The big project itself is a shock, and the Lanxin Railway, measured in this era, can be regarded as a super project. The train left Lanzhou, 35 kilometers to the west, and was the first Chinese designed Yellow River Bridge at the mouth of the river. The rolling Yellow River flows under your feet, and everyone sitting on the train can't help but feel a strong shock, which is the power of the industrial age.

With steel and cement, to conquer nature, to transform shijie, in the process, the moat becomes a thoroughfare, the barrier of time and space is broken, the past half a year's journey, now a week can be reached. Think of the camel bells on the ancient silk road in the past, and listen to the roar of the train now.

Hundreds of times the speed, thousands of times the capacity, what a progress, what a feat!

Compared with any flowery rhetoric, this Lanxin railway can not describe this change, after crossing the Yellow River from Lanzhou City to the west, over the Wusheling Mountains at an altitude of 3,000 meters, into the Hexi Corridor at the northern foot of the Qilian Mountains, through Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiuquan out of the Jiayuguan at the western end of the Great Wall, through the southern foot of the Horsehair Mountain, Yumen and Shule River, west across the Hongliu River into Xinjiang. After passing through Weiya, it passes through Hami, Shanshan and Turpan along the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, and crosses the Tianshan Mountains to Dihua in Dabancheng.

The whole journey is 1,903 kilometers, along which there are not only the Hexi Corridor with abundant water and grass, but also the Gobi Desert with no grass; There are not only emerging industrial cities, but also ancient towns with brilliant culture; There are not only the fields with the fragrance of melons and fruits, but also the mirage of mirages.

The Lanxin Railway passes through the "100-mile wind area" and "30-mile tuyere", and the construction and transportation are extremely difficult. A total of 110.83 million cubic meters of subgrade earthwork has been completed on the whole line; There are 33 tunnels with a total extension of 11.8 kilometers and 1,117 bridges with a total extension of more than 30 kilometers. The bridges and tunnels in the Wusheling area are relatively concentrated, and there are Tianshan tunnel groups between Hougou and Dabancheng, as well as the roadbed project through the gale area, all of which are the key to construction.

In order to build this railway. A total of 126 engineers and Jishu personnel died, some of them fell off a cliff for the survey line, some were unaccustomed to the water and soil, contracted diseases, and some died of overwork on the construction site.

A railway, condensed countless painstaking efforts and paid heavy sacrifices. But when the train passed, it became clear to everyone that the sacrifice was worth it. With such a railway. The mainland and Xinjiang are completely linked, and no one should want to get their hands on China's territory.

The Russians, who were ready to move, no longer wanted to stir up trouble in Xinjiang, a sacred territory that had been included in China's territory since the Han Dynasty, and it was only at this time that it was completely settled. And with the railway line, it will be countless times easier to transport materials and equipment. Xinjiang is rich in coal, oil. Exploitation of natural gas jihua. It's all on the agenda.

Moreover, Xinjiang is an agricultural treasure land, as long as the water problem is solved, almost what is planted here grows, in addition to melons and fruits, Xinjiang is also an important cotton production base. Wanting to keep people fed and clothed is not an empty word. Sufficient production has to be produced.

According to the clothing standards of later generations, even if all the land was planted with cotton, it would not be enough, so the petrochemical industry had to be developed. Replace with artificial materials.

At this time, if you want to let the people have clothes to wear, vigorously planting cotton in Xinjiang and developing the textile industry have become an inevitable choice. More than half a million of the millions of immigrants are engaged in cotton production, and as long as there is an oasis along the railway, you can see busy people, like worker ants, constantly working.

The train went smoothly all the way, and came directly to Dihua, Qin Wei personally greeted Yang Yuting at the station, as soon as the two met, Yang Yuting seemed to be a little unrecognizable, Qin Wei's face was tanned, his beard was unshaven, and he had a big hand, and he was also extremely rough, just like an old farmer.

However, Qin Wei was full of spirit, and said with a smile: "Minister Yang, this place is windy and sandy, and you don't support people, you are only afraid that you will have to endure hardship!" ”

"Yang is not a pampered person, I haven't suffered anything, if the brothers can stand it, I can bear it!"

Qin Wei smiled and took Yang Yuting's hand, and the two of them got on the war horse together and went to the station: "Minister Yang, to be honest, the hard days have passed, when I first came, there was no water, and there was no food to eat, the brothers could only get some snow water from the mountains and dig a lot of wells, but it was all brackish water, and the big guys all pinched their noses and drank it." It has been more than a year, and the brothers have opened more than 200,000 acres of cultivated land with hoes and guns in one hand, enough vegetables to eat, and raised a lot of cattle, sheep, pigs and dogs, which can be regarded as filling their stomachs. ”

Yang Yuting also nodded meaningfully: "It's hard to fight on the border, and the humble words are finally chattering, but now that there is a railway, the materials from the mainland can be delivered." In addition, I will reveal one more piece of news to you, I am clumsy that I am going to put the second armored division in Xinjiang. ”

As soon as he heard the news, Qin Wei's eyes immediately widened, the only official armored division in the country at present was the Guards Division, which was the trump card guarding Beijing and Tianjin. It would be a great honor to put the second armored unit in Xinjiang!

Of course, Qin Wei also tasted the taste of the middle: "Minister Yang, does the vice president want to use troops against the Soviet Union?" ”

Yang Yuting nodded: "Two or three years at most, one or two years at the least, to be honest, I came here this time to investigate the actual situation, fighting the Russians is not a trivial matter, and it must be carefully planned." ”

"Yes, these old hairy people are not so easy to deal with, but since this year, a large number of Russians have fled to China and want to seek refuge."

"Oh? What's going on, is there a famine in Russia? ”

"No, but it's about the same, I heard that the Russians engaged in agricultural collectivization, set up a large number of farms, and deprived the landlords and rich peasants of their land, and many people could not bear it and ran out."

When Yang Yuting heard this, he immediately frowned: "Aren't the Russians similar to the domestic practices, why is there such a big problem?" ”

"It's hard to put into words, and those landlords and kulaks in the country should really be glad that if they had done what the Russians did, I am afraid that they would have lost their heads long ago."

The Russians were simple and crude, and when they carried out agricultural collectivization, they were far less meticulous than Zhang Tinglan's work. Although China deprived the landlords of their land, it gave them the power to choose, leading them to turn capital to industry and commerce. Even if you don't want to, you can get some financial compensation, put it in the bank to eat interest, and you can maintain it.

In addition, the establishment of farms is mainly based on economic levers, guiding farmers to unite and move towards scale, and the government has played the role of leader and mediator in the whole process.

The collectivization of agriculture by the Russians, on the other hand, was carried out by means of coercion, which was met with strong resistance from the peasants and the destruction of a large number of means of production, for example, in terms of the number of domestic animals, which were relatively reliable, two-thirds of the horses, four-fifths of the cattle, five-sixths of the pigs, and eight-fifths of the sheep in the collectivization process were missing.

The Russians resorted to extremely brutal coercive and even force to expropriate all the wealthy and unwilling collectivized peasants, in a movement in which millions of peasants were executed or driven from their homes and their property confiscated; The movement also led to a sharp decline in agricultural production, which fell by more than 30 per cent in the early 30s.

Of course, it was not without its gains, that is, the Russians finally reached the goal of grain requisition, and at the same time provided financial support for industrialization, and the Russians began to accelerate the process of industrialization, which was more than two years earlier than in history.

After Yang Yuting heard Qin Wei's introduction, his eyes suddenly lit up, this may be an opportunity, the Russians already have national contradictions, coupled with the brutal policy, it will definitely arouse dissatisfaction, if you can take advantage of this opportunity to fight with the Russians, in the midst of internal and external troubles, the Russians will definitely not end well.

"Immediately arrange for men to find out all the Russians who have fled to China, and ask them carefully about the situation, find out what the Russians have done, and I will report to Humble Yan, and if necessary, I can support the landlords' rebellion."

Yang Yuting gradually had a plan, to take advantage of the opportunity in front of him to bleed the polar bear knife......

South Seas, Borneo.

A group of topless natives were dragging a sports cart through the forest, and the ropes had sunk deep into the flesh of these people, and one of the old natives could not hold on anymore, and fell into a ditch.

The soldier in charge of the supervision approached him in three or two steps, grabbed him by the collar, lifted him out like a chicken, and tied him to a tree by the side of the road.

Then he took the horsewhip and beat the rest of the natives violently, and said loudly: "Hurry up for me, if anyone dares to be lazy and tie you to a tree, it won't be long before the wolves, insects, tigers, leopards, snakes and poisonous insects in this forest will turn you into corpses, and you will be liberated forever!" ”

When these people heard this, it was as if it was a voice from hell, which made everyone tremble in their bones, and they could only use all their strength to desperately drag the heavy gun carriage and keep advancing.

"Commander-in-chief, in three days, our vanguard will be able to rush to the periphery of Aventai, there is a brigade of Dutch garrisons here, as long as this place is surrounded, the Dutch who do not worry about Ma Chen will not be trapped."

Bai Chongxi swore that Borneo's cities were mainly concentrated in the coastal port areas, and most of the inland cities were small towns, and most of these areas had fallen into the hands of the South Chinese army. And Yavintai is one of the largest cities in the interior of Borneo, if this place is taken by Nanhua, the whole of Borneo, except for the coastal areas, will fall under the control of Nanhua.

Although the coast is rich, it also depends on the supply of materials from the inland, and if the inland is lost, the Dutch will become a source of water and will not be able to sustain it at all.

This is the so-called attack must be saved, as long as the Dutch are lured from Machen to the inland area, they can carry out encirclement and reinforcements, which is also Xu Shuzheng's long-brewing battle.

Listening to Bai Chongxi's report, Xu Shuzheng immediately said: "We must speed up the march, we must ensure the suddenness of the battle, especially the logistics materials must keep up, and then organize 50,000 natives to use as cattle for me, I don't care how many people die of exhaustion, within two days, we must rush to the periphery of Yawentai!" (To be continued......)