"I said Lao Yang, after a few years, we were also old rivals in Sichuan, but I didn't expect that in a blink of an eye, we would stand on the same front again."

After a chaotic battle, there was already news that the two Sichuan armies had rushed to the Japanese artillery position at about the same time, Sun Zhen breathed a sigh of relief at this time, the Japanese army without artillery was a tiger with teeth extracted, and there was no need to worry too much.

"Yes, the times make people, you fight to the death in the middle of the river, but at the end, you were beaten into the house by the Japanese. If you had expected such a day, why did you think we people came here in the first place? Yang Sen took the cigarette handed over by Sun Zhen, smiled self-deprecatingly, glanced at the brand on the cigarette, and couldn't help but be stunned, "Why, you can even supply cigarettes now?" ”

"It's good to enjoy the shade under the big tree, even in the wartime, the battalion level is above the first level, and a few packs of cigarettes can be supplied from time to time, after entering the northwest, my military headquarters has been reduced to a division headquarters, and the oil and water are not as good as before, but these messy things are indeed tribute."

Sun Zhen took out a lighter from his pocket and opened the very textured metal cover, and with a flick of his thumb, the fire rushed up.

"You're a watch and a fire, and you have a lot of foreign gadgets on your body." Yang Sen looked at the silver lighter in Sun Zhen's hand in surprise.

"This is not a foreign thing, it is produced in the northwest, I heard that this thing has also registered a brand on the foreigners' side, and there is a Rausch patent or something. This thing is highly respected by some foreigners in the northwest, of course, it is those foreigners who smoke, but it is also expensive, and ordinary people are reluctant to buy one. ”

Sun Zhen handed the lighter to Yang Sen again. Although the two sides were hostile when they were fighting in Sichuan, Sun Zhen's status at that time was far inferior to Yang Sen, after all, he was a figure who had competed for the chairman of Sichuan Province. However, the high-level of the Sichuan army fought today, and the example of tomorrow and tomorrow is not once or twice, and besides, it is a national war at this time, no more than a small fight in Sichuan, today I don't know what will happen tomorrow, and there are still grievances that cannot be left behind before.

"Yes, I'm stained with your light today." Yang Sen took the lighter, glanced around Sun Zhen's division headquarters, and saw the 20MM machine guns imitating Erikon, and said with envy, "Good guy, I don't have a few guns in the division below, even my command headquarters doesn't have anti-aircraft guns, you can fix it up first." ”

"That's right, although the Northwest Army is a little stricter, but in terms of ordnance and materials, it has not been deducted, which is really not a little stronger than Chairman Jiang. These anti-aircraft guns are also used for façade, and the real power is still the Northwest Air Force. There is a cover from above, but it saves a lot of trouble, although there will be some baskets from time to time, but there is no need to worry about being bombed by the Japanese all day long. By the way, are you interested in coming to the northwest, you can't write two Sichuan characters in one stroke, they are all from the Sichuan army, if Brother Yang is willing to come to the northwest, I can help you learn one or two. ”

Sun Zhen's face was proud, although Yang Sen's status was higher than him at the beginning, even now, the other party's military rank is higher than him, but the establishment of the Central Army is very large, although Yang Sen in front of him is also the commander of the group army, but life may not be better than he is now.

"If I had chosen the northwest before I left Sichuan, it would have been no problem, but now I may not have this opportunity. The gods beckoned, and the mortals suffered. Now that Chairman Jiang has even lost Nanjing, he wants to dig up the corner of Nanjing again, Chairman Jiang wants a stack of burdens, and Director Jiang will accept me? Yang Sen shook his head, after all, he was the giant of the Sichuan Army, and he saw it more clearly than Sun Zhen, a rising star.

"If you really think about the friendship of the Sichuan army, give me more materials captured this time, I can't compare to you with the backer of the Northwest Army, relying on Chairman Jiang's little things, you can't even fill your stomach, those soldiers under me, looking at what you are wearing, have been shouting for a while. Don't talk about them, even I look at them with red eyes. At the beginning of the cold winter wax moon to the north, it was rain and snow, not to mention the boots of the soldiers below, not even a pair of cloth shoes, wearing straw sandals brought out from the middle of the river, if it were not for these enthusiastic people to help, many people would freeze to death. ”

Thinking of the hardships that the troops have experienced on the battlefield during this period of time, Yang Mu couldn't help but sigh, and then saw Sun Zhen, who also came out of Sichuan, although his number was downsized. But life is much better than his.

"Cheng, stay with Lao Yang, you have to pick more people, if you want me to say, you also have to fight more with the surnamed Jiang, isn't the treatment of their Huangpu department much better, although our side is also divided into three, six, nine and so on, but it is not too obvious. If you fight well, you still have a chance to get ahead. This month, six of my divisions were transferred to military academies in the northwest. If the battle is really fought beautifully, there is still a way out, and the view of the gateway on the northwest side is not as deep as that in the south. ”

The left and right battles were jointly fought by the two divisions, and he had supplies from the Northwest Army on his side, and it was not so easy for Yang Sen to obtain material supplies from the south. He still has this permission

Smack

"Celebrate the official opening of the Yunnan Highway!"

This highway, which lasted 13 months, after more than 200,000 people worked day and night, the length of more than 1,000 kilometers, the highway that took more than a year was finally successfully completed and opened to traffic. The road crosses 6 mountains, 5 large rivers and 8 cliffs. In order to build this highway, we have paid more than 3,000 precious lives, and this highway is the crystallization of the sweat and blood of more than 200,000 people. When I say this, I am not complaining about grievances, but also asking for credit. I just want to represent the voices of more than 200,000 people, tell the country, and tell all the people and compatriots who are fighting on all fronts. All for the War of Resistance, all for the Republic of China, even in the rear, but for the independence of the nation and the country, in order to defeat the invading bandits, we dedicate our youth, blood, and even life, we have no regrets! ”

As the chief designer of the Yunnan-Burma Highway, Li Wenping is only 26 years old, but he is a doctoral student in transportation engineering. At this time, Li Wenping stood in front of the megaphone, dressed in a navy blue tunic suit, although he was young, but in the process of being in charge of the Yunnan-Burma Highway, he became old. Not far from Li Wenping, there is a huge monument engraved with names. It is densely engraved with names.

Around Li Wenping is the high-level of Yunnan. The Wuhan government, as well as some representatives from the northwest, engineering troops, and some workers' representatives who built roads.

"Salute to the martyrs who have sworn away!"

In a loud shout, all the people bent down and walked towards the huge monument. The poof-puff camera kept this solemn scene forever.

Didi, a shrill whistle.

After a simple ceremony, the first team of cars drove up the road, which was built with the blood and sweat of the people. It's just that unlike history, the cars that were originally driven on this highway were either three-ton Chevrolets, Fords, 3.5-ton Dodges, or 4.5-ton Big International, which were basically made in the United States. At this time, the Yunnan-Burma Highway was mainly driven by Lanfeng brand trucks produced in the northwest. From 2.5 tons to 3.5 tons.

Although Jiang Li planned the Yunnan-Burma Highway as soon as possible, the time for the opening of the whole line to traffic took five months longer than the opening of traffic in history, after all, Jiang Li and Chairman Jiang can have the final say on the construction of highways in the Republic of China, but the highway sections in Myanmar need the cooperation of Burma and Britain. So it dragged on for five months. Of course, the early bird gets the worm, compared to the pure dirt road in history. At this time, under the strong promotion of Jiang Li, the main force of building this road was replaced by a construction team with many years of road repair experience in the northwest. In addition, compared with the pure handiwork in history, the Northwest has also invested a lot of road repair machinery. In terms of efficiency alone, it is much higher than before.

Therefore, compared with the previous pure dirt road, the current Yunnan Qing Highway is not only twice as wide as the original where the conditions permit, or one-third at the same time, but also a cement road. The transport capacity is not comparable to the original Yunnan-Burma highway.

"I can't imagine that the people of China have built the Yunnan-Burma Highway in such a short period of time. Moreover, the northwest of China connects the highway of Sichuan with the Yunnan-Burma highway. Later, even if the empire blockaded the southeast coast of China. It is also bound to be unable to stop the continuous flow of material resources accumulated by Britain and the United States into China. ”

In the crowd of people who successfully opened to traffic, on a bamboo building not far away, two guys dressed like ordinary Han people, but with a dull face, were solemnly looking at the convoy driving on the highway at this time.

"Previously, the passage to the northwest was still subject to the Soviet Union, and the northward movement of the base camp was quite controversial, which could remove the Soviet threat to the northeast and cut off the passage for material supplies from the northwest. Now it seems that even if the Trans-Siberian Railway is cut off, it may not be able to achieve its previous goal. Now that the highway has been built, the railway that the people of China are building at the same time is bound to speed up. Even the Yunnan-Burma Railway and Highway will soon replace the Trans-Siberian Railway. Damn the British, if it weren't for them getting in the way, the empire wouldn't be so passive. ”

As long as you are not a fool, you can see the huge impact of the Yunnan-Burma Highway, and its significance is more important than the success or failure of one or two battles. Before that, Japan occupied the eastern coastal areas of the Republic of China and cut off the supply channels of the Republic of China abroad. In this way, the Republic of China can also obtain less and less arms, as well as other necessary materials. Japan was able to defeat the Republic of China outright at a much smaller cost. At present, it is impossible to cut off the foreign aid of the Republic of China, and with the almost endless manpower and material resources of the Republic of China, the longer the war is fought, the more difficult it will be to make up for the losses suffered by Japan in the war.

"Yi Zhijun, can we start from another angle, the Yunnan-Burma Highway is nearly 1,000 kilometers long, and there are countless dangerous terrains in the middle, sending some people to blow up their roads and destroy some bridges may have a good effect." Another suggested.

"It's not that simple, the people of China have some support from the British side to build the road, and Burma is a British colony. In addition, according to the information we have obtained, the Chinese have set up temporary offices in some dangerous areas along the highway, and have a small number of troops. Although there are not many of them, they are quite enough to deal with some small-scale attacks. If the Empire sent too many people, on the one hand, it would be logistically unsafe, and on the other hand, it would alarm the British. After all, it is the colony of the other side, unless the base camp is ready to confront the British. ”

Iji Saburo shook his head and denied his colleague's claims. After all, the government of the Republic of China has spent so much money on building this road, how can it really not take any precautions. Not to mention those troops, but the support of the local people for road construction, it is not long after the unfamiliar Japanese army enters the nearby area, I am afraid that the traces will be exposed.

"What then? Do you just watch as the material resources that come to aid China continue to arrive and then be used on the battlefield against the Empire? The other person said a little unwillingly, "The speed of road construction is too fast, they can work 24 hours in turns, originally we expected that it would take more than two years, or even three years to repair the road, but it only took a year and a half." And the quality of the road is much better than we expected, the Yunnan-Burma railway has been under construction for more than a year, according to the current progress, with a large number of materials and machinery that can be transported from the road at any time, I am afraid it will only take more than two years at most, it is enough to connect with the Lae line in Myanmar. If the empire does not find a way as soon as possible, I am afraid that the British and American tricks will succeed at that time, and the empire will be mired in a never-ending war. ”

"We are only responsible for intelligence gathering, and the specific decisions will depend on how the base camp decides. Now the sea and land provinces on the other side of the base camp are fighting whether to go north or south. In my opinion, it won't take long for the cabinet to decide the winner, either to the north to provoke the Soviet Union, or to the south, we just need to collect the capacity of the Yunnan-Burma Highway to handle goods, put the specific data on the table at the base camp, weigh the interests, I believe they will figure it out. Although the northwest of China is rich in resources, they still lack an extremely important industrial raw material, that is, natural rubber, and now the opening of the Yunnan-Burma highway has lifted the last shackles of the northwest of China. I believe this, and the base camp can also see it. ”

Imeiji Saburo sighed, he didn't understand the importance of cutting off Yunnan-Burma for Japan. But the decision-making on the base camp side involves a dispute between land and sea. Not to mention him, even the prime minister, who also has an extreme headache, hesitating about whether to go north or south. Either way, however, it will take time for Japan. After all, both of these strategic decisions determine the future direction of Japan, and it is easy not to draw conclusions, but at present, the Yunnan-Burma Highway has been opened to traffic. (To be continued.) )