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The total length is 9,330 kilometers, 1,778 kilometers from St. Petersburg to the Urals, and 5,937 kilometers from the Urals to Chita Middle East Railway Interchange, of which less than 800 kilometers are double-tracked. Even if there are few people along the route, there are 8 strategic chokepoints that need to be controlled. Every 20 kilometres of cantonment points required 300 companies to garrison them. According to the average speed of the train at 20 kilometers per hour, even if you do not sleep and travel at full speed, it will take 13 days to enter the border from Yekaterinburg, and it will take a full month to go back and forth, not counting the more than 1,400 kilometers of the Eastern Railway.

People have. At the moment there are already four divisions west of the Urals, and one division is rushing to the Urals. 100,000 soldiers plus 200,000 Chinese laborers along the way, as well as about 200,000 local overseas Chinese, there is no problem in putting together 100,000 road guards Chapter 437 is quiet, not to mention that the new 15 infantry divisions have been formed for 2 months, and they can be deployed to the north in November.

The problem is that the volume of shipping is simply too large!

Yang Qiu is the kind of character who either doesn't do it or does it thoroughly, this character comes from the habit he developed when he was a soldier in his previous life, because scouts often need to lie dormant for days and a half months, so when the target appears, no one wants to miss, and sometimes he would rather pay the price to achieve the goal and complete the task. Therefore, it is impossible for him to leave any industrial facilities east of the Urals to his future opponents, but in terms of tonnage, even if important equipment is removed, it will take at least 15,000 trains, which means that if there are only 1,000 trains, it will take 15 months to get there.

There can't be 15 months for him to toss!

From the beginning of November to the end of April, the following day, is the coldest season in Siberia and the least outdoor activities. Even if the poor partisans were strong, they had to reduce their activities during this time. But as Siberia gradually recovers in May, the destruction of the railroad tracks and roadbed will likely lead to conflict, so only about half a year of winter will be available.

"I have a solution."

To solve the tricky transportation problem. Yang Qiu deliberately went to the Ministry of Railways to find Zhan Tianyou, and in Chapter 437, the quiet person was so shocked by Yang Qiu's plan to empty the east of the Urals that his eyes fell out! However, it is undeniable that if the plan can be successful, it will directly double the industrial scale of the Republic of China, and the development speed will be increased by 5 years! But it is even more difficult to succeed, not to mention whether Russia will really "mutiny", and even if it does, the long railway lines and transportation capacity are really enough. But this plan is too tempting, so even an honest person like him can't bear it. After reading the information, he thought about it and said: "Chenhua, you see, the road from Irkutsk to Manchuria is 1,200 kilometers, and the population along this area is several times denser than before, and the Mongolian rebels are operating in this area. It is also close to Boli and Vladivostok, which are vulnerable to destruction, and if we continue along this road, I am afraid that a force will have to be deployed every 10 kilometers. However, if you go directly south to Chahatu on the Mongolian border by going around Lake Belga and taking Uland, it is only 150 kilometers, and it is only 380 kilometers to Kulen, which can save 820 kilometers and almost two days. ”

"Is Mr. Cheng misremembering?" Yang Qiu had just returned from there. So he was very familiar with the local area, and said: "The construction of the Uland to Kulen railway has been suspended because of the war, and it is still dozens of kilometers away from the border, and even the materials have been privately bought by local Russian officials." ”

"The materials are sold, but the roadbed is still there. What is missing is the roadbed from Chahatu to Kulen, and the 130-kilometer roadbed needs to be equipped with enough manpower and equipment. It can be completely opened in a month at most! Zhan Tianyou also knows that it is not enough to open up Kulen to Uland. After all, machinery and equipment can't be left outside for a long time to rust, so when the 800 kilometers from Kulun to Baotou can be opened up has become the key! But he is confident: "After you inspected Baotou last year, the construction of the Baoku railway embankment began, and as of last month, we have repaired 100 kilometers of the roadbed, which is still because the railway track cannot be transported and the speed has slowed down." Although the road from Baotou to Suiyuan started, the rugged mountain road along the way will not be opened to traffic until at least the end of next year, but the speed from Taiyuan to Baotou is faster, and it will definitely be opened to traffic on a single line in January next year at the latest. ”

Yang Qiu understood what Zhan Tianyou meant, he wanted to concentrate on repairing the roadbed of the Baoku Railway first, and lay the rails as soon as the extension of the Zhengtai Line was completed. In fact, the roadbed can only be completed, and the laying of rails is still very fast. The 9,330-kilometer Siberian Railway, which is far more difficult than the Mongolian Railway, has only taken 13 years, of which the roadbed takes up eighty percent of the time, so as long as the roadbed can be laid, the 800-kilometer track will definitely not exceed half a year, but there is still a problem here, that is, there is a serious shortage of rails. At present, the southwest railway network is in the final sprint stage, the Jinghan line, the Jinpu line reconstruction and so on need a large number of rails, and another important Longhai line extending to Urumqi is also stepping up construction, the gap is unimaginable. Is it really necessary to stop the construction of railways across the country? That's too much to pay.

When he was in a dilemma, Zhan Tianyou narrowed his eyes, and the brilliance behind the lenses of his eyes flashed: "Chenhua is a fan of the authorities!" ”

"Oh? Mr. Cheng said quickly. ”

"Huh." Zhan Tianyou laughed, pointed to several branch lines along the Trans-Siberian Railway, and said: "Actually, there are rails, isn't it written in the information, Yekaterinburg Ural Steel Plant has a large number of rails in reserve, and there is a lot of cement lime, and the sleepers can be cut directly from the Irkutsk forest." I think that since we want to move it, we can simply move it all, and dismantle all these materials and railways and transport them to Kulun, which can save at least 1 year! As long as we have enough manpower, we will speed up the repair of the roadbed from now on, and when these materials arrive, we will be able to complete the single line in August next year at most, and the double line can be repaired slowly. ”

In August next year, that is, the machine will only need to be stored in Kulen for three months! In this way, the two lines can be diverted. The equipment that cannot be stored for a long time is taken by the Manchurian Middle East Railway, and the equipment that can be stored is piled up in Kulun first. And the distance of 800 kilometers is less, plus 1400 kilometers of internal transshipment, which will save a lot of time and energy, and can avoid the attacks of the Russian army and the Mongolian rebels, so he immediately said: "According to the sir, how many people are needed?" ”

"It's the best season of the year in Mongolia, and if you want to speed up, you need at least 100,000 people to work at the same time."

"Then do as the gentleman says!" Yang Qiu gritted his teeth. The sunrise plan is too important. So he also said ruthlessly: "I immediately asked Ziqing to transfer 5 divisions from Fengtian to help, and then transfer 50,000 people and 200,000 animal power from Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, and Suiyuan. There are also about 20,000 private armies of princes and nobles in the Mongolian steppe, all of which are under your command, sir! Make sure to get the railway open by August next year! ”

5 divisions, plus 50,000 civilian soldiers and 20,000 private troops who were incorporated and reformed. Nearly 200,000 people are building an 800-kilometer railway at the same time, which is unique in the world. Considering that it took 30,000 prisoners of war, migrant workers, and convicts a year and a half to open up the 2,500-kilometer railway from Murmansk to St. Petersburg, which runs through the frozen plains and swamps of the Arctic, Yang Qiu agreed to Zhan's plan. But one thing is still tricky: "Is there anything that Mr. Train Chengcheng can do?" ”

"Nope."

Zhan Tianyou answered honestly, so that Yang Qiu continued to have a headache.

In the afternoon of the same day, Yang Qiu asked Song Ziqing to order five divisions to be stationed along the line from Kulun to Mongolia, and at the same time began to recruit people to go north.

The construction boom in the depths of the continent didn't bother many people, and time flew by with the wielding of explosives, sapper shovels and pickaxes. The summer and autumn of 1917 was probably the quietest period since the establishment of the Republic of China, after the last three divisions of the Western Front rushed out. Although Britain and France also thought about allowing the Chinese Expeditionary Force to deploy in advance, they simply ignored the fact that weapons and ammunition needed to be supplemented with a steady stream of American volunteers arriving from across the Atlantic. And Yue Peng has no objection to Britain and France giving priority to supplementing the United States. He also kept the ammunition out of the way, so that no one could drive a unit that was short of ammunition into battle. On the contrary, it was the problem of military discipline that gave the commander of the expeditionary force a great headache, thinking about a group of old men who had won the battle living in an area full of orphans and widows, and it would be strange if nothing happened, but in the face of a situation where it was impossible to prevent it. In the end, he didn't care at all, as long as he didn't delay training.

After the war, according to French civil society statistics, during the 11 months when the Chinese expeditionary force was resting in Chalon, about 5 French women said that they had traded skin and flesh with one or more Chinese soldiers. There were at least three thousand officers among them, so much so that the region later surpassed Marseille as the region with the most Chinese-French births.

But who still has air traffic control now? Until the end of October. The first batch of 1.5 million American volunteers all arrived in France. Song Ziqing carried out Yang Qiu's suggestion and not only sold all the weapons in his inventory to the United States. The rifles supplied by Britain and France for the new 15 infantry divisions were all replaced with Type 12 rifles of their own production in one go, and the replaced guns and grenadiers were handed over to the United States as part of the order. In fact, he was right to do this, Britain and France had not manufactured Type 12 rifles before, so they were all improved with Li Enfister or hastily copied with drawings, and the quality of weapons deteriorated seriously after a large number of skilled workers were mobilized to the front, far inferior to the original goods of several domestic factories. As for the grenadiers, because the Wehrmacht was about to be equipped with 60-mm mortars and a new infantry suppression weapon, the stockpiles were simply disposed of.

The United States got the weapons, and the domestic troops of the Wehrmacht completed the clearance, and everyone was happy.

Similarly, after disposing of a large number of captured weapons that did not conform to the standard, the expeditionary force was much easier. However, more than 200 K28105 mm and K16150 mm long-range cannons, as well as several heavy guns with extremely high research value similar to the Great Berta gun, were shipped back to China ahead of schedule. The French government also turned a blind eye to this, after all, according to the "Plum Blossom Entente", the Chinese expeditionary force had the right to dispose of its own captured goods, and the reason given was to support the main force of the expeditionary force on the Eastern Front, which was about to depart.

Compared with the quiet western front, the eastern front is turbulent.

First, on July 1, 1917, the Provisional Government planned an attack on Germany, but failed again in just ten days. After the news came, the Poor Party again planned an anti-imperialist war demonstration, demanding the cessation of the war and formally raising the slogan of returning all rights to the Soviets. Kerensky soon announced a crackdown, which led to a complete split between the Poor Party and the Provisional Government, and an armed confrontation was inevitable. Later, in order to crack down on the poor party, Kerensky led the wolf into the house and foolishly instigated the Kornilov coup, but failed again.

At the same time, the Germans attacked Ukraine in a big way to force Russia out of the war, and the four divisions of the Chinese Expeditionary Force arrived in the early stage simply fought and retreated without the support of the Russian army.

History seems to have returned to a parallel line, but except for one person, the whole world did not expect that in the season of heavy snowfall, the most complex and far-reaching events that would have the most complex impact on the post-war world began to brew......!!!