"The Soviet Union bombed Saudi Arabia! Nearly a hundred casualties!"

"The Persian Gulf self-defense counterattack began!"

"Sino-Soviet war begins!"

The news of the firefighting between the Sino-Soviet Persian Gulf quickly spread to every corner of the world like a whirlwind, and the haze shrouded over Eurasia was completely blown away by fighter jets. Although the air strike only killed three Saudis and injured more than 20 people, it gave Ibn Saudi Arabia the opportunity to convince the family and domestic people to go to war with the Soviet Union. On the afternoon of the day of the air strike, Saudi King Ibn Saudi Arabia announced to the world in Riyadh that it had officially formed an alliance with China and authorized the Chinese National Defense Forces to use any domestic base to attack the Soviet army and restore peace in the Persian Gulf. At the same time, it also handed over all commands of the three navy and army forces besides the royal guards to China to defend Saudi Arabia against the invaders.

As the largest independent and richest countries in the Persian Gulf region, Ibn Saudi's speech immediately prompted the entire region. By night, chiefs from Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and other places also expressed their support, making Britain, which controlled these areas very angry, but could not do anything. While Europe and the United States were paying attention to the Persian Gulf, Yang Qiu and Reza Khan also came to Baotou to conduct final negotiations.

At this moment, Baotou was not affected by the wars around the country, and merchants traveling from south to north almost filled the city. This most important station city connecting the inner and outer gates of the Baoku Railway has become the most important trade transit place in the north and south. Mongolia's cattle, sheep and horses, Siberian ore, industrial products in the south, etc., plus the third largest coal and steel base in the country, makes this city a real pearl on the ground.

Of course, the sound of war in the Persian Gulf inevitably blows here along the radio waves.

"Hey! You guys say, isn't this a boring thing? You don't make money well, and you don't know who came up with the idea of ​​it."

"Yes, why bother annoy the Soviets? I heard that they had already hoarded millions of troops outside the northwest. If this starts to fight."

"You can't say that! Do those Russians in the Soviet Union have good people? You forgot about the things in Northeast China and Mongolia in the early years? If you want me to say that the president did the right thing, you should beat the Russians hard! Only by dispelling the Russians can you permanently relieve the border troubles."

"Old Huang, I love listening to you. Russians are not good people! Look at what the newspaper said a few years ago, even their own people have killed millions! I'm so excited to see those dead people's photos! With this virtue, who can feel at ease to be a neighbor?"

"That shouldn't be provoking people?"

Several wool merchants sat in the teahouse for nothing, chatting about the situation, opposing and agreeing, but most people did not want to fight. Especially those who were used to the peaceful days, they kept shaking their heads. Several Shanxi students who came to Mongolia to collect folk songs couldn't stand it and stood up one after another: "I think you have been doing well for too long, and you have to live up to major border troubles! The northwest has been a big trouble since ancient times, and the northwest is restless. The country is restless and the Soviet Union has long been incompatible! Besides, Saudi Arabia and Iran are not only allies in our country, but also concern the country's oil security. Without oil, the cars you bought are iron coffins, and the people cannot even use kerosene lamps. There is no diesel train and airplane, and there is no industry, and there is no national modernization! Without modernization, can you sit here and chat? Foreigners. I'm afraid they have already entered!"

The young students' words were loud, but many people still agreed, and the teahouse was immediately arguing.

Fang Rui shook his head when he saw this. It has been peace for too long, and many people no longer feel a sense of crisis. Fortunately, after experiencing the relaxed academic atmosphere created by Zhang Binglin, Cai Yuanpei, Hu Shi, Zhu Jiahua and other educators in the Republic of China, the educational level and master-level figures emerged one after another, and finally cultivated a group of young people with a worldview and a distinct personality that dared to express themselves. More importantly, traditional culture and values ​​did not fall in the invasion of Western culture, but gradually grew stronger, and the Chinese studies that guide loyalty, filial piety, courtesy and righteousness were also recognized by more and more people.

He was not interested in continuing to listen to this kind of discussion, so he put down the tea money and rushed to Baotou Steel Group.

When arriving at the group, several trains from all over the country also drove into the factory area at the same time. Unlike the trains I saw in the past, these flatbed trucks were equipped with "iron boxes" of the same size and height. After the train was at the station, several forklifts went deep into the bottom of the boxes from below, and then carried them to the next to them neatly piled up. Finally, through the gantry crane, the boxes were transferred to various workshops.

"Why, I'm so stupid?"

This was the first time Fang Rui saw this way of working. He was about to look at him for a few more times and the voice of Jiang Fangzhen sounded behind him.

"Principal, where is the president?"

"Then." Jiang Fangzhen pointed to Yang Qiu, who accompanied Reza Khan and Pahlavi in ​​the distance to inspect the factory, and smiled: "The old guy is still biting his mouth, probably because he wants to get more benefits. Now, the president is asking for a bargaining with him."

Fang Rui also smiled: "He has no choice. If he is in one day, domestic imams will not compromise. It would be better to take the opportunity to get more benefits. By the way, what are these iron boxes?"

"Haha, this is called a container." Speaking of containers, Jiang Fangzhen forgot even the negotiations in the distance and immediately introduced them.

Containers are good things. They can not only improve logistics efficiency, but also become simple barracks. When they are filled with sand and stone, they are the strongest fortress, which is really useful. So ten years ago, Yang Qiu commissioned the Jiangnan Factory to secretly develop container ships and equipment, but because he has not obtained the world shipping rights, it can only be cheap for Europe and the United States when it is launched too early.

This time, in order to alleviate domestic logistics pressure and northwest logistics, we received onshore trials to solve the urgent need of the combat readiness economic system.

You should know that although wartime mobilization has not been publicly carried out, the industry of the Republic of China has completely transferred to the wartime industrial system at this time. With the rapid economic growth of more than 20 years and the basin of gasoline, the entire country has begun to operate overload. Civil ships under construction, standardized cargo ships, various warships, landing ships, and various standard parts are no longer visible in shipyards of all sizes along the coast. Mainland factories have also been transferred to the wartime system. The entire government has also published newspapers in the newspaper to recruit qualified and capable families in the name of the country. As long as they can pass the assessment, machine tools and raw materials will be provided for free.

Although these family workshops are not big and their products are simple standardized parts, they cannot hold up to a large number. As of the end of July 1939, there were 470,000 small family factories across the country that were approved by the state, producing 55,600 standardized parts. There are everything from blunt-head rivets for aircraft, aluminum lunch boxes, gun scopes and even cast bomb shells for cast iron. The national standard construction, which was forced to promote since 1923, finally showed unparalleled power. Although it still did not reach the abnormal speed of the American Freewheel, the time of the standard wheel during the war in the Republic of China was also compressed from one year to seven months.

All of these are the benefits brought by the forced implementation of standardization in the early stages of national industrial construction.

According to the government plan, by 1941, this type of wartime emergency home workshop will reach 1.35 million, involving a total of 10 million workers. These home workshops seem inefficient, but they are a necessary path to completely realize the industrialization of the country. After Yang Qiu signed the "Military General Property Plan" to ensure the price and quantity, family workshops no longer have to worry about profits. In this way, when the war is over, they will gradually rely on machines to live on machines. Even if they do not rely on others, they will enter factories and will not live on land for generations. Don't underestimate this change. Perhaps after the war, a large number of private enterprises and emerging technology enterprises will be born among them, and their relatives and friends will also lead their relatives and friends to gradually join the industry. By the time they enter the industrial torrent after the war, China will truly enter the industrial country.

But this also brings problems, that is, the requirements for logistics.

For example, Baotou Steel Group in front of us is the third largest tank and special vehicle manufacturing base in the country, with an annual output of tens of thousands of vehicles. However, as the wartime system enters the wartime system, the output must be increased by at least twice. So this forces the factory to change its existing production method, produce frames and large parts by themselves, and small spare parts are supplied by spare parts factories across the country, and finally assemble the production model. However, if you want to combine spare parts factories spread across the country, you need a set of efficient logistics and logistics systems. Finally, Yang Qiu thought of land containers. Now they are all 3.5 tons and a half TEUs, and this weight can be transported by ten-wheel heavy trucks. In this way, as long as you form a corresponding truck fleet, the standard spare parts produced by small factories and workshops can be transported to the nearest railway station to send to various assembly plants. Then the factory will unpack and assemble according to the accessories instructions on the boxes, which is several times more efficient than before.

When the two discussed the benefits of containers, Yang Qiu from the other side also bargained at the end: "Mr. King, if Iran cannot unite for a day, even if our army enters, it will face a chaotic and turbulent country! In this case, the first thing I have to consider is the safety of the soldiers. I cannot accept that while dealing with the Soviets, I also have to devote my energy to appease the local people, so I hope you can make a decision as soon as possible! This is not only related to the safety of your country, but also to the legality of our country's troops.

!But you can rest assured that our country is not interested in the land in the Persian Gulf. After Pahlavi becomes king and expels the Soviet army, we will continue to strictly abide by the principle of neutrality and ensure Iran's independence. Of course, in order to ensure our oil security, we also hope to rent out Geshm Island to build a military airport, and be willing to invest in the construction of a naval base for common use by both countries in the Port of Abbas, build a railway from Kashgar, Kabul to Port of Abbas, and the oil agreement we signed before will continue to be implemented."

As Fang Rui said, Reza Khan is now desperate, and only China can help him restore power through the world. But because the hatred between him and the Imam is too deep, if he does not step down, it will be impossible to resolve the conflict. The reason why he persists until now is nothing more than hoping that Yang Qiu can ensure Iran's independence and gain more benefits.

Reza Khan thought about it for a while, to be honest, these conditions of Yang Qiu were not too much, and they could also bring Iran a free railway and military port. As for the sensitive Geshm Island, how to settle Britain is also China's business. Of course, Reza Khan also knew that Yang Qiu needed him now, so after some bargaining, he won all the equipment of 250 snake-like fighters, 50 H-6 bombers, 5 army divisions, and a total of 200 million yuan in loans. However, he also agreed that before completely defeating the Soviet Union, he would imitate the Saudi government and open all areas of the country for use by the National Defense Force, and allow Iran to be used as a springboard for the National Defense Force to attack the Caucasus, and also hand over the newly formed troops to the Persian Gulf Army command of the National Defense Force.

The next morning, Reza Khan announced his abdication in Beijing, and the young Pahlavi officially became the new king of Iran.

At the same time, Yang Qiu also formally ordered the National Defense Forces to enter Iran to fight in battle...
Chapter completed!