After everyone sat down, Chang Kaishen said with a dark face: "Everyone, you all know the situation, right?"

The senior generals and staff at the meeting nodded, saying that they had grasped the situation of Taiyuan's liberation.

Chang Kaishen said to Chen Bulei again: "Yanji, first talk about the economic, military and political impact of the Eighth Route Army after the restoration of Taiyuan?"

"Yes." Chen Bulei responded and said, "Let's talk about the economic impact first."

"Taiyuan is the provincial capital of Shanxi. Chief Yan of the Second World War Zone has been operating in Shanxi for many years and laid a solid industrial foundation. The essence of Shanxi's industry is gathered in Taiyuan."

“In the 26th year of the Republic of China, before the fall of Taiyuan,”

"Almost all industrial categories have been built covering steel, electricity, chemistry, coal, steel, machinery, leather, textile, building materials, papermaking and cigarettes."

“And they all have a considerable scale.”

"At that time, Shanxi's tax revenue was second only to Shanghai."

"After the Japanese army occupied Taiyuan, they dismantled most of the industrial equipment."

"But there are three types of equipment not only not removed, but have been strengthened to a considerable extent, namely the power, coal and steel industries. In the five years since the Japanese occupied Taiyuan, the Taiyuan Steel Plant has provided at least 50,000 tons of steel to the Japanese government! And there is also information that Mitsui Co., Ltd. is preparing to increase the production scale of the Taiyuan Steel Plant."

After a pause, Chen Bulei said again: "So, the restoration of Taiyuan will inevitably cause an economic blow to the Japanese and puppet government, and will slow down and even prevent the Japanese from continuing to plunder materials from Shanxi."

However, Chang Kaishen is more concerned about how many benefits the Eighth Route Army can get from it?

At that moment, Chang Kaishen asked in a deep voice: "Is it possible for the Eighth Route Army to remove these machinery and equipment back to their base and rebuild a factory?"

Chen Bulei said ambiguously: "Maybe, not possible."

"What do you mean?" Chang Kaishen frowned and said, "Make it clear."

"Yes." Chen Bulei said respectfully, "It is entirely possible for the Eighth Route Army to dismantle Taiyuan's machinery and equipment. As long as time permits, they can even remove all the steel for building the factory and transport it back to the base. However, it is absolutely impossible for them to build the factory again in the so-called base area and put it into production."

"It's totally impossible?" Chang Kaishen said, "It's really impossible?"

"It's really impossible." Chen Bulei said, "I won't talk about the technical thresholds of factories such as steel, electricity, machinery, chemistry, etc., but transportation and supporting facilities are an insurmountable problem. So at most, the Eighth Route Army will build several small workshop-style factories to solve the problem of whether there is any problem, so there is no need to think about production capacity."

Hearing this, Chang Kaishen breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the Eighth Route Army cannot vigorously develop industry with the help of these machinery and equipment, there will be no problem. Just a few small workshop-style factories cannot become a climate.

Chen Bulei said again: "Of course, it would be a different matter if the Eighth Route Army could defend the Taiyuan principle."

"This is absolutely impossible." Chang Kaishen said flatly, "The Japanese will definitely counterattack wildly. With the Eighth Route Army's urinary nature, they will definitely give up Taiyuan in the end. There is no doubt about this."

He paused and said, "You will continue to talk about the military influence."

Chen Bulei said, "Commissioner, can Director Liu give a message to his military influence?"

"Okay." Chang Kaishen's eyes turned to Liu Fei, the director of the Operations Department, and said, "Wei Zhang, then let's talk about it."

"Okay." Liu Fei stood up and said respectfully, "The loss of Taiyuan has a great impact on the entire Japanese army's defense deployment in North China, and it can even be said to be fatal."

"Because Taiyuan is not only the provincial capital and economic and political center of Shanxi, but also the transportation hub of Shanxi."

"If Taiyuan is lost, the Japanese army in Shanxi will be cut into several pieces, and they will no longer be able to form an effective linkage between each other and will be easily defeated by each other."

"Shanxi and Shandong are the left and right wings of the Japanese army in North China."

"Once one wing in Shanxi is broken, Hebei will be completely exposed. Then the Japanese army in North China is like a bird with one wing, which can no longer fly into the sky and will easily be captured and eaten by hunters."

Chang Kaishen said: "That is to say, Shanxi must not be in trouble for the Japanese army?"

"Yes." Liu Fei said solemnly, "For the Japanese army, if Shanxi is lost, the entire North China will be out of stock. At that time, they will have no other choice except to withdraw the pass."

Chang Kaishen said, "I'm relieved."

After a pause, he said to Chen Bulei: "Yanji, let's talk about your political influence."

"Okay." Chen Bulei said respectfully, "The political influence is divided into three aspects. First of all, the Japanese side. The fall of Taiyuan will definitely cause a great shock to the top Japanese leaders. If nothing unexpected happens, the Japanese base camp will suspend the movement of pulling troops from North China, and maybe even adding troops to Shanxi, which will support the Pacific battlefield from the side."

"The second is the domestic influence. Taiyuan's liberation will definitely boost the confidence and morale of all the people. At the same time, it cannot be ignored that it will greatly enhance the fame of the Eighth Route Army and the Communist Party. If left alone, it will not take long, domestic people and overseas Chinese will only know that the Communist Party will fight against Japan, but will not remember the sacrifices made by the Party and the country."

Hearing this, Chen Changkai's face collapsed and he said in a deep voice: "This is exactly what I am worried about."

After pausing, he turned his head and asked Xiao Tongzi, the president of Central Communications, and said: "Tongzi, do you have any good suggestions?"

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Tongzi said, "We can only preach the propaganda. The Taiyuan Battle was initiated under the unified command of the Chief of the Second World War Zone. The participating troops were not only the Eighth Route Army, but also the Jinsui Army and the Central Army. It was precisely because the Jinsui Army's Unique Brigade and the Central Army's Unique 94th Brigade provided strong support in northwest Shanxi that the Eighth Route Army was able to restore Taiyuan."

"Yes." Chang Kaishen said happily, "That's the truth, just promote it like this!"

Chen Bulei said again: "Committee, it's easy to talk about in China, but overseas Chinese and beautiful governments are not easy to fool. I'm worried that after the news of Taiyuan's liberation spread, the Overseas Chinese Association proposed to transfer the donated funds and materials to Yan'an, and the beautiful government is really likely to have substantial contact with Yan'an."

Hearing this, Chang Kaishen's face collapsed again, which was what he was most worried about.

To be honest, he is not afraid of any troubles in the Southeast Asian overseas Chinese. Anyway, the materials donated by overseas Chinese must pass through the Kuomintang-controlled area and be detained under various names.

But if the beautiful government wants to cooperate with Yan'an, it will be troublesome.
Chapter completed!