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The construction of railways is much more complicated than that of roads, and the funds required are many times more than those of roads.

According to the current construction cost of provincial cement roads, the total cost per kilometer is about 10,000 yuan.

However, the Chishan Cement Plant in Chishan County has now started production, and the cost is much lower than that of purchased cement.

In addition, the engineering corps is now responsible for the construction of the highway, so the labor cost is also very low.

So the cost has dropped to 8000 oceans per kilometer compared to before.

The cost of county roads also dropped from 7000 yuan per kilometer to 5000 yuan.

If cement is not laid but it is built as a gravel road, the cost will be even lower, only about 2000 yuan per kilometer.

Over the past few months, the conditions of provincial and county roads in Beire Province have changed dramatically compared to before.

In particular, the provincial highway from Chishan County to Chengbei City was completed after uninterrupted repairs day and night.

It became the first four-lane cement road of over 100 kilometers in Bac Reai Province.

It was precisely because of the completion of this cement road that Jiang Hua was ready to relocate major institutions such as the Executive Yuan and the Military-Political Committee to Chengbei City.

Chengbei is not only the most densely populated city in Beire Province, but also the provincial capital.

Chishan County is still a little too small after all.

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The cost of building a highway is 8000, and the cost of building a railway is easily three or four times that.

Jiang Hua also picked up the draft railway construction plan handed over by the Executive Yuan's Department of Transportation and began to read it.

There are two railways built this time.

The first line is from Chengbei City to Chishan County, then turns from Chishan County and goes directly south to Jinchuan City in Andong Province in the three northern provinces, and directly merges into the Jingfeng Line.

The second line also uses Chishan County as the hub, crosses the southern foot of Daxingling Mountains to the north, and is built towards Duolun County, connecting to Zhangyuan City, the capital of Yanbei Province.

The railway from Shangjing to Jinyuan Province passes through Zhangyuan City, so this railway will also be incorporated into the Pingsui Line.

This created a railway network that spanned several provinces.

With a railway line, logistical problems can be greatly alleviated.

And this is just the military effect, there is also an economic account to be considered.

If you want to get rich, you must first build roads. If the industrial products of Beire Province want to be shipped out, railways are definitely the main channel.

It can also drive the economic development of the areas along the way.

So there are many benefits to building railways, and the only disadvantage is probably the cost issue.

According to the plan of the Ministry of Transport, the total mileage of the two railways is 1200 kilometers.

The railway gauge and the Beijing-Fengtian Railway generally adopt the international standard, that is, the standard gauge of 1435 mm.

The railway gauge is also related to the railway construction cost, transportation capacity and other issues.

It is also because of this that the railway standards in many countries are actually different.

For example, the Far East Railway in Russia uses a wide-gauge railway with a track gauge of 1520 mm.

There are many advantages of wide-gauge railways, the biggest of which is greater carrying capacity, smoother operation, and the ability to transport wider items.

However, the construction cost of wide-gauge railway is undoubtedly higher.

As for narrow-gauge railways, in fact, many railway standards in ancient countries are different, which also causes many problems.

For example, the problem that locomotives and carriages are not universal.

For this reason, the railway gauge built in Beire also adopts the international standard of 1435 mm.

According to calculations by the Ministry of Transport, adding up the material costs, labor costs, consumption, etc., it would cost about 1200 million oceans to build this 3000-kilometer railway, and the fluctuation would not be large.

According to this data, the construction cost per kilometer is ocean.

Compared with other domestic railway lines, this cost is already very low.

The construction cost per kilometer of other domestic railway lines with the same gauge is around 3 yuan.

Among them, the Shanghai-Nanjing line is probably the most expensive to build, with the construction cost per kilometer reaching 9 oceans.

The reason why it is so expensive is, firstly, because of the difficulty in construction, and secondly, because everything is imported.

For example, the rails are made of 85-pound heavy rails from John's country, and the sleepers are made of jalapeno wood from Kangaroo country, which is of high quality and much more expensive than pine wood.

It is for this reason that the construction of this 300-kilometer railway cost 30 million oceans, which caused a sensation at the time.

1200 kilometers only costs 3000 million yuan. In Jiang Hua's opinion, the cost control is already very good, and this is still under the condition of high quality.

Moreover, the 30 million is not a one-time payment, and the construction of the railway cannot be completed in one year.

After all, the railway leading to the Pingsui Line has to cross the Daxingling Mountains, which is very difficult to build.

It will take about one year and three months to build this 1200-kilometer railway.

As for the rails needed to build the railway, they can only be purchased from outside through the Saibei Army’s channels.

As a major railway country, the United States has relatively low procurement costs for rails.

However, once the steel mills and rail manufacturing plants in Beire are put into production one after another, we can use our own, and the cost can be further reduced.

Can be compressed to 10,000 oceans per kilometer.

Even though it only saves 2000 dollars per kilometer, 1000 kilometers of railway can save two million.

Two million dollars is not a small sum in this era.

Qidong Province, Island City!

After a day of bombardment by the artillery units of the 20th Mechanized Infantry Division, the outer defense line built by the th Division of the Fuso Army in the island city was severely damaged.

During this period, the artillery regiment of the Fuso 20th Division also launched a counterattack.

However, their artillery was at a disadvantage in terms of caliber, range and number, and they did not have air superiority.

The artillery regiment of the 20th Division suffered heavy losses after it appeared.

So later in the battle, they hid their artillery and dared not show it.

The counterattack can only be carried out at night.

This day also made Division Commander Ichiro Nanada feel very depressed.

"Damn the Renaissance Army, don't their artillery shells cost money?"

The artillery force of the Fuxing Army is really too strong.

Not only are there many of them, but they are also large in caliber.

If that's all, that's all.

The most annoying thing is the Renaissance Army's Air Force, which not only provides guidance for the Renaissance Army's artillery.

When they show their heads they are bombarded fiercely.

Moreover, the Restoration Army still has several large-caliber railway guns that have not been used.

This also made Ichiro Nanada lose the courage he had previously declared that he would have a good fight with the Restoration Army.

After a day of shelling, Liang Yuming, commander of the 7th Mechanized Infantry Division, was able to test the firepower of the Fuso army.

"After daybreak, launch a general offensive and prepare for street fighting."

Street fighting is definitely more disadvantageous for the 7th Mechanized Infantry Division.

For the 7th Mechanized Infantry Division, which has a large amount of mechanized equipment, urban fighting will actually limit the use of their heavy firepower.

However, if facing the Fuso Army, which also lacks anti-tank capabilities and artillery support, the 7th Mechanized Infantry Division still has a great advantage.

In the early morning, a hazy mist covered the ground.

A new round of shelling began.

105mm and 150mm caliber high-explosive grenades fell like raindrops on the outer positions of the Fuso army's island city.

The craters and ruins caused by the previous shelling became trenches for the Fuso people and could also be used to avoid shelling.

This time the artillery preparation only lasted for one hour.

The artillery fire dispelled the fog on the position, and replaced it with gun smoke that filled the entire battlefield.

“Boom boom boom…”

The roar of the engine came from not far away, and a Fuso soldier hiding in a bomb crater felt the intense vibrations coming from the ground.

The vibration was not caused by the explosion of the shell.

He curiously stretched his head to take a look, and this glance made his pupils feel like they were shaking.

Emotions such as shock, astonishment, and fear can be seen in his eyes and expressions.

Tanks clad in heavy armor and with their huge guns raised high were lined up in a row and appeared less than 200 meters away from the outer position.

These heavily armored steel behemoths rushed out of the mist and slowly rushed towards their defense line.

Behind these steel behemoths, one can see human figures charging along with them.

This is the standard infantry, tank and artillery coordinated combat. Every Red Alert division is very proficient in this tactic, not to mention the mechanized infantry division.

"Chariot, it's a chariot!"

The Fuso soldier screamed loudly with fear in his eyes, then ran out of the trench regardless of anything and ran towards the rear.

His shouting also alarmed other Fuso soldiers.

Just at this time the shelling stopped.

All the Fuso soldiers who heard the noise stuck their heads out from their shelters.

The steel behemoth in their eyes was not the Panther medium tank, but its big brother - the Tiger tank.

This was also the 4th Heavy Tank Battalion that was drawn from the nd Heavy Tank Brigade to support the island city operations.

The Tiger tank has heavy armor and powerful firepower.

Especially the 88mm tank gun, which is very powerful whether used to attack tanks or to support infantry combat.

45 Tiger tanks formed several battle formations to cover the infantry's attack on the island city.

"Shoot, shoot!"

The 20rd Infantry Battalion of the 79th Regiment of the th Division was responsible for defending this line of defense.

In an instant, dense gunfire filled the sky.

However, neither their Type 38 rifles, nor their Type 99 rifles and Taisho Type 3 heavy machine guns posed any threat to the Tiger tank.

Their bullets only managed to knock off a little paint from the thick front armor of the Tiger tank.

"boom....."

A Taisho 37-year type mm flat-fire gun hidden on the front line became the only remaining anti-tank weapon of the Fuso Army Infantry Battalion.

This thing is also a weapon used by the Fuso army specifically to deal with machine gun fortifications, with an effective range of 1500 meters.

In the expectant eyes of the Japanese, the 37mm shell hitting the Tiger's more than 100mm thick front armor was no different from a tickle.

There wasn't even a sunken pit.

After seeing this scene, despair appeared in the eyes of the Fuso army's artillery crew members.

Their counterattack seemed to have angered the ferocious Tiger tank.

The Tiger tanks' counterattack also began.