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#206 - Radar in hand! Students force abdication

After a series of major victories, they attracted the attention of almost all of the Japanese Northern China Area Army and the Kwantung Army, greatly reducing the pressure on the Allied forces in the South Pacific.

Thanks to the Pearl Harbor warning beforehand, and the subsequent drawing of the main forces of the North China and Kwantung Armies, the Rogue Eagle forces in Luzon held out for much longer than in historical timelines. It wasn't until New Year's Day of '43 that the majority of the Rogue Eagle's native troops in Luzon were evacuated with the support of the Navy.

In the original timeline, nearly 80,000 Rogue Eagles were surrounded and forced to surrender on the Bataan Peninsula. In this timeline, because the Allied South Pacific Task Force won against the Japanese First Fleet, they were able to continuously provide fire support and supplies to the Bataan Peninsula, eventually allowing them to fight their way to the east coast, where the Rogue Eagle's native forces boarded ships and retreated back to Australia.

The remaining Filipino troops were ordered to disperse and engage in guerrilla warfare in the jungle!

Since the Rogue Eagle leader didn't surrender, the Filipino cannon fodder who originally surrendered with them were naturally put to use. With continuous supplies via the sea from the Rogue Eagles, these remaining few tens of thousands of Filipino troops, familiar with the terrain, appeared and disappeared unpredictably in the jungle, causing no small amount of trouble for the Japanese, forcing over two divisions of Japanese soldiers to play hide-and-seek with these Filipinos in the jungle.

Having lost their advantage in concentrated firepower, the Japanese soldiers who entered the jungle were picked off by the Filipinos.

These Filipinos might not have much combat effectiveness when assembled for battle, but fighting independently in the jungle, each one was as cunning as a monkey, and they seemed to have a natural talent for guerrilla tactics to ambush the Japanese.

Given these connections, the things that Ren Zhong wanted were somewhat sensitive, but General Shi expressed understanding. To further strengthen the Eighth Route Army's strength and ensure that the Japanese army in the north could not move south, General Shi went to great lengths to obtain two sets of air defense facilities for the border region, even at the cost of considerable effort.

At the same time, he also acquired high-strength aircraft tire production technology. Although General Shi was not clear about what plans the border region had that required this technology, he did his best to secure it in order to encourage the border region to continue to exert pressure on the Japanese.

Upon receiving the news, Ren Zhong was naturally overjoyed.

It's not that he couldn't obtain these two things from the main world. As for the SCR-268 fire control radar, which is now outdated, it might be difficult to find very detailed production process information, but Ren Zhong could easily find information on most of the underlying principles, core design ideas, and materials.

With these things, it wouldn't take too long to research and manufacture them. However, having ready-made items to disassemble, reference, and verify would make the process even faster, so why not?

The same goes for high-strength aircraft tires. The patents for these early aircraft tires have already expired, so he could just look them up and use them, whether it's the first or second generation. Moreover, in this timeline, there's no need to worry about patent restrictions.

On the other hand, some of his new inventions that haven't appeared in this world yet... Ren Zhong hasn't had the time to deal with them yet. When he's a bit more relaxed, he'll have to consider registering the patents in North America first.

After the war ends, hot wars will become less frequent, and the competition will be in economics and technology. Many of the technologies being used ahead of time now, especially in the electronics industry, are the cornerstones of the future information age, representing huge market opportunities worth trillions of dollars. These technologies should be researched and developed while simultaneously applying for patents.

Lock down the leading development positions in these technology fields.

As factories rose one after another in the border region, and the roads were constantly widened and extended, there was no concept of 'hibernating' during the winter after the food problem was solved in the border region. Hundreds of thousands of laborers were either building roads, constructing water conservancy projects, building factories, or entering factories, transforming the border region day by day.

Electrical facilities included nearly a hundred hydroelectric power stations ranging from 50KW to 3000KW, more than ten 6000KW thermal power plants, over twenty 'five small industries' factories, and an even greater number of various ordnance factories.

Although they seemed very scattered, the total volume was already astonishing.

The monthly output of alloy steel exceeded 2,000 tons, and the output of gray cast iron and wrought iron even broke through the 10,000-ton mark!

These materials, in turn, promoted the production of more machine tools, factory facilities, and weapons. If there weren't a shortage of workers, the number of factories would have exploded even further.

Even so, in terms of the people's livelihood in the border region, over 2 million mu of cultivated land had achieved water conservancy irrigation and full support from chemical fertilizers. These lands would be the core cultivated land. With the current farming methods, supplemented by diesel engine rotary tillers, it would only take 100,000 people to cultivate these lands.

This released over 500,000 laborers. Most of them were engaged in infrastructure construction, building bridges, paving roads, and building houses, while the remaining 100,000 were absorbed into various factories by industry.

Ren Zhong changed the way agriculture was done, giving the border region, which was rapidly entering the initial industrial society, its first batch of seed workers.

However, in order to achieve high yields and stable production, research on improved seeds and hybridization has been ongoing. Some varieties have already achieved the goal of producing a thousand catties per mu, but it's unknown whether it can be sustained. This is something that must be adhered to for decades, as it concerns the rice bowls of hundreds of millions of compatriots in the future, and Ren Zhong doesn't dare to be negligent in the slightest.

Even when he's busy, he still takes the time to communicate with researchers at the agricultural science center to understand the situation and ensure that the entire hybridization work is carried out according to plan.

All in all, Ren Zhong spun like a top in every aspect.

Yet this is not the end.

As the Lunar New Year approached, a group of people surrounded him, demanding an explanation.

Chen Shusheng, the top student in the tank class exam, had originally studied mechanics at Central University. Hearing that the border region had tank units, he secretly came to the border region with his classmates without informing his parents in the wartime capital, joining the tank class to study.

Because driving a tank to fight the Japanese was his lifelong dream.

Who knew that after practicing for several months, they were still simulating tank driving in cars? This disappointment was too much for Chen Shusheng to bear.

“You’re Chen Shusheng, an outstanding trainee, first in theoretical studies and driving exams, right?” Ren Zhong said with a smile to the overly enthusiastic students, “What I can tell you is that we will not only have tanks, but these tanks will also be made by ourselves!”

Ren Zhong announced this somewhat unbelievable news to the students because, before long, the first tank would indeed be born.

“What? Impossible! How could the border region have the technology to produce tanks? Even the rear area doesn't have the ability to produce even the tracks of a tank, let alone high-precision parts like engines!” Chen Shusheng said with disbelief after hearing this.

“What’s wrong, Comrade Chen? You don’t seem to believe what I, the dean, am saying. How about we make a bet?” Ren Zhong greatly enjoyed this shocked and admiring gaze. “Why can't we produce tanks? We've already built four models of cars, and I believe you've all experienced the differences between these four cars.”

“May I ask you, students, who in the rear area can produce these cars?” Ren Zhong asked.

In this time and space, China was not without efforts in automobile manufacturing. The Northeast Minsheng Factory (Minsheng Factory Mortar Factory) started the pioneer work of automobile manufacturing in 1931. Unfortunately, it was a flash in the pan, and now this factory has been renamed as a factory of the little devils.

In such a large country, the only automobile manufacturing plant was snatched away.

“You have all seen the results and personally practiced driving these vehicles. If these things were not made by ourselves, who provided us with the accessories?”

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Students are simple, passionate, and prone to radical thoughts. Ren Zhong had just passed through this stage. Although separated by two time and spaces, he was still the same age in terms of mental age, so he could imagine their thoughts.

Because of this, Ren Zhong did not use the dean's authority but used facts to build confidence in these students.

Sure enough, after Ren Zhong said this, the somewhat excited students suddenly fell silent.

Indeed, they had not seen these vehicles from the border region anywhere else.

If it was just one or two cars, it could be said to be imported, but these cars they practiced with were everywhere in the border region.

According to their simple understanding, the extremely poor border region certainly did not have the money to buy so many cars.

Chen Shusheng thought further. He thought that these students practiced driving vehicles almost without limit. In China, where gasoline was extremely precious, this was also a very strange thing in the border region.

Could it be that the oil was also produced by the border region itself?

Chen Shusheng was a little shocked by his bold idea.

How is that possible?

He had studied for more than two years in university and knew the technical content of oil refineries. Moreover, it was already a conclusion that our country was poor in oil. Where did the border region really seize so much gasoline and diesel?

“Dean Ren, I hope you can give us a definite date to see when the tanks will be in place. We all want to learn real tanks as soon as possible and then fight the Japanese!” Chen Shusheng lowered his tone.

“I really can't give you a specific date. Students, our first tank is still a test model. The relevant process flow is not yet mature, so we need to do more testing to know the production cycle and quality assurance.”

“Dean Ren, we are willing to be the first generation of tank testers!” Chen Shusheng quickly signed up when he heard there was such a good thing.

“Interested students can sign up for a test drive,” Ren Zhong said with a smile. Selecting testers from the students was originally in the plan. “However, the first batch of test drivers requires both excellent character and learning. I hope everyone will not only focus on practical training but also learn theoretical knowledge thoroughly.

Tank warfare is a systematic project. It involves many interdisciplinary subjects. It's not just about driving the tank well, but also learning the cooperation between comrades, as well as the cooperation with infantry and artillery, infantry-artillery coordination, infantry-tank coordination, and infantry-artillery-tank integrated coordination! We need to master these tactics. Have you all learned these things?”

Ren Zhong's words made everyone lower their heads.

“Yes, Dean Ren, we know we were wrong. Please forgive us, Dean.” Chen Shusheng took responsibility alone, admitting his mistake very straightforwardly.

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