Yang Zhen's statement that he would definitely not participate in local affairs made Li Yanping and Guo Bingxun both stunned. Neither of them thought that Yang Zhen would take advantage of this excuse to completely get rid of local affairs and hand over the rights given by the central government.

However, Guo Bingxun didn't think much about Yang Zhen's decision. But simple military personnel are not too interested in issues other than the military. But for Li Yanping, the political commissar, it was a little surprising, and even a little incomprehensible.

At present, the entire industrial development plan in the base area was decided by Yang Zhen, and the planning was also carried out by him. Even the equipment of many factories was brought in by him. Just like the oil fields in Zhaozhou and Anda, which are now seizing the time to make final development preparations and construction, Yang Zhen insisted on doing it.

Although the oil has not yet been produced, after a summer of construction, the work there is basically finished. The oil wells have been erected, and the transportation pipeline connecting it to the refinery in Hulan, which is being built in a hurry, has been largely completed. According to the scheduled plan, test drilling can begin in the spring of next year.

This seemingly crazy plan, together with oil drilling equipment and petroleum smelting equipment, the introduction and construction of petroleum smelters, were all carried out under Yang Zhen's insistence. If it were someone else, China, which had long been judged to be an oil-poor country, would not have done so at all in such a difficult financial situation.

Now that he is about to test the drill, he should be in charge at this time, I'm afraid it's not appropriate. Not only will the commander-in-chief not agree, but I am afraid that even the central government will not agree. Although there is the strong support of the founder of Chinese geology who first arrived in the base area, this is a major matter related to the eyes of the people of the whole country.

As for all Yang Zhen's thoughts on taking out the car to exchange conversations with the Soviet Union this time, Li Yanping and Guo Bingxun both understood and understood. But for Yang Zhen to take out so much equipment to exchange weapons in the Soviet Union at once, Li Yanping didn't care, at most he was a little distressed, but he still understood and supported Yang Zhen.

However, Guo Bingxun still has some trouble figuring it out. In fact, it's not just that I can't really figure it out, it's more of a pain in the flesh. has been dealing with the Soviets for such a long time, and both of them are clear about the character of the Soviets, whether it is Li Yanping or Guo Bingxun.

Just as Yang Zhen said, if you are reluctant to have a piece of good meat, you can't trap the hungry bear of the Soviet Union. It's just that for the materials that the Anti-Union also needs at the moment, they were handed over like this, and the two of them were really unwilling, and they were even more painful. For Guo Bingxun, almost all of his original plans were disrupted.

In fact, for Guo Bingxun, the chief of staff who is in charge of astronomy, geography, and trivial matters in the middle, how can he not be clear about the actual situation of the artillery at present? At present, the Anti-Japanese Union has adopted various means, and with the assistance of the Soviets, has built up probably the most powerful artillery force in the country at present.

But the performance of the artillery in the hands is uneven. Even some artillery pieces were produced and manufactured too old. Not only is the performance already lagging behind, but even the quality of the artillery is quite problematic. After the intensive use of this battle last year, there have been more than one incident of the artillery being blown up because of its old age.

After last year's high-intensity use, the performance and life of these guns have deteriorated even more this year. In particular, those Polish-made French 75-mm field guns were inferior in quality to the original ones. Coupled with the general production time, it has been as high as 20 years or more, and even a considerable part of it is shoddy products made during the First World War, so there are even more problems in use.

Not counting Polish imitations, even those 1898-type 75-mm field guns from the original French factory, because most of them were emergency products during the First World War, they have also reached the time of scrapping. The aging of the artillery itself, coupled with the daily high-intensity training, also accelerated the scrapping of these guns.

Of course, when these artillery accidents occur, it is not only the artillery problem. In many battles, the use of more than the standard strength is also an important reason. In the artillery massacre in Yang Jicai's Alukorqin Banner, most of the 75 field guns fired shells that exceeded the standard rate of fire by nearly double.

As for the rest of the 100-mm howitzers and 150 howitzers, their firing rates are generally higher than the standard rate of fire, and more than half of them are already a common phenomenon. The hour-long artillery bombardment crushed the main force of the 7th Division and fired 80% of the artillery shells that the headquarters had transferred to the territory of the Alukorqin Banner. The rate of fire of this artillery is not too large to exceed the standard, it is simply impossible to do it, and it is impossible to form a sufficiently dense barrage.

And this phenomenon is quite common in other troops. The two 41-type mountain guns equipped with the 7th Division fired nearly 86 shells in just three minutes in a battle. And the 41-type mountain gun, even if it is a newly manufactured new gun, cannot exceed the maximum rate of fire of ten rounds per minute. Eighty-six shells were fired, which was almost equivalent to nearly fifteen shells per minute from the two mountain guns.

This kind of high-intensity use undoubtedly exacerbates the speed of scrapping of second-hand and even third-hand artillery, many of which are already quite old. Not to mention the old artillery, even if it is a newly manufactured artillery, it cannot afford to use it with such high intensity.

Not only the artillery equipped in the territory of the Alukorqin Banner, but there have been many casualties among the artillery who have been blown up. Although the two 41-type mountain guns of the Seventh Division did not blow up the breech, they were also used with high intensity after the war, and the rifling was almost smoothed. After all the inspections, there is no value for repair, and can only be scrapped.

This is despite repeated orders from the headquarters to reduce the waste of artillery use as much as possible and strictly control the intensity of artillery use when it is not necessary. Because this situation not only means accelerating the speed of artillery scrapping, but also a considerable waste of shells. The foundation of the Anti-Japanese Federation is so thin, let alone artillery, even if the shells continue to fight like this, it is really unbearable.

However, in terms of the use of artillery, many troops still have a waste of Yan zhòng. On the battlefield in the northern part of Xinjing, there were even cases of fighting a counterattack by a Japanese squadron, that is, using two each of the Yeshan artillery companies plus the 107 rocket artillery company, one company of the 82 mortar, and one company of the 120 mortar, and firing thousands of shells with one firepower cover.

In the course of attacking fortified positions, there were often cases in which an ordinary fortification group of the Japanese army was used, that is, an artillery battalion, or even more artillery was used. When fire interception is carried out, no matter how many troops are dispatched by the reinforced Japanese army, multi-layered and cross-barrage firing is quite common.

However, the actual situation on the battlefield made it impossible for the headquarters to control the use of artillery too strictly, so as not to affect the progress of the battle. After all, at present, the main means of ground fire support for the Anti-Japanese Union is still artillery. This has led to a situation in which artillery in the troops, especially the divisional artillery, is generally overused, and the consumption of artillery shells is increasing.

Under such circumstances, some of the artillery currently used by the Anti-Japanese Union, especially the divisional artillery that is the most used and the most frequently used, has reached the time when it must be replaced. And now on the battlefield, it is becoming more and more difficult to capture Japanese artillery.

In this battle, although several divisions of the Japanese army have been completely annihilated so far. But the captured artillery was complete, and there were not many. When the Japanese lose the battle, they will blow up all the artillery that they cannot carry or no longer have shells. The quantities seized now are insufficient to meet the needs. If we can't find any more sources, I am afraid that it will affect the combat effectiveness of the troops in the future.

According to Guo Bingxun's estimates, according to the intensity of the use of artillery this year. After the end of this battle, at least 50 or more 75 mountain field guns, as well as a considerable number of large-caliber artillery, especially Polish-made or French-made field guns, can only be withdrawn from the equipment sequence.

Although he knew that Yang Zhen was doing this, it was also a helpless choice under his current inability to manufacture body-barreled artillery. The truth that you can't have both fish and bear's paws, Guo Bingxun is also very clear. But these 1,000 American-made trucks are still quite reluctant for Guo Bingxun.

One of these two issues is related to the issue of strategic supply in the next step of the operation. One is to solve the problem of future fire support of the troops, and both problems are quite critical issues, and it is a headache to solve that one first. In this case, it can only be a headache first, and as for the problem of trucks, let's put it aside for the time being.

Moreover, taking out these 1,000 American-made trucks is far from being fatal to the current anti-United Nations, and it is not impossible to replenish it in the future. However, the issue of artillery is related to the fire support of the Anti-Japanese Union in operations in the next few years. After thinking about it clearly, although Guo Bingxun did not express his complete agreement, he actually acquiesced.

As for Yang Zhen's remarks that in the future, apart from military issues, he would no longer interfere in the construction of base areas and deal with the Soviet Union, the United States, and Britain, Guo Bingxun did not care too much. There are some things that Yang Zhen can't get out of if he wants to. The central authorities have clearly instructed that in future negotiations with the Soviet Union, the United States, and Britain, Yang Zhen's opinion should still be the mainstay.

This attitude has clearly demonstrated the attitude of the central authorities. Moreover, in dealing with these cunning Western powers, most of those who have no experience in foreign affairs can only suffer losses or stare dryly when they go. In terms of Guo Bingxun's private conversation with Li Yanping, it is only a gentleman who uses a gentleman to deal with hooligans and suffers.

For those Western hooligans who only want to take advantage, only people like Yang Zhen who are thick-skinned and extremely black-bellied can really make the best use of their talents. Otherwise, there is only a loss. This situation is still clear to the Central Committee and the Northeast Bureau. Yang Zhen wants to get out of it completely, I'm afraid it's not that simple, it's just a moon in the mirror and a flower in the water.

The most important thing is that he believes that he is constrained by experience and environment, and some things, even including the commander-in-chief, are still a little short-sighted. Considering the problem is more limited to a limited line of sight. If the base area wants to really have a long-term development, at least for now, it is inseparable from the old man in front of him.

Guo Bingxun, who has spent several years in industrially developed France, clearly knows that it is also necessary to have a clear strategic vision in terms of economic development and industrial construction. In order to truly promote a great development. And this strategic vision, at least from the current point of view, is none other than Yang Zhen. For others, it's better to do some practical work.

The most important thing is that Guo Bingxun believes that at present, under the situation of limited economic conditions, the light industry in papermaking, textiles, and even building materials is dominated by the private economy. Heavy industry and fundamental issues related to the national economy and the people's livelihood are still more suitable for the model of focusing on the planned economy and public ownership.

If another person comes up with a management model of a fully Soviet-style planned economy, this will be very detrimental to the economic development of the base areas. Although there is not much research on the economy, Guo Bingxun still disagrees with the all-encompassing, overly rigid and rigid industrial model of the Soviet Union.