The sound of a huge whistle, and even the echo of it in the distance, the very few prisoners of war who had worked as seafarers knew very well what it was, this was the sound of arriving in the harbor, in fact, as soon as the cargo ship began to slow down, they knew that the shore was about to arrive, and finally the place was reached, and their fate might be decided from this point.

30 10,000-ton cargo ships, each more than 100 meters in length, connected, several kilometers in length, the whole world, can dock so many cargo ships at one time, there are only a handful, but Shanghai can dock, not only the main port, but also some auxiliary ports are also docked.

At this time, Shanghai is completely different from a few years ago, relying on the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, coupled with the concessions of the revolutionary party, the northwest began to expand the port of Shanghai, Shanghai was once the financial center of the Far East, the paradise of adventurers, after investing heavily in the northwest, has become an important city in the northwest system.

Relative to later generations, the use of the Yangtze River waterway, was played to the extreme in the northwest, for this reason, Yang Yuanzhao even did not hesitate to personally go into battle, for the Yangtze River waterway is difficult to clean up the dangerous shoals, the all-in-one machine decomposition function, ignoring a lot of things, even if it is underwater, as long as there is a clear direction, it can also be collected, and the rest is the use of the navy and the army, blowing up the reef, so that the traffic capacity of the Yangtze River waterway has been greatly increased, more than 10,000 tons of 10,000-ton giant ships, can be traced directly to Wuhan, just this, The Yangtze River's transport capacity far exceeds that of most of the world's rivers.

In later generations, the Yangtze River was several times more watery than the Kiel Canal. Shipping is only a fraction of the Kiel Canal, and the fundamental reason lies in the countless bridges of the Yangtze River that cross it, and now. From the very beginning, the Northwest has avoided this situation, with a height of more than 60 meters, and even without the need to make a special Yangtze River boat, a large giant ship of more than 10,000 tons can be traced back to the Yangtze River waterway, from Wuhan to Shanghai, a thousand kilometers of waterway. It will become a natural passage in southern China, which dozens of railways cannot match.

With the Yangtze River as the center, a huge economic belt has been built in the northwest. Together with the many new cities, the Yangtze River has become an important hub, not only responsible for the transportation of inland materials to the outside world, but also responsible for the large number of basic raw materials imported from abroad. Machinery and equipment import work.

Before. Because of the separation of the three families, the Northwest investment in Shanghai more or less with the help of the Jiangnan Shipyard and the Jiangnan family in the name of the Jiangnan Shipyard, and now, even personally took over Jiaozhou Bay, and the confrontation with Japan in Shandong has also begun to strengthen its control over Shanghai.

Itself. The revolutionaries began to back down, and they never gained control of Shanghai. After the northwest showed their interest in Shanghai, they did not choose confrontation and took the initiative to retreat, which greatly reduced the trouble in the northwest, and from the beginning of the acquisition of Qingdao, they increased their investment in Shanghai on a large scale.

To this end, the annual Northwest investment in Shanghai Port, are more than 300 million US dollars, it is such a huge investment, Shanghai Port has bloomed with each passing day, the throughput of the port continues to increase, at this time Shanghai Port, has formed an annual throughput capacity of more than 8 million tons of huge port, the newly built Shanghai wharf, as well as the freight yard, more than two years ago, is still a seaside tidal flat, and now, it has become a neat port, huge tower cranes and cranes, piles of goods and containers, It has become a new impression of Shanghai.

Even from the point of view of later generations, the annual throughput capacity of 8 million tons can definitely be called a huge port, not to mention in this era, and now, Shanghai Port has also undergone new changes, and most importantly, since the outbreak of the European war, this number has greatly increased the throughput capacity of more than 10 million tons in the first 11 months of this year, which can be said to be a veritable huge port in the world.

30 cargo ships docked at the new wharf of Shanghai Port, which is the newly built wharf of Shanghai Port, far from the original main channel and main wharf, otherwise, more than 90,000 British prisoners of war would come down here, not to mention foreigners, and the people would be shaken.

This new wharf, forming an auxiliary port, is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River, because there is no relationship between the construction of the Yangtze River Bridge, before the railway to Shanghai is not through, temporarily as a place for unloading, through here, there is no need to use the boat ferry to another section, directly through the train, to carry out the work of transportation.

The huge freight yard, not even the smell of paint has not all dissipated, 30 ships, close to 90,000 prisoners of war, under the pressure of guns, all the soldiers have disembarked, black pressed together, dense, cold wind blowing, some weak body swayed, in the sea breeze, but like knives.

In Shanghai, these prisoners of war were diverted, most of them got on the train, and a small number continued to get on the ship, just got off the ship, and then got on the train again, the same stuffy tank car, but it was more comfortable than the 3B railway, it seems that the quality of the train is much better than that on the 3B railway, and the shaking and vibration are much smaller.

As for the speed, they couldn't see the scene outside in the stuffy tanker, but they knew that it had gone deep into the depths of the continent, what were they going to do here, what the future would be, and where they would go.

In the confusion, they loudly told their companions about their past experiences, how they had been respected in China, how they were high, how they were in China, how they were high, how they were, how they were, but their scattered eyes and slightly incoherent words revealed the thoughts in his heart, and he was afraid, not knowing what the future would be and what the status of prisoners of war would be.

Finally, I don't know how long it was, I don't even know the sunrise and sunset, the three meals a day were delivered by someone, they didn't have to do anything, they ate and drank in the stuffy jar, that is, relying on these foods, they knew that it was three days later.

Some of the more astute ones have begun to calculate, according to the speed of the train they are familiar with, they began to calculate where they are, there is such an obvious landmark in Shanghai before, some British people who have been to China also know some of China's geographical location, after a little calculation, finally got some specious results, according to the location, maybe in Henan, maybe in Shanxi, maybe to the northeast, it doesn't seem too bad.

These British prisoners of war, who thought they were calculating very well, did not know that what they were riding was one of the most advanced train locomotives in the northwest that had undergone a series of modifications, although it had not yet reached the level of the internal combustion engine, but it was already the ultimate of steam locomotives, with an average speed of about 130 kilometers and a limit speed of about 160 kilometers.

The train finally stopped, and the Germans who came with them ordered them to get off the train, but when they stepped off the train, they saw a scene of yellow sand in the sky, and everyone was desperate, could this be the end of their lives?

Yellow sand all over the sky, yes, they spent 3 days, deep into the hinterland of the northwest, to be exact, beyond the essence of the northwest, from Shanghai through Jiangsu, Anhui, Hebei, Shanxi and Shaanxi, these are the traditional densely populated areas of China, but also the better developed areas, the train did not stop in the slightest in these places, but continued to the west.

After crossing these traditional developed areas, they entered the sparsely populated and sparsely populated areas, Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai, and finally arrived at this desert, which is the Tengger Desert, the fourth largest desert in China, and the purpose of this group of prisoners of war here is not mining, this desert is a forbidden place for population, maybe there is some kind of mineral deposit below, but even in the 21st century, mining mineral deposits in the desert is a difficult thing to solve, let alone now, unless there are high-value deposits such as gold and diamonds, Otherwise, these minerals should be left alone.

These prisoners of war came here to build roads, yes, to rebuild roads in the harsh, inaccessible desert. Anywhere, in the harsh Gobi, especially in the desert next to the plateau, it is a very difficult thing to build a road, even if the northwest has a large number of machinery and equipment, it is the same, relying on a large number of production and construction corps, the northwest has completed a railway from Xi'an, through Ningxia, Gansu and Qinghai, all the way to Urumqi, but it is just this one, it is not a three-line, but a double-line, especially into Xinjiang, or a single line, which shows the difficulty of construction.

It is this road that solves the problem of the northwest entering Xinjiang, so that the western provinces, which have always been isolated from the outside, can be combined with the northwest, and the population, resources, and wealth can be transferred relatively smoothly, and the development in just a few years is faster than that of the past few decades, or even hundreds of years.

It is a pity that there are bottlenecks in any development, and the traffic problem has become the biggest problem restricting the development of several western provinces, and the northwest also wants to solve it, but there are too many problems in all aspects, and when the abundant human resources are diverted through several parts, the rest is no longer enough to solve the traffic problem in the northwest.

At the beginning of the European war, especially when Germany captured a large number of prisoners of war and was even willing to export labor, Yang Yuanzhao's mind became lively, and the appearance of prisoners of war made the northwest see the possibility of solving the evil conditions, or small coal kilns and small mines, but after contemplation, Yang Yuanzhao found the best way to use the prisoners of war, build a railway, really connect the northwest with several provinces in the west, and use convenient transportation to improve the harsh environment of the western provinces and regions. We should strive to make full use of their resources and land advantages, and become the core and foundation of China in the future, rather than frontiers and unstable regions. (To be continued......)