As soon as Guo Bingxun's words came out, Yang Zhen and Li Yanping were stunned by his thoughts. German prisoners of war, what to do in exchange for these people? Could it be that Guo Bingxun wanted to use the Germans to alleviate the current shortage of soldiers in the base areas? Replenish these Germanic people into your own troops?

Looking at the two top military and political leaders of the Anti-Japanese Federation in front of him, he looked puzzled after listening to his thoughts, Guo Bingxun smiled and said: "Commander, political commissar, let's leave aside what the Soviet-German battlefield is now." I would like to ask the two chiefs what they think of the current German army. ”

In response to Guo Bingxun's rhetorical question, Yang Zhen said without the slightest hesitation: "Although the current German army has some weaknesses in strategy, their tactics and special synthetic combat capabilities are absolutely outstanding. At least for now, it is still the strongest in the world. Especially in the use of tactical air forces, as well as the use of armored mechanized units, it can be said to be top-notch. ”

"Its tactical support on the battlefield can also be said to be quite good. Without a strong tactical support capability, the German army, with tanks and mechanized troops as the main assault force, would not be able to fight a blitzkrieg at all. I'm afraid that repairing the tanks along the way will slow down their advancing speed. ”

After answering Guo Bingxun's rhetorical question, Yang Zhen suddenly understood what he meant. After thinking about it, Yang Zhen said: "Lao Guo, do you mean to exchange this batch of materials for engineering technology and maintenance support personnel among the German prisoners of war in addition to the materials we urgently need?" ”

Looking at Yang Zhen's somewhat knowing expression, Guo Bingxun nodded and said: "As an army that is good at ground-air coordinated operations, with large-scale armored forces as the main assault force, and good at using tactical air forces, the German army's battlefield technical support capability is still quite high, at least from the current point of view. ”

"One, you're right. Without a strong battlefield technical support capability, the Germans simply could not afford to play the so-called blitzkrieg. The more modern the equipment, the higher the technical support capability required. The armored group, which was the main assault force of the German army, did not have a complete tactical support system, and no matter how good the tactics were, they could not work. "And the level of education of Germans is very high, not only in Europe, but also in the world. Especially as a modern industrial power, their level of science and engineering education is still quite high. The German army, which has a large number of modern industrial support, has an obvious level of technical support personnel. ”

"So I want to use this batch of supplies to make an agreement with the Soviets. Exchange of all armor and aviation engineers among the German prisoners of war. Of course, it is not only these two arms, including artillery, engineers, automobile troops, and even logistics engineers and technicians, we all need them. ”

"The use of engineers and technicians among the German prisoners of war to alleviate our current predicament in the repair and maintenance of technical equipment. If we can, we can also conclude a long-term agreement with the Soviet side. Through some means of exchange, science and engineering graduates among the German prisoners of war, as well as engineers and technicians of technical equipment, were brought over. ”

"One is to use them as instructors to train our engineers and technicians. The rigorous character of the Germans and the high level of technical ability will lead to the training of qualified personnel for us. Second, it can also alleviate our deficiencies in technical and equipment support capabilities and speed up the repair of our war-damaged equipment. ”

"Even if the Soviets are basically losing battles now, I think there will still be some tactical victories. If there are 10,000 prisoners of war in their hands, I think judging from the cultural level of the German army and the ratio of technical equipment, 1,000 of them can still be selected. ”

"The most critical thing is that the Soviet army is currently suffering heavy losses on the battlefield. Coupled with the order of the notorious commissar of the German army, I think that the German prisoners of war who fell into their hands may not have any good fruit to eat. If we can reach out in this regard and pull these German prisoners of war out of the fire pit, we will be giving some proper treatment. ”

"I think that with the character of the Germans that I knew when I was studying in Europe, as long as they could escape from the Soviets, they would be quite hardworking. With these Germans playing for us, I think it will be a huge help for us and it will also be quite a relief for our predicament. ”

Speaking of this, Guo Bingxun made a small joke: "If possible, it is also a good choice to use this batch of materials to exchange the German steel helmets captured by the Soviets to alleviate the lack of steel helmets in some newly organized units." It's just that now the Soviet army is losing one after another, and I don't know how many prisoners of war and steel helmets that meet our standards can be exchanged with us. ”

Guo Bingxun said, whether it was Yang Zhen or Li Yanping, they were attracted by his whimsy. After pondering carefully for a while, Yang Zhen turned his head to look at Li Yanping on the side, hesitated for a moment and said, "Lao Li, what do you think of Lao Guo's idea?" I guess it would be a good idea if I could. ”

Regarding Yang Zhen's gaze, as the political commissar of the military region, Li Yanping, who clearly knew the current predicament and lack of the troops, nodded slightly and said, "I think it can be considered." If it can alleviate the current shortage of technical personnel in the army, I think this should be a good choice. ”

"You and Lao Guo both said that the German people are rigorous and meticulous in their work style. The most important thing is to be highly skilled and well-trained. If this agreement can be reached, there will be a big improvement in our army's battlefield tactical repair and maintenance capabilities. At least to get rid of the rough repairs of the current Soviets, as well as the mode of battlefield support. ”

After that, Li Yanping smiled bitterly: "No. 1, in fact, there are not many choices for us. This batch of supplies that we urgently need is now in the hands of the Soviets. If we don't agree, we won't be able to get not only other supplies, but also cotton, aircraft parts, and military raw materials that we urgently need now. ”

"Especially cotton, seeing that it is now autumn, how to solve the winter clothes of hundreds of thousands of troops, including the advance army, has become an urgent need. Cotton is not in place, and the troops' winter clothes this year have become a problem. This north is full of dozens of degrees below zero, there is not enough winter clothing, and this unit is also frozen. ”

"There are also aircraft tires that are urgently needed by the aviation forces, various raw materials for the military-industrial sector, as well as the necessary equipment for the construction of various factories. If these problems are not resolved for a long time, not only will the current infrastructure construction be stopped, but the combat effectiveness of the troops will also be greatly affected. ”

"In particular, the urgency of the various equipment required by the factory is even more urgent than that of military raw materials. The time we can build infrastructure here is relatively short. If there is a delay in transportation by one month, the entire construction period will be extended by more than a year. Rather than losing all your money, it is better to get back a little bit of capital. ”

Li Yanping's words fell, and Yang Zhen nodded slightly and said, "I think it's about the same." If the Soviets are eyeing something, if they can't get their hands on it, they will definitely not give up. However, we can't let them take advantage of them and sell them for nothing. ”

"In this way, Lao Li, when you negotiate with them, you can sue them. In addition to military raw materials, aircraft parts, and cotton, we can give up the rest of the materials. But this batch of aviation gasoline and various fuels, we need at least six thousand tons. And those two transport planes, we also need them. ”

"For the rest, do it according to Lao Guo's ideas. Among the German prisoners of war, we needed personnel, as well as German steel helmets, as much as possible. Lao Li, you must grasp it well and sign a long-term agreement with them as much as possible in this regard. German prisoners of war, we can ask for as many as we can. ”

"And you clearly told them that without sufficient military raw materials, the recoilless guns and rocket launchers they wanted, as well as the corresponding ammunition, we simply could not provide them. It is impossible for us to reduce the combat effectiveness of the troops that are currently fighting fiercely and to transfer them from the equipment in active service. ”

"They need us, so there is no problem, but they have to reopen the production line for them. If they really don't want these two weapons, then they can completely detain all these military raw materials. If we don't get the raw materials we need, then they don't get the equipment they need, and everyone will have a hard time. We don't get the supplies we desperately need, but they don't want to get the anti-tank firepower they just need. ”

"During the negotiations, I told them that the German prisoners of war and the German steel helmets we wanted were not only for this year, but also for the future if there were the same people among the German prisoners of war captured by the Soviets or the German Allies, I hope they would be handed over to us. These people and steel helmets, we can exchange them for food. ”

"Also, the recoilless guns, the bazookas that they need, they can come up with a rough figure that we can provide them. At the same time, we can also provide another batch of American-made trucks that we currently have in stock, and even if the Soviet side needs them, we can also provide them with 50 American-made P-39 fighters that we currently have in stock. ”

"But we can't provide them with this batch of equipment in vain, we need them to provide part of the M, Type 1938 howitzers, as well as ZLS Type 3 cannons, T 34 tanks A full set of production drawings and some finished equipment. As for the quantity of finished equipment, you and Lao Guo will study it later. As much as you can, you can ask for as much as you can. ”

"In the middle of the negotiation, we might as well open our mouths once. In terms of quantity, you can ask for more, ask for a sky-high price, and pay back the money on the spot. However, the top priority is to solve the problem of this batch of American supplies first, aviation gasoline, aircraft parts, and the tens of thousands of tons of cotton, which we need most urgently. ”

"At the same time, during the negotiations, you told the Soviets that we could also increase the supply of artillery and tanks in the quantities they needed in kind, as long as they provided us with the more physical artillery and tanks we needed. Don't say a thousand, even three thousand doors are no problem. In terms of the number of shells, we can also increase it massively. ”

"Lao Li, you go back and tell the Soviets, this is our ultimate and impossible attitude. If they agree, we can sign the agreement right away, and we can start fulfilling the agreement from next week. If the Soviets refuse, then I'm sorry, it's a big deal for everyone to break up. ”

"If we don't get a drop of gasoline, then they don't want to get anything in this shipment. Except for a small part of these things, which were aided by the Americans, a considerable part of them were purchased by ourselves. We have every reason to ask the Americans to bring this cargo back. ”

"These two things should not be discussed separately, but should be discussed as one thing. However, all the hole cards cannot be played all at once. Now the situation is that the Soviets are in a better hurry than we are, because it is they who have to face the armored assault tactics of the German army. This time, the lion opened his mouth widely, but they used it as a foreshadowing for the latter condition. ”