After today's conversation, Zuo Quan couldn't help but refresh his cognition of Qiao Youhua, thinking that Qiao Youhua was an outstanding genius and an excellent commander with strategic vision.

Unexpectedly, his talents are far more than these, and he can really be called an all-round genius. After the shock, Zuo Quan calmed down his excitement and said to Qiao Youhua: "Youhua, I really didn't expect that you still have talent in weapons and equipment design, and it is really a great blessing that our army has an all-round talent like you." ”

Zuo Quan's words are by no means flattery, this kind of all-round military talent, all countries and all parties will regard it as a treasure, and he can fight wars and design advanced weapons and equipment, this is simply a priceless treasure.

Qiao Youhua smiled modestly and said: "Chief of Staff, you don't have to praise me too much, I am just a hobby, in fact, as a son and daughter of China, Qiao's wish in life is that the nation rises, the country is rich and strong, and the people live and work in peace and contentment.

Let me always stand at the top of the world and become the most powerful superpower, so that no one will dare to insult our Chinese nation and spy on our Chinese territory.

As a soldier, since the 26th year of the Republic of China, I have sworn to defend this place of sunset and life left by our ancestors to the death, and it has become the only belief of Youhua. ”

Zuo Quan was in awe of Qiao Youhua's words, and said awe-inspiringly: "What a good sentence, why not return the horse leather shroud!" Born in troubled times, the nation is in danger, and the autumn of the country's survival, a big husband and a good man should be like this! ”

Once upon a time, they also embarked on the road of revolution with the passion and dream of reviving China since they were young, so Qiao Youhua's impassioned words easily resonated with him! Because they are essentially the same kind of people, hot-blooded patriots, good men who are willing to shed their blood for the country and the nation.

After ending this long talk, Qiao Youhua, Zuo Quan and others went to various parts of the base area to conduct field investigations and began to plan the next road construction plan.

In the end, it was decided to build the Zhengtai Railway, which had been devastated by the war and scattered, so that the base area of the Longya Column and the railway in Shanxi could be integrated.

In the future, it will be much more convenient to deploy troops and materials.

In addition, there are three main roads built around the Pingshan base camp of the dragon's tooth column to Baoding, Cangzhou, and Dezhou.

In the past, the road of the arsenal was only built outside Pingshan County, but this time it will be completely connected.

The purpose of building these roads is to facilitate the transfer of troops and military supplies needed for operations from the arsenal and the Pingshan headquarters to the front lines in various base areas in the future.

Of course, the towns and villages along the route will also benefit from this, and there is no doubt that the smooth flow of roads plays a vital role in economic development.

After more than half a month of visits, the specific road repair route was finally finalized, and Qiao Youhua and Zuo Quan jointly reported to the Yan'an Party Central Committee for approval, and immediately began to put it into action.

In the past half a month or so, the 50,000 troops of the southern expedition have successively left Baoding, withdrawn to the base areas, and handed over the defense of Suiyuan, Chahar, and other places to the local guerrilla units of the Eighth Route Army.

In addition, the matter of the ownership of some large and medium-sized cities in Shanxi headed by Taiyuan has finally been settled, and the top level of the Eighth Route Army has decided to give up Taiyuan and other places with the overall situation as the priority, which is basically not much different from the previous analysis of Qiao Youhua and General Zuo Quan.

When the dust settled on the affairs in Shanxi, the main forces of the Eighth Route Army, together with the militia units, withdrew to small county towns and remote towns far away from the main transportation routes, and controlled more than 60 percent of Shanxi's vast villages and 80 percent of the population.

The rule of the Jin Sui army over Shanxi was as early as the Japanese invasion of China, and the moment Taiyuan fell, it no longer existed.

Within two days, Qiao Youhua and Zuo Quan's road construction plan was approved by the Party Central Committee, and Qiao Youhua and the two immediately decided to start the plan.

In order to allow the troops of the Southern Expedition to rest for a while, Qiao Youhua and Chief of Staff Zuo Quan decided to rotate them with the troops stationed on the front lines in Baoding, Cangzhou, and Dezhou.

The troops of the Southern Expedition who had returned triumphantly were responsible for the defense of the above-mentioned areas, while the remaining defense troops were immediately mobilized urgently, and the people in all parts of the base areas were summoned to form a large army of military and civilian road repairers, which began to build roads from all parts of the base areas.

Thanks to the good reputation of the Dragon's Tooth Column, after the road construction plan was announced, tens of millions of people in the base area responded enthusiastically, and more than one million of them spontaneously rushed to the recruitment points in various places to recruit road repair workers, and became registered road construction workers.

The reason for the registration is naturally to facilitate the management and settlement of wages.

Although many people claim that they don't want to be paid, just take care of the food, and use the money saved to fight the Japanese devils, but Qiao Youhua, who is rich in money, does not want to treat these simple fathers and villagers badly.

After all, this road construction work can not be completed in a day or two, and the people must not be allowed to shed blood and tears in vain; moreover, if these wages are distributed, it is the daily life of the people who are rich, and only when the people have money in their hands can there be various transactions, and in this way, it will naturally stimulate the economic development of the base areas.

On the other hand, putting so much money in one's own treasury cannot stimulate domestic demand in the base areas. Although the consumption of raising 100,000 troops and tens of thousands of various workers in the arsenal is not small, with the continuous expansion of the base area and the increasing population, it is basically possible to maintain a balance of payments by relying on taxes alone.

Moreover, any design drawing of his own can be exchanged for a large amount of money from the Western powers, and there is no need to be harsh on his parents and fellow villagers in order to save some small money.

Therefore, Qiao Youhua solemnly announced that all the workers who participated in the road construction would have three yuan a month for each man and one yuan per month for women, and the military salaries and wages would also be paid.

The wages are distributed by the reliable party members in the various units organized by Zuo Quan and Guo Meng, and no one is strictly prohibited from deducting any wages, and violators will be dealt with in accordance with military law!

Under Qiao Youhua's generous encouragement, the morale of the military and civilian road construction army was high, and they worked hard one by one, and the roads from Cangzhou, Baoding, and Dezhou to Pingshan headquarters began to be paved in full swing.

In addition, the British-style equipment production line of the arsenal and a large number of Japanese-style weapons and ammunition that had been repeatedly seized and hoarded also began to be loaded onto military trucks and carriages that had been mobilized one after another, and then under the escort of the cavalry reconnaissance battalion of the guard regiment, they walked along the Zhengtai Railway into Shanxi.

Send it to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.