Guo Bingxun, who has studied in the West for many years and is well-informed, believes that compared with the destruction of some military factories such as the Mukden Arsenal and the aircraft factory, and even the destruction of the South Manchurian railway system, it has a far-reaching impact on the war situation of the Japanese. It is not as good as the destruction of the steel plants in Anshan and Benxi, the petroleum refining and special steel production in Fushun, and the aluminum plant in Fushun.

At present, the war is not only about the combat effectiveness of the armies of the two sides and the will to fight, but also about the comprehensive national strength of the enemy and us. To put it bluntly, the competition is steel. The loss of more than 1.4 million tons of steel production a year from the two major steel bases, especially the output of wrought iron, was especially fatal to the Japanese, who built the country with the navy, the largest consumer of steel in wartime.

Although Guo Bingxun did not understand why Yang Zhen stubbornly refused to bomb the South Manchurian industrial base when he had a large number of American-made long-range bombers in his hands. Even during the attack on the industrial base of the Japanese army in South Manchuria, it insisted that it was not allowed to completely destroy the equipment that could not be moved.

In particular, the iron and steel industries in Anshan and Benxi have removed some of the key equipment and arrested almost all the technicians and workers. However, all the steelmaking and iron-making blast furnaces are basically intact, and although they can only be shut down for a short time, basically as long as the Japanese want to repair them, it is not completely impossible.

Even if the production capacity cannot be restored to the original output, it can still maintain a certain production capacity after repair. Although the beneficiation equipment for these two steel mills was either removed or blown up. But the Japanese can still find a way, even a brutal oppression of manpower, to restore the mine's production capacity.

In Guo Bingxun's view, the destruction of the steel industry in Anshan and Benxi is far from the level of complete destruction. Judging from the national strength and technical ability of the Japanese, it will not be easy for South Manchurian to do so within three years. As long as the local infrastructure is not destroyed on a large scale, these steel mills can be restored.

But no matter how Guo Bingxun asked Yang Zhen, Yang Zhen just said that these factories were built by the Japanese by brutally oppressing the Chinese and relying on the huge wealth plundered back from China. Their real owners are Chinese, not Japanese. It's easy to destroy, but it's hard to build.

The Anti-Japanese Federation systematically bought a complete set of second-hand steel mills from the Americans, and relied on a large number of American technicians to build a steel mill with an annual output of less than 500,000 tons. What's more, the Anshan iron and steel industry, which is much larger in scale, production capacity and output.

Now once destroyed, after the war, when these factories return to the hands of the Chinese, it will not be easy to restore them. If it is easy to completely destroy the Japanese steel mills in Anshan and Benxi now, with the capabilities of the reconnaissance brigade directly under the military region, a few tons of explosives can solve the problem.

But given that China already lacks these modern factories and has almost zero heavy industry, it will not be good for China's future development in the long run if it is blowing up these factories by itself. After all, sooner or later these factories will return to the hands of the Chinese, and if they blow up the Anti-Japanese Union now, they will commit crimes against the Chinese in the future.

As for Guo Bingxun's concern that the Japanese still have enough ability to revive the two steel plants within three years. Yang Zhen just told him that there would be one more year at most, and the Japanese, who were too busy to take care of themselves, let alone restore the vitality of the two steel mills, did not know if they could survive three years.

And the infrastructure is easy to rebuild, but it is difficult to train a large number of technicians and skilled workers. Unless the Japanese did not hesitate to weaken their local and North Korean steel production capacity and draw workers from the local Yawata Iron and Steel Works and the North Korean Cheongjin Iron and Steel Works to support them, it would be impossible for them to restore the two steel mills within a few years with the local steel workers being conscripted.

When he planned the operation, he did not demand much of the damage to the two mills now, and it was enough that production could not be restored within two years. As for two years, Yang Zhen firmly believes that by that time, the two steel plants will definitely have returned to the Chinese. Now it is completely destroyed, and it will be difficult to build it by that time.

As for the restoration of one or two blast furnaces by the Japanese in a short period of time, some steel or pig iron was smelted every year, which had little impact on the whole situation of the war. Moreover, the steel industry pays attention to the cooperation between upstream and downstream, and even the beneficiation equipment for these two steel plants is gone, and it may be more difficult for the Japanese to recover.

Yang Zhen's answer made Guo Bingxun not understand the great confidence he came from. Although the Japanese will be completely defeated sooner or later, Guo Bingxun has never doubted this. But to say that they will defeat the Japanese within three years, judging by the current momentum of the Japanese, it should be unlikely.

It is almost impossible for the Japanese to lose their full industrial capacity within two years. And with the gambler character of the Japanese, it is determined that they will not even lose their pants, and they will not admit defeat. According to Guo Bingxun's calculations, it is more realistic to completely defeat the Japanese within five years at the earliest.

It's just that when Guo Bingxun asked Yang Zhen about the basis of this judgment, Yang Zhen just answered him with a smile, he had confidence in this new anti-resistance alliance forged by his own hands, and he had confidence in the blood nature of the Chinese. Although Yang Zhen didn't spit out, Guo Bingxun also knew that this was only part of the reason, but the real reason Yang Zhen didn't say, and Guo Bingxun had no way to ask deeply. However, although there are a lot of doubts, Guo Bingxun still can't deny the classics of this raid battle. As the chief of staff of a large army and one of the soul figures, Guo Bingxun attaches more importance to the huge impact of this battle on the future development of the entire war situation.

It's just that no matter how perfect the planning and implementation of the campaign is, just as the chairman of the Northeast People's Government said, before the campaign is launched, it is necessary to say hello in advance, and it is necessary to give people a time and preparation for resettlement. We can't let these workers just arrive at the base area, the workers are still trying to find a way to resettle, and the machinery and equipment rushed to be transported have not yet been installed, so they should immediately demand production.

This chef has just taken office, and the food has just been bought, and he is in a hurry to eat, which is really difficult for some strong people. After thinking about it, Guo Bingxun was still very kind and didn't tell all the truth. Although he also knew that even if he knew about the follow-up troubles, with Yang Zhen's character, he would be very dismissive.

But Guo Bingxun still decided that this matter would end here for the time being, and his attitude towards this matter was that since it had already caused an established fact, it was better to let the local government have a headache. Now that the military region has withdrawn from meddling in local work, it is necessary to completely withdraw and not interfere again.

It's just that although he lamented the classics of this battle, Guo Bingxun was very troubled by the heavy losses of the reconnaissance brigade directly under the military region in this battle. Although the cost paid is relatively large compared with the results achieved in this operation, the real cost-effectiveness ratio is actually relatively high compared with the gains.

However, although this price is still appropriate, Guo Bingxun is still a pain in the flesh for the losses of the reconnaissance brigade directly under the military region in this battle. Since its formation, this brigade has fought every battle, other units have to rest, and they have to participate in various covert operations. But the losses paid in this battle are equivalent to the sum of casualties since its formation, how can it not make Guo Bingxun feel distressed and painful. After this battle, the reconnaissance brigade directly under the military region may have to recuperate for a while before it recovers.

Guo Bingxun was not only distressed by the loss of this painstakingly cultivated strategic sharp knife unit, but he was even more worried that some weapons, equipment and personnel would fall into the hands of the Japanese army. The bodies of the dead and missing have not been brought back. Who can guarantee that no one will be captured in this battle? Once the Japanese army masters this unconventional mode of warfare, it will really bring countless troubles and harms to the Anti-Japanese Union.

Although Lee Myung-bak vowed to ensure that during the battle, all the equipment carried by his troops who died and could not carry it had been destroyed, and the team members would never fall into the hands of the Japanese alive. But who can guarantee on the battlefield that not a single person in this unit will be captured?

In particular, this unit played a sharp role in all operations in this battle, infiltrating the enemy-occupied area to carry out the investigation before the operation began. The first army to attack Anshan Showa Steel, Benxihu Coal and Steel Company, Fushun Artificial Oil Plant and Special Steel Plant, and the first to attack Mukden.

All the units participating in the reconnaissance brigade directly under the military region were dispersed in squadrons during this battle. And all of them were before the battle began, and they had secretly infiltrated the periphery of several cities. Even some industrial mines, such as the Gongchangling Iron Mine and the Tianfushi Coal Mine in Benxi Lake, were secretly controlled before the battle began.

In such a large-scale combat operation, the troops were dispersed in squadrons, and the combat area covered such large areas as Mukden, Fushun, Liaoyang, and Benxi. Will he be able to make sure that he can control all the battles? Not a single person was captured? No matter how big the losses are, as long as the backbone remains, they can be made up for afterwards.

But once this mode of warfare was fully acquired by the Japanese army. Some secret weapons and equipment attached to it were captured and copied by the Japanese army, and then it was the most deadly impact. With the relatively strong national strength of the Japanese so far, once they learn from it, the threat to the Anti-Japanese Alliance, which is still in the growth period, and even to the various base areas behind enemy lines in the Kannai, will be too great.

In particular, because of the financial resources and production capacity of the Anti-Japanese Federation, some reconnaissance brigades directly under the military region can only be produced and equipped in small batches. And once the equipment that is unable to produce in large quantities and equips the whole army falls into the hands of the Japanese army, whose production capacity far exceeds that of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, how much impact and future troubles will it bring?

Regarding Guo Bingxun's worries, Yang Zhen was somewhat unimpressed. For him, this mode of operation, which has been used many times by the Anti-Japanese Union, is actually not unfamiliar to the Japanese army. It's just that in the past, in a certain battlefield, the largest scale of use was only at the squadron level.

The number of troops assembled and invested this time is indeed unprecedented for a special operation. However, after so many years of fighting, although the Japanese army has not been able to find a way to deal with this special mode of operation, it is certainly no stranger to the reaction ability of the Japanese army.

As for the seizure of weapons and equipment, Yang Zhen is not very worried. War, if there is a war, there will be casualties, and if there are casualties, there will be weapons and equipment falling into the hands of the enemy. Special forces are also human beings, and no matter how well-trained, they are still a group of flesh and blood people.

Although he took all necessary measures, he even specially developed and distributed glorious bombs specially designed for suicide. But no one can guarantee that in this long and cruel war, not a single person of the special forces trained by himself will be captured, and among the captured personnel, there will be no defection at all.

No matter how much political education this person has, no matter how strict the anti-interrogation training this person has, no matter how strong their will is, they are all flesh and blood after all. If you are a human being, you will have weaknesses, and if you have weaknesses, you will be easily taken advantage of, and it will inevitably be captured and betrayed.