Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 543 Food
For reasons of confidentiality, the head of the meeting did not mention anything about the exchange between Wang Xuexin and Ying Jiang. At the beginning of the meeting, he said: "Comrades, let me tell you a piece of good news. Ying Jiang intends to provide us with a loan for assistance. A batch of materials worth 1000 million US dollars!"

There was a "coax" in the meeting room and the pot exploded.

The cadres all know that the dollar is valuable in this era, and you can buy two cows for $30, so the $1000 million... is simply an astronomical figure for the Eighth Route Army.

Some cadres know more about currency information, such as Zhang Wanhe, the Minister of Logistics. He made up his mind, my God, the border currency has only been issued for more than 1000 million yuan, and if it is exchanged at a three-to-one ratio, it will be more than 300 million U.S. dollars, the aid of Eagle Sauce is 1000 million U.S. dollars, which is three times the total amount of currency in the base area!
(Note: The total amount of currency issued in the border area in 1941 was 2300 million yuan)

Zhang Wanhe took a sneak peek at Wang Xuexin, secretly secretly rumored that Xiao Dongbei was helping Yingjiang beat devils, Zhang Wanhe still didn't believe it at first.

Who is this eagle sauce?Airplanes, cannons, warships, etc. are much better for the devils, and Xiaodongbei is still needed to fight the devils?
Looking at it now, it seems that there is such a thing, otherwise, why did Eagle Sauce suddenly give us such a large amount of assistance!

Thinking of Zhang Wanhe's wrinkled face, a long-lost smile slowly appeared.

Good thing, good thing!

Helping Yingjiang fight devils can not only encircle Wei and rescue Zhao, but also earn aid. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone. This little Northeast is not easy!
At this time, the chief of staff raised a question: "Let the comrades come to the meeting today to discuss what to exchange for the 1000 million US dollars."

The chief jokingly said: "This problem looks simple, but it is actually quite difficult! I have discussed it with the chief of staff several times, but I just can't make up my mind. We are used to being poor, and suddenly there is such a large amount of money. I don’t even know how to spend it!”

The cadre was amused by the chief's words and laughed.

Then the cadres started a heated debate:
"I think we should buy tanks. This is an example in front of us. A tank battalion can take down Yuncheng. What if we form a tank regiment and a tank division? Can't we drive the devils out of North China?"

But this was quickly denied by the chief of staff.

"At present, Yingjiang does not have any outstanding tanks!" The chief of staff said: "There is no T34 that can compare with Maokuang. It is not cost-effective to buy a tank from Yingjiang!"

The chief of staff is Mao Xiongna who came back from studying abroad. He has a little understanding of the equipment of Mao Xiong and Yingjiang. He knows that Yingjiang is still relatively backward in this area because of the low pressure of the war. (Note: "Sherman" is not yet in service at this time)
"I don't agree to buy tanks either!" Ding Wei stood up and said, "Judging from the use of tanks in the Yuncheng Battle, Comrade Wang Xuexin attacked Yuncheng when the devils transferred their planes to the northeast for exercises. On the other hand, the Eighth Route Army has always been Without tanks, the sudden appearance of a tank force caught the devils by surprise. If the devils calm down, the tanks are easily bombed by devils' planes and it is difficult to play the expected role!"

Ding Wei stood at a higher level than the other commanders. While the others were happily discussing the tank's big victory, Ding Wei was studying the reasons for this victory and the problems he might face in the future.

Wang Xuexin had to admit that Ding Wei's analysis was correct. What tanks are most afraid of is the enemy's air power... There is a saying that "the most useful weapon against tanks is tanks".

There is actually a problem with this statement. Since World War II, there has been basically no victory in tank battles without complete loss of air supremacy. In the middle and late stages, it has become heavily dependent on air power.

The most typical example is Eagle Sauce's Normandy landing. At that time, Hans had lost his air superiority, but the tanks were still more advanced than the Allies.

But at that time Hans began to be in a dilemma: should the tanks be deployed on the coastline or in the rear?

Neither seems appropriate.

Deployed on the coastline, that is to use tanks to face the bombing of enemy warships with large-caliber artillery... No matter how advanced the tank is, it cannot withstand the bombardment of warships.

Deployed on the second line, the intention is to wait for the Allied forces to land and use offensive methods to launch a counterattack to drive the enemy's landing troops into the sea.

But the loss of air supremacy meant that these tanks were bombed by enemy planes all the way to the front line, and only single digits were left when they drove to the front line, and they had no ability to counterattack at all.

(Note: Rommel, who has always advocated offense, uncharacteristically advocated the former. He believed that tanks could be deployed concealedly to play a role, but others advocated the latter.)
The Eighth Route Army is also facing similar problems at this time, so the tanks in the hands of the Eighth Route Army should be used for sneak attacks and not suitable for large quantities of equipment.

Kong Jie was a little unconvinced when he heard this: "I'm talking about Lao Ding, according to you, this problem is easy. We don't have a plane, so we can just buy a plane from Yingjiang?"

The other cadres echoed as soon as they heard it:

"That's right, it's good to buy a plane!"

"We are fed up with the uselessness of the devil's plane, let the devil taste the power of our plane!"

"Airplanes and tanks, let's have a good fight with devils!"

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The chief of staff poured cold water on everyone: "Comrades, the recalcitrant army is already buying planes from Yingjiang. Do you know how much a plane costs?"

The soldiers couldn't help but look at each other. Hearing the tone of the chief of staff, 1000 million US dollars is not enough to buy a plane?

Then the chief of staff gave the answer: "The plane that the stubborn army bought from Yingjiang cost 45000 US dollars per unit, and 400 planes cost more than [-] million US dollars, but this is only a part, and airports, replacement parts, Fuel, logistical personnel, hired pilots, etc. Even so, the role that these hundred aircraft can play is likely to be very limited..."

Wang Xuexin understands the reason for this.

Buying an airplane is a big project. If it is equipped with other equipment, it is okay. The cost may only be the airplane and its parts.

But the Eighth Route Army has nothing in this regard.

For example, is there an air defense force around the airport?Otherwise, what if the enemy plane comes to bomb?
Another example is whether we need several sets of land-to-air radars, otherwise we don't know where the enemy planes are or when they will come, so how can we command operations?

If these things are bought in one go, 1000 million US dollars is definitely not enough.

Wang Xuexin believes that there must be airplanes, but to eat food one bite at a time, the road needs to be taken step by step. This is one of the reasons why Wang Xuexin first introduced anti-aircraft guns and even asked Yingjiang to develop self-propelled anti-aircraft guns first.

When everyone was discussing and arguing, Wang Xuexin stood up and said: "Chief, I think what we should buy is not weapons and equipment, but food!"

(End of this chapter)