The journey starts from the Titanic

Although under the siege or protection of the United Kingdom and the United States, South China has no capacity and no need to expand abroad. The country has sufficient resources to ensure economic construction, and the past ten years have gone smoothly.

The real turmoil affecting the situation in Asia is the Middle East war between China and Russia in the past two years.

Speaking of the domestic situation, Lin Yimin smiled and said: "The Northeast Army is still very acquainted. Without us, we will surrender Hebei and return to our home in the Northeast.

Now that the government has basically ruled North China, by the way, it also beat the guy Yan Xishan, lest this guy have any distractions."

Last year, Zhang Zuolin was bombed to death in Huanggutun. There are different opinions about who the murderer was. The city is full of suspicions. Japan and the Soviet Union are the most suspected. The Wuhan government is also suspected. But without hindrance, the Wuhan government may become the biggest beneficiary.

Faced with the pressure of the revolutionary army to go north, Zhang Shaoshuai felt unable to carry it in the pass. It is estimated that the Northeast Army Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang are not the opponents of the Wuhan government together. The strength of the two sides is too far apart. Under weighing, it is better to hand over Hebei to the Wuhan government. Stationed in Shanhaiguan) in exchange for the Wuhan government's support for him to become the king of the Northeast, and by the way, extorted a sum of money from the Wuhan government as compensation for the Northeast Army's withdrawal from Hebei.

The Wuhan government agreed to this deal, readily gave the Northeast Army a batch of munitions, and generously provided a 100 million yuan of legal currency economic assistance to develop the resources in the Northeast.

With the support of the Wuhan government, he managed to control the Northeast smoothly, but he did not immediately "change the Northeast". The Wuhan government seemed to be less enthusiastic about formal things and paid more attention to the development of resources in the Northeast, such as soybeans, minerals and timber.

The irony is that the Northeast before the Great Northern Wilderness was not developed, actually depended on the food supply from the inland. In the past few years, the Yangtze River was flooded and the Central Plains was severely drought. Although the agricultural production in the South uses a lot of chemical fertilizers and food production has increased, the overall food supply is still tight , Imports part of the food from Southeast Asia (Siam, Vietnam) every year, so it is unable to provide large-scale food aid to the north.

Therefore, as the main trading nation of the Soviet Union, South China assumed a clever role. The grain that Stalin snatched from Ukrainian farmers was transported to the northeast and northwest through the Far East Railway and delivered to Wu Peifu's department who entered Xinjiang.

In return, the Soviet Union received valuable rubber and other machinery and equipment from South China.

In the twenties of a certain degree of globalization, the Soviet Union was not as pitiful under the British and French blockade as advertised in the London newspapers. In fact, the Soviet Union and the United States, the Soviet Union and South China, and the Soviet Union and Germany have always had trade. contacts.

Of course, the Soviet Union is politically isolated, and no major country is willing to establish diplomatic relations with him, but economic exchanges will not be terminated because of political opposition.

The British are deliberately thinking that the shackles tied to the Russians will soon be shattered by the general trend of the global economic depression. The polar bears return to the world stage to enter the countdown, but people do not know it.

Song Ziwen never expected that Zhang Shaoshuai actually molested the polar bear. Perhaps the aircraft, artillery and armored vehicle manufactured by Wuhan Industrial Group gave him a lot of confidence. He used the recovery of the Middle East Railway to prove his patriotic enthusiasm. By the way, he also warned Wuhan. The Northeast Army is not easy to mess with.

It must be clear that on the issue of the Middle East Road, the Northeast is courteous and respectful, and it is only natural to take back the railway. To paraphrase a saying, it is not the Chinese!

With the support of the aircraft and artillery of the Wuhan government, the Northeastern Army's five scumbags actually fought vigorously. Not to mention the recovery of the Middle East Road Railway, they almost beat Zhukov, the future war god of the Soviet Union.

However, Mao Zi is not easy to provoke. Zhukov's counterattack was vigorous, killing a large number of the elites of the Northeast Army, and the two sides suffered heavy losses to each other.

As the revolutionary army entered Inner Mongolia and threatened Outer Mongolia, the Soviet Far East was insufficient and the situation was grim. Stalin had no confidence in relying on the Far East Army, which ranked the worst in the Soviet Union, to fight a national war thousands of miles away from his home in Europe.

China’s home battle is supported by an industrial base, and its military industry is no worse than that of the Soviet Union. It is not at all a golden decade created by "relying on textile flour and opium". It is generally in an advantage.

Situ Nan analyzed privately, there were two reasons. First, Guo Guizi, Guo Songling, did not rebel, and lived well. The elite of the Northeast Army was preserved, which became Zhang Xueliang's greatest support.

Second, the Northeast Army has obtained a large number of advanced weapons from Wuhan. Under the command of Guo Songling, the Northeast Army's combat effectiveness is not inferior to the opponent.

As we all know, the Russians were hanged and beaten under the city of Warsaw a few years ago. They were so badly wounded that the combat effectiveness of gray animals was too scumbag, and the world recognized it.

(The Red Army has not been trained by the head of state and Stalin in turn...)

"Guo Songling did a good job."

He Wenxiu, who doesn't praise others easily, also praises the Northeast Army's performance. He has always been concerned about the situation in the northern continent. "Unlike the ambitious old bandits, Zhang Shaoshuai is still knowledgeable and should give him greater support."

"Under the pressure of Wuhan, Yan Xishan gave up Inner Mongolia. The revolutionary army has moved into Inner Mongolia, oppressing the living space of Feng Yuxiang's ministry, and threatening Outer Mongolia.

In the northwest, General Wu Peifu also set off from Lanzhou and approached the northern border, threatening the Soviet border. The government helped Zhang Marshal contain hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops in Siberia and Central Asia.otherwise……"

Lin Yimin said.

Now the Wuhan government is really not afraid of going to war with the Soviet Union, it just doesn't want it, and the Soviet Union, which is blocked by the foreign powers, does not want to go to war and affect domestic industrial construction.

More importantly, and unfortunately, the revolutionary army has not marched into Outer Mongolia, and the two sides have not yet broken their skin.

As for the Middle East Road Railway, the tracks are all on China's land, and it has almost become a country within a country. The damage to national sovereignty is even more serious than that of the Shanghai Concession.

Of course, those heretics who kept on defending the Soviet Union did not end well in the mainland. The Zhi Gong party government, which has ruled all the elite turf in the pass, devoted more energy to the internal dictatorship, implementing the so-called five-point economy, three-point politics, and two points. Military strategy.

Regardless of how the Northeast Army and the Russian Army are fighting, it is Wuhan and Moscow that really determine the outcome of this war. Diplomats from both sides are spraying each other.

"This is a matter for you in the north. It does not concern Nanhua. I just admire Zhang Shaoshuai. I think he has a temperament and my appetite, so Nanhua supported him with a batch of arms."

He Wenxiu smiled to Lin Yimin and others, and was also happy for the favorable situation of national reunification in China.

"When I went south, Hanyang Arsenal also told me to protest to Nanhua, saying that you had robbed them of a lot of business."

Lin Yimin joked.

Thomas has been listening to Lin Yimin and He Wenxiu's confrontation, and suddenly he said: "Mr. William is very satisfied with the development of the situation in the Far East and appreciates the military industry department. If there are no accidents, he will invest more resources and tilt towards the military industry department.

I hope you will make preparations early and increase cooperation with San Francisco Shipyard Cummins-Lincoln Aircraft Company."

The expressions of the two men changed. He Wenxiu first reacted and nodded: "The navy and air force are the security guarantee for South China, and it is indeed necessary to accelerate the development in this area."

Lin Yimin also nodded, taking this to heart.

Back in Wuhan, he reported the meeting to Song Ziwen.He also found Situ Yong and other military leaders, saying that the government would increase its armament investment and launch a military industry plan.

After consideration, this important task fell on Wang Geng.

"Rearming?"

Wang Geng did a good job as the principal of the military academy, and suddenly he was about to take over as the Minister of Arms. He was surprised to see the Chairman of the Military Commission Li Zongren, Chief of Staff Bai Chongxi, Minister of Defense Deng Keng, and the Deputy Chief of Staff and Commander of the Capital Military Region Situ Yong.

"We think you are a serious job, broad-minded, and overseas background, so you are a suitable candidate."

Li Zongren is gentle, and Wang Geng's performance in the military academy is obvious to all.

"This requires not only the integration of the domestic military industry system, but also exchanges with foreign affairs and arms cooperation. The responsibility is heavy, and you must be psychologically prepared." Bai Chongxi warned Wang Gengdao with a serious face.

"In the future, the construction of the tax and police corps of the navy and army will accelerate development, and all ministries must come up with appropriate and far-sighted development plans to meet future challenges." Defense Minister Deng Keng said.

Situ Yong nodded and agreed: "Don't look at the Northeast Army's recovery of the Middle East Railway and a tie with the Russian Army. Everyone knows what happened. People didn't make any effort at all. The essence of the Soviet Union is in Europe and the international environment. It is good for our country, and Stalin did not want to repeat the mistakes of the Russo-Japanese War and fight each other with the so-called British and American "thugs."

In short, we are lucky this time.

However, since the old bandits were sent to death by a few spies, it shows that they didn't take you seriously and didn't cover up their ambitions in the Northeast.

In the future, against Japan or against the Soviet Union, the war is likely to start in the Northeast. There is a gunpowder keg. Once it explodes, it will affect North China. Once North China is lost, our business will face collapse.

Therefore, it is necessary to establish more military industries in the north, and the government is also preparing to establish a heavy industry base in North China. The scale should be no less than the Wuhan Industrial Group."

"In this way, we will not be able to regain the concession in a short time!" Bai Chongxi reminded.The General Staff has already made plans to recover the Shanghai concession, and the time is in the near future.

"It's a pity. However, the situation in the north is even more severe. There is no bandit Zhang ahead. We have to directly face the two major forces of Japan and Russia, and the strategic centers of the military and government have to move north."

Li Zong's benevolence embodies his view of the overall situation.

Chapter 221 Northern Steel Company

Excluding the troops of other warlords in the north, the total strength of the Revolutionary Army has reached 70,000, and the total strength of the Shanghai Air Force Tax Police Corps is about 10,000.