If Yang Zhen turned these thoughts, if Pearson, who was beside him, knew that the things that caused so many consequences would be caused by this guy. I don't know if that Pearson brother will just strangle him, lest this guy face the pit on both sides.

But as long as Yang Zhen doesn't pick and understand with him, he won't know these things if he dies. From planning to implementation, almost all of this matter was done by Yang Zhen himself, except for the specific implementer Chen Long, no one even knew about it at the highest level of the Anti-Japanese Federation. And Yang Zhen himself didn't have any problems, let alone had nothing to do when he was full, so he told Pearson, who was one of the victims, about these things.

As for Pearson's words about the Hurricane fighter to boast of the sky, Yang Zhen didn't believe it at all. If these planes are really what this guy says, why after the outbreak of the Pacific War, both the Americans and the British were sending new fighter jets to Australia.

One is desperately trying to deliver new P-40 fighters to Australia, and the other is willing to weaken its own air defenses and draw Spitfires that it also needs in large quantities. Even the British, after the Battle of the Dutch East Indies, sent four air squadrons directly to Australia, all using the latest Spitfires.

And not to let the Royal Australian Air Force, which has always used British equipment and is more familiar with British aircraft, use Hurricane fighters? Isn't it faster to form combat effectiveness? Instead of increasing the number of Hurricane fighters deployed, after the arrival of American-made P-40 fighters, the Australian Air Force repeatedly reduced the number of Hurricane fighters originally equipped.

You must know that the Australian Air Force, which is familiar with British aircraft and has also been equipped with some Hurricane fighters, uses British-made Hurricane fighters, isn't it faster to form combat effectiveness? Let belong to the British Dominion, from top to bottom is all British equipment, all national defense, foreign policy has always been British obedient.

The population is simply the same origin as the British, and the Australian army, which has participated in almost every war of the British, continues to use British aircraft. Wouldn't it be very beneficial for both sides to accept US-made fighters, which have always used US fighters as their main fighters?

What the United States and Britain are doing now is diametrically opposed. The Anti-Union, which was accustomed to American-made equipment, was equipped with British-made fighters. The Australian Air Force, which was accustomed to British-made fighters, was replaced with American-made fighters. If you want to say that there is no article in it, who will believe it?

All units of measurement for American-made fighters are metric, and only British aircraft still use the imperial standard. Australians, who have always used British aircraft and themselves use imperial units of measurement, are not really happy with hurricanes. And why bother to spend a lot of effort to re-educate the science of what the metric unit of measurement is?

He, a Briton like Pearson, didn't dare to use it himself, and the second-rate plane was blowing around, could he really think that Yang Zhen was an idiot in the Air Force? Or do you think that he, Yang Zhen, doesn't know anything and doesn't know anything about the development of world aviation, is he really so easy to deceive?

It's just that although that guy didn't have a word of truth in his mouth this time, there was one sentence that Yang Zhen thought he was still right. The acceptance of these aircraft will at least temporarily fill the gaps in equipment until the arrival of American-made aircraft. If this batch of planes is rejected, according to the current situation in Asia, the next batch of planes really does not know when they will arrive.

The Japanese invasion of Australia did put more military and political pressure on the United States and Britain. But to a certain extent, it has also improved Australia's strategic position a lot. Given Australia's importance in the entire Pacific War, the Americans would certainly have gone to the rescue in a desperate way.

Now fighters, attack aircraft and bombers, and the next step is tanks, howitzers, and maybe even a considerable number of warships. At least for a short time, the scales of the Americans in the Pacific theater will tilt to the side of the South Pacific. In this way, the time for getting the aircraft to replenish yourself will probably be greatly delayed, at least in the short term.

For the Anti-United Nations, which urgently needs to replenish combat aircraft, although the performance of these planes is somewhat inferior, it is much better than nothing. So this batch of planes, Yang Zhen finally gritted his teeth and accepted it. At the very least, although this thing has fallen behind in air combat, it should still have no problem supporting the ground when necessary.

Accepting this batch of aircraft can make up for the current shortage of tactical support aircraft for the Anti-United Nations. At the very least, the already limited P-40B fighters will be completely freed up to carry out all-out air combat. In addition to the fact that the Japanese army invested a small number of new fighters on the battlefield, the air force was somewhat caught off guard and paid a certain amount of losses.

In order to make up for the embarrassment of the serious shortage of tactical aircraft, the anti-United Nations aviation unit can only send fighter planes to provide ground support. However, under the condition that the Japanese army, especially the Kwantung Army, greatly increased the ground anti-aircraft firepower, these fighters paid a higher price when supporting the ground than in air combat.

It's really not good, these Hurricanes with decent ground performance can be used as fighter-bombers like their counterparts in the British army. As for the moment, if you don't have fish or shrimp, you might as well make up for it first. However, there are some problems, and I still have to negotiate with these unreliable Americans.

Especially the problem of the number of follow-up materials, Yang Zhen believes that it has reached the point where it must be solved. Not only are there insufficient heavy weapons, but even light weapons are no longer sufficient. With the imminent expansion of the force, the number of light weapons in stockpiles has fallen to a dangerous level.

According to the standard for the overall expansion of the Anti-Japanese Federation this year, after the completion of this year's expansion, all the light weapons in the stock will be exhausted. There will also be a certain shortage in the number of squad machine guns and general-purpose machine guns. There is a relatively large gap in light weapons of all calibers and direct-aim firepower, as well as in the case of replenishing the number of battle losses.

Yang Zhen has already coordinated with the equipment department and the military industry department of the Ministry of Resistance against Japan, and the main production tasks of the military industry in the second half of the year are the production and manufacture of light weapons, as well as the imitation and production of Soviet-made 76-millimeter cannons and Japanese-made 95-mm mountain guns. For the time being, the production of tanks, automobiles, and airplanes will be dominated by research and development and trial production.

But the problem at the moment is that, in addition to the shortage of technical personnel, military raw materials simply cannot meet the needs. The steel mills that have been put into trial production can only produce ordinary steel, and can only manufacture aerial bombs and artillery shells. As for the special military steel for the manufacture of weapons, it is far from being able to produce it.

The source of raw materials for the military industry can no longer be guaranteed, and this will not only affect the speed and efficiency of the production of weapons and equipment of the troops, but also affect the issue of expanding the troops. This is a crucial issue related to the future development of the entire Anti-Japanese Federation. Especially now that he has to bear the supply of ammunition for the whole army, Yang Zhen is almost overwhelmed.

Yang Zhen, who made up his mind and finally nodded, looked at Pearson, who thought he had persuaded himself, but his face showed a hint of complacency. In the end, he still didn't swallow this breath and said: "Brother Pearson, you must know that our battle this time is to fulfill our war against the United States and Britain's allies. ”

"We have made such a sacrifice and done exactly what your two countries want us to do. But how do you two do it? The equipment and materials of aid are delayed, and none of them can be happily put in place, not to mention, the good quantity? From the time Mr. Hopkins left the Northeast, to now, almost half a year has passed, and we have only gotten five steelmaking electric furnaces. ”

"All the military equipment combined, there are less than 200 units. The promised explosives production line is only halfway through now, and the remaining half has not been put in place for half a year. Could it be that you Americans use half a chemical plant to produce and manufacture smokeless gunpowder and high explosives? ”

"Machinery and equipment and weapons are dragging their feet, and we are not intolerable. Now the whole world is at war and is counting on you. We don't understand the delay in delivery efficiency. However, the supply of raw materials for your military industry has been repeatedly reduced, not only can it not meet the needs of our military production, but it has even stopped supplying it directly in June. ”

"The promised amount of high-explosives, military steel, rare metals, is less than a third of what we have agreed on. The promised equipment, in addition to those at the end of last year, we received only four Katarina seaplanes to rescue the pilots on the planes that were lost in the bombing of Japan. ”

"You ask us to do this, do that, and even ask us to do things that are beyond our own means. But what should we have to do with the supplies and equipment, so that is in place? Brother Pearson, what we lack is military production equipment and raw materials, and we do not lack pans and large spoons for stir-frying. Can you Americans be reliable and give something useful? ”

The frying pan pointed out by Yang Zhen is the British 1917 steel helmet imitated by the U.S. military during World War I. In this battle, the largest amount of US-aided equipment obtained by the Anti-Japanese Federation was the 1917 steel helmets that more than 200,000 US troops had begun to replace with M-type steel helmets. If the steel helmet is also considered a weapon, then it can barely be regarded as a piece of aid.

And after the outbreak of the Pacific War, the U.S. military was not even considered transitional equipment, and it was quickly replaced with steel helmets in a very short period of time. Undoubtedly, like the light weapons they handed over to Chongqing, they were all stockpiles after the First World War. Like the original goods that he copied, it was the worst kind of steel helmet in the entire World War II.

After the exchange agreement signed with the Soviets, the Soviets were able to delay and rely on other aspects. But in terms of the speed of providing steel helmets, it can still meet the needs. Although a considerable part of the German-made steel helmets given by the Soviets were even taken from the corpses.

Many of the helmets still have flesh and brains on them, but the performance of the German steel helmet far exceeds that of these imitation British steel helmets. In addition to the French steel helmets given by the Soviets, the only thing that does not lack individual equipment for the Anti-Japanese Federation is the steel helmet, but the United States has given a batch of useless steel helmets to the Anti-United Nations.

These imitation British steel helmets are shaped like a frying pan, and in the words of the Northeast, they become a big spoon for stir-frying. Yang Zhen used this to satirize Pearson and Washington, who was a little unreliable behind him and often released pigeons, to vent the anger in his heart.

And Pearson's face is quite thick-skinned, and he didn't hear Yang Zhen's sarcasm. For Pearson, Washington's material distribution plan is not up to him. His mission in Northeast China, in addition to communicating the links between Harbin and Washington, was to oversee the use of U.S. aid weapons, equipment, and supplies.

As for other things, he still can't do anything. So he didn't hear Yang Zhen's sarcasm. In the past two years of living in the Northeast, he has been dealing with the sharp-toothed Yang Zhen, and his face has been very thick. Besides, there is really no point in arguing over this matter. The roots are in Washington, do you have the ability to go to the White House to argue?