UGB #174 - Spoilers for Pearl Harbor
#174 - Spoilers for Pearl Harbor
The hydroelectric power station only had equipment installation left, which Ren Zhong didn't need to worry about at all. Since the successful development of the Haojiaping power station next to the Dawn Research Institute, the construction of mixed-flow turbine generator units had become a proven success.
Compared to Ren Zhong's previous 50KW water turbine generator, the mixed-flow hydroelectric generator was naturally much more complex. Fortunately, the information in this area wasn't confidential. Ren Zhong, along with Li Jixiang and the others, followed the model of the main world and completed the construction of the first mixed-flow hydroelectric power plant after much trial and error.
At the same time, 10KV transmission and distribution equipment had been developed. With this set of equipment, Li Jixiang's team could barely adapt generators from 500KW to 5MW.
But if it was any larger, 35KV transmission and distribution would be needed. Fortunately, with the research experience of 10KV, the team was full of confidence and prepared to go to the next level within half a year to solve the 35KV transmission and distribution equipment problem.
They even began preliminary research on some 66KV/110KV technologies. After all, Ren Zhong had provided quite detailed reference materials for transmission and distribution equipment from 10KV to 220KV. The team had solved the problems in principle, mainly the process and basic materials, many of which were not yet available.
110KV would be a bit difficult in the next two or three years, but Ren Zhong believed they could still figure out 66KV. In that case, a 30,000 kilowatt generator set would have matching transmission and transformation equipment to use.
The good news from the Physics Research Center improved Ren Zhong's mood for several days, until Staff Officer Ye came to visit.
"Mr. Ren, sorry to bother you," Staff Officer Ye said politely. "Now the Japanese devils are carrying out one sweep after another in North China, and even starting to大規模 arrest civilians in the base areas, reportedly押送 them to the Northeast. The situation for our army is very serious. I would like to ask your organization what advice you have in the face of the current situation."
In the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, Ren Zhong's three strategies allowed the main force of the GMD to escape the encirclement of the Japanese devils, preventing the situation in North China from deteriorating to an irreparable extent. However, because the two divisions of the Kwantung Army that were transferred were still there, the Japanese devils still occupied an absolute advantage and were repeatedly sweeping areas such as Taihang and Taiyue.
Not to mention the Jizhong Plain. Relying on their freely accessible transportation network, the Japanese devils were sweeping the base areas with even greater intensity, calling it an iron-wall encirclement, making it basically impossible for large units to survive.
According to the correct approach, at this stage, they can only break up into smaller units and hide in the form of armed work teams, using sparrow warfare, tunnel warfare, and landmine warfare to carry out guerrilla warfare everywhere, making it impossible for the Japanese devils to catch the main force and unable to withdraw. After dragging on for a few months, the Japanese devils would naturally be unable to bear it and would shrink back.
But if he told the truth, Ren Zhong was worried that Staff Officer Ye wouldn't be able to accept it.
However, a big piece of news suddenly flashed in Ren Zhong's mind, perhaps he could use that earth-shattering news to persuade the Eighth Route Army headquarters to change its strategy.
"Staff Officer Ye, it just so happens that I also have some news and ideas to tell you. According to the latest intelligence obtained by our organization," Ren Zhong organized the matter and said, "if nothing unexpected happens, the Japanese devils will launch a sneak attack on the Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor in early December, and at the same time advance into Nanyang!"
Ren Zhong's news was like a bombshell, causing Staff Officer Ye to lose his composure for a moment!
"How is that possible?!" Staff Officer Ye exclaimed, "In this situation, how could the Japanese devils think of provoking a strong enemy."
"It's very simple. The Japanese devils are a resource-importing country. In July, the United States announced the freezing of Japanese assets in the United States and imposed a trade embargo on them. In terms of oil alone, after the embargo, they have no other way but to grab it themselves!"
"And the oil that can be grabbed is in Nanyang! But to grab Nanyang, the Japanese devils cannot avoid the Pacific Fleet, so their first goal is to do everything possible to destroy the Pacific Fleet. Therefore, after receiving the intelligence, our organization has basically confirmed the accuracy of the intelligence after verification, and has推演 their combat situation based on the intelligence information of the Japanese Combined Fleet."
"In fact, this matter has迹可循. In the 1920s, someone in the United States wrote a fictional novel called 'The Great Pacific War'. This book described a hypothetical Japanese fleet attacking Pearl Harbor, Guam, and the Luzon Islands. So there is reason to believe that the senior leaders of the Japanese Combined Fleet referred to this novel."
"The Japanese devils are born gamblers. They are best at gambling, so before going south, the Japanese devils must destroy the Pacific Fleet to remove the biggest obstacle to their southward advance. If they destroy the Pacific Fleet, the Japanese devils will have no opponents in the south for at least one or two years. The United States fleet will not recover so quickly, and there will be no opponents to the Japanese Combined Fleet on the west coast of the Pacific."
Staff Officer Ye understood only half of what Ren Zhong said. There was no way, for the senior leaders in the border area who lacked information, this completely touched on a blind spot in their knowledge. But Staff Officer Ye didn't refute at all, but silently took out his notebook and began to frantically record what Ren Zhong said.
After all, the development of the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain completely conquered the staff of the border area.
They really believed that Ren Zhong had high-level Japanese insiders providing intelligence, although they didn't know why they would help the Chinese people in this way.
Otherwise, there would be no way to explain why Ren Zhong was able to obtain such accurate intelligence.
"According to our intelligence and推演, in addition to attacking the Pacific Fleet, the Japanese devils will definitely launch an attack on Hong Kong, another key point, to eliminate another obstacle to their southward advance. With John Bull's strength, Hong Kong will not last two weeks before it is completely destroyed."
"Mr. Ren, if the Japanese devils choose to go to war with the West, will our lives be easier?" Hearing this, Staff Officer Ye's heart suddenly moved. The Japanese devils' forces were limited. In order to go south, they would definitely have to transfer a batch of troops. Would the severe situation in North China improve as a result?
"No, on the contrary, in order to fight in the south, the Japanese devils will inevitably carry out more brutal sweeping operations in North China, which they consider to be their rear area, and only after building North China into what they consider to be a logistics base will they feel relieved to transfer troops south," Ren Zhong shook his head.
"Although there is no definite news yet, it is believed that the Japanese devils have already begun planning Operation No. 3, which is expected to carry out an unprecedented大規模 sweep around May next year, with the focus on the Jizhong Plain, which the Japanese devils have been dreaming of turning into their logistics granary. After going south, they cannot allow these core areas to be turbulent."
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Ren Zhong's reason was incredibly powerful here, leaving Staff Officer Ye with no way to refute it.
Moreover, with Ren Zhong's introduction, the logic of why the Japanese devils had been sweeping so frantically recently gradually emerged in his mind, which now made perfect sense.
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