Rebirth of the Military Industry Power of the Anti-Japanese War

"It's an honor to meet you, the amazing General Hu. Your great achievements remind me of General Robert Edward Lee during the Civil War." Snow praised Hu Weidong unabashedly as soon as he saw him.

For Americans who advocate individual heroism, Hu Weidong's legendary experience is indeed fascinating.

But after hearing this, Hu Weidong shook his head and responded in fluent American English, "Mr. Reporter, your analogy is inappropriate. First, although your American General Lee is very talented in military affairs, no matter whether he is invading other countries' territories

Whether it was the Mexican-American War or the Civil War to defend slavery, he fought for the unjust side, while our Red Army fought for the oppressed and weak from beginning to end and was the just side; secondly, Robert E. Lee

It started with an advantage but ultimately failed, and although our Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army was very weak at the beginning, it will eventually win the victory of the revolution.”

Zhang Hao frowned when he heard this and thought, "Others obviously have good intentions, but you are deliberately looking for trouble. Isn't it too rude?"

Snow's face looked a little ugly for a moment, but after he lowered his head and thought for a moment, he admitted sincerely, "The first point is indeed true, and the second point, I wish you success."

Hu Weidong couldn't help but be moved, and immediately apologized sincerely and said, "Mr. Snow, you are the first Westerner I have seen who has no prejudice against the Chinese or the Red Army, and who can always have justice and conscience. Please forgive me for my disrespect just now."

Please bear with me."

"General Hu, can I interpret your words to mean that you are prejudiced against us Westerners?" Snow asked Hu Weidong with a smile, then his face became more serious and said sincerely, "This sentiment is understandable, Westerners

The great powers have indeed caused great harm to the Chinese people over the past 100 years. Even the United States, which has basically never directly invaded China, has an extremely unfair "Chinese Exclusion Act" at home, but you are already fighting against a China that is much stronger than it is now.

To fight against Japan, it would be unwise to make too many enemies under such circumstances..."

Hu Weidong was really touched now. As a middle-class Westerner (among the pro-China foreign journalists in history, Snow and his wife's family background was relatively good. Snow alone received three incomes at the same time - two

(a reporter for a newspaper in China and a lecturer at Yenching University), but he was able to eliminate the influence of narrow patriotism and put himself in the shoes of the Chinese people. Snow's strong sense of justice is obvious, and his deep feelings for the Chinese people are also obvious.

There is no doubt that Hu Weidong no longer had the idea of ​​​​continuing to test. He changed his previous rude attitude and started talking to him with a sincere attitude towards a friend. And Snow's words also changed Hu Weidong's original plan to immediately sell all the concessions in Tianjin.

Although the decision to withdraw it made him feel uncomfortable in terms of national sentiment, it prevented China from making enemies on all sides when it was still very weak. At the same time, it also used banks in various countries to allow the Red Army to exchange those more cumbersome properties into easy-to-use

The total amount of pounds carried reached more than 12 million (about 50 million US dollars in 1936 and 60 million US dollars in 1937). The weight of the money, which would have cost more than 100 tons to be converted into gold, suddenly dropped to less than 100,000 pounds.

Three hundred pounds, Hu Weidong suddenly felt relaxed...

Edgar Snow was already considered a senior reporter at this time, but after listening to Hu Weidong's description of the battles in the past two years, he could not help but be deeply shocked and praised, "General Hu, you are really like a god with your troops."

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After hearing this, Hu Weidong shook his head repeatedly and said, "No, no, this is all the result of the bloody battles of the soldiers. I just dared to gamble and got lucky. In terms of real ability in using soldiers, there are not many people in the Red Army who are better than me."

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Edgar Snow smiled and said, "General, you are too humble."…

"No, this is not modesty, I am telling the truth." Hu Weidong explained seriously, "My real specialty is military industry. As for fighting, I can only say that I have an open mind and courage...

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"You mean that the reason why you have achieved unparalleled brilliant achievements in the past two years is not because your military talents are better than other Red Army generals, but because you have brought them to the Red Army."

Something urgently needed, right?" Edgar Snow keenly grasped the key points of Hu Weidong's words.

"Yes, can you imagine? In the past, even in the main force of the Red Army, one-third of the soldiers had to pick up swords and spears because they could not be assigned guns, and the average rifle was less than thirty

Shooting bullets, you have to know that these bullets are not only used for fighting, but also for training..." Hu Weidong said in a low voice, "At that time, more than 80% of the battles of our Red Army were to seize guns.

It was launched with ammunition, but the Red Army at that time lacked heavy firepower. It was difficult to capture even a slightly larger county town, let alone a big city. Even if the field battle was won, the ammunition that could be captured was extremely limited.

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Although Snow didn't understand military matters, he was extremely smart. He nodded immediately and said, "I understand. After you joined the Red Army, you brought many novel and effective tactics to attack the enemy. The more cities you conquered, the less you captured.

If there are more, then the troops will develop rapidly and be able to attack larger cities. This is a virtuous cycle..."

"However, the consumption of attacking fortresses is also high. As long as we fail once, we are likely to fall into a vicious cycle of 'ammunition loss - reduced combat power - more difficult to capture - weaker strength'. At that time, time was tight, and many times we simply did not have enough time to fully

Prepare, so we are actually gambling." Thinking about it now, Hu Weidong still felt a little scared, "Another gamble is that we often directly bring newly captured enemy soldiers over to fight alongside us, although our political workers are very

Excellent, but the time is too short after all, and there is still a lot of risk after all, especially if we encounter a defeat, but fortunately, during that time, we did not lose even once..."

"It is indeed very risky, but with all due respect, General Hu, why didn't you choose a more prudent approach at that time?" Snow couldn't help but ask after hearing this.

"It's not that I don't take the lives of my subordinates and myself seriously, but we were in a tight siege at that time. Every enemy was much stronger than us. If we couldn't grow quickly, we would be in trouble in the face of the enemy's superior strength.

We can only keep struggling to cope, and the villagers must be tortured because we do not have enough ability to protect them. Besides, we don’t dare to take risks when we are weak. Do we have to wait until we have more capital before taking risks?"

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