"I'll go to Xi'an tomorrow, and then I'll go back to Russia after inspecting the Western Regions.

Jinyiwei's matter, can you hold it down? Li Xiao was smoking a cigar, and Li Hao was sitting on the sofa opposite.

"Jinyiwei's matter is no problem, I have already discussed it with Zhang Huangyan.

Punish the first evil first, and the people below will slowly clean up.

At the moment, it is important to stabilize the overall situation.

Besides, it's just a few brocade guards, and there is not much wind and waves in the brain.

Now that Da Ming has been living for a long time, everyone is looking forward to a good life, even if someone takes the lead in rebellion, how many people are willing to follow them?

In the final analysis, only when the people can't live without talking about it, will the common people rebel.

At the beginning, big brother, you didn't issue weapons to Jinyiwei, but now it seems that you are really wise. ”

"You're going to say compliments now, too!

Jinyiwei is mainly to maintain social order, and a few pistols are enough.

It's you, don't underestimate these guys.

Jin Yiwei is responsible for local security, and he deals with many sects and nine streams on weekdays. Their social energy is much greater than you might think.

When you and Zhang Huangyan deal with these people, be cautious! ”

"Prudent?

You mean those charlatans?

Zhao Keman Hu Ying, Wu Hook Shuang Xueming.

The silver saddle shines on the white horse, like a shooting star.

Kill one person in ten steps, and don't stay for a thousand miles.

Brushing off the clothes and going away, hiding deep with the name.

This kind of person now only exists in poetry.

also killed one person in ten steps, and did not stay for a thousand miles.

If you let him kill someone, those organized old ladies with small feet will annoy him enough. ”

Li Hao is talking about the public security joint defense team, which is a kind of grassroots organization in the city.

Because it is mainly used by old ladies, some people call it the Little Foot Detective Team.

These people will definitely not be able to catch the bad guys, but if they ask about something, or if the government wants to find out what is going on on the ground, it will be a matter of inquiry.

Those petty thieves, half-hidden prostitutes, or Jiangyang thieves who committed crimes, have not been caught by these small-footed detective teams.

Now, these people have become a powerful tool for maintaining law and order at the grassroots level.

"That's it! Since you can handle it, I'll leave it to you.

I'll leave tonight and go to Xi'an! ”

"In such a hurry?" Li Hao didn't expect Li Xiao to leave in such a hurry.

"The situation on the front line is changing rapidly, that is, now that the war is not tense, I can come back and take a look, as long as I talk about the military industry with the Xu brothers.

Now Russia needs as many supplies as mountains every day, and it doesn't dare to make mistakes. ”

"Speaking of supplies, I want to tell you more.

Is it to set up two oil refineries in India and then send the refined refined oil products to the front line.

Our current oil supply is too time-consuming and labor-intensive.

Crude oil is pumped from the Basra oil field and transported by tanker to Jeju Island.

It is then refined into gasoline and diesel from Jeju Island, and then sent by ship to the Port Arthur Pier, loaded onto tankers and transported to the front.

In this way, it is more than 10,000 kilometers. 20,000 kilometers have been out, not to mention the time and effort, and there is still a lot of wear and tear on the road.

Now that the Kurds are not purged, we can't go through northern Iraq. But we can ship the crude oil to India, and then we can refine it in India.

In the past, we did this because we didn't want the refining technology of crude oil to be known to outsiders.

But now, the Europeans have come up with coal-to-oil technology.

It's really not necessary for us to do this. ”

"And so it is.

Soldiers on the front line can tighten their belts, and artillery bullets can be spared.

But tanks, armored vehicles, and a large number of tractors, without fuel are really not walking.

Since you said it, let's try to build two large oil refineries in India.

However, it is necessary to pay attention to technical secrecy when building.

I think it's in Mumbai! ”

"Hmmm! In that case, it would be necessary to lay a railway from Mumbai all the way to the north, and finally connect with the Central Asian Railway. Li Hao saw that Li Xiao agreed to his plan, and immediately put forward a new request.

"It's the construction of the railway again, and now the double line of the Central Asian Railway is still being built.

Shi Danai has been so busy that he has hit the back of his head, which is ...... from Mumbai to the Central Asian Railway! ”

"It's a little farther, even if we use India's original railways, there are still two or three thousand kilometers of railways to be repaired.

And the management of the Indian railway, ......, I'm really worried that the tanker car will crash.

And then simply in Karachi? ”

"Where do you think for yourself, I want to get the Cossacks to Mosul. But those bastards don't do it!

Those damned Kurds, how can they find a way to clean up? ”

"Simple, you promised to help them build an independent state." Li Hao shook his head and said.

"Independent statehood? The Kurds were willing, but the Ottomans were going crazy.

And Iraqis, Persians, Syrians.

They have a feud with the Kurds and will never allow the Kurds to establish an independent state.

Moreover, it would set a bad precedent.

That is, as long as you dare to fight against Da Ming and let Da Ming have no way to take them, then you can achieve your own goals.

Think about it, if everyone in the Middle East does ...... do this, how many troops do we have to deploy in the Middle East to suppress it.

How many resources do these armies have to occupy in the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Then just destroy the Kurds first!"

"They are a people who have lived in the desert for thousands of years, and they are locals. Fight us guerrilla, then our losses will be great. ”

"It doesn't work, it doesn't work either. If you want oil, you have to take a detour. ”

"That's it!

We might as well build an oil terminal in Sochi, where the refinery is located in Basra.

After the oil is refined, it is directly loaded onto ships and transported to Sochi and then transported by tank trains to the heart of Russia.

In this way, the distance is much shorter.

Moreover, the cost of sea freight is also much lower. Li Xiao thought for a moment, and suddenly remembered a small port city on the shore of the Black Sea.

"That's fine, but is it safe? It's too close to Israel! ”

"There's no way, you can only garrison the army.

If it weren't for the Israelis, the tankers could actually go from the Sea of Azov, down the Volga River to Tsaritsyn.

It's a pity that the mouth of the Volga is too unsafe. ”

"That's Sochi! Garrison more troops, where the coast can be garrisoned by marines. ”

"Hmmm!

You can make overall arrangements for these things, and for the affairs of the Marine Corps, you go to Zuo Liangyu. ”

Li Xiao nodded, agreeing with Li Hao's suggestion.

"No!"

That night, Li Xiao left the capital and flew directly to Xi'an by airship.

Xi'an is now the most important industrial base in the western part of the Ming Dynasty, and there is no such thing as one of them.

The large-scale arsenal is still expanding.

Half of the various types of ammunition used by the Ming army now come from here.

As for the supply of ammunition, Li Xiao is still satisfied.

Gu Yi

No matter what ammunition is needed at the front, the arsenal in Xi'an can produce it at full capacity.

Except for the famous thermite rockets, almost all types of bombs are produced here.

In addition to ammunition, train locomotives are also produced here.

Europe is still using old-fashioned steam locomotives, and Daming has already used internal combustion engines.

Behind the locomotive, there is no longer any need to pull two carts of coal in.

In Xi'an, Li Xiao saw a new type of small locomotive.

This is very fresh, Li Xiao looks at this thing, it is more like a toy in the park.

"Big handsome, this is a small locomotive dedicated to narrow-gauge railways.

The latter ones are the small carriages dedicated to narrow-gauge railways.

This kind of small carriage, one carriage is capable of pulling 1,100 kilograms of things.

The front of the locomotive can pull fifteen such carriages.

Because the load is not large, the roadbed requirements of the railway are not high.

This can be used as a feeder railway, because the railroad is easy to build and suitable for temporary laying to the front line.

In this way, our supplies can reach the front-line soldiers more quickly.

Originally, this thing was designed for mines.

But we think it's more convenient to use it on the front line. ”

Li Xiao's eyes lit up, he didn't expect to see such a dazzling surprise here.

"How's the speed?" Li Xiao asked with interest.

"The speed can reach 50 kilometers per hour at full load, after all, the front of the car is too small, resulting in a lot less power." The director of the locomotive factory said helplessly.

"Fifty kilometers, that's it!"

Li Xiao nodded with satisfaction.

If this thing is put into the rear of the battle line dozens of kilometers, it will greatly solve the problem of insufficient straight-line transportation capacity of the Ming army.

Importantly, because the weight of the train is not large.

There is no need to build a heavy-haul railway, as is the case with the Central Asian Railway.

All it takes is to build a simple small train track to be able to get supplies to the front.

Even if the Ming army retreated, as long as the front of the car was driven away, the coalition forces would not be able to continue to use these railways.

"Good!

Very good!

This thing should be mass-produced as soon as possible, and then sent to the front.

I will train the rear areas, and the Korean and Japanese sappers who have recently entered Russia will come to you first to learn how to lay railways.

In the future, they will lay such narrow-gauge railways.

You're doing a good job, you're a talented person! Li Xiao patted the director on the shoulder with satisfaction.

"Xie Dashuai compliments!" The director of the locomotive factory is almost forty years old, and he is a little embarrassed to be praised by Li Xiao.

I wanted to scratch my head but didn't dare, so I took it and put it down, which was very embarrassing.

Li Xiao doesn't care about these, anyway, those who do a good job will be promoted.

Especially this kind of person who can take the initiative to think about things.

The locomotives were smaller, and so were the train cars. It's not a hard thing to do!

But those nerds in the institute just can't think of it.

In a place close to the front line, the construction of such an improvised railway will greatly ease the logistics supply of the Ming army.

At the same time, it can also free up more airships to invest in those places where they are more needed.

I stayed in Xi'an for two days and took a good look at the Xi'an Repair Center.

Kong Youde followed behind Li Xiao with a big belly, and proudly introduced his achievements to Li Xiao.

It stands to reason that a mid-term lieutenant will be the director of this rectification and repair center, which is really unreasonable.

But Kong Youde seems to like this location very much, and not only has a lot of new barracks been built.

Even the playground has a lot of training equipment!

This brings the playground closer to the infantry training ground of later generations!

"Dashuai, when I first came, there was nothing. I don't know how the soldiers in front of me are trained!

You look at the present, the bunkers, the mud pools, the fire pools, the obstacles, all these things.

Don't dare to brag about anything else, as long as the soldiers who have graduated here, just take out one at random.

The 400-meter hurdles can be run in five minutes. ”

"Hehe, you say that, I really picked a soldier to run, if you can't run, your old face will be a big loss."

Li Xiao looked at Kong Youde and laughed.

"Handsome, you can pick whatever you want.

One end counts as another, which one can't run down, Lao Tzu whips him to death.

Belch......! ”

It's so exciting that he even says the foul language on weekdays.

These old guys, when they were soldiers, were actually no different from bandits.

Niang Laozi often talks about it, and when she first saw Li Xiao, she was still restrained.

But when I talked about the whole repair center, I forgot about it in the excitement.

Looking at Kong Youde's overwhelmed appearance, Li Xiao just smiled and did not reprimand.

"Now, is there any such thing as beating and scolding corporal punishment of recruits?"

"Yes!" Kong Youde replied very simply, which surprised Li Xiao.

He repeatedly ordered that he was not allowed to beat and scold the recruits and punish them corparily.

"Handsome, people can't force it. This leads the soldiers, relying on whips and boards.

You can rest assured, the soldiers I brought out here are all good players. ”

Kong Youde beat his chest like a diamond.

Li Xiao was a little helpless, and his face sank and looked at Kong Youde.

"However, those bitches who dare to blackmail recruits, that Lao Tzu is also unkind.

On the training ground, recruit recruits are strictly required, which is to teach them the ability to save their lives.

When he is a squad leader, he extorts money from recruits and asks his soldiers to invite guests to dinner, what kind of thing is that?

On the first day I arrived, I issued a ban on blackmailing recruits and not eating alcohol from recruits.

There are a few bastards who bump into the old ...... On the muzzle of my gun, I was hung up and whipped hard.

Well, now, no one dares to do that anymore. ”

Li Xiao wanted to lose his temper, but after listening to Kong Youde's words, he was very helpless.

His generation has never learned how to lead soldiers at all, and simplicity and brutality are the only way for them.

But he was right, the training ground was stricter, so that the recruits could survive more on the battlefield.

This is also the reason why Li Xiao insisted on letting the recruits go through training and then put them on the battlefield.

An ordinary man, put on a military uniform, issue a gun, and send them to the battlefield.

That's no different from Kusaka human life!

War is the ultimate struggle between life and death of human beings.

One negligence in that place may turn into ashes and come back.

It takes at least eighteen years for a mother to raise a son. But to kill them, all you need is a bullet or shrapnel, and a split second is enough.

"Okay, look at the soldiers you've trained.

Well......, that, the fifth soldier in the third row, you come out, these obstacles run again. ”

Li Xiao did not select the soldiers in the first row, he knew that these people in the first row were 100% of the top trainees.

has brought a lifetime of soldiers, and he still knows the doorway here.