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In September, the pace of Harbin has accelerated a lot, and compared to the south, which is in the middle of the scorching heat, the people living in this land have to think about wintering. As the influx of migrants filled the gap between Russians and cities flourished again, merchants were working hard to profit from the wave of migration, with the number of timber merchants alone increasing fivefold from last year. Since the Northeast Military Administration prohibits arbitrary felling and must declare that construction timber can be harvested, these businessmen have set their sights on North Korea and Siberia.

A train car slowly drove into the temporary station in Harbin, and the logs piled up with the next few flatbed cars caused many people to blush, so when Cai Ye walked out of the carriage, he saw that the quartermaster had been surrounded by seven or eight businessmen, and he asked Jiang Zuobin who came to pick him up curiously: "Yuyan, what is this for?" ”

Jiang Zuobin is now an operational staff officer in the Northeast Theater and has the rank of major general, and he smiled when he saw this: "The Cheng Cheng Act has begun to be fully implemented in the Northeast, and from now on, logging needs to be reported to the officer department for approval." This is not a large number now, construction timber has suddenly become a hot commodity, your car is still relatively small, yesterday 50 wagons came back and almost made this place fight. ”

"What's the point of restricting logging? What to do with the money from the sale of wood? ”

"It's not about restricting logging, it's about using it in a planned way. These trees take decades to grow, and it would be a shame to cut them all down haphazardly. Jiang Zuobin smiled, understood what Cai Yi meant, pointed to the quartermaster and said: "All the saleable commodities brought from Russia are handled by them, and most of the money earned is used for the construction of the Northeast, and part of it is counted as a reward for the Ministry of Defense and used for the construction of the army, so we just watch the excitement and do not interfere." ”

Cai Yi was relieved, he didn't like the troops to participate in commercial activities, and it was naturally best for someone to be in charge now. Jiang Zuobin continued: "A few days ago, I received news that Kolchak had arrived in Vladivostok to join the White Russian army there, and he would probably leave for Tomsk next week Chapter 467 Disarmament and Financial Management (Part I). He was not happy with our control of the east of Irkutsk. We were repeatedly asked to withdraw our troops. There has also been a lot of fighting in Russia, and the fighting is now concentrated in the Tsaritsyn area, Denikin has led his troops to defeat the troops attacking Tsaritsyn several times, and the Czech Legion organized by the British and French has also openly mutined last week. It is currently being delivered in the direction of the Caucasus and the Urals, and judging by the lines of movement, it is likely that this force will be handed over to Kolchak's leadership. ”

"So, the Western Front is coming to an end?" Cai Ye is worthy of being an excellent general, and from the sudden fierceness of the Russian civil war, he analyzed that the European war was about to end. Jiang Zuobin nodded: "After Commander Yue took Metz and entered Lorraine, Britain, France and the United States also began to storm along the Somme River, and it is currently less than 100 kilometers away from the Franco-Belgian border. Intelligence showed that anti-war sentiment in Germany was very high. The emergence of many underground organizations, coupled with the severe food shortage in Europe in the first half of the year, predicted that the war would likely end before the end of the year. Therefore, the commander-in-chief has given instructions to withdraw all the troops west of Irkutsk as soon as the Czech corps arrives in the Urals, and we will not touch the Russian civil war. And I have also heard that he has instructed the General Counsellors Department to draw up a plan for post-war recovery and disarmament. ”

Cai Ye nodded silently. After half a year of anxiety and anxiety, hundreds of thousands of soldiers worked day and night to finally dismantle most of the industrial facilities that could be dismantled in the eastern part of the Urals. He also brought back tens of thousands of high-ranking workers and experts of all kinds, as well as books, gold, silver and jewelry, and it can be said that Russia's hundreds of years of hard work in the east of the Urals were almost completely destroyed. It is no wonder that as soon as Kolchak returned, he demanded that the Republic of China immediately withdraw its troops from the territory of Russia. For the Republic of China, this harvest is a huge wealth, but it will take several years to turn wealth into productivity, so it is time to cultivate and recuperate for a while.

After the two got on the train, they did not meet the headquarters directly, but drove to the former Harbin Eastern Railway Bureau. This is now the Northeast Harbin Locomotive Factory. At present, the work here is not to build trains, but to modify more than 2,000 trains that the army has captured and brought back from Russia. Since the Trans-Siberian Railway adopts the French 1.524-meter regulation, and the Republic of China adopts the German standard 1.435-meter heavy gauge, the train cannot be directly used and the wheel base must be modified. However, modifying the wheel base is a particularly troublesome thing, especially the front part of the locomotive needs to replace a large number of parts, based on the current technical capacity of the locomotive factory and the number of workers. It will take almost a year to complete the full refit. Although the speed is slow, it can be used at best, and a large number of new workers can be trained through this kind of modification factory. In addition, the main line of the Southwest Railway was about to be completed in early 1920, and the demand for trains was more serious than the shortage of steel. At present, there are only four train factories in China: Zhengzhou, Fengtian, Anqing and Harbin. Leaving aside the latter, which had just arrived, there was an urgent shortage of domestic steel due to the difficulty of importing during the war. Factors such as insufficient technical force lead to the combined output is not as good as that of a large foreign factory. Therefore, in recent years, the domestic railways have been repaired longer and longer, but the railway transportation has not only not been developed but seriously lagged behind, and the current number of trains is not enough to maintain the normal southwest railway network, so it is very important when this batch of Russian trains can be refitted.

Since coming out of Yunnan and following Yang Qiu all over the country, and also going to Europe to command operations, Cai Ye finally knew that national construction could not be done with enthusiasm, so I heard that it was very busy here, and I also wanted to see if I could help when I returned to Nanjing, but before I set foot in this hot factory, the communications non-commissioned officer chased here.

After reading the telegram, Jiang Zuobin handed it to Cai Yi: "It's a telegram from the commander-in-chief, he wants you to go to Shanghai for a meeting as soon as possible after you come back." ”

Fastest speed! What's wrong? Cai Ye was slightly stunned and hurriedly walked back, preparing to take the train to Shanghai overnight. Jiang Zuobin hurriedly stretched out his hand and pulled him out, blinking his eyes: "Three transport planes came here yesterday, and I heard that the air team said that they could fly directly back to Beijing from Harbin, and then fly from Beijing to Shanghai after a night's rest." ”

"Okay, I'll open the meat too."

For the first time in his life, Cai Yi rushed to Shanghai by plane, and Yang Qiu also walked into the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai with a large group of officers. As soon as he walked onto the dock area, a huge battleship with a full flag attracted everyone's attention, and even Feng Guozhang and several army officers specially invited to visit were startled by its huge figure.

The Anhai-class large cruiser is the core of the Republic of China's 1920 naval plan, and its first two Anhai and Zhenhai were all built by the United States, and the current one is the third ship, Dinghai, which laid the keel in 1915 and was launched in 17 years, while the fourth ship Ninghai has also been launched at the Mawei shipyard in Sandu, Australia and New Zealand, and entered the outfitting stage. Although the localization rate barely reached 40%, including a lot of interiors, many people still couldn't stop crying when this battleship appeared in front of everyone in full armor.

In the United States, he presided over the launching ceremony, which was basically a shell, so when he saw the majestic posture of the Anhai class in the delivery state for the first time, Yang Qiu was also attracted to him. The standard is 27,000 tons, the full load is 33,500 tons, the maximum speed reaches 30 knots during sea trials, and the endurance reaches 11,000 nautical miles at 11 knots. 3 triple 305 mm/L50 naval guns, 16 self-produced 120 mm/L50 rapid-fire cannon guns, 12 76 mm deck high-level dual-purpose guns, 6 twin 37 mm rapid-fire machine guns, and of course twin navy 12.7 mm fangs heavy machine guns with water-cooled sleeves, and two Haidong Qingkai seaplanes between the second and third chimneys.

The German-style concept of giving priority to the protection of large ships and small guns, the box-type protection layout adopted by American battleships, and the large-tilted armor arrangement proposed by Yang Qiu have made the Anhai class have reached the standard of the King Kong-class, which is known as the first battle cruiser in Asia. As for the main gun, there is actually no problem, because whether it is 305 mm or 356 mm, it is impossible for both sides to really defend against each other's shells, but because the Anhai class uses American low-speed heavy shells, it has an advantage over the British armor-piercing shells that Japan has not replaced. However, Yang Qiu was not overly happy, because compared with the world, the road of the Chinese Navy is still very long, especially the talent fault in the past 20 years after the first afternoon, which is even more fatal, so even with four Anhai-class, no one dares to say victory in the face of the Japanese Navy, which is full of talents and has undergone actual combat training.

In addition to the Zhenhai, there are also two Taiwan-class training aircraft carriers delivered next to it today, in fact, they are what Yang Qiu cares about the most, but he is always worried that he is too concerned about the aircraft carrier being targeted by the ubiquitous Japanese spies, so he can only resist the impulse and pretend not to care. Both the Taiwan and the Wulianghai were converted from old American cruise ships, with a standard displacement of 13,000 tons and a full load of 16,800 tons, and could carry 16 Haidongqing and 6 seaplanes at a time. Don't look at the ugly ones as simple as propping up a flight deck with a support frame, but they are the trump card of the Republic of China Navy to catch up with the world, but it is a pity that the whole world has not paid attention to it now.

Sa Zhenbing followed behind Yang Qiu from the deck, his old face was as bright as a flower, seeing him holding the gun barrel and looking at the aircraft carrier in thought, he thought that he didn't like sailing either, so he hurriedly came over: "Commander-in-chief, you can't be partial this time!" The army was expanded by 35 divisions at once, with tanks and trucks, and the air force was about to become independent, but half of the 16 Changfeng destroyers in our navy were cut. Old man Sa spoke with grievances, as if the lack of 8 Changfeng-class destroyers was like stabbing him eight times, and even Feng Guozhang, who was not smiling on weekdays, was amused by him: "You old man Sa, 21 American destroyers are not counted?" The cruisers that Britain and France sent you are not counted? Our army did not offend you, the 35 infantry divisions were all equipment sent by Britain and France. Besides, the commander-in-chief is planning to cut some of the troops that have been trained with great difficulty, but it's a pity. ”

talked about the navy, but Feng Guozhang obviously didn't want to withdraw too much of the army. Yang Qiu glared at the two of them, anyway, he had already thought about the affairs of the navy, so he said: "The army will definitely remove some of them, and the navy will indeed build a few more cruisers." ”

"Cruisers? Not a battleship? Sa Zhenbing jumped up, how can he build a cruiser? Japan built battleships! But before he could speak, Kuang Xukun had already run over: "Vice President, a call from the airport said that General Cai has arrived." ”……！！！