Chapter 410: Yunnan-Burma Highway
"Are you the Northwest Army, my master said that if you want to join the army, then you have to join the Northwest Army?" Originally, everyone thought that this barefoot young man would agree, but they didn't expect that this kid Chen Shutang would raise his head, and he was very stinky.
"Northwest Army? You kid, the treatment of the Northwest Army may not be better than that of our Elite Company. Geng Dabiao was stunned for a moment, and then said with a stinky face.
"Then you have to join the Northwest Army, if you want to join the army, you naturally have to join the strongest army." Chen Shutang didn't buy it much.
"You, stinky boy, are the Northwest Army, put it right with us, then you have to fight to know who is powerful." Geng Dabiao is so authentic.
"Come on, company commander, I don't dare to go against the Northwest Army." When Han Niu heard Geng Dabiao's words, his head suddenly shrank.
"These two squads of Japanese troops have been overturned by us, what's wrong with the Northwest Army, can they be more powerful than the Japanese army?" Geng Dabiao rolled his eyes and said.
"I don't care about this, anyway, my master said that if you join the army, you will go to the Northwest Army." Chen Shutang raised his head and said.
"You kid, it's true, but your choice is right, although the Northwest Army has a little more rules and regulations, but it can indeed fight. Big guys, clean them up, it's just an appetizer now, and you have to find out the Japanese troops in the village in front of you, and this matter is over. Geng Dabiao saw that Chen Shutang was tendoning, and he no longer persuaded him, so he told the truth immediately, but soon, Geng Dabiao's attention shifted elsewhere, the military situation was urgent, and there was not so much.
"Hurry up all the way, and finally put this Japanese army in the bag again." Zhang Zizhong took off his military hat, his head was still steaming at this time, and his hands were waving up and down. Flipping the hat brings a hint of coolness to the body.
"It's a pocket. But I want to eat them. I'm afraid that it will take a little effort, and if we can't get it right, we will be stabbed by the Japanese army like last time, and we will not have a good time. Feng Zhi'an put his hands behind his back and looked at the night in the distance with Zhang Zhizhong.
"Zhao Tieshu transferred some artillery over, let's use artillery to bomb it in the first half of the night, and then go to the broadsword team in the second half of the night, these Japanese soldiers are not three-headed and six-armed. It's hard to catch their chance to be alone, and we must not let them run again. Zhang Zizhong said murderously.
"We have to try to solve the battle at night, otherwise as soon as the morning dawns, the Japanese planes will come over, and the battle will not be easy to fight." Feng Zhi'an nodded, now that the main forces of the 29th Army have been concentrated, what needs to be considered now is how to eliminate this lone Japanese army with the fastest speed and the lowest cost
"Very good, Jiang Li has made it clear that he wants to fight against the central government to the end." When Chairman Jiang received that Liu Xiang and Jiang Li had reached some kind of agreement in private, he was already furious. At this time, on the issue of releasing Zhang Xueliang, Liu Xiang had already joined forces with the northwest to put pressure on Nanjing. It made Jiang a little difficult to accept.
"Bench. At present, the ownership of Sichuan is very important to the central government, and although Liu Xiang is now isolated from the central government, he is still oriented towards the central government after all, and it is reasonable for Liu Xiang to reach a tacit understanding with the northwest on some issues in order to obtain arms funding from the northwest. Chen Cheng persuaded beside him.
"So Zhang Xueliang has to let go, but now it is Liu Xiang who is putting pressure on the central government, doesn't it mean that the conditions that Jiang Li proposed to us before cannot be fulfilled?" The fat that came to his mouth before was about to fly, Jiang was naturally unwilling, and now the main force of Yang Hucheng's group army was pressed on the front line in northern Henan, openly collecting military rations in the local area, and recruiting strong men to build fortifications.
"This time, that time. However, Jiang Li wants to get his wish, and use Zhang Xueliang to buy the hearts of the Northeast Army, but also to pay some price, and want the Northwest Army to provide a large number of ordnance, I am afraid it is not realistic, but I heard that the air force in the northwest is very sharp, and it is not inferior to the Japanese army, and now the central government is not short of troops in the Songhu area for the time being, but it has been suffering from the inability to resist the bombing of the Japanese Flying Corps. It is advisable to ask the northwest to provide a certain number of air forces to help the central government resist the threat of Japanese aircraft. Otherwise, if this situation continues, I am afraid that it will not be long before the Japanese planes will be able to reach Nanjing directly. Chen Cheng reminded.
"I'll talk to Jiang Li about this, and the construction of the Yunnan-Burma highway and railway can be advanced." Chairman Jiang said with a calm face, although he was very unhappy with Jiang Li's kid, but Jiang Li's vision was still very recognized, the threat of the Japanese army has been increasing day by day in the past two years, and Nanjing is by no means sitting and waiting, and earlier it was also considered that once the war starts, the coast is likely to be unable to hold, so the southwest strategy will be put on the agenda, and the belonging of Sichuan is very important. Therefore, Chairman Jiang was so angry that Liu Xiang and Jiang Li reached a tacit understanding in private, but fortunately, Liu Xiang had no intention of leading the Sichuan army north. At the same time, he and Jiang Li saw the importance of Sichuan, but also saw that the southwest was not defended, once the coastal passage was blocked by the Japanese army, then it was extremely important to open another passage to establish contact with the foreign powers and win resources.
The construction of the Yunnan-Burma road and railway project was huge and protracted. But now that the northwest is willing to come in and intervene, it is naturally in line with his wishes, and at this time, even if he Jiang is willing to pay, he does not have enough strength in some conditions, of course, in the end, the road is built, and who owns the majority of the interests still depends on who controls there first. Chairman Jiang smiled coldly, although Nanjing could not control Yunnan at this time, but the northwest was so far away, don't think about it either.
"Nanjing is now withering talents, don't you mean that we can help, relying on them to repair the road in the shortest time?" Jiang Li threw aside the telegram from Nanjing, and 80 percent of the road through which the Yunnan-Burma Highway passed was steep mountains. Experienced engineers and technicians were very scarce before the war, and the Yunnan-Burma Highway was about to pass through the areas where the "miasma" was prevalent in the border areas of Yunnan, which became a major problem in recruiting engineers and technicians.
Before the Anti-Japanese War, the technicians who were scattered in various places were looted by the northwest several times to contribute to the infrastructure construction of the northwest. At this time, due to the Pingjin Campaign, the professionals in the north basically gathered in the northwest, and Nanjing's shortage of talents was even more stretched, and the northwest due to the gradual improvement of construction and education for many years, coupled with some difficult sections in the northwest, the terrain construction in northern Sichuan was very difficult, and it also accumulated considerable experience. At least from the current point of view, Nanjing wants to leave the northwest and build the Yunnan Highway and Railway on its own, and the difficulty is even greater than the original historical process.
"In recent years, the northwest has also had a certain foundation in the talent pool in construction, and the northwest is the leader in building the Yunnan-Burma highway and railway." Shao Lizi said excitedly. (To be continued.) )