"Inform the artillery battalion to immediately go to the front line to set up minefields, the density should be large, and all the mines we brought will be buried." Chen Fan saw that the positions of the artillery battalion had been laid out, and began to tell them to hurry up and not know the minefield. In fact, after the mine was made by Li Xuanqing, because of technical factors and the situation of both the offensive and defensive sides, there were not many conditions. However, after the rifle equipment, the technology of the mine has also innovated a generation, and it can already be used as a formal weapon to be installed in the troops, and the cavalry gun is not making much progress at present, so the cavalry is still equipped with Tang knives, but it is also a gun per person, which is convenient for them to dismount and fight anytime and anywhere. And this time all cavalry turned into infantry and participated in positional warfare was also a factor.

Chen Fan has studied a lot of landmines, and this is related to the fact that he himself is also the general system of the artillery battalion, and according to the current plan of the General Staff Headquarters, artillery will be separated from the infantry auxiliary unit and become a technical branch alongside the cavalry and infantry by next year at the latest. Therefore, Chen Fan personally commanded the soldiers of the artillery battalion to lay a huge minefield with a width of 300 meters and a length of five or six miles along the battlefield five miles away, just thinking of using the mines to inflict a huge blow on the opposing cavalry unit before the artillery strike.

Chen Fan's actions made Ge Cunzhou, Lu Yi and others who came later frightened, such a wide minefield is only afraid that nearly 100,000 mines need to be planted, if it explodes...... Li Feixue only felt a cold sweat break out on the back of her head, and her gaze changed when she looked at the commander. However, Chen Fan was unconscious, and constantly instructed the artillery to mark a safe passage between the buried points, no matter what era the mine is one of the most troublesome weapons, once you don't pay attention to it, it will become a weapon that kills and injures yourself, so Chen Fan can't help but not take it seriously.

However, when Chen Fan arranged the big killer weapon in the Tatar border battlefield, another good news came from the base camp of Chang'an, after three months of intense construction of the Fengzhou railway line, the first phase of the project is about to be completed, because of the needs of the northwest, so the first section of the Fengzhou railway chose to build not the east line, but the west line, that is, the railway line from Fengzhou to Lingzhou. The area here can be said to be the earliest industrial base of the Tang Empire, and it is also the most solid area to support Li Xuanqing, coupled with Zhang Quanfu's afforestation in Sanfeng and Dengkou and other places for many years, it has basically fixed the quicksand near Dingyuan City, so after transporting a large amount of gravel paving from Helan Mountain, the railroad tracks were laid smoothly, and the progress was very fast, and the two lines of Fengzhou and Lingzhou started, and now they are ready to meet near Dingyuan City.

"Your Majesty, this time the construction company has made the ultimate use of waste, and all the gravel brought by the cave and the bombing of Helan Mountain has been transported to the railway line as a foundation. And this time a new industry was born, many quarries have started, there are still a lot of volcanic stones in the northwest, and the concrete industry is very tight now. Cen Tianshi found Li Xuanqing early in the morning to report the good news.

"The integration of Toyosu and the main railway lines is of great significance to the development of Toyoshu." Li Xuanqing nodded and said with a smile: "And the most important thing is that the materials in Guanzhong can be directly transported to the grassland through Lingzhou, and the goods and goods in Fengzhou also have a channel out of the fortress, which has a far-reaching impact on the transportation linkage of the entire empire." ”

After Cen Tianshi left, Qiaoxi saw Li Xuanqing draw the railway line between Fengzhou and Lingzhou on the map, and immediately smiled: "Big brother, this line seems to have been in the previous life, but which line is it?" However, the railway line we are building now is much less difficult than that of later generations. ”

Li Xuanqing nodded, put down the charcoal pen in his hand and said: "Compared with the later generations, it is naturally a lot smaller, the natural environment of our era is much better than that of the later generations, the Ulan Bu Desert is much smaller than the later generations, and it has not crossed Helan Mountain, on the contrary, it has been blocked by us." After a pause, he changed the topic and said, "I'm wondering if our Fengzhou base will surpass Bohai Bay to become the largest industrial base in the empire after the railway." ”

"That's for sure, Fengzhou has a special geographical location, plus it is the starting place of the Tiance Army, many people regard it as the land of the empire's dragon rejuvenation, even the third brother Murong They also put the family's main industrial industry in Fengzhou, not to mention the other major families? Moreover, since the business community of Fengzhou has followed us to fight the world, it has long accumulated the strength of the Jiangnan region, and the influence of the various enterprises they opened in Fengzhou in the country will not be small. What's more, our industrial group and equipment department are located in the large-scale manufacturing base in the Fengzhou area, which are not comparable to other regions. Qiaoxi took over the conversation and said: "And in the long run, the people of Fengzhou will be more sensitive to industry and commerce than people in other places, and the pearl will really play its own light." Qiaoxi did not say a word, Fengzhou is located in the grassland and the inland junction, if the future large-scale development of the grassland, there will be more important, especially the construction of the straight road will greatly drive the grassland and the hinterland business exchanges, Fengzhou will occupy a great advantageous position.

"Big brother, aren't we going to see the closing ceremony of the Fengling Railway?" Qiaoxi saw that Li Xuanqing was still pondering his words, so he walked over and shook his hand and asked.

Li Xuanqing shook his head, stretched out his hand to wrap his hand around Qiaoxi's fragrant shoulder, and walked to the outside of Changqing Hall and said: "You have accompanied me all over the world this year, and you haven't had a few days of peace, and now it's almost the end of the year, let's not go anywhere, just stay in Chang'an, take the little apocalypse, and enjoy family life for a few days." ”

Qiaoxi's pretty face was slightly red by Li Xuanqing's words, and she gently leaned on Li Xuanqing's shoulder and said softly: "Big brother, Qiaoxi is not hard, let's come step by step, and we are getting closer and closer to the ideal, Qiaoxi feels very happy." I just feel sorry for the little apocalypse, we are not by his side most of the year. ”

"How about we find him an early education teacher next year?" Qiaoxi looked at Li Xuanqing's eyes full of tenderness, moved slightly, tilted his head and asked.

The concept of early education in this era is too advanced, and only the conversation between the couple can say this, and if others know these words, they probably don't know what they are talking about. Li Xuanqing asked lightly, Qiaoxi shook his head and said: "How can there be an early education teacher now, it's really not good, let's be an early education teacher for him ourselves, take time to reminisce about what these two-year-old children should learn in the future." ”

"That's what I said, where did early education come from now?" Qiaoxi was also stunned by his own words, and then smiled: "If not, let's come by ourselves, enlighten him as soon as possible, maybe we can take him out for a walk, see the world more, so that I won't become a gentleman in the future." ”

Li Xuanqing and his wife were talking about how to give Xiao Tianqi enlightenment education when the railroad built on both sides of Dingyuan City also reached the final closing stage, and the Fengzhou political envoy and Lingzhou political envoy who were present at the scene jointly presided over the closing ceremony, and tens of thousands of workers quickly laid the last mile-long railroad track and sleepers, and the sections of rails began to take shape, and countless rivets and the latest screws also began to stabilize the track and complete the final ceremony.

Almost at the same time, the first train to be assembled in Toyosu was assembled at Toyosu Railway Station and departed from Toyosu on time, carrying all the high-level officials of the Toyosu local government and representatives of the business community for the first time, only a rumbling whistle and clangling sound were heard, and white mist and billowing smoke began to spew out from the locomotive in front of him, and the train began to leave Toyosu Railway Station and headed west.

Although trains are no longer uncommon in the Tang Empire, there are still many people who have not seen them, and those who are fortunate enough to be selected as representatives of the people are more curious about the iron guys who are accelerating under their feet. However, the bigwigs of Toyoshu's business community sat in their seats and were not curious about the train, but discussed with each other the significance of the railway to Toyoshu.

"Brother Yelu, the Fengling Railway is open, and your family's business in the northwest will be more prosperous, and the goods produced in Fengzhou can be directly transported to Hexi by railway, so there will definitely be more profits." Murong Hanhai's eldest brother, Murong Chongfeng, looked at Yelu Qi, the second son of the Yelu family opposite him, and smiled.

"Brother Chongfeng said with a smile, how can my Yelu family compare with your Murong family. I heard that Sister Feixue has been very close to the Xu family recently, is she preparing to get married? Yeluqi is also very proud of his father's strategy of laying out the northwest, but the Murong family in front of him is not comparable to their family, although they are both five wealthy businessmen, but there is still a gap between the Yelu family and the Murong family. It's just that Murong Chongfeng in front of him is an outlier, he doesn't have much interest in business, but likes to travel everywhere, all these years the family business has been thrown to his sister Murong Feixue, but he doesn't stop walking all over the world, and he is at home for a few days all year round.

"Brother Chongfeng, when did you come back? Where was it last time? "The Yelu family and the Murong family have a good relationship, so Yelu Qi dares to joke with Murong Chongfeng and make fun of Murong Feixue.

"I went to Japan and looked at the customs over there." Murong Chongfeng's words made Yeluqi startled, this voyage to Japan originally thought that it was just Xu Xingxia's Xu family going alone, but he didn't expect this guy to go silently, no wonder Murong Feixue stayed with Xu Xingxia almost every day during that time, and quickly his brother also followed.

"Is Japan fun?" The train was still continuing towards Lingzhou, and on the way, it had basically walked out of the controlled area of Fengzhou City, and the people around Yeluqi and Murong Chongfeng changed positions and sat beside him and asked curiously.

"It's not fun, there are wars everywhere, but the scenery is not bad, but the weather is too far away from my Datang, and I am alone on an island, how can I compare with my Datang." Murong Chongfeng shook his head, a little disdainful and said: "Now our Datang is the same every year under the leadership of the emperor, this railway is a terrible thing, once it is opened, it will drive a substantial increase in the economy along the line, and the flow of goods and people will also make the country more stable." ”

The sending and receiving train is running on the railway, and Dingyuan City has also completed the final process, the railway closed smoothly, in a mountain and tsunami, the political envoys of the two provinces also sounded the gongs and drums, countless firecrackers began to sound, Dingyuan City was immersed in the sea of festivals for a while, the Fengling Line was completed a year ago, which is also the most arduous task set by the Railway Division, originally according to the planning of the Railway Division, it was impossible to start building the second railway at the same time when the Changjin Line was still started. However, the Railway Department and the construction company should have allocated half of their technical strength and completed the construction of the 600 or 700 miles of railway in more than three months with the prisoners of war sent from Nanzhao. However, in order to speed up, the remaining veins of Helan Mountain in the middle were directly blown up by these guys with explosives, including the previous Qifu Mountain, which was directly blown up, and the two railway lines in the huge gap directly passed through the mountain.

After the closing ceremony, a large number of workers and prisoners of war took a train from Lingzhou to Fengzhou, preparing to clear the road obstacles in the east between the snow at the end of the year and prepare for the construction after the beginning of spring next year. However, they also left some workers to use a small number of excavators to completely flatten the collapsed part of the mountain, using cement and stones to create a standard gentle slope structure.

After a large number of workers and prisoners of war were transported to Fengzhou, they were transported from Fengzhou or carrying a large number of goods and other goods to Guanzhong in a hurry, some of them were unloaded in Lingzhou, and most of them were sent to Guanzhong and then dispersed to other places. And the coke urgently needed by steel mills around the country was also rushed out. The Fengling Railway has entered full capacity almost as soon as it was opened. The seventeen locomotives and dozens of train wagons assembled by Toyosu's industrial group were almost all put into battle at the first time.

In this way, the Fengling Railway drove out of Fengzhou with wagons full of various goods, while most of the troops from Lingzhou were military materials ordered by the logistics department, which were transported to Fengzhou and handed over to the local transportation company to be transported to the northern front.

The news of the opening of the Fengling Railway naturally reached the Chang'an base camp for the first time, Li Xuanqing and Qiaoxi looked at each other and smiled after receiving the notice, the heavy horizontal on the north bank of the Yellow River was half drawn by himself, and the rest was waiting for the next year to continue.

"Big brother is snowing." Qiaoxi pulled Li Xuanqing out of the Qianqiu Palace, looked at the snowflakes that began to fall outside, and said: "Big brother, Fourth Brother Chen Fan is probably going to be uncomfortable on the grassland." ”

"Yes, it's snowing in Chang'an, I'm afraid that the grassland is already full of universities. I don't know if the newly ascended Khan King of Huangjia is a bad brain, fighting in the winter. Li Xuanqing is also helpless, although it is said that the people of the Quegasi have grown up in such a cold climate as Siberia for many years, but they are so confident in fighting in the winter?

However, when Li Xuanqing and Qiaoxi frowned, after waiting quietly at the border of Tatar for more than ten days, they finally waited for the alliance between Huang Jiasi and Tatar, but at this time it was already a university sky. Chen Fan looked at the sound of horses' hooves on the opposite side and frowned silently.

"Dashuai, everyone is here, shall we have a meeting immediately?" Liu Yi looked at Chen Fan looking into the distance, walked over and asked.