After a period of thinking, the commander and the leaders found that it was really like what Zhang Cheng said, since there are two lines of communication to go, why do you have to choose which one to open, it is better to open both of them to form a double insurance. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In this way, it is necessary to double the number of troops deployed to open up the two lines, but the territory of the Soviet base area has also expanded, and the Red Army is no longer the big cat or kitten after the battle on the Xiangjiang River, and after the expansion of the base area, except for the Shao Zong, the rest of the Red Army units have completed the expansion, of which the strength of the Red First Army has reached 35,000, the strength of the Red Third Army has reached 25,000, the Red Fifth Army has 18,000, and the Red 15th Army has 15,000.

At present, the total strength of the Red Army is as high as 130,000, counting more than 30,000 people, and there is no problem at all in opening two international lines of communication at the same time.

The commander-in-chief and the leaders are the wisest top elites in China at present, but the speed of the Red Army's development is really too fast, and they have not yet realized that the Red Army is very different from before, and they are still judging the strength of the enemy with the old eyes, but they do not know that their own strength has more than doubled compared with the time of the Long March.

After Zhang Cheng proposed to open two international lines at the same time, they realized that the strength of the Red Army was no longer comparable to that of the past, and since they had the strength to open two lines of communication at the same time, what were they still cowering for.

Everyone soon reached a consensus that two international lines of communication would be opened at the same time and that the Soviet Union would be connected from two directions.

As for how to get through, everyone believes that Sheng Shicai is currently implementing a pro-Soviet policy, as long as the Party Central Committee proposes to Comrade Tie Man, Comrade Tie Man asks Sheng Shicai to open the road for our army to accept assistance from the Soviet Union, and at the same time our army deploys heavy troops in the Hexi Corridor, under double pressure, Sheng Shicai is likely to obediently comply.

If Sheng Shicai dared to oppose the order of the Soviet Union and prevent our army from passing, it would be better, our army is trying to expand its territory, and if Sheng Shicai fights Sheng Shicai, he will not be afraid of the Soviet Union obstructing it.

As for the northern communication line, as long as Baotou is laid, it can establish contact with the Soviet Union through Outer Mongolia, and Baotou has a large number of iron ore, and Baotou Iron and Steel in later generations is one of the few giant iron and steel enterprises in the country, and Zhangcheng has long coveted Baotou's iron ore resources.

Zhang Cheng immediately put forward a plan to launch the Baotou Campaign, and the commanders and leaders felt that it was not a big problem to take Baotou with the combat effectiveness of the few columns, so they agreed to Zhang Cheng's proposal.

Finally, everyone also talked about the items that our army should apply for assistance from the Soviet Union after opening up the international lines of communication, and discussed it; unlike the people who asked for assistance with all kinds of military supplies and all kinds of weapons and ammunition, Zhang Cheng set his sights on industrial machine tools, equipment and machinery.

Moreover, Zhang Cheng also vigorously attacked the idea of introducing Soviet technical personnel, such as applying for the Soviet Union to send technical experts to help our army build a steel plant in Baotou and an oil refinery in Yanchang.

At the same time, Zhang Cheng also suggested that the party Central Committee request the Soviet Union to provide our army with two sets of oil drilling equipment and oil refining equipment, a weapons production line, an ammunition production line, 1,000 trucks, 100 tanks, and 100 aircraft.

After listening to Zhang Cheng's suggestion, the commander and the leaders all stared at him dumbfounded, obviously Zhang Cheng's lion opened his mouth to really frighten everyone, and they all thought that these demands were too unrealistic and had been divorced from reality.

Zhang Cheng retorted: "They don't want to help, we can buy it in cash, as long as there are channels, we can negotiate terms, if we use dollars to buy their industrial equipment, presumably Comrade Tie Man will agree." ”

Everyone was noncommittal to Zhang Cheng's rebuttal, and Comrade Iron Man would not be called an Iron Man if he could speak so well.

Zhang Cheng was not convinced, thinking that my bikini stockings had been produced, as long as I opened channels to sell them to European and American countries, I could collect a large number of dollars and pounds, and open the way with dollars and pounds, and I didn't believe that the Soviet Union, which was in dire need of foreign exchange, would not give in.

Of course, now that the European and American channels have not been skimmed, Zhang Cheng will naturally not say it at this time.

Seeing that the leaders did not buy it, Zhang Cheng continued: "It may not be realistic to ask the Soviet Union to assist us with tanks and planes now, but we can still introduce a batch of technical talents.

At present, the Soviet Union is undergoing a great purge, and a large number of experts, professors, engineers, doctors, and scientific researchers have been beaten as '***** all of them have to be pulled to shoot targets, and it is a pity that these talents have died like this.

Moreover, our Soviet district is notoriously hard, and we told Comrade Iron Man that the exile of these '****s' to our side would be more conducive to their transformation of their minds and re-shaping them into staunch Soviet fighters, and presumably Comrade Iron Man would agree to our proposal. ”

Zhang Cheng's whimsical ideas really shocked everyone, but after thinking about it carefully, everyone found that Comrade Tie Man was really likely to agree.

The commander-in-chief and the chiefs discussed for a while, and felt that one more request to the Soviet comrades would not be a loss of meat, so he officially put Zhang Cheng's suggestion in the list of applications for aid.

Unexpectedly, the result surprised everyone, Comrade Tieman really agreed to the request of the Party Central Committee, and exiled thousands of "**** to the Soviet area, and under the hard work of thousands", the first batch of industrial bases in the northwest were built, which played an immeasurable role in the future of our army's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and World War II.

That night, in order to celebrate the victory of the Red Army in the Eastern Expedition and the Western Expedition, the Central Committee and the Central Military Commission held a grand banquet in the Central Auditorium for the representatives of the officers and meritorious soldiers of the Young Column.

The heads of various departments, who rarely get together in normal times, opened their arms and ate large pieces of meat and drank wine in large bowls, and the scene was extremely lively and joyful, which opened the eyes of the officers and soldiers who participated in the high-level central meeting for the first time.

The next day, the Party Central Committee and the Central Military Commission held a joint meeting to discuss in particular the important issue of opening up the Soviet Union's international lines of communication.

As Zhang Cheng reported the current strength of the Red Army, the comrades were shocked for the first time that our army had become so powerful, and the comrades who were greatly excited quickly accepted Zhang Cheng's point of view and agreed with his two-pronged proposal.

After that, after studying, the Central Revolutionary Military Commission decided to hand over the task of carrying out the Baotou Campaign to the Shao Zong, and at the same time demanded that Zhang Cheng expand the troops as soon as he returned to the Yulin Theater.

The all-out war of resistance was imminent, and it was naturally impossible to expand the strength of the young commander, so Zhang Cheng happily accepted the arrangement of the Military Commission. After the meeting, Zhang Cheng said goodbye to the commander and the leaders and led his troops back to Yulin.