It is thousands of miles away, and the villages along the way are much worse than those in Mukden in the past, with large areas of uninhabited white land, full of yellow sand, and even trees are rare.

"It's hard to imagine that the commander could pull an army of this size in such a place." Li Du said with emotion, "When the commander withdrew from Fengtian City, we still accounted for the vast majority of Jilin and Heilongjiang, although Jihei Province is not rich, but from the current situation it seems that it is much better than in the northwest. ”

Ma Zhanshan nodded, agreeing with Li Du's statement, in fact, even if he never mentioned it to anyone, he was a little resentful of Jiang Li's initiative to evacuate Fengtian, after all, anyone with a discerning eye could see that when the evacuation of Fengtian, the anti-Japanese coalition army had not yet reached the point of exhaustion, and the cold winter that was extremely unfavorable to the Japanese army was only halfway over. If Jiang Li could stay in Mukden at that time, or take them to Jilin and Heilongjiang to continue to resist the Japanese, would the Northeast at this time be a different situation? At least it won't fall so quickly.

As the team entered a small county town hundreds of miles away from Lanzhou, the desolate scene in the northwest was reaped, and a cement road across the entire county was in front of them, and the horses' hooves made a crisp sound on the cement road.

Didi! With the sound of a shrill air whistle, several cars and a convoy of transport trucks slowly approached. When he walked to a place more than ten meters away in front of him and stopped, the black car that started stopped at the beginning, and when the door opened, a familiar smiling face was revealed inside, "Old friend, we can fight side by side again in the future." ”

It was Feng Zhanhai, Zhang Zhibang, Wang Tiehan, and Zhao Yi and others who got out of the car. Feng Zhanhai, who was the leader, had a smile on his face.

"Brother Shoushan, I haven't seen you in the past two years. You're getting more and more energetic. Li Du saw Feng Zhanhai's spirits perked, he and Feng Zhanhai were the first to partner together, and the relationship between the two was also the most iron, if it wasn't for the parting of ways in Fengtian later, I'm afraid they would still be a pair of golden partners now.

"Now the situation in the northwest is getting better and better, and we have fought two decent battles with the Japanese army in a row. Chief of Staff Feng's spirit is naturally good. Zhao Yi laughed when he heard this, "Let's get in the car, the cars and trucks we greet today are all produced by our factory." ”

"What, I thought it was some foreign stuff, these cars are made in my own factory?" Hearing Zhao Yi's words, Ma Zhanshan, Xing Zhanqing, and others were all shocked, the wealth of the Northeast Army was one or two in the country in the past. Even if they are not descendants of the Northeast Army, they are no strangers to foreign things such as cars and trucks. But none of them were produced in their own factories in the Northeast, and now they suddenly heard that the Northwest, which is far poorer and more backward than the Northeast, can produce its own cars and trucks, how can people not be surprised? After Zhao Yi reminded him of this, Li Du and the others looked at the car, and the words Lanzhou and other words were eye-catching on the card.

"How can I tell you a joke with this idle time. Let's go, the commander is waiting. Now close your mouths, lest you open any more and not close. Wang Tiehan smiled mysteriously, Li Du, Ma Zhanshan and others hurriedly asked, but Wang Tiehan just closed his eyes and didn't mention it.

The more Wang Tiehan is so pretentious, Li Du. Ma Zhanshan, Xing Zhanqing and others felt more like a cat scratching in their hearts. However, the other party did not say that they had no choice, and the group got into the car, and the soldiers they brought over also got on the transport truck, and the soldiers were directly pulled to the nearby barracks. Ma Zhanshan and others took another path.

"Huh. Rong Ji Cotton Clothing Factory, I have seen it in Fengtian City before. Through the car window, Li Du said with interest.

"There were quite a few Fengtian industrial factories that moved west with the commander, and most of them were helping each other to take root in the northwest. When you go to Lanzhou, you will see more of the original factories that were opened in Mukden. I thought it was the second Fengtian City. Wang Tiehan turned around from the front seat and said. At the beginning, his 7th Brigade was stationed in the northern camp of Fengtian City, and no one here surpassed him in terms of familiarity with Fengtian City.

"Yes, I'm really looking forward to this trip to Lanzhou more and more." Ma Zhanshan said with interest.

Reunions after a long absence, especially in the aftermath of a hundred battles, comrades-in-arms who may be sacrificed at any time always have endless words after reunion, so that dozens of kilometers of distance can quickly be spent in conversation. The car drove through another county town, and then walked onto a fork in the road with a heavily guarded post, and ordinary vehicles could not pass through the layers of sentry posts at all.

"Where are we going?" Xing Zhanqing asked curiously.

"You'll know when you go, the commander is waiting for us there, and it is an important development direction for our Republic of China Army in the future." Wang Tiehan smiled and said.

The car drove more than ten miles, and successively saw several factories covering a wide area were surrounded by a long wall, and the innermost factory did not even have a name.

Li Du reacted the same as Sun Liren, who had entered earlier, and exclaimed with surprise on his face, "Northwest Chariot Factory!" ”

"Yes, it is the Northwest Tank Factory, which will be the birthplace of tanks and armored vehicles after the Republic of China." JIANG LI WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF A DARK STEEL TRUCK AT THIS TIME, AND THERE WAS A 47MM SHORT-BARRELED GUN WITH A SMALL CALIBER ON THE TOP OF THE IRON PIMPLE TOWER, AND THERE WERE TWO MACHINE GUN MUZZLES IN OTHER PLACES.

Beside Jiang Li, there were Tang Shijian, Tian Jianlong, and Sun Liren.

Tang Shijian was looking at the two steel monsters in front of him with a strange look at this time.

"THIS IS THE FIRST TANK THAT WE HAVE PRODUCED ENTIRELY IN THE NORTHWEST IN COOPERATION WITH GERMAN TECHNICIANS, IT IS A 47MM ARTILLERY TYPE, AND THE MACHINE GUN VERSION WILL BE PRODUCED IN ABOUT THREE DAYS."

"After consultation with German technicians, this tank was named the Avenger, Germany wants to avenge the European war, and we want to be bullied by the Japanese for decades." Tang Shijian excitedly introduced the data of this tank, "This is a brand new tank, with a length of 4.98 meters, a width of 2.62 meters and a height of 2.26 meters. Weighing 9.7 tons, it is powered by a 6-cylinder, air-cooled, 154 hp petrol engine, supplied by Mercedes-Benz Mercedes, which is 40 hp more powerful than the Vickers 6-ton tank. Although the weight is half more than the Vickers 6-ton tank, the engine power used is also nearly half higher, so after modifying the design between the track width and the load wheels in terms of speed, the maximum speed on the paved road reaches 32 kilometers per hour, which is slightly inferior to the Vickers tank in service in the 15th Route Army, but the off-road performance is more excellent, and it can reach an astonishing 6 kilometers. The range of action on paved roads is 180 km, and the off-road range has been increased to 120 km. (To be continued.) )