reborn super empire

After coming out of the arsenal, Su Dao has been thinking about a problem, that is, the previously mentioned substituting iron for copper to make bullets. In later generations, he only heard of such a thing, but he didn't know the specifics. What to do, that's why Su Dao proposed to use iron instead of copper. After being rejected by the Germans, Su Dao didn't take it too seriously. Since the Germans said it couldn't be done, he would use the oldest method in the short term, although Materials may be in short supply, but it doesn't matter, the lives of soldiers are the most important.

Su Dao's several factories will also be completed and put into production in the next half month. However, while building the factories, he also did not forget to send troops to find some mineral resources.

Su Dao didn't pay too much attention to the matter of the factory, and he didn't care about the current output at all. The most important thing was that he had a good excuse, which was enough. As for the workers, they should be cultivated slowly. Anyway, the scale must be expanded, lest the number of workers cannot keep up in the future.

With the commissioning of several factories, part of the employment problem has been solved for Jinxi. Although each factory does not recruit many people, it can be regarded as relieving the pressure on the lives of the people. With wars raging, it is easy to find a job. Not bad, I didn't complain about the ones I didn't find. Anyway, Su Dao said that the production will be expanded in the near future, and at that time, it will recruit twice or even more workers than it is now.

A week later, the battle of Jinzhou has basically come to an end, but this is also the most difficult moment. The 766th Division lost more than 6000 people in the week's battle, which can be said to be a serious injury, if there is some loss.It is estimated that the 766 division will lose its combat effectiveness directly.But now is not the time to relax, only after the city of Jinzhou has been brought down.to be corrected.

As for the reinforcements, there are no more for the time being.Even the 3000 reserve force has only 10 people left, and the rest are all scattered to various places in Rehe Province to garrison the county.There is no way, although the nearly 768 troops of the two divisions seem to be a lot, they are not much if they are assigned to a province. Even in many counties, they can only leave a battalion or a company of troops, such as the [-]th Division, which is even more pitiful .

A summer resort as big as Chengde, if it was placed in the past, it would be a place where the emperor would come every year, because of the lack of troops. The 768th Division could only leave one battalion to garrison there, and Luanping, not far from Chengde, only left two battalions.The main force of the 768th Division was dispersed to the area north of the Great Wall to prevent the Japanese troops in the pass from attacking.

The situation of the 767th Division and the 768th Division is similar. Although they don’t need to guard against the Japanese army in the pass, they need to guard against more Kwantung Army. The pressure is not much less than that of the 768th Division. Needing to face hundreds of thousands of Kwantung Army, there is no time to free up hands to help the other two divisions.It would have been nice not to have asked them for reinforcements.

After a week of fighting, the Kwantung Army outside Jinzhou City had basically been wiped out, and those who could escape back to the city fled back to the city, and those troops were dispersed.Those Kwantung Army soldiers who couldn't find the organization, or didn't plan to find the organization at all, fled directly north.After so much effort, hundreds of thousands of troops beat others to less than 4.Up to now, [-] to [-] people have been lost, and they are all front-line combat troops.

So far, there are at best less than 5 people in the city who can fight.It is said that there are more than 2 people in five divisions, but after removing the supply troops and non-combat troops of each division, it would be good to have [-] people. In addition to the previous huge casualties, I really don’t know that Jinzhou can still defend how long.

The Kwantung Army has been asking for reinforcements, and Umezu Yoshijiro is even more anxious. Thinking of Ueda Kenkichi who has returned to his hometown for retirement, Umezu Yoshijiro can't help secretly envious, and at the same time, he also feels sorry for himself when he was not in office. Ridiculous for what he said.

Umezu Yoshijiro, who was sweating all over his head, didn't care about his appearance, he just threw his general cap aside, and a few buttons on his military uniform were unbuttoned, and he stared at the map for a long time without any movement.Where the hell can I send my troops?Looking at the map full of Kwantung Army troops marked, these troops add up to a total of several 10 people. It stands to reason that the problem of Jinzhou can be solved by simply deploying troops, but Umezu Yoshijiro didn’t know what to do. Which troops.

For the first siege of the 99th Army, Kenji Ueda mobilized more than 15 people from six divisions. As a result, nearly 5 people from two divisions were wiped out, and then another 1 to 15 were wiped out during the retreat. There were more than [-] people on the western front, and more than [-] people turned around and only less than [-] were left, and they all threw away their armor and armor.

Later, Ueda Kenkichi hurriedly integrated those routs, and finally just stabilized, Umezu Yoshijiro gritted his teeth and mobilized five divisions to garrison near Jinzhou, and then mobilized another division from other aspects to enter Jehol to assist there. The four divisions that have just been integrated, so the Kwantung Army has invested a total of ten divisions with nearly 25 people in this battle, and the 99th Army has almost 20 people.

Whenever he thinks that the 99th Army has so many fewer troops than himself, and can beat him like this, Umezu Yoshijiro has the idea of ​​​​causing a seppuku. What face does he have to go back to see people?The current strength of the Kwantung Army is about 70 million. The Kwantung Army claims to have 80 troops. That was in 40 and 41. At this time, the Pacific War had not yet begun, and Japan's military strength had not yet reached its peak. .

Just like this, there are more than 99 troops in the hands of the 40th Army alone, and there are nearly [-] troops pinned down by them. This is on the verge of the Kwantung Army's collapse.In addition to the previous Suzhi Nuo threshold battle, the Kwantung Army also lost more than [-] people.The Kwantung Army seems to have a lot of troops. In addition to guarding against the Soviet Union, they also need to monitor the dynamics of Manchuria, so as not to be capsized by the Manchurians.

So Umezu Yoshijiro looked at the densely packed troops on the map, but he didn't dare to mobilize any troops easily. Those who could participate in the battle had already been transferred away by Ueda Kenkichi and Umezu Yoshijiro. If they were transferred again, it would threaten the rule of the Kwantung Army. .So this is the most troublesome thing for Umezu Yoshijiro.I originally thought that the commander of the Kwantung Army was a good job, but I didn't realize it until I arrived.This is worse than sitting on a hot pan.

"Iimura-kun, how is the preparation of the aviation unit?" After a long time.Umezu Yoshijiro finally remembered his other trump card, a troop that could be mobilized at any time.

Since the beginning of the war, the aviation unit of the Kwantung Army can be said to be the most idle unit. The army is fighting to the death, but I didn’t see my fighter plane once, but this is not to blame for the aviation unit, but Umezu Yoshijiro did not want him He knew that the 99th Army had advanced fighter planes, and the navy also sent information.Through the battle with the navy, they found that the performance of the fighter planes of the 99th Army was no less than that of the Imperial Navy's fighter planes.

Since then, thinking of the fact that a small group of fighter planes were wiped out by the Chinese Air Force at the beginning, Yoshijiro Umezu couldn't help but be more cautious. On the one hand, he asked the country to step up the refitting of the aviation unit, and on the other hand, he hoped that the army could hold on for a while. Well, it will be easy to say after the air force is refitted, their air force will be wiped out, and there will be no air supremacy. Can the 99th Army still be so aggressive?

The reason why the aviation unit is not allowed to fight is to protect the few poor imperial pilots, so that they can give full play to their greater advantages when the new fighters arrive.No matter how good a pilot is flying a fighter that is far inferior to the performance of the opponent, it may take a lot of luck to shoot down the opponent, and the opponent wants to shoot them down.Seems like all it takes is a little trickery.

"The Second Air Force received new fighter planes yesterday, and it will take a while to get familiar with them before they can fight. The Fifth Air Force is estimated to have to wait a week before receiving new fighter planes. If they want to complete the replacement, it will take half a month at the shortest estimate. Time." Lieutenant General Iimura Joi, the chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, said with a melancholy face, the Kwantung Army is not only worried about Yoshijiro Umezu, but if the army encounters a major disaster, generally speaking, it is the chief officer and the chief of staff. They are all unlucky, the only difference is that the chief of staff has less responsibility. After the defeat, he does not need to have a caesarean section, or is transferred to another army to serve. The chief officer is different. They have the main responsibility for the army's defeat.

But even so, Joi Iimura does not want to follow in the footsteps of Kenkichi Ueda and Rensuke Isoya. Thinking about Rensuke Isotani's current position, Joi Iimura is afraid for a while, that is a fighter in the reserve, guard For a fortress, it can be said bluntly that Isoya Rensuke basically has no hope of going to the battlefield in this life. He can be considered a high-spirited man if he can work in the position of the garrison commander until he retires.

Remembering that I just took office, the stool under the chief of staff’s ass has not been warmed up, and he might follow the pace of Isotani Rensuke. Iimura Joi’s face suddenly lost any light, and it has long since disappeared. That mighty look was replaced by bursts of worry and fear.

"No, there is no more time for them. Order the Second Air Force to take off immediately to support Jinzhou. If possible, we must destroy the opponent's airport and eliminate their heavy artillery brigade. At the same time, order the Fifth Air Force to prepare for combat. Umezu Yoshijiro ordered with a bitter face.

He seemed to have seen his own destiny, so what if Jinzhou was saved?The important point of the problem is that the entire Rehe was lost in his hands. The most abominable thing is that some soldiers of the Kwantung Army were driven to the pass. Affecting the war in the pass, the North China Front Army has been forced to change its current combat plan.

But things are far from that simple. It is not just that the North China Front Army has changed its plan, because the plan of the North China Front Army has suddenly been changed. The same is true for the Central China Dispatch Army in the south. There is no North China Front Army in Shanxi and North China to contain Chairman Jiang. , Those local warlords can free up their hands to support Wuhan at any time, or counterattack them.

They didn't have to worry so much when the North China Front Army was still attacking, but now they suddenly became a solitary and deep army. As long as the Huaxia Front cut off their retreat, it seemed that it was only a matter of time before they died.

ps: The five chapters I originally mentioned yesterday, but the network at home failed, and I couldn’t access the Internet later, so I will make up for it at the fifth shift today. (To be continued..)