Chapter 664: Surprises on the Journey

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In the Hankou railway station, the brand-new presidential train is quietly docked on the platform. The cold wind pouring in from the north side of the station wrapped in raindrops the size of beans and shivered on the glass windows.

Soon after the two generations of the Sa family set off one after another, Yang Qiu also set off into Sichuan. Gu Weijun, Song Ziqing, and Pei Zuyi set off from Tianjin to Riyadh to attend the Saudi state-building ceremony, Shi Xiaolou returned to Nankan to continue to the Asian independence sports training camp, and Yan Xishan was busy finishing up privatization to clear the last obstacle for next year's construction. Yang Qiu had only been busy for a few days when he returned, and only Wang Zhengting and a few cabinet ministers were left behind in the huge city of Beijing.

In the carriage, Yue Peng, who accompanied Yang Qiu into Sichuan together, stood in front of the window, looking at the railway line like a sharp sword.

After nearly 20 years of uninterrupted transformation and expansion, the railway network of the Republic of China has moved from 9,400 kilometers in the Xinhai period to 200,000 kilometers. Taking the Jinghan Line under the wheel as an example, this artery can now go directly to Wushengguan in Guangxi to the south and connect to Temple Street to the north, and the whole line has been opened to traffic in both directions. This is just one line, the earliest southwest railway network has turned to the branch stage, the Northeast railway network and the Central Plains railway network are accelerating construction, and the Jiangnan railway network and the northwest railway network are gradually taking shape. The Ring China Railway, which was proposed by Zhan Tianyou and hailed as a magnificent project, has been repaired by 60 percent, and even the most critical section of the Chengkun section has begun to be surveyed. As for Qiqihar, which is known as the Northern Horizontal Line, which runs through the Mongolian Plateau, and the railway into Xinjiang to Almaty, it has also appeared on the drawings of the Ministry of Communications, and it will be constructed only when the funds are available. Even along the stretch of the Pamir Plateau from Kashgar to Tibet, there are proposals for the construction of narrow mountain gauges to connect the country's northwestern and southwestern strongholds.

When Sun Yat-sen was the general office of the national railway, he once shouted that he wanted to build 100,000 kilometers of railways, but he spent millions of dollars and did not even see an inch of new rails. But Yang Qiu is different, he never shouts how many railways to build, but the number of 500,000 kilometers on the wall of his home study has not changed for more than ten years. However, if you want to realize your dream, the price you need to pay is also amazing, hundreds of millions of railway investment every year can not be recovered only by passenger transport, so it is impossible for any private enterprise to complete such a huge project, and it must rely on the will of the country to invest uninterruptedly, a hoe and an iron pickaxe to pick up, and build bridges in the mountains and rivers for decades, in order to piece together the most magnificent picture.

In fact, looking at it on the other hand, the road that the Republic of China has traveled in the past 19 years is similar to the construction of the railway, and any people and affairs that stand in the way of this road will be ruthlessly cleaned up.

Under the cover of a bright republican coat, a layer of iron curtain has actually slowly covered the land of Shenzhou, and all that remains is the last step. This is what Yue Peng can't figure out the most, judging from the previous things, if Yang Qiu takes this step, the reform and government affairs will definitely be smoother, and I dare not say that the order and prohibition will at least be more efficient than now, and the strength of the army will also be higher. But this is this step, but Yang Qiu has never taken it, even if it is within reach.

What is he going to do with this country? This is what Yue Peng is most curious about, and it is also the biggest difference between him and Zhang Wenjing, he just wants to be a bystander, but the latter is afraid that after that step appears, it will completely bury the national body, so he suffers from gains and losses.

"Chief of Staff."

The voice interrupted Yue Peng's thoughts, and he turned his head to see that Jiang Fangzhen, Hao Wenbao and Qiu Wenbin had already entered the carriage to salute him, and even Wu Laosan, who had been stationed in Beihai for many years, was here, along with Liu Qingen, general manager of Hanyang Group, and several young people carrying suitcases.

"Good fellow, this is the President's Train, not an officers' club." After Yue Peng smiled and saluted a few people back, he quipped: "Are you panicking?" Either I'll give you a gun and send you to Afghanistan. ”

"That's great, if we don't find something to do, we'll all be rusty." Wu Laosan is now also a lieutenant general. Since the year before, he resigned from the post of commander of the 16th Plateau Brigade and served as an instructor of plateau operations at the National Defense University. Compared with others, he was born in 42 and was a lot more casual in front of Yue Peng, squinting and deliberately walking in: "Chief of General Staff, why don't you open the back door." Afghanistan is a highland mountainous area, which is the most suitable for the 16th brigade. ”

"That's not possible, not only the 16th Brigade is proficient in mountain warfare in China, if you open your mouth, the 18th Mountain Brigade doesn't know how to bother me." Yue Peng drove him away with a smile, and walked up to Liu Qingen to say hello: "Mr. Guochen, we haven't seen each other for many years. ”

"yes, it's been years, ahem." Liu Qingen is 50 years old, although he has not had to bump in these years, he has been worried about the development of Hanyang so much that he looks a lot older. Seeing that he kept coughing while talking, Yue Peng hurriedly asked, "Sir, who are you?" ”

"I've been like this since November, and I haven't seen it well after watching it a few times." Jiang Fangzhen walked up. Since he has been at the National Defense University all the year round, these old brothers in Wuhan are the most familiar. Liu Qingen saw that several people were nervous, and hurriedly waved his hand: "If it's not in the way, it's just a little cold." By the way, is the president here? ”

"I'm talking to Xu Xiujun inside, I'll take you in." After Yue Peng asked a few more questions, he led everyone to the back.

In order to provide a more spacious and comfortable travel office environment, Anqing Locomotive Factory used a lot of brains in the manufacture of this special train, not only to strengthen protection, but also to move a full set of desks, bookcases and sponge sofas on the car, increase the radio communication compartment, and finally introduce the hot steam from the locomotive boiler into the carriage heat sink, so that the temperature can be maintained without braziers in winter.

Yang Qiuzheng and Xu Xiujun were discussing something, and they were also very happy when they heard the footsteps and looked up to see a few people, so they hurriedly got up to greet each other: "Baili, Mr. Guochen, the third hehe, what kind of wind is it today, I actually got you all together." Thunder! Thunder! I'm going to prepare a hot pot, and I'll have a good drink with everyone later. ”

After Yang Qiu beckoned a few people to sit down, he saw the young people who were following Liu Qingen who were looking at him with excited expressions, and asked, "Mr. Guochen, who are these people?" ”

Liu Qingen patted his head and said with a smile: "Look at me, I forgot." These people are all technical experts who have emerged in the group in recent years, and I brought them here. Ahem this is Shen Hong, 24 years old this year, graduated from the mechanical department of Hubei Institute of Technology three years ago, I saw that he was motivated and willing to study technology, so he was sent to Schneider in France for two years of internship, and came back at the beginning of the year as the deputy director of the design of the mechanical department. This is Yan Wenxiu, 30 years old. ”

When introducing these young talents, Liu Qingen's connection was a little more bright, and it could be seen that these disciples made him very satisfied. Thinking of his body again, Yue Peng knew that this might be about considering a replacement, so he deliberately took this opportunity to bring them to Yang Qiu to see. After all, Yang Qiu is the boss, and Hanyang is also one of the largest industrial groups in the country, so it is not easy to find someone who understands technology, understands management, and can cooperate with Yang Qiu.

Seeing the president made several young people very excited, and when Yang Qiu shook hands with them one by one, his face turned red and he was almost speechless.

After the introduction, Liu Qingen asked several people to open the suitcases they brought one by one. After the box was opened, Yue Peng found that it was a group of individual firearms.

No matter how glamorous the aircraft, artillery, and warships are, it is still the individual weapon that really determines the life and death of the battlefield, so Yang Qiu grasped this aspect very tightly, not only using every opportunity to conduct actual combat testing, but also privately providing Liu Qingen and others with tens of thousands of drawings and design plans for research. As a result of this research and testing, the Hanyang Group already has the largest manufacturing and research capabilities in the country in light weapons, and these are the results of this process.

Yang Qiu is an expert in light weapons, so when the first suitcase was opened, he immediately recognized that it was a semi-automatic rifle, and judging from the somewhat familiar appearance, it was designed based on the famous Type 56 semi-automatic rifle in later generations. Different from the Type 56, this rifle uses the Wehrmacht standard 7.62*51NATO full-power bullet, and the G43 rifle cancels the fixed magazine, using the famous 4179 standard iron magazine in the later world, with two options of 10 or 20 rounds, using a seeker sight that is easier for recruits to use, and can also be equipped with a quadruple optical sight. The biggest highlight in appearance is the pistol grip, because it has been found that after soldiers wear thicker gloves when fighting in cold winter areas, the traditional gun holding gesture is easy to slip or fail to pull the trigger.

Although he has never tried a gun, it can be seen from Liu Qingen's confident face that the level of this gun is already quite high, and because it uses full-power bullets, the accuracy and power are very good, and the automatic advantage allows him to easily suppress the German 98k rifle.

The second box is a 40mm howitzer that has been tested by hunters and Afghans, and is basically a reference to the shape of the later American-made M79 howitzer. The third is the submachine gun, and this box is also the most laughable for Yang Qiu, because the submachine gun brought by Liu Qingen is very similar to the American-made M3 submachine gun, but it modifies the defects of the M3. In fact, what he wants most is MP40, but since it has been improved after nearly 10 years of testing and research, it shows that it still has merit.

Liu Qingen probably thought that Yang Qiu would come once, so he also brought the improved "Cloth Tearing Machine" general-purpose machine gun. This general-purpose machine gun, which was based on the later MG3, was perfect, so there were few improvements that could be made. Even with hundreds of firearms and military experts, they could only make a fuss about the weight and ammunition supply, and finally after 8 years of thinking, everyone finally reduced the weight to 10 kg (without bullets with bipods), and adjusted the butt and other parts according to the physique of the Chinese people.

"Hehe, it's okay now, all the classes are complete." It was a machine gun and a rifle that made Yue Peng happy, and when he saw that there was still a box that had not been opened, he smiled and said, "This can't be a grenade, right?" ”

"How so?" Liu Qingen smiled. Perhaps the last box was very important, so he personally carried the coffee table, but when the suitcase was opened, everyone was stunned. Because everyone saw that in a pile of brass bullets of obviously different formats, there was a strange-looking gun.

"81 bars." Yang Qiu scratched his forehead with his fingers, unable to tell whether he was excited or lamented.

This thing finally appeared...... (To be continued)