Mawlamyine is not far from Yangon. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoEven if it's a car ride, it only takes five or six hours. When Prime Minister Tan Ka Seng and Transport Minister Liu Fenghua arrived in Mawlamyine, it was only the afternoon of January 21.

"Commander." Chen Jiasheng and Liu Fenghua both saluted Qin Shou respectfully. The two of them were dusty all the way, and the tiredness on their faces couldn't be hidden.

The Burmese military junta is in ruins, with industrialization plans underway, and large-scale immigration and transportation infrastructure construction. The staff of the military government are all spinning in a row, and they are very tired one by one.

"Prime Minister, Minister Liu, thank you for your hard work." Qin Shou said.

"Commander, compared to the soldiers fighting bloodily on the front line, our hard work is nothing at all." Chen Jiasheng smiled.

As an old overseas Chinese, he has experienced much more than others. Before the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army ruled Burma, the Chinese were rich in Burma. However, they were oppressed by the British colonists and humiliated by the local natives of Burma, and they worked hard to earn some money, but not only the safety of their property could not be guaranteed, but if they were not careful, they would even lose their lives. There is nothing wrong with this kind of life, which can be described as precarious.

However, after the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army took control of Burma, everything changed. The British colonists had already been beaten away by the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army. They wanted to return to Burma, but they were also beaten back by the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army. The indigenous people of Myanmar have become the targets of enslavement of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, and now there are millions of young and middle-aged people in Burma, working in various construction sites, mines and fields of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army. The slightest resistance will be whipped, or even killed, so that the indigenous people of Myanmar can only endure slavery.

Although the number of Chinese in Myanmar is small, they have now become a well-deserved race in power. And, with the massive immigration into Myanmar, the number of Chinese will only increase. Eventually, Myanmar will become a fully Chinese state.

As soon as they thought of this, Chen Jiasheng and other overseas Chinese respected the Burmese military government very much, and at the same time, they also tried their best to do their own thing, so as to make the Burmese military government more powerful.

After briefly inquiring about the recent work of the Myanmar military government, I learned that all work is being carried out in an orderly manner. In particular, a large number of immigrants are entering Myanmar from the three southwestern provinces, which makes Qin Shou feel a lot more relieved.

After that, Qin Shou's conversation entered the main topic.

"Prime Minister, Minister Liu, I brought you here this time mainly because of a problem. That's the prisoner of war problem. In the first battle, we captured 150,000 Thais. In the future, it will not be a problem to capture 400,000 to 500,000 Thais in the entire Thai campaign. It would be a waste of food for so many prisoners of war to keep them for nothing. So, I want to build one or two railways connecting Thailand and Myanmar to further strengthen the connection between the two regions. In the future, so that we can effectively control these two areas. Qin Shou said.

Chen Jiasheng and Liu Fenghua were silent. However, they already have an idea in their minds. From Qin Shou's words, they knew Qin Shou's plan. After the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army occupied Thailand, it was obvious that it would not spit out again. This also means that their territory will be bigger and bigger in the future.

Of course, this is not a bad thing for everyone. After all, who wouldn't want to control a larger territory?

"Commander, I'm afraid it will be very difficult to build a railway connecting Thailand with Myanmar. He read the Taon mountain range, blocking the communication between the two countries. If you want to build a railway, you have to climb over this mountain range. Chen Jiasheng said.

Qin Shou nodded: "That's true." But no matter how difficult it is, we have to do it. Last year, I planned to build a railway from Ban Phong in Kanchanaburi Province to Thanbi Zaya. Preliminary preparations have been underway for some time. But because Burma is occupied by us, this plan can only fail. We can totally pick up this plan. Although the terrain is complex, we have enough labor to implement it. Even if we don't build a railway, we can afford to kill a single person. ”

Chen Jiasheng and Liu Fenghua were both shocked when they heard the words. From these words, they heard Qin Shou's determination. Obviously, Qin Shou planned to use the corpses of those prisoners of war to pave this railway.

In another time and space, when Japan* himself built the Thai-Burma Railway, he invested a lot of manpower. And the number of people who died was even more. The railway, which was originally scheduled to be completed in six years, was completed 17 months later (October 17, 1943) at the cost of high worker mortality (October 17, 1943). Both sides come from the railway connection at Konkuita. The living and working conditions of the road builders were unthinkably low, and about 25 per cent of prisoners of war died from fatigue, malnutrition, abuse, or various unattended infectious diseases such as cholera, malaria, and dysentery. The death rate of workers in Asia was higher, but the Japanese army did not record it in detail. After the completion of the project, most of the prisoners of war were transferred to the Japanese mainland, and the remaining repairers were not only living in poor conditions, but also suffered from Allied air raids from time to time.

A total of 12,000 Japanese troops (Fifth Railroad Wing) and 62,000 Allied prisoners (6,318 from Britain, 2,815 from Australia, 2,490 from the Netherlands, and the rest were probably from the United States and other countries) were recruited. Tens of thousands of Thais, 180,000 Burmese, 80,000 Malaysians (including local Chinese), and 45,000 Indonesians carried out the construction.

By the time the project was completed, more than 100,000 people had died in the process. The ultra-high mortality rate has made the Thai-Burma Railway, also known as the Death Railway. Hundreds of people die for almost every kilometer of railroad. The entire railway can be said to be paved with human bones.

"Commander, if there are hundreds of thousands of prisoners of war at our disposal, then there will probably be no problem." Liu Fenghua said.

Although, he thought that Qin Shou's actions were a little too cruel. However, this is undoubtedly the best way to save costs.

"Two railways, one from the south and the other from the north. From Chiang Mai in Thailand, through the mountains, to Taungoo, and to Myanmar's railway network. Qin Shou continued.

Liu Fenghua's face became more serious. The railway to the north had to climb over a wider range of mountains, and the terrain was more complicated. If you want to build it successfully, you need to spend more money. Of course, this means that more people will die.