Rebirth of the Republic of China: The Rise of China

In the blink of an eye, a week passed.

During this week, the New First Division insisted on handing over the position to the New Second Division after two days at a heavy cost of losing more than [-] people.

In the next two days of fighting, the Second Division of the New Formation once again paid a heavy price of more than [-] people, and handed over the position to the Third Division of the New Formation.....

Followed by the new fourth division commander.....

At this moment, the newly formed Fourth Division, which is in charge of the defense of the position, has just taken over the position.

When night fell on the unobstructed Outer Mongolia prairie again, the newly formed Fourth Division, which had finished a day of hard fighting, immediately reported the day's battle situation and troop losses to the former enemy headquarters.

After reading the battle report sent by Li Shaoqing, Li Guosheng frowned subconsciously and changed it to a big Sichuan character, and asked Li Shaoqing in front of him with a dissatisfied face: "What is the new fourth division doing? It took only one day to take over the position, and it lost three." There are more than a thousand people. Could it be that the tanks sent to them by the former enemy headquarters are all regarded as decorations..."

Li Shaoqing didn't answer right away, and after sending the battle reports compiled a few days ago to Li Guosheng, he said in a heavy tone: "Boss, it's not that the frontline soldiers can't fight, but our opponent, the Soviet Red Army, is getting better at fighting... ..”

After seeing Li Guosheng comparing several battle reports, Li Shaoqing fell into deep thought. Li Shaoqing continued: "Look at the losses of our army in the consecutive days of fighting, which is getting bigger and bigger every day. Almost none of the tanks sent out to fight back can retreat. "

"It can be seen that the Soviet Red Army has become more and more familiar with our blocking warfare tactics. Correspondingly, they have also formulated some countermeasures because of this. Try to use the air superiority and artillery superiority in their hands to weaken our army's effective strength..." After some comparison, Li Guosheng had to admit what Li Shaoqing said with a heavy tone.

Just when Li Guosheng fell into deep thought again.Li Shaoqing also continued to speak: "Boss, the situation is far from being as simple as we imagined. After the staff analyzed the battle this week, we came up with a very surprising answer..."

"The Soviet Red Army, which is constantly attacking us, doesn't seem to be very eager to break through our defense line and capture Outer Mongolia. Because, during this week's battle, the Soviet Red Army has rushed to our army's position several times, but they were all captured by our tanks. They were easily defeated. According to the fighting style shown by the Soviet Red Army in the past, they would never be so vulnerable..."

After Li Guosheng quickly shot two bright lights out of his eyes, he asked Li Shaoqing in a deep voice: "Deputy Director Li, what is the conclusion of the staff department... I am also surprised. Why did the Soviet Far East Army hoard hundreds of thousands of elite Red Army troops at the border?" Under the circumstances, instead of breaking into Outer Mongolia from other directions, but here to fight us to the death..."

Li Shaoqing replied with a serious face: "After discussion, the staff agreed that the purpose of the Soviet Far East Red Army was to take advantage of the battle at the front and consume our strength bit by bit. After our military strength was almost exhausted, with Thunder It’s too late to cover our ears and eliminate us at once, so as to regain the Outer Mongolia and the Far East that were taken back by us....”

Li Guosheng's frown, which was already tightly frowned, became even deeper.He continued to ask Li Shaoqing.

"Is there any specific basis..."

"Yes..." Li Shaoqing nodded affirmatively.

Put a privately calculated data in front of Li Guosheng.He opened his mouth and analyzed: "According to the frontline battle reports and our statistics. During the one-week battle, we have lost more than 127 troops, 428 fighter jets, 548 large-caliber heavy artillery pieces, and [-] tanks... "

"Although the heavy artillery and tanks lost are all trophies captured by the Soviet Red Army. However, according to this loss rate, it will take five days at the latest. Our various seizures will be exhausted. At that time, we will face the strong attack of the Soviet Red Army. We had to use the artillery we brought to Outer Mongolia ourselves."

Li Guosheng asked back with a puzzled face: "I know all these things... But, is this related to the conclusion of the staff department?"

"There is a very strong connection..." Li Shaoqing affirmed loudly.

"We found out in the daily briefing of the Intelligence Bureau of the Headquarters. In order to support the Far East Red Army, the Soviet government has sent more than [-]% of the country's military production capacity to the Far East battlefield. In particular, the Soviet Red Army has certain superior fighter jets and heavy artillery. The Far East Red Army It can already be allocated to [-]% of the country's military production capacity."

"According to the current production capacity of the Soviet military industrial enterprises, there are at least [-] new fighter jets and at least [-] heavy artillery that are sent to the Far East every day. However, with the current limited production capacity of the military industrial group, our National Defense Forces can send aircraft and weapons to Outer Mongolia in a week. The heavy artillery is not as good as the Soviet Far East Red Army for more than a day."

"If the battle in front of us continues to be fought so anxiously, at the latest one month, all kinds of heavy equipment in our hands will be exhausted because the consumption rate is much higher than the replenishment rate. As the opponent, the Soviet Red Army, because Its strong military production capacity, on the contrary, will make more and more heavy weapons."

"At that time, the balance of strength between the enemy and the enemy will undergo earth-shaking changes. Even if our army has armed helicopters and heavy tanks that the Soviet Red Army does not have, it is impossible to block the Soviet Red Army without air superiority and artillery superiority. The thunder attack we launched...."

"In summary, our staff agrees that the original intention of the Soviet Red Army to fight us here is not to immediately occupy Outer Mongolia, but to weaken our army's strength step by step. Through a protracted battle, we rely entirely on the comprehensive strength of the army. to defeat us on the battlefield of Outer Mongolia. To achieve the ultimate strategic goal of killing two birds with one stone, not only destroying us, but also recovering the Far East and Outer Mongolia...."

"So cunning Soviet people..." Li Guosheng, who had already confirmed the judgment of the staff department, couldn't help but let out a sigh of emotion.

Then, he asked Li Shaoqing in a deep voice: "Since the staff department has already thought of the key to the problem, you should also think about the solution... Tell me, does the staff department have a specific solution..."

Li Shaoqing replied with a serious tone: "President, if you look at history, as long as it is a protracted war, it will be the combined strength of the two armies in the end. As far as we are compared with the Soviet Red Army, in terms of comprehensive strength, we are definitely at a disadvantage. Therefore, we must not fight a protracted stalemate with the Soviet Far East Army..."

"You mean a quick battle..." Li Guosheng frowned again.He asked thoughtfully.

After a short period of contemplation, he analyzed to Li Shaoqing: "Before this battle started, no matter whether the Soviets had the idea of ​​competing with us in overall strength or not, I wanted to make a quick decision and end the battle as soon as possible. After all, in our east, There is also the hungry wolf of the Japanese staring at us."

"However, in the absence of air supremacy, the number of artillery is not comparable to that of the Soviet Red Army, and the strength of troops is not comparable to that of the Soviet Red Army... Under a series of disadvantages, it is not easy to end the battle quickly and win victory..."

At this moment, a slight complaint suddenly came from Li Shaoqing's mouth.

"The same is true for the General Armament Department. Even advanced aircraft such as armed helicopters can be researched, so why haven't they even researched a new type of fighter that can defeat Soviet fighters. The 'Wildcat' fighter jet equipped by the Air Force has been in the field for a year and a half. , Could it be that during the past year and a half, the experts in the General Armament Department have been drinking the northwest wind. How come they have not achieved any results..."

"A propeller fighter that is more advanced than the Wildcat fighter..." Li Guosheng exclaimed subconsciously.

When developing the Air Force, Li Guosheng came up with the Wildcat fighter, which was ten years ahead of this era and relatively easier to produce.He ordered the military industry group to directly skip the propeller fighter jets and study the world's first jet fighters, which were researched by Germany at the end of World War II.

In the eyes of Li Guosheng.With the current air force capabilities of various countries in the world, the Wildcat fighter can still lead by at least five years.

And within this leading five years, the military industrial group is absolutely capable of developing the first jet fighter.Continuation of the air superiority enjoyed by the Wehrmacht through advanced fighter aircraft.

However, what Li Guosheng didn't expect was that.Because of the early appearance of the Wildcat fighter.The Zero fighter that Japan only appeared in World War II, and the new fighter that the Soviet Union also appeared in World War II.Almost five years in advance, or even longer, the troops were deployed in advance, and all the advantages of the 'Wildcat' fighter jets disappeared immediately.

At this moment, the first jet fighter being developed by the military industry group is in the final bottleneck state, and it will not be able to deploy troops for at least half a year.

This caused Li Guosheng to fall into a misunderstanding invisibly. Only jet fighters can defeat the new Soviet fighters, and he completely ignored the "Mustang" fighter, which had the title of "King of Propeller Fighters" in World War II.

Today's General Armament Department of the National Defense Forces is in the final stages of development of jet fighters, not to mention propeller fighters that are a whole generation behind.

Li Guosheng is confident that with the performance and some design ideas of the Mustang fighter that he has mastered in his mind, the military industry group can complete the finalization and production of the Mustang fighter in one month at the latest.

You must know that in the later generations of the United States, without any blueprints or ideas, the American Industrial Group took less than a hundred days from research to finalization to the final production of the 'Mustang' fighter.What's more, the General Armament Department of the National Defense Forces already has most of the production drawings and a full set of design ideas...

Thinking of this, Li Guosheng said firmly: "One month, as long as the troops persist for another month, I will have a way to get in touch with this war in a short time..."

After finishing speaking, he directly cast a questioning look at Li Shaoqing in front of him, waiting for the other party's answer.

Not disappointing Li Guosheng, Li Shaoqing who stood in front of him affirmed loudly: "Boss, according to the reorganization requirements of the National Defense Forces General Command, there are a total of [-] new divisions that have already gone to the battlefield and are about to go to the battlefield. Now, we use To the new Fourth Division. Therefore, it is absolutely no problem to use the remaining troops to continue for a month..."

"only….."

"If you have any requirements, feel free to ask, as long as I can persist for a month, I will try my best to meet..." Li Guosheng asked Li Shaoqing bluntly.

Li Shaoqing replied with a long sigh: "Boss, in our army's counterattack in a month's time, no matter what method you use, you will need a strong ground force. Therefore, in the next month, we must fight as hard as possible." To reduce the loss of troops. To reduce the loss of ground troops, it needs enough artillery, tank troops, and even the air force to participate in the battle...."

Li Guosheng didn't answer right away.Instead, he fell into deep thought under Li Shaoqing's gaze.

Just when beads of sweat started to flow out of Li Shaoqing's face because of anxiety, Li Guosheng finally spoke.

He ordered to Li Shaoqing in a non-negotiable tone: "Don't think about the tank unit. The several heavy tank divisions under the Panzer Army are the key to our future counterattack, and they must not be lost in such a simple defensive battle."

"Except for tanks, I will try my best to satisfy you in the air force and artillery: from now on, if the military-industrial group produces a fighter jet, I will send one to the front. In addition, I will transfer three fighter battalions from the First Air Division to enter the Outer Mongolia participated in the war. In terms of artillery, in addition to the two heavy artillery divisions defending the Korean and Japanese troops, I also transferred the last two heavy artillery divisions left in the artillery group to the front line to participate in the war... In a word, I gave the conditions, and the combat department must guarantee , while blocking the Soviet offensive. Minimize the loss of troops as much as possible..."

Li Shaoqing's tense facial expression finally eased, and he reassured loudly: "Please rest assured, the chief, the combat department will never disappoint the chief's expectations, and will not let the Soviet attacking troops take a step forward..."

For the next night, all the tents where Li Guosheng was staying were lit.At the same time, as Li Guosheng's absolute confidant, Li Mengjie, the director of the communications department, just walked out of Li Guosheng's tent early the next morning, and hurriedly left the barracks under the protection of a company of guards.Then, take a military transport plane.Back to Shenyang.....

Because of the continuous expansion of the National Defense Forces and the increase in territory, Fu Guangyun, the original director of the National Defense Forces Military Factory, has been promoted to the Major General Minister of the General Armament Department of the National Defense Forces.

Because the latest technology and information of all equipment of the National Defense Forces are controlled by the General Armament Department, the entire Shenyang City.Except for the General Headquarters of the National Defense Forces, this is the place where the security is the strictest. It is almost impossible for even a mouse to escape the guards' eyes and enter the office of Fu Guangyun, the head of the General Armament Department.

However.To the surprise of the guards of the General Armament Department, Li Mengjie, who carried the rank of colonel on his shoulders, entered Fu Guangyun's office.The entire office of the General Armament Department seemed to be facing an enemy, and the security level was directly adjusted to the highest state under Fu Guangyun's order.

Just when everyone was baffled by the sudden change in front of them.An excited exclamation suddenly came from Fu Guangyun's office.

"Talent, the designer of this aircraft is definitely a rare aviation talent...-Colonel Li, I want to know where these drawings come from. If this person can join our Aeronautical Research Department, then we can The strength of the Aeronautical Research Office will definitely develop by leaps and bounds..."

Seeing the excited expression on the other party's face, Li Mengjie's skeptical thoughts quickly disappeared after getting the design drawings.In his heart, the degree of admiration for Li Guosheng has also risen to a higher level again.

Fu Guangyun, who was standing next to the director of the aviation research department, saw Li Mengjie's questioning gaze towards him, and comprehended the excited Zhang Boxue, the director of the aviation research department, and asked: "Director Zhang, are there any problems with these drawings... .”

"Is there a problem? Such a good aircraft design drawing, how could there be a problem..." The excited Zhang Boxue completely ignored the identity of Fu Guangyun in front of him, and replied excitedly.

"Although there is a lot of data missing in these blueprints, with the current strength of the Research Office, a complete set of shooting blueprints for this fighter can be produced within five days at the latest..."

"Five days is too long..." Fu Guangyun said in a deep voice after getting Zhang Boxue's affirmative answer.

Seeing the puzzled expression on Zhang Boxue's face, Fu Guangyun bluntly ordered: "You don't know, the commander-in-chief at the front urgently needs this kind of fighter jet to open up the battlefield situation. Therefore, I can only give you three days, within three days It doesn’t matter if you work overtime or increase the manpower, after three days, I must see the entire set of design drawings and production drawings…”

After seeing Zhang Boxue nodding with a serious face, Fu Guangyun quickly turned his attention to the director of the Shenyang Aircraft Manufacturing Factory, and ordered: "Director Li, after the aircraft design and manufacturing drawings come out, I will only give you 13 days. Thirteen days must come up with the first prototype..."

"After the successful test flight of the prototype, the Shenyang Aircraft Manufacturing Factory immediately stopped the production of all other fighters and concentrated all manpower and material resources to manufacture this new fighter. In addition, this new fighter has been named the 'Mustang' fighter by the commander-in-chief."

"From now on, all the manpower and material resources of the General Armament Department will unconditionally cooperate with the Aviation Research Office to perfect the shooting production drawings of the 'Mustang' fighter... The General Armament Department will also allocate all manpower and material resources to assist the Shenyang Aircraft Manufacturing Factory to fully produce this aircraft 'Mustang' fighter jets. Try to produce the first batch of 'Mustang' fighter jets for deployment in the troops one month later..."

Seeing Fu Guangyun's order in front of him without the slightest discussion tone, several subordinates after a short period of contemplation were perplexed, but still nodded in agreement without hesitation.

Looking at the group of technicians who left Fu Guangyun's office quickly, especially after hearing the news that the first batch of 72 'Mustang' fighter jets will be commissioned in one month.The deep worry in Li Mengjie's heart about the situation on the front line finally eased.

After a long sigh of relief, he said to Fu Guangyun: "Thank you, Minister Fu for your cooperation. Besides, there is one more thing that I hope Minister Fu can hurry up to complete..."

"During the ongoing battle for Outer Mongolia, the various equipment and ammunition our army consumes every day can be described in four words: astronomical figures. In order to ensure the smooth progress of the frontline battle, the commander-in-chief asked the General Armament Department to transfer all major military factories to Increase the production capacity to the limit, and use your maximum production capacity to deliver equipment and ammunition to the front line. If you have any difficulties, immediately seek help from Chairman Li Zongren of the government. The commander-in-chief has sent a telegram to Chairman Li Zongren this morning. The government will do its best Cooperate with the production capacity expansion of major military industrial groups.” (To be continued..)