Chapter 70: The Problem of Eating

The defeat in World War I was painful for the Germans. These German ** officers who came to China did not take the normal route, and they were not established in the German Wehrmacht. These dozens of people were the seeds of the new tactics of the German army in the future, and they carried the hope of Germany's victory in the next war.

"Salute, Your Excellency the Marshal." Guderian gave a very standard military salute, and other German ** officers also came up one after another.

"Great work! Everybody! Fang Jianxiong returned the salute very formally, and then circled around the tank and looked carefully.

Fang Jianxiong's emphasis on the new tank determines the upgrading of tank design and production. The army is not wealthy, and its limited funds are destined to only adopt small-scale equipment, and the Second Guard Division is the nature of a test field. The key is still a question of technological accumulation, and on the issue of tank technology accumulation, the Germans have a higher enthusiasm than the Chinese. From design to production, to the process of putting it into the army's equipment trial, the Germans were very attentive.

The new tank in front of you is undoubtedly a product of the times. Diesel-powered, torsion bar suspension, these two basic characteristics, can be said to determine the basic development route of the future Wehrmacht tank. The original Christie suspension had no future in Fang Jianxiong's opinion, so it was changed to a torsion bar suspension in advance. Lao Maozi's things are not good, but they can basically be done at the current level of industrial processing in China.

"The car weighs 34 tons, the maximum speed on the road can reach 45 kilometers per hour, after 3,000 kilometers of long-distance testing, the performance is very stable. The failure rate is a bit high, and the ride is not very comfortable. The firepower of the 75 cannon is in a tank that can sweep through any kind of tank in the world today. There is also a very important problem, the diesel engine must be overhauled for 300 hours, and a way should be found to solve this problem. There is also the issue of the tactics of tanks, which I don't think are suitable for today's terrain to attack. Guderian gushed on the sidelines. Pitch his Blitzkrieg concept. At the same time, it also accurately pointed out the shortcomings of the tank.

Fang Jianxiong basically didn't listen to a word of what Guderian said, but he still looked very serious. The problem of engine life cannot be solved at the current level of technology. It is necessary to wait for the level of material technology, processing technology, and design to come up before it is possible to improve. Now it's just a matter of making do and setting the direction for future development. The Eurasia Group invests huge sums of money every year in the research and development of engines, and there are already new designs and better products to be launched, but these Fang Jianxiong will not tell the Germans. It is already very sad for the Germans to see the design concept of the T34. Of course. In order for the Germans to be able to toss more ruthlessly in Europe in the future, it is still worth helping the Germans to open this plug-in.

There are many things, not to mention the Germans, even the Chief of the General Staff of the Wehrmacht, who does not know. These techniques are strictly confidential. The engine research center of the Eurasia Group has gathered hundreds of technicians from various countries poached from Europe. For the sake of secrecy, the tanks were produced at the Hefei Tractor Plant, and the research center was located in Wuhu.

As for the new tactics, Fang Jianxiong didn't hear about it, Wuhu Army University and Baoding Army University were secretly studying how to use tanks on a large scale in private. And in Xinyang, Henan Province, there is a real tank division composed entirely of military cadets, which is also an absolute military secret, and only the four giants of the National Defense Force have access to all aspects of information.

Nodding your head and smiling at the same time. Fang Jianxiong was very satisfied with the professionalism of the Germans. The results of the research of the Germans must undoubtedly be shared. When Chairman Fang was having a cordial exchange with a group of moral officials, Chen Guofu, who was in a hurry, interrupted the exchange

"Fu Shuai. Jiangxi Emergency. Chen Guofu reported in a low voice, and Fang Jianxiong quietly apologized: "Everyone." There is a step ahead of time. "Under normal circumstances, Chen Guofu would not spoil the atmosphere on such an occasion, something must have been urgent.

When he walked to the side of the car, Fang Jianxiong took the telegram, and when he read the telegram, his hand shook, and the telegram was not held directly, and fell to the ground flutteringly. Xia Xiang, who was following closely on the side, picked up the telegram and subconsciously read it when he read it: "The yield of hybrid rice per mu is 500 catties." ”

Xia Xiang, who was born in a wealthy merchant family in the city, couldn't understand the shock of this telegram to Fang Jianxiong, wasn't it just a yield of 500 catties per mu? As for the surprise? But looking at the flushing on Fang Jianxiong's face and the heaving chest, with an excited look, Xia Xiang immediately understood that this was not simple.

"Guofu, prepare a special train immediately, I want to go and see it myself." Fang Jianxiong explained, and Chen Guofu turned around and trotted up. I have been by Fang Jianxiong's side for a few years, and it is the first time I have seen Fang Jianxiong so excited.

According to the results of the latest census, the total population of the Republic of China is 450 million, which is a level that can only be reached in the thirties in a normal historical period, and has now reached it more than ten years ahead of schedule. This is the result of the great unification of the country, although the overall standard of living is still very poor compared with that of the local tyrants like the US imperialists, but as far as the current country with 70% of the gross national product is brought by agriculture, it is a huge problem to be able to feed so many people.

The problem of eating has always been the biggest problem in China. If the common people of all dynasties and dynasties cannot eat, there must be a big problem. It is true that the common people will not rebel if they have a bite to eat, but if you open the history books, it is not difficult to find that the words "starving for thousands of miles", "ambushing millions of corpses", and "eating by children" will be recorded in almost every dynasty. It really came to this point, and the dynasty basically came to an end.

It is not too much to solve the problem of eating, which is arguably the most important thing in this country. How to fix it? Industrialization cannot produce grain, and the low yield per mu has always been the biggest obstacle to the problem of eating. When Fang Jianxiong was still in the United Autonomous Region, he was already laying out the research and development of hybrid rice, which was almost a kind of inertia, and the Institute of Hybrid Rice of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences of the United Autonomous Region was placed in Nanchang, Jiangxi. In this era, there is no Yuan Longping, but there are some intellectuals and experienced farmers who are not afraid of hardship. Fang Jianxiong sorted out some information with his trivial memories and threw it to the people below to do. After more than ten years of arduous exploration, coupled with the participation of a group of scholars who returned from studying in Europe and the United States, China's first agricultural university is also in Jiangxi, and with the investment of a group of scholars and a large amount of funds, it finally came to a brilliant result at this moment.

Don't underestimate this yield of 500 catties per mu, this is a research team of more than 1,000 people traveled all over Hainan Island, it took more than a year to find the "wild defeat", and the research team of thousands of people studied in Hainan for a whole decade before and after today's results.

At this stage, the rice yield is only more than 300 catties, which means that hybrid rice has increased the average yield per mu by more than 100 catties, which is still on the basis of the highest yield. With so many paddy fields in the country, what is the concept of increasing the yield by more than 100 catties per mu? Thinking of this, Fang Jianxiong naturally thought of "a historical misunderstanding", this scandal that was slapped in the face by the whole world.

There's no way not to get excited! This is an exciting first step for a better future.

"Is there any more detailed information?" Fang Jianxiong, who was sitting in the car, breathed a sigh of relief, turned his head to see that Chen Guofu was not there, and smiled self-deprecatingly. It seems that someone is more excited than himself, and this is not a telegram to talk about numbers.

He returned to Beijing without stopping, and when he got on the special train, he received a more detailed long telegram. A research team of more than 100 people, led by Shi Buping, a scholar studying in the United States, has been repeatedly researching in the field in Sanya, Hainan Province for three years, combining the research results of dozens of research groups led by predecessors and dozens of peers, and constantly repeating the results of research and exploration.

It can be said that this is not the result of a single person, but the result of the joint research of 30 research teams, more than 200 agricultural experts, and more than 1,000 agricultural provinces. Of course, the government also invests a lot of money, which is a priority project of the Cabinet of Ministers of Agriculture.

Also waiting on the special train were Gu Weijun, the new premier, Sun Yuyun, the minister of agriculture, and Han Yan, the minister of propaganda. Coupled with the guards of the Marshal's Palace, the group can be said to be mighty. Sun Yuyun served as the governor of Anhui Province for ten years, and finally blended into the cabinet. Han Yan has been waving the flag in the field of propaganda, and he is the candidate for the newly established cabinet propaganda minister.

The train sped through the night and headed south along Jinghan Road. There was a festive scene in the carriage, and the waterway increased the grain yield by 100 catties per mu, which was auspicious in the past. Fang Jianxiong, who usually doesn't drink much, also made an exception in the car and set up a table for everyone to sit and drink and talk together.

"The Republican Party has been in power for ten years, and the industry of the Republic of China has developed rapidly, but agriculture has not changed much. Now that this hybrid rice has come out, it can be regarded as making up for a big regret in the hearts of my generation. Gu Weijun sighed with emotion, looking excited.

Fang Jianxiong knows his mind very well, with the deepening of compulsory education, the countryside is also a big ticket warehouse. The Republican Party's policy of prioritizing industrial development over the past decade has hardly benefited the vast rural population. Although the state also has corresponding policies in agriculture, such as maintaining a stable grain price, reducing rents and interest rates to alleviate social contradictions in rural areas, lowering the grassroots government to the township level, weakening the power of the gentry and clans, and so on.

"In the final analysis, there are still two problems in the rural areas, one is the problem of food and the other is the problem of education. The problem of eating is solved, and the countryside will be stable. The problem of education has been solved, the overall quality has been gradually improved, and the sharpness of the contradictions in rural society will be gradually resolved. The world is big, and the problem of eating is the greatest. The problem of rural areas must be centered on this work. Fang Jianxiong said his opinion without hurrying, in fact, he didn't expect Gu Weijun to follow. Thinking about it carefully, Gu Weijun, who has just become the prime minister of the cabinet, really needs a huge benefit to be careful to stabilize his position. And hybrid rice appeared at this time.