Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry.

Chapter 298 Pattern Changes
The strategy of conquering the Northeast was unstoppable. Although the Japanese were a little anxious, they had no good way to reverse the situation in that market.

The ruthless ones could not beat Ren Zhong, who was even more ruthless. The Japanese could only fight the brigade commander and division commander honestly on the battlefield. All kinds of conspiracies and plots came out, but they were basically useless.

So the temper of the Japanese invaders that was caused by being beaten in the Northeast was taken out on the preserved fruits in the South and Central China.

Although Guo Su was no match for the Japanese, he still upheld the orthodoxy and sternly rejected the Eighth Route Army's attempt to interfere in the area south of the Yellow River. He even threatened that he would rather have a civil war than reject the Eighth Route Army's request to pass through Henan to fight the Japanese!
As a result, the Japanese launched a new round of offensive south of the Yellow River, and Guosu suffered another defeat as expected.

Since the Northeastern strategy was at a critical moment, even though the Eighth Route Army was anxious and felt very sad about the newly occupied areas, they could only endure and not do anything that would make their relatives sad and their enemies happy.

However, in order to prevent the candied fruits from surrendering to the enemy out of desperation, this would cause a new round of harm to the people.

After opening up the Qi-Lu transportation line, the New Fourth Army began a large-scale replacement and adaptation of weapons and equipment to enhance its strength in response to changes.

In contrast, the Asia-Pacific Allied Forces were supporting the Eighth Route Army in a proper manner, cutting off the Japanese mainland's naval and air forces' intervention.

As for the Rogue Eagles, they have calculated that if the Kwantung Army was defeated and destroyed by the Eighth Route Army, their losses in the Asia-Pacific battlefield would be reduced by at least 50 soldiers!

For Rogue Eagle, this is the greatest value of the Eighth Route Army!
In this way, the Rogue Eagle will have the motivation to spare no effort in supporting material supply, especially fuel supply, and battlefield concealment.

A P51D Mustang fighter wing fought side by side with the Condor Squadron, and the destroyer squadron should patrol the Bohai Sea and the Yellow River for a long time to disperse the interference of the remaining Japanese fleet on the Eighth Route Army.

In a sense, the assist from Rogue Eagle is very important for advancing into the Northeast.

After all, fuel replenishment is not only difficult to support due to the limited production in the border areas, but also in terms of transportation. Now, the loss can be reduced through railway lines, but the transportation capacity is limited. The locomotives that can be controlled now are all captured, and there are only so many in total, and there are too many materials that need to be transported.

As for the spoils from the Northeast, except for the first time, the subsequent spoils were not much.

The Japanese invaders have been fighting wars year after year and have hollowed out the Northeast.

The supplies in the warehouses in Jindong were also what they had saved with great difficulty after plundering the Northeast. Just that one seizure could support one month's worth of military rations for 30 troops, as well as one month's worth of ammunition for Japanese weapons.

However, apart from food, Japanese equipment and ammunition are relatively useless to the reorganized regiment, and they have almost no Japanese equipment in their hands.

Even things like the Type 92 infantry gun and grenade launcher are now somewhat incompatible with the combat system of the reorganized regiment.

These things are only armed and are now being re-armed with the new Type C Regiment garrisoning in the new places that have been established.

But it's not of much help on the battlefield.

That is to say, things like mountain cannons, howitzers and heavy machine guns can be pulled to the front line for consumption by brigade commanders and division commanders.

As the battle line moves northward, logistical support becomes increasingly difficult!

Without the supply of materials from the Allied forces, mainly from the Rogue Eagles, it would be very difficult for the million-strong army outside the Great Wall!

In this regard, in order to reduce casualties among their own people, Rogue Eagle, under the coordination of General Shi, established a hotline with the Asia-Pacific theater and really paid attention to supplies.

At least there has been an adequate supply of American artillery and tank ammunition, plus the supply of fuel, this has solved a major problem in the Northeast strategy.

For the Rogue Eagle, the price of the Eighth Route Army is much lower than the lion's request of the Big Bear in the main world and time. Even for this small matter, it is not even a fraction of what the Big Bear asked for!
As the battle progresses, the Rogue Eagles are now beginning to split and waver.

When it comes to the question of who to support, the Rogue Eagles are no longer united and are leaning towards the side of the preserved fruits.

They were observing what policy direction the Eighth Route Army would adopt after completing its conquest of the Northeast.

Although General Tong Shi of the Border Region has clearly expressed that it will firmly follow an independent and self-reliant path in the future, it is still unclear at present.

No one dares to believe verbal promises!

For the time being, we can only grit our teeth and hold on. These supplies are better than giving them to Big Bear.

Therefore, in addition to support on the battlefield, Rogue Eagle did not set up any obstacles for the procurement of materials for border construction in terms of people's livelihood. The purchase of mechanical products such as chemical equipment, oil production and mining was carried out in accordance with market-oriented transactions.

Thanks to Mr. Chen's efforts, large-scale purchases have been completed for the two major oil fields, two major petrochemical refineries, and a series of chemical plants planned in Pingjin and Qilu, and many materials have even begun to be loaded and shipped.

With comprehensive advantages at sea, transportation to Longguo has now become direct, without having to go through the dangerous Hump Route.

Of course, the ports that can be controlled now are all in the north, so Rogue Eagle’s large quantities of aid materials are transferred through the northern ports.

Although the border area did not obtain all the supplies, the supplies passing through the border area and the base area are now reported in detail on the border area radio and newspapers. With this public information, many of the ways for people to enrich themselves have been cut off.

This made the preserved fruit dealers very annoyed but they could do nothing about it.

Now the public opinion has become increasingly clear, but Guojian's profiteering shows no sign of stopping, and a large number of military supplies have not been delivered to the front line, which has begun to arouse public resentment. Coupled with the continuous failures on the battlefield, Guojian's support rate is getting lower and lower.

The Japanese's Operation No. 1 now changed direction and began to propose a two-stage defense.

The first line of defense was to utilize the natural barrier of the Yellow River and focus on the Yellow River defense line. Although the loss of Qi and Lu tore this defense line into pieces, there was a flooded area of ​​the Yellow River. From Qi and Lu to central Henan, one had to cross the Yellow River defense line of the Japanese devils via the northern line to mobilize heavy troops. Otherwise, one had to take a detour through Huaiyang for a thousand miles!

The second line of defense is naturally the Yangtze River defense line, which is the current key defense line of the Japanese. Their intention is to focus on the Yangtze River defense line and try their best to protect the south of the Yangtze River and the east of the Guangdong-Hankou Line. They attempt to rely on the natural barrier of the Yangtze River to restrict the mechanized forces of the Eighth Route Army to the north and protect the prosperous Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas to continue to resist.

From the Kwantung Army in the Northeast to the North China Front Army, although the dragon head is about to be cut off, the Japanese Central China Front Army and South China Front Army still want to struggle to survive.

Due to Guo Jian’s firm refusal, the border area is now unable to launch a decisive battle south of the Yellow River.

The New Fourth Army in central China only launched a local counterattack in Huaiyang, striving to connect Qilu and Huaiyang.

Ren Zhong didn't care about the development of the current situation. He knew that the situation in this world was definitely much better than in the original time and space.

As long as he can take over the Northeast, even if there are border fortresses containing the Japanese, he doesn't need to worry about them now and can directly trap them to death in the fortresses. The resources of the Northeast are in his hands, which will bring real hope for the rise of the Dragon Clan.

The preserved fruits are as lame as ever, and Ren Zhong has given up any hope. It's like an abscess on the dragon's body, which must be squeezed out in order for the dragon to develop healthily. There is no room for compromise at all.

In this regard, Ren Zhong will use his influence to complete this process.

This is not a difficult problem. The border areas that had a worse start in the main world were able to quickly turn the tide within three years. Under the current public opinion, there will be no problem at all.

Ren Zhong now has another big problem to solve.

The great power balancer at hand is not strong enough!
A fuel-air bomb rocket alone, although powerful, is still insufficient.

He turned his gaze to Professor Wu.

"Our atomic reactor is operating very normally, and the chain reaction theory has been perfectly verified. The design verification of the entire Peace Egg has also been carried out very smoothly. There are no problems in the theoretical verification. The detonation facilities have been tested many times and performed very well.

From a design perspective, we have actually completed all the preliminary design verification work for the Peace Bomb." Professor Wu was not surprised that Ren Zhong came from afar. After all, Ren Zhong had not visited them for a long time, and the environment they were given was indeed relaxed enough.

"Our problem now is that we don't have enough enriched uranium. We still have too few centrifuges. We only have 10 kilograms of enriched uranium, and the purity is barely enough. Normally, even if it is perfectly purified, theoretically, at least 14.6 kilograms of U235 are needed for a nuclear explosion. At present, the purity of ours is about 16 kilograms or more to be safe."

Professor Wu’s words greatly inspired Ren Zhong.

He remembered checking in the main world's time and space and found that it was not until July 1945, 7 that the first atomic egg was tested in the Trinity Launch Site.

According to the current progress, it seems that Professor Wu and his team still have a chance to complete the first test explosion before this time schedule?
This is a bit interesting.

Ren Dian nodded, thoughtfully, and suddenly had a bold idea for this test explosion!

Under Ren Zhong's attention, the centrifuge production target was increased by another 3,000 units. It was not a big problem to produce this centrifuge, as long as the money was invested. However, such a large investment also required the supply of electricity, which was not a small amount.

According to Ren Zhong's idea, there will be a continuous demand for development in this area in the future, and it will not be a waste to do this now.

In the short term, thermal power can be used as a supporting measure. In the long term, we can consider building a new hydropower station near Wuhai. After all, in the construction of the main world, there is a water conservancy hub there that also takes into account power generation. We should continue to improve Suiyuan’s water conservancy projects and create a real Jiangnan on the Great Wall.

Now the 3-kilowatt turbine has been made. Since it does not require a high dam, it is just the right place for the tubular unit. According to the water volume of the Yellow River, it is just right to design 4 to 6 tubular units.

The plan is to build a 36 kilowatt installed capacity to solve the electricity problem in this area in one fell swoop. After the power supply for the centrifuge is completed in the early stage, the role of this power station will be even greater when the industry here develops in the future.

Of course, as a new large unit, this power station will be built in three phases. The first phase will complete the test of the 2*30MW unit, the second phase will complete the test of the improved 2*50MW unit, and the third phase will complete the test of the 2*100MW unit.

This will also be the first test base for the Liming Institute's hydroelectric generating units.

For Ren Zhong, this project is of relatively moderate difficulty, and the water flow of the Yellow River is sufficient to provide sufficient water for the four units. From an economic point of view, there will definitely be no loss.

After this power plant is fully built, it will give wings to Suiyuan, the Jiangnan of the Great Wall!

With this power station, the Wuyuan Iron and Steel Plant and the Copper Plant can upgrade from primitive traditional iron and copper smelting methods to modern industrial converters and new copper smelting processes.

After all, the main world of this power station has a complete construction survey and design, so Ren Zhong is not worried about messing it up. He will build it according to the modern plan and basically will not deviate too much. When the power station is successfully built, Ren Zhong's team can also be considered to have completed its apprenticeship in large-scale cross-flow hydropower stations.

The subsequent power generation infrastructure began to transform from small hydropower to medium and large hydropower models, making the first use of water resources as a clean energy source, which can also reduce the negative impact of large-scale development on environmental construction.

Now after having a full meal, others may not bring up advanced topics such as environmental protection, but Ren Zhong himself knows how to maintain it!
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