Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

This is what Wei Hongjun is most worried about.

China's industrial development has been really fast recently.

But still the same sentence.

Some things can be discussed privately, and some policies can be adjusted slowly. But raising these questions publicly is absolutely forbidden. When everyone is so enthusiastic and focused on building the country, if you, a central leader, publicly say that this will cause problems, it will confuse the cadres below and make them feel overwhelmed.

So Wei Hongjun had a private discussion with Li Fuchun.

Li Fuchun heard Wei Hongjun's words and said seriously, "I will pay attention to this aspect. But everyone is very enthusiastic now, and the Soviet aid projects are constantly being implemented, so we can't do anything."

"It's a good thing that our industry is developing so rapidly. However, we don't have enough technicians or factory managers to handle it. If this problem isn't resolved, there will be a lot of trouble in the future, and it will be difficult to achieve the factory's designed output."

Li Fuchun's expression became more and more serious.

This was not his first day in industrial management, so he understood what Wei Hongjun meant.

So after thinking for a while, he said, "The most serious problem you mentioned is not the problem between technicians and workers. Now many factories are controlled by Soviet experts, and our technicians cooperate with them.

As for the worker problem, while difficult, it's not unsolvable. In fact, the most serious problem is the shortage of factory technical and production management personnel. We are desperately short of these personnel, and they can't be trained quickly. They need to understand technology, production, and management."

Illiterate workers do have many problems.

Modern industry requires extensive cooperation, and factory workers also need division of labor and cooperation.

If workers are illiterate, many issues will be difficult to resolve. However, this can be gradually resolved. After the founding of New China, many workers' night schools were established precisely to address the illiteracy problem.

But the most difficult thing now is the lack of industrial cadres.

The kind of cadres who understand industry, production and management.

It's not easy to train such cadres. Wei Hongjun thought for a moment and said, "Haven't we previously sent people to Soviet factories for training? Could we select a group of grassroots production and technical cadres, or select some outstanding management talents from among the workers, and send them to Soviet factories for internships. They could then return to China after two or three years of training?"

“This is one way.

But it only quenches thirst.

There is no way to completely resolve this issue.

Li Fuchun thought for a moment and said, "The best way is to set up a workers' school."

The atmosphere between the two of them was a little tense for a moment. But Wei Hongjun soon smiled and said, "Today is a good day, we should be happy. Besides, the problems I mentioned are all inevitable problems encountered during development. We can gradually solve them."

"Yes, it can be solved slowly."

It is normal to have many problems during development.

Just solve it slowly.

887 The Korean Peninsula Rekindles War

Although Wei Hongjun and Li Fuchun did not have much friendship in the past, both of them were in charge of industry.

So we have a lot of common topics.

Both are deputy directors of the Planning Commission. Currently, the director is Chen Yun, and the three deputy directors are Wei Hongjun, Deng Xixian, and Li Fuchun. While Wei Hongjun and Li Fuchun's work isn't focused on the Planning Commission, they are both deputy directors. Wei Hongjun is also the first deputy secretary of the Planning Commission's Party Leadership Group.

So I will still participate in important work.

The Planning Commission was currently working on the first five-year plan, which would run from 1952 to 1956. It needed to be adopted at the Eighth National Congress and the National People's Congress in 1952.

Therefore, Wei Hongjun and Li Fuchun had many common topics.

While inspecting the factories in Baotou, they discussed the First Five-Year Plan's deployment plans for regions like Suiyuan and Chahar. They then traveled to Zhangjiakou and Xuanhua, both of which are important industrial cities in northern China. Of course, the scale of their industries was limited.

In a word, these areas are short of water.

This alone limits their industrial potential.

However, at this stage, Zhangjiakou and Xuanhua are both very important industrial cities that cannot be ignored.

However, Wei Hongjun was called back within two days of arriving in Zhangjiakou and Xuanhua, his old base. Problems with North Korea had resurfaced. Although he had returned to China, Wei Hongjun remained the commander and political commissar of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army and a key member of the Central Korean Affairs Group.

The North Korean issue cannot bypass Wei Hongjun.

"Comrade Red Army, what do you think?"

It was originally supposed to be for the Chairman, the Premier, and Wei Hongjun.

But the Prime Minister is quite busy these days.

Since the agreement with Britain was reached, many countries have privately sent messages to China. Therefore, the Prime Minister has been handling these matters. This handling of the prisoner issue is the first large-scale direct contact between China and these Western countries. Therefore, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been very busy.

So there are only the Chairman and Wei Hongjun.

The Korean Peninsula began to become unstable.

After September, several military clashes occurred between the Korean People's Army and Syngman Rhee's puppet troops in South Jeolla Province and North Gyeongsang Province. Although small in scale, the clashes between the two sides began to become frequent, with fighting occurring almost every day.

The US military was the first to protest.

It is believed that China and North Korea have violated the temporary armistice agreement originally signed.

The original agreement stated that South Jeolla Province and North Gyeongsang Province were demilitarized zones. Neither China nor North Korea should send troops there. But now it's clear that the North Korean People's Army is already there.

Of course Deng Guo is not a fool.

Fight back immediately.

It was clearly Syngman Rhee's puppet troops who violated the temporary armistice agreement and entered the demilitarized zones of North Gyeongsang Province and South Jeolla Province, which led to the military conflict. Moreover, the Korean People's Army did not recognize the troops in North Gyeongsang Province and South Jeolla Province as the Korean People's Army.

The Korean People's Army told the Americans that the troops currently stationed in North Gyeongsang Province and South Jeolla Province were armed by the local people themselves. Because Syngman Rhee's puppet troops had poor military discipline and had previously looted these areas, the people in these areas armed themselves to defend themselves.

The war of words between the two sides was very lively.

While the two sides were engaged in a war of words, the military conflict between Syngman Rhee's puppet troops and the Korean People's Army continued to intensify. It started with a small-scale conflict of dozens of people, but later gradually expanded to hundreds and even thousands of people.

On September 9, a huge conflict broke out between the Korean People's Army and Syngman Rhee's puppet army in North Gyeongsang Province.

The 3rd Division of Syngman Rhee's puppet army concentrated its forces to prepare for a surprise attack on Andong in North Gyeongsang Province. Andong was a key area under the control of the North Korean People's Army, so how could you allow a surprise attack? As a result, a large-scale battle broke out between the two sides.

Later, Lee Seung-man's puppet army successively deployed the Puppet 1st Division and the Puppet 3rd Division.

The Korean People's Army also immediately sent troops to reinforce.

The two sides fought very fiercely.

This is the largest-scale fighting on the Korean Peninsula since the signing of a temporary armistice agreement in May.

That's why the Chairman recalled Wei Hongjun. Wei Hongjun reviewed the recent intelligence, sorted it out, and said, "Chairman, I think the US military is testing the waters. Floods have been raging in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula for the past two months, disrupting many of North Korea's transportation lines. The Americans are probably aware of this, and they believe the Sino-North Korean coalition is currently facing logistical difficulties and insufficient supplies. Therefore, they intend to use Syngman Rhee's puppet troops to frequently launch attacks in North Gyeongsang Province and South Jeolla Province to engage the Korean People's Army. This is how they assess the Korean People's Army's logistical situation."

"It's been over a hundred days since we signed the temporary armistice agreement. Including the time spent negotiating, the US military has rested for four and a half months, almost five months. They're now itching to attack, testing the logistical situation of the North Korean People's Army. Once they determine there's a problem with the North Korean People's Army's logistics, they'll launch another large-scale offensive."

The chairman nodded.

Wei Hongjun's judgment is not much different from the Chairman's.

North Korea suffered severe flooding in July and August, destroying many railways and roads. The Americans couldn't have been unaware of this. Now, the Chinese and North Korean coalition forces have pushed their way to the US military.

The logistical and transportation pressure is indeed great.

After all, the distance from the Yalu River to the Chinese People's Volunteer Army front was approximately 1300 li. The logistical distance to the North Korean People's Army was even greater, exceeding 1500 li. The Chinese and North Korean forces were not the US military, which possessed such extensive logistical support capabilities. In fact, if necessary, the US military could rely entirely on air transport to solve its troop logistics problems.

Now that there is a severe flood in northern North Korea, the US military will definitely test the logistics of the Chinese and North Korean troops.

"Can you block it?"

"can."

Wei Hongjun answered with certainty.

He said: "We can't guarantee the situation in North Gyeongsang Province and South Jeolla Province. Although the North Korean People's Army has established a regime and developed its military here, its strength is still weak. North Jeolla Province and North Chungcheong Province are also very dangerous. But if the US military wants to continue advancing, it will encounter our troops' front line."

"Our troops are very good at digging tunnels to counter the bombing of the US Air Force. As early as the Third Battle, our troops withstood the US military's heavy bombing. Tunnel warfare is very suitable for positional warfare. Moreover, the comrades on the front line are all battle-hardened, so there will be no problem."

The volunteer troops have not been doing nothing in the past few months.

Because of their previous experience, they were more skilled in digging tunnels and trenches this time, preparing for a head-on positional battle with the US military.

"But you have to know that if the Americans attack this time, apart from Syngman Rhee's puppet troops, it will be almost entirely American troops. From the information we have received, the US military has been replenishing its troops and training its troops in the past few months. It is estimated that the US troops deployed this time will be no less than 20. Including Syngman Rhee's puppet troops, the US puppet army will mobilize more than 50 troops."

The US military no longer trusts those allied forces.

The allied forces were good at bragging, but when the fighting started, they performed worse than Syngman Rhee's puppet troops. The Syngman Rhee puppet troops at least ran away, while the allied forces brought by the United States surrendered one after another.

The US military simply couldn't believe it.

Therefore, the US military could only rely on its allies for logistics support. The real fighting still required the US military to personally engage in combat. Despite two crushing defeats, the US military remained unconvinced, believing that the US military had failed to fully utilize its formidable firepower advantage.

Therefore, they still have to compete with the Chinese army.

Wei Hongjun said: "Chairman, the US military is preparing, and so are our troops. We have built a defense line on the front line and are ready to fight a long-term positional war with the US military."

"What about logistics? Can they sustain a long-term battle?"

"can."

Wei Hongjun said, "We previously dug a large number of tunnels in the mountains between Seoul and the 38th parallel. Before I returned home, I had already converted those tunnels into warehouses. Since the signing of the temporary armistice agreement, we have been storing supplies in these warehouses. They should be able to hold out for about two months. Moreover, although the floods in North Korea have disrupted many transportation lines, our troops have been repairing them. Some transportation lines can still transport supplies."

"it is good."

With Wei Hongjun's guarantee, the Chairman felt relieved.

Wei Hongjun was better prepared than expected.

The Chairman said, "Then judge for yourself. If the Americans fail to break through our defenses in this positional battle, what will they do? Will they sign a true armistice agreement with us, or continue to fight us?"

"Chairman, I believe that as long as the US military doesn't gain an advantage in this positional battle, it won't be able to continue the war. We now have 1953 American prisoners, and this is something the US government must resolve. Furthermore, I believe we have two good opportunities for a ceasefire. One is between the end of this year and the beginning of next year, and the other is in . Next year is the year of the US presidential election, which will have an immeasurable impact on the Korean War."

Wei Hongjun has simulated many times how to end the Korean War.

Have a certain draft in mind.

Wei Hongjun now presented his plan to the Chairman. He said, "The several major defeats in the Korean War, coupled with the numerous prisoners captured, must have been a significant blow to Truman and the Democratic Party. This time, they couldn't win a face-to-face positional battle with us. By then, they'd naturally understand that war alone wouldn't resolve the Korean War. As long as they reach this consensus, ending the war would be their only option. For the Democrats, the best way to win the election is to end the war with honor. At that point, they'll undoubtedly need to negotiate with us to end the Korean War. Therefore, I believe the end of this year or the beginning of next year is the best time. However, if the Korean War isn't resolved within this timeframe, the next opportunity will be the newly elected President of the United States."

"It will be a good thing for us if we solve it early."

The chairman nodded.

He said: "We have a serious fiscal deficit right now, and one of the reasons is the Korean War. The Korean War cost too much money, and the sooner it ends, the less pressure on the fiscal budget. And we have 100,000 American prisoners of war, so everything will be easy to deal with."

What the Chairman and Wei Hongjun judged soon became a reality.

Soon, Syngman Rhee's puppet troops began a large-scale advance into North Gyeongsang Province and engaged in a firefight with the North Korean People's Army. A war of words ensued between the two sides, with China and North Korea accusing the US military of breaking its promise and entering the DMZ. The US military, in turn, criticized Chinese and North Korean forces for violating the armistice agreement and establishing a presence in the DMZ.

Of course, as they engaged in a war of words, the fight became more and more intense.

Around Andong in North Gyeongsang Province, the Korean People's Army and Syngman Rhee's puppet army concentrated 100,000 troops to fight. This battle greatly improved the combat effectiveness of both the Korean People's Army and Syngman Rhee's puppet army.