bookcurios Chapter 272: Manufacturing heavy trucks is on the agenda
Chapter 272: Manufacturing heavy trucks is on the agenda
On November 11, the Hundred Days Campaign entered its third day.
After three days of extensive publicity, all the people in the independent column's base area knew about the Eighth Route Army's new plan.
The news, like a spring breeze, quickly spread to every corner, igniting the fire of hope in people's hearts.
Everyone was very supportive of the plan within the base and signed up enthusiastically, with a large number of reclamation teams being set up in various villages and towns.
The lively scene seemed to inject new vitality into this land.
For the masses, they will support whoever treats them well. The masses have a scale in their hearts.
The Eighth Route Army drove away the local Japanese devils. They would never be bullied by them again, so they were very grateful to the Eighth Route Army.
In their eyes, the Eighth Route Army is their patron saint and the guide to their new life.
In their view, everything the Eighth Route Army did was to save the country and truly allow the people to be masters of their own destiny.
What shocked them even more was that the Eighth Route Army actually distributed land to them.
This was something that people would never have dared to think about in the past. For this reason alone, the Independent Column won the full support of the people in the base area.
The Independent Column also sent a large number of professionals to guide the people in farming.
Their figures shuttled between the fields, patiently imparting farming techniques and experiences.
As for the wasteland that has been mined, as long as you have the ability, no matter how much wasteland you reclaim, it will belong to you personally and you only need to pay a small amount of public grain.
This is simply a godsend for ordinary people.
Ordinary people have a natural obsessive love for land, and owning more land is very tempting to them.
Those newly reclaimed lands seemed like the fields of hope in their hearts, carrying their yearning for a better life.
In less than a week, thousands of large and small reclamation teams were set up in the base, and nearly 5 acres of arable land were reclaimed.
As time goes by, more and more land will be reclaimed, which is very important for ensuring food security within the base.
Gundam specially found many experts in agriculture, and these experts came to the base with their love for agriculture.
Their arrival has injected professional strength into this land.
Gaoda and other leading groups attached great importance to agricultural development and knew that ensuring that all people in the base area had enough food was a vital task.
The entire base was bustling with activity and full of vitality.
Every morning at dawn, countless people carry hoes and go out to reclaim wasteland and plant crops.
at the same time.
Gundam's plan to develop heavy industry was also supported by the headquarters.
Countless experts and scholars in related professions rushed to Ping'an County from the headquarters. They set foot on this land full of hope with enthusiasm and sense of mission for industrial development.
Their arrival injected strong intellectual support for the independent column to establish an industrial system.
Gundam also secretly sent people to major provincial capitals to look for relevant talents.
Hundreds of construction teams began construction around Yelang Mountain to build industrial plants.
Each factory building only occupies an area of one or two thousand square meters. In later generations, this kind of factory building is just a small industrial factory, but in this era, especially for the impoverished Eighth Route Army, it is definitely a very large factory building.
It symbolizes hope and the future.
Gundam used all the gold and oceans that the Independent Column had looted from the Japanese to build these factories.
His determination was as strong as steel, and he would do anything to realize his dream of becoming an industrial power.
He planned to build 20 such industrial plants, and after completion, Yelang Mountain would become the Eighth Route Army's first industrial base.
As long as the first industrial base is built, it will become very simple to build the second and third industrial bases.
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12 month 1 day.
It started snowing lightly, white snowflakes fluttered down, and the weather outside became very cold.
However, the construction in the base did not stop, and everyone was working on the site in full swing.
The busy figure appears particularly determined against the backdrop of snowflakes.
Every worker is very hardworking. The welfare benefits on the construction site of the independent column are very good. They are provided with food and accommodation every day, and they also receive wages.
This is simply great happiness for many workers.
Lijiazhuang Command Center.
Gaoda, Qi Tongwei, Meng Debiao and others sat around the table.
The main topic discussed by everyone was to build a truck factory in the base to produce heavy trucks.
Gundam said seriously: "Comrades, it is very important for the independent column to set up a heavy truck production plant.
As the column's strength increases, we also need a lot of logistical supplies.
Logistics are crucial for long-distance and prolonged operations.
If we continue to use horse-drawn carriages according to our original model, it will be difficult to meet the needs of front-line combat.
Manufacturing heavy-duty trucks can greatly ease our logistical pressure.
Now the arsenal is able to manufacture tanks, and the engine technology is very mature, so it is urgent to manufacture heavy trucks. "
After listening to Gundam's narration, everyone nodded in agreement.
Meng Debiao said: "Commander, it is not difficult for our arsenal to produce heavy trucks. We can start production at any time."
Gao Da said with satisfaction: "Director Meng, the production of heavy trucks is now left to you.
You can ask for the personnel and equipment you need, but you must fully consider the road conditions in Shanxi and manufacture trucks that can travel in the mountains."
He believed that Meng Debiao would be able to complete this difficult task.
"Yes, Commander, no problem. I will organize relevant experts to carry out the design as soon as I return." Meng Debiao said.
Gundam plans to form a heavy mechanized brigade after producing the trucks. This force will then become the strongest sword in the hands of the independent column and will surely shock the world.
After the meeting, everyone left the command center one after another.
For the next period of time, the focus of the base was on the construction of various factories and the training of workers.
Everyone is working hard to achieve the development of the base, and their sweat and hard work will create a better future.
Gundam also secretly handed Meng Debiao an important confidential document, which recorded the design principles and drawings of the jet aircraft.
When Meng Debiao saw these documents, he was so shocked that he exclaimed that it was impossible.
His eyes were filled with astonishment and disbelief, as if he had seen a miracle that transcended his time.
But he didn't ask too much, he knew that Gundam was very capable and could get very cutting-edge technology.
This is a huge temptation for a military expert.
Gundam solemnly instructed Meng Debiao to secretly begin researching jet fighters, which would be the biggest secret of the independent column.
Once fighter jets come out, the independent column's air force will become the strongest in the world.
In this era, jet fighters are simply a dimensionality reduction attack.