Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry.

Chapter 178: Make some big noise in exchange for some benefits

Staff Officer Ye came to see Ren Zhong more and more often.

Ren Zhong discovered that since the Pearl Harbor incident was confirmed again, Staff Officer Ye had obviously increased his visits to the Dawn Research Institute, and most of the time, he was there to reply to telegrams from Rogue Eagle.

Although some people have raised doubts about whether the Rogue Eagle knew about the Pearl Harbor incident in advance, in the current atmosphere, this is just a drop in the ocean and cannot stop the trend of going to war with the Japanese. A million-strong army is formed at a call, and the people are very determined to fight to the death for revenge.

Ren Zhong had to make up for the records of this period in the main world. There was nothing sensitive about this knowledge, and a lot of very confidential content was now made public.

Ren Zhong is fully aware of the thoughts and decisions within Rogue Eagle. Although there may be slight differences as events develop in this time and space, the dominant ideas and main decision-making contents are basically the same, so the suggestions given basically hit the point.

This has led to closer ties between the border area and the rogue Eagle family.

Just after New Year’s Day, Staff Officer Ye came to visit again.

"Brother Ren, General Shi called and asked us to do whatever we can to make a big move. We must contain the Japanese in North China and not let them have the spare strength to move south. The situation in the south of the Allied forces is very tense now. Luzon Island can basically not hold on. Next, they will retreat to other islands. They can't withstand the Japanese reinforcements.

They very much hope that we can launch another major raid, and together with the Guosu troops, paralyze the Japanese's Zhengtai Line, Tongpu Line, Jinpu Line, and Jinghan Line for a month." Staff Officer Ye got straight to the point when he met Ren Zhong.

"Is that so," Ren Zhong was not surprised by Rogue Eagle's idea, but it was obviously contrary to the dominant idea of ​​the Eighth Route Army and the border area. The Eighth Route Army headquarters was now in a precarious situation and had no place to stay, so naturally they hoped that the disaster would go south so that they could breathe a sigh of relief.

But in the current situation, Ren Zhong felt that simply refusing was obviously the worst option.

We finally got the Rogue Eagle to take a high look at the border area, it's a pity to lose this line.

So it is impossible to refuse, but if you want to make a big move, you also have to be considerate of methods and ways. The previous big raid will definitely not work.

The Japanese are not stupid. After suffering a great loss, they have learned their lesson and their heavy troops are deployed along the railway to coordinate with each other.

Ren Zhong thought for a while, and suddenly remembered his own problem. He couldn't help but feel moved. He lowered his head, pondered for a while, then raised his head and said.

"Staff Officer Ye, a large-scale raid is not feasible. Our army does not have the strength to do so. I do have an idea that can cause a big disturbance, but it is much easier to execute. However, we cannot do this in vain. So, I will make a list here. You take the list and our plan and ask General Shi to send a plane over. You go to the temporary capital in person to meet with General Shi."

Ren Zhong thought about the fact that his steel mill and thermal power plant were now in vain, and he couldn't help but want to grab the opportunity presented by Rogue Eagle.

Of course, this time it's not just the steel mills and thermal power plants. The fertilizer plant and oil refinery that he had always dreamed of are also short of a lot of things. Ren Zhong decided to ask for the big prize this time and try to reach out to the Rogue Eagle, the most complete and powerful industry in this time and space.

"My plan is very feasible and will have a great impact on the results of the war. If we take it to negotiate, it will be meaningless if we ask for less weapons and ammunition, and the other party may not agree if we ask for more, and it is easy to be blocked by the temporary capital. So this time we mainly want technology, small thermal power, small steel, small machinery, small refinery, small fertilizer and other things, referred to as the five small factories. As an ally, we will carry out arduous battles behind enemy lines, and they will support us with these technologies and certain equipment for the people's livelihood. I think they are likely to agree. We don't need the small thermal power to be too good, just 6000 kilowatts or more. Small steel can produce more than 50 tons per day, small glass can produce more than 5 tons per day, small refinery can produce 100 tons per day, and small fertilizer can produce more than 100 tons per day." Ren Zhong said as he took paper and pen and wrote down these requirements bit by bit.

Staff Officer Ye felt a little uneasy when he heard this. He didn't know if it would work, but since Ren Zhong said so, he could only take these things back first.

"Brother Ren, since you also said that the method of large-scale raid doesn't work, then what other methods do we have to make a big noise?" Staff Officer Ye couldn't help but ask.

Ren Zhong spoke so many requests in a very eloquent manner, but he didn't say anything concrete, and he had no idea what Ren Zhong wanted to do.

"My plan is very simple. That is to launch an unprecedented counterattack against the enemy airfields in Shanxi and North China. Destroy as many planes as possible on their airfields." Ren Zhong said confidently.

"How is that possible?!" Staff Officer Ye exclaimed.

Ren Zhong's plan was even more outrageous than the major attack on the railway trunk line.

"Staff Officer Ye, you seem to have forgotten a new weapon that our army has equipped," Ren Zhong did not directly refute, but smiled and said, "Our latest H41 107 rocket is a heavy weapon with a range of more than 8 kilometers. It can launch 12 rockets at a time. If our army can concentrate and send elite troops to launch a surprise attack near the airport, even if it is two or three rounds of salvos, an airport will be almost scrapped."

"Brother Ren, your idea is indeed very feasible!" Staff Officer Ye is also an expert. When Ren Zhong said this, he immediately reacted and said excitedly.

Of course, he was aware of the performance parameters of the 107mm howitzer. This weapon was powerful enough to rival a 105mm howitzer battalion. It has not yet appeared on the battlefield and is kept very confidential. More than 107 guns have been produced in the border area, and it is said that several other production bases have also produced several guns. Large airports cannot withstand the concentrated attack of several mm howitzers, and for small airports, one gun is enough to overwhelm it several times.

You have to know that the Japanese don’t have many available airports in North China now.

The biggest advantage of the 107 fire is that after disassembly, it can be transported by manpower. For an airport, it is impossible to defend every area within a radius of 8 kilometers tightly. It is a very simple math problem. The area of ​​a circle with a radius of eight kilometers is more than 200 square kilometers!

The Japanese simply did not have that many troops to guard such a large area. So after careful transportation in the early stage, they secretly transported the artillery and rockets in, and then let a small artillery unit infiltrate the vicinity of the airport. From a tactical point of view, it was a bit difficult but not impossible.

Staff Officer Ye also has several ways to do this.

"I also think it is very feasible. When retreating, let the cavalry support from the outside. After the artillery fires the rockets, they will disassemble the 107mm rocket. When the cavalry arrives, each person will take a component away, and the chance of breaking through the enemy's blockade is also very high. If it really doesn't work, it doesn't matter much if the most critical part of the gun barrel is blown up." Ren Zhong went on to say that the biggest secret of the 107mm rocket lies in the rocket. Of course, the launcher also has many secrets, but the ignition device and other small gadgets can be taken away separately, and there is not much worth keeping secret about the gun barrel.

"Okay, let's go back and formulate a complete combat plan based on this. We must wipe out the main airports of the Japanese in North China in one fell swoop." Staff Officer Ye said happily.

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