Chapter 152
The group conducted two days of exploration here, and explored the situation within a dozen kilometers nearby.
Then two Nighthawk generation general-purpose helicopters were dispatched from Yumen Pass.
It took another three days to finally find a place that can be used as the headquarters of the base.
This is a Gobi desert, barren everywhere, with a mountain range that is hundreds of kilometers long.
It can block the sandstorms in the desert and provide a certain amount of shelter for the base.
It is more than 70 kilometers away from Lop Nur.
There are no rivers passing through the underground nearby, it is just a barren land.
Xu Jie then wrote a report on the exploration process and reported it to the General Office of the State Council.
And this report was also delivered to Jiang Fan.
"Lop Nur needs a railway to extend there, and construction should start immediately.
Three divisions of the Construction Corps should be mobilized to build the railway from Yumen to Lop Nur as quickly as possible.
At the same time, the airport in Yumen should be built to the highest standards.
The Longhai Railway should also continue to extend and be built to Yumen. This railway is very critical.
If you want to completely control the border province, this railway must be built no matter what, and the roads must also keep up."
Jiang Fan directly called the commander of the Construction Corps Headquarters, Xiang Tie.
After hearing this order, Xiang Tie frowned.
It is not easy to build this railway, and there are still many technical difficulties to overcome.
The terrain in Gansu is very complex, and the railway needs to be built into the desert.
The difficulty of this railway can be imagined.
Although the total length is only more than 1,000 kilometers, it is difficult to complete it without a year.
But since this is an order issued by the commander.
Then as the commander of the Construction Corps, he must do his best to execute it.
If there are difficulties, overcome them. If there are no solutions, find solutions. Nothing is difficult for the Chinese nation.
""Yes, Commander, I will ensure that the mission is completed."
At present, the total strength of the entire Construction Corps exceeds 500,000.
They are the technical arms of the Red Alert Corps. They are mainly responsible for the construction of infrastructure tasks such as railways, tunnels, bridges, buildings, pontoon bridges, communication projects, airports, etc.
In wartime, they carry out tasks such as railway repair and construction to ensure the mobility of the troops and the transportation of combat materials.
In peacetime, they mainly participate in various types of medium and large infrastructure projects.
For example, the many railway trunk lines currently under construction are under the responsibility of the Construction Corps.
And their tasks are often the most difficult.
But they did not complain about the hardship.
Of course, Jiang Fan did not treat them unfairly.
We cannot let these poor people sweat and shed tears for national construction.
So the salary given is not very high.
It is only 12 yuan a month.
But not only food and accommodation are provided, but there are also various subsidies every month.
The total monthly salary is more than 20 yuan.
If it is wartime, it can even exceed 30 yuan a month.
The 500,000 construction corps engineers alone need to pay about 100 million yuan in wages each year. Including food, accommodation, etc., it will cost more than 150 million yuan a year.
In this year, it is 20 to 30 yuan a month.
This is already very good.
It is precisely because of this that many people are full of motivation to build.
The site selection for the Jinwu plan has been completed.
At the same time, Jiang Fan also set his sights on the two provinces in the west-Frontier Province and Tibet Province.
Sheng Shicai of Frontier Province is close to the Russian bear.
There are even consultants and instructors from the Russian bear in his troops.
Their weapons and equipment are basically from the Russian bear.
According to the current Intelligence shows.
Sheng Shicai currently has a total of more than 5,000 troops, entrenched in the Dihua area.
In addition to Sheng Shicai, there are two other forces in the Frontier Province, namely Zhang Peiyuan who occupies Yili and Ma Zhongying who occupies the northern Xinjiang.
And this Ma Zhongying is Ma Bufang's cousin.
Now the three forces have formed a three-legged tripod.
The total force added up is less than 30,000.
Now is the best time to take over the Frontier Province.
If the Russian bear reacts and intervenes here, the situation will become more troublesome.
As for Tibet Province, the situation is more complicated.
However, as long as slavery is abolished and those aristocratic forces are defeated and eliminated, Tibet Province can be easily controlled.
The time is about to enter May, and the distance to launching the summer offensive is getting closer and closer.
The current army has a total of 13 group armies, three mountain Infantry division, an air assault division, a total of 95 divisions.
The average strength of each division is about 18,000, and the total strength is about 1.7 million.
If the navy and air force are added, the total strength is just over 2.5 million.
Although Chiang Kai-shek's National Army claims to have three million people.
But their combat effectiveness is very worrying.
The powers such as England and the United States have completely abandoned Chiang Kai-shek.
Because anyone with a discerning eye can see that Chiang Kai-shek is going to be finished.
At this time, investing in him with gold and silver is simply a meat bun hitting a dog.
This is also the main reason why the powers gave up on him.
It is precisely because of this that many troops of the National Army are not even fully equipped with weapons.
Their combat effectiveness can be imagined.
Only the dozens of direct divisions of Chiang Kai-shek are well equipped and have a certain combat effectiveness.
To deal with Chiang Kai-shek, only 6-8 army groups are needed.
And two army groups need to be left to defend the Northeast.
In this way, the forces of two army groups can be transferred to recover the two provinces.
First of all, the mechanized army group is excluded.
Song Zheyuan's 35th Army, He Zhuguo's 47th Army, and Fu Zuoyi's 55th Army are the best choices.
In the end, Jiang Fan decided to take action against the two provinces in advance.
The sooner they are recovered, the better.
Especially Tibet Province, once it is recovered.
We can overlook India on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and form a strategic deterrent to England, the most important colony.
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The situation here is very complicated and changeable, and the issue of slaves needs to be dealt with.
Jiang Fan decided to send Fu Zuoyi and his 55th Army into Tibet.
At the same time, a mountain infantry division was dispatched to join the troops entering Tibet.
The situation in the border provinces is much better, and the transportation conditions are much better than in Tibet Province.
So let Song Zheyuan's 35th Army go up.[]
But before they set off, Jiang Fan planned to update their equipment first.
Improve their combat effectiveness.
Both of these armies belong to the second-line army.
It can also be called the Type B army.
It is also a light motorized army.
With the upgrade of the multi-functional infantry fighting vehicle to the second generation, more models of armored vehicles have also appeared.
Among them is the series of light multi-functional infantry fighting vehicles.
This series of multi-functional infantry fighting vehicles belongs to the four-wheeled military off-road vehicle model.
It weighs about 5 tons and uses high-strength steel plates and bulletproof materials to cast the body. The protection ability is pretty good.
At least ordinary bullets cannot penetrate its armor.
For China, it is definitely a heavily armored iron turtle.
You must know that the little bean tank that the devils galloped in Asia is the 94 light tank.
Its combat weight is only 3.45 tons.
However, such a tank can gallop on the territory of China. The four-wheeled light multi-functional off-road vehicle weighs up to 5 tons, and its protection ability is much better than that of the little bean tank.
Ordinary heavy machine guns cannot penetrate its armor, unless they are large-caliber heavy machine guns.
But this thing is very rare in China.
It weighs 5 tons and is equipped with a 350-horsepower V8 water-cooled supercharged diesel engine, which has strong power.
It can run on many complex terrains.
And as one of the series of multi-functional infantry fighting vehicles.
It can carry various weapons.
7.92 mm, 12.7 mm machine guns.
23 mm, 30 mm machine guns.
105 mm caliber assault guns, 122 mm caliber vehicle-mounted howitzers.
20-mounted 122 mm multiple rocket launchers.
120 mm caliber bicycle-mounted mortars.
There are also reconnaissance vehicles, communication vehicles, command vehicles, ammunition transport vehicles, air defense vehicles, radar vehicles, etc.
It can be said that the vehicles of the entire light motorized force are built around this vehicle.
In addition, each brigade will be equipped with a Grizzly light tank battalion.
To a certain extent, their armored assault capabilities are enhanced.
Each light motorized infantry division still has three motorized infantry brigades, one artillery brigade, one combat support brigade, and one logistics support brigade.
Taking into account the terrain of the border province and the Tibetan province.
Jiang Fan also temporarily added an army aviation battalion.
It is mainly equipped with Nighthawk armed reconnaissance helicopters (good Zhaohao) and Nighthawk general-purpose helicopters.
In terms of the power of the Nighthawk transport helicopter, it can fully adapt to the plateau environment.
It can also provide aerial reconnaissance for the marching troops.
After all, if there are helicopters, it will be much easier to find the route to Tibet.
The Air Force will also send fighter jets to assist them.
After this refit, the semi-motorized troops have completely become history in the Red Alert Corps.
Since then, the division-level troops of the Red Alert Corps have only three gears.
The first gear is the heavy synthetic division, that is, the heavy armored division.
The second gear is the medium synthetic division, that is, the mechanized infantry division.
The third gear is the light synthetic division, that is, the motorized infantry division.
Such a large-scale refit will take at least two or three months to form initial combat effectiveness.
And it happened to be during this period that preparations for entering Tibet were made.
After all, a motorized army of more than 100,000 people needs to stockpile a lot of supplies.
It is also necessary to plan the route to Tibet, etc.
Three months later, the weather in Tibet will gradually become colder.
If the weather conditions are not good, the plan to enter Tibet may be delayed until next year.
When the time entered April, the first annual summary report of the Northeast Government Affairs Council was freshly released.
Jiang Fan can also use these data to intuitively understand the current development situation.
It is also good to formulate the next development plan.