Anti-Japanese War: From Becoming Chu Yunfei to Rising

Chapter 262: Soviet Officers Observation Group? Yan Laoxi's Choice (Subscription Request)
Chu Yunfei does have more important things to do.

The Soviet officers' observation group obtained Chiang Kai-shek's consent.

He will come to southeastern Shanxi to observe training in the near future.

Chu Yunfei guessed that it should be directly related to the recent Zhanggufeng incident.

Chiang Kai-shek was always on guard against the Soviets.

This has a lot to do with his anti-Red and anti-Soviet stance.

The reason why he was willing to accept the Soviet Union's assistance was essentially because before the Soviet Union provided assistance.

Western countries not only did not provide relevant assistance to the Japanese invasion of China, but also refused relevant mediation on the grounds of national interests.

The Americans also participated in the planning and leading of the Linyi counterattack after Chu Yunfei.

The assistance has just begun.

Most of them are credit loans and corresponding strategic materials mortgages.

China is the world's largest producer of tung oil.

Tung oil is not as famous as bristle products.

But as early as 1938, some media had already published articles stating this.

A tung tree is like a machine gun, a tung fruit is a grenade, and a tung seed is a bullet.

Although it is a bit exaggerated.

But if we calculate based on the cost of the Jin-made grenades produced by Yan Laoxi.

The prices of the two are not much different..
Tung oil, as a strategic material, is an indispensable rust preventive for fighter aircraft engines.

American aid is more than just credit loans.

There are also corresponding loans secured by materials such as tung oil.

It is also called tung oil loan.

The Americans generously gave 35 million US dollars.

These will all be converted into military supplies and corresponding vehicles, armored vehicles, mortars, artillery shells, training shells, etc.

The Soviet side just had a fierce battle with the Japanese troops at Zhanggufeng.

I guess he suffered a great loss.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have rushed here to learn from you.

How to appease this group of Soviet people is also what Chu Yunfei is thinking about at the moment.

He quickly flipped through the memories in his mind.

About the Zhanggufeng Incident.

He has few impressions, only remembers
Tokyo's military and political leaders, the Tokyo Imperial Headquarters, and even the Japanese locusts were all very afraid that the Soviet army would expand the scale of the war.

The Soviet army deployed hundreds of tanks, hundreds of aircraft, and corresponding artillery units.

On the Japanese side, not only were tanks not allowed to be used, even air force units were not allowed to participate in the war.

In the end, the casualty ratio between the two sides was 1:1.4.
The Soviets suffered 900 casualties and the Japanese suffered 1,400 casualties.

The Japanese army was facing a Soviet army with more modern equipment.

After this battle, the Japanese were stunned by the Soviet soldiers.

The Soviet Union was also stunned by the Japanese.

The 19th Division had to hold its position and was constantly attacked, causing such heavy losses to the Soviets.

What was the Soviet Union’s military strength like?
Many Japanese commanders also had a question mark at this time.

Even many commanders believed that the Soviets were just giants that appeared powerful on the surface.

Once the troops deployed in the three northeastern provinces move north, they will be enough to defeat them.

However, the Tokyo Imperial Headquarters and the Sky Locusts refused to provide support to the 19th Division.

The war was always kept on a smaller scale.

The fighting continued until the Japanese ambassador to the Soviet Union, Shigemitsu Mamoru, and the Soviet People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs, Litvinov, formally signed an armistice agreement at midnight on the 10th.

The Japanese 19th Division was able to retreat calmly.

Japan was able to save face.

Before this, the Japanese army had actually collapsed.

From the Soviet perspective.

They were even more reluctant to start a war with the Japanese easily.

The Soviet Union was carrying out the Great Purge at this time, and the Far East was not their current focus area.

More second-rate or even third-rate troops are stationed there.

The Japanese combat capability should not be underestimated as they were able to achieve this state by using a large number of artillery, tanks, and fighter planes.

On August 8, the Japanese Army issued the Continental Order No. 11, "From now on, combat operations with the Soviet Army in Zhanggufeng and Shacaofeng should be stopped," and conveyed the previous Continental Order No. 179.

On the same day, representatives of the Japanese and Soviet armies met at the Zhanggufeng position for on-site negotiations. After two consecutive rounds of negotiations on the afternoon of the 11th and on the 12th and 13th, it was decided that both armies would withdraw 2 meters from the Zhanggufeng position.

On August 8, the two sides exchanged prisoners and corpses on the southeast side of Zhanggufeng.

This matter eventually reached the ears of Soviet leader Stalin.

He was amazed at the fighting effectiveness of the Japanese army and also amazed that the Chinese soldiers were able to fight on the battlefield for such a long time.

It can be said that Stalin at this time.

It was the same expression as Churchill a few years later.

They were all shocked by the tenacity and spirit of sacrifice of the Chinese army.

After discussing with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and other committee members, it was finally decided to submit it to the National Government.

Observe the combat tactics of Chu Yunfei's troops, understand, and explore the secret of this unit's powerful combat effectiveness.

Chiang Kai-shek hesitated for two days.

Considering the overall situation of the War of Resistance, he finally agreed.

after all.

The Battle of Wuhan is currently at a critical juncture, and the Soviet Union's attitude of supporting the war of resistance and providing weapons and equipment are also very important.

The Soviets and Americans were actually not friendly at this time, and could even be described as "hostile."

If Chiang Kai-shek were allowed to choose for himself.

He would definitely choose Britain and the United States rather than the Soviet Union, but now.

The Battle of Wuhan was in full swing, so how could he have any choice?

Anyone who can lend a helping hand to the National Government will be treated as a guest of honor.

About the Soviet officer corps.

Chu Yunfei specially sent a detailed telegram to Yan Laoxi.

At the same time, he sent his adjutant Sun Ming to the headquarters of the Second War Zone Commander to explain his ideas to Commander Yan in person.

And they hoped to obtain certain industrial infrastructure assistance from the Soviets.

and some small steelmaking equipment that can be transported by land.

Yan Laoxi knows it clearly.

Chu Yunfei had already prepared a repair shop when he first arrived in Changzhi area.

This repair shop can be built.

In fact, it is also his support.

Otherwise, it would be difficult for this repair shop to even gather more than a hundred people.

"When Yun Fei wanted to set up this repair shop, he had a very big appetite. He wanted to build an explosives factory and also a weapons factory in the southeastern part of Shanxi."

It seemed that Yan Laoxi had something else to say.

But Sun Ming chose to play dumb and remained silent. "But Yunfei is not in charge of the household, so he doesn't know how expensive food, oil, and salt are. Equipment, labor, and technical drawings all cost money."

"I still remember that I ordered people to select three engineers, twelve skilled workers, and fifty ordinary workers, which makes a total of sixty-five people. In the past six months, you have only developed a hundred and twenty people?"

Sun Ming nodded and said, "Commander Yan, it is hard to find talents in the military industry. All the talents in the Three Jins are working under Commander Yan... We can only train apprentices ourselves, so it is very difficult. Commander Chu sent me here this time, hoping to get further support from Commander Yan."

Yan Laoxi had a blank expression on his face, he just read the report handed to him by Sun Ming carefully.

Chu Yunfei attached great importance to the establishment of the repair shop at that time.

A guard battalion was also specially dispatched to assist in transportation.

Some simple mechanical equipment was received by Fang Ligong and his team.

The original standard for the construction of the repair shop was to be able to repair the Jin-made Type 65 rifle and the Jin-made Czech-style machine gun.

According to the report submitted by Chu Yunfei.

At present, it can only barely repair mortars and grenade launchers.

He couldn't even repair the Type 38 heavy machine guns assigned to his troops.

In fact, the Changzhi area today has developed into the Southeast Shanxi Arsenal, needless to say.

It was transformed into the Huangyadong Arsenal behind the Eighth Route Army.

It is almost impossible in a short period of time.

Nowadays they can only make some small gadgets like homemade guns and muskets.

There's no point in building this thing.

Chu Yunfei naturally would not put their energy and precious resources on this.

The production capacity of the explosives factory is still very low, and it is basically used to make explosive packs.

It was originally intended to produce hand grenades.

But since Chu Xichun came last time.

After learning that Yan Laoxi was planning to expand the production of grenades.

This production plan was also completely cancelled.

Then the corresponding production tools were produced.

For example, shovel, pickaxe, etc.

"Yun Fei is turning this good repair shop into a blacksmith shop. This is unacceptable."

Yan Laoxi spoke slowly: "Yun Fei's idea is good. We should indeed have close contact with the Soviet officer corps this time."

"We should establish good relations with the Soviets and see if we can gain their further support. Does the Eighth Route Army know about this?"

Sun Ming shook his head slowly: "Commander Chu specifically instructed not to leak the news to avoid any mistakes."

"Yun Fei's intention was good. He knew that we were wearing the uniforms of the Jin Army." Yan Laoxi seemed very satisfied.

"Well, you stay in the Second War Zone now, and I will think about this matter."

"Yes, Commander Yan, Sun Ming will take his leave."

At the signal of a lieutenant colonel staff officer, Sun Ming turned and left the small conference room.

At this time, Yan Laoxi pondered for a moment.

He turned to look at Chu Xichun, who had just been promoted to the Chief of Staff of the Second War Zone, and said, "Qingbo, I have been listening for so long, but I haven't heard you express your thoughts. What do you think about this matter?"

Zhu Shouguang, the former Chief of Staff of the Second War Zone, after observing the guerrilla warfare tactics of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army.

So he set off for Shaanxi Province.

As a full-time member of the National Revolutionary Comrades Association.

He went to Sanyuan, Shaanxi, and was responsible for the logistics supply of the Second War Zone.

This is a position for fighting with the mountain city.

After all, Zhu Shouguang was a veteran and member of the Tongmenghui, so he had some influence over there.

The work will also be carried out relatively smoothly.

The position of chief of staff naturally fell to Chu Xichun, who had just returned from an inspection in southeastern Shanxi.

Yan Laoxi had always admired Chu Xichun, and this promotion was something that had been decided long ago.

anyway.

Chu Xichun pondered for a long time and gave his own opinion: "Commander Yan, there will be some obstacles for us to win the support of the Soviets. If we win the support of the Soviets in the name of the Eighth Route Army, it will definitely make Jiang Gong dissatisfied."

"There are three strategies for a job: high, medium and low."

Yan Laoxi nodded: "Let's talk about the next best thing first."

"The worst option is for Chu Yunfei to seek the Eighth Route Army Deputy Chief of Staff Zuo, Brigade Commander Chen, Division Commander Liu, and even Yan'an to establish a solid relationship with the Soviets and provide independent assistance to our Second War Zone in the name of alumni.

The advantage is that we can gain real benefits and enhance the strength of the Jin army.

The downside is that we can’t explain this to Shancheng. Our money and food currently basically come from the rear.”

Yan Laoxi shook his head slightly: "Not right, not right, let's talk about the best strategy."

"After obtaining Shancheng's consent, we will order Chu Yunfei to follow the rules. No matter what the result is, we will get real benefits. From what I know about Yunfei, he will support whoever supports him in dealing with the Japanese."

Yan Laoxi sighed slightly.

If Chu Yunfei was willing to follow the rules, he would not have sent a telegram to Yan Laoxi on purpose.

He specially sent Sun Ming here to explain his plan.

After a moment of silence, he said, "Let's talk about the middle strategy."

"This matter is actually very difficult for us to do. It is better to let Yunfei handle it himself and we wait and see. Because Yunfei is a student of Whampoa Military Academy and has won many military merits, he has a strong army under his command. Even if he flirts with the Soviets, the chairman will have no choice but to add chips and increase the bet.

Once the Chairman becomes wary of Yun Fei, he will inevitably force Yun Fei to move closer to us.

One disadvantage for our side is that this will inevitably increase Yunfei's control over southeastern Shanxi and increase their independence.

Chu Yunfei is loyal to you now, but once his power continues to grow, no one can guarantee whether he will become the next Fu Yisheng."

"The middle strategy is not appropriate either." Yan Laoxi frowned.

No matter what you choose.

All three options have their pros and cons.

This is a bad strategy. It will offend Chiang Kai-shek and strengthen the Eighth Route Army.

Middle Strategy: Chu Yunfei has a certain chance of becoming the next Fu Yishen.

The best strategy: It is very likely to cause dissatisfaction among Chu Yunfei, causing him to continue to move closer to Chang Kai-shen and seek more help. This will inevitably accelerate the emergence of problems within the Jin Army and lead to bigger problems. But at the same time, it can at least protect the basic base of the 80,000 Jin Army under his command except for Chu Yunfei's troops.

Think about it.

The best strategy is called the best strategy.

After all, he has his reasons.

Chu Xichun knew Yan Laoxi very well, and he believed that Yan Laoxi no longer had the ambition to dominate the world.

All I want is to live in peace in a corner.

Being able to maintain the Sixth Army's base is already a very good thing for Yan Laoxi.

With these 80,000 Jin troops, his title as the commander-in-chief of the Second War Zone will still stand.

But after thinking for a long time, Yan Laoxi made a decision that Chu Xichun did not expect.

"Qingbo, send a telegram to Yunfei, asking him to weigh this matter carefully, and to prioritize the overall situation of the war of resistance and the Second War Zone. As for other aspects, if you have any concerns or ideas, report them in a timely manner."

Chu Xichun was shocked: "Captain Yan, aren't you worried about Chu Yunfei?"

"No matter what, he is also a general in my Second War Zone, a fellow villager of Wutai, and the younger generation I am most optimistic about."

Yan Laoxi put his hands behind his back and sighed: "He is better than I was when I was young"

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