Chapter 203 Qinglong 24 turns

The Yunnan-Burma Highway was held in Nanjing by Chiang Kai-shek after the Battle of Songhu officially started in August 1937, and military and political leaders from all over the world gathered in Nanjing to study strategic and military deployment issues.

Yunnan Provincial Chairman Long Yun proposed to Chiang Kai-shek that the Japanese army might cut off China's international communication lines, and the international transportation of Hong Kong and Vietnam would inevitably be affected, and put forward the "Plan for the Construction of the Yunnan-Burma Highway and the Yunnan-Burma Railway", suggesting that each build a railway and highway from Kunming through western Yunnan to northern Burma and finally lead to the Indian Ocean, so as to ensure the unimpeded external traffic in the southwest. The central government is responsible for the construction of the railway, with the assistance of the local government of Yunnan. However, in view of the practical difficulties in terms of funds and equipment for the construction of the railway, the construction of the Yunnan-Burma Highway was given a higher priority.

Lao Jiang didn't know the little Jiujiu in Long Yun's heart, and this was taking this opportunity to open up the inward traffic arteries.

But Long Yun's proposal is in line with Lao Jiang's heart, because Yunnan and Guizhou have been difficult to control since ancient times, and most of the dangers in the south come from the two places, if the Yunnan-Burma Highway is opened, not to mention anything else, the highway in Guizhou will also be put on the process, so that the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou can be firmly controlled.

So the plan was adopted at the military conference.

In October of that year, Lao Chiang sent Wang Gengsheng, vice minister of the Ministry of Communications, to Kunming to Kunming to discuss with Long Yun about the construction of the Yunnan-Burma Highway.

Zhao Zukang, then director of the General Highway Management Office of the Ministry of Communications, personally surveyed the two route plans of the "Tengyong Line" and the "Shunzhen Line", which had been disputed for a long time, and suggested that the final implementation route of the Yunnan-Burma Highway should be determined from Kunming through Xiaguan, Baoshan, Longling, Mangshi, and Wan Town, and then connect with the Central Railway of Myanmar at Lashio in Myanmar and go straight to Yangon.

The Yunnan-Burma Highway starts from Kunming and ends in Lashio, Myanmar, with a total length of 1,146.1 kilometers, and the Yunnan section has a total length of 959.4 kilometers, of which the Kunming-Xiaguan section has been built in 1935 and the Burma section is 186.7 kilometers.

It was agreed with the Burmese and British authorities that on the basis of the Kunming-Xiaguan highway that had already been built, China would be responsible for the construction of a 547.8-kilometer-long section of the road from Xiaguan to Wan Town, and that the Burmese side would be responsible for building the section of the Burmese border from Lashio to Wan Town, up to one year.

And there is another section of the road is from Kunming in the south, Guiyang in the north, and Chongqing can be connected to Guiyang when it arrives.

When Chiang arrived in Chongqing in 1935, he began to plan for the worst of Japanese aggression.

In November, the Nationalist Government officially ordered Long Yun to allocate 2 million legal dollars from the Executive Yuan to be responsible for building the Yunnan-Burma Highway within a one-year period to open up international communication lines.

Long Yun was of course happy, because the opening of the Yunnan-Burma Highway meant that he would be able to earn more money, and the opium he grew would be able to be transported, and it would be easier to buy arms and supplies.

Long Yun repaired the road in nine months, and Song Ziwen personally escorted supplies from Yangon to Chongqing.

Further north of the Yunnan-Burma Highway, road repairs have also been carried out, but only to repair the old roads.

Qinglong is located in the southwest of Anshun, on the Yunnan-Guizhou line, and is a well-deserved traffic artery today.

At this time, Zhang Ziwen and Dai Anlan were on the Yunnan-Guizhou line of Qinglong, and under the mountain where they were located was the 24th turn of Qinglong, which later became famous in the world.

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, here is the winding ancient post road, the pass is built with "Yongquan Temple", the temple is set up with a tea pavilion, specially for passers-by and tourists to rest.

On the rock wall next to the temple, there are stone carvings such as "Sweet Spring Victory", "Yunling Mountain", "Wudao Dry Weight", "And Drink People".

The male danger of the crow pass, the famous Yunnan Guizhou, the Ming poem recites "the wind is high and the mountains are high, the clouds and leaves are difficult to accumulate horses' hooves, one is the province and the clothes are crowned, it is the key pass of the male map".

It's a pity that in 1935, Lao Jiang used the excuse of suppressing bandits to build the Yunnan-Guizhou Highway, which destroyed all the stone carvings.

Zhang Ziwen and Dai Anlan are not standing here to enjoy the scenery, but because the road is difficult to travel, even if it is a horse-drawn carriage.

Just now, a car overturned from the top of the hill and rolled directly from the top of the hill to the foot of the mountain, and half a hundred brothers of the 200 division were killed or wounded.

It is not an exaggeration to describe that he dies before leaving the school.

"Brother, let's go down step by step and see what needs attention, we can't let the brothers die here anymore."

Zhang Ziwen followed Dai Anlan as a car, walked down from the top of the mountain, and when he crossed the first turn, Dai Anlan's face was a little ugly.

"Let the deputy division commander detour the armored car from the small road, and then return to the main road when it reaches the top of the mountain."

Seeing that Zhang Ziwen was a little puzzled, Dai Anlan explained: "Brother, look, this is a zigzag bay, and the road is narrow, and the armored vehicle has a small field of vision, and if you are not careful, you will roll down the mountain." As for the car, because of the relatively large field of vision, it is barely passable, but it is still too dangerous. Qiu Qingquan always said that you are smart, can you see if you can come up with a way to prevent the car from overturning? ”

Zhang Ziwen has never been in contact, and he is only on the road in Duyun by car, but he has a way.

"Brother, aren't there a few cars ahead, and there are transport troops who often run this road, we can find them and let them do it.

And I looked at these cars, and they all have a characteristic, they are so tall that the driver can't see the road clearly, or it's too late to see them.

We called an experienced driver over and tied the bamboo pole with a colored cloth to remind the driver, and I believe it will be much better. ”

After listening to Zhang Ziwen's suggestion, Dai Anlan slapped his head and scolded himself for being a pig.

"Zheng Tingji, if you do this, you must arrange it."

Dai Anlan continued to walk down the mountain with Zhang Ziwen, and even if there was a dangerous place, the brothers on the road would reinforce.

Dai Anlan saw that a brother was too young, so he grabbed the shovel in his hand and did it himself, and Zhang Ziwen could only take a veteran's pickaxe and do it.

Knowing where to fill in the road before stopping, Dai Anlan wiped the adjutant's handkerchief and said to Zhang Ziwen: "I accompanied my parents to the field at home when I was a child, so I suffered this hardship, brother, your family conditions are good, it can be said that you are a rich family, how can you do this."

Zhang Ziwen handed the pickaxe to Xiao Luo, and said with a serious face: "I haven't worked since I was a child, but I dug trenches many times in Jiangyin, and I have often done it over the years.

Besides, those of us who were officials and had never dug trenches are estimated to be almost dead. ”

Dai Anlan also deeply understands that when he is the head of the regiment, it will be different or build a cover for himself.

"Brother, what you said is reasonable, but let's not do it today, leave it to the brothers, this will be almost ready for Zheng Tingji, let's go and see the effect."

As he spoke, he heard a burst of cheers from the top of the mountain.

Dai Anlan looked up at the top of the mountain and said happily: "It seems that it has been done, and many brothers will die less now."

Zhang Ziwen is also happy that he can do his part, there are fewer brothers here, maybe he can save the situation on the battlefield that day.

"Then let's go down the mountain, and we must rush to the territory of Xingyi before dark, otherwise the brothers will have no place to rest."

The two continued down the mountain.