Anti-Japanese War: From Becoming Chu Yunfei to Rising

Chapter 255 This old dog is even more evil than his fucking modern financial intermediary, the Soviet-Japanese conflict breaks out! (Subscribe)

Subtitle: Chu Xichun arrived in Changzhi; If you want to command the army, you must first select generals.

Changzhi station.

War meeting room.

Fang Ligong walked in quickly, with an unstoppable smile on his face, the corners of his mouth harder to suppress than AK.

Obviously, Kong Yongzhi had taken care of it.

"Brother Ligong, sit down."

"Sir..relaxed."

"How much did Finance Minister Kong approve?" Chu Yunfei raised his eyebrows and asked curiously.

I have been troubled by Kong Yongzhi these days.

He looked here and there, and almost wandered around the entire Changzhi area.

If Chu Yunfei had not made some preparations on the day of sending the message.

Who knows, Kong Yongzhi might really be able to see something.

"Fifty million!"

"Mr. Yong is indeed magnanimous!" Chu Yunfei was delighted.

This is 50 million national currency!

At this point in time, it is a full 15 million US dollars!

"According to your request, 20 million will be used to purchase arms, and the remaining 30 million will be directly allocated to the Changzhi Civil Affairs Bureau."

"Send it to the Civil Affairs Bureau?" Chu Yunfei frowned slightly: "Okay, 20 million is enough."

"When Lord Yong heard that we wanted to buy cannons, he said he had connections and channels in Europe and could do it for us."

"Hmm? What's the specific procurement plan?"

Fang Ligong shook his head: "Mr. Yong promised to purchase at least 48 anti-aircraft guns with a caliber of 25 mm or above, each with 1,000 rounds of ammunition."

"That's all?" Chu Yunfei raised his eyebrows.

Obviously, Kong Xiangxi did not give them any chance to choose.

If he wants money to buy arms, he must go and purchase them.

"No more." Fang Ligong nodded.

"This old thing!" Chu Yunfei snorted coldly.

Although Fang Ligong is known for his resourcefulness.

But he is not clear about the current price of arms in the international market.

Seeing Chu Yunfei so angry, he immediately changed his address and asked in a low voice: "Minister Kong?"

"He made at least four million from it." Chu Yunfei looked helpless.

"If it's four million national currencies, it would be acceptable." Fang Ligong breathed a sigh of relief, looking helpless.

Chu Yunfei shook his head: "It's the US dollar. What about the military industry? The old man didn't say anything?"

"Promised to help us get some tax exemptions...but no promises."

Chu Yunfei only felt that his blood pressure suddenly soared.

He took a deep breath.

The idea of ​​sending cavalry to defeat Kong Yongzhi came to his mind.

If it were four million national currency.

He could accept a ratio of less than 10%!
But what this old guy took away were US dollars!

This is too much! This dog is fucked!
It's just outrageous greed.

It is much more outrageous than the head loans that rich landlords lend to farmers.

Even more fucking shady than modern financial intermediaries!
for example.

The first batch of Soviet aid to China in 1937 included twenty Soviet 76mm 1931 model anti-aircraft guns.

When it was sold to the Nationalist government, the total price was only US$400,000.

Although the Soviets sold it at a 40% discount, it is still calculated at the normal price.

Plus the shells would cost a maximum of one million dollars.

According to Kong Xiangxi himself, he bought an anti-aircraft gun with a caliber of 25 mm or above for Chu Yunfei.

However, in fact, the price of 37mm anti-aircraft guns in the international arms market is not high.

Even the most expensive American or German products cost less than $18,000 each.

At most, it would be about one million dollars.

The remaining four million all went into this bastard's pocket. If he had used it to buy Chu Yunfei a French Hotchkiss 25mm anti-aircraft gun, a piece of rubbish that even the French despised.

Next time Kong Xiangxi comes to Shanxi again.

Then don't go back.

Chu Yunfei will definitely let him see what the dark hand is!
Wuhan.

The High Command received the latest news from the Soviet Union.

Ten days ago.

There is a place called Zhanggufeng on the border between China, the Soviet Union and North Korea.

There was a military conflict between the Japanese and Soviet armies.

This place was originally Chinese territory.

But later, because it was stolen during the Sino-Russian Aihui Treaty, the Japanese army incorporated it into the puppet state of Manchukuo after occupying Northeast China.

After the Soviet army occupied Zhanggufeng, they built fortifications on the mountain.

The Japanese army also began to withdraw troops and ordered the Second Army to suspend fortifications and be ready to withdraw troops to the north for reinforcement at any time.

The Japanese army had only one unit, the 19th Division, deployed on the front line.

But the Soviet army had two full divisions.

When Chiang Kai-shek received the news, he was quite confident and optimistic and hoped that this border conflict would evolve into a local war.

If this happens, the Japanese army in Wuhan will have to dispatch at least three divisions to the north.

The remaining Japanese troops naturally pose no problem.

However, Chiang Kai-shek's plan was bound to fail.
After discussing the Soviet-Japanese conflict, Chiang Kai-shek felt a little tired and returned to his room with the help of Wang Shihe to rest.

It is also this time.

He saw the telegram that the attendant's office had placed on his desk.

"Whose telegram?"

"It was sent by Chu Yunfei."

He forced himself to sit down at his desk slowly despite his tired body.

He turned on the desk lamp and began to read the telegram.

After a quick glance, he saw the list of people who were scheduled to be promoted.

Chen Zejun, this name sounds familiar.

Chiang Kai-shek slowly picked up the pen and wrote the word "appropriation".

"Call back..."

"Yes!"

After waking up from a good sleep, he walked towards the operations meeting room with full energy.

A group of senior officials were called in, and they were going to discuss the commendation of the Flying Tiger Honor Division for its previous battle early in the morning.

The stuff has been delivered, it's true.

But whether it is necessary to publicize it on a large scale.

Many people hold opposing views.

Senior military officers led by He Yingqin advocated waiting until the outcome of the Soviet-Japanese conflict came out before conducting propaganda.

Chiang Kai-shek thinks so.

If we can take the initiative to contain the Japanese army and ensure that they cannot split their forces.

It is very likely that the Soviet Union would be more inclined to deal a major blow to the Japanese army in the Far East in order to maintain its existing interests.

Lin Wei and others clearly supported Chiang Kai-shek's views.

Their starting point is not from a political perspective.

But from the perspective of the unique climate in Wuhan.

Wuhan.

Known as the furnace, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River are already quite hot in mid-to-late July.

Based on the intelligence currently obtained by the command.

Thousands of troops from the attacking Japanese 6th Division had lost their combat effectiveness due to heat, malaria and other related reasons.

So they had to stop where they were and continue to rest.

And because they had won many great victories before.

Even the most elite Sixth Division took three full days to capture Taihu Lake when facing the resistance of Li Pinxian's troops of the Guangxi clique.

Most of the main forces of the Fifth War Zone were deployed in the Dabie Mountains area north of the Yangtze River.

In addition to the 59th Army and the Second Army supporting the battle on the Wushengguan defense line.

The remaining troops engaged in fierce battles with the Japanese troops in the Jiangbei area.

Both sides were really angry.

This place itself was not the main attack direction of the Japanese army.

It took less than half a month from the original diversionary attack to the escalation of the war situation.

Both sides continued to increase their military strength and fought for each village under the scorching sun and at a temperature of 33 degrees Celsius.

According to the combat record of the Sixth Division.

On this side, the miscellaneous troops from the five war zones launched more than 130 counterattacks of varying sizes in just about fifteen days.

The fighting spirit of each unit is quite high, and now it is their turn to ignore the Japanese.

Let’s talk about North China.

At this time, the Shanxi First Army received an implementation outline for maintaining public security in the military-occupied areas formulated by the Tokyo Imperial Headquarters.

It is clearly stipulated therein.

The purpose of maintaining public order is the necessity of our army's existence, and it is aimed at promoting overall stability in the army-occupied areas and helping to lay the foundation for the new regime.

The focus of maintaining public order was on the Eighth Route Army, which was actively active in various places. During this period, the Eighth Route Army's combat was quite frequent, positive and active.

Their equipment was poor, but their enthusiasm for the war of resistance was high. At this time, the Japanese army had no way to gather heavy troops to carry out large-scale sweeps in the security areas.

As they continue to accumulate experience, the Japanese army has now begun to pay attention to them.

There was no requirement for local law enforcement forces to speed up the destruction of already established communist areas.

Yan Laoxi was also not idle. He sent two telegrams to his troops in half a month.

One of the telegrams called on the soldiers of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army under his command to learn from the Eighth Route Army.

After field investigation, he learned that the common people had a very good impression of the Eighth Route Army.

The good reason is because of being able to sympathize with the people.

I hope that leaders at all levels will pay real attention to this and ensure that officers and men are united, and that the military and civilians are united, so that a new army can exist.

In fact, Yan Laoxi and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army under his command had already been greatly influenced by the Eighth Route Army in 38.

In Shanxi region.

The Eighth Route Army and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army under Yan Laoxi's command still have the opportunity to fight side by side.

The 120th Division in northwestern Shanxi did not often cooperate with Fu Zuoyi.

Interact with each other and respect each other.

Although some generals often habitually warned officers and soldiers to keep their distance and be vigilant against the Red Party.

But up to now, the cooperation between the two sides has been very pleasant, without any conflict. In fact, the cooperation between the two sides has become increasingly close under the promotion of Yan Laoxi, Chu Xichun, and Chu Yunfei.

A full half month passed.

Chu Xichun, who was sent to Changzhi area by Yan Laoxi, had just arrived in Changzhi County.

In fact, it took Chu Xichun and his group less than three days to cross the Taiyue Mountain area and enter Linfen.

They not only visited the Jindongnan Branch of the Central Artillery School, but also gave it high praise.

At the same time, we also visited the Jincheng detachment of the Shanxi Anti-Japanese National Army, and along the way we saw groups of people who were repairing roads.

Originally, Chu Xichun thought that there was a famine or other natural disaster in southern Shanxi.

As a result, the local authorities could only help the victims through work-for-relief.

Learn more about it.

It turned out that these strong laborers were basically local militia self-defense forces.

Each squad leader is basically a recovered veteran of the Flying Tiger Honor Division.

They now belong to the Shanxi Anti-Japanese National Army.

Mobilize local people to repair roads in southern Shanxi.

It can also be regarded as improving the transportation network and increasing the efficiency of transporting resources from the rear to the front line of the resistance war.

Chu Xichun was very satisfied with Chu Yunfei's actions and couldn't help but slow down his pace.

We visited some villages and towns along the way.

It was even found in various regions in southeastern Shanxi.

Chu Yunfei also ordered the establishment of a "public treasury".

What is somewhat different from local finances is that the money here can be spent at any time.

Used for pensions for fallen soldiers, and for the redemption, purchase and distribution of corresponding land.

Local taxes have even been reduced to one-tenth, and there is still money left over.

This made Chu Xichun very puzzled...in his opinion.

Although the people are simple and honest, they are very resistant to paying taxes.

If you can escape, you can escape, but in the southeastern part of Shanxi, you don’t have to pay, just work...
You can use labor to deduct taxes, even land reclamation to deduct taxes.

Depending on the amount of land reclaimed, a family can rent it for a corresponding number of years.

The rent is 25% of the harvest.

This is a very humane tax strategy.

Food is of paramount importance to both the military and the people.

Moreover, Chu Xichun keenly captured a key piece of information.

That is, Chu Yunfei's move essentially equated grain with money.

In other words.

In essence, the economic system of southeastern Shanxi has become completely independent.

It is a special grain standard.

Rather than the silver standard, the legal tender standard.

"Deputy Vice-Chairman."

"Yun Fei, make a great contribution."

"please"

Chu Xichun came here for nothing else this time.

The main thing is to see if there is anything Chu Yunfei can do that the Second War Zone Commander Headquarters can help with.

Talk about it.

Then Chu Yunfei became interested.

The current vacancies in each unit were immediately listed neatly.

He didn't even send anyone to call Liu Shuzeng.

By immersing your consciousness in the three-dimensional combat map, you can clearly understand the current logistics status of the troops.

Then, based on the ratio, roughly calculate the current shortfall.

"We are still short of 37 heavy machine guns, 82 light machine guns, and 138 mortars."

Chu Xichun took a quick look and smiled bitterly: "Light machine guns can be adjusted and supplemented. Currently, the production capacity of heavy machine guns has not yet been restored, so a batch of Jin-made submachine guns can be deployed for use.

The raw materials for the mortars have not yet arrived.

Mass production is expected to begin after March.

So there is currently no way to supplement this aspect.”

Chu Yunfei nodded and sighed slightly.

Still too poor.

"But there is also good news. The production of 65mm rifle bullets has resumed steadily, with the monthly output reaching 2.5 million rounds. The production of wooden-handled grenades has also been fully restored.

It is expected that the production volume will reach 150,000 pieces in three months.”

"Fifteen thousand?" Chu Yunfei was shocked.

Why produce so many grenades?
"As you know, the equipment at the Shanxi Steel Plant is too heavy to be evacuated. We also lack the ability to smelt steel on a large scale. We have no choice but to cancel the production of heavy artillery and shift all of our limited production capacity to the production of grenades and mortars."

"Commander Yan's current production idea is to produce the Jin-made Type 65 rifle, Thompson submachine gun, Jin-made Czech light machine gun, 60mm mortar, and hand grenades, plus the matching ammunition."

"Because the troops under my command are still using 75mm mountain artillery, the corresponding artillery shells will continue to be supplied."

Chu Yunfei asked again: "What about the 88mm artillery?"

Chu Xichun shook his head: "Not very optimistic, the artillery shell production line is still retained, the production capacity is very low, the monthly output may be less than 300 shells."

"Deputy Commander, maybe we can switch to producing training ammunition... We only have seven 88mm field guns left, all of which are currently assigned to the artillery school."

"That's exactly what I meant." Chu Xichun looked serious. "Yun Fei, are you clear about the second-stage strategic plan for the counterattack on Taiyuan?"

Chu Yunfei nodded.

"Commander Yan had already made up his mind to prepare for a massive battle, in order to fight back and retake some of the territory that had been ravaged by the Japanese."

"But many generals are quite opposed to the counterattack. Some people think that after the counterattack, the chairman will most likely cut off our ammunition supply. We just need to maintain our determination to fight a decisive battle."

"Commander Yan has also wavered. If you hadn't formed an encirclement and annihilation situation on the Zhengtai Line, the Sixth Army and its subordinate units would not have been able to counterattack in the direction of Jinzhong, let alone recover some of the lost territory."

Chu Yunfei nodded..
Recover lost ground.

What Chu Xichun said was to save some face for Yan Laoxi.

The counterattack in the Second War Zone was massive.

More than a dozen divisions were mobilized, and even Chu Yunfei was looking forward to it.

The combat goal of the second phase is to capture Fenyang, Linshi, Jiexiu and other places.

The 40th Brigade of the Japanese Army commanded by Yamashita Tomoyuki was severely damaged.

However, the actual result of the battle was only the capture of Jiaokou County, which was not guarded by many Japanese troops.

The vanguard of the four divisions, under the command of Yang Aiyuan, attacked the 40th Brigade under the 20th Division of the Japanese Army.

and then.

He was beaten up by Yamashita Tomoyuki.

He returned to his position in dejection.

Although there really wasn't much loss.

But the offensive warfare that was much ado about nothing really made Chu Xichun feel a little frustrated.

Yang Aiyuan is a veteran. Although his command is not very impressive, he will not make any major mistakes either.

But the current Jinsui Army’s fighting spirit is really lacking.

Many people habitually believe that the Jin army is good at defense.

In fact, it was because the Jin army had troops other than Chu Yunfei's troops.

There really isn't much offensive capability.

The combat capability of Fu Zuoyi's Sui Army was quite good, and they also had some offensive capabilities.

Chu Xichun himself...is also a general who excels in defense.

As mentioned above.

He was actually the only one among this group of senior generals who supported Yan Laoxi's attack.

Chu Xichun always felt.

These senior leaders of the Jin Army are really old.

It is no longer suitable to stay in a high position.

Look ahead and behind, and be cautious.

They can even be described as cowardly. How can we expect such generals to lead the Jin army to counterattack and recapture Shanxi?

What is there to say?

One will be incompetent, exhausting the three armies.

Such a Jinsui Army, even if Yan Laoxi was at the helm.

At best, it can just maintain the status quo.

Chu Xichun himself is also aware of this.

Once the Japanese army frees up their hands, the space left for them to "exist" will become less and less.

The existential philosophy that Yan Laoxi often talks about.

Is there still room for it to be useful?

Certainly not.

If you want to command an army, you must first select your generals!

These troops, whose equipment is up to par but whose combat effectiveness is not, need a good general!
(End of this chapter)