Chapter 675 - Infrastructure Construction (11th Update)

"Your Majesty, the General Staff plans to put the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th Army Corps into the plan to exterminate the guerrillas in the east, and the four legions, more than 800,000 people, should be enough to exterminate those guerrillas. However, according to the information we have, many of the guerrillas are backed by the Russian Party. In fact, many guerrillas were directly subordinate to them. "Feng? Marshal Falkenhein said.

"In that case, it is even more impossible to keep them. All those guerrillas must be exterminated. In this way, we will be able to develop the eastern part of the country with confidence. In the process of governing the eastern territories, it is necessary to adopt a divisive and disintegrating approach. That is, to win over some people and hit some of them! Those who are willing to be loyal to the Empire and serve the Empire, the Empire will treat them preferentially. And those who oppose the Empire, the Empire will inevitably destroy them. Or, let them go to the farms and mines to work as coolies! Qin Tian said.

In those territories in the eastern part of the empire, there are many territories that are ownerless. The German government nationalized those territories directly. State-owned farms and mines were established. And the labor required was mainly prisoners of war. The next step was to prepare to wipe out the entire east, throwing all those who opposed the empire to work as coolies on farms and mines. In this case, it can be regarded as making the best use of everything.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Feng? Falkenhayn nodded.

"How's the transport network in the eastern territories that I asked the Cabinet to plan?" Qin Tian asked.

The territories ceded by Russia to Germany had extremely poor transport facilities. Otherwise, after the outbreak of war, the Russian army would not have gone to great lengths to mobilize to the front. Poor traffic was a big obstacle to the Empire's development plans. As the saying goes, if you want to get rich, you must first build roads. Germany doesn't necessarily want the local people to be rich. However, the Empire is in dire need of all the resources here. These resources can only be transported to Germany if the transport infrastructure is improved.

What's more, if the empire were to go to war with Russia in the future, it would become the front line. Without convenient transportation, the progress of the Empire's mobilization of troops and transportation of war materials will be greatly affected. In that case, it would be very detrimental to the Empire's war against Russia.

In another time and space, Napoleon's expedition to Russia failed, and Hitler's Barbarossa plan ultimately failed, the main reason was that Russia was too vast. Trading space for time has become the most common tactic used by the Russians. Germany now occupies a large part of the territory that originally belonged to Russia, which undoubtedly shortens its own logistical supply lines by a large margin. In this case, the future war against Russia will undoubtedly be more advantageous.

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Communications has preliminarily completed the planning." The Minister of Transport replied.

Subsequently, he immediately sent the plan to Qin Tian's hands.

The plan is divided into two parts, the first part is the railway, and the second part is the road. Germany's rail network is very dense, and the total mileage of railways in operation is among the highest in the world. This is also the reason why in this war, the German army can be quickly mobilized to the front. Therefore, Germany also attaches great importance to the construction of railways in those eastern territories.

In the planning of the Ministry of Communications, three railways will be built. One was from Königsberg in East Prussia and into the three Baltic states. The main and branch lines of the railway will connect the capitals of the three Baltic states with the eastern cities. In this case, the attack from Narva, Estonia, is also only about a hundred kilometers from St. Petersburg. It was precisely because the three Baltic states already belonged to Germany that the Russian Cloth Party felt a great threat, which led them to move their capital from St. Petersburg to Moscow.

The second railway, from Berlin to Warsaw and then to Minsk, stretched to the new border in the east. Here is a distance of six or seven hundred kilometers from Moscow. But compared to the attack on Moscow from Poland, it has already been shortened by several hundred kilometers.

The third railway was built from Warsaw and Minsk to Kyiv, and from Kyiv to eastern Ukraine. This railway, on the one hand, is to ensure German control over Ukraine. In the event of war, Germany could attack the Don Valley and the Caucasus in southern Russia from Ukraine. In particular, the Baku oil field is a place coveted by Qin Tian. Although, Germany already has quite a few oil-producing regions. After defeating the British, even the Middle East can be won. But no one thinks they have more oil resources. Especially after the capture of the Baku oil field, Russia will have no oil producers. This will be a great weakening of Russia's military power. Airplanes, tanks and cars, if there is not enough oil, are nothing more than a pile of scrap metal.

It can be said that these three railways, if completed, will allow the empire to greatly strengthen its control over the new territory. At the same time, if the empire were to fight against Russia in the future, it could also transport war materials through these railways. The logistical pressure will be greatly reduced.

Compared with railway planning, highway planning is more dense. From the Reich mainland and East Prussia, there were more than a dozen roads to the three Baltic states, Berlin, Belarus and Ukraine. Moreover, these roads are completely different from the previous dirt roads in Russia, and these roads are high-grade roads built of cement. Make sure that the Empire's trucks can travel quickly on these roads. Whether it is transporting troops or transporting war materials, it can be faster and more convenient.

If a full-scale war breaks out between the Empire and Russia, at least millions of troops will be used. With such a large army, it is very difficult to supply logistics alone. It is clear that rail transport alone will not be able to meet the needs of the front-line troops. In this case, road transport is a good complement.

"Well, how long will it take to build these railways and roads?" Qin Tian asked.

"Your Majesty, according to the plan, it will take at least ten years to complete." The Minister of Transport replied.

"Ten years? No, ten years is too long! Qin Tian said.

"Your Majesty, there is no way around it. If it can be repaired within ten years, it will be God forbid. Prime Minister Bilow said.

Qin Tian was stunned for a moment, and he immediately remembered that the technology at this time was not as good as that of later generations. With so many railways and roads, it's easy to imagine how difficult it is. To be able to build these railways and roads in 10 years is already exhausting. The war between Germany and Russia, which broke out ten years later, was more appropriate.