boyutpedia Chapter 899: Railway Construction
Chapter 899: Railway Construction
After a long debate in the meeting, no action was decided in the end. However, there was basically a general outline. The Japanese Navy's plan should be reliable.
According to the Japanese Army's plan, it is obviously unrealistic for the navy to launch an attack now. Even if you can succeed in landing, you may be unable to move forward like last time, and you may be surrounded by the enemy. Even if you want to break out at that time, you may not have that chance.
Ma Leizi had no idea how famous he was in Japan these days. Many generals of the Japanese navy and army had studied a peasant like Ma Leizi for days and nights. If Ma Leizi's ancestors knew about this, they would really have to give this guy a separate page in the family tree.
Ma Leizi has no time to care about this at the moment. He is thoroughly planning the transportation plan for the entire peninsula. The roads have been almost built. Apart from the fact that a large number of prisoners of war were exhausted to death, there is nothing else worth worrying about. Now this guy wants to take advantage of the opportunity while it is still in our hands to build railways for the entire peninsula.
There are currently only two railways in the entire eastern Shandong Peninsula, the Jiaoji Railway.
Li Shaoyi had previously given Ma Leizi a plan, asking him to build a Qingyan Weirong Railway.
If this railway is successfully built, it will basically connect most of the cities in the entire peninsula area.
The total length is only about 300 kilometers. Of course, in the 21st century, even the provincial government would not be willing to participate in such a project. It is estimated that after several local governments discuss with each other, the 300-kilometer railway can be completed. However, in today's era, this is not a small project.
At present, the people of the Engineering Department of the 72nd Army have basically completed the preliminary exploration work and are now entering the stage of actual implementation. Ma Leizi took several engineers and flew directly north to check out the situation in Tianjin. As for the situation in Qingdao, this guy has nothing to worry about. Apart from the full deployment of the Japanese Navy, he really doesn't know what dangers there are in Qingdao.
My planes can also go directly to Korea to bomb you. If you also send out planes from Korea, my radar will be able to detect you immediately. Before you fly over the peninsula, my fighter jets will have sacks ready for you. Since you have the courage to come, don't wait to go back.
As for the landing operation of the Japanese Marine Corps, there is nothing to worry about. The last war has been recorded. If the Japanese army comes again, we can just copy how we defeated you last time. Although there will be small-scale changes, there will be no major changes. This is one of the reasons why Ma Leizi dared to go to the Tianjin battlefield.
"You're so bold, kid. It's nothing more than a railway construction plan. Just find someone else to deliver it. Do you think you can come to the Tianjin battlefield?"
When he saw Ma Leizi, Li Shaoyi started scolding him. Although this was his little brother, he was now a local leader. Fortunately, Ma Leizi didn't care about this. He was scolded every day, so why would he care about these two sentences?
"Isn't there nothing going on over there? If you won't let me send other troops over, I'll come over and see if everything is alright. I'll go back tomorrow afternoon and repair the road properly after I get back."
Ma Leizi said a little embarrassedly that as the head of a war zone, it was indeed not a good thing to leave his war zone without the permission of the commander-in-chief, but he had made calculations before leaving and nothing serious would happen.
"You've arrived just in time. I also have something to ask you. How are those field hospitals I asked you to build? The hospitals in the rear are basically full. I need to send a group of wounded soldiers to your side. The number should be no less than 3,000."
Li Shaoyi thought of another thing. There were too many wounded soldiers on the battlefield. They could not be allowed to continue retreating with the army. While we were still able to stabilize the front line, we should use transport planes to transport them all to the rear. However, the hospitals in the rear were already full. More than 7,000 beds were already occupied. Now we could only look to Qingdao.
"We only have a little over 2,600 beds, but you just need to transport all the people over there. Even if we have difficulties there, they're not as severe as those in the rear. The Chief of Staff and his men have to deal with both development and treating these wounded. It's really difficult. I'll go back and find a solution."
What Li Shaoyi liked most about Ma Leizi was that he never backed down when faced with problems. "Although I can't solve it for you now, I can solve it for you after I go back by gritting my teeth." Li Shaoyi then remembered that Ma Leizi had not only occupied Qingdao, but the entire peninsula.
"You need to first explain how you're going to handle this. Even if you control the entire peninsula, accepting nearly three thousand wounded and sick soldiers would be a very difficult task. Among them, there are at least six hundred seriously injured. These people have served their country on the battlefield. You can't just brush them off. After the seriously injured are transported to you, if there are still people who sacrificed their lives for the country, the report will have to be over thirty pages long."
Li Shaoyi knew that Ma Leizi was confident, but for some things, confidence alone was not enough, you also had to have a plan. Only when he told him what to do could Li Shaoyi feel at ease to send these wounded and sick people over.
"Qingdao itself has several large hospitals, which can easily accommodate 1,200 people. Hospitals across the country can also accommodate 800 people. As for the remaining 1,000 people, we may have to do something extraordinary..."
Hearing what Ma Leizi said, Li Shaoyi immediately rolled his eyes. The two brothers had been together for so long. Although Ma Leizi didn't say what the extraordinary thing was, Li Shaoyi had basically guessed it, which was to send troops to the inland areas of Shandong Province to snatch doctors and nurses.
In the past, Li Shaoyi would have definitely rejected this method, but now the war has begun, and we can't care so much. If anyone in the National Government is dissatisfied, let them protest in any way they want. Anyway, our wounded and sick must be cared for by doctors and nurses. Let them fall out, anyway, Commander Han will not resist in the future.
"Can you do it?"
Ma Leizi had no idea what Li Shaoyi was thinking and was still waiting by the side.