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Chapter 471 Chapter 471 Heavy Loss in Another Sense

In the hinterland of Zheng State, in a factory in Tongcheng, a group of workers were watching in shock that each piece of equipment belonging to the Datang Group was being assembled by professional technical engineers.

This is the first time they have seen such complex equipment today, and it is also the first time they have personally felt such a huge industrial power.

That is an irresistible force, it is a force that can change the world!These huge and extremely heavy equipment can easily produce more and better industrial products.

Tongcheng itself is an industrial city, where almost half of the workshops and workshops in Zheng State are gathered.When Zheng Guoda was engaged in the Westernization Movement, many large factories were built here under the secret investment of Datang Group.

Originally, the workers in these factories didn't know why such a huge and empty factory building was built. Now, when they saw these mechanical equipment, they finally understood everything.

The railroad tracks that had been laid long ago were finally useful. The locomotives produced by Linshui Machinery Factory immediately raised Zheng Guo's traffic several levels.

It is not an exaggeration at all, the first railway and the third railway of Zheng State were put into use almost at the same time, and Zheng State had not been destroyed at that time.

In the first month after the end of the war, Zheng State's 4th to 11th railways were opened to traffic almost simultaneously again.

Although the total mileage is still not long, these short-distance railways have indeed greatly facilitated the transportation within the Datang Kingdom.

With these railways and many roads built in advance, the problem of transportation has been solved, and the development speed of the Datang Kingdom is so fast that it is somewhat incomprehensible.

A Liberty Ship can transport hundreds of cars, and dozens of Liberty Ships can instantly bring thousands of cars to the originally backward and barren homeland of Zheng State.

In addition to the fact that various vehicles equipped by the army temporarily played some freight roles, more than 1 vehicles suddenly appeared on the roads of Zheng State, which was enough to shock everyone.

In order to support these cars, hundreds of maintenance stations and gas stations have been built as quickly as possible, vehicles responsible for transporting gasoline are constantly coming and going on the road, and even many places can smell an unpleasant smell of oil and gas.

The local Zheng people saw many things that they had never seen in their entire lives almost overnight.

Cars and trains, and a lot of horse-drawn carriages, not only soldiers and artillery, but all kinds of mess.

The tableware and pots and bowls that were originally incomparably precious have suddenly become less valuable items. The troops will give such items to the people around the station at will, and at the same time, various things are "lost" inexplicably.

If you observe carefully, there are some weird but not so weird things in the daily life of the people of Zheng State.

For example, gasoline barrels appeared in the homes of many Zheng Guo people!This kind of gasoline barrel made of thin iron sheet was brought back to the home by these people in every possible way, washed and made into a bucket...

Because this thing has a cover and a handle, it is very convenient to use, and many troops often use it as a bucket.

As a result, in the process of "poverty alleviation", many troops will also leave this kind of thing to the local people, and the people who got this thing feel like a treasure, because they have never seen such an exquisite artifact.

Of course, no matter how you wash this thing, it will inevitably smell of gasoline, but no one will care about these details...

In addition, no one would have thought that the first thing that would improve the naked Zheng Guo people was their feet—many Zheng Guo people got spare socks and underwear from the soldiers...

Therefore, in the streets and alleys of Zheng State, on the side of the field road, you can often see a skinny child wearing only a pair of underwear, wearing socks and straw sandals, struggling to carry a full bag with a serial number painted in white paint. Oil barrel for water.

I have to say, this picture is quite fantasy.

Datang Group's logistics department may be the most troublesome department recently. They have to count the lost items reported by the troops every day, make a list, and then purchase supplements.

Recently, troops lose hundreds of tents and thousands of water bottles every day. On average, each soldier loses food bags, troop iron pans, soldiers' personal spoons, and spare socks and underwear. The number of lost items is shocking. .

"Damn it, do these people think we are fools?" Long Island, in the logistics department's office, a young official slapped a pencil on the table and complained angrily.

He picked up a form and showed it to his colleagues in dissatisfaction: "Look at it! Look at it! One company lost 100 raincoats in three days! There are only 150 of them in total!"

On the other side, the official who counted other material losses stretched with a smile: "What is this? They also lost 40 water bottles! 10 belts, 130 pairs of socks! Except for weapons, they basically lost everything they could lose." Yes. If we only look at the data on paper, our company has been wiped out..."

"Hahaha! They are still there! Because they only fired 300 rounds of ammunition in the entire war, and added a bayonet! So I am sure, this company is still there, and there may not even be a single wounded!" On the other side, responsible for statistics The officials of the stock of ammunition and weapons are extremely relaxed, because there are actually very few supplements in this regard.

On the other side, the officer in charge of counting the medical consumables was about to cry. He had been busy for more than an hour, and the data of this company had just been calculated and summarized: "There are no wounded? Stop making trouble! I swear, if you only look at the data , They were all killed in battle! In the past 40 days, they used 4000 meters of bandages, 1300 doses of hemostatic medicine, and supplemented 4 times of medicines for treating malaria and typhoid fever."

Obviously, this army didn't fight much at all, basically just playing the role of medical team and money-scattering boy.

They distributed almost all the supplies they carried to nearby civilians, helped those people resume production, and helped those who were sick and needed help as much as possible.

Tang Jun has horrible experience in doing a good job in military-civilian relations. They have been used to doing such things since the day they were born.

Partly because they are genuinely caring and trained to do so, and partly because...they have money!
Yes, that's why they have the guts to throw things away!The security force of Datang Group, the predecessor of Tang Army, who has been extremely wealthy since the day of his birth, is the wealthiest force of his generation.

The officers will not be angry because the soldiers lost some equipment, which makes all the soldiers dare to dedicate their love and help the civilians around them as much as they can.

Moreover, because they are rich, they will not plunder or take things from the masses. This kind of military discipline was outstanding in the old days, so no matter where the Tang army goes, they will be welcomed by the local people.

In turn, this also made many civilians who had seen the Tang Army willing to help the Tang Army, and many civilians were willing to join such an army, which brought benefits to the expansion of the Tang Army.

However, when tens of thousands of Tang soldiers were working together to spread wealth, even the logistics department of the wealthy Datang Group began to have a headache.

The raincoats and underwear warehouses that had piled up like a mountain are now basically empty.All troops are losing socks, all troops are reporting damaged tents and raincoats, all troops are being stolen, nothing is missing except weapons and ammunition.

Medical drugs, dry food and snacks, and the supplies consumed by the Tang army stationed in the wild every day are really comparable to fighting a truly tragic war.

An official in the office sighed helplessly: "This is just a company! It is even more exaggerated to put it in the whole battalion. I doubt that our troops are not going to fight wars, but to help the poor."

"It was originally for poverty alleviation. If there are too many supplies, if the normal assistance process is too slow, the people there will live too hard." An old official who knows the basics smiled, bowed his head and continued to sort out the data.

Hundreds of thousands of troops eat horse chews every day, even if it is just serious consumption, it is too much to make people collapse. At this time, there are no computers, and it is all up to them to calculate statistics, and the workload can be imagined.

A former criminal, a black-haired official nodded in agreement: "Isn't that right, my hometown, the city lord may not have a high quality of life like mine."

"I believe that. It is estimated that the city lord in your hometown has never used a phone in his life." Many people in the office nodded.Before they came to Bunas and Long Island, they never thought that one day their lives would become like this.

They never thought that light is so simple, just pull the cord to light up their room.They never thought of turning on the tap, and there would be a steady stream of clean water to use.They also didn't have the extravagant hope that they could eat every meal, and they were even so luxurious that they didn't have to lick the rice grains in the bowl.

Another blond-haired official made a joke, which caused a lot of laughter: "But he must have more women than you! Hahaha!"

After laughing, an official suddenly asked, "I heard that this time, our losses were also very large. We lost more than 100 people in the attack on King Zheng's City?"

The topic suddenly became serious, because Datang Group had never suffered such a big loss since the day it was born.

You know, when the Kingdom of Gemelin was destroyed, Tang Mo hanged the king of Gemelin just because of the loss of a few dandelions, and even offended many kings and nobles.

But this time, in one war, the Datang Group sacrificed so many outstanding soldiers and officers—this can't help but make people feel very depressing.

An insider answered in a gloomy tone: "Well, I don't know the details, but I heard from the people in the next department that they have paid pensions to at least 50 people."

"Oh...it's a pity." Many people sighed.

"Yeah, it's a pity." Others also sighed.

(End of this chapter)