Shangjiang City, July 1, 2024

With the roar of the helicopter, Vincent and his party returned to the Federation, and Mu Juan immediately went back to gather experts to study the feasibility of repairing the railway.

Redsleeves fell asleep on the bed. Vincent saw that there was nothing left here, and went back to the office to deal with the long-standing official business.

Li Jing's girl saw that Vincent was back, and her originally languishing expression suddenly became cheerful, pouring him coffee for a while, handing a towel for a while, and she was very busy. Vincent looked at Li Jing, who came in and out from time to time, and said with a smile: "I said girl, do you have anything to tell me?" ”

When Li Jing heard Vincent's words, she was startled and hurriedly ran out.

Vincent looked at it and shook his head with a wry smile.

Then he looked intently at the report left on the table. The top document was sent by Shi Lingling, about the population statistics, I saw that the report read: After the war with the Japanese state, many small forces in the east and southeast of China and the Central Plains came to vote, and the population of the Chinese People's Free Federation has doubled, close to 400,000.

The recruitment of new recruits for all branches of the armed forces after the war has also been completed, and now China has 24,000 men in the army and 11,000 in the navy, including 2,500 marines, 8,000 in the air force, including 1,600 paratroopers, and the SS has been expanded to 2,000 men. All kinds of modern equipment have been installed in various units, and now on the basis of the original laboratories, two new weapons research laboratories and one biochemical laboratory have been built.

According to the weakness of insufficient stocks of weapons and ammunition, today 7 large arsenals are put into production, including aircraft factories, special vehicle factories and shipyards. According to a report by a researcher from the former National Academy of Social Sciences, we have discovered a former National Strategic Petroleum Reserve base in the eastern region, which is now in operation and can supply our country for 1,000 years at its current scale, according to measured oil reserves. Of course, as the industry becomes more and more developed, the usage will also be higher and higher, and this number is only the most preliminary setting.

With the increase in population, many facilities and factories have been restored, and today the federation has roughly formed a certain size. Some places where industry is concentrated, or large cities like Xijing, seem to have the prosperity of the civilization period, and such prosperity is extremely rare in the whole world.

Looking at the report in front of him, Vincent was very satisfied, and he lay comfortably in his leather chair, stretching comfortably. It has been more than 1 year since they ran out of Aoki City with glasses and promised to give them a stable life, and this promise has finally been fulfilled.

Now his goal is the north, as well as the other two large powers, and after eliminating these forces, he has achieved the unification of the Huaxia Kingdom. At that time, a new era will be opened in his hands.

At this moment, Mu Juan hurried to his office. This first batch of old people who followed Vincent into the world has a privilege, that is, they have the right to meet Vincent directly without making an appointment, including Lao Pan, who has been working as an exclusive driver for Vincent.

Mu Juan sat in front of Vincent, holding a document in her hand, and after she sorted it out slightly, she looked at Vincent and said in a deep voice: "Boss, just now I met with some experts from our Ministry of Communications, and discussed with them about the repair of the railway line leading to the prairie. After our discussions, we agreed that this plan is still feasible, but there are still difficulties that need to be solved. ”

Vincent looked at Mu Juan with a serious face and wondered, "Oh? What difficulty? Just say it, I'll do my best to satisfy you. The task you are doing now is the most important one, and it has a bearing on the future strategic development of our country. ”

Mu Juan listened to Vincent's words and replied without hesitation: "I want two things, money and people." ”

Vincent listened, smiled slightly, and said, "I thought it was a big deal, tell me, how much does it cost, how many people?" ”

Mu Juan flipped through the documents, looked at them slightly, and said: "At present, we have formulated a total of two sets of plans, one is to repair and supply power to the power grid of the entire line, and then the train we are using now can go directly to it." However, in this way, the amount of work is large, at least 4.2 million Huaxia dollars are needed and 5,000 manpower, and the preliminary estimate is that it will take 3 months to complete it at the earliest. ”

After a pause, she continued: "Another plan is not to restore the electricity, only repair the lower tracks, there are 12 internal combustion locomotives in railway museums around the country, which can be used after overhaul, so that we only need 120,000 Huaxia yuan and 500 laborers, and the construction period is shortened to 1 month." However, although the first plan is time-consuming and labor-intensive, it is once and for all, and it will also have great benefits for attacking the Northeast in the future. The second option, although cheap, but the speed of the diesel locomotive is slow, it takes at least more than 20 hours to drive to the grassland, and the passenger capacity is not as large as that of the electric locomotive. ”

Vincent lowered his head and thought for a moment, then raised his head and said, "What we need most now is time, three months is too long, and the refugees in the north can't wait for that day." With the second option, even if one locomotive can only pull 3,000 people, those 12 locomotives can pull all the fighters and equipment at once, 20 hours is 20 hours, it doesn't matter. As for fighting the Northeast, you stupid girl, go and look at the map, it's another railway, if we take a detour from the grassland to fight the Northeast, it is better to directly send the navy to land in the Northeast. So, there's no need to think otherwise, just go with the second option. ”

After listening to Vincent's words, Mu Juan discussed some details with him again, and then went to the finance department with the appropriation slip.

Gunpowder is a headache right now, yes, a very headache. As one of the first to follow Vincent into the world, he was extremely valued by Vincent, and was promoted from an ordinary special forces sniper all the way to his current position as commander-in-chief of the Federal Army. But as power grew, so did the pressure on him.

The Battle of the Chinese and Japanese Naval Battles had just ended, and his descendants and veterans suffered heavy casualties under the bombardment of the Japanese naval guns. Although he had just recruited new soldiers, the ratio of recruits to veterans was as high as 4:1, and in the event of a war, he didn't know how much combat effectiveness his soldiers could play. However, the house leak happened to rain overnight, and when he was worried about this, the last thing he wanted to happen still happened.

A mobilization order signed by Vincent personally ordered the Federal Army to mobilize 18,000 people, all armored divisions and Tanbu divisions, while the Federal Air Force mobilized 1,600 paratroopers and 100 fighters to officially launch a campaign to recover the prairie a month later.