dismantled all the "phalanx" systems on the two battleships. However, the Soviet side felt that the performance of several other small-caliber anti-aircraft guns was sufficient, and the effective firing range of the "Phalanx" was only 1,500 meters, which was too short no matter how you look at it, and it was an extremely waste of ammunition, so it did not particularly care......
However, even those seemingly ordinary small-caliber anti-aircraft guns, the materials, processes and even some subtle designs used are still of great value, especially the low-alloy barrel steel with high temperature resistance, high pressure resistance, corrosion resistance, and fatigue resistance used in the barrel is very important, even if it is not particularly suitable, but if it is used to manufacture various large-caliber long-barreled guns including anti-aircraft guns, cannons (including naval guns), and even high-temperature resistant parts used to manufacture engines and even some other uses, They are also more or less stronger than the materials currently used in the Soviet Union, and in some of them are more than a little stronger. Therefore, the price paid by the Soviet Union for this is a little less, so the Red Party Central Committee also put forward an additional request, that is, to once again use the channel to support the war of resistance in the northeast......
Considering that Japan had already been offended anyway, it was not easy to ease relations, and in addition, Japan suffered another series of defeats, and the Soviet Union's scruples about it were greatly reduced, and Stalin even had the idea of simply eradicating the threat of Japan. With the efforts of the Red Party, the Soviet Union agreed that the Eighth Route Army in North China would send 5,000 military and political cadres, backbone veterans, and Jishu talents (mainly engineers, technicians, artillerymen, engineers, and other Jishu troops) to the North Manchurian base area of the Anti-Japanese Federation through Outer Mongolia and the Soviet Union......
Just thinking that the squadron had to "borrow" through the recognized Chinese territory of Outer Mongolia, the local faction in the red party, including Taizu, was all angry, but everyone knew how powerful the current Soviet Union was, and China should not make enemies on all sides at present, so they could only bury this dissatisfaction deep in their hearts for the time being......
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