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Zhang Zhidan is not a reckless man, he is not like No. 1 diving deep into Daze, the wind and clouds will be as heroic as a dragon, more like a silent spring rain, using trade, medical care, education, industry and other means to imperceptibly and quietly achieve the goal. Therefore, after walking out of the living room, he did not rush to draw up any offensive plans, but first arranged for Fei Wenhua and Park Eunxing and others to stay, and then helped distribute the weapons and materials brought to the Northern Alliance Army, and only after the arrangements were made were made that he took Yunqi to the Northwest Theater Command in Urumqi.

When the plane arrived at Urumqi Airport, Fang Rui, Mei Sheng, and Long Yun, who received the news, were already waiting at the airport.

Fang Rui and Mei Sheng were both his comrades-in-arms in the same year, and Long Yun was the commander-in-chief of the Afghan campaign nine years ago, so the four of them went directly to the topic without greetings. Zhang Zhidan first introduced the situation that Nadir Shah and the others said: "It is not difficult to deal with 20,000 rebels. The Asia Brigade has three regiments, totaling more than 7,330 people, and it was personally trained by General Shi, so it is not a big problem to fight these puppet troops, but it is difficult to fight the Soviet infantry division in Kunduz. According to them, the Soviet army has been equipped with a lot of artillery and trucks in recent years, and there is also a cavalry regiment to help, and if it moves slowly, it is likely to be dragged in the Hindu Kush Mountain.

My idea is that you can get me some heavy weapons, preferably armored vehicles and tanks, so that at least I can hold off the Soviets for a while. As long as he can enter Kabul and capture Amanullah, his puppet army will definitely disperse. In addition, I want your help in the build-up of troops, the resource roads are poor, and the secrecy measures of the Afghans cannot be trusted, and the use of such a large force will definitely alarm the Soviets, so the remaining soldiers of the Asian Brigade must go in batches and times, and it is best to go by air to avoid reconnaissance, and after arriving at the place, I am trying to find a mountain col for them to hide for a while. ”

"This is a good solution, I will ask the Air Force to increase the frequency of more shifts in a while, go more and return less. It's a big deal. Of course, the partners who grew up together wanted to support, so Mei Sheng was the first to speak: "I have a lot of old gray wolf armored vehicles on my side, as well as more than two dozen damaged T26 tanks. I think so, you go to apply for a report, and I'll let people fix it quickly, and I will definitely be able to give it to you in half a month at the latest. But you have to think about how to transport it, these big guys are on the road, and the movement is not small. ”

"There's no need to be in such a hurry, no matter what, we have to delay it until October. At that time, the Soviet Union even reacted to support. It will also reduce the transportation capacity due to the cold weather. And even if you want to hit us crazy, you have to wait until next spring to avoid problems. ”

Fang Rui also agreed not to worry, but he did so for political purposes: "Tukhachevsky and Blyukhel and others must have been slaughtered by Stalin!" These two people had a great influence in the Soviet army, and it was only a temporary measure to hide and not report it. In my estimation. Stalin will certainly continue to purge the army inside, and the army stationed outside is the most uneasy, and he will not be able to say that he will be in chaos first. ”

"Minister Fang is right, the Soviet army will definitely have civil strife for a while. But then again, how are you going to fight Kabul? Even if an armored battalion dragged the Soviet troops from the flanks, it would be difficult for the main force to quickly cross the Hindu Kush mountains. Long Yun, who had not spoken, interjected. He is now a major general and commander of the 7th Infantry Division, and it is rumored that he will be promoted to lieutenant general at the end of the year. Once you become a lieutenant general, you can compete for the position of army commander. So even Mei Sheng valued his opinion very much and asked, "Is it really so difficult to Hindu Kush?" ”

Long Yun nodded: "From north to south, the Hindu Kush Mountain is like a big iron gate at the gate of Kabul, and there are only a few roads to count. The Soviets will definitely protect it. I had seen all of these roads in my early years, and if I were to defend them, I would have to put a battalion or two and reinforce rapid-fire guns, machine guns, and bunkers. Even if the enemy has tanks and heavy artillery to help, ten days and a half months will be no problem. ”

"Then it's troublesome." Long Yun's vision and judgment are believed by everyone. In addition, Zhang Zhidan has been out of the army for many years, so he was also a little anxious, and hurriedly asked: "Brother Long, you must have an idea when you say this, right?" ”

Long Yun smiled: "I know that the Kabul airport is surrounded by flat terrain, and experienced pilots can land on the periphery without a runway. My idea was that a reinforced battalion could be drawn from the airborne division, using silent gliders, and the landing would be timed at dawn to achieve suddenness. As long as the Kabul airport can be rushed, the follow-up transport plane can send at least two battalions to the city within an hour! ”

"That's right! How did I not think of that? Zhang Zhidan slapped his head and secretly screamed confused, but Mei Sheng was not so optimistic: "The above means try not to interfere, I am afraid that you need the president to decide if you want to call the airborne battalion." ”

"I'll go to the president myself, if Long Yun's method is successful, Lao Tzu will save a lot of trouble." Zhang Zhidan was in a hurry and was about to turn around and take a plane to Beijing, but Mei Sheng hurriedly grabbed him and pointed to the sunset: "You don't look at the time, it's the middle of the night when you fly over." You can have a few drinks with us with peace of mind, and I will arrange a plane to see you off tomorrow morning. ”

Night flights of thousands of kilometers are very dangerous, and there is no need for pilots to take risks if things are too urgent. However, Zhang Zhidan did not stay long, and after hurriedly seeing the tanks and armored vehicles mentioned by Mei Sheng, he immediately set off for Beijing early in the morning of the third day. But when he arrived, he realized that Yang Qiu had already gone to Jinzhou Huludao Zhaoxin Machinery Company to inspect, so he had to drag Xiao Jinyun to Shanhaiguan Airport again.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, he finally arrived at Huludao and arrived at the ship

At the factory, the idea of thanking Yang Qiu and the construction workers actually popped up in his mind. Because the former personally planned the blueprint of the national infrastructure, and the latter worked hard for more than 20 years to turn the blueprint into reality, finally let long-distance guests like him no longer have to suffer from bumps.

After the car drove into the shipyard, he had the opportunity to see the whole picture of the large shipyard in the north, which is second only to Qingdao, for the first time. Zhaoxin Machinery Co., Ltd. was originally a Sino-US joint venture Huludao Shipyard, which is the largest shipyard in Bohai Sea, with an annual designed shipbuilding capacity of 300,000 tons. Due to the economic crisis, the United States was eager to withdraw funds and sold half of the shipyard that had been built at that time to the government of the Republic of China at a discount of $6 million. In the retreat of the country and the advancement of the people, it was resold to Zhaoxin Company and renamed Zhaoxin Machinery Company.

"Look, President, this is the ro-ro wheel that we jointly designed with Jiangnan Group."

When Zhang Zhidan arrived at the shipyard, Du Chongyuan was standing in front of a steamer with an open hatch on the side, introducing the new product to Yang Qiu and the accompanying officials. He is the owner of Zhaoxin Company, the sixth batch of graduates of the Republic of China to study in the United States, and interned for three years at Bath Steel Company and Todd Shipbuilding Company in the United States, and founded Liaoning Zhaoxin Company after returning to China. Because of its focus on new technologies, it was listed as one of the private enterprises supported by the state in the reform of the people's advancement and national retreat, and finally swallowed the shipyard with the help of the state.

But he was not too happy, because shipbuilding is the embodiment of the highest level of industry, the technical requirements are high, and the amount involved is also very large, so he swallowed the shipyard immediately contacted Jiangnan and other companies to send workers to learn technology, and took advantage of the economic crisis to introduce a large number of European and American talents, these years also from the domestic universities to grab a lot of good seedlings, and finally in Shenyang and Dalian to open technical training schools, and finally took 7 years to let Zhaoxin Machinery Company squeeze into the country's eight major shipyards.

Of course, Yang Qiu also has the credit for this. For example, the ro-ro wheel in front of him was a new type of ship designed by him with the concept, Jiangnan Group and Zhaoxin Machinery Company. In fact, the ro-ro wheel is not a high-tech, if it were not for the fact that the global maritime transportation dominance is still in the hands of Britain and the United States, and now it will be cheaper for others to take it out, he would have long wanted to develop more advanced container ships. However, the ro-ro wheels are also good, because there are cabins and internal passages for vehicles to get on and off directly, so the loading and unloading speed is fast, and it is not uncommon to have thousands of tons per hour.

"There are five decks inside, with circular access and sequential numbers on the decks. With an unloaded displacement of 6,832 tons and a full load of 12,515 tons, it can transport 452 two-and-a-half-ton trucks or 1,544 jeeps at a time. When building this ship, in the design and construction, we strictly used the standardized manual formulated by the National Standards Committee, and all of them were welded, which greatly saved the construction time. The slipway only takes 6 months, and it is only 13 months to be completed, and the cost has been reduced to 3.07 million. ”

"The slipway is busy in Jiangnan, so we are currently building all of these boats. These two ships were ordered by Tianjin Fulongchang Shipping Company and were specially used for automobile transportation. The two ships that are being built now are modified according to the requirements of the Navy, mainly replacing the reciprocating steam engine with a steam turbine that can increase the speed to 18 knots, and we are also preparing to build a ferry type and a larger heavy-duty model. ”

Fighting the free wheel is definitely not going to be able to fight, so Yang Qiu prefers to achieve large throughput and high load in technology, which is not because he wants to compete with anyone, but because of the transportation needs of many islands in the southwest Pacific and the Persian Gulf region, it is necessary to reserve a strong merchant ship force before the war. However, the ro-ro wheel also has limitations, the requirements for the dock are very high, and in order to reduce the cost, the standard of civilian ships is adopted, which is not as good as the special tank landing ship.

However, Yue Peng, Jiang Fangzhen and other generals asked in detail, obviously very interested in this kind of new steamer that can theoretically transport all the tanks and armored vehicles of an armored division with two ships, and can complete the loading and unloading within a few hours.

When the two found Yang Qiu, he had already entered the belly of the ship to check the inside. I heard that Zhang Zhidan came from Urumqi early in the morning and chased after him here, so he hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Zhang Zhidan first explained the difficulties in Afghanistan, and then the matter of using the abandoned tanks and armored vehicles in the Northwest Theater, and finally said that Long Yun used the airborne battalion to raid the attack. "This Long Yun has a lot of eyes." Yue Peng stood next to him and praised a few words, in fact, he and Yang Qiu also thought of using airborne troops when they were studying, because the Hindu Kush Mountains were too troublesome.

But will the use of airborne battalions trigger a Sino-Soviet war? No one dared to pack a ticket, although he was eager to fight with the Soviet Union to solve the northwest, but he was not completely ready yet, so he went to see Jiang Fangzhen and wanted to hear his opinion.

Jiang Fangzhen is now a military adviser to the presidential office, and after relieving the heavy responsibility of the National Defense University, he smiled more, and when he saw the suggestive gaze, he scolded with a smile: "Okay, you are a son-in-law, do you still want to watch me do after you think about it?" Germany and Italy are not afraid, what are we afraid of? Isn't it just an airborne battalion, take off the military uniform and change into the clothes of the Northern Afghan Army, is it that Stalin relies on this to start a war? ”

Yang Qiu secretly smiled bitterly, let the two guys work side by side, I'm afraid it will be difficult to clean up the ears. agreed: "Just according to your method, I will draw one or two from the 2nd Airborne Division!" Strengthen the battalion, and do the rest according to what Jiang Baili said. ”