As the sun sets, locomotives, smoke and earth are dyed golden on the railway lines stretching north. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoThe sky-high smoke has a beautiful golden yellow, which shows a beautiful picture between heaven and earth, and at the same time, it also shows the domineering spirit of the overlord who dominated land transportation in this era of steam locomotives.

The steam locomotive roared and spewed smoke towards the north, and the railway to Binjiang was moving, and the train had already passed through Changchun and entered the real barren land of Jibei - the vast majority of the land here is endless, uninhabited wasteland, and a large area of wasteland has not been cultivated by humans for thousands of years, only the fat black soil turned into the weeds that are old and withered, and this black soil is calling for people.

Although the grassy wasteland is endless, it still retains its pristine landscape, but on both sides of the railway, you can see some villages and farmland, and human civilization is changing this place little by little. A year ago, it may have been just a meadow, but now it has become farmland for Han Chinese immigrants, who are changing the Northeast and the wasteland of Jibei.

In the sunset, the houses in the village faintly emit a little smoke, in this barrenness, the appearance of the village and the smoke is always reassuring, even hopeful, especially for politicians, the village and the smoke are the hope for the future of this land.

"Immigrant Shibian!"

While retracting his gaze from the window, Tang Haoran softly spit out these four words.

"If the population of our Northeast can reach 30 million, why worry that the Northeast is not prosperous, and why worry about the Russians getting involved!"

This exclamation came from the heart. Maybe. For people a hundred years from now. It is impossible for them to understand the pressure of the border air defense void from the text, and the border air defense is not the emptiness of the army, but the emptiness of the population, and in the thousands of miles to the north of Jibei, there are not many inhabitants, let alone many cities, and some are just a barrenness, just like the Siberian wasteland in later generations. It was even more empty than there - in Jibei before Changchun, that is, most of the later Heilongjiang Province, the population was not even a million, and such a sparse population, vast and fertile land, had always been Tang Haoran's heart disease.

It is only in this era that the pressure from the northern neighbor can be truly felt, and although the energy of the neighbor from the north is still tied up by the so-called "Viceroyalty of Nicholas" at this time, it does not mean that he will give up his eye on the northeast.

Perhaps, as originally expected. With a population of nearly 40 million, the "Viceroyalty of Nicholas" may be like Guanyin soil for Russia. You can only temporarily fill your hunger, you can't digest it after eating, and eating too much will kill you. But this does not mean that the Russians will ignore the North-East, as they are now, almost as soon as the Viceroyalty of Nikolai has stabilized a little, they immediately show their ambitions to the Northeast.

It is precisely for this reason that for Tang Haoran, every day is precious, and he hopes to turn the Northeast into a prosperous place before the Russians react - cities and villages everywhere, and millions of people are the root of resistance to the Russians, and there is no other way.

Under certain circumstances, the advantage of population is not even something that the army can solve, and what is the point of the current Jibei although there are nearly 50,000 troops stationed? There is no meaning, and it does not change the reality of weak strength, with 50,000 people to protect hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of land? How to defend against it? How to protect it? There are too many holes in the defensive line, and only a sufficient population can bring a consolidated border defense.

Therefore, with the construction of the railway, the Immigration Department will intensify the resettlement efforts of Jilin and Heilongjiang, and resettle as many immigrants as possible in the two provinces, so as to fundamentally solve the reason for the sparse population in the two places, so as to achieve the purpose of consolidating border defense.

“…… The Russian side proposed that it would like to build a joint venture to build a railway from Suifenhe to Manzhouli, and adopt a Russian-made 1524 mm gauge ......"

As the chief engineer of the Northeast Railway Company, Zhan Tianyou naturally knows why Dashuai came to Binjiang this time.

The reason why I came to Binjiang is not because of other reasons, but because of the Russians' peeping at the Northeast Horizontal Line Railway, which is no wonder, after all, the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway is now the national policy of the Russians, and compared with the Siberian Railway around the Heilongjiang River and the Ussuri River, such as the Northeast Horizontal Line Railway from Lisuifen River to Manchuria can be connected to the Siberian Railway, its mileage can be reduced by nearly 1,000 kilometers, and the Russians can not attach importance to this matter.

It is precisely because of this that the Russians will put forward the request to jointly build a railway, and it is the request of the Russians that led to the marshal's trip to the riverside.

"That Ran Shuai means ......"

Listening to the worry in the handsome's words, Zhan Tianyou asked tentatively. There is now a discussion within the railway company about the matter, and even the worst is prepared.

"Hmph, as long as I am for a day, I will never let the Russians stretch their hands to the northeast! Reach out to China! Joint ventures, jokes, not to mention that we are not short of that money, even if we are poor for that money, we can't give in, we are sincere, why should we build this horizontal railway? ”

When he expressed his determination, Tang Haoran looked at Zhan Tianyou again and asked rhetorically.

With this horizontal railway, it is naturally conducive to the future transfer of troops to the east and west lines, and with the branch railway extending into the Heilongjiang River, it can not only form a railway network scattered throughout the northeast, but also threaten the Far East when it advances, and retreat can stick to the three provinces, make full use of the advantages of the railway, and not be afraid of the might of the Russians!"

As the chief engineer of the railway, Zhan Tianyou naturally participated in the railway planning meeting, and of course he is well aware of the national defense significance behind the railway planning. Naturally, such an important railway could not tolerate the control of the Russians, let alone adopt the Russian-made gauge.

"With the words of Ran Shuai, I will be relieved to be in office......"

Zhan Tianyou said this, but in his heart he seemed a little bottomless, after all, since this railway is so important to both China and Russia, how can the Russians accept it to use the standard gauge, and the horizontal railway of the quasi-gauge means that it is connected to the Siberian Railway in Russia, how can it sit back and watch the commander not give an inch?

"......"

After a pause, he looked out the window at the field in the sunset. Looking at the patches of farmland that had just been cultivated this year. Look at the settlements. Tang Haoran's voice sank again.

"But if the Russians can't get involved, and then they become angry and angry, and they use force to force each other, with the current strength of the Northeast, how can they stop it? Even if it blocks ......"

Even if it is blocked, the best result is probably that the Northeast is broken, although whether it is Heilongjiang or Jilin. In fact, most of the capital is still barren, but if there is a war, the thousands of settlements that have been established in Jilin and Heilongjiang with great difficulty may be destroyed by the war, not only will hundreds of thousands of immigrants become refugees, even if there is a truce in the future, there will be no three or five years, the two provinces will not recover, and more importantly, how can the people in the customs rest assured that they will immigrate to the northeast?

The ass decides the head. This sentence is true, and Tang Haoran is certainly unwilling to make any "concessions" on the railway issue. But he had to take into account the overall situation of the entire Northeast and the future of the Northeast.

"According to the calculation of the Immigration Department, since July this year, the daily immigration for the first time exceeded 10,000 people, it has been showing an increasing trend, in September, more than 370,000 immigrants in the Guannai, if you add enterprise workers, it is estimated that more than 400,000 people, 80% of the 370,000 immigrants are family immigrants, the Immigration Department predicts that next year the Northeast will absorb more than 4 million immigrants, the population of the Northeast will exceed 13 million, we only took three years to do all this......"

Originally, according to Tang Haoran's estimates, ten years after the establishment of the three eastern provinces, its population will exceed 30 million, which is a reference to historical figures, of course, this also has a lot to do with the government's behavior to encourage immigration, but he obviously ignored his own attention, the northeast's thirst for immigrants, so that the government immigration agency through various channels to absorb immigrants from various provinces.

With the encouragement of the government, a steady stream of immigrants poured into the three eastern provinces, far faster than another time and space, and even joined the ranks of people as far away as Sichuan, Hunan, Jiangxi and other places, and those southern immigrants even brought rice planting to the northeast.

According to the optimistic estimate of the Immigration Department, when the "14th Plan" is completed, the population of Northeast China will exceed 20 million, and during the "24th Plan", the population of Northeast China will exceed 35 million, and may even accept 40 million. At that time, the situation of insufficient human resources that has constrained the northeast for many years will be fundamentally changed.

In other words, when the time comes, Northeast Africa will not only have the prerequisites for entering the customs in terms of industry and economy, but also in terms of population, and will also have the conditions for entering the customs, and eight years will be enough for Northeast Africa to train millions of young people who have received primary education, and more importantly, hundreds of thousands of young people who have received secondary education, as well as a large number of college students, who are the key to reunifying China compared to the military.

Just like the saying of later generations, there are no hundreds of thousands of cadres trained in eight years, what can we talk about fighting the world. And now, what the Northeast needs is this eight years, this eight years aimed at accumulating strength and training cadres. is not the "courage of the horseman" who relied on the courage of the moment, but did not know how to govern after seizing the world, and finally fell short.

But the problem now is, not to mention Kannai, even the Russians don't plan to leave enough time for themselves! This time the Russians put forward a request for the railway, which made Tang Haoran's heart suddenly vigilant, if compared with the politicians of this era, what is Tang Haoran's biggest characteristic? In his opinion, there are irreconcilable contradictions between China and Russia, which will inevitably lead to war, and because of this, war may break out at any time, it is only a matter of time.

Now, the Russians are just testing themselves, but what about after the trial?

A year from now, two years from now, what will the Russians choose? Will their ambitions swell dramatically because of the annexation of Japan, and then they will choose force? If force is chosen, how will the Northeast resist the Russian invasion?

Will only 22 mixed brigades and 3 separate regiments be able to stop the Russians?

This is the biggest change since the new Korean army was changed into the Northeast Army after the establishment of the Northeast Province, and this is the appropriate reorganization of the troops in view of the poor combat performance of the army at the division and regiment level during the "Battle of Imjin." In this time and space, the mixed brigade is undoubtedly a new formation, which is an independent brigade composed of a mixture of infantry, cavalry, artillery, engineer and other soldiers. A mixed brigade usually has more than 4,500 people, and compared with a regiment, it is a mixed unit of infantry, cavalry, artillery, engineering and other soldiers, which makes its independent combat effectiveness greater than that of a regiment, but compared with a division, because its number is only one-third of that of an infantry division, it is easier to command.

Of course, compared with infantry regiments, the biggest advantage of mixed brigades is that they are easy to expand, and in wartime, through the expansion of each unit, they can be easily expanded into division-level units, so as to achieve the purpose of expanding the army.

The plan seems to be beautiful, and even Tang Haoran's plan has been praised by the German instructor corps, but the real problem is that even the reorganization of the 22 mixed brigades has not been completed until now, and the most critical problem is that the officers, there is no sufficiently qualified and competent brigade commander, and even the regiment commander is barely usable.

How can such an army withstand the attack of hundreds of thousands of Russian troops? Unless...... Think of that killer feature. Tang Haoran's brows furrowed slightly, in the war, he would never hesitate to use it, as long as he could ensure the victory of the war. But here's the problem...... Can a war be won with just a few new weapons?

"Cheng, have you read Xu Tieshan's "Far Eastern Chronicles"?"

Tang Haoran, who retracted those chaotic thoughts in his heart, suddenly changed the topic again, mentioning the travelogue written by Xu Tieshan, which was also sold at a high price in Luoyang paper in the Northeast last year.

"Hui Ranshuai, I did read that book!"

Zhan Tianyou obviously didn't quite understand the meaning of Dashuai's words, that book was so hot last year, how could he not read it, not to mention that Xu Tieshan is still a famous businessman in Northeast China, not only opened up a business route to Mongolia, but also advocated the construction of a railway into Mongolia in the Northeast business community, and even absorbed the investment of many wealthy people in Shanxi.

For this person and the book he wrote, how can Zhan Tianyou not read it? But what's different about that book? It's just a travelogue, that's all.

"Chengcheng, do you know what impressed me the most in that book?"

After asking rhetorically, Tang Haoran took out a cigar from the cigar cigarette, and those who are familiar with him know that this often means that his mood has changed, and he needs to use the cigar cigarette to relieve the heaviness in his heart.

"Huh? This ......"

His eyes widened slightly, Zhan Tianyou looked at the handsome man with some puzzlement, and at the same time said tentatively.

"Is it the Trans-Siberian Railway?" (To be continued.) )