The tank factory is in the suburbs of Kunming, enter the factory to go through three sentry posts, the huge plant is quiet, the workers are debugging the machine under the command of the technicians, the factory director Xie Yuanying is transferred from the southwest development team expert group, is also a technical expert who came back from Germany, is an engineer of the Krupp company, an expert in the field of engines.

"How long will it take to produce a tank?" Zhuang Jihua looked at the busy factory and felt a little heavy, this factory has been delaying time.

Xie Yuanying said with some shame: "It is estimated that it will take half a year, the equipment of the assembly workshop and the engine workshop still needs to be changed, and there are about 160 problems to be solved. ”

Zhuang Jihua turned his head to stare at him, his gaze was very stern: "What's the problem?" Be detailed. ”

"T28 is a gasoline engine, this kind of engine is easy to catch fire when hit, I studied it in Germany, in the Spanish Civil War, T28 exposed this problem, and its armor protection is relatively thin, anti-aircraft machine guns or heavy machine guns can penetrate it, this has also been proven in the Spanish Civil War, I have an idea, enhance its armor, but this needs to change the engine, change to a diesel engine, the thrust of the gasoline engine is not as good as the diesel engine."

Zhuang Jihua paused, and couldn't help interrupting him: "This is a good thing, what are you arguing about." ”

"But Soviet and Russian experts believe that the design of the T28 is very mature, it is a light tank, designed for high-speed assault, only heavy tank tanks are equipped with diesel engines, and they are not allowed to modify the drawings of the T28." Xie Yuanying pushed the eyes on the bridge of his nose as he spoke, and a large list of technical terms popped out of his mouth, and everyone looked at each other, not understanding what he was talking about at all.

Xie Yuanying's expert surnamed Xi began to compare the difference between German tanks and Soviet Russian tanks, the difference between Type II tanks and T28, what aspects can be improved and how to improve.

Zhuang Jihua listened and thought, but nodded in his heart, this factory director chose correctly, but in the end he interrupted his words: "I think so, first produce T28, let workers and technicians familiarize themselves with the equipment, otherwise even if you change, the scrap rate is amazing, and then you organize people to make changes, everything has an accumulation process, in the future we will also read the power to design tanks, but Director Xie, you have to pursue heavy tanks too much, our national conditions are different from Germany and Soviet Russia, I still prefer medium tanks, the surname price ratio is appropriate, The anti-tank capabilities of the small man are low. ”

Speaking of this, he paused, as if remembering something, and asked: "By the way, the T28 is a light tank, and the original agreement was not a medium tank?" How did it turn into a light tank. ”

Xie Yuanying had a push eye, and some Mu Na said: "That's the case, we have no experience in building tanks, and we don't know about Soviet and Russian tanks, in the agreement, they have always said that the T28 is a medium tank, but in fact he is a light tank." ”

Zhuang Jihua understood, he dared to love Lao Tzu was fooled, Soviet Russia gave a copycat version of a medium tank, damn, I hated and scolded in my heart, this dumb man had to eat it, and Lao Tzu must be found back in the future.

"Lao Xie, not for half a year, three months, and after three months, the tank must be produced." Zhuang Jihua said undoubtedly.

"Three months?" Xie Yuanying was very hesitant, and Zhuang Jihua interrupted him without waiting for his questioning: "The needs of war are everything, and the delay has been too long." After the tank comes out, it cannot be put into battle immediately, the tank corps is a technical branch, and it takes a long time to train in order to give full play to the power of the tank, and it will come out one day earlier and go to the battlefield one day earlier. ”

Xie Yuanying sighed and nodded by default, Zhuang Jihua's style has long run through the entire Southwest Development Team, pursuing high speed, only if you can't do it, you can't think of it, and it is precisely because of this that a national defense industry that can meet hundreds of thousands of people has been built in just five years.

Zhuang Jihua's mood is very complicated, hundreds of tanks from Soviet Russia aid, in Wuhan into the Fifth Army, this group army has a tank division, an armored division, an infantry army, this is China's first mechanized group army, but this group army lacks training in the eyes, tank troops and infantry are completely different, without half a year of training can not be on the battlefield, not to mention that there is also tactical training, the synthesis of various arms, etc., just put into the battlefield, how much effect can be played, Zhuang Jihua is not optimistic.

Before leaving Kunming, Zhuang Jihua convened at the garrison headquarters the Yunnan garrison commander Ran Ruiju (Huangpu Phase II, from the Southwest Development Team), Yang Yunxin, commander of the 58th Army, and Su Ze (Huangpu Phase III), commander of the 60th Army, at which it was decided that the garrison headquarters would come forward to form a new army, with the number to be determined, that the three divisions of the First Army must be formed within five months, and that the required weapons should be applied to the southwest camp.

After a series of brutal orders were issued in Kunming, he left Kunming and went to western Yunnan, which was the focus of his trip to Yunnan, and western Yunnan has always been stationed in key personnel to command on the spot, and Li Anding was stationed in western Yunnan for a long time. In the past, Feng Yi thought that Zhuang Jihua put Li Anding here because of Chiang Kai-shek, but now that western Yunnan has become an important transportation channel for China to communicate with the outside world, Li Anding's position at this time has become crucial.

Although Guangzhou has not yet fallen, due to the blockade of the Navy, it has been difficult for military equipment to go ashore from Guangdong, and most of the military supplies and factory equipment are disembarked in Yangon and transported to China through the Yunnan-Burma Highway. Li Anding not only vacated the party, government, and military system in western Yunnan, but also set up a transport team, which had 200 cars of various kinds, shuttled day and night on the Yunnan-Burma Highway, transporting a large number of materials into the country, which also produced huge benefits, so Li Anding's pressure also increased sharply, if it were not for Zhuang Jihua standing behind him, I am afraid he would have been driven away.

The administrative office of western Yunnan is located in Baoshan, Baoshan is located in the mountains and mountains of western Yunnan, which is also an area inhabited by ethnic minorities, Dai, Bai, Miao, Yi, the number is as high as an astonishing more than 30 kinds, these ethnic groups have a variety of different customs and habits, there are many contradictions between ethnic groups, and the matter of fighting enemies emerges in endlessly.

The Han people here are a minority, mainly concentrated in Tengchong, Longling, Fengshan and other counties, and most of the people outside the city are ethnic minorities who are sinicized, but the degree of sinicization here is worse than that of Xikang, and those who can speak Chinese are a minority.

However, Baoshan is a place rich in materials, Tengchong is rich in jade, and large coal mines have been found in Longling. With the opening of the Yunnan-Burma Highway, development here has also accelerated. Some discerning businessmen came here to invest, set up shops and factories, and sold local local products to Sichuan, Guangdong, Wuhan and other places, and Li Anding also introduced funds to develop the Longling Coal Mine and started the construction of a power plant in Baoshan.

"Well," looking at the busy construction site in front of him, the equipment of the power plant was not yet fully in place, and the workers were installing it under the command of the British engineer, turning his head to look at Li Anding, who had a dark face, Zhuang Jihua couldn't help but sigh: "Yu Yi, I have suffered you all these years." ”

Li Anding smiled faintly, he had long lost the intention of returning to the political center, and Chiang Kai-shek would rather award him a medal than recall him and extinguish the last slight hope in his heart.

Li Anding is now the director of the provincial party department, and it stands to reason that this position is not low, but he knows that this is the result of Zhuang Jihua's struggle, Chen Lifu doesn't know how much hatred he has in his heart, Feng Yi is staring at him in secret, waiting for him to make a mistake, so he simply handed over the affairs of the provincial party department to the secretary general, this secretary is from the central party department, he himself ran to western Yunnan, and devoted all his energy to the development of western Yunnan.

"The location of western Yunnan is becoming more and more important now, and it will become more important in the future.

"I know," Li Anding nodded: "I have set up the Western Yunnan Border Police Corps, there are five brigades below, and there are police detachments in each county, all of which are strengthened regiments, as long as you give an order, you can pull out a division, but there is a lack of officers with combat experience, and there is also a lack of heavy weapons, a detachment only has a heavy machine gun, a squadron; battalion-level establishment; There was only one light machine gun. ”

"Don't worry, there is still time, the equipment will be replenished for you slowly." Zhuang Jihua nodded appreciatively, Li Anding's results had exceeded his expectations, and he could actually think of setting up a police corps outside the security regiment.

"What is the design capacity of the power plant?" Zhuang Jihua looked at it and asked.

"Two hundred thousand kilowatts." Li Anding said and took a step forward, his waist was still straight, and his dark yellow military uniform lined off the vigorous and heroic spirit: "Cultural Revolution, to be honest, western Yunnan is actually a good place, the people here are simple, rich in products, give me ten years, I can turn western Yunnan into Guangdong." ”

"It's okay now," Zhuang Jihua said with a smile: "What difficulties do you have now?" ”

Li Anding took a deep breath, turned his head to look at Zhuang Jihua, and showed a wry smile on his face: "The biggest difficulty is the cadres, there are too many ethnic groups here, and it is difficult for us Han people to gain their trust, and due to the different lifestyles, measures such as rent and interest reduction, grain control, and resident ID cards are difficult to implement here, and some things I feel are very tricky and difficult to solve." ”

Zhuang Jihua thought for a while and said: "I think it is necessary to set up an ethnic school to train ethnic cadres. Speaking of this, he was silent before adding: "I was negligent in the national cadre school, and it is long overdue to set up such a school to train our national cadres." ”

"National cadre school?" Li Anding repeated, gradually showing a smile on his face, and then sighed: "Cultural Revolution, do you know, what you admire most is that no matter what happens, in your hands, there is always a solution." ”

(To be continued)