Chapter 247 Nanjing Defense Battle of Yumen Oilfield

Is Zhang Xuewu's original intention and behavior towards the Soviets very puzzled? In fact, as long as they contact the various uses of China by various countries in World War II, it is not difficult to conclude that whether it is the Soviet Union or the United States, what they need is to drag the main force of the Japanese army in the Chinese war zone and exchange the blood of Chinese soldiers for the extremely pitiful assistance needed to maintain the war situation.

Historically, until the end of the war, the U.S. political axe used various materials and arms to aid China under the Lend-Lease Act, with a total value of more than 800 million US dollars at the price at that time. These materials included more than 60,000 Chinese troops stationed in India, and the cost of vehicles, ammunition, weapons and equipment, clothing, food, housing and transportation stationed in India.

and the consumption of materials of the U.S. Flying Tigers and strategic bombers stationed in China, as well as the consumption of arms, oil, food, cars, aircraft fuel, etc. transported on the Yunnan-Myanmar highway and hump route, it can be said that the Americans have played a calculating role in assisting China.

During World War II, Britain and the Soviet Union received strategic materials worth 30 billion US dollars and 15 billion US dollars respectively. China received less than a fraction of the aid from the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. Because the materials shipped to China needed to be shipped to India or Myanmar first, under the supervision of the British, the price was Strategic materials worth nearly $200 million have become a "depletion" in the British population? In the most difficult times in China, the despicable and shameless British were still lying on China's arteries to suck blood. Every dollar of material they stole was paid a gallon of blood on the battlefield.

Historically, when the frontal battlefield was frequently tight, China pulled out the most elite army for the battle of Yunnan and Myanmar, while the elites in the domestic battlefield, such as the 74th Army, only added six bullets per soldier in a month in the same period! Not to mention the rest of the miscellaneous troops, it is hard to match my own steel.

Zhang Xuewu remembers that after the outbreak of the Pacific War, the United States of America officially declared war with the Japanese Empire. The Americans have been worried about a very headache, because from the perspective of comprehensive national strength and military strength, it is not a big problem for the United States to defeat Japan, but the problem is how much it will cost for the United States to defeat Japan. Question mark After all, the United States is a country with many political parties. It can't be as talented as the Japanese. The military and political axe of the country requires the people to contribute their lives and property to the leaders and the so-called country indefinitely. If the Americans sacrifice too much in the war against Japan, the loneliness and anti-war sentiment in the United States will rise, and the political axe will have to comply with the will of the public and the armistice in the middle of the war.

In fact, when I launched the Pacific War, I also bet on the weakness that the United States can withstand the consumption of things, but not the consumption of people! The Japanese military department believes that if the Japanese army can cause huge casualties to the U.S. military, the U.S. political axe may suffer gains and losses. It reached an armistice agreement with the Japanese army halfway, acquiescing that East Asia and Southeast Asia are the sphere of influence of the Japanese empire.

Since the beginning of the exhibition, the United States has been considering opening up a second battlefield to allow third countries to participate in the war to share the casualties and consumption of the U.S. military. Historically, under the leadership of the United States, 26 countries formed an anti-fascist alliance and vowed to fight together against the German-Italian Axis Group. But most of these countries are weak countries or exiled political axes. The American political axes do not have much hope for them. At that time, the American political axes considered that they could effectively help the United States fight together. There were only three countries that shared the casualties of U.S. military personnel, namely, Britain, China and the Soviet Union, but the British were famous for their selfishness. And in the face of the huge advantage of the Germans, it is good for the British to keep it, while the Soviet Americans estimated the existence of the Soviet Neutrality Treaty and worried that the Soviets would take the opportunity to open their mouths, so China was the only choice for the Americans.

On the one hand, China has been invaded by Japan for many years. It is the responsibility and obligation of the Chinese people to launch a counterattack against the Japanese army. On the other hand, China's human resources are very sufficient, and the shortage is only weapons and ammunition. Therefore, the American political axe envisioned a plan of "the Americans pay, and the Chinese give their lives". The United States provided weapons and equipment to China, and the Chinese [***] team opened up a second battlefield in the Chinese theater and joined hands to fight against the Japanese army.

However, Americans are still the biggest supporters of Japan at this moment. From U.S. aid loans to aircraft engines, rubber, crude oil, and scrap steel, Americans' support for themselves is far greater than that of China, which is very in line with the concrete embodiment of the spirit of the United States, that is, the interests are more important than anything else. .

So in Zhang Xuewu's view, both the assistance of the Soviets and the assistance of the Americans are very unreliable. Rehe must rely on himself and wait for the victory of the war. I'm afraid that history will return to its original trajectory, that is, China's great sacrifice will not be rewarded in any way.

So Zhang Xuewu found that although Rehe is facing a comprehensive siege of the Japanese army at this moment, it seems to be dangerous, but in fact it is not dangerous, because Zhanyang's fifth integrated division and Tang Ziqiang's mechanization division, plus the new first division of the youth army secretly hidden in Baotou, he also holds three mobile troops, plus five local The defense of the second-line finishing division of Rehe is almost solid. Four of the five mobile artillery groups belonging to Zhang Tianpeng's artillery group belong to Chengde, Chaoyang, Chifeng and Zhangjiakou. In the face of the Rehe flying forces that have mastered air supremacy, a large number of heavy artillery and rocket launchers are continuously sent from the Dingyuan Battalion. Back to the front line with Baotou.

The firepower of the Chinese defenders has been enhanced. In the face of a strong fortress city with more than 30,000 troops, the Japanese army does not dare to divide its troops easily, because the vast grassland of Chahar is the world of the chariot troops and fighters of the Rehe Army.

Although Li Xinkai is not as good as Li Songtao in command, Zhang Xuewu is very satisfied with his regularity and loyalty. Zhang Xuewu increasingly finds that he seems to be in a strange circle, that is, he likes to behave in the rules, like the adventurous spirit of Li Songtao, Ye Yunfei and Tang Ziqiang. Strong commanders always have some scruples, and there are too few excellent commanders like Zhan Yang. While suffering from gains and losses, Zhang Xuewu finds that his sense of warlords seems to be getting more and more serious?

Zhang Xuewu is not worried about the war situation in Rehe at all. He has operated the four for nearly four years and invested a lot of manpower and material resources. The fortress city built under the war mode is to consume the living strength of the Japanese army, and there are enough mobile troops to carry out an annihilation attack on the Japanese army that has suddenly entered on any side. Li Xinkai, such a chief of staff, would naturally know when to attack, so he was very relieved about the war in Rehe.

However, a report from the Geological Survey Institute of Rehe was sent to the war-torn Nanjing in the form of a secret telegram? Zhang Xuewu took a curious look at the inappropriate secret telegram. A geologist named Sun Jianchu jointly wrote to Rehe Zheng Axe, saying that there might be an oil field in Yumen, Gansu, requiring funding and sending personnel to protect them for effective surveys.

Yumen Oilfield? Zhang Xuewu suddenly remembered a thing that seemed to have been forgotten by him for a long time, that is, to explore a large oil field with reserves of about 140 million tons in the later Urat Houqi Town in Inner Mongolia, and the oil quality is high. The average drilling depth is 950 meters to 1,200 meters, and the oil layer situation is medium permeability. Crude oil is paraffin-based.

Zhang Xuewu recalls that in the "Japanese Modern History" of later generations, he can often see the words he sighed that he would have done if he had found the Daqing oilfield at the beginning, because if he could find the Daqing oilfield at that time, it might have directly affected the southward policy of the Japanese version, and turned into attacking the Soviet Union with Germany. He said that he could not be in I always felt sorry to find Daqing Oilfield before the war.

However, Zhang Xuewu knew that this was just a nonsense regret. The reason why I couldn't find the Daqing oil field was that the oil drilling depth of Japan before the war only reached about 700 meters to the deepest depth of 980 meters. With the drilling technology at that time, it was difficult to reach enough depth, even if it was In 1940, only the Gotlov deep well platform owned by the Soviets in the world could drill up to 1,000 meters.

In fact, the Songji Sanjing, which marks the first oil well found in Daqing Oilfield, is precisely the paraffin oil layer between 1,350 meters and 1,380 meters. Therefore, even if Daqing is in Zhang Xuewu's hands now, Zhang Xuewu can't be exploited, because the drilling technology is fundamentally reached. Not required.

The Yumen Oilfield mentioned by Sun Jianchu is located in Yumen County, Gansu Province. Its geographical location is Qilian Mountain in the south, the Gobi Desert in the north, the border lock key Jiayuguan in the east, and Dunhuang in the west. It is the only way to the west.

Zhang Xuewu recalled that at the end of 1938, Sun Jianchu, Yan Shuang, Jin Xigeng and other scholars officially carried out exploration and geological confirmation development next to the Laojun Temple in Yumen.

About half a year later, the No. 1 well, located more than ten meters north of Laojun Temple, was artificially excavated to see oil. The No. 1 well explored the K oil layer, which opened the prelude to the development of the Yumen oil mine industry. Later, through the Soviet-assisaid rod pump oil production technology, it began to be used in the Yumen Laojunmiao oil field. Two years later, a strong well was developed in the No. 4 well. After spraying and discovering the vital L layer, Yumen Oilfield has entered a period of large-scale development.

During the whole period of the Anti-Japanese War, Yumen Oil Mine produced a total of 250,000 tons of crude oil, accounting for more than 90% of the national crude oil production in the same period, making an extremely important contribution to the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. It is said that China's complete oil-free during the Anti-Japanese War was pure nonsense.

Zhang Xuewu immediately replied through a secret telegram, asking Li Xinkai to send a considerable armored detachment and special forces to escort Sun Jian's junior scholars to the Laojun Temple for exploration, and to investigate, survey and draw military maps along the way to do preliminary work to prepare for the westward support mining.

Three batches of air guards should be provided for the survey team every day! Achieve comprehensive protection!

(to be continued)