(Khan, I'm sorry, I let everyone go, and I discussed with the editor that it was the 11th outbreak, and I got the wrong time before.) Sorry to postpone it for a day. Today's 6 more is counted as tomorrow, and tomorrow plus at least 6 tomorrow, a total of 12 more. I DID NOT DO JJ SHORT 2MM. ）

"Commander, where are you talking about, without you fighting bloodily on the front line, where would we still be able to show our strengths." The geologist named He Guangyong was the expert who led the team to first survey the Baiyun Obo iron ore mine, and his face was flushed at this time.

"I still don't believe it, come, Host Wu, let's talk about the important position of iron ore in the northwest in this Baotou area." Jiang Li beckoned Wu Zhiyou over. The whole room was filled with a large round table. More than a dozen people were huddled together, although they were a little crowded, but they were also lively.

"Yes, Commander." Referring to the iron ore found in Baotou this time, Wu Zhiyou came to the spirit, "At present, the iron ore content found in the vicinity of Baotou has exceeded 57,000 tons, and more than 22,000 tons of industrial mining value, which can be said to solve the big problem of iron ore scarcity in Northwest China in one fell swoop." The industry in the northwest has developed to a certain extent, whether it is civilian or military, steel is the biggest constraint restricting the development of the northwest industry. However, Baotou Iron Mine has unlocked the curse of the lack of iron ore in the northwest. Wu Zhiyou, who has been engaged in the construction of the northwest for many years, knows what the Baotou iron mine means to the northwest.

"What's the size of the steel mill?" Li Du also came to the spirit at this time and asked, at this time, the production capacity of the Northwest Chariot Factory has increased to more than ten vehicles a month, but it is temporarily stuck here, because it consumes a large part of the steel. It is still an industrial steel. Locomotive. Car. railways and so on. Once the steel production in the northwest increases significantly, the chariot factory will naturally be able to rise.

"At present, because the infrastructure in the mining area is still relatively imperfect, horse-drawn carts and trucks are still used to transport iron ore. Production has not yet increased, but it will only take half a year at most for the rails to be laid on the factory and connected to the railway to the south. At that time, the crude steel produced by the steel mill can be continuously transported to Gansu. At present, the steel mill uses open-hearth furnaces and blast furnaces of its own design. When the machinery arrives one after another, the output here will increase to hundreds of thousands of tons. It's not difficult, in other words, what is lacking in the hands of the lowly is only machinery, and there are railways directly connecting the mining area to the factory, and our Republic of China also has the foundation to become an industrial power. Wu Zhiyou said with emotion.

"Okay, so to speak, in the future, you can buy crude steel from the Soviet Union without spending this unjust money, and tens of thousands of tons are brought from Xinjiang, which is really time-consuming and laborious." Xing Zhanqing smiled comfortably.

"Nope. The purchase of steel from the Soviet Union must not only be stopped, but also increased on a larger scale. Jiang Li lifted the wine glass and said.

"Why?" Several students at this time. There are also several backbones in the factory who looked over in surprise.

"The scale of the steel plant here is too big, sooner or later it will not be able to hide from the Japanese, once the Japanese know that we have such a large iron mine here in Baotou, Ken will think about it quickly. Now the Japanese army's Mongolian Xinjiang Army alone still has to fight, but once the Japanese army gets this news, it will not be as simple as a simple Mongolian Xinjiang Army. Therefore, even the Soviets could not know about this matter, but they had to increase the scale of crude steel mining to the Soviet Union. When and when can this news be hidden? ”

Jiang Li looked at these people present through the hot sand on the wine glass, the survey team knows the content of iron ore, and the technical backbone of these factories is also a well-established and innocent person, and now the whole family is in the northwest, there will be no problem, besides, after these students survey the mine, they will be transferred to the inland department in the northwest, and there will be no chaos on the side of the intelligence agency. It's just that the thought of provoking the eyes of the Kwantung Army in the future makes it a little difficult to sleep. Therefore, Jiang Li mobilized two divisions of the Northwest Army into northern Shaanxi and Ningxia respectively, which can be regarded as a rear hand. At the same time, only the most fundamental crude steel plant was built in Guyang, and the iron ore was refined and transported to Gansu for further refining. The remoteness of the north of Cyprus has the advantage of remoteness, and it also avoids the premature leakage of intelligence.

"Hiss-" Li Du, Xing Zhanqing also took a breath of cold air when he thought of this joint. If they were the Japanese army, they would inevitably do their best to take Baotou. If nothing else, the Japanese army in Shanxi went all out to advance westward, which was also an extremely heavy burden on the northwest. After this meal, Li Du and Xing Zhanqing immediately told Jiang Li about their worries.

"The soldiers will block, and the water will cover the earth. At that time, in addition to a life-and-death battle with the Japanese army in Baotou, it was inevitable. ”

Jiang Li waved his hand, the reason why he was in a hurry to build a steel plant in Baotou was that the early steel was also intended to be used in the permanent fortifications near Baotou. Repair as many fortifications as you can in the fastest time. At the same time, machinery from the Soviet Union has arrived in Xinjiang one after another, and the arms industry in the northwest will once again be upgraded by leaps and bounds.

Now the production of the Avengers has been gradually reduced by the tank factory, but the production of the Avengers at this time is still as high as 7, and the production of Tomahawk tanks has also increased to 8, surpassing the Avengers for the first time. MOREOVER, TANKS EQUIPPED WITH 75MM GUNS AND RADIOS ARE ALSO BEING EXPERIMENTED WITH. Even if the armored forces in the northwest could not have a numerical advantage at this time, in the qualitative face of the Japanese Type 95 light tanks, the Type 89 medium tanks already had an overwhelming performance advantage.

"It's not that I'm afraid of war, it's just that Baotou is very important to the northwest, if it is really regarded as a henchman by the Japanese army, ******** if we want to take Baotou, we want to parry, I'm afraid it's not easy." Li Du was still a little worried.

"Otherwise, what would you do with spending so much manpower and material resources to build a defense line in Baotou. If the situation is urgent, Zhou Dafu's mechanized brigade will be given priority to be restructured into a mixed mechanized brigade. Jiang Li took a slow sip of the teacup and said, After a few months of fighting, although Zhang Chujiu and Sun Liren had certain losses, they had all been repaired in place, and the tanks produced by the tank factory would naturally not be moldy in the warehouse.

"Mixed into an armored brigade? What is the preparation? Li Du and Xing Zhanqing both stared at each other and said.

"Originally, it was intended to be transformed into an armored division, but the northwest does not have this foundation now, and the infantry of the mechanized brigade is now almost the same. Jianbing, you give them a preventive shot first, don't wait for Zhou Dafu's troops to retreat and stare when they are repaired. Jiang Li said to the newly promoted adjutant next to him.

"Yes, Commander." Tan Bing took out the folder that had been prepared a long time ago and said.

"The mixed armored brigade has been initially restructured and is organized as follows: one mixed armored brigade. The brigade has 1 tank regiment and two tank battalions. ”

Li Du, when Xing Zhanqing heard that he had two tank battalions under his jurisdiction, he was not much moved, after all, the mechanized brigade was a tank regiment at this time, and the establishment of two battalions was established. However, when I heard the following words, the expression on my face stiffened a little. (To be continued.) )