Rebirth of the National Marshal

Originally, the transportation of these weapons and equipment would have cost a huge amount, but Mao Yuanshan did not charge them a penny for the freight. The main reason was that at this time, the entire Jiangnan region had to rely on them to fight the Japanese devils. If he had not caused this trouble with the Soviet Union, he might have been able to give them some assistance. But now there was no way to provide them with assistance at all, and he was a little stretched.

After arranging the people from the Central Equipment Department, Mao Yuanshan began to let these Soviet soldiers advance towards the Chahar area.

During this half month or so, there are two shelters with about thirty people between their current location and the railway construction in Chahar. That shelter can accommodate more than 5 people for food, drink, defecation and urination every day. At the beginning, some of them could take cars, and the rest could only walk there. This is considered very good. At least I can feed you enough food every day. It is impossible for prisoners from other countries to eat!

This was also a huge feat. A total of about 47 Soviet prisoners were going to the Chahar region. Such a thing had never happened in history. In the past, the Germans occupied the Soviet prisoners, and their army of millions of people was not the same as it is now. They just built some prisoner camps on the spot to put them in. Now Mao Yuanshan wanted them to travel thousands of kilometers to a distant place to build a railway for themselves. The logistical preparations required in the middle were not just that simple.

In addition to providing them with food, they also have to have a place to live. The weather is getting colder now, and the temperature at night has dropped to around 0. If they are allowed to spend the night outside, some of them will probably be in poor health the next day. In Mao Yuanshan's view, these people are absolute wealth. Only fools would do such a thing. He would never do such a thing. Now the prisoners are his valuable assets. Each of them can create a lot of wealth for him. They are all strong guys, and are most suitable for building railways.

More than 40 people, a day's salary is not small. Now there are so many people working for me for free for several years. No one can be lost.

Now there is a shortage of labor everywhere within the jurisdiction of the Chahar local government. No matter it is the factories or the government-built projects, there are not enough people anywhere. Although people from all over the country have migrated here, not many people have come here because of the war. Of course, the most important reason is the concept of us Chinese people that people are despised when they leave their hometown. They have expected such a thing, so most people will not leave their hometown unless it is absolutely necessary.

In their opinion, if they can have food in their hometown, why go somewhere else? There are people they are familiar with around here, and if something happens, they can discuss it with everyone. If something happens to them in other places alone, there will be no one to help. It is better not to go to some Chahar place. Even if the land is divided, it cannot attract most people who can still have food. At most, it can only attract some people whose families cannot afford to eat.

As long as people have a way to provide their family with good food in their hometown, of course, it is impossible to eat well, but it is okay to be full, so they just stay there. This is the nature of most Chinese people. In addition, in today's society, there are so many wars that if you leave your home, you don't know when you will come back.

Mr. Jiang Baili has sent several telegrams. One industrial zone in Chahar and two industrial zones in Mongolia have all started construction. What is most lacking now is the labor force. Although many workers have been recruited from Mongolia, the problem is that there are only a few Mongolians. Even if all of them are pulled over to work, how much of the gap can be filled? Most of them still have no workers. In fact, if they had developed slowly, they could still supply them. The main reason is that the current international and domestic situation does not allow them to develop slowly. It is certainly worth being happy to defeat the Soviets, but only Mao Yuanshan can slap Comrade Stalin in the face like this. How could Stalin bear this? The future will definitely be more serious. When the Soviet army arrives again, it will not be a matter of hundreds of thousands of people. There may be a lot of people. If the Japanese take advantage of the fire, they will not leave time for themselves to react. Therefore, they must develop their own industry at a high speed within a limited time.

At present, there are four relatively large steel mills and seven large coal mines in the entire Chahar controlled area, with an annual output of about 60 tons of steel and 900 million tons of coal.

Maybe this number is nothing in modern society. Any province in China has many times more than this number. But this number is absolutely high now. The whole of China is not as high as theirs. Moreover, all the steel refined here is qualified. Although it is not as good as the special steels produced by Krupp, there is no problem in making other non-core things with this steel.

Originally, they could not consume so much coal. Apart from the steel industry, the major coal users were the coal-to-oil machines invented by Mao Yuanshan. These machines consumed a large amount of coal every day. It was precisely because of these machines that the mechanized equipment under the Chahar local troops had some usable fuel. What the Japanese lacked most now were the dyes. All the fuel they used was imported from the United States and some other countries. All the hard-earned foreign exchange of the Japanese was spent on this.

One thing that the Japanese and the Soviets wanted to understand the most was where the Chahar local government got so much oil. In the eyes of the Japanese, there must be a huge oil field in the Chahar local government. Otherwise, how could they afford so many mechanized equipment? These mechanized equipment are beyond the reach of even us Japanese, let alone a new regime like yours. Are you kidding me? Do they all just drink water?