From Holingol City to Erenhot City, the entire national border is more than a thousand kilometers long. Hu Zhiyong was ruthless and wanted to build a solid defensive trench and power grid minefield here.
The five-meter-wide defensive trenches were more than a thousand kilometers long. Everyone thought this project was difficult to accomplish. However, a mechanical engineering team was formed and a large number of tractors, forklifts, and cranes were purchased from the Soviet Union.
Mongolia was also very interested in this, as doing so would also reduce the pressure on their border guards. Hu Zhigang quickly signed a contract with them and transferred nearly 100,000 workers from Mongolia to join the border defense construction.
"Minefield, damn minefield!" The most powerful horse thief on the grassland hesitated at the border area. Any place where construction is not started is a minefield, and it is more than five miles wide. Whoever wants to pass by here, there will be an explosion of cavalry
Come over and check it out.
Hu Zhigang and Hou Dashun were inspecting the border defense. They not only needed to build defense lines, but also built border land transportation ports and large-scale trade markets. Chen Wanxin, the Third Cavalry Corps, was responsible for border defense, and three divisions guarded the vast ground of thousands of miles.
"Commander, even if we don't guard, the Mongolian border guards will try their best to stop people coming and going illegally. Is it necessary for us to do this?" Chen Wanxin didn't understand. Is it stupid to waste people and money and go into war like this?
"For the future!" Hou Dashun said calmly: "The Great Wall is much larger than this project. Wasn't it still under construction back then?"
"In the future?" Chen Wanxin chuckled: "We are just passers-by. After beating the little devil, we should take off our armor and return home."
"It's China's future!" Hou Dashun said with a snort: "Young Master spending so much money is actually an investment with no return."
"The Manchuria-Mongolia Autonomous Government has a total population of six million, of which Chahar covers an area of 278,957 square kilometers and Rehe covers an area of 179,982.05 square kilometers. It is now the season of agricultural leisure, and the people are mobilized to participate, which will greatly shorten the
Construction period." After thinking deeply, Hu Zhigang made suggestions to Hou Dashun.
"Okay!" Hou Dashun thought for a moment and said, "Food, food and housing will be taken care of, and each person will receive ten oceans per month."
"Ten oceans?" Hu Zhigang smiled: "Five oceans will attract millions of people to participate. You are burning money by doing this."
"My task is to complete the construction period, and the money belongs to your Hu family!" Hou Dashun smiled slyly, as if he didn't feel bad about spending more money.
"Hey, they are all prodigal sons!" Hu Zhigang shook his head dejectedly and began to hold a meeting of county magistrates.
The actions of the Manchuria and Mongolia Autonomous Government suddenly attracted farmers in the Beijing-Tianjin area and the central Hebei Plain. To them, ten oceans were simply five hundred kilograms of flour. During the Republic of China, one hundred kilograms of white flour was worth two oceans a month.
They were excited to earn so much.
"Let us go over. We have no way to survive. Are we allowed to starve to death?" Dai Anlan was alarmed by bursts of noise in front of the position guarded by the national army.
"Listen!" Dai Anlan climbed up to a high place and said to the angry farmers: "They won't take you in if you don't have documents. What's more, building trenches is a matter of young and strong labor. Can you go in blindly?"
"But we traveled hundreds of miles to get here, are we supposed to go back empty-handed?" the migrant workers asked loudly.
"Hey! They didn't announce the recruitment of workers. You came here blindly. Go back. This is a military area. Don't affect our normal defense." Dai Anlan had a headache. Can he stop him?
"I'll handle it!" Ma Xiandeng came to Dai Anlan's position with his bare hands, looked at the black heads and hit the tip of his tongue: "There are too many, we can't use so many people."
"We are willing to ask for half of the wages! Please save us, winter is coming soon, and we will go hungry without work." A middle-aged man pleaded.
"Five oceans, everyone agrees?" Ma Xiandeng knew that if this matter was not handled well, it would bring discredit to the autonomous government.
"agree!"
"Let them in and send them to the border in a car!" Ma Xiandeng had no choice but to agree to accept these people.
Ma Xiandeng's decision made Hu Zhigang, Feng Yuguo, and Wei Yiping very busy. The migrant workers who came were not organized, each had a leader, and they had no identity documents. If the spies took the opportunity to cause trouble, they would cause immeasurable losses to the base area.
"Assign the First Army of the People's Army to the migrant workers and let them serve as leaders!" Feng Yuguo was anxious and had to use his own troops to maintain order.
"How many people?" Wei Yiping asked with a smile: "One million?"
"One million and eight hundred thousand!" Hu Zhigang was amused: "Including the Mongolians and the 500,000 workers in our base areas, there are already 2.4 million workers working in border defense."
"Young master called, young and strong workers will be paid 10 yuan, and old and women will be paid 5 yuan. We must ensure that no one freezes to death or suffers frostbite. We also need them to eat well, sleep well, and have safety protection." Hou Dashun said.
Reading the telegram.
"More than 2,000 people are gathering in one kilometer for construction, and it can be completed in a month. What will happen in the future?" Feng Yuguo sighed: "It might cause trouble!"
"Let's do it first!" Hu Zhigang didn't have a proper solution.
"Mining coal mines, marble mines, building roads, and logging mountains, the young master has already thought of it!" Hou Dashun stretched out his finger: "Three hundred million, this is the bottom line that the young master is ready to throw out."
The construction of border fortifications on the Mongolian border is in full swing, and the national troops on the front line of the Great Wall are secretly surprised. Especially those who are soldiers, who do not carry guns and eat food for their livelihood.
"Those who win the hearts of the people win the world!" Dai Anlan sighed, and he asked officers at all levels to prevent their subordinates from escaping with guns.
The situation in the southern defensive positions has also been changing in recent days. The Japanese army deployed four divisions and six puppet divisions in the occupied areas. Laborers captured from the occupied areas built bunkers and fortifications, but they were scattered here.
Guerrillas and special agents in an area are constantly harassing the area.
The main arteries in Fengning Manchu, Longhua County, Chengde, and Pingquan Yidong were filled with Japanese troops, which increased the burden on farmers in this area. The wave of resistance became more rapid, and gunshots were heard almost everywhere.
Su Yongmin was not sent back to Rehe. After recovering from his injuries in Qinglong County, he served as the garrison commander here. Now, he has understood Hu Zhiyong's strategic plan and is fully developing the armed forces in this area.
Wang Chunyi told Su Yongmin: "You can attack the Japs in surrounding counties, but do not organize large-scale operations. Our people must change into peasant clothes when going out."
"County Magistrate Wang, can I join your party?" Su Yongmin and Ji Hongchang are often together, and he is very supportive of the Red Party's beliefs.
"When you join a party organization, you must obey the party's leadership." Wang Chunyi looked at Su Yongmin: "Your young master will not interfere, but you must think carefully."
"Don't think about it!" Su Yongmin said seriously: "I will listen to the arrangements of my superiors throughout my life, and I will also be a qualified party member!"
"Okay, I will report your situation to Hu Zhigang, and I will be your introducer to join the party!" Wang Chunyi smiled, he needed such outstanding military cadres.
Hu Zhigang was very cautious about Su Yongmin joining the party. It was not that he did not trust this man, but that his third brother valued this fierce general very much. When Hou Dashun heard about this, he was very embarrassed and sent a telegram to Hu Zhiyong.
"Agree!" Hu Zhiyong called back and said: "Anyone in the army or government departments can join. It is also a good thing to stay here after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. Anyone who is planning to go abroad, please do not join!"
"Going out of the country?" Hu Zhigang was stunned: "The third brother wants to take you all out?"
"Yes!" Hou Dashun whispered: "We develop abroad and help the country introduce advanced technology and talents. The young master's goal is ambitious. He plans to take away half a million of the best soldiers and students!"
"Can Los Angeles allow so many Chinese people to visit?" Feng Yuguo was surprised. It was very difficult to apply for visas. Even if Hu Zhiyong had connections, it would be impossible for them to all have green cards.
"We built a Phoenix City in Southeast Asia, and this is what it will look like after it is completed." Hou Dashun laid out the design drawings on the table, and several key people gathered around.
"Third Young Master is really amazing!" Wei Yiping looked at the tall buildings on the design drawings and admired them from the bottom of her heart.
"No wonder he handed over the government department to us. It turned out that he had already planned it!" Hu Zhigang was impressed by his brother's courage and admired his ambition and long-term plan.
"The base area is no longer expanding?" Wei Yiping asked.
"Yes!" Hou Dashun pointed to the map on the wall: "Look! From Rehe we can quickly go to the pass, and from Chahar we can quickly go to the Jizhong Plain and the Central Plains. We will not continue to expand in five years.
After the Japanese army takes over Zhangjiakou and Ulanqab, they will take over these two cities!"
"The newly appointed commander of the Japanese Kwantung Army, Hisashi Karitaro, is known as the leader of the army. This person has been in office for almost two months, and he has not taken any action against our base area." Hu Zhigang said worriedly. He was concerned about the current situation.
I don't feel at ease, and I don't have the long-term thinking like my third brother.
"Controlling the economic institutions of the Puppet Manchukuo, the focus of colonial rule in the Northeast has shifted to economic plunder. He does not dare to use troops to attack us now, and will strengthen the construction and supervision of the Middle East Railway. The young master called to instruct that we have not had any major wars in recent years, but we must also
Shift the focus to the China Eastern Railway!" Hou Dashun relayed what Hu Zhiyong told three senior officials of the autonomous government.
"Can't we take the opportunity to recover the nearby areas?" Feng Yuguo was surprised. How could the four Japanese divisions withstand the attack of the Jehol Army?
"No!" Hou Dashun said with a smile: "We want to fight the Japanese, but the strategy is not to cause the Japanese to attack the territory with heavy troops. We only need to send more small groups of troops to attack, and use a zero-cutting method to kill him unknowingly!"
"It's a good idea, but it's a pity that we can't regain the lost ground quickly!" Feng Yuguo said regretfully.
"The greater the ground we regain, the more difficult it will be for us. If we hand over the territory to the national army, they will lose it. Wouldn't it be easier for the Japanese to occupy a little more territory and wait until their forces are dispersed? Wouldn't it be easier for us to destroy them?"
Hou Dashun chuckled and said to the three local officials: "Open more coal mines, and we will accept all the people who are willing to stay!"
"Aren't we going to participate in the battle to destroy the railway?" Feng Yuguo waited for a long time and finally couldn't help but ask.
"The participating troops include Yang Jingyu's Volunteer Army, a division from Jinshan Mountain and Yongxiang's Blood Wolf Team. Specific plans have been laid out for a long time. They will fight trains, seize supplies, and pull rails. The Northeast is bustling!" Hou Dashun said exaggeratedly for a long time, and finally
Then he said: "We don't have a role in this drama, so just feel free to build it!"
ps: Remember to send flowers, everyone, I hope to be exhausted, and I am willing to work hard to add more, thank you very much!