Nanhua, Xinjing, General Staff Command Center Hall.
Anjiajun Deputy Chief of General Staff Yang Fei stood in front of the map with high spirits, holding a baton in his hand, and carefully explained the frontline war to An Yi, the Military Commission, and the generals of the three headquarters:
"After eighteen days of continuous fighting, we have made gratifying progress on all fronts in Persia and India! Let's look at the Persian side first. Since the Soviet army gave up resistance, our troops are making good progress. Northern Route, North Road, 14th
, our First Tank Army’s Second Tank Division occupied Babol,
On the 15th, the Third Tank Division regained Amol... By the 26th, that is, at 6 pm today, the army's three tank divisions and two armored infantry divisions had successfully advanced to Gilan Province.
The line from Rasht to Anzali Port is expected to be stationed in the Polish-Soviet border area by the end of the month.
"On the middle road of the northern line, the 1st and 2nd Armored Infantry Brigades of the Yecheng Cluster Guard Army entered Surrey City on the 13th following the 1st Tank Army. The Soviet army followed the armistice agreement and voluntarily gave up the attack on Alborz.
After the defense of the mountains, five armored infantry brigades advanced alternately, occupying the town of Zirab, a key pass north of the mountain pass, on the 13th, and then occupied Veresk and Firouz on the 14th, 15th, and 16th.
On the 18th, the three major fortresses of Kuch and Ateshan occupied the city of Gamsar, which is connected by the Trans-Persian Railway and the Caspian Sea Railway. Since railway transportation always remained smooth, the cluster guard army had five tank brigades, two heavy tank brigades, and one
A tank destroyer brigade, a self-propelled howitzer brigade and other multi-arms combined forces are being continuously sent forward. Currently, the main force of the guard force is deployed from Varamin to Kavir, south of Tehran.
"On the southern route of the northern line, the Second Tank Army concentrated two armored infantry divisions, opened Badijlan and Imam Goli pass from the north of Guchang on the 12th, mobilized three tank divisions, and guarded Krasno
An infantry division seconded by the Eighth Army of Tangwen in Fusk broke through the Soviet defenses along the desert and hilly areas south of Mashhad in the early morning of the 13th, and captured Mozdulan, Esmailabad, and Qia.
Haq and Tajiabad.
"As the Soviet Army Headquarters successively contacted the front line around the 14th, the northern front troops successfully captured Guchang City on the morning of the 15th. On the evening of the 16th, the main force of the group army successfully occupied Mashhad. Subsequently, the group army's three
tank division and two armored infantry divisions, along
The railway line advanced westward at full speed. Neshapur was captured on the 18th, Hokmabad was captured on the 19th, and Khairabad was captured on the 24th. Semnan City was successfully recaptured this afternoon. It is expected to be completed tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.
The armies in the middle are converging and waiting for an opportunity to seize Tehran!"
As the densely packed names of Persian places came out of Yang Fei's mouth, except for the general staff, everyone else had a headache. Many people had almost no intuitive impression of Persia in their minds, and they had no clear idea of the topography. If not for the map.
There is also a miniature sand table, and my mind is probably in a state of confusion.
After Yang Fei waited for everyone to digest the information, he continued to introduce the war situation:
"The northern route of the southern route was uneventful. Since the area west of Kohsan is mostly valleys and plains along rivers, the 16th Army made good progress. Thirteen days ago, it had advanced to the Fariman area south of Mashhad. Later,
After receiving notification from the headquarters that the Soviet army had abandoned all fronts, it stopped moving north to cooperate with its allies.
The army planned to capture the city of Mashhad, turned to the south, occupied Torbat City on the 16th, entered Juimand on the 20th, and captured Firdaus on the 25th. The army is currently in the process of capturing the city of Mashhad.
On the way to the city of Dehuk, it is expected to arrive in the Kerman area of the Persian railway line in early next month.
"The 17th Army of the Central South Line captured Birjand on the 15th, then moved all the way south, occupied Sahelabad on the 19th, and captured Nehbandan on the 21st. Yesterday, it joined forces with the rear troops of the 18th Army
In the Zahedan area, their next step will be to follow the Eurasian railway line and fight all the way west, and will join forces with the 16th Group Army in the Kerman area in early next month.
"The battle on the southern route is the most difficult, but it is the key point of our concern, because regardless of whether it is the northern or southern route, except for some areas along the Caspian Sea that will be transferred to South China, most places will be returned to the Persian government. In addition to sending
Except for a small number of armed police forces occupying strategic points and transportation hubs, the main force is almost marching. But this road is different. According to the agreement with the Persian government, this will be our land in the future, and we must secure this land from the beginning.
Have firm control in your hands.
"As early as August 12, the 18th Group responsible for the attack mission on this road occupied the city of Zahedan, an important transportation hub on the Eurasian Railway. Subsequently, the group army left its guard division behind and the main force moved south at full speed. The 17th Group
The Japanese occupied Harsh, an important town on the Sarhad Plateau, and on the 23rd, occupied Banbur along the Bambo River.
The two towns of Bur and Shahr in Iran are surrounded by vast deserts, Gobi and swamp areas. The terrain is complex and it is difficult for the troops to move forward. So far, the troops are crossing mountains and ridges and continuing to move south. It is expected that they will
Arrive at the port of Shahbahar on the Arabian Sea coast in mid-month."
An Yi looked at the rugged mountains in southeastern Persia on the sand table, the desert and Gobi with thousands of miles of yellow sand, and the dotted oases dotted in yellow, and couldn't help but shook his head:
"If this area wasn't close to Afghanistan and western India, I really wouldn't want to take over...The land is too barren and the climate is particularly harsh. I have read the introduction from the geological department. There are more than four months here in the year.
Strong winds, high energy conversion due to lack of clouds, and high summer temperatures far from the coast.
The nighttime temperature in winter is surprisingly low, resulting in an annual temperature range of more than 40 degrees. Since the Pasha Gilder Mountains lie across the middle of this area, there are considerable temperature differences between the north and south of the mountains and at different altitudes.
, some cereals and fruit trees cannot grow on higher or medium-height plateaus.
"In the entire area, the annual rainfall in the lowland areas is about 25mm to 155mm, with more rainfall on the mountain tops. However, most of this rainwater comes in the form of heavy rains, which fall within a few days. They are all distributed from October to April of the following year.
Between months, due to lava flows and metamorphism, the rock formations are mostly impermeable, so rainfall is
The utility generally disappears quickly due to rapid runoff. Only a few places have large areas of permeable rock formations or rock debris layers that may hold water. Agriculture and settlements can be developed in such places, so agriculture is important in
To a large extent, like deserts and oases in the Gobi, they developed in extremely harsh environments.
"After we occupy this place in the future, we must first build railways and roads so that they can truly play the role of bridgeheads connecting Central Asia, the Persian Gulf, India, Myanmar and South China. In addition, in order to facilitate agricultural irrigation, a large number of water reserves must be built.
Water reservoirs and water diversion projects were built, water cellars were built in some places, and drip irrigation and other technologies were used to grow potatoes and sweet potatoes.
, corn and other crops, while planting alfalfa, ryegrass, corn grass, royal bamboo grass, sweet elephant grass and other high-quality pastures to develop pigs, geese, rabbits, sheep and other livestock and poultry breeding industries. We Chinese value land most, and now this
The combined total of this land is less than 100,000 people. If we Chinese are responsible for the reclamation and construction, it will not be long before it becomes a good place."
The generals smiled knowingly after hearing this.
According to the agreement reached with the Persian government, the Balochistan region will be completely assigned to South China in the future. Experts from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences have already transferred geographical data from Persia and conducted a more scientific and systematic study. An Yi is very concerned about this matter
During this period, except for occasionally participating in diplomatic negotiations with the Soviet Union, the rest of the time was spent at the Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
There is reason to believe that under the control of Anjiajun, once the military government is established, a large number of agricultural experts will definitely go to the field for field inspections and make targeted suggestions and plans, and everything will develop in a good direction by then.
Take the ongoing large-scale development in Japan and Central Asia as an example. There are a lot of deserts and Gobis in these places. In the past, they were all barren lands. But since last year, under the guidance of agricultural experts, Nanhua
Immediately, the campaign to acquire land in the desert and Gobi began.
In this era, Japan and Central Asia are typically vast and sparsely populated. The two places combined have a total land area of 6 million square kilometers, and with a large number of Han immigrants, the population is less than 20 million. Regarding the grassland and land,
The damage is far less serious than that of later generations.
Unlike those arid deserts of later generations, ***, like most deserts and grassland areas in Central Asia, as long as you choose to dig a few shovels in a depression, you can dig out groundwater. The water resources of this era are far greater than
The imagination is richer. The droughts in later generations are actually caused by the disordered use of water resources and over-exploitation of water resources. This is the root cause.
At present, Japan's north-south water diversion project has been temporarily put on hold, because in terms of finances, it will be an astronomical figure, which will seriously hinder the pace of military expansion and war preparations. After all, those prisoners are no longer enough to build railways and roads.
, not to mention building large-scale water conservancy facilities. However, this popular project will definitely be built in the future. If nothing else, just to stimulate domestic demand, such a project will be needed in the future to turn those real deserts that lack groundwater into
into fertile land that can be sustainably developed and utilized.
It is now the seventh month of the lunar calendar. After more than a year of construction, large collective farms have been built on the outskirts of deserts of various sizes in Central Asia and Taiwan with rich underground water resources. Corn, sweet potatoes, and other crops are grown on the farms.
Potatoes and other crops, under the sunlight, appear to have fat leaves and strong stems. If you walk in the fields of various farms, you will see a flat and green scene. If you don't go to the edge of the farm, you can see the yellow and bright scenery in the distance through the protective forest.
The desert background will definitely make people mistakenly think that they have entered an oasis or a plain area.
Central Asia, Japan, Afghanistan, and perhaps southern Persia and western India will be added in the future. The area is very large and there is a lot of land that can be developed and utilized. Therefore, Nanhua will never be dissatisfied with the large number of immigrants, who are young and strong and good at absorbing knowledge.
Young adults are assigned to work in factories, and older adults with families are assigned to work in agriculture after becoming illiterate.
Nanhua has plenty of land, but it contains a large amount of deserts and desertified grasslands. These extremely harsh terrains seriously threaten the survival of cities and villages. After field inspections, experts from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences believe that according to the current natural conditions, if planned and constructed properly, many
The place can be used for agricultural planting. You must know that the sandy terrain is very beneficial to the regular shape of crops such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, and peanuts. Moreover, these places have sufficient light, significant photosynthesis of crops, and high yields. They can be established in the desert.
Farm, growing crops.
Therefore, based on the opinions of agricultural experts, Sichuan South Group established a large number of farms along the edge of the desert in the form of corporate investment. While obtaining agricultural harvests, it also played a role in controlling the desert. Because groundwater is extremely rich
, these farms don’t even need sprinkler irrigation equipment.
The usual approach is:
First, set aside a part of the desert to plant Salix salix. Salix is very common and can be found everywhere in Japan, Central Asia, Sichuan and other places. Its propagation method is very simple. You only need to take cuttings and pay attention to watering in the early stage, and it can survive.
.It grows rapidly, has dense branches and leaves, a large root system, strong sand-fixing and soil-retaining capabilities, drought resistance, sandstorm resistance, certain salt-alkali resistance, severe cold and heat resistance, and likes moderate sand pressure. The more pressure it has, the more vigorous it is. It is easy to reproduce and sprouts
It is powerful and can be said to be the best choice for transforming the desert.
After the Salix survives, poplar trees are planted on the periphery. The combination of the two can prevent the invasion of quicksand and reduce the erosion of farm land by wind and sand. Generally speaking, these Salix will be planted in places where crops are not planted between farms.
and poplars, or other shrubs with less obvious transpiration and better ability to absorb water.
Once you have these plants, you can start building your farm.
First, a bulldozer is used to flatten the sand dunes, and then according to the salinity of the sand, acidic gypsum powder or alkaline straw ash is used to neutralize it. Then, a cultivator is used to turn the soil, trenching is used to make ridges, and seeds are sown.
Plants are planted by machine, and finally workers carry water tanks on their backs to irrigate each plant.
After the crops survive and grow green buds, they are sometimes swept out of the ground by sandstorms overnight. At this time, farm workers must get up in the middle of the night, replant the crops into the ridges, and then cover them with sand until the root system is developed.
Once you bite into the soil, you are no longer afraid of wind and sand, but at that time you are worried that the sand rolled in from the distant desert will cover the crops. You must carefully remove the sand covering the branches and leaves of the crops, and you must pay attention to regular watering.
Finally, because the soil in sandy land has low organic matter content and poor water and fertilizer retention capacity, potatoes are usually planted first. After the potatoes are harvested, other crops are planted, such as corn, so that water and soil can be effectively maintained. When sandstorms come, there will be no
Let the soil be blown away. Moreover, after harvesting in the following spring, the corn stalks can be crushed and used as green manure and buried directly in the ground to increase fertility for the sandy land. In this way, vegetation coverage can be maintained year-round to prevent sand blowing, increase soil organic matter, and improve soil fertility.
, pushing the farms to continue to extend into the distant desert, the sandy land of the earlier developed farms gradually turned into fertile farmland.
It's easy to say but difficult to do, but as long as someone organizes it and provides a large amount of machinery and equipment for production, and then connects it with profits, everything will not be a problem.
One acre of sandy land can produce at least 1,000 kilograms of potatoes. A worker and his wife can take care of 20 acres of land, which is 20,000 kilograms. Now one Chinese yuan can buy 20 kilograms of potatoes, and 20,000 kilograms is 1,000 kilograms.
Hua Yuan. The farm pays its workers a basic salary of 15 Hua Yuan, plus a minimum of 20% and a maximum of 50% commission. In other words, it is conservatively estimated that just planting potatoes can earn 30,000 yuan in a year.
An income of 100 Chinese dollars is even higher than the current average monthly salary of 20 Chinese dollars for workers in Nanhua.
Everyone is profit-seeking. Although the conditions are very difficult, tens of thousands of farms have been established in the desert. After a year of development, these farms have now become another grain depot of Nanhua. These farms provide
A large number of potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, peanuts and other crops are cultivated by mechanization, and the income of farm workers is directly linked to the output of farm crops, so no one dares to slack off.
According to the plan, Nanhua will continue to ask for land from the desert in the future, and the ultimate goal is to completely eliminate the desert. Of course, this task has a long way to go, and it depends on how far Nanhua, an emerging regime, can go.
The generals were whispering, and there was a constant "buzzing" in the hall of the command center. An Yi coughed in displeasure, and everyone quickly fell silent.
Yang Fei nodded gratefully to An Yi and continued to explain the war.
"In the direction of India, our army is also making extremely smooth progress. In the western region, the Xiangxi Group Army set out from Quetta on August 9 and headed west along the Eurasian Railway. The 1st Xiangxi Division arrived at Zahedan on the 15th and headed towards
The 2nd, 3rd and 4th Divisions heading south encountered the same difficulties as the 18th Army. Fortunately, the British were kinder and built a bridge from Ahmedwar to Jiwoni Port. Spezander passed through Khuzdar and
The march on the two asphalt roads from Turbod to Cape Jedi Port is going quite smoothly. It is expected that we will be able to occupy the roads along the road in early next month and completely bring the western Baluchistan region under our control!
"In the southwestern region, Li Jinlong personally led the Cluster Army and the Western Guizhou Group Army all the way south along the Quetta-Karachi railway. The Soviet troops were invincible along the way. The entire attack can be described as a march. So far, the troops on this road have already
Successfully captured the entire Sindh state, the Port of Karachi, the largest port in western India, the Getty Bendel town at the mouth of the Indus River, and the industrial and transportation hub Hyderabad were all recovered.
"On the east route, the four divisions of the Yunnan Army separated from the main force in Sukkur and went north alone into Punjab. They made rapid progress along the way and basically encountered no resistance. By 6 o'clock this afternoon, the Yunnan Army had occupied all areas in southern Punjab.
After the armed police force is stationed and the Military Control Commission is established, they will move south to join the main force. At that time, the three armies of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Hunan, together with the armies directly under the cluster, will follow the railway to attack the southwest of the subcontinent, Rajasthan, Jijrat, and Mumbai.
."
Yang Fei paused for a moment, and seeing that no one asked questions, he continued:
“The Seventh Army led by Liao Minlin, the Eighth Army led by Sun Desheng, and the Ninth Army led by Zhou Dingcheng passed through the Islamabad-Rawalpindi region on the 15th, 17th and 18th respectively due to their different distances.
This is a city where rare poisonous gas massacres and plagues have been confirmed.
"Due to the extensive use of chemical weapons by the Shengshicai Ministry, millions of people who entered the city to seek refuge died unexpectedly, and a large number of corpses were not disposed of after the death. In addition, the poor hygiene habits of Indians who committed suicide everywhere caused serious consequences in the city and surrounding areas.
The unprecedented scale of the plague caused thousands of people to die every day. Our soldiers did not dare to enter the city, so they had to take a detour and stationed themselves in Pathankot, Ludhiana and Purpur on the upper reaches of the Sutlej River.
Dinda City. Currently, the army is cooperating with the medical, health and biochemical forces to focus on destroying the corpses. It is impossible to continue moving eastward.
"In fact, the spread of plague and viruses caused by inhumane massacres, misuse of chemical weapons, poor sanitary conditions and other factors are the culprits behind preventing our army from advancing. As of this afternoon, our medical, health and biochemical troops have
Approximately 120,000 corpses were found, and the entire western India was almost emptied of them.
"According to the relevant information we consulted, the total population of western India before the war was 29.87 million, but now, there are less than 3 million healthy people, and most of the remaining 5 million people have various diseases.
disease, and millions of people are missing. It is estimated that they either fled or died in remote places. We need to find out in time to avoid becoming a new source of pollution. It is expected that the number of deaths in the northern region will be higher than that in the west.
, at least the weather will be a little cooler in October before we can attack. Since most of the southern route is Gobi and desert, the spread of viruses and plagues will not be severe, so the action time will be advanced accordingly, but the specific time cannot be determined!"
An Yi saw the generals frowning deeply and looking strange. He knew that everyone was worried about the soldiers in the epidemic area. After thinking about it, he took the initiative to stand in front of the stage:
"Let me talk about something happy first. During this period of negotiations with the Soviets, the Soviet Union has basically recognized our ownership of Central Asia, southeastern West Siberia, southern East Siberia, including the surrounding Lake Baiga and Chita Oblast.
, and promised to return all Amur, Khabarovsk, Sakhalin and Vladivostok in the Far East to our country. This can be said to be a great victory for our diplomatic work.
"As long as this treaty is confirmed in the form of an exchange of letters between governments and our military strength does not suffer major losses in this world war, then we can legitimately regain the territory that our ancestors have lost for decades."
Deng Bin asked with some doubts: "Why not simply use the Ural Mountains as the boundary? Stalin, like Hitler, was very good at turning against us. If the other party denies it and launches an attack on us in the future, we will have enough resources due to the favorable terrain.
Seize the opportunity to consolidate the border. If we leave such a large area of territory at the junction of Siberia and the Far East, I am afraid there will be no peace at all in the future!"
An Yi explained patiently: "It's not that we don't want to, but it's not realistic. Now, the Urals and central and western Siberia are all under the control of the Far East Republic. If we make such a request, where will our allies be? One of the things we negotiated
The bottom line is that we cannot breach the contract without involving the Far Eastern Republic! In addition, the area we proposed to claim sovereignty over only accounts for a quarter of the total territory of Siberia and the Far East, which is acceptable to the Soviet government
category.
"After the reunification of the Soviet Union and the Far Eastern Republic, even without the more than 3.5 million square kilometers of land in southern Siberia and the Far East, there are still more than 17 million square kilometers of territory. It is still a global power with national sentiments.
It is acceptable that if it were cut off in the middle from the Ural Mountains, the Soviet Union would become a European country with only more than 8 million square kilometers, and the backlash in the future would be very serious.
"Of course, all of this is based on the premise that the Republic of South China and the Soviet Union survive this world war and their sovereignty is not subverted before the treaty will come into effect. If either party fails, such a treaty will not have much effect.
It makes sense. Therefore, in the final analysis, the final decision-making power lies in whether our military can shoulder the heavy responsibilities assigned by history and have the courage to shoulder the heavy burdens!"
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