Chapter 357: Railway Soldiers

The news that Yu Mingjun had occupied the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and built it into a springboard base for entering Japan soon reached the hands of Liu Xia in Luoyang at an expedited speed of 800 miles. And let it continue its efforts to develop the naval force into the most powerful fleet in the world.

As for the train track from Luoyang to Jiaozhou, it has been basically completed, and there is a Yellow River Bridge to connect the two sides, as long as the Yellow River Bridge is completed, then it will be able to quickly transport a lot of manpower and material resources from Luoyang. The speed can definitely go up several levels. It is also good for the people on both sides of the railway.

Some small rivers and the like on the road, the railway department has already built a strong bridge, at this time, no one dares to cut corners, and some people in charge even add more cement and steel to ensure that the bridge is qualified and strong. If something happens to this bridge, then his life is probably not guaranteed, this is not a big problem, the biggest problem is that his descendants will be doomed.

Of course, where there is food, there are rats, which is definitely a universally accepted truth in China. However, in the construction of the railway, even if there is corruption, it is a small profit.

Seeing that the construction of the railway from Luoyang to Jiaozhou is about to be completed, the railway from Luoyang to Xi'an is also about to be completed. For these two railways, Liu Xia has recruited a lot of manpower. Most of the manpower was taken from all the prisons under the rule of the Pingbei Army and sent to labor reform. Whoever behaves better will be able to shorten the sentence. Originally, the death penalty could be given to life imprisonment, and life imprisonment was to be given to life term. So the prisoners were very energetic and wanted to get out as soon as possible.

Everywhere along the construction of the railway, you can see bare-headed prisoners in dirty prison uniforms, constantly carrying and building the railway, one by one, burying their heads in hard work, competing for comparison.

The construction of the railway from Luoyang to Xi'an is basically completed, but it has not yet been opened to traffic, and further inspection is needed to check whether it is safe.

Luo Chengxian, the chief of the railway department, happily came to the study of the palace and said to Liu Xia: "Lord, our railway from Luoyang to Xi'an has been built. This is the detailed parameter, and now the Academy of Science and Technology has begun to conduct safety inspections on the railway, once the test is passed. It will be open to traffic. In the future, the time to Xi'an will be greatly reduced, and it will be more convenient to transport materials. ”

Liu Xia picked up the document handed over by Luo Chengxian, looked at it a few times and said, "Well, it's done well." Let the people of the Institute of Science and Technology carefully inspect the railways in every place, and there must be no existence of tofu slag projects, once it is found that it will be seriously dealt with. No toleration. Now that the railway from Luoyang to Xi'an has been built, your railway department will start to build the railway from Luoyang to Xinyang, and after the railway leaves Luoyang, it turns south from Zhengzhou to Xinyang Prefecture. ”

"Zhengzhou?" Luo Chengxian was a little surprised, he didn't know why Liu Xia chose this place, Zhengzhou is now just a small county under the jurisdiction of Kaifeng Prefecture, and it is dilapidated. According to Luo Chengxian's idea, the railway will be built to Kaifeng south, after all, Kaifeng is the seat of Kaifeng Prefecture, is an important place, Kaifeng is still the ancient capital of several dynasties, and the transportation location is also very superior.

"Why doesn't the prince go south in Kaifeng, after all, Kaifeng is the seat of Kaifeng Mansion."

Liu Xia waved his hand casually and said, "You can go back and study this by yourself, and just decide for yourself." It is necessary to repair the railway to Xinyang as soon as possible, which can also alleviate the embarrassment of the Kuiwolf Army. Although the terrain of the Central Plains is flat, and it is not difficult to transport supplies, it is still too slow, and once Wu Sangui aims his troops and horses at the Kuiwolf Legion, we will not have enough time to quickly transport troops and ammunition. ”

Now Liu Xia has the railway directly inserted into the north.

"By the way, you also build a bridge over the Yellow River here in Luoyang to Shanxi, and then build a railway from Luoyang to Shanxi, and then turn from Shanxi to Beijing, so that you can also reach the Vermilion Bird Legion and the Blue Dragon Legion in Hebei."

Once all the railways that Liu Xia wants are completed, then it will be very fast to transport military funds and troops, whether it is north and south or east and west. Even if Luoyang is in danger, the troops from other places will gather in Luoyang just as quickly. However, the premise is that Liu Xia must send enough troops to protect the safety of the railway.

Now the safety of the railway depends on the local garrison to guard it, so Liu Xia is not at ease. A few days ago, there were some people who tried to destroy the railway, but fortunately they found it early and arrested those people.

Later, Liu Xia issued a notice that anyone who destroyed the railway would be sentenced to life or death. Of course, these are not enough, especially the enemy. Right. Molecules, people are not afraid of your threat at all.

So Liu Xia planned to set up a railway soldier to protect the railway. This is also a no-brainer, if the current railway is like the 21st century, Liu Xia does not have to worry about it at all.

"This king plans to form three railway troops first, and the railway soldiers are organized according to the regiment, and there must be two to three railway soldiers for every kilometer of railway distance to defend, and at the same time, there must be an emergency squadron of fifty people every fifty kilometers. It is necessary to build an emergency passage for the use of the railway soldiers. ”

"One of these three railway soldiers defends the line from Luoyang to Xi'an, one defends the line from Luoyang to Jiaozhou, and one defends the line from Luoyang to Xinyang, which is about to be built. As for the number of people, your railway department will calculate it. The Railroad Corps will be selected from all garrisons and logisticians, and some of the legions who want to become Railroad Corps can also join. For the time being, your railway department will manage the arrangement tasks of the railway soldiers. ”

After all, the railway soldiers are a new product, and now as for letting them take off their military uniforms and look like investigators, Liu Xia has not yet decided. However, the task of the railway soldiers is very important, although they are not as powerful as those field soldiers who go to the battlefield, they cannot be too weak. As soon as some outlaws, poles, or some ruffians come looking for trouble with weapons, they must take them down. If these detectives are allowed to do it, it will definitely not work. Liu Xia knew very well who the investigators were, they were all people who had retreated from the battlefield, although they had fought on the battlefield, but because they were injured in their hands or feet during the battle, their combat effectiveness was not too strong.

"These three railway regiments will first be under the management of your railway department, and you will notify the logistics department and ask them to make special clothing for you to distinguish themselves from the army."

The uniforms of the army, whether it is a field unit or a garrison regiment, are black. As for the exception of special classes such as the Eagle Guard, the Navy is now also black and has not changed color. The investigators are dressed in red, which is eye-catching, so that people can know that there are law enforcers at a glance. As for what clothes the railway soldiers wear, Liu Xia didn't plan to worry about it, so he let the people from the Logistics Department get it.

The whole territory of Sichuan, including the Chongqing Prefecture, was also completed, Liu Xia continued to increase support for Li Dingguo, and the troops and material resources were continuously sent, which greatly increased his strength and began to counterattack Wu Sangui, and Guizhou became the main battlefield, and there were wars everywhere. Li Dingguo's talent is not inferior to Wu Sangui, and it is even much stronger than this Wu Sangui.

Sun Kewang's family background beaten by Li Dingguo was basically finished, and there were less than 2,000 men left at the moment, and finally fled to Guiyang under the pursuit of Li Dingguo, and Sun Kewang had no troops under his command. Wu Sangui was not as good as he was at the beginning. Became a little cold. Sun Kewang naturally knew what the reason was, and now that the troops in his hands were gone, he could only put aside his ambitions first and began to endure humiliation.

"Sooner or later, my grandson will hopefully be able to reach the golden throne and enjoy the worship of all peoples. Sacrifice to heaven and earth, go to Mount Tai to seal Zen! ”

Sun Kewang was very unwilling, and Wu Sangui also knew it, but now Wu Sangui didn't want to kill Sun Kewang. Therefore, that Sun Kewang could only survive, otherwise he would have been secretly executed by Wu Sangui.

Li Dingguo's tossing of Wu Sangui in Guizhou made Wu Sangui have no time to take care of the Kuiwolf Legion. I want to kill Li Dingguo, give Liu Xia a good look, and let Liu Xia still support Li Dingguo, and I will give you Li Dingguo's head!