Regarding the question raised by Yang Jicai, the acting commander frowned, glanced at the director of the political department of the military region beside him, and said: "The animal-powered cart can solve some of it, but the number will not be too much. Last year, the Japanese army continued to sweep up, and the entire base area was tossed too hard. ”

"Nearly half of the large livestock in the whole area have been robbed and killed, and some of them can be raised by the animal carts, but there will definitely not be too many. Well, we'll find a way to get rid of a bunch of donkeys for you. As for the urban area of Taiyuan, not counting the Yuci and Yangquan around Taiyuan, the workers who need to be evacuated now. If you count some light industries and private industries, it is about 30,000 people. If family members are included, I'm afraid the number is even higher. ”

"In the years before the Anti-Japanese War, Yan Laoxi built a lot of industries in Shanxi. The scale of its industry is also one of the best in the country. Not only is it self-sufficient in its arms production, but it can even be sold to other warlords. The scale of the Taiyuan Arsenal is also the largest in the country, and even exceeds the scale of the military industry controlled by Chongqing. ”

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he sacrificed his life and money, and as a result, most of the entire industry in Shanxi was lost to the Japanese, except for a small part of the withdrawal. Except for some of the workers in Taiyuan who withdrew with them to Shaanxi and defected to the base areas, most of them were still stranded in Taiyuan. ”

"Before the war, there were nearly 30,000 workers under the government-run Shanxi Industrial Company alone, and when you add the miners from private enterprises, as well as the Xishan Coal Mine and Baijiazhuang Coal Mine, this number is very large. Shanxi has many giant merchants since ancient times, and Jin merchants are famous all over the country. ”

"Shanxi's private industry is not inferior to the government-run industry. Industries such as wool spinning, cigarettes, iron smelting, and electric lights are still very developed. The development of the decades before the Anti-Japanese War accumulated a large number of workers. How these people will be evacuated requires a detailed and complete plan. ”

"Considering the number of troops you have, that's not enough. In this way, Jin Chaji and Taihang are communicating. As much as possible, let the Jin-Cha-Ji 4th Division and the 2nd Division transfer some troops to cooperate with your actions. In addition, the 129th Division and the Taihang Military Region are now making every effort to sabotage the Zhengtai Railway, and I estimate that some troops can also be transferred. ”

"In this way, I am transferring four basic battalions to you, and I am trying to find a way to mobilize a part of the militia from various counties to cooperate with you in rushing and evacuating. I'm looking for the boss to send a telegram to the deputy commander-in-chief. Find a way to establish direct contact with the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region and the Taihang Military Region. ”

The acting commander's answer made Yang Jicai's mouth close at that time. There are more than 30,000 workers alone, plus their families and prisoners of war who need to be rescued, as well as the number of miners in Xishan Coal Mine and Baijiazhuang Coal Mine. With the addition of private industry, it is not possible to achieve a scale of 100,000 people.

In this way, let alone fighting, it will take several days to evacuate in a step-by-step manner. Those prisoners of war were easy to deal with, after all, they were all trained in the military. But there are still tens of thousands of workers and their families who have no military training and can blow up their nests at the sound of gunfire.

Now from Jingle to Lanxian, it is still in the hands of the Japanese army. If the strongholds along the highway are not uprooted and the two county towns are not besieged, a single gunshot along the way may cause these ordinary people, who have not received any military training and do not have the most basic military qualities, to fall into irreparable chaos. Tens of thousands of people bombed the camp at the same time, and Yang Jicai was a little creepy when he thought about it.

Yang Jicai, who was taken aback by the number of people in the mouth of the acting commander, and even the Jinsui Military Region behind him did not hear the words of mobilizing some troops and militia to cooperate with his operation. With so many people, how can they evacuate themselves? These people should not be under the nose of the Japanese army, they have already completed the assembly, and they can load the truck and leave wherever they go. Procrastinating, without a few days, I am afraid it will be difficult to complete the retreat task.

Before Yang Jicai's mouth could be closed, the communications staff officer over there handed over a telegram from the headquarters, which completely left him speechless. Looking at the telegram written by his eldest brother in his hand, Yang Jicai had the heart to cry. How do you accomplish this task by yourself?

At present, the entire Tongpu Railway is still in the hands of the Japanese army, whether it is North Tongpu or South Tongpu, it is in the hands of the Japanese army. Not counting the evacuation of nearly 100,000 people, and now with so much equipment, the 200 cars in my hands are all broken, and this task cannot be completed.

Looking at Yang Jicai, who was a little surprised before, but somewhat confident, but after reading the telegram, he was stunned, and the acting commander who was very curious took the telegram in his hand. After reading the above content, I was also taken aback. All the industrial equipment in Taiyuan City can be dismantled as much as possible.

In particular, as much equipment as possible should be rushed out of the Northwest Chemical Plant, the Northwest Steelmaking Plant, and the Northwest Machinery Plant. As for the power plant equipment in Taiyuan City, we must also find a way to get it out. All but the power plant that could not be transported was blown up. In particular, steelmaking and chemistry are equivalent to equipment related to the military industry.

Is the headquarters of the Anti-United Nations crazy, or what's wrong? Not to mention other factories, even if there are technicians to assist in the dismantling of the equipment of a Northwest steelmaking plant, I am afraid that it will not be able to get off in a month. I've seen that thing in the steelmaking blast furnace, such a huge guy, although it is difficult to install, but it is not easy to disassemble and transport.

And the most important thing is that the disassembly is completed, and how to transport these huge guys out is a headache. The Tongpu Railway was still in the hands of the Japanese army, and without the railway, these 200 trucks alone would not be able to transport it even if it was dismantled. That blast furnace can't be transported by car.

This acting commander is not one of those war university graduates who know nothing about industry. An authentic graduate of the first phase of Huangpu, he served as the captain of the ironclad convoy during the Guangzhou National Government, and was the commander of the main division during the Nanchang Uprising. After the failure of the Nanchang Uprising, he also went to Nanyang in order to treat his illness and avoid pursuit, and his horizons were quite broad.

He knows that with these devices, it is not an easy thing to disassemble to transport. In doing so, it is certainly not possible to open a gap alone. It is necessary to capture Taiyuan completely before it can be done. But with such a small number of troops that can be concentrated in front of him, is it possible to capture Taiyuan?

What's more, a large number of workers and their families had to be mobilized, and a large number of rescued prisoners of war needed to be evacuated. Taiyuan is connected by railway from Linfen and Changzhi, where the Japanese army has stationed a division. Yangquan's 4th Mixed Brigade is closer to Taiyuan. If this action is a little slower, it will be surrounded by the Japanese army in Taiyuan City. Don't eat the meat at that time, but get bitten back.

Even the headquarters of the Anti-United Nations will provide air support, but this task is basically impossible. Fighting Taiyuan and fighting Datong are two different things, at the beginning in Datong there was a response to the Suinan battlefield, and the second was a surprise. Now Taiyuan is heavily guarded, and there are no conditions for a surprise attack.

Putting down the telegram in his hand, looking at Yang Jicai with a worried face, the acting commander said: "You don't have to get angry, I'll go to the boss and ask him to call back to your No. 1." This task is simply impossible. We can't do this hammer deal, let alone gamble with so many troops and equipment. ”

It's just that Yang Jicai didn't give any answer to the commander's words. He stared at the map and was silent for a long time before he spoke: "Chief, I want to ask what is the enemy situation around the Tongpu Railway from Taiyuan to the north?" We are on the railway, do we have reliable train drivers? ”

Who is the acting commander, Yang Jicai understood what he meant as soon as he opened his mouth. After a moment's hesitation, he said: "The driver is reliable, and we have our own underground relationship with the Pu Railway." Not to mention one freight train, there is no problem in mobilizing five or six trains. ”

"However, the distance from Datong to Taiyuan is more than 350 kilometers. And the capacity of the railway along the way is not as great as you think. The quality of road conditions in many places is far from satisfactory. The year before last, the Battle of the Hundred Regiments caused great damage to the Tongpu Railway, and the Japanese army only barely guaranteed the opening of traffic. Passenger trains are okay, but freight trains are not guaranteed. In addition, the Japanese army was still under the control of the Japanese army along the way, and as long as the Japanese army stripped off a few sections of railroad tracks, the train would not be able to run. ”

"And in the north, you haven't been able to completely take Datong. Even if it can be transported to Datong through the Tongpu Railway, these equipment cannot be transported to Datong. There are so many factory dismantlings, and it also takes a lot of time. When the Japanese army attacked Shanxi, the Jin Sui army concentrated a large number of manpower and material resources, disassembled and assembled for more than two months, and only shipped out more than 1,000 small machine tools and 200 power motors. ”

"How much time does it take to dismantle an entire steel mill, as well as equipment from a chemical plant and a machine plant? The Japanese army also had two divisions in Yuncheng and Changzhi, and an independent mixed brigade in Yangquan. With such a small number of troops, what should you do if the surrounding Japanese troops besiege you? ”

"Comrade Yang Jicai, I don't care what kind of discipline and requirements you have for the Anti-Japanese Federation. It doesn't matter what you have in mind or what you have in mind. But for now, I have to warn you that you will not be able to complete this task at all. It will not be allowed in time, nor will it be allowed in the hostile situation. ”

"Why do you have to waste a sacrifice that you don't have to make when you know it's impossible, and pay a price that you didn't have to pay in the first place. Your cadres and soldiers, as well as those tanks and automobiles, are not only your wealth, but also the wealth of the whole army. If you insist on doing this, then I ask the Commander-in-Chief that this mission is completely canceled. ”

Regarding the acting commander's strong opposition, Yang Jicai said with a smile: "Chief, this task is not without a little hope of completion. Although I don't know how to have those machines, I think there must be people who understand among the workers in Taiyuan City. If this task is entrusted to professional technicians, it will be much faster than us blind people touching elephants. ”

"The intention of the headquarters is not to completely move the factory. In fact, the headquarters asked us to move only a few electric furnaces and coke plants in the Northwest Steelmaking Plant, a few pieces of equipment in the Northwest Chemical Plant, and more than 200 machines and equipment in the Northwest Machinery Plant. ”

"I don't know what the headquarters is doing with the equipment or what it wants to do. But I think that under the current circumstances, there must be some reason for the request from the headquarters. When the headquarters gives this order, there will definitely be a lot of follow-up deployment. ”

"I think the headquarters is also determined to make such a big move. I still know the character of our number one. If you don't have a certain degree of certainty, you won't make such a risky move. I would not have given such an order knowing that we were short of troops."

"Chief, I thank you for your interest in us, but I thought it would be better to try. In fact, if you want to meet the standard, the only way is to carefully calculate all the processes, seize the time, and complete the disassembly and transportation. The other is Taiyuan Station, which must have enough trains. ”

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