It is precisely because of these tribulations that the responsibilities of my generation are even heavier. At present, the materials imported into Kunming by the Yunnan-Burma Highway have reached thousands of tons every month, and if there are enough vehicles to enter, the materials transported by the highway can reach tens of thousands of tons a month. Now the railway has been repaired to the Meishan area, the highway in Sichuan, under the auspices of the northwest to connect Kunming, we need the machinery in the northwest, can also take this channel, I think at this speed, in another year or two, the railway will also be built to Kunming, and even connected to the built Yunnan-Burma railway, then the military and political strength of the northwest can be completely radiated to the southwest, completely eradicate the problem of opium. ”

Yang Hucheng also said with a solemn face. During his reign, although Shaanxi was not rich, and opium was also available, it was generally within a controllable range. The southwest side is indeed a bit of a flooding trend. Among the hundreds of thousands of local people, they can't even pick out a decent strong man, opium, which has really plagued several generations. And it is not for them not to be angry.

"You are right, precisely because there are too many problems left over from history, and they are too difficult. So we should rise up. Some people have a dispute over me for spending a lot of money and investing a lot of manpower, material and financial resources to build the Yunnan-Qingdao Railway, which seems to be thankless. But there are some things that always have to be done, not to mention the southwest, which is also crucial for the future source of rubber in the Republic of China. There is no room for error, and the monthly throughput of more than 10,000 tons cannot meet the needs of the northwest. Large-scale equipment can't be shipped in. The main force of future transportation will have to rely on the railway, even if the price is larger now, some things must be done, and sooner or later. ”

In fact, Jiang Li certainly didn't get angry for no reason. For Zhao Tieshu and Wang Tiehan, Jiang Li doesn't need to say anything, his military orders will be implemented intact, Yang Hucheng's side, after this period of getting along, it is not that he will oppose him, but there are some things that still have to be run in after all. After all, Yang Hucheng also served as the king of Shaanxi for a period of time, and he was also a person with political ambitions. One or two simple orders will not be anything, and in the long run, there will be a gap between the two, and it will be too late to bridge the gap when the time comes. Jiang Li didn't want to be between the unification of the Republic of China, and there would be a big crack in the army, which would be extremely unfavorable to the south in the future, or to resist the Soviet Union in the north.

At this time, under the intervention of the northwest, the Yunnan-Burma Highway, which was built in advance, but took half of the time, also showed its role, and the annual cargo throughput of this highway in history was only about 40,000 or 50,000 tons. Often a freighter that is close to the Myanmar wharf requires thousands of trucks to run back and forth to transport the goods, and if it is a large-tonnage chemical ship, it needs to run several times to transport it, and the consumption in the middle. The number of cars needed is also extremely large.

Drivers who drive in that kind of road condition need to have a certain amount of experience, and Wuhan can't even get enough drivers, let alone enough trucks, so they need to be purchased externally. At this time, the annual throughput of the Yunnan-Burma Highway can easily reach more than 100,000 tons, or even higher. After all, Southeast Asia is rainy, hot and humid, and historically dirt roads are often muddy, and when these convoys pass through such road conditions, not only are the requirements for drivers higher, but the vehicles are also more prone to breakdowns.

Historically, there is a serious shortage of even enough drivers, not to mention the mechanical personnel responsible for maintenance, so the historical Yunnan-Burma highway often appears in the rain with a large group of cars moving forward at a turtle speed, several cars stuck in the mud, once there is a traffic jam, the front few cars can not move. There was a long queue at the back. Often one block in one location is a day, or even longer.

These drivers had to bring their own dry food and water in extremely difficult conditions to quench their hunger and thirst in traffic jams. The journey from the port to Kunming is only more than 1,000 kilometers, and it often takes a month or two to drive on the road, and a large number of breakdowns on the road, or because of the slippage of the overturned truck. The congestion on the road has dragged down the smoothness of the entire road. As a result, this road, which took more than 200,000 people to build with blood and sweat, did not fully play its significance. At this time, with many years of experience in road construction and maintenance in the northwest. The historic dirt road has been replaced with paved cement, and at least until now, the road has not been heavily congested.

Although Yang Hucheng, including Yang Hucheng, was still not very firm in Jiang Li's attitude towards the central government of Wuhan, he still insisted on spending a huge price and used the loan he had obtained with great difficulty to build the Yunnan-Burma Railway. Many people even don't understand. However, at this time, Jiang Li's prestige accumulated over the years played a huge role. Even if there are certain doubts, these people are not very confident in their hearts, after all, the current situation in the northwest has said everything.

Iron also needs its own hardness, which Jiang Li has always emphasized. Facts have proved that the highways connecting Sichuan and the railways gradually extending to southern Sichuan, even if they did not form a military occupation of most of Sichuan, in essence, the influence of the northwest continued to spread to central Sichuan with the extension of these roads. Because of the development of iron ore in southern Sichuan, as well as copper, phosphorus, aluminum and other mines in other places, as well as the setting of some light and heavy factories, it is tied to a huge interest group. This made the recruitment of troops in Sichuan in the northwest smoother. It is also because of Sichuan's huge population base that the army of road construction in Yunnan and Burma is not full of old and weak in history, but at least there are a group of new road builders organized in the northwest.

In fact, the controversy over Jiang Li in the northwest did not cost a lot of effort to build the Yunnan-Burma Railway, but also Jiang Li's use of a large amount of resources in the northwest to the specially established logistics and refugee special group. As a result, the expansion of armaments is not as fast as some people think. Of course, these controversies did not come from Jiang Li's previous lineage. It's not that they have ulterior motives, it's just that there are common diseases in troubled times, and these heroes who struggled in troubled times didn't pay much attention to the deaths and injuries of ordinary people below.

This is somewhat similar to the situation in the United States. The United States has not had a major war for a long time, and if it is not forced to go to the battlefield, it will often kill some people, which is somewhat unacceptable. It's just that the Republic of China has gone to the other extreme, and the long-term turmoil and famine have caused the Republic of China to kill and injure millions of people since the late Qing Dynasty, and tens of millions of people have been affected by disasters. For those who are struggling from suffering, the victims, deaths and injuries are commonplace. The heart is much more resilient than in the United States. Therefore, Jiang Li will not care too much about this part of the controversy. After all, each era has its own characteristics, but Jiang Li doesn't care, and he doesn't agree with the ideas and practices of these people. At least now he still has the ability to change the current state of affairs, of course, this is also in line with his strategy of pushing the Japanese army south.

Since the red forces came to power, the process of promoting the industrialization of the northwest has been further accelerated, even if there are all kinds of criticisms in history, but in wartime, this system is indeed beyond the reach of the West at this time in terms of concentrating forces to do great things, as well as mobilizing the masses. In the coal mines and iron mines, there are production climaxes one after another, and the miners continue to refresh the previous production records. Migrant workers who build roads and dig canals, laborers.

Earthwork for the construction of large dams. The output of the military uniform factory working overtime and so on. Of course, some things are not too good to be overheated, at least in the academic world at this time, and there are some precision instruments in the research, it is not rushed. Jiang Li, through Huang Xiansheng and Shao Lizi, can also cool down some overheated areas to a certain extent. In short, the northwest is now in a stage of benign development. Occasionally, something goes wrong, but it's still under control

"Fuckyou, you stupid yellow-skinned monkeys, working with you is an insult to me, no, I must complain to my superiors and get rid of all of you hateful creatures!" In the dock, a white man wearing a hard hat and a height of 1.9 meters pointed at the noses of Tao Wenjin and several international students and scolded.

"Bastard, if it weren't for Mr. Hu's repeated confessions, I would have let him know how good I was." A powerful student wrestled his hands in his hand, looked at the back of the other party leaving, and said a little angrily.

"Forget it, a weak country has no diplomacy, the motherland is poor and weak, and these white people naturally look down on us." Wei Shuhao shook his head, "A period of backwardness is nothing, the commander tried every means to send us people to the United States to study, but it is not for us to be angry with these foreign devils, besides, our Republic of China is indeed too far behind foreigners in shipbuilding, and now foreigners are moving tens of thousands of tons of battleships and aircraft carriers." Now that the shipyard of the Republic of China is withering, under the threat of the Japanese army, the machinery is either idle or withdrawn to the interior, and the entire shipbuilding industry has suffered a great blow. The commander sent us to the United States for further study, so that we could become successful as soon as possible, so that we could return to China to serve our lives and revitalize the shipbuilding industry of the Republic of China again. ”

"That's what I said, but now the country is like that, we are here to learn shipbuilding, studied abroad for a few years, seeing this situation, I don't know how many years we have to stay under the noses of foreigners." Dai Zhiyuan was unwilling to be authentic.

"Just those of us who study ship design and shipbuilding, what can we do when we go back, can you tell me? Do you pick up a gun and go to the battlefield to fight the Japanese army? Another student said visibly impatiently, "Alright, alright, these white people with eyes above the top, they lose their temper, let's do ours." Mr. Hu finally got us to the shipyard, but he didn't let us go back in disgrace. ”

"Okay, let's get started, what I learned before, when it comes to practice, there are always some differences, and this foreigner's skills are also worth learning." Wei Shuhao urged a few people.

"These students are quite as popular as we used to think." What Wei Shuhao and the others didn't know was that in an office not far away, Mr. Hu in their mouth was watching the arguing people from a distance through the transparent glass window.

"Yes, compared to those of me who have lost their will, I still have some fighting spirit." Wu Jishi, who was sitting opposite Mr. Hu, had a sloppy beard and looked quite decadent.

"Okay, Mr. Wu don't be depressed anymore. Jiangnan Shipyard is gone. But as long as the Republic of China remains, there will always be a day of rebuilding in the future. Mr. Hu comforted Wu Jishi next to him.

"It's not easy to talk about, a large shipyard, if you want to build it, it's not a one-day effort, Jiangnan Shipyard, is the experience accumulated since the previous dynasty, ruined in one fell swoop, ruined in one fell swoop." Thinking that the Jiangnan Shipyard was occupied by the Japanese army, the former employees walked and scattered, and Wu Ji, who poured his life's work into the Jiangnan Shipyard, was decadent for a long time, and only after hearing Mr. Hu's explanation and the advice of his family, he decided to come out and have a look. But I saw the difficulties that these international students suffered in front of me in Meilijian. Another wave of discouragement.

"Some things, someone has to do it, as long as it is done, there will always be a day when we catch up with the footsteps of the great powers in the future, how was the northwest before, a barren land, and now it has not become the backbone of the Anti-Japanese War, and it is not a rock-solid block in front of the Japanese army." Mr. Hu smiled and said, "Besides, the Jiangnan shipyard is gone, but the equipment is gone." But as long as someone is there, a comeback is in front of you. At present, the world situation is becoming increasingly tense, and the shipping industry has a promising period of development. Mr. Hu handed a document to Wu Jishi.

"What, you bought this shipyard?" Wu Jishi was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped.

"To be precise, it should be a controlling stake, Mr. Feng said, now the shipyard of the Republic of China is gone, Guangzhou will be occupied by the Japanese army sooner or later, the coastal areas of the Republic of China will fall under the military authority of the Japanese army, the Republic of China has no place to build big ships for a while, but this shipbuilding skills must not be lost, not only can not be lost, but also further. If the confidence and belief in shipbuilding are lost, the shipbuilding industry of the Republic of China is truly finished. Mr. Hu said with a cautious face.

At present, although the scale of this shipyard is not large, it can allow the shipbuilding skills of the Republic of China to be passed on. In the south of the Yangtze River, on the Mawei side, there are some Yunlan or Chongqing shipbuilding, and a considerable number of people are unwilling to go abroad, or even choose other industries, which will be a great blow to the shipbuilding industry of the Republic of China. Therefore, it is also necessary for a prestigious person like Mr. Wu to gather a group of backbones to come to the shipyard here. Continue the unfinished business of the shipbuilding industry of the Republic of China. ”

"Okay, good, today I can return to my old business, continue my father's legacy, and have no regrets even if I die. In that case, then I'm no longer polite. Wu Jishi's decadent face flashed with an astonishing brilliance again, and at this moment, the whole person seemed to have been reborn again. (To be continued.) )