Chapter 155: A New Use for the Fortress
The reason why Meng Xiang dared to open his mouth was also related to the fact that Jian Yi and Jian II directly showed up in Wuhan and Shanghai and received a lot of orders. Seeing that the business of the vanguard army is so hot, and the vanguard army has indeed withstood the initial attack of Yue himself. As soon as the news of the army's southward movement came, HSBC's mouth was loosened, and it suddenly lent 600,000 pounds to the vanguard army. This huge amount of money was settled in fiat currency at the insistence of Meng Xiang. I borrowed fiat currency, and after a year, I exchanged it for fiat currency. In this way, the loss caused by the depreciation of the fiat currency can be avoided to the greatest extent. Borrowing pounds to repay fiat currency, HSBC will never do it.
The investment of two sums of money is enough to ease the operation of people's livelihood on the site for a period of time, and it is not very urgent for the base to have the support of minerals.
"It's a different feeling to be rich! Drinking bean juice is extraordinarily fragrant! The three of them discussed for most of the night, and before they knew it, it was already slightly bright. Meng Xiang politely invited the two of them to breakfast.
"You're here a long time ago!" Zhou Bai greeted him, and he was naturally very happy that there was income in the financial account books again.
Seeing Meng Xiang, he said happily: "The general is really a believer!" The primary school you mentioned has already been built in Jinan. Let's take a look! ”
Some sleepy pharmacists Tang also came to their senses, and the four of them hurriedly ate and went to inspect before eating.
Because of the danger of the battlefield, the elementary school was built in the east of the city. When building the forts at that time, Meng Xiang considered that these forts would be particularly troublesome to clean up after the war, so he chose a part of them and directly transformed the shape to make them have some use functions.
This is the case with the elementary school in front of you, and the three huge skirmisher fortresses that are close together have become the first multi-purpose elementary school. Due to the needs of the war, the main structure of the school was only completed, and the exposed gray concrete structure was half a meter thick.
Each fortress has three floors, and the inside is very large after the transformation, but the windows are blocked due to the function of the fortress.
"In the future, it can be opened to the ground, relying on the large concrete wall columns that have been preserved to bear the structure, so that wide windows can be installed!" Xu Yuming explained while sketching out the future of these buildings in his mind. After graduating from Harvard in the United States and getting a master's degree, he ran back with his brother. After listening to the poem Defending the Yellow River, he and his brother ran to Jinan together despite the opposition of their families.
Hearing that he was engaged in construction, Meng Xiang directly handed over the primary school project under construction to him for management. Meng Xiang's initial idea was also more perfectly restored in his hands.
"The staircase here is very narrow, and there are holes in the side that can be widened when the time comes. The walls on that side are also reserved, and they can be opened up when the time comes, and a high-altitude passage connecting the three forts close to each other can be erected, and the communication can be carried back and forth. He explained all the way that the idea of turning the fortress into a school was good. Unfortunately, during the war, the fortress was mainly war, and after changing the structure, the fortress's ability to withstand artillery attacks would be weakened. As a result, only a handful of 12 forts were included in these renovation projects.
"Each floor of a fortress can be divided into three large classrooms, so that a fortress has nine classrooms. In addition to the office space for teachers and other facilities such as libraries and activity rooms, according to the division of junior primary school and upper primary school, the three fortresses can be utilized, and each level can have at least two classes. Each class is more than 40 students, so that a primary school can enroll nearly 500 students. Xu Yuming kept explaining,
"This is the first one to be completed, and some modifications have been made to facilitate the use of functions in the future! Three more schools will be built in the future! ”
"Good!" Zhou Bai said excitedly. As long as the problem of the school building is solved, the teachers are not a problem. There are a large number of young students who are idle, and they have no problem as temporary teachers.
"Yes, at least you don't have to be afraid of earthquake resistance and fire prevention!" Meng Xiang paid special attention to these two items in later generations.
"Such a fortress can carry shells, and even after the structural transformation, it is rare to have such a good earthquake-resistant structure." Xu Yuming said with a smile.
"Yes, you can plan first, and you can appropriately expand the construction of a few more such fortresses, which can be used not only as schools, but also as warehouses, offices and shops in the future." Meng Xiang nodded and said to Xu Yuming.
Xu Yuming was overjoyed when he heard this, he was sketching the layout in his heart, and he was recognized by Meng Xiang.
"Thank you, General Meng!"
"Why hasn't there been much movement from the devil on the other side?" After the visit, Meng Xiang couldn't help but ask Fan Chongdao.
"They're watching us, too!" Fan Chong said with a smile. As long as you have a clever brain, you can find something in battle.
"This old fox!" Tanito Nagaei scolded secretly. His brigade suffered heavy losses in the Jinan offensive. The 69th Wing lost most of it, and the 107th Wing also stagnated.
At this time, he received a secret order from the division commander, Lieutenant General Shigemu Yamaoka, to abandon the attack on the vanguard army, as long as the defense did not allow them to destroy the Jinpu line, the 118th Brigade was about to go south. The secret message made him smell something unusual. Linked to Ryosuke Isoya's actions, he suddenly realized after thinking about it for a long time.
The vanguard army is indeed a bone that is not easy to gnaw, but Isoya Ryosuke easily defeated one of Han Fuyu's divisions in the south and forced into Tai'an.
"Go and find out how big the losses of the 10th Division are!" He ordered the staff officer behind him.
"That's right!" At this time, Ryosuke Isoya was also sneering, he risked being counterattacked by the vanguard army, and sent all the men and horses of a wing south, and the situation of no incident overnight made him confirm his judgment.
"The Chinese people are good at internal fighting, this is the vanguard army is going to sit and watch the duel between the emperor's [***] team and the central army of China! After a few fierce battles, the losses will definitely not be small! "Since the vanguard army almost took the initiative in every battle, and the corpses could be transported back afterwards for proper preservation, the losses of the vanguard army can only be speculated on through the inline reports in the central army.
The battle losses reported by the vanguard army were all 1 to 1, and everyone else thought that there was moisture. At this point, a 5-1 battle loss is not bad. Because the weapons of the vanguard army are good, most of them also recognize this data.
"1 to 2 is always there!" Ryosuke Isoya said silently.
"What? Gong Chu was attacked by devils? When Meng Xiang heard the news, he was taken aback, the seats were all reserved for him, why was he suddenly attacked?
"How's it going?" Meng Xiang asked anxiously. Ma 18 was also seriously injured, and this was an urgent telegram from Ma Siyi, who accompanied him.
"There is no danger to life for the time being, but I still need to be observed and treated, and I am observing in a foreign hospital in Tai'an!" Rat II replied.
Meng Xiang breathed a sigh of relief, he had just found a few celebrities, how could he almost finish one at once? Could it be that time and space have gone wrong again?
"This, why is he so lucky? When you come back and walk the path, you can run into the devil's reconnaissance team. How could Han Fuyu allow the devil's reconnaissance team to be so rampant? He sighed.
(There is something temporary, and the third update only sends 2k.) )