Chapter 100: Continue to the West
When rectifying the guards and Kong's employees of the escort equipment, Liu Yun found that his subordinates had unknowingly exceeded 200 people, and if Jia Lian and himself were added, there would be as many as 213 people, excluding 20 engineering and technical experts, and then Sun Zhixiong and others, more than a dozen wounded soldiers who had recovered could be compiled into a logistics platoon, which could be compiled into five guard platoons and one logistics platoon.
The extra guard platoon was the crew of the Cancer warship, most of them were non-combatants, and they had deep feelings for the Cancer warship, and they cried to death around the wreckage of the warship that had become scrap metal.
Liu Yun hesitated for a long time before changing them into his own personal guards, with Jia Lian, the captain of the warship, as the captain, and told them that after the railway between Sichuan County and Fucheng was repaired, the Cancer warship would be rebuilt, and it would not be one or two, but an inland river fleet of more than ten ships.
In addition to the armed exploration team of Delett and Hans Lee, there is also Zhang Sili's transport and transit team, which has two guard platoons and logistics platoons, as well as three armored transport vehicles, and Fang Dianjun's warehouse garrison brigade to jointly manage the remaining steelmaking equipment and various materials.
In the end, there were only seven or eight technicians who went to Xichuan County with Liu Yun, Jia Lian's personal guards, and an arsenal guard platoon, and the materials they transported included one set of small steel-making equipment and one set of generator sets, 100 tons of ant alloy, and three armored transport vehicles.
Three days passed quickly, and the team that continued to march west was about to set off, Yuan Qi'er's injury was basically healed, but her spirit was a little sluggish, but fortunately, it did not have much impact on the action, Liu Yun also put his mind at ease, and there was no need to think about Yuan Qi'er's injury and whether to go to West Sichuan County.
There are three armored transport vehicles to join, which reduces the biggest burden for Tongda Company, and there is no need to think about the transportation of several heavy steel parts, which is a large steel part weighing more than ten tons, which is a disaster for the transportation team that is still in the pack horse stage.
The entire westbound transport team, led by Ma Xingchi, the manager of Tongda Company, has more than 200 people, more than 300 mules and horses, and more than 100 special two-horse carts, which can load up to one and a half tons of goods.
However, in the accompanying crowd, in addition to Liu Yun and his party, there are also specialties of this era, specializing in the security of the dart bureau personnel, there are three people with the main and deputy dart heads, and a group of dart masters more than a dozen, shouting while walking all the way, what "the number of the word, the four seas are prosperous".
As soon as the transport team came out of Anchang Town, Ma Xingchi brought a monk, this person is a walking monk, about 30 years old, kind and kind, calm and calm in speech and demeanor, at a glance is a monk who has cultivated and succeeded, he was ordained in the Bao'en Temple in Fucheng, the law number is three treatises, known as the master of the three treatises, walking in the area from Fucheng to Songpan for a long time, for Anxian County to West Sichuan County, the road conditions and itinerary are very familiar, so he was invited by Tongda Land Transport Company to be a guide.
As soon as Liu Yun saw the master of the three treatises, he felt very close to him, and this person knew everything about the westward journey, so he inquired about the road conditions along the way, and had many contacts with this person, and talked about it, and wanted to invite him to rest in the transport car, but the master only smiled and said nothing, and continued to walk like flying, which was not much slower than the armored transport vehicle, which made someone very depressed.
I just don't know why, Liu Yun has an intuition, Yuan Qi'er, who is in a state of invisibility, was noticed by him when the monk of the Three Treatises first arrived, and he probably didn't want to do much to break it, and Master Yuan seemed to have opinions about him, and he was a little happy to see that the monk was unwilling to take a ride.
Fortunately, Liu Yun is not a child, and he does not have the idea of deliberately driving the armored car to the highest speed in order to win the three monks, because the speed of the entire transport team must be considered, so the speed of the transport vehicle is only 10 kilometers per hour, which is much faster than the walking speed of normal people.
At seven or eight o'clock in the morning, starting from Anchang Town, because the western mountain roads of this era did not consider the traffic capacity of the car at all, so they were all routed along the winding mountain, the road was much longer than the roads of later generations, plus many were dirt roads, and the walking transport team did not arrive at Qushan Town in Beichuan County until noon, and immediately ushered in the first test.
Qushan Town is located at the three-way junction, is Anchang Town to Pingwu County, or to Mao County branch of the road, especially to Mao County to cross a bridge, the special two-horse cart is no problem, is to carry heavy armored transport vehicles, up to thirty or forty tons, in the past is really difficult, Zhi Brain suggested Liu Yun, simply use ant alloy to build a steel bridge.
If there is plenty of steel, Liu Yun really wants to do this, once and for all, but unfortunately these few alloys are the capital of his foundation in West Sichuan County.
At this time, the master of the three treatises came up with an idea, concise and concise, just four words, "local materials", the biggest feature of this time and space, is that the vegetation has not been destroyed, there are many thousand-year-old trees around, and the local people like to cut down wood to make beams and columns, so some farmers in Qushan Town have ready-made large planks and large logs, lay these timbers on the bridge deck, and load the transport truck, and then drive over from the wood.
Liu Yun's heart moved, and immediately asked people to collect wood, and at the same time, through the wisdom of the brain to simulate, the possibility of a load-bearing vehicle driving over the wood, the result is very consistent with the speculation of the master of the three theories, and he was overjoyed, and he had a new understanding of the wisdom of the monks of the three theories.
With the assistance of Zhi Brain, Liu Yun commanded a group of personnel, according to the best way, laid the wood on the bridge, and in less than two hours, the load-bearing transport truck drove across the bridge.
Liu Yun had a whim, worried that if he would encounter similar problems in the future, where would he find these timbers, so he wanted to take away the timber from the bridge, but the master of the Three Treatises told Liu Yun, "Don't use it for the time being", because it is about a hundred miles to Maoxian, and you will not meet a big river or a bridge at all, if you go to Maoxian, you don't have to worry about the timber problem.
In the next few days, as the master of the three treatises said, from Qushan Town to Mao County, there are basically some winding mountain roads, maybe during the Qianlong period, the second expedition to Jinchuan, the 60 million taels of silver spent, or worth the money, the quality of the roads along the way, is also passable.
Occasionally, there are some small ditches, as long as the steel plate is paved to ensure safe passage, but the biggest problem along the way is still the natural landslide in some sections, resulting in serious damage to the roadbed, which is a piece of cake for Liu Yun, 1600 horsepower armored transport vehicle, installed with a steel shovel in front, is the best bulldozer and road roller, it really can't work, you can also use explosives to explode directly, fortunately, there is a whole process of detection of the brain, but there is no accident.
From Anchang Town to Mao County, about 240 miles, the transport convoy traveled for four days, only 60 or 70 miles a day, often missing the best accommodation spots, and had to camp in the wilderness.
Hu Jiansheng seems to be reckless and conservative, but everything he does is planned in advance, even if there is an accident, he will adjust the plan in time, and although Ma Xingchi is also a commander, he is a little stupid and bold, and has a courage to fight and dare to act.
Liu Yun was a little reverie, imagining what would happen if these two people became generals and led troops to fight, and finally what appeared in his mind was Halsey and Patton of the United States, one was a five-star admiral in the Navy, who seemed to be cautious, but in fact he was a real adventurous person, and the other was a four-star admiral in the army, who seemed to be reckless and heroic, and often offended people when he spoke, but in fact he was an extremely cautious person who never took a risk.
Maoxian is an important city in the western part of Sichuan, located at the junction of the Sichuan Basin and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, across the upper reaches of the Minjiang River and the Fujiang River in the alpine valley area, also known as Wenzhou, Huizhou and Maozhou in ancient times, has always been directly governed by the city and city, and has long governed Songpan, Lifan, Jinghua (Dajinchuan), Maogong (Xiaojinchuan) and Wenchuan, etc., seven or eight districts and counties.
In the thirties of the 20th century, Fengyi Town, its urban area, was the location of the "Songli Maowen" Colony Supervision Office, and the 28th Army of the Sichuan Army was stationed for a long time, which was the subordinates of Deng Xihou and Li Jiayu, and the superintendent of the office was usually concurrently served by the commander of the army, and after February 1936, it was changed to the Commissioner's Office of the 16th Administrative Supervision District of Sichuan.
Sichuan West County is under the jurisdiction of the Tun Colony Supervision Office, Liu Yun wears many hats, one of them is the commissioner of West Sichuan County, equivalent to today's county party secretary, and he is Liu Xiang's adjutant and Qincha, so he does not need to file with the local parent official, but there are also two matters such as the Sichuan County Iron and Steel Plant and the Arsenal, which need the assistance of the Office in order to carry out the work in the future.
However, Liu Yun looked at the Tun Colony Supervision Office in Fengyi Town, but he didn't dare to go in, because he suddenly felt that this place was a little familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere, and then he still saw the propaganda slogan on the wall, "Celebrate the recovery of Jiangxi by the officers and soldiers of Nanjing", and then he suddenly realized that this is not the location of the "Maoxian Soviet Government of Sichuan and Shaanxi Province" established by the Fourth Front Army of the Red Army in the documentary of the martyrs' deeds in the 21st century.
When is the specific time, dizzy, this liberal arts student who specializes in rote memorization, I don't remember it at all, but fortunately, I still remember the time when the Red Army's Long March ended, one was in October 1935, the Red First Army went north and arrived victoriously in Wuqi Town, northern Shaanxi, and the other in October 1936, the Red First, Red Second and Red Fourth Front Army, in Huining, Gansu.
It is now the beginning of December 1934, and it is not far from October 1935, Liu Yun was suddenly shocked, and secretly complained, the local capital Maoxian will change hands repeatedly, not to mention Sichuan West County, it seems that now if you want to develop steel mills and arsenals, it is really not the time, if it is the Red Army, it is better to say that when he was in Shanghai, he helped Boss He buy arms and medicines, and there is still some friendship, and Zhang Guotao of the Red Fourth Front Army has no friendship, in case of conflict, it will be troublesome.
Liu Yun gritted his teeth and was ruthless, forget it, be prepared with both hands, if the Red Army is willing to accept himself, he will help the Red Army get some guns and food, and he will serve the Red Army in advance, anyway, it will be the world of the Red Party in the future, and it is also a great thing to serve as soon as possible.