War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 405: Comparison of Strengths! (Thanks to '南三条' for the 500 reward!)
In early 1937, the most important task of the Hebei-Chahar Political Affairs Committee was to transport iron sand and copper ore to Dagu. Why was this task so important?
That’s because Xu Chaoyang gave Song Zheyuan an answer that satisfied him!
In 1935, after Song Zheyuan took over the Peiping-Tianjin area, he began to transport copper ore to Dagu in 1936. He was looking forward to the newly acquired arsenal to make the 29th Army self-sufficient. He also knew that only if he had sufficient ammunition would he not have to be as humble as he did in the Battle of the Great Wall.

Of course, this also has to do with Xu Chaoyang's ability. During the entire 1936, Xu Chaoyang never received any combat missions. He stayed in Dagu peacefully and watched the production. That year, the steel output of his Dagu Factory exceeded tons!

This not only allows them to be self-sufficient, but also allows them to find time to send more food to Song Zheyuan to support the construction of Pingjin.

That's not all. In the same year of 1936, Xu Chaoyang's Dagu Shipyard, after he spent a lot of money and installed one production line after another, actually produced 217 million rounds ( million rounds) of various caliber bullets in one year. Why are there two different numbers? Because the obvious ones are accounts. After Xu Chaoyang left the bullets needed by the th Regiment from the account, the bullets that were not recorded were locked in the warehouse.

Otherwise, would he be so frugal with copper? He even wanted the workers to remove the residual waste from the molding mold and melt it for secondary use? Isn't it because he is afraid of poverty?

The 1.8 million bullets that were concealed here were exactly the reason why Song Zheyuan valued Xu Chaoyang!
According to historical records, the Nationalist government's bullet production reached its peak in 43, with 2000 million bullets of various calibers produced in that year. However, this was not the achievement of the Hanyang Arsenal alone, but of all the arsenals controlled by the Nationalist government at the time. The battle in which the Nationalist government consumed the most bullets was the Battle of Changde, which consumed a full million bullets. The reason why the defenders in the Battle of Hengyang surrendered was because they had run out of ammunition.

As for whether Song Zheyuan would think that the 1.8 million bullets of various calibers on the report were too few... there was no need to consider this at all. The 1.8 million bullets produced by himself were completely incomparable to the 1.8 million bullets purchased from outside. This year there were 1.8 million, maybe next year there would be 3 million or 5 million... You have to know that on the black market at that time, one bullet could be exchanged for 35 eggs, 35 eggs!

This thing is so precious!

What about the Japanese side?

The data cannot be compared. After the Japanese devils transformed the Fengtian Arsenal, the number of skilled workers reached 1200, including those transferred from their homeland and those trained in the arsenal. The number of ordinary workers reached 3000-4000.

It is said, just said, that the Fengtian Arsenal can produce 900 million bullets in a month!

It’s not over yet. There are still 50,000 artillery shells, 150,000 grenades, 40,000 bombs and 450 tons of gunpowder.

Judging from the efficiency of equipment production alone, if the Fengtian Arsenal operates at full capacity for a month, they can produce enough ammunition for an entire division!

It only takes two months to withstand the consumption of a "Battle of Changde"!
Coupled with the various minerals that were continuously shipped back from the country, it can be said frankly that after the full-scale war of resistance broke out, our army almost used up half of the country's resources to fight the Japanese!
It’s no exaggeration…

"There's going to be a war..."

The person who said this to Xu Chaoyang was not Chang Zhan, Yu Minghao, Liu Gener and others, but Cao Kun who came directly to him.

Xu Chaoyang was sitting in his office at the time, mistakenly thinking that he was in power and that the old man of the Cao family came over to walk around, but who would have known that this old leader who had bribed voters and had been in charge of the country would have such foresight.

Xu Chaoyang even deliberately asked: "Mr. Cao, how do you know there's going to be a war? Isn't everything peaceful now?"

Cao Kun smiled, leaning on his walking stick while sitting on the sofa, and said, "After the Xi'an Incident, the chairman of the committee 'tolerates the Red Army and unites with the Soviet Union'. The Japanese have always regarded the Russians as their number one enemy. In addition, the prestige of 'united resistance against Japan' in China is growing. Isn't this going to be a war?"

"Captain Xu, make preparations early." Cao Kun said this in the sun, with his chin resting on the back of his hand that was leaning on his walking stick, without even looking at Xu Chaoyang.

Today, after fighting with his children for so many years, Mr. Cao has stopped fighting and chosen to enjoy his retirement in peace. There is also an interesting story here, which says that after Cao Kun grew old, the Cao family's property was always controlled by Cao Shaoshan, and this Cao Shaoshan was his adopted son.

When he was still recuperating in Quanshan, he actually wrote a letter to Mrs. Liu, saying: "Qing (Cao Shaoshan) has a broken heart, and they don't care about me. I may not live long..."

Perhaps the line 'I don't eat beef' in that movie was inspired by this.

His son Cao Shiyue often fought with his first wife, and in a hurry, he even shot and injured his first wife Yuan Huzhen. In 1928, the two families had a lawsuit, which was talked about by Tianjin people and regarded as a scene. Yuan Huzhen was also the daughter of President Yuan and the sister of Yuan Fuzhen.

While Xu Chaoyang was still wondering how the family property could be controlled by the adopted son when he already had a son, he deliberately changed the subject and asked, "Mr. Cao, if it is according to what you said, how should I prepare?"

This time, Cao Kun, who looked like Hermit Turtle, opened his eyes and said, "This battle is not easy to fight."

"Tianjin has eight squadrons of Japanese garrison troops stationed. They have been entrenched in Haiguang Temple for a long time and have formed a large scale. The Dongjuzi Airport outside the city is also the top priority of the Japanese defense. If you focus on attacking Dongjuzi Airport, you can ensure that no planes take off from Tianjin to bomb Peking and its surrounding areas. But at this time, if you want to attack Haiguang Temple, you have lost the best opportunity; on the contrary, if you want to attack Haiguang Temple, it is impossible to turn back and attack Dongjuzi Airport!"

Dang, Dang, Dang!

Cao Kun didn't even stand up. He used his stick to knock on the location of Dagu on the map and said, "No matter what you choose, Dagu can no longer be defended, otherwise the naval guns will fall on your head."

What he said... is all true!
But Xu Chaoyang didn’t think so at all. For him, this was not a problem at all.

What is the most important thing about an airport?
Is it a plane?

It's the runway!
There are two airports in Tianjin and Beijing. One is the Nanyuan Airport in Peking, which is the first airport in the country. It was built in the Qing Dynasty before 1910 and used a grass runway. There was no change until the Republic of China period. The Dongjuzi Airport was built by Xiaoliuzi during the Second Zhi-Feng War and was completed in 1924. It has only one runway, and it uses a dirt runway. Soil!

As long as Xu Chaoyang is determined to fire the cannon at the runway, given the domestic road conditions, if the plane loses the runway, what are you going to do? How are you going to fly!
But Xu Chaoyang still didn't say what he was thinking. After so many years in this era, he finally learned to keep his mouth shut. He looked at Cao Kun with a smile and asked, "Mr. Cao, please help me solve my doubts. I also want to do my part for the country when the war comes!"

　Thanks to '南三条' for the 500 yuan reward. Thank you very much.

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