Chapter 471: A Rare Opportunity
Yang Zhen's words fell, Kovalev didn't answer, but the chief of staff of the Soviet Army stationed in Mongolia over there quit. Hearing this, this guy jumped up and said, "Comrade Yang Zhen, for your insatiable request, I once again tell you clearly, this is simply impossible. â
"The batch of equipment stored there is enough to equip a motorized rifle division and a mechanized brigade according to the establishment of the Soviet army. And it was not the equipment of the Mongolian People's Army, but the weapons and equipment of the Soviet Red Army that were stored in the territory of the Republic of Mongolia to assist the Mongolian people in resisting the Japanese invasion. â
"Even if the entry of the Mongolian People's Army has brought you some damage, the value of this batch of equipment far outweighs your losses. You're simply blackmailing, naked blackmail. Moreover, it was blackmailed to the head of the great Soviet Red Army, which we absolutely cannot accept and tolerate. â
"Comrade Yang Zhen, I ask you to pay attention to your words, and don't repeatedly tease our bottom line. Do you really think that we can't do anything about you? Don't forget that you have come to this day because of who has been selflessly helping you. Without the aid of the Soviet Union, I am afraid that you are still gnawing on the bark of trees in the deep mountains and old forests. â
Seeing this major general's expression, Yang Zhen was not angry, but spread his hands to Kovalev on the side and said: "Comrade Kovalev, compared with the losses they have brought us, I think my request is still reasonable. Perhaps the lives of tens of thousands of Chinese are worthless in your eyes. â
"But I can tell you that the life of each and every one of our fellow citizens is priceless in our eyes. The lives of each of them cannot be exchanged for any amount of goods and materials. If you want this equipment, you are distressed, the lives of tens of thousands of Chinese? No amount of compensation can be exchanged for their lives? â
"Comrade Kovalev, if it weren't for the traditional friendship between us, I would have let those bastards die a long time ago. Use their lives to comfort our innocent and tragic compatriots, wash blood with blood, and return a tooth for a tooth This is what I Yang Zhen is like. Now you should feel very fortunate that they are alive. I didn't use these bastards to bury the tens of thousands of our compatriots who died in Hailar. â
"Dear Comrade Kovalev, if the reply of this major general, Mr. Major General, is also your final reply, then there is no need for us to talk any further. But Comrade Kovalev, given the traditional friendship between you and us. I still decided to give you a certain amount of time to think about it, but I don't know if the Japanese army that has entered Mongolia will give you too much time to think about it. â
"I think it's better for you to think carefully about my request. After all, in your eyes, those tens of thousands of Mongol troops still have the need to save zĂ i, otherwise they would not have come to me like this. Well, it feels good to be stabbed in the back. â
"I haven't forgotten what your colonel said to me at the beginning, and I remember it very clearly. Compared to you, I'm a lot more pot-bellied. I'll leave this reception room for you to discuss. When you figure it out, come back to me. As for me, I'll take my leave. â
"Oh, forgot to say that. More than 10,000 Mongols, as well as hundreds of Soviet officers and soldiers, are quite good labor. Several of our mines are in need of such a robust workforce. If you are not willing to change, I will use them to replenish the ranks of conscripted coal miners. Although these people are not as good as those Japanese prisoners of war, they are better than nothing, aren't they? â
After that, Yang Zhen stood up, didn't care what Kovalev's expression was after hearing his words, and strode directly out of the conference room. Kovalev and the Soviet major general were left to look at each other. Not to mention the Soviet major general who didn't know about it, even Kovalev, who was already very familiar, was a little overwhelmed.
After Yang Zhen left the conference room, he did not leave the military region headquarters, but went directly to his office. Li Yanping, acting political commissar of the Military Region, who rushed over from Harbin yesterday, was already waiting for him there. Seeing Yang Zhen coming in, Li Yanping, who was sitting in front of the map and carefully examining the map, turned his head but smiled slightly: "How is it?" Looking at your expression, is the conversation collapsed? â
"One, don't be too angry. This is the law of the jungle, there is no way to do it. Our strength was not enough to support a complete falling out with the Soviets, so we had to endure it. There is a knife on the head of the word forbearance, but there is no way to endure it. Don't forget, our lifeline is still in the hands of others. A lot of times, we just have to endure. One, take a step back and open the sky. â
Hearing Li Yanping's teasing, Yang Zhen shook his head after taking off his military hat and said, "Lao Li, I don't have to ask for those equipment, it's just that some people have to have a long memory." There are always some people who only want to take advantage of them and not to suffer losses, and we have to teach them a lesson. â
"If we don't teach them a lesson now, one day we will get to the point where we can't bear it anymore. At that point, there is no real room for recovery. Lao Li, the larger the scale of our battle, the more we fight, and it is really uncomfortable to worry about being stabbed in the back at this moment. â
Regarding Yang Zhen's words, Li Yanping shook his head and said: "I think these so-called Mongolian People's Army seem to be used as a punching bag by you. The devils created a massacre in Hailar, and in fact we can't help it. Even if the 1st Independent Brigade had arrived on time, those little devils would have run away a long time ago. â
"According to the devil's marching ability, in addition to using aviation to intercept and kill halfway, we may not be able to catch up if we want to chase it. I'm afraid these uninvited guys have become the scapegoats of those devils in your eyes. If you don't behave like this, even if you are reluctant, you will look at the face of the Soviets and drive them out. â
"You're not going to be wiped out like you are now. You're not the kind of person who walks to the end with a tendon, and you still have the least sleekness. But you're right that some people should teach them a lesson and keep them entertained. â
After that, Li Yanping took out a piece of information from the table and handed it to Yang Zhen and said, "No. 1, I just received a reconnaissance report from the aviation unit. After the 23rd Division entered the territory of Mongolia, after sacking the warehouses of the Soviet troops in Bayimburdi, it withdrew to the area occupied by the Japanese army just now, ignoring the air raids of our troops, using the captured Soviet trucks, and disregarding the casualties at the speed of a forced march. â
"No. 1, the little devil's run, the shape in Mongolia is alleviated, I'm afraid your plan will fail. From what I know of the Soviets, they won't agree to your conditions anymore. Number one, forget it. The shape is pressing, even if you know that you can't bear it, you have to be patient. After all, we don't have the capital now, and we have a complete falling out with the Soviets. â
"This time the air force launched a continuous strangulation battle against the 23rd Division of the Japanese army, which caused us to use the aerial bombs and aviation gasoline that we were originally going to use for this year's combat reserve to consume a lot. Especially all kinds of bombs, the old bottom has been taken out. The more than 20,000 tons of high-explosive bombs and more than 3,000 tons of napalm that we had painstakingly hoarded were all consumed in this operation. And that's not even counting the massive consumption of mines and other materiel, as well as the wear and tear of stockpiled spare parts after intensive use of aircraft. â
"Unless we do not plan to use aviation support in the next step of the operation, we can only urgently import a batch of spare goods from the Soviet Union. You must know that our current military production capacity is simply not capable of replenishing the consumption in combat in a short period of time. And this is on the basis that the Soviet side does not cut off our sources of raw materials. â
"One, now it seems that the Soviets and Mongols cannot afford to delay, but in fact we cannot afford to delay. According to your plan, we have up to four months to replenish the depleted inventory. And that's when we didn't have any consumption during this period. â
"Our steel plant has only just started to build up, and it's good to have it in two years. Imports from the United States and the Soviet Union were mainly steel for guns and copper for ammunition. The raw materials for bombs, with the exception of explosives, which we are now able to produce ourselves, are almost entirely imported from the Soviet Union. â
"One, this matter has come to this point, and they have already bowed their heads and admitted their mistakes. I don't think I'll just put it there for now? Lest we get too stiff, we will be the ones who will be passive when the time comes. Anyway, there are only half of the 20,000 Mongol troops, even counting the prisoners. â
"Judging from Mongolia's population base, if they want to recover, it will probably not be possible in a short period of time. After this battle, as long as the Soviet army does not intervene, our western defense zone should be able to ensure security for more than 10 years. Moreover, I have also read the battle briefing sent by Wang Guangyu, what do we have to worry about for such a rigid and rigid army? â
Regarding Li Yanping's persuasion, Yang Zhen nodded and shook his head again: "Lao Li, I understand what you said. I opened my mouth with them this time, which actually served as an introduction. The real purpose is to be able to reduce the pressure on our funds from imported materials as much as possible. Otherwise, do you think I'm really going for that batch of gear? â
"I've been pondering for the past few days, and the weaponry and firepower of our troops are now on the line. However, the amount of ammunition consumed is also getting bigger and bigger. In less than four days of fighting against the Mongols, we actually consumed nearly 10 million rounds of ammunition. I think our arsenal is now fully engaged in the production of ammunition for rifles, but the ammunition for general-purpose machine guns is still mainly imported before. â
"The scale of the campaigns we are going to fight in the future will be bigger and bigger, and the consumption of ammunition will be bigger and bigger. And now we can only produce warheads, propellants, primers, and the copper used in the shells is still imported. Although the copper mine in Duobaoshan has resumed production, the smelter is still under construction. I just wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to import a batch of 7.62 mm fully loaded ammunition and a batch of 12.7 mm anti-aircraft machine gun ammunition from the Soviet Union at a low price. â
"It's early May now, and I think we have less than two months left. This opportunity may be our last chance to import military supplies from the Soviet Union in the next few years, and it would be a pity to give it up. Take advantage of this rare opportunity to open your mouth when it's time to open your mouth. After this village, there is no such shop. â
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