Chapter 314: Be steady
Regarding the dissatisfaction shown by Yang Zhen with the military industry department in the rear in his tone, and even a faint sense of anger, Guo Bingxun could only smile bitterly and shake his head. When these arsenals were under the control of the Kwantung Army, their production capacity did account for 45 percent of the overall production of rifles and light and heavy machine guns, as well as mountain artillery.
Seventy percent of the ammunition needed by the Japanese army invading China was produced and manufactured by this arsenal. All the mortars and grenadiers of the Japanese army in China, as well as all the ammunition needed, also came from this arsenal. The mortar production equipment of this factory is more advanced than that of the Osaka Gun Factory, the largest arsenal in Japan.
Rely on a large number of new machinery and equipment, a large number of skilled workers. The monthly weapons and equipment production capacity of this arsenal, even according to the weapons and equipment standards of each division and regiment of the Japanese army at the beginning of the 77 Incident, is enough to equip two infantry divisions and regiments in addition to artillery.
According to the standards of the Central Army of the National Army, the light weapons and ammunition manufactured by the three armies are sufficient for a month's high-intensity needs of a group army established by the three armies, and there can also be a certain amount of reserves. The monthly artillery production capacity is enough for a month's high-intensity consumption of all artillery in Chongqing.
It can be said that without this Mukden Arsenal, the Japanese army would not have been able to maintain the huge consumption of weapons and ammunition needed for the war of aggression against China. Especially in terms of the consumption of ammunition, without this Mukden Arsenal, the Japanese army simply could not afford to fight so many large-scale battles. Even launching a full-scale war of aggression against China is very difficult.
It can be said that the war of aggression against China launched by the Japanese army was supported by this arsenal built by the Chinese themselves. The weapons and ammunition used by the Japanese army to massacre the Chinese were actually made by the Chinese themselves, which cannot but be said to be a different kind of irony, and it is also an ending that embarrassed almost all Chinese.
You must know that this arsenal produces tens of millions of rounds of ammunition and hundreds of thousands of rounds of various shells every month, and all the arsenals in the rear together do not have such a large output. And the arsenal of the Anti-United Nations, even if all the production capacity is added together, under the condition that the source of raw materials is sufficient, it is almost this number.
The Mukden Arsenal is indeed a huge production capacity, and the departments are comprehensive, and the number of skilled workers is also large. You can make your own steel for guns, as well as smokeless gunpowder. It can be said that almost all raw material needs can be met without leaving the factory. If this arsenal can be controlled by the Anti-Japanese Alliance, the anti-United Nations weapon-manufacturing capacity, especially the ammunition production capacity, will be quadrupled within a year.
However, after those workers arrived in Beimanchuria, the huge production capacity they originally had was not effectively utilized, and it depends on how to say this. Modern military production and manufacturing requires a sound industrial system and upstream and downstream supporting equipment, and the most important thing is that a large number of technical personnel are needed. To drive a large number of industrial equipment, a large amount of stable power supply is also required.
After the September 18 Incident, a large number of Chinese technicians in this arsenal left or were purged by the Japanese army as an unstable factor. The current military industry of the Anti-Japanese Federation started with more than 30 workers who were unwilling to serve the Japanese army after the former Fengtian Arsenal collected by the old Anti-Japanese Eleventh Army was occupied by the Japanese army.
At present, Chongqing also has a large number of technicians trained by this factory in the arsenal in the rear. In the face of the large loss of Chinese technicians and the fact that they were considered unreliable by the Japanese. In order to produce and ensure the supply of arsenals, the Japanese gradually adopted the method of replacing Chinese with Japanese technicians.
By the time the Anti-Japanese Federation raided Mukden, all the technicians in the factory had been replaced by Japanese. Although most of these Japanese were also arrested by Lee Myung-bak, they did not play any role except to weaken the military production capacity of the Japanese army.
At present, it is impossible for the Anti-Japanese Federation to retain such a large number of Japanese in such a deadly department in the military industry. After all, if these people secretly cause some damage to you, it is difficult for non-professionals to see it at a glance. When we get to the battlefield, once there are bullets that do not go off, aerial bombs and artillery shells that do not explode, it will be a major delay.
There was a shortage of nearly 3,000 people all of a sudden, and all of them were very critical technicians, which was the most deadly. The technical staff of the Anti-United Nations itself cannot make up for this gap at all. Not to mention the plant required for the installation of these equipment, the power supply required for production also needs to be transferred step by step.
In addition, according to Yang Zhen's order, the dismantled equipment is mainly concentrated in engine manufacturing enterprises, weapons and equipment manufacturing enterprises, and the rest of the factories of military raw material manufacturing enterprises, and most of the dismantled equipment can be disassembled in a short period of time.
In the limited time he was able to disassemble the equipment in a limited time, the only factories in which Lee Myung-bak was able to completely disassemble the equipment were the Mukden Aircraft Factory, the 918 Tank Overhaul Factory, the Mukden Chemical Plant, the Mukden Manchuria Industrial Machinery Factory, the Mukden Fujikura Industrial Co., Ltd., and the Manchurian Measuring Instrument Co., Ltd., which produced gears.
For example, the focus of the dismantling equipment of the Mukden Arsenal is the special steel mill that manufactures steel for guns, the smokeless medicine factory of Gujiazi, and the equipment that manufactures bullets, shells, and aerial bombs. Of the nearly 10,000 pieces of machinery and equipment in the Fengtian Arsenal, only more than 3,700 units were rushed out. It occupies only one-third of its total machinery and equipment.
The focus of the entire industrial dismantling is on the chemical industry for the manufacture of guns and ammunition, machinery for the production of equipment and other factories. As for the equipment that takes too long to disassemble, it basically does not have time to disassemble, or some key components are disassembled, making it unusable in a short period of time.
As the most developed industrial region in East Asia, South Manchuria has more than 4,000 industrial and mining enterprises in Mukden alone, of which nearly 1,000 are involved in the military industry. There are tens of thousands of industrial workers, and in just a few days, it is impossible to disassemble a large number of equipment under the situation that a large number of workers and their families have to be rushed.
As for the iron and steel plants in Anshan, Benxi Lake and Miyahara, only most of the motors, key equipment and accessories on the steelmaking blast furnace, and the most urgently needed mineral processing and grinding equipment in Beiman were dismantled. As for the blast furnaces, they were only brought back by the Japanese, and the two 50-ton converters and one electric furnace had not yet had time to unload the train.
Fushun's aluminum mills and oil refineries are basically the same. All the equipment that can be disassembled in a short period of time is removed, but those that take at least a few days, or even longer, are basically not dismantled. For the sake of later considerations, sabotage was also not carried out.
Only a part of the key and light equipment was removed, so that although the rest of the equipment was still complete, the Japanese could not use it if they wanted to, and it was wasted if they did not use it. In Anshan and Benxihu Iron and Steel Plants, although the steelmaking blast furnace was not disassembled, all the motors, wires and cables were dismantled.
Although the blast furnace and other key equipment were not damaged, some production facilities such as substations were necessary, but once the Anti-Union recovered South Manchuria, it did not take much energy to restore the equipment, and all the equipment was blown up. The production lines of mortars, grenadiers, and mountain artillery at the Mukden Arsenal were dismantled, and the remaining equipment such as hydraulic presses was basically useless.
It's just that the number of factories in Fengtian, Fushun, Benxi, Anshan, and Liaoyang is too much, and the technicians sent by the Anti-Japanese Federation are limited. Although some of the Chinese technicians of the factory were mobilized to assist, the number of equipment that could be disassembled accounted for only a small part. Of course, after these key equipment were dismantled, it was basically impossible for the Japanese to resume production without a year or two.
But despite this Harvester operation, a large number of machinery and equipment were recovered, as well as military raw materials. Only the steel and smokeless gunpowder used in guns and cannons are enough for the Anti-United Nations to produce and use them for one year. And hundreds of thousands of workers, the vast majority of whom were mobilized. But with so many workers and equipment, it is not necessarily possible to produce immediately.
You have to install the equipment, you have to build the infrastructure of the factory, and you have to settle and distribute the workers. In order to drive these new machines and equipment, you have to expand the capacity of the original arsenal, and you have to find a place to place these more than 3,000 pieces of equipment. It is also necessary to arrange accommodation for a large number of workers and their families, as well as to solve the problem of food for them.
Relative to these problems, what is even more troublesome is the placement of a large number of workers in other factories. It is easy to say that the Fengtian Chemical Plant and the mobilized workers and equipment for the production of machinery and equipment can all be taken over by the Anti-Japanese Union at the Fularji Chemical Plant and Machinery Factory in Qiqihar.
With this group of workers and technicians, these two have been paralyzed by the Japanese army since they were taken over by the Anti-Japanese Union because a large number of technicians were taken away by the Japanese army before Qiqihar was completely captured. Factories that have not been able to resume production despite several efforts will be able to resume production in a short period of time.
The workers mobilized from the Fushun Hongtoushan Copper Mine can also say that the expansion of the production capacity of the Duobaoshan Copper Mine requires a large number of skilled workers, which can be fully received together with the beneficiation equipment. Some of the other industries that were originally paralyzed in North Manchuria can also accept some of the workers.
However, the resettlement of workers mobilized and even forcibly tied back in a large number of other factories and mines is a headache for the Northeast Bureau and the Northeast People's Government. The more than 30,000 workers in the Fengtian Arsenal alone are not all of them that can be accepted by the current anti-Japanese federation arsenals at once.
Nearly 100,000 workers were mobilized from Japan's Showa Steel Works in Anshan, as well as from the steel mills at Benxihu and Miyahara. An Anshan steel plant, along with nearly 70,000 skilled and unskilled workers, was brought back by Lee Myung-bak. Among them, some voluntarily moved their families north, and some were forcibly kidnapped by Lee Myung-bak.
The food, clothing, shelter and transportation of these workers require a lot of energy to be settled. Food, clothing, housing and transportation must not be implemented in the same way? The kidnapped workers still have to do their jobs. If food, clothing, housing and transportation cannot be implemented, the mood of these workers will not be stable. Emotionally unstable, these people are put into front-line production, and I am afraid it is difficult to work with peace of mind.
Rather than that, it's better to take it step by step. Settle the placement first and then assign to the frontline. And those equipment and raw materials that are transported back, at least you have to give the military industry a time to settle it. Even the Northeast Bureau, which knew that the front line was in urgent need of ammunition, but was in a mess, could only be resettled by the workers first.
In addition, the security department also has to carry out a certain screening of the workers and technicians who rushed back. In order to ensure the stability of these factories in South Manchuria, which were the lifeblood of the war, the Japanese planted and bought a large number of spies among these workers. If the security department does not screen it, what if the military industry department of the Anti-Japanese Federation is allowed to infiltrate the spies and sabotage?
At the time of production, it was a trivial matter if the ammunition did not go off. What kind of place is a military factory, to carry out a big sabotage, and not even to transport materials abroad, as well as to find skilled workers. These people themselves will be able to use the large amount of explosives and equipment in the military factory to wreak havoc on you.
Once this situation really occurs, it will not only be a matter of the production of artillery shells that cannot meet the needs, but also the complete destruction of the production of the allied military industry. In this matter, Guo Bingxun thinks that he can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. You must not act hastily, and it is still appropriate to be steady.