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Volume 3 Far East Stories Chapter 643 (Part 2) Too Harasso!

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    When these two were in the 16th Mixed Brigade, one was the regiment commander and the other was the battalion commander. Song Zheyuan's promotion was not fast compared to other battalion commanders from the 16th Mixed Brigade. Li Mingzhong felt quite happy at the moment.  I was really a little anxious. If the command posts of the mechanized group army and the armored group army were snatched away by a few juniors who had just gone abroad to join the war, I, Zhang Weixi, Xiong Shihui, and Sun Liangcheng would have to get up early and catch up late!

    At this moment, not only Li Mingzhong was worried about gains and losses, but also Sun Liangcheng, Zhang Weixi and Xiong Shihui were not the same. However, the commander-in-chief had not revealed it before. These people were really afraid that Song Zheyuan and others would take the lead in the mechanized group army and armored group army.  , several people looked eagerly at the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces sitting at the head of the conference table, and then looked at the expressions on the faces of Jiang Hongyu and Jiang Fangzhen, trying to get a clue.

    Japan's Tanaka Giichi here is also gritting his teeth secretly, thinking in his mind that the three divisions have been scattered and mixed into six infantry armies. The king of China has not mentioned appointing himself as the deputy commander of the coalition forces. Is it possible?  , actually sent me, Tanaka, a dignified army general, down below to command the group army?  ?  His Excellency, Commander of the Japanese First Army, was puzzled.

    "Everyone, since China's domestic production of tanks and armored vehicles is far from enough to meet the needs of the coalition's formation and configuration, on the basis of completing the mixed formation of 6 infantry group armies in the first phase, the second phase will first ensure the formation of 4 mechanized armies.  If it can be successfully completed, as for the third phase of the tank army, it can only be put on hold for the time being. At least in August, the hope of forming a tank brigade is a bit slim. "

    Jiang Hongyu, Chief of Staff of the Coalition Forces, took over. As Chief of Staff and Logistics Commander of the Coalition Forces, he has a thorough knowledge of China's domestic ordnance industry and arms production capacity. The tank branch of China Fudao Automobile Group Company was completed in July.  The production of 500 fd18 pioneer light tanks is expected to be 800 units in August and 1,000 units in September.

    The basis for achieving all this is that Wang Geng spent a year to basically build a complete steel, petrochemical, automobile, aircraft and military production system, and Ford Motor Company even hired high-paying employees from the Ford Company in the United States.  2,000 skilled production and technical backbones were hired to work in Nanyuan.

    By the end of July 1918, the total production capacity of the entire China Fudao Automobile Group located at the Nanyuan base in Beijing had reached the monthly production capacity of 3,500 vehicles of various types, armored vehicles, tanks, and 3,500 sets of engines of various types. However, this was actually still  Far from enough.

    For example, in the production schedule of the China Fudao Automobile Manufacturing Group Company in July 1918, the monthly production capacity of 3,000 vehicles was divided into 500 Chinese FD18 Trailblazer tanks, 800 Chinese FD17II wheeled armored fighting vehicles, and Dodge tanks.  There are 800 one-and-a-half-ton military trucks, 800 Chinese FJ18 Hummer off-road vehicles, and 600 other types of vehicles.

    The matter of expanding production capacity has long been on the agenda. There are two options. One is to transfer production technology and patents, allowing Japanese automobile companies to also produce Dodge trucks, Chinese FD17II armored vehicles and FD18 Trailblazer light tanks. The problem is  Japanese capitalists are unwilling. China's cheap raw materials and labor force have led Japanese factory owners and companies to continuously cross the ocean to invest and set up factories in China.

    Under this circumstance, if we expand production capacity in China, does China Fudao Company need to let the Japanese invest to make this money?  What's more, military production and orders are originally carried out under the supervision of the Director of Ordnance of the Ministry of War. This can be done. To say that production in the United States is a good way, the transportation cost is too high because of the long distance, and American labor is not cheap. More importantly,  Yes, the production capacity of the United States must first be used to meet the needs of the US military. The two million US troops on the French battlefield are tired and waiting for food. Once tanks and armored vehicles are produced, this production capacity will definitely be occupied by the US Department of War!

    From the perspective of supporting the Eastern Front battlefield, it is most suitable for arms production to be located nearby the Volga Federation. First, Tsaritsyn, Saratov and other places are Russia's heavy industry centers, with good production and manufacturing conditions, and they can be used  Volga transport reduces raw material and transportation costs.

    Secondly, Chelyabinsk and Yekaterinaburg in Western Siberia are also centers of heavy industry, especially Yekaterinaburg, which was originally the largest heavy industry and military industry besides Nizhny Novgorod in Soviet Russia.  At the base, the arsenal in Yekaterinaburg has now fully commenced production of Chinese standard artillery for the coalition forces, and is expanding its production workshops for Browning light and heavy machine guns and 7.62-caliber ammunition.

    "Everyone, as of now, the FD18 Trailblazer light tanks and FD17II wheeled armored combat vehicles that have arrived in Samara from China are only enough to form three mixed armored brigades, and the Dodge trucks are also only enough to form three mixed armored brigades.  , Of course, the FJ18 Hummer off-road multi-purpose vehicle looks a bit more, but it is only enough for two mechanized armies. This is the objective situation. Of course, the situation will be much better by the end of August than now!¡±

    The words of Jiang Hongyu, Chief of Staff of the Allied Forces, obviously hit everyone head-on.Water, many people thought, didn¡¯t the Ukrainian campaign start in a few days? If we wait another month for new equipment to arrive, the day lilies will be cold. Ludendorff gathered the main force and took the train to fight back to the east.  It took a week at most to come online!

    Wang Geng and others here, after whispering and discussing, gently waved their hands and said disapprovingly,

    "The bottleneck of military industry production capacity exists objectively. China's automobile industry production capacity cannot be compared with that of the United States. Although efforts are being made to catch up, it is still far from the production scale and level of the United States. However, everyone can rest assured that the mechanization of the Central Front Army will  The army group and the armored group army can basically be formed within three months, and we have continued to hire a large number of automobile industry workers from the United States to work in China! "

    "Moreover, we will establish joint ventures of China Fuda Automobile Company in Yekaterinaburg, Tsaritsyn, Saratov and other places as soon as possible to locally produce arms, weapons, tanks, and weapons in Western Siberia and the Volga Federation.  Armored vehicles, Dodge trucks, Hummer off-road vehicles and even Chinese FR18 fighter-bombers will gradually set up factories here for production. This is also an important measure for us to restore and build local industry. We are responsible for the flowers and plants of Western Siberia and the Volga Federation.  !¡±

    The coalition generals in the war conference room were inspired by the beautiful blueprint drawn by the King of China. The Prime Minister of the Volga Federation, Vasily Nikolayevich Pepelyaev, who was attending the meeting, jumped up with joy.  He kept shouting "Harashuo! So Harashuo!"
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