Cross the Songhu battlefield and rise to become the most powerful warlord

Chapter 485 Entering a Strategic Stalemate

485 Entering a Strategic Stalemate

Afterwards, the family returned to Ye Mansion in Wenzhou City.

This time, father Ye Dakang did not come back with them and remained in the United States.

Qingshan Group still needs Ye Dakang to be there to look after Ye Qingshan.

That night, Ye Qingshan had a rare opportunity to spend time with his family and had a good meal.

There was no war during this period, so Ye Qingshan could finally enjoy this rare and warm moment.

At night, little Leping was coaxed to sleep by his grandmother.

Basically, Alice and Ye Qingshan don’t need to worry about anything. Ye Qingshan’s mother cares about her precious grandson more than anyone else.

Alice leaned on Ye Qingshan's shoulder, and the two of them watched the moon in the yard, and talked to each other about their longing for each other during this period.

"Alice, I'm thinking about a problem."

"what is the problem."

"In order to prevent little Leping from being too lonely in the future, should we give him a brother or sister to keep him company?"

"what!"

As Alice screamed, she was picked up by Ye Qingshan and rushed to the bedroom.

This night is destined to be a sleepless night.

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At the end of September, Ye Qingshan inspected an industrial zone west of Wenzhou.

After several months of construction, most of the factory buildings in the industrial zone have been completed.

Seven steel mills have been built. From now on, Ye Qingshan will no longer have to purchase steel from outside.

All are self-sufficient.

This will greatly increase the output of weapons and ammunition at Ye Qingshan Arsenal.

In addition to the steel plant, Ye Qingshan's main target for inspection today was the automobile manufacturing plant that Ye Dahai told him about.

“Ashan, the workers in our automobile factory are under the instruction of more than a dozen masters including Mr. Hans.

The car can now be assembled.

Today, our first batch of assembled cars officially rolled off the production line, and we asked you to come and cut the ribbon for us."

Next to Ye Qingshan were Ye Dahai and other management of the automobile factory.

At this time, although the automobile factory had a complete set of machinery and equipment for producing automobiles, the workers had not yet learned how to operate them.

It is not possible to manufacture cars by ourselves for the time being.

However, during this period, Ye Qingshan purchased a large number of auto parts from the United States.

It is now possible to have workers assemble a car using already manufactured parts.

Ye Qingshan also knew that his country’s foundation was too weak.

Eat your meal bite by bite.

Now, we can assemble cars first and also meet the needs of Ye Qingshan’s army.

Not long after, a green military truck drove out of the factory.

Ye Qingshan even took the car for a drive himself and found no problems at all.

“Uncle, try to let our workers learn to operate the factory machines.

We will strive to have our factory be able to manufacture its own cars by next year.

Next month, I will try to get you another group of college students."

Before leaving, Ye Qingshan gave some instructions to his uncle Ye Dahai.

“Okay, Ah Shan.

If you can get me fifty college students, I promise we'll have our own car next year."

Afterwards, Ye Qingshan went to inspect the shipyard on the Lingjiang River.

Ye Qingshan also has high hopes for this shipyard.

The shipyard does not yet have the ability to build large ships, but it can already build speedboats of several hundred tons.

"First, build a batch of inland transport ships, which we urgently need now."

Ye Qingshan instructed.

As for building warships, Ye Qingshan didn't expect his shipyard to be able to do it in a short period of time.

It is even uncertain whether they can do it after the war is over.

Ye Qingshan built this shipyard mainly to build transport ships, and at the same time planted a seed.

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Not long after, Ye Qingshan went to the training camp of the 86th Army Armored Regiment in southern Wenzhou.

Previously, Ye Qingshan purchased several types of armored vehicles and tanks from the Americans.

They are the M3A1 armored reconnaissance vehicle, the early model of the Hound armored vehicle, and the M2 light tank.

The reason why only light tanks were needed was because Ye Qingshan felt that the Americans' light tanks were enough to deal with the Japanese's tiny tanks.

Light tanks are sufficient to meet their combat needs.

After all, the strength of the domestic battlefield is much lower than that of the European battlefield.

"commander."

The commander of the 208st Armored Regiment was a former commander of the th Division, named Zhang Kedi.

When he saw Ye Qingshan coming, he immediately saluted.

Although the armored regiment is called a regiment, it is actually a brigade-level combat unit in Ye Qingshan’s 42nd Army.

The commander of an armored regiment is even more valuable than the commander of an infantry brigade.

Therefore, being transferred to an armored regiment as the commander was more exciting than becoming a brigade commander.

Ye Qingshan and his team also went through several rounds of screening before they decided on the final candidate for the team leader.

After all, to be the commander of an armored regiment, one must have some knowledge and cannot be a rough guy.

It just so happened that Zhang Kedi had attended the Military Academy and later listened to Ye Qingshan's lectures, so he had some understanding of armored warfare.

Soon, after inspecting the situation of the armored regiment, Ye Qingshan discovered that the soldiers were making slow progress.

In more than a month, we have still not become proficient in the use of armored vehicles and tanks.

The main reason is that most of the soldiers are illiterate and need to be trained while undergoing literacy training.

Progress will inevitably be slow.

"Don't worry, you have time to train, take your time."

Ye Qingshan saw that Captain Zhang was a little depressed, and said comfortingly.

Anyway, Ye Qingshan didn't expect these armored soldiers to go to the battlefield immediately, as they would not be needed in a short period of time.

This was the trump card that Ye Qingshan prepared for the counterattack in the next few years.

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During the entire 39 years, and the last three months, Ye Qingshan was very busy and kept running around.

On the contrary, in terms of war, there were no major battles around southern Zhejiang.

Not only in southern Zhejiang, but no large-scale battles broke out in the entire country.

At this time, because of the appearance of Ye Qingshan, the domestic war situation had already entered a strategic stalemate stage with the Japanese devils in advance.

In order to guard against Ye Qingshan’s 42nd Army in southern Zhejiang, the Japanese could only gather heavy troops in the Songhu area.

Otherwise, if Ye Qingshan launched a surprise attack on Songhu, it would be tantamount to cutting off the retreat of hundreds of thousands of Japanese devils in the inland.

As a result, the Japanese troops in the country became increasingly scarce.

They are simply unable to launch large-scale campaigns.

The fighting style of both sides turned into a small-scale battle.

Ye Qingshan asked Xiao Shanling, Zhou Pingkou and others to lead the divisions to fight the Japanese in the north, northern Jiangxi and near Anhui Province in turns to serve as a training exercise.

After all, the 42nd Army had just been expanded and had many new recruits who needed to be trained on the battlefield.

As for the idea of ​​launching a large-scale campaign, Ye Qingshan also had it.

However, the Kuomintang side did not want to fight at this time. They were not like Ye Qingshan, who had strong soldiers and horses. They needed time to recuperate and develop.

It would be difficult for Ye Qingshan to recover Songhu, northern Jiangxi, or Wuhan by himself.

As for the situation on the Japanese side, they didn't want to fight either.

Ye Qingshan knew that the Japanese were now focusing their main energy on moving south.

Since no one wants to fight.

So, Ye Qingshan might as well take this opportunity to develop.

Time passed quickly and it was the beginning of the 40s. On this day, Ye Qingshan finally returned home and was playing with little Leping in the yard.

The young martial artist rushed in and reported a piece of news.

After hearing this, Ye Qingshan couldn't help but burst out laughing.