The crowd on the long street was bustling, but they consciously made way for Ren Xiaosu and Zhang Jinglin to make way to the 178 Fortress Memorial Bell.

Everyone knew this custom, and the first thing the young marshal did when he entered the city was to pay tribute to the pioneers who died in the battle for the 178th Fortress.

Zhang Jinglin looked at the residents on both sides of the street as he walked, and he suddenly asked Ren Xiaosu: "Do you know why our 178 fortress is fighting now?"

"I almost know," Ren Xiaosu smiled: "It's just that I haven't figured out how to protect them and how to be the master of this northwest." ”

Zhang Jinglin said with a smile: "I was the same as you at the beginning, when the old commander said that I would take over the 178 fortress, I was confused, and I said in my heart that I was just a medical soldier, how could I become the commander of the Northwest Army?"

"What happened later?" Ren Xiaosu said curiously.

"Later, he put me in a confinement room, and then told me that I was the only commander, and that I was the only one who could lead everyone to live, and if I didn't agree, he would keep me locked up," Zhang Jinglin recalled. ”

Ren Xiaosu was stunned, why did the commanders of the 178 fortresses have such a tortuous road to appointment one by one?

Zhang Jinglin saw that he was surprised, so he smiled and continued: "It's strange to say, none of the commanders of this 178 fortress were willing to do so at first, and the old commanders forced the next commander to submit like a hooligan.

"Mr. Zhang, you haven't changed at all," Ren Xiaosu sighed.

When he was in the market town school, Zhang Jinglin would grow vegetables in the yard by himself, and he would smoke cigarettes, although he was serious, he was never depressed when he got along.

Ren Xiaosu said curiously: "But why do you have to choose a candidate who I don't want to be the commander, there should be many people with strong ability." ”

"What the old commander told me was that I must choose someone who does not have this position in my eyes, because the commander of Fortress 178 does not need ambition or a desire for power," Zhang Jinglin explained.

"Why?" Ren Xiaosu was surprised.

"Because the duty of the 178 fortress is to guard, its commander must not have the intention of expanding the territory," Zhang Jinglin said seriously: "The meaning of our existence is these people around us, if one day this chariot starts to start for their own desires, then the 178 fortress will start the countdown to its demise." Of course, this choice is not necessarily right, but anyway, it has been chosen this way in the past, and I make a choice this way, and if I am wrong, I am not to blame, it was the old commander who asked me to do it. ”

"Wait, why did you start throwing the pot all of a sudden?!" Ren Xiaosu was stunned.

"But having said that, you must also work hard," Zhang Jinglin explained seriously: "Of course, you are doing very well now, I have been paying attention to the No. 144 barrier, and I was worried that you were too young to manage a barrier well, but I found that I was too worried." ”

Zhang Jinglin continued: "Using the contract system to open everyone's enthusiasm for land reclamation is the right medicine for the entire Northwest, and I must admit that you are much stronger than when I first took over." ”

Ren Xiaosu said curiously: "When Mr. Zhang first took over the 178 Fortress, what was it like?"

"I only had 178 Fortress at that time, but just such a fortress made me very busy, today some people say to improve armaments, expand the number of troops, tomorrow some people say that food is not enough, anyway, every day these government affairs are like a war," Zhang Jinglin sighed: "At that time, there was still the Zong clan making trouble in secret, and there were many problems inside the 178 Fortress, but fortunately, they were all solved, otherwise it would be really shameless to go down to see the old commander." However, after experiencing these things, I also concluded that no one is born suitable to be a commander, and after reaching that position, there will naturally be progress, and pressure will make people grow. ”

Although Zhang Jinglin said it very easily, Ren Xiaosu knew that Zhang Jinglin must have been difficult at that time.

Zhang Jinglin continued: "Now that you have a team, there are many talents in government affairs, and there are command geniuses like P5092 in the military, so I am more at ease." I'm more interested in your plan to revitalize Northwest 2.0 now, do you have any idea about version 3.0?"

1.0 is the abduction of high-tech talents, such as Wang Yun, P5092, Ji Ziang, etc.

2.0 is to cast a wide net, abduct a large number of refugees to support the construction of the northwest, open up wasteland for farming, and replenish technical talents.

This 2.0 is still very surprising, because those refugees are not all displaced people, and a large number of them are Tinder and Kong's technical workers, engineers, university professors and other Kochi professionals, and some of these people even hold patent projects, which is very strong for the technology supplement in the northwest.

For example, one of the scientists is one of the project leaders for the miniature pacemaker, and another scientist, for example, is the project leader for the disposable endoscope.

Although these talents are not obviously of great help to the war, a force cannot always think about war, and all-round development is the right thing.

Only those who really care about the development of power will understand how important these people are.

To say that Zhou Qiyang is really a fool, the other party only thinks that refugees are a burden, but he never thinks that this refugee also contains wealth.

Therefore, Zhang Jinglin will praise the Daxing Northwest 2.0 version, this abduction of refugees has really brought a huge surprise to the Northwest.

As for 3.0......

Ren Xiaosu shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I don't have a clue about the 3.0 plan yet." ”

"It's okay, don't worry," Zhang Jinglin said with a smile: "The days are still long." ”

At this time, the two had already walked to the memorial bell, a huge bronze bell hanging above the square, and eleven tall stone tablets scattered on the square, recording the eleven wars experienced by the 178 fortress.

Behind the two of them, there were dense 178 fortress people standing, and everyone silently looked at the backs of Zhang Jinglin and Ren Xiaosu in the square.

Zhang Jinglin said: "Under this monument is buried a list of pioneers who died in previous wars, a total of 279281 people died in battle. Eleven wars left the 178 fortress in ruins, but we won each time. Xiaosu, as the current commander, I actually don't have anything to teach you, but there is only one thing you must remember, although victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, but 178 Fortress cannot be lost, you look at the people behind you who are looking at you with expectant eyes, you should understand that 178 Fortress cannot afford to lose. ”

Behind them are millions, tens of millions of people from the Northwest, and they really can't afford to lose.

Everyone says that a person has to have the courage to accept failure, it is nothing to fail, the most important thing is whether you have the courage to get up.

But the Northwest Army is different, they must use courage, determination, wisdom, and even life to ensure the final victory of every war.

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There is another chapter in the evening, it will be very late, and it is recommended that everyone read it tomorrow morning