The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

On December 12, Chiang Kai-shek, Zhang, and Yang issued a statement in Xi'an: 19. Stop the civil war and cooperate with the Kuomintang and the Communist Party; [-]. Resist further Japanese aggression by force; [-]. Reorganize Zhang Yang's troops and treat them equally with the central army;

The next day, Zhang Xueliang personally accompanied Lao Jiang to return to Nanjing by plane.

Hearing this news, Zhu Bin and his think tank and staff came to a conclusion: "Ri's battle to the death is inevitable!"

If the country is still divided, then Japan's moderation faction and the young faction are still trying to make small troubles in some areas and slowly erode.However, Lao Jiang cannot succeed in suppressing the bandits for a day, and cannot fight against Japan with peace of mind. This cycle may take three to five years, or even longer. Even if he loses Pingjin, Hebei, it is not unacceptable. I have discussed with Japan, and it is no problem to assign them the Northeast!The land of the country is large, not bad for that.

But now that Zhang Yang is making such a fuss, Lao Jiang is forced to make a consistent policy of resisting the Japanese first, no matter what, he must implement it, and all parts of the country must also take this as the premise of the action program, and there must be no disputes and internal strife, otherwise it will be The great sinners who destroy the country's independence will be beaten to death by gangs. Therefore, it is an unchangeable trend to direct the domestic people's military power to foreign wars.

As for Japan, in order to complete the plan to occupy the three eastern provinces as soon as possible, from Hirohito and below, as well as the cabinet, senate, aristocrats, politicians from all walks of life, and heads of consortiums.Both openly and secretly advocated the argument that "Japan is sinking", and forced farmers to move to North Korea and the three eastern provinces by coercion and lure. At the same time, the first phase of industrialization of Manchuria and North Korea has been completed, and Japan's comprehensive industrial strength has increased significantly. The amount of steel alone has reached tens of millions of tons!Oil extraction has also reached 350 million tons, oil refining and coal-to-oil production will reach 800 million tons next year, copper production will reach 50 tons (mainly from the gold mine associated with Mt. exit.

The coal output will reach 8000 million tons, the annual output of aircraft will reach 3000, the annual output of tanks and chariots will reach 1000, and the production capacity of various large-caliber artillery will reach 2000.The production capacity of automobiles is 5, the shipbuilding capacity is 100 million tons, and its warships are 10 tons, which is twice as much as before.

In 1936 alone, Japan's total investment in military industry was nearly 40 billion, and it will increase next year. Its GDP will also reach 80 billion US dollars, and military expenditure will account for more than 50% of fiscal revenue!Driven by the military industry. The rapid recovery of Japan's economy, the investment in new infrastructure, the manufacture of new warships, and the strengthening of the army's armed forces will even cause a substantial economic surge, coupled with deliberate devaluation of the Japanese yuan, additional currency issuance and other means With a strong boost to domestic demand, there is absolutely no problem that the GDP will exceed US$100 billion next year.

After referring to some measures taken by the United States, Germany and Zhu Bin, Japan has tasted the sweetness of strengthening construction and stimulating the economy.Major consortiums began to use the mineral resources and land resources of Northeast and North Korea as bargaining chips to release their wealth, and gave various favorable conditions and infrastructure support to millions of immigrants. This alone will cost nearly 10 billion U.S. dollars. To build Liaoning into the second center of Japan, it is estimated that the ten-year construction period will require an investment of at least US$100 billion.The pull of the entire industry is immediate!

Japan, which seemed to be a precursor to a prosperous age, was greatly stimulated, and under the unprecedented pressure of the shadow caused by the earthquake, some stubborn persistence began to loosen under the leadership of Emperor Hirohito, and the importance of Manchuria and Mongolia was no longer the Kwantung Army and the Army and The careerist's own affairs are really related to the survival of the Japanese nation!

Therefore, firmly hold Manchurian Korea as the new home of the empire.The plan to turn North China into a buffer zone and a war zone has just been put on the table. Now that the country is about to fight against Japan and regain lost ground, there is no need to mention political blackmail, only to die to the end!

Lao Jiang escaped safely, the whole country celebrated with joy, and firecrackers rang all night long, but in the eyes of insightful people, this was the prelude to the outbreak of the Japanese War.After the envoys from Britain, the United States, France and Italy heard Lao Jiang's statement, they were so happy that they almost danced in place. The Japanese war is inevitable!And the fight must be very brutal, the war will make a lot of money, and the threat of Japan to other countries will be reduced in a straight line, a good thing!Good news!

But for Zhu Bin, this is a very bad thing!

It turned out that he was thinking, tossing with the Japanese in North China, how could it be delayed for a year or two, enough for him to integrate his forces and improve his armaments.And through the hands of Yan Laoxi and Shang Zhen, the situation in Shaanxi was indirectly made worse. The northern Shaanxi forces with guns and industries cannot be wiped out by half-hearted Zhang Xueliang, Yang Hucheng and Hu Zongnan who have been defeated repeatedly. The [-]-mile long march will not break them. After the battle-hardened elites are supplemented with weapons, they will have no problem dealing with the central army and local miscellaneous troops. Optimistically, it will not be a problem to support them for three to five years.

But this plan was completely aborted following the incident in Xi'an, and we must face the dangerous situation that may come at any time!

On December 1936, 12, the day after Chairman Jiang officially escaped from danger, a huge "Chairman's escape celebration meeting" was held all over the country. At the reception, basically everyone with a status and name should come, and it was very lively and lively.

However, at the official internal meeting held after the banquet, the atmosphere was as solemn as the severe winter outside. Zhu Bin was on the rostrum, and with a gloomy face, he said a thrilling sentence: "Everyone, a full-scale war may break out at any time, and we will become Bear the brunt of the attack target, how to deal with it, are you prepared?"

Although we all know that such a thing will happen, but when it is really imminent, no one can relax. The main heads look at each other. The chief of staff and chief adviser Jiang Baili stood up and spoke in a dignified manner: "Our staff's suggestion is, Instead of passively coping, it is better to take the initiative to attack. Once the Japanese army provokes a dispute. No negotiation, no testing, the first battle must go all out, and the Japanese must be defeated."

The research on Ri himself is second to none in the world. Jiang Baili has written a book specially and has the most say.And the research understanding of Japan's strategy and tactics is also the deepest. It is very clear that Japan is used to "much ado about nothing, creating troubles, not issuing notices, surprise attacks; night raids, light soldiers go straight; the first battle is a decisive battle, fast attack and fierce attack" Wait for tricks, and make such a coping strategy.

Japan's small people are poor and lack the potential for war.When the Northeast and North Korea are not fully digested, once the war starts, they must pursue a quick victory, otherwise they will be dragged back and fall into a war of attrition, which is extremely unfavorable to them.

Cao Han said: "It should be seen that our situation is very similar to that of Japan. They are all lacking in foundation. Once a war starts, there will be people around watching the fun waiting to make trouble. Lao Jiang will only give verbal support, and he also counts on Japan himself Consuming our military power and strength, we must fight alone like Beiyang, so a war of attrition is not good for us. Therefore, a quick victory is necessary."

Zhu Bin nodded, lamenting inwardly.Being a hero in the country is destined to be a tragedy. When you are capable, you will stand on the sidelines and wait for your bad luck. When you succeed, all kinds of envy, jealousy and hatred plus slander and attack will slow you down. Step on another ten thousand feet.Let you never turn over, the best, the best, when your bones can be used to play drums, then give a dry title and eat raw pork incense, and you want to live a lifetime if you want to be successful?Throughout the ages, only Guo Ziyi of the Tang Dynasty did it.

Just like this, we are fighting against powerful enemies like Japan.How sad it is to be on guard against being stabbed in the back!

There is not much to say about such morale-destroying words. Zhu Bin hurriedly smoothed the situation: "We didn't expect Lao Jiang and those people. National dignity is based on fighting, and those who play tricks will eventually be liquidated. Besides, we are much better than Beiyang. Complete scientific research, [-]% of the population, [-]% of industry, [-]/[-] of agriculture, [-]/[-] of finance, [-]% of military industry, [-]% of aircraft manufacturing, and [-]% of shipbuilding. Basically, it can be mobilized Most of the national power is fighting against the Japanese army, and the situation is quite ideal."

This is not a lie. Today, most of the scientific research personnel in the country are in Guangming City, and Zhu Bin is in control of warship manufacturing. The industrial system built along the Yangtze River has ships that can respond back and forth. The largest chongqing base is under the management of Lu Zuofu in order It is clear that Song Zi and Kong Xiangxi have tried several times to intervene but failed. They can't grab, fight, or kill. They want to expand their shares, increase their capital, and annex them. It's useless to sell the four major banks---Zhu Bin has more money than them .

Chief Steward Zhang Guoshu wisely made a footnote for Zhu Bin's speech: "Up to now, the comprehensive industrial strength and economic strength under our control have all met expectations. We have completed 260 heavy industry and basic industrial facilities, and 2 downstream light industries and auxiliary industries. 1, including 3500 in Shanghai, 3200 in Shandong, 1800 in Chongqing, 2200 in Wuhan, 1500 in Nanjing, 1300 in Henan, 2400 in Pingjin and Hebei, and more than 1 under construction in Hainan, Guangxi and other places.”

"In terms of output value, the output of iron and steel production will reach 400 million tons, and the completed production capacity will reach 700 million tons. Next year, it will reach 1000 million tons. Most of them are high-quality industrial and military steel, and a small number of civilian crude steel. Coal production is 4500 million tons. Next year it will reach 7000 million tons; 5000 million cubic meters of natural gas will be exploited, 100 million tons of converted oil, 150 million tons of coal converted into oil, 2500 million tons of imported crude oil reserves, 500 million tons of annual oil refining capacity, and 300 million tons of nitrogen fertilizer output; Chemical output value accounts for one-fifth of the world's total."

"Automobile manufacturing capacity reaches 30, all of which are trucks, geep vehicles and large crawler machinery, all of which can be put into production at any time. Shipbuilding capacity will reach 100 million tons next year, and its warship manufacturing capacity will reach 30 tons, and the speed will be doubled every year. Increase to a total of 500 million tons. The aircraft manufacturing capacity has reached 3000, the tank production capacity is 2000, and the capacity will be doubled in two years."

After reading this, the backbones who only cared about one aspect of the construction became calm, and exclaimed: "So many! I can't think of it, it's only been a few years... the benefits are great!"

Zhu Bin's cheeks twitched, and he screamed in his heart: "This is what I piled up with real money?!"

five years!For five years, he transported a full 2000 million tons of gold ore to Germany. With the efficient smelting and extraction technology provided, the Germans obtained at least 400 tons of gold, 4 tons of silver, 200 million tons of copper and 500 million tons of zinc , the value of these alone is more than 15 billion US dollars, which is the net output!

In addition, since the year before last, pure strategic metals such as manganese, nickel, cobalt, silicon, tungsten, antimony, titanium, etc. have been exported to Germany, which add up to 200 million tons, and the prices of these metals are even higher than gold ore Gao, all replaced with first-hand or second-hand industrial facilities and production lines, which directly pulled Germany out of the shadow of the economic crisis, and indirectly affected countries such as Britain and the United States, and had a huge impact on the entire world.

In addition, the total amount of smelting and refining by Zhu Bin himself is second only to the Germans, especially the amount of strategic colored metals is much more.Nearly 2 tons of silver and hundreds of tons of gold that the Germans could not use were directly purchased by him in the international market as strategic resources, such as rich iron ore, high-quality coal, cotton, chromium, vanadium, Zirconium, copper-uranium ore mined from Australia, etc., it also cost a lot of money!

Basically, the bankrupt steel mills, shipyards, machine factories, and machine tool factories in the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Italy and Germany moved a small part to Zhu Bin to piece together the huge industrial base of the country today. Is it easy?

If you are not in charge of your family, you don't know how expensive firewood is!If it weren't for the continuous mining of mineral deposits by offshore energy, it would pull up fine chemicals, synthetic fibers, electronics, fine engineering machinery, and super heavy industries, and produce high-yield crops, special medical equipment, and a series of antibiotics and new drugs that are price-effective for gold, and output a bunch of them. The advanced high-tech can't support such a rapid industrial expansion at all; it's not that he spends a lot of money to forcefully promote the construction of tens of millions of people, the construction of the navy alone can push him into renown!

A group of young and energetic war madmen didn't care how difficult it was for him to be the boss, they were gearing up and clamored: "Our strength is no worse than that of Little Japan! Do it with them! Destroy that **** for life!"

Zhu Bin rolled his eyes angrily, thinking that the guns and ammunition are all grown in the ground?The cannonballs are all money!A battleship shell costs four to five thousand dollars!With a bang, a large jet of water exploded, and an infantry chariot disappeared!

If you can't explain it to them, cover your head.

But the atmosphere suddenly heated up.Looking at Zhu Bin's bitter face, Jiang Baili smiled secretly, coughed lightly to subdue the confusion, and continued: "To fight against the sun, the three armies of the sea, land and air must be coordinated and have their own priorities. The main force of the navy should be defeated by confronting the sun." It is necessary to contain the main force of the combined fleet, and we must not fight decisively before the battleship enters service. Our aircraft carriers and battleships are not enough for main guns, and it is not easy for them to go on an expedition.”

"For the air force, the focus is on fully intercepting the Japanese air raids and bombings, and trying to avoid a battle that will hurt both sides. Once a battle starts, the new fighter jets must go all out to form an overall advantage and quickly destroy the Japanese air force."

"For the army, each division is used as a combat unit, flexible and maneuverable, and does not engage in positional attrition warfare with the Japanese army. We give full play to our mechanized advantages, integrate air and ground, and aim at annihilating their vital forces. In addition, it is not affected by rigid command!"