Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 429 Small Cross Road Project ([-])

The so-called Gaoshan Ridge is actually a mountain ridge on Mount Piye to the west of Lingao County. Mount Piye has six main peaks, standing on the northern plain of Lingao.The Six Ridges of Piye Mountain straddle Beibu Gulf in the northwest, which is a natural barrier created by nature. The southeast is condescending, and you can overlook the villages, towns and fields within a radius of tens of miles.It is an important strategic location of Lingao.On the westbound ridge of Biye Mountain, coastal defense forts were set up in the Qing Dynasty, and the artillery fire could control the sea areas around Lingaojiao, Xinying Port and Paipu Port in Dan County. In 1950, the Kuomintang defenders also set up artillery positions on Xixing Ridge as the focus of Lingao coastal defense.

After the liberation of Hainan Island, the People's Liberation Army also stationed artillery units in the Biyeshan area, and the station was located on Mopanling, one of the six ridges.

"From Lingao County to Gaoshanling—that is, in the case of the Piye Mountains, the mileage of modern roads is only 3 to 4 kilometers—it is still relatively close to our main base. The mass base of Damei Village, which was established after the elimination of Goujiazhuang, is quite good. That's right. If we upgrade Damei Village to Damei Commune, and move some immigrants to enrich the strength of this area. Sending an infantry company there will be quite strong. In this way, we will form a barrier to the west. No enemy can directly We have launched an attack on Bairen City." Military People's Commissar He Ming evaluated the benefits of setting up a stronghold in the Piye Mountains at a meeting of the Executive Committee.

"But will this cause us to have too many strongholds and disperse our forces?" Wen Desi expressed concern.The size of the troops has not expanded much, and there seem to be more and more places to be fortified.Nanbao and Ma Niao are now relying on the militia to protect themselves. This kind of militia is not bad at dealing with bandits. If they encounter the Ming army, they will probably disband immediately.

"No." He Ming pointed to the large-scale Lingao full map hanging on the wall - the accuracy of this map is unique in this time and space, and it was re-mapped and corrected on the basis of modern time and space map data of.

"The so-called defense does not mean that gathering troops in one place is the best defense." He Ming explained, "For effective defense, you must control the peripheral points."

After controlling the Biye Mountains, a northwest defense line was established for Bairen City, which not only blocked the Ming army's attack from Danzhou, but also strengthened the defense strength of Bopu Port by setting up forts on Xixing Ridge.

"Our current form is a formation of long snakes," He Ming's pointer slid along the Wenlan River, "From Bopu to Nanbao, it is in a line. If the line of communication is cut off, the entire strategic situation will be very passive..."

"Well, I don't think there is any army in this time and space that can block our communication lines..."

"I think it can still be done, don't talk too much." He Ming is more mature and prudent, "Has any of you really seen the combat capabilities of the air force at this time?"

In addition to fighting pirates, bandits, and local braves, the "New Army" and the Ming Army, Eight Banners, and "rogue bandits" trained by the Crossing Group have never really seen a battle.Whether the Minie rifle plus queuing and shooting tactics can be invincible has not yet passed the real test.

"As soon as a few dozen riders hit our roads, kill a man, and hijack an ox cart, traffic will be stopped. We will have to prepare escorts for every convoy."

We all know what the consequences will be if this state occurs.The first is the interruption of raw material supply.Bairen City, a newly emerging industrial city, relies on the continuous delivery of industrial raw materials from Bopu and Nanbao to maintain production.Secondly, the farms developed along the Wenlan River will be greatly damaged.Crops are no more than factories and can be defended with cannons and walls.

"What we want to defend now is the 'face', not the 'point' of the past. This way of thinking must be changed in time. To control Quanlingao, success is not achieved by simply occupying the Tiaowenlan River Basin." He Ming said.

To defend the surface, it is necessary to gradually control the strategic points in the periphery, so that the point leads to the surface.The basement of Mount Vija is one of them.

He Ming's explanation made the original voice of doubt disappear.Ma Qianju struck while the iron was hot and made a report on Lingao's next development plan, which was the so-called "Small Cross Road Project".

In the development history of Hainan Island, since the Song Dynasty, some people have proposed to open up a "big cross road" across the island.The so-called Grand Cross Road is based on the post roads surrounding the whole island, opening up two arterial roads running north-south and east-west, running across the entire Hainan Island, which not only greatly shortens the land journey, but also strengthens the government's control and development of the hinterland of Hainan Island.

However, this idea has not been realized since the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. The Yuan Dynasty army once arrived at the foot of Wuzhi Mountain, set up a monument as a record, and finally retreated to the coastal area.The roads in the Ming Dynasty were built all the way to the foot of Limu Mountain in the hinterland of Hainan Island, and the city of thousands of households in Shuhuihui was established, but it stopped there.

In the follow-up plan of Crossing Group for Hainan Island, there is a new version of the "Great Cross Road" plan, and the executive committee is currently working on the small cross road plan in Lingao.The central idea is also to strengthen the actual control over the county by building cross roads.

With good roads, whether it is the circulation of materials and personnel, the implementation of government orders, or the mobilization of the army, it will become very convenient. The strong control of the modern state over the grassroots and the people is based on good roads and communication networks. basis.

The Small Cross Road project not only involves the control of the entire county, but also involves the crossing group's planning of Lingao County's political, economic and industrial layout.It is the highlight of the first five-year plan.Its scale is second only to the comprehensive management of the Wenlan River Basin.

The Small Cross Road project already has a certain foundation.At present, the north-south road across Lingao has been opened, and the road extends from Bopu to Nanbao.The three bases of Bopu, Bairen, and Nanbao, from point to line and then to surface, not only divide the entire Lingao County into two, but also control the most suitable land for development on both sides of the Wenlan River, including the county seat.And actually controlled Lingao County.This north-south main road not only passes directly in front of the Wenshui Bridge outside the east gate, but the Crossing Group also took advantage of the opportunity of Tiandihui to lease the school field to build a branch road to the west gate.Shan Daoqian's next plan is to build a ring road for the county - although the ring road is only a few hundred meters away, it can completely control the villages and land around the county.

Originally, the Crossing Group set up a gun tower to monitor the county seat by the Wenshui Bridge, directly monitoring the east gate, and now it has set up Xuetianzhuang outside the west gate, indirectly controlling the west gate.For such a small city as Lingao, the east gate and west gate are controlled, the south gate is completely within sight, and the north gate does not exist. The whole county has been completely unobstructed.

Wu De plans to use the blockhouse outside the east gate as the core to resettle dozens of households of immigrants, forming a new fortified settlement.On the one hand, it is to monitor the county seat, and on the other hand, it is also the middle point of the cross road of defending the county seat——Lingao County, with its geographical advantages, is the best intersection point of cross roads in the "Small Cross Road Project".The future status given by the Crossing Group to Lingao County is "the county's transportation hub and cargo distribution center".In the future, it is planned to set up a large-scale ox cart freight center here.To this end, several lands have been purchased nearby as pastures for cattle.

In the longer-term plan, a large-scale transportation transfer center will be built beside the Wenshui Bridge, consisting of a railway station, a long-distance bus station and an inland shipping terminal on the Wenlan River.Passengers and goods that come to Lingao will be collected and distributed here to all Lingao, and even various areas in Hainan.

The road through the county extends southwards to Nanbao. The setting of Nanbao Town not only enables access to various resources in Nanbao Mountain, but also opens up the connection with Lingaoli District.It is more convenient to conduct trade with Lebanon, and carry out various economic, cultural and religious infiltrations, so as to completely eliminate the potential instability factors in Lebanon.

The positioning of Nanbao by Shuo Group is: "the window of trade in Lebanon and the supplier of mining and forestry products".As for Bairen City, it is a "manufacturing center and political and military center".Bopu is "the center of shipping industry, foreign trade industry and chemical industry".

After taking control of Nanbao, the Crossing Group will formally establish a fourth commune in the Calais area north of Nanbao: the Calais Commune.Jialaiyang is one of the four major fields in Lingao, and it is an important agricultural area in modern Lingao.The level of development in this time and space is very low. According to the investigation of the Agricultural Committee, there are very few farmers here because it is close to Li District.It is easier to concentrate on developing in pieces.

Wu Nanhai plans to open a farm in Calais and set up an immigration point once the development of the United States and Taiwan Ocean is completed.Build this area into an agricultural area directly under the Crossing Group.

The current road conditions of the Nanbao-County Town-Bairencheng-Bopu Highway are that the road surface of Bopu-Bairencheng has been hardened, and poles for wired telephones and power transmission have been built along the road.The supporting facilities are complete.In the Bairencheng-County section, the hardening of the road surface is still in progress, but the road condition of the simple road surface is better.

The worst route is the route from the county seat to Nanbao. Due to the hasty opening and the fact that it was repeatedly run over by a large number of heavy-duty oxcarts shortly after opening, the road surface was severely damaged.The traffic department spends a lot of manpower and material resources on maintaining the road surface.In his report to the executive committee, Shan Daoqian clearly pointed out that either hardening works on this section of the road should be started immediately, or the rail transit should be laid immediately-with the current transportation of such a large amount of goods, rail transit has a large investment, but the long-term use cost Low.

In the east-west direction, the crossing group established Damei Village on the original site after the Gou family was wiped out in the eastern Gaoshanling area.In the Mayao Peninsula area to the west, there is Yanchang Village.At present, there is a simple road between Damei Village and Lingao County.Because of the salt production, Ma Niao used to have stone paved roads to pass through in Bopu, but the condition was not good.Therefore, ships are basically used to transport salt.

(End of this chapter)