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    Chapter 664 Surprise on the journey

    In Hankou Railway Station, the brand-new presidential train parked quietly on the platform.  The cold wind pouring in from the north of the station brought heavy raindrops, making a rustling sound on the glass windows.

    Soon after the two generations of the Sa family set off, Yang Qiu also set out for Sichuan.  Gu Weijun, Song Ziqing and Bei Zuyi set off from Tianjin to Riyadh to attend the founding ceremony of Saudi Arabia. Shi Xiaolou returned to Nankan to continue working on the Asian Independence Movement training camp. Yan Xishan was busy finishing the privatization and clearing the way for next year's construction.  The final obstacle.  It had only been a busy few days since Yang Qiu came back, and only Wang Zhengting and a few cabinet ministers were left behind in the huge city of Beijing.

    In the carriage, Yue Peng, who accompanied Yang Qiu to Sichuan, stood in front of the window, looking thoughtfully at the railway line with no end in sight like a sharp sword.

    After nearly 20 years of continuous transformation and expansion, the railway network of the Republic of China has moved from 9,400 kilometers during the 1911 Revolution to the 200,000-kilometer mark.  Take the Beijing-Hankong Line under the wheel as an example. Now this artery can reach directly to Wushengguan in Guangxi to the south and connect to Temple Street to the north, and the entire line is open to traffic in both directions.  This is just one line. The earliest southwestern railway network has turned to the branch stage. The northeastern railway network and the Central Plains railway network are accelerating their construction. The Jiangnan railway network and the northwest railway network are gradually taking shape.  The Central China Railway proposed by Zhan Tianyou and known as a unique project has been 60% completed, and even the most critical Chengdu-Kunming section has begun surveying and mapping.  As for the Qiqihar Railway, known as the Northern Horizontal Line, which runs through the Mongolian Plateau, and the railway from Xinjiang to Almaty has also appeared on the drawings of the Ministry of Transport, it can only be constructed once funds are available.  Even in the natural chasm across the Pamir Plateau from Kashgar to Tibet, some people have proposed that mountain narrow rails should be built to connect the northwest and southwest key points of the country.

    When Sun Yat-sen was the director-general of the National Railways, he once called for building 100,000 kilometers of railways. As a result, millions of dollars were spent and not even an inch of new rails were seen.  But Yang Qiu was different. He never called for how many railways to build, but the figure of 500,000 kilometers on the wall of his study room remained unchanged for more than ten years.  However, in order to realize the dream, the price that needs to be paid is staggering. The hundreds of millions of railway investments every year cannot be recovered by relying on passenger transportation alone. Therefore, it is impossible for any private enterprise to complete such a huge project. It must rely entirely on the will of the state with uninterrupted efforts.  Only by investing, digging with a hoe and a pickaxe, and building roads and bridges over mountains and rivers for decades can we piece together the most magnificent picture.

    In fact, looking at it from the other side, the road we took in the 19th year of the Republic of China was almost the same as building a railway. Anyone and anything that stood in the way of this road would be ruthlessly cleared away. Over time, the entire Congress no longer dared to say a word "no", even the so-called  Whenever autonomous local councils and governments encounter national tasks, they execute them immediately without delay.

    Under the cover of a bright republican coat, an iron curtain has slowly covered the land of China, and all that is left is just the last step.  This is what Yue Peng can't figure out the most. Judging from what happened before, if Yang Qiu takes this step, reform and government affairs will definitely be smoother. I dare not say that orders and prohibitions will at least be more efficient than now, and the military will be stronger.  Go upstairs.  But it happened that Yang Qiu had never taken this step, even if it was within reach.

    ??What exactly does he want to lead this country to?  This is what Yue Peng is most curious about, and it is also the biggest difference between him and Zhang Wenjing. He just wants to be a bystander, but the latter is afraid that if that step occurs, it will completely ruin the country, so he is worried about gains and losses.

    "Chief of Staff."

    The sound interrupted Yue Peng's thoughts. He turned around and saw that Jiang Fangzhen, Hao Wenbao, Qiu Wenbin and others had already gotten into the carriage to salute him. Even Wu Laosan, who had been stationed in Beihai for many years, was here, as well as the general manager of Hanyang Group.  Liu Qingen and several young people carrying suitcases.

    "Good guys, this is the presidential train, not an officers' club." Yue Peng smiled and returned the greetings to several people, then joked: "Are you too busy to panic? How about I give each of you a gun and send you to Afghanistan?  go."

    "That's great. If we don't find something to do, we will all be rusty." Wu Laosan is now a lieutenant general.  He resigned from his post as commander of the 16th Plateau Brigade the year before last and became an instructor in plateau warfare at the National Defense University.  Compared with others, he, who was born in No. 42, was much more casual in front of Yue Peng. He squinted his eyes and deliberately walked in: "Chief of General Staff, why don't you open the back door. Afghanistan is a plateau and mountainous area, which is most suitable for the 16th Brigade."

    "That can't be done. The 16th Mountain Brigade is not the only one in the country who is proficient in mountain warfare. If you open this door, the 18th Mountain Brigade will not know how to bother me." Yue Peng smiled and drove him away, walked to Liu Qingen and said hello: "Mr. Guo Chen  , we haven¡¯t seen each other for many years.¡±

    "Yeah, it's been many years, ahem." Liu Qingen is 50 years old. Although he hasn't had to go through many bumps in the past few years, he has been worrying about the development of Hanyang to the point that he looks much older.  Seeing that he kept coughing while speaking, Yue Peng hurriedly asked: "Sir, what are you doing?"

    ¡°It¡¯s been like this since November, and it hasn¡¯t gotten better after watching it several times.¡± Jiang FangzhenWalked up.  Since he has been at the National Defense University all year round, these old brothers in Wuhan are most familiar with him.  Liu Qingen saw a few people nervous and waved his hands quickly: "It's okay, I just got a little cold. By the way, is the president here?"

    "I'm talking to Xu Xiujun inside, I'll take you in.

    "After Yue Peng asked a few more questions about his condition, he led everyone to the back.

    In order to provide a more spacious and comfortable travel and office environment, Anqing Locomotive Factory put a lot of thought into manufacturing this special train. It not only strengthened the protection, but also moved a full set of desks, bookcases and sponge sofas onto the train, and added a radio communication compartment.  Finally, the hot steam from the front boiler is introduced into the car's radiator, so that the appropriate temperature can be maintained without a brazier in winter.

    Yang Qiuzheng and Xu Xiujun were discussing something. When they heard the footsteps and looked up to see a few people, they were very happy and quickly stood up to greet them: "Baili, Mr. Minister, the third child, hehe, what kind of wind is it today, I actually got you all together.  Lei Meng! Lei Meng! Go prepare the hot pot, and everyone and I will have a good meal later."

    After Yang Qiu greeted a few people to sit down, he saw the young people following Liu Qingen who were looking at him with excited expressions, and asked: "Mr. Minister, who are these?"

    Liu Qingen slapped his forehead and said with a smile: "Look, I have forgotten. These people are all technical experts who have emerged in the group in recent years, and I brought them here. Ahem, this is Shen Hong, 24 years old this year, three years ago  After graduating from the Mechanical Department of Hubei Institute of Technology, I saw that he was very motivated and willing to work hard to study technology, so I sent him to France as an intern at Schneider for two years. When he came back at the beginning of the year, he was appointed deputy director of design of the Mechanical Department. This is Yan Wenxiu, 30 years old."

    When introducing these young talents, Liu Qingen¡¯s face became a little redder, and he could tell that he was very satisfied with these disciples.  Thinking about his body again, Yue Peng knew that he might be considering a replacement, so he took this opportunity to bring them to Yang Qiu for a look.  After all, Yang Qiu is the boss, and Hanyang is also one of the top large industrial groups in the country. It is not easy to find someone who understands technology and management and can cooperate with Yang Qiu well.

    Several young people were very excited to see the president. When Yang Qiu shook hands with them one by one, his face turned red and he was almost speechless.

    After the introduction, Liu Qingen asked several people to open the suitcases they brought one by one.  After opening the box, Yue Peng discovered that it contained a set of individual firearms.

    No matter how glamorous the aircraft, artillery, and warships are, individual weapons still determine life and death on the battlefield. Therefore, Yang Qiu pays close attention to this aspect. He not only uses every opportunity to conduct actual combat testing, but also privately provides tens of thousands of drawings to Liu Qingen and others.  and design solutions for research.  Because of this kind of research and testing, Hanyang Group already has the largest small arms manufacturing and research capabilities in the country. These are their results.

    Yang Qiu is an expert in small arms, so when he opened the first suitcase, he immediately recognized that it was a semi-automatic rifle. He also judged from the somewhat familiar appearance that it was designed based on the famous Type 56 semi-automatic rifle of later generations.  Come.  The difference from the Type 56 is that this rifle uses the National Defense Force's standard 7.62*51nato full-power bullet. The G43 rifle cancels the fixed magazine and uses the famous 4179 standard iron magazine, which is available in 10 rounds or 20 rounds.  Choose, use the aperture sight which is easier for recruits to use, and you can also install a quadruple optical sight.  The biggest highlight of the appearance is the grip of the pistol. This is because experiments have found that after soldiers wear thickened gloves when fighting in cold winter areas, the traditional hand gestures for holding the gun are prone to slippage or failure to pull the trigger.

    Although he has never tried a gun, it can be seen from Liu Qingen's confident face that the level of this gun is already quite high, and because it uses full-power bullets, its accuracy and power are very good. The automatic advantage allows him to  Easily suppress the German 98k rifle.

    The second box is a 40mm grenade gun that has been tested by hunters and Afghans. It basically refers to the appearance of the later American-made m79 grenade gun.  The third one is a submachine gun. This box is also what makes Yang Qiu laugh or cry the most, because the submachine gun brought by Liu Qingen is very similar to the American M3 submachine gun, but it has modified the flaws of the m3.  In fact, what he wants most is the MP40, but since this one was finally improved after nearly 10 years of testing and research, it shows that it still has merit.

    Liu Qingen probably thought that it was rare for Yang Qiu to come here, so he also brought the improved "cloth tearing machine" general machine gun.  This general-purpose machine gun, which is based on the later mg3, is perfect, so there is very little room for improvement.  Even if hundreds of firearms and military industry experts gathered together, they could only make fuss about weight and ammunition supply. Finally, after 8 years of thinking, everyone finally reduced the weight to 10 kilograms (with bipod and excluding bullets), and according to the Chinese  The butt and other parts were adjusted for the physique.

    "Haha, now it's good, the whole class is complete." Yue Peng was also happy to see machine guns and rifles. Seeing that there was still a box that was not opened, he smiled and said: "This can't be a grenade, right?"

      "How could that happen?" Liu Qingen chuckled.  Perhaps the last box was very important, so he personally moved it onto the coffee table. When the suitcase was opened, everyone was stunned.  Because everyone saw a weird-looking gun lying among a pile of brass bullets of obviously different standards.

    "81 bars." Yang Qiu scratched his forehead with his fingers, unable to tell whether he was excited or lamenting.

    This thing finally appeared

    (To be continued)
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