Chapter 592: I Like Your Frankness
"What if Xinkou can't hold it? Or maybe the Japanese invaders will send troops from here againγγγγγγ Liu Lang sneered, and the branch in his hand slid back into Hebei.
In the past time and space, the Japanese army was led by Kawagishi Bunzaburo 20th Division all the way west from the Shijiazhuang Zhengtai Line to respond to the Sakagaki Division, and the Chinese army that was attacked by the enemy had to divide its troops to intercept it.
Taiyuan, an important town in the north, fell into the hands of the enemy for several years.
Although many of the equipment of the Taiyuan Arsenal began to be transferred more than a month in advance, it was limited to manpower and material resources, including raw materials, and only 12/12 of the goods were transported, and most of the equipment fell into the hands of the enemy.
The king of Shanxi's eyes shrank fiercely, the second route that Liu Lang pointed to was exactly what he was worried about, and he had already set a strategy to resist the Japanese army by gathering heavy troops, but the western front must be empty. Just as Liu Lang said, if the Japanese army once occupies the entire territory of Hebei, it has become inevitable for the Japanese army to attack in two directions.
"The Japanese Kwantung Army is currently only more than 100,000 troops, and at least three divisions are needed to defend the three eastern provinces and Rehe alone, and he wants to attack my Shanxi, and there are no more than four divisions and regiments, so it is too much to underestimate the old man!" Taking a deep breath, King Shanxi still questioned Liu Lang's statement.
Liu Lang shook his head slightly, sighing in his heart.
As a prince, the king of Shanxi thinks so, which shows that the high-level of the national government. This is almost the same as recorded in the history of war, although China's top brass knew that war with Japan was inevitable, but they still had a bit of luck in their hearts, and still believed that a full-scale war would not break out.
They knew that the Kwantung Army, which had more than 100,000 troops, would swell to hundreds of thousands in a few years, and the army attacking China from the north would be as high as more than 300,000, and in Beiping alone, there would be nearly 100,000 Japanese troops attacking, otherwise the 29th Army, which had 100,000 troops, would not have been defeated so quickly, even if they did not have much defense.
This is still secondary, and they also underestimate the strength of the Japanese army. The Japanese army, which has artillery and aircraft to help, is much higher than the Chinese army in terms of firepower, taking the Battle of Xinkou as an example, nearly 300,000 Chinese troops and only 50,000 Japanese troops are facing each other, even if Sakagaki's Fifth Division is Japan's famous steel army, a 44-system A division regiment, with more than 20,000 combatants, plus the two detachments and brigades carried, the overall combat personnel are as high as nearly 40,000, but the Chinese army's will to fight is not weak. Whether it was the Red Army, the Jin Sui Army, Fu Zuoyi, or the Wei Lihuang Central Army, they all showed enough tenacity throughout the campaign.
However, in the first battle of Pingxingguan, the Red Army, with superior forces and superior terrain, unexpectedly besieged a heavy detachment of the Sakagaki Division, and the casualty ratio was as high as 1 to 1. In terms of the elite level of the soldiers, the red soldiers who came out of the Long March and experienced countless bloody battles were definitely no worse than the Japanese army, but they still fought so fiercely.
Why? It is because of the lack of firepower that the firepower of the Japanese army, which has absolute superiority in the sky and on the ground, is almost several times that of the Chinese army. The Chinese soldiers are completely risking their lives to resist the torrent of steel of the Japanese invaders.
The king of Shanxi said that the Japanese army had to have at least four divisions to capture his Shanxi, which was really a bit taken for granted, and Itagaki Seishiro only brought one and a half divisions and half of the 20 divisions to respond, and attacked all the way to Taiyuan City.
Of course, Liu Lang will not say these words, this person's determination is not as good as a rock, don't scare him to the Japanese first.
"Sir Yan, your assumption is based on the fact that the Japanese do not want a full-scale war with our Republic of China, and I think that a full-scale war will definitely break out within a few years, and at that time, perhaps the four divisions you mentioned will be very likely to be in Shanxi." Liu Lang categorically rejected the slightest illusion that Comrade Yan had.
Comrade Yan's gaze hidden behind the lenses of his glasses seemed to be a little distracted, his eyes looked at the map, and he rubbed the stubble on his chin, "You mean, old man, I have to take precautions now?" β
"Yes, although I believe that the Republic of China will definitely win a great victory in the Great Patriotic War, it will inevitably lose troops and territory in the early stage, and temporary defeats are inevitable." Liu Lang said firmly.
"Then all the strategic units in my Taiyuan City must be moved out first, such as this arsenal with many equipment, this is the old man's decades of hard work, if the Japanese rob it, I won't be able to sleep for a few years!" The King of Shanxi, whose face had returned to normal, looked at Liu Lang, and it was difficult for people to see his current thoughts with his gaze hidden in the thick lenses.
"That's right, moving out of the arsenal is the number one priority." Liu Lang admitted it very shamefully.
That's what he's trying to talk about, there's nothing to hide.
"Then what do you think, where can I place my machine factory?" The eyes of the king of Shanxi began to become playful, and the name of the arsenal changed back to the mechanical factory.
"Here, here, and here, is the best place, if the Japanese even capture these places, then the big guy has nothing to say, and can only continue to play with them, even if it can only be carried with a hoe." Liu Lang connected several locations on the map.
"Jinnan, Shaanxi and Sichuan Guangyuan, Liuba? Haha, Commander Liu, I don't know if you believe it or not, if it is someone else, even if it is your cousin Commander Liu, who said the stakes in front of me for a long time and then asked me to move the machinery factory to these places, do you know what the consequences are? Although the king of Shanxi was smiling, his eyes became more and more cold through the thick lenses.
"I don't know what the consequences are said, but I know that these places are the best locations, not only to temporarily avoid the Japanese front, but also to continue production for the Jin Sui army to fight, and at the same time to assist other friendly forces." Liu Lang continued to talk as if he didn't see Comrade Yan's cold gaze.
Of course, Liu Lang knew that this Taiyuan Arsenal was a treasure in Comrade Yan's heart, and if anyone wanted to fight the idea of this treasure, they would inevitably have a life-and-death enmity with him.
However, Liu Lang was not afraid, because the places he chose were the locations that Comrade Lao Yan personally selected when the Taiyuan Arsenal was evacuated.
Facts have proved that he may not be very good at fighting, but this dodge is a masterpiece, and the Japanese army has not been able to touch a trace of these positions in China for eight years.
After staring at Liu Lang for a long time, Comrade Yan's cold gaze finally gradually eased, shook his head and sighed: "I don't know whether to say that the hero sees the same thing, but the places selected by Commander Liu are also a few places that the old man and I like." However, with the current situation, Jinnan can still be considered, and I don't want to go back to Shaanxi and Sichuan now. β
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Can you not point at the monk and scold the bald man?
Seeing Liu Lang's unhappy face, Comrade Yan couldn't help but be happy, "Hehe, Commander Liu, say something that shouldn't be said, when you mentioned Guangyuan just now, did you also have a little selfishness?" β
"Hey, Chief Yan, it's a human being, and they all have selfish intentions! Liu Lang just wants to get the moon first near the water, and besides, this money is indispensable to you, Chief Yan. Liu Lang sighed.
"Haha, Captain Liu, your somewhat shameless frankness makes me like you more and more." Comrade Yan couldn't help laughing.
"Each other," Liu Lang said casually.
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How can this polite word sound so harsh here?