"Now that the Japanese have resumed production at the industrial base, coupled with the purchase of a large amount of American scrap every year, Japan's current annual steel production has exceeded five million tons, and it is likely to exceed six million tons next year. Now the annual steel production in the northwest has reached 570,000 tons. Some small iron ore mines in Xinjiang, Gansu and northern Sichuan have been utilized, and the annual output has reached the limit, unless new large iron mines are developed. Otherwise, the steel industry in the Northwest would stop there. Tibetan Shiyi reported to Jiang Li that the northwest has done much more work than Nanjing in recent years, and the content of the summary is naturally varied. Compared with the military strength on the surface, in fact, these are in the hands of Tibetan Yi is where the confidence of the northwest to truly persist in the War of Resistance lies in it.

"Where is the railway to Sichuan?" Jiang Li asked with squinted eyes.

"The construction of the railway in the northern Sichuan section is very difficult, and it is expected that the Jiange section of the railway will not be completed until next year. However, the highway has been repaired to Mianyang. Tibetan Yi said.

"Shaanxi also lacks iron ore, the Central Plains is not suitable as an industrial base, and now it depends on the iron ore reserves in Sichuan." Jiang Li took a breath, Baotou can't count on it for the time being, once a war with the Japanese army starts, Baotou, which is always threatened by war, will not be able to safely provide enough iron ore for the northwest.

"The lowly post has sent an additional survey team, and I believe that there will be good news over there soon." Tibetan Yi nodded, after several years of development, under the leadership of Li Siguang and a group of geologists, with the gradual increase in the number of people returning from studying abroad, at this time the northwest in the scale of geological surveyors has been far better than before, with enough human resources, the survey speed is at least several times that of before.

"Compared to the lack of iron ore resources. Northwest. In particular, Xinjiang's oil resources are relatively abundant. Dozens of survey sites, large and small, have been discovered. Plus extension. With the increase in production in Yumen, Dushanzi and other places, the annual oil output in the northwest is now more than 830,000 tons. To meet the current needs of the northwest, there is still a certain surplus for strategic reserves. The cement production was 3.31 million tons and the power generation capacity was 970,000 kilowatts. The overall industrial output value is about 1.9 billion US dollars. ”

Speaking of which, Tibetan Yi is even more energetic, and the various funds directly invested in the northwest for construction in recent years have added up to nearly seven or eight billion US dollars. If you count the investment that has flocked to the northwest from all over the country, it will actually exceed this number. He had never dared to achieve such an achievement. As for why the Northwest has achieved so much, the key lies in the output of mining. A year's worth of steel production in the Northwest at this time. Millions of tons of cement, coal production. Petrochemical. Nearly a million kilowatt-hours of electricity are generated with countless cheap labor.

"From this year onwards, Lanzhou University and overseas students will return one after another. In recent years, there have been more than 5,562 normal graduates in Northwest China, more than 57,231 students in vocational colleges, and about 341,900 people who have received junior primary, primary and secondary education, and high school education. More than 1.61 million students are enrolled. In addition to the municipalities. Incumbent county and township officials have preliminarily completed literacy eradication. In the next few years. Literacy rates in the Northwest will be greatly improved. The enrollment and graduation rates of future students will also enter a period of blowout. Tibetan Yi said with a pleasing face. At the beginning, Zhang Zuolin also attached great importance to education, and also founded the largest Northeastern University in the country. However, relatively speaking, the Northwest has made such great achievements in education, which is far greater than the original Northeast. The barren land of the Northeast has now shown a swaggering momentum.

"It's still not enough." Jiang Li sighed, although the enrollment rate in the northwest has been greatly improved at this time, it is still far from compulsory education. However, in this troubled era, everything must be prepared to win the War of Resistance as soon as possible. Just like the popularization of chemical fertilizer in the northwest, even if two chemical fertilizer plants are built in the northwest in one go, the chemical fertilizer is far from reaching the point of popularization, making it difficult to achieve the goal of doubling the general growth of grain with chemical fertilizer for a while. However, various water conservancy projects, the construction of irrigation ditches, and those agronomists and skilled farmers took turns to go to the countryside to guide production. Popularization of pesticides began in some areas. Although grain production in the northwest has not doubled, it can be regarded as an increase of more than 30%. Don't underestimate this small 30%, which means that the grain in the northwest can feed millions more people.

"What about the production of cars, tractors?"

According to the registration, the Northwest is now able to produce about 15,000 cars and 12,000 tractors a year. At present, the preliminary statistics in the northwest are about 39,300 cars and 31,200 tractors. In the future, this number will be greatly increased. ”

"The output is still not enough, when will the new batch of machinery in Germany be delivered?" Jiang Li took a breath, six or seven billion US dollars in cash was thrown in, coupled with the investment that poured into the northwest from all over the country, as well as the northwest's own industrial and agricultural output value in recent years, the energy that erupted could not be just the little force on the books. Previously, even the steel used in the production of artillery was omitted and used in the manufacture of automobiles. It is used to build roads, otherwise it is not too difficult for the Northwest Army to have a few more artillery brigades now. However, it is still too expensive to raise those technical arms, the foundation of transportation is not enough, and having a large number of technical arms in hand may not be able to come in handy, so in recent years, the northwest has made every effort to repair the roads in the territory, as well as increase the production of cars and tractors. At least in the north-west, the projection of troops has reached a considerable rate. But in comparison, this amount is still not enough for Jiang Li's original expectations.

"It's expected to take about half a year." Tibetan Yi said.

"Try to urge them to hurry up, time is running out." Jiang Li took a deep breath, although the relationship with Germany is not as good as before, but the precious strategic resource of oil has an irresistible temptation for Germany, which is preparing for World War II at this time, even Japan may not be able to stop it.

"The lowly will be arranged." Tibetan Yi nodded, compared to the eagerness shown by Jiang Li, Tibetan Yi was more methodical at this time. Jiang Li didn't look at the industrial strength of the Northwest at this time, but for Tibetan Yi, every time he thought about it, he would think that the Northwest at this time already had a batch of treasures of immeasurable value. It is the last hope of the Republic of China in the face of the threat of the Japanese.

"Jingle Bells"

"Hey, what's the matter?" Jiang Li raised the phone and asked.

"Commander, Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng have talked about it, and those people in northern Shaanxi are also involved, it is estimated that if Chairman Jiang is still obsessed, Zhang Yang will do it in the next two days. Commander, what are we going to do? Yang Ying's voice rang on the phone.

"Don't do anything, let it go." The corners of Jiang Li's mouth twitched slightly, the reason why Chairman Jiang stayed in Qinghuachi was because his own forces had not yet intervened, and in recent years, Yang Hucheng's 17th Route Army had several cases of general defections, and there were many eyes and ears of Nanjing in the 17th Route Army. Therefore, Jiang Li plans to be a guest to watch the Xi'an incident. In case of an abnormal move on his side that scares people away, the gains outweigh the losses, and in any case, Chairman Chiang must be dragged onto the road of the united front. (To be continued.) )