The Rise of the Great Powers in the War of Resistance

By mid-September, the expansion of the No.30 Sixth Army was basically completed, and all the sources of troops and equipment had been allocated in place. All columns began vigorous military training.

Now, the expansion work has just been completed, and each column will have a period of training to go through a break-in period. After all, so many new recruits have been recruited this time.

During this period of time, Zhang Yunfei has been very busy, but at the beginning of September, Zhang Yunfei still took time to go to Peking to attend the opening ceremony of Peking University.

With the strong support of the No.30 Sixth Army, Peking University's resumption of work has progressed smoothly. Most of the former teachers have returned to school, and most of the ungraduated students have returned to school to attend classes.

This time, Peking University has recruited another batch of freshmen, reaching several thousand, which is the largest enrollment in Peking University over the years. [

In addition to the opening of Peking University, the resumption of several famous universities such as Tsinghua University and Nankai University is also in full swing. It is possible that within one or two months, these universities will open one after another.

Now, Zhang Yunfei is in urgent need of talents, so Zhang Yunfei has provided a lot of help to these universities, with the aim of hoping that these universities will get on the right track as soon as possible and cultivate the talents he urgently needs.

Now, with the large-scale expansion of major factories, the large-scale construction of a large number of new factories, and the establishment of various research institutions, Zhang Yunfei feels that the current number of talents is far from enough, and it seems stretched.

Zhang Yunfei has given orders to William several times, asking them to face the whole country and the whole world at all costs.Recruiting talents, but this is only a short-term plan after all.

If you want to have a long-term plan, if you want to have a steady stream of talents to recruit, you have to rely on your own training. Therefore, the resumption of these universities is particularly important.Zhang Yunfei naturally spared no effort to support.

Therefore, even though he was very busy these days, Zhang Yunfei still took time to attend the opening ceremony of Peking University.He also delivered a speech at the ceremony, calling on the students of Peking University to study hard.Repay the motherland with knowledge, join the big family of the No.30 Sixth Army as soon as possible, enter major factories and major research institutions as soon as possible, and contribute your own strength.

Zhang Yunfei arrived in Peiping by plane from Datong Airport in the morning, and returned to Datong by plane in the afternoon.

After half a month of busy work, the expansion of the No.30 Sixth Army was finally basically completed.

After the expansion of the army was completed, good news came again.

The first locomotive produced by the No.30 Sixth Army finally rolled off the assembly line at the Taiyuan Train Factory.A ceremony will be held today, and the newly manufactured locomotive will be put into operation, officially driving onto the railway line.

When it comes to the first locomotive produced by the No.30 Sixth Army, I have to talk about the current railway situation in China, especially in North China.

At present, there are about 2 kilometers of railways in China (many of which are still unusable).About 1 kilometers were repaired by the Japanese and Russians outside the customs.

Most of the 1 kilometers in the north were built by the Qing "government", and a large part was built by foreigners, including some with Boxer compensation.The Republic of China "government" built a little more railways in the south, but in general there were very few.The Zhejiang-Jiangxi/Xiang-Guangxi/Qian-Gui Railway was mainly built in the Kuomintang-controlled area.Mainly for the "strategic transfer" of the national army.

There are several major railways in North China, namely Pinghan Line, Tongpu Line, Longhai Line, Jinpu Line, Pingsui Line, Zhengtai Road, etc. Among them, the Tongpu Line is still a narrow-gauge railway, not a standard gauge.

In the long and difficult development process of Chinese railways, it has successively experienced the end of the Qing government, the Beiyang government, the Kuomintang government and the rule of the Japanese and puppet governments.

From the end of the Qing Dynasty to the collapse of the Kuomintang government, most of them were in a semi-feudal and semi-colonial social state, so their railway business inevitably had a semi-feudal and semi-colonial nature and color. The development of the entire railway business It is slow and deformed, with messy equipment and backward management.

The characteristics of China's railways in this period can be roughly divided into three categories.

2. The quantity is small and the distribution is biased.Of the more than 1 kilometers of railways across the country, only more than 2 kilometers can still be opened to traffic.There are only more than 1000 kilometers of railways, and most of them are distributed in the northeast and coastal areas.The vast northwest and southwest are only over 6 kilometers long, accounting for only about [-]% of the country's railways.

Second, the standard is miscellaneous and the quality is poor.Britain, Germany, Belgium, France, Russia, Japan, the United States and other countries moved all kinds of railway standards to China.The width of gauge varies across the country, and the boundaries, curves, and slope standards of bridges and tunnels on the same line are not uniform. [

The big powers sold their old and backward equipment to China at high prices.These equipments are not only of poor quality, but also of extremely miscellaneous types, such as locomotives and rails, there are as many as a hundred types, and 30% of the stations do not have signal machines, and 70% of the lines do not have blocking equipment.The quality of equipment is poor, there are many line diseases, and driving safety cannot be guaranteed.

[-]. Separation of management and backward operation.Most of the railways are built with foreign debts, and the road production and operating income are guaranteed. Therefore, bureaus are set up according to the country of investment, and management is divided, and even a railway area is managed by several railway bureaus.

The railway bureaus acted in their own way and acted in their own way, which not only led to the implementation of a single set of rules and regulations and a set of management methods for one railway, but also caused duplication of stations, locomotives, public works, and electrical services, etc., increasing the cost of travel and the number of employees. Shipping brings a lot of inconvenience.

In view of such a chaotic situation and various standards, Zhang Yunfei ordered the formulation of a unified standard early on when the Taiyuan Train Factory was established. This standard is basically consistent with the international standard.

The Tongpu Line in Shanxi has also been converted into standard gauge.

Throughout North China, the railways controlled by the No.30 Sixth Army mainly consist of the northern section of the Tongpu Line, and the section from Datong to Taiyuan; Zhengtai Road, from Taiyuan to Shijiazhuang; and the Pinghan Line, from Beiping to Xinxiang. Army recovery.

In addition, there is the Tianjin-Xuzhou section of the Jinpu Line, the Lianyungang-Xuzhou section of the Longhai Line, Lianyungang was also recovered by the No.30 Sixth Army; and the entire Ping-Sui Line, that is, the railway from Beiping to Suiyuan.

Most of the railways in North China are basically under the control of the No.30 Sixth Army. Currently, these railways are being repaired and rebuilt according to uniform standards.

During the restoration of North China, many Japanese and puppet troops were captured. There were 10,000+ puppet troops alone. Most of these Japanese and puppet troops were sent to various railway lines for heavy labor reform. In addition, many ordinary people also took the initiative to participate Come in and help the No.30 Sixth Army repair the railway.

Taiyuan Railway Station.

A brand-new train has stopped on the rails. The locomotive is still hung with colored silk. Behind the locomotive, there are more than a dozen brand-new carriages. These carriages are all passenger carriages, and they are all produced by Taiyuan Train Factory.

Taiyuan Train Manufacturing Factory not only produces locomotives, but also train carriages. The passenger carriages produced are all green leather carriages, and each carriage can carry more than 100 people.

The locomotives produced are diesel locomotives. Zhang Yunfei knows that although steam locomotives are the mainstream of locomotives now, they will be gradually eliminated in a short time.

Moreover, diesel locomotives were successfully developed by Germany, the United States, France and other countries more than ten years ago, and they have been widely used. Naturally, Zhang Yunfei would not order the development of steam locomotives.

Today, Datong Railway Station is crowded with people.

No.30 The first train produced by the Sixth Army will depart from here and head to Datong. To celebrate the first train running, this time, it will be developed for free to the common people. More than 1000 free train tickets will be issued as early as a few days ago. released before.

Many ordinary people have never taken a train before. Those who got free tickets naturally arrived at the station early, and those who did not have tickets also came early with the mood of watching the excitement.

Today's Taiyuan Railway Station is fully open to the common people, and anyone can come in.

Due to the large number of people, the No.30 Sixth Army also specially sent about a battalion of guards to maintain order at the train station.

The platform was already full of many ordinary people.

"Old Wang! You also got the ticket?"

"Old Liu, both of us have got our tickets, and we just happened to go to Datong to see my son." [

"Old Wang, I am envious of you. Two sons, one works in Taiyuan and the other joins the army in Datong."

Hearing this, Pharaoh was full of pride.

Lao Wang is nearly 30 years old. The eldest son works in a large factory in Taiyuan. He is still a small supervisor and earns a few dollars a month. The youngest son is the pride of Lao Wang. He joined the No.[-] Sixth Army. Now he is a captain and company commander of the guard division.

This time, taking advantage of the opening of the train, Lao Wang got two tickets and happened to go to Datong with his wife to see his youngest son whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

In fact, Lao Liu is the same, his face is full of pride and joy,

Since the recovery of Taiyuan, the entire Taiyuan has developed rapidly, and the lives of ordinary people have also undergone earth-shaking changes. Everyone's life is getting more and more prosperous, and Lao Liu is the same, and his life is getting better and better.

This time, I was lucky enough to get this free ticket. Lao Liu wanted to visit Datong. I heard that Datong has changed more than Taiyuan, so Lao Liu wanted to visit for a long time.

At nine o'clock in the morning, a hurried bell rang, and it was time to board the car.

"Get in the car, everyone line up."

Immediately, the whole crowd boiled up, and the people waiting to get on the bus began to line up to get on the bus with joy on their faces.

"Sorry! Sir, you are in the sixth car, and this is the eighth car."

From time to time, ordinary people get on the wrong carriage, but the soldiers responsible for maintaining the order of getting on the train patiently correct everyone and guide everyone to get on the train.

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