Zhang Xuewu's original intentions and actions of the Soviets were very puzzled. In fact, as long as the various uses of China by countries during World War II were not difficult to draw conclusions. Whether it was the Soviet Union or the United States, what they needed was the Chinese theater to drag the main force of the Japanese army, and the blood of Chinese soldiers in exchange for the little pitiful assistance needed to maintain the situation.

Historically, until the end of the war, the US government's various materials and arms aided China in accordance with the Lease Act were worth more than 800 million US dollars at the price at that time. These materials include more than 60,000 Chinese troops stationed in India, vehicles, ammunition, weapons, equipment, and food, clothing, housing and transportation costs stationed in India.

As well as the consumption of supplies of the US Flying Tigers and strategic bombers stationed in China, the arms, oil, food, and the range of cars, aircraft fuel, etc., it can be said that the Americans played a stingy role in aiding China.

During World War II, Britain and the Soviet Union received strategic materials worth 30 billion US dollars and 15 billion US dollars respectively. China received more than a fraction of the aid from Britain and the Soviet Union. Since the materials transported to China need to be transported to India or Myanmar first, under the supervision of the British, strategic materials worth nearly 200 million US dollars became the "loss" of the British population? In the most difficult time in China, the despicable and shameless British people still lay on the arteries of China to suck blood. Every dollar of materials they stole, Chinese soldiers paid a gallon of blood on the battlefield.

In history, China has drawn out its most elite troops for the Yunnan-Burma mortise battle when the frontal battlefield is frequently in a tight situation. The elite troops on the domestic battlefield, such as the 74th Army, only six bullets per soldier in the same month! Not to mention the rest of the miscellaneous troops, it is hard to resist the Japanese steel.

Zhang Xuewu remembered that after the outbreak of the Pacific War, the United States of America officially declared war with the Japanese Empire. The Americans have been worried about a very headache because from the perspective of comprehensive national strength and military strength, the problem is not a big problem for the United States to defeat Japan, but the problem is how much does it cost to defeat Japan? After all, the United States is a country with a democratic and multi-party political party. It cannot be a dictatorial government like Japan. The country requires the people to dedicate their lives and property unrestrictedly for the leaders and so-called countries. If the Americans sacrifice too much in the war against Japan, the aloofness and anti-war sentiment in the United States will rise. The government in the world has to be forced to comply with the public opinion and hold a ceasefire in the middle of the war.

In fact, when the Japanese war was launched on the Pacific War, he also put the bet on the weakness of the United States being able to withstand the consumption of goods but not human consumption! The Japanese military department believes that if the Japanese army can cause huge casualties to the US military, the US government may be worried about gains and losses, and reached an armistice agreement with Japan and Japan in the middle, acquiescing East Asia and Southeast Asia as the spheres of influence to the Japanese empire.

Since the exhibition, the United States has been considering opening up a second battlefield and allowing third countries to participate in the war to share the casualties of the US military. Historically, under the leadership of the United States, twenty-six countries formed an anti-fascist alliance and swore to fight against the German, Italian and Japanese Axis Power Group. However, most of these countries were weak countries or governments in exile, and the US government did not expect much from them. At that time, the US government considered that it could effectively help the United States fight against Japan and that there were only three countries that shared the casualties of the US military, namely Britain, China and the Soviet Union. However, the British were famous for their own self-interest, and in the face of the huge advantages of the Germans, it was good that the British could defend it. On the Soviet side, the Americans estimated that the existence of the Japan-Soviet Neutral Treaty was worried that the Soviets would take the opportunity to speak out, so the only choice for the Americans was China.

First, China has been invaded by Japan for many years, and launching a counterattack against the Japanese army is the unshirkable responsibility and obligation of the Chinese. Second, China's human resources are very sufficient, and what is insufficient is only weapons and ammunition. Therefore, the US government has envisioned a plan of "Americans pay money, Chinese people pay for their lives". The United States provides weapons and equipment to China, and the Chinese army opens a second battlefield in the China War Zone to jointly attack the Japanese army.

However, the American Guren is still the most targeted supporter of Japan at this moment. From US aid loans to aircraft engines, rubber, crude oil, and scrap steel, Americans’ support for Japan is far greater than that of China, which is very consistent with the concrete manifestation of the American spirit, that is, interests are more than anything else, and they can reap the benefits of fishermen.

Therefore, in Zhang Xuewu's view, whether it is the aid of the Soviets or the aid of the Americans, it is very unreliable. Rehe must rely on himself and wait for the victory of the war. I am afraid that history will return to its original trajectory, which means that China's huge sacrifice will not be rewarded.

Therefore, Zhang Xuewu found that although Rehe was facing a full siege by the Japanese army at this moment, it seemed to be a crisis, but it was not actually dangerous. Because Zhanyang's Fifth Reorganization Division and Tang Ziqiang's mechanized division, plus he secretly hid in Baotou, he also had three mobile troops, plus five second-line sorting divisions serving as local garrisons, Rehe's defense was almost solid. Four of the Wuwu mobile artillery groups in the artillery cluster belonged to Chengde, Chaoyang, Chifeng, and Zhangjiakou. Facing the Rehe flying troops that had air supremacy, a large number of heavy artillery and rocket launchers were continuously sent to the front line from Dingyuan Camp and Baotou.

〖China's defenders' firepower is increasing. Faced with the strong fortress city that has accumulated more than 30,000 troops, the Japanese army dare not easily divide their troops to cross, because the vast grasslands of Chahar are the world of Rehe Lehe Legion's combat chariots and fighter jets.

Although Li Xinkai was not as good as Li Songtao in command, his average and loyalty made Zhang Xuewu very satisfied. Zhang Xuewu increasingly found that he seemed to be trapped in a vicious circle, that is, he liked commanders who were well-behaved. Like Li Songtao, Ye Yunfei, and Tang Ziqiang, who were extremely adventurous and strong, there were always some concerns, and there were too few excellent commanders like Zhan Yang. Zhang Xuewu found that his military consciousness seemed to be getting worse and worse?

Zhang Xuewu was not worried about the situation in Rehe. He had been operating the four cities for nearly four years and invested a lot of manpower and material resources. The fortress city built in accordance with the war model was to consume the vitality of the Japanese army and have sufficient mobile troops to carry out annihilation strikes on any Japanese army that broke into any side. With a chief of staff like Li Xinkai in charge, Li Xinkai would naturally determine when to attack, so he was very relieved about the war in Rehe.

However, a report from the Geological Survey Institute from Rehe sent to the war-torn Nanjing through secret telegrams. Zhang Xuewu was curious and took a look at the untimely secret telegram. A geologist named Sun Jianchu jointly wrote a letter to the Rehe government, saying that there may be oil fields in Yumen, Gansu, and asked for funds and dispatched personnel to protect them for effective surveys.

Yumen Oilfield? Zhang Xuewu suddenly remembered something that he had forgotten for a long time, that is, Chaogewenduer Town, Urat Houqi, explored a large oilfield with a reserve of about 1.40 million tons, and the oil quality was high, with an average drilling depth of 950 to 1,200 meters, the oil layer was of medium permeability, and the crude oil was paraffin-based.

In the "Modern History of Japan" by Zhang Xuewu recalled later generations, he often saw the words "Japan" that would have been so much if the Daqing Oilfield was found, because if the Daqing Oilfield could be discovered at that time, it might have directly affected Japan's policy of southward advance, and turned into a cross-strike with Germany to the Soviet Union. "Japan" himself always regretted that he could not find the Daqing Oilfield before the war.

However, Zhang Xuewu knew that this was just a nonsense. The reason why he failed to find the Daqing Oilfield was entirely because the oil drilling depth in Japan before the war reached only about 700 meters to the deepest 820 meters. With the drilling technology at that time, it was difficult to reach a sufficient depth. Even in 1940, the Gotlov deep well platform owned by the Soviets in the world could only drill 1,000 meters.

In fact, the Songji Sanyue, which marked the first oil well discovered in the Daqing Oilfield, only produced oil when drilling to a paraffin oil layer between 1,350 meters and 1,380 meters. Therefore, even if Daqing is in the hands of Zhang Xuewu, Zhang Xuewu cannot mine it because the drilling technology cannot meet the requirements at all.

The Yumen Oilfield mentioned by Sun Jianchu is located in Yumen County, Gansu Province. Its geographical location is backed by the Qilian Mountains in the south, the Gobi Desert in the north, the border key Jiayuguan in the east, and the Dunhuang in the west, which is the only way to move westward.

Zhang Xuewu recalled that in history, it may be around the end of 1938, Sun Jianchu, Yan Shuang,

Scholars such as Jin Xigeng formally conducted exploration and geological confirmation and development next to Laojun Temple in Yumen.

About half a year later, Well No. 1, located more than ten meters north of Laojun Temple, saw oil when oil was manually excavated. Well No. 1 discovered the K oil layer, thus opening the prelude to Yumen Oil Mining Industrial Development. Later, it was started to be used in Yumen Laojun Temple Oilfield through the Soviet-aided rod pump oil production technology. Two years later, Well No. 4 suffered a strong blowout, and the crucial L layer was discovered. Yumen Oilfield has entered a period of large-scale development.

During the entire War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Yumen Oil Mine produced a total of 250,000 tons of crude oil, accounting for more than 90% of the national crude oil production during the same period, making an extremely important contribution to the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. It is said that China's complete oil-free period is purely a nonsense that he made up his own claims.

Zhang Xuewu immediately responded through a secret telegram, asking Li Xinkai to send a considerable number of armored teams and special forces guard Sun Jian, a junior scholar, to go to Laojun Temple for exploration, and investigate and map military maps along the way, and do preliminary work to prepare for westward advance to ensure mining.
Chapter completed!