Chapter 184: A Different Outcome
January 2, 254 (1913), Wuhan.
Wuhan has been China's temporary capital for two years, and in the past two years, Wuhan has undergone rapid changes, with the Yangtze River Bridge, the Second Yangtze River Bridge, and the Hanjiang River Bridge, three majestic bridges, turning the moat into a thoroughfare, connecting the three districts of Wuchang, Hanyang, and Hankou.
These three bridges, especially the two bridges on the Yangtze River, are far taller and more majestic than the later bridges of the same name, with piers up to 55 meters high, and even at the highest flood level, there is a clearance of 3 meters under the bridge, which is a full 2 meters higher than the original, and the bridge deck is also wider. The respected Chairman Wen built the bridge so high, of course, not only for the sake of majestic beauty, but also for the convenience of transportation.
This is because when the Red Dynasty of the original time and space built the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge of the same name, because it underestimated the future water transportation exhibition, and because it was too poor at that time to save money, the height of the bridge was set very short, and the navigable clearance height under the bridge was only 18 meters. After the bridge was built, the bridges behind it followed suit. Later, when the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge was built, it was only to increase the design of the navigable clearance height under the bridge to meters, and only 66 tons of ships could pass
For this reason, the water transport in the Yangtze River region had to be transshipped once, which was not fully utilized at all, and the transportation cost rose by at least four or five percent. If one of the bridges were to be demolished and rebuilt, the ships would not be able to move in because of the other bridges. However, if all the bridges in the Yangtze River basin are demolished and rebuilt, then the price will be too great, even if it is the founding yuan, there is no way to engage in this kind of project that costs people and money, and in the end everyone can only live like this
There are many similar things, and the other thing that is stricter than the bridge is the track gauge problem. At that time, it could be said that the whole world was pitted by cows, and the size of the buttocks of the two horses was set as the standard gauge. Well, strictly speaking, it's not like Niu Niu did it on purpose. They couldn't have thought that far, because Britain is an island country, the mainland is small, and it is surrounded by sea, and the sea is reached, and the volume of rail traffic is not so much. For them, this kind of railroad with a two-horse butt size is enough.
But for China and other large 6 countries with vast territory, large population, and a very high proportion of railway traffic, this kind of horse-butt gauge railway is a pit.
Originally, railways are similar to sea transportation, with the effect of scale advantage, which is most suitable for transporting large products. However, the British quasi-gauge railway is too narrow, and the length, width and height of the train can only be set very low, and the highway standard is higher because it was formulated later. As a result, in the end, all kinds of bulky items had to be transported by road, and the volume of railway transportation was far from being swayed, which made the wagons strain at any time.
By the time everyone feels that something is wrong, it is already difficult to return. Over the decades, the railway system has acquired a large number of bridges, culverts, tracks and locomotives. If you want to change the track gauge, you have to scrap it all over again, which is an astronomical amount of money and an astronomical amount of work. I'm afraid that even if he is replaced by Wen Dehei, who has opened the hanging, he doesn't dare to make such a determination, so he can only continue to be so embarrassed. Even in the 2nd century, railways of a new gauge could only be laid in alien colonies.
In addition, there is urban and highway planning, etc., all kinds of cheating projects that cost dozens or hundreds of times more to wipe their butts later because of a lack of foresight or cheapness.
The advantage of being a traverser is here, and you can clearly know the disadvantages of many things that "looked beautiful and cheap at the time", which is even more obvious in engineering construction. Either you don't build it, or you would rather spend more money to build it. So now China has not only skipped the big hole of railway gauge, but also restarted urban and highway planning, and bridges and culverts are no exception.
At present, all the bridges in China's inland waterways have been recalculated, and most of them have been raised to ensure that future shipping will not be affected by the fact that the bridges are too low. Of course, these bridges have also been greatly strengthened and widened at the same time, and the bridge deck has been increased to 12 to 16 lanes to ensure the ability to open to traffic in the future.
This year's Chinese New Year's Eve is February 6, and now various merchants in Wuhan are already stocking up on New Year goods, ready to sell them in the pre-holiday New Year fair. Chinese have always regarded the Chinese New Year as a major event for thousands of years. There are a lot of preparations to be made before the Chinese New Year, and a lot of things to buy. Generally speaking, for the joy of the annual Spring Festival, about fifteen days before the festival, every household has to prepare for the New Year. New Year's goods include chicken, duck and fish, tea, wine, oil sauce, roasted goods from the north and south, sugar bait and fruits, all of which must be purchased sufficiently, and some gifts should be prepared when visiting relatives and friends during the New Year. Children should buy new clothes and hats to wear during the Chinese New Year.
In recent years, China's exhibition has been like a dream, which can be seen from the wide variety of goods on the market.
Grain and salt are no longer the goods of the year, and in 191o the total grain output of the country reached 2.3 billion, basically achieving self-sufficiency. In 1911, it reached 28.4 billion tons, fully meeting the needs of the people for food and clothing. In 192 years last year, it directly reached B200 million tons, which is not only the achievement of improved varieties and chemical fertilizers and pesticides, but also the reason for occupying the big granary of the Red River Plain, which is still not fully opened, and the production has not fully recovered. By this year, there will be absolutely no problem in the total grain output exceeding 400 million tons.
According to the statistics at the end of last year, China's total population is currently 49.44 million, of which the population of the new territory is about 2.55 million. Of the nearly 600 million people, about 260,000 are in labor camps and farms, and those who are the original die-hard elites, die-hard reactionaries, extremist religious elements, and those who refuse ethnic integration are to be sent to death through labor and prison. At that time, the Taizu of the Datu Dynasty was reluctant to kill because of his soft heart, and he was reluctant to arrest it, and as a result, he left a lot of bad things and left a lot of troubles and children, and Wen Deji is different, he is quite cold-blooded, he is not so soft-hearted, although he will not engage in massacres like those middle two, but he can definitely do things that reform people through labor for a lifetime.
B200 million tons of grain for 49.44 million people, and the per capita grain reached 77B kilograms, which is more than enough. This amount of grain will certainly not be enough, and in addition to making strategic reserves, it is used for winemaking, further processing, and as fodder. If it were not for the fact that the state had established a regular level system and carried out compulsory price purchases to prevent grain from hurting farmers, the price of this grain would certainly have fallen sharply. At present, grain is sold in the market and at state-run grain stations in various places, and people do not have to worry about not being able to buy grain.
As for salt, not to mention, now all the salt farms in the country have completed modernization, and many new salt farms have been opened, all of which use the advanced technology of later generations to make salt, and the output and quality have been greatly improved, reaching 260,000 tons last year. Iodized edible salt has been reduced to 1 kilogram of cents, and many enterprises and grassroots units still need to put salt, so they don't have to worry about not having salt to eat.
Diet of large goods such as pigs, cattle and mutton, chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits, freshwater fish and shrimp This is the most common, since the political power of the Science and Technology Socialist Party vigorously supports the breeding industry, and with scientific large-scale breeding methods, new feed, veterinary drugs with new breeds of promotion, meat has been more and more. There are many rivers and lakes in the Wuhan area, and the ducks, geese and aquaculture industry here are even better, and now the local demand is rolling up every month, but the supply is more than enough for the local area, and it can also supply a large amount of foreign demand. Live ducks, live geese, fresh fish and even ducks, geese, and preserved fish on the market are very cheap.
Bear meat, venison, hares, pheasants and other mountain delicacies are from various hunting companies and forestry companies, and all kinds of sea cucumbers, shellfish, frozen fish, fish and even whale meat and other seafood are from various fishing companies and coastal farms. Even fresh vegetables and fruits that were rarely seen in the past, or even out-of-season vegetables and fruits, are from greenhouses all over the world. There are also never-before-seen varieties of fruits and vegetables, as well as a large number of high-quality spices, which are products from the new territory of Nanyang and the Chinese Autonomous Region of Indonesia. With a professional low-temperature food carrier, these fresh goods from the south can also be easily delivered to Wuhan without spoiling on the way.
In addition, there are all kinds of new gadgets, a wide variety of canned food, sweets, snacks, and drinks fill the store, many of which have never been seen or even heard of before. A few years ago, the expensive "Dutch water" (soda), a drink that only the powerful could afford to drink in the Qing Dynasty, has now become the most common soft drink for corporate workers, and it is even cheaper to sell in large bottles of family packs on the market.
Other items such as fabrics, ready-to-wear, and home appliances are also available in a wide variety of products, from the mass version to the luxury version.
At a time when the people of the whole country are celebrating the festive season, the presidential palace is also full of joy.
"Hahahaha, Kemal is so good that he has defeated the Bulgarian and Serbian armies......" After reading the latest information from the front, Wendesi laughed.
"In this way, Thessaloniki will be connected to the Turkish mainland, so that our aid can be sent in more smoothly...... General Xinjie also said with a smile.
The Ottomanco Socialist Party was really powerful, and after annihilating the Greek Thessaly Army Group in the "Battle of Christmas", they recaptured Veria and fortified it there. On 1 February, the Second Army on the right flank of the Bulgarian group moved south, intending to take advantage of it, and they engaged in a fierce battle with Kemal's Salonika corps at Veria
The Bulgarian Second Army was about 100,000 men, twice as many as Kemal's Salonika Corps, and according to the understanding of the commander of the Second Army, Lieutenant General Nikolai Ivanov, Greece lost so badly solely because Prince Constantine was too wasteful.
As for whether Turkey is too strong, this idea just flashed in the mind of His Excellency the Lieutenant General and disappeared, what kind of joke? Those soft-footed shrimp in Greece are simply the scum of war, how can they be compared with the great Bulgaria? No matter how strong Turkey is, how strong can it be? It is not the 18th century anymore
But the ideal is very plump, the reality is very skinny, and after the two sides engaged, Lieutenant General Ivanov only showed that he had kicked the steel plate.
In this battle, the fighter jets aided by China showed their skills. The Bulgarian army was also equipped with a small number of British and French aircraft, but their performance was backward and could only be used as reconnaissance aircraft. In front of the professional fighters, the Bulgarian planes were like ducks and were emptied, and their military balloons were also cleared by all the Turkish fighters.
After gaining air supremacy, the Turkish fighters began to turn into ground attack aircraft, and they first concentrated on destroying Bulgarian artillery, especially all kinds of heavy artillery and armored vehicles became the focus of strikes. Except for China, all countries in the world at this time had little experience in air defense operations, and the Bulgarian army was no exception, and they were almost defenseless against the air raids of the Turkish army, and the first round of air raids suffered heavy losses, and all heavy artillery and armored vehicles were destroyed.
In the next few rounds of air raids, the company lost both light artillery and machine guns. The second is the loss of cavalry, in the attack of the aircraft, the cavalry has no power to fight back, and can not even run, the 1st Cavalry Division, the ace unit of Bulgaria, was beaten to the point that only one regiment remained, and the war horses lost 8
Under the continuous air raids, the morale of the defenders plummeted, and the progress of the line suddenly dropped to the turtle, until January 4 they arrived at a place 3 kilometers from Veria, where they were subjected to another large-scale air raid, Ivanov already had the intention of retreating, but it was difficult to retreat because of the loss of face, so he hesitated here.
On the night of January 4, Kemal led 40,000 troops to the Bulgarian camp with a rapid march overnight, and launched a successful night attack. At that time, there was a "battalion roar" in the security army, a situation that is almost impossible for a modern army to appear. It was a battle, the defenders were defeated, and the 100,000-strong army was wiped out overnight. More than 40,000 people under the commander of the Second Army, Lieutenant General Nikolai Ivanov, were killed, and - 10,000 were captured or surrendered.
Kemal and the Ottomanko Socialist Party gained prestige, and then they continued their efforts and routed the reinforcements sent by Greece - divisions. This support army was originally prepared to flank Kemal with the Bulgarian army, but because most of them were new recruits, there were air raids on the road, and the Greeks also had ulterior motives, so this army was slow as a snail, and when they learned of the defeat of the Bulgarian army, they were ready to retreat home. But at this time, it was too late, and Kemal rushed directly with the power of a big victory. The division was even more unbeaten, almost at the touch of a button, and after losing more than 10,000 corpses, the wolf fled back to the country.
Kemal left 10,000 old troops to defend the front line of Veria, and he himself led the main force eastward. On January 2, the First Army came head-on with the left flank of the Bulgarian army in the vicinity of the Nestos River, and after three days of machine battles it routed this force head-on, killing more than 10,000 people and capturing more than 10,000 people under the commander of the First Army, Lieutenant General Vasily Kutinchev.
After this battle, the connection with the Ottoman mainland was opened. A large amount of aid originally stored in Turkey's Asian region was also continuously delivered to the Ottomanko Socialist Party.
At this moment, the coalition forces were stunned, and they were so frightened that they hurriedly organized a defense. And the Turkish side is also unable to move a counterattack, Kemal can fight again, the army in his hand is limited, and the ammunition and materials have also been lost a lot in the previous battles, the defense is no problem, but it is impossible to fight out.
Now both sides can't move, so there is only talk.
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