Years of the Republic of China 1913

The station Fang Zida arrived at was a military station. Although there were no residents around the place for nearly a hundred miles, Chen Wei mobilized a company of soldiers to enforce martial law on the station to ensure safety.

When the special train came to a slow stop, Chen Yu led the people forward quickly and waited outside the carriage.Not long after, the door of the carriage opened, and Fang Zida's chief bodyguard, Zhang Huchen, got out of the car first. He meticulously confirmed the safety of the outside of the car, and then guarded the door of the car to let Fang Zida get off.

"Thank you for your hard work, Le Shu, how long have you been waiting?"

Stepping off the train, Fang Zida stretched out his hand with a smile on his face, and Chen Wei stepped forward and clasped his hands tightly: "It's our honor that the Prime Minister can come to inspect, so it's hard work."

With a smile, Fang Zida looked at Chen Mu carefully. They hadn't seen each other for almost a year. Compared with a year ago, Chen Mu looked thinner and her complexion was a little pale, but she was still full of energy and seemed to be still alive. Not bad.

"I lost you to this inaccessible place for so many days, you won't blame me?" Fang Zida and Chen Wei are old friends, and they don't have much politeness between them, so they asked jokingly after the etiquette.

"I'm too happy to be able to do what I like to do. Although it's a bit remote here, there is no lack of material conditions. How can I complain?" Chen Wei replied with a smile.

Fang Zida asked about the situation of his wife and children. When he learned that all the family members of the researchers were concentrated in the family area near the base, Chen Wei, who was the top person in charge of the base, was no exception.Fang Zida couldn't help sighing, and expressed his gratitude to these researchers and their families who have contributed to the work of the Chinese Communist Party.

After exchanging some pleasantries, Chen Yu introduced Fang Zida to the colleagues who came to pick him up. Some of these people had met Fang Zida before, and some of them were meeting for the first time. These people are the core and backbone of the base. They shake hands.At the same time, a few words of concern and encouragement.

Then, accompanied by Chen Wei, Fang Zida boarded the special car that came to pick him up, Zhang Huchen sat in the front row as the head of the bodyguard, Fang Zida and Chen Wei sat in the back row, and drove out of the station to the north while chatting softly.Yang Yongtai and the others got into different cars.More than a dozen large and small vehicles lined up in a convoy, setting off billows of dust and smoke on the deserted road.

"Le Shu, I'll give you an order." Looking at the endless yellow land outside the car window, Fang Zida turned his head and said to Chen Yu beside him.

"Please tell me." Chen Wei thought that Fang Zida had something important to do, so she sat up slightly and listened.

"No matter who it is in the future, even if I come here again, the base only needs to send administrative personnel to greet it. You, including today's technical personnel, are absolutely not allowed to appear on such occasions at the same time." Fang Zida said somewhat sternly.The smile on Chen Yu's face suddenly froze, and his expression seemed a little unnatural.

Patting his hand, Fang Zida said in a slow tone: "Ye Shu, you are the wealth of the country and the future of the country. The importance of you and these technicians is self-evident. In my heart, any of you It is worthy of the value of an editor. Although the security work of this place is easy to do, it is not afraid of [-], just in case. What should I do if something happens? I can't afford to lose it!"

Hearing this, the displeasure in Chen Mu's heart disappeared instantly, and was replaced by gratitude and shame.In fact, Fang Zida told Chen Wei about the importance of members of the base at the very beginning. In Fang Zida's eyes, talents are more important than any material, and only with talents can the country have hope.Once there are no talents, no matter how strong the base is, it will still be a floating tower built on sand.

In order to welcome Fang Zida's first visit here to inspect the work, Chen Wei carelessly broke the rules he had set at the beginning. He felt extremely ashamed of Fang Zida's criticism, and immediately nodded repeatedly.The right to express criticism is indeed my own mistake, and this will never happen again in the future.

Then, in order to avoid embarrassment for Chen Wei, Fang Zida stopped mentioning it and asked about the situation of the base instead.For more than a year, Fang Zida only got a general understanding of it, but never investigated it in depth, because he trusted Chen Wei very much and believed that it would be absolutely fine to hand over the base to him.

When it came to the base, Chen Yu became elated, and introduced the specific situation of the base to Fang Zida in the car.The entire base covers an area of ​​270 square kilometers, which roughly equals 26% of Chongming Island. This does not include the several hills located in the northwest of the base.

To the south of the base is the living area, covering an area of ​​about 18 square kilometers. After more than a year of construction, this living area has become a small town. The main situation is the technical personnel, staff, management and administrative personnel, Family members of logistics and so on live here, and of course some family members of military officers and guards are also stationed here.

The north of the base is the core area of ​​the base, which is divided into six major areas: the ordnance area, the metallurgical research institute, the power research institute, the manufacturing institute, the aircraft research institute, and the administrative area.Its largest area is the ordnance area and the aircraft research institute, which fully occupy 50% of the entire base.

As the name suggests, the Ordnance Institute mainly studies various types of light and heavy ordnance, such as guns, trial production of ammunition, artillery, armored vehicles, tanks and so on.The Metallurgical Research Institute and the Power Research Institute are the core research areas of the entire base, providing materials and engine development for several other departments. The Aircraft Research Institute focuses on aircraft, including fighter jets, bombers and transport aircraft. The administrative area is the area where the management personnel are located. Six major areas Distributed in a star pattern, the management area is in the center, and roads and resolute railway tracks have been built to connect the various areas. Although it has only been more than a year since the construction, it has already begun to take shape thanks to Chen Yu's efforts.

After driving for nearly an hour, a low-rise building appeared on the other side of the road. After the convoy passed two checkpoints, Fang Zida finally had a clear view of the living area he arrived at first.

Different from today's Chinese cities, this living area is uniquely built. The two-story buildings of the same style stand on both sides of the main road. When passing by, everyone stopped and watched the convoy pass by calmly, without the surprise or surprise in other cities.

For a moment, Fang Zida seemed to think that he had traveled through time and space again, and came to an era decades later.He didn't smile in relief until he looked away from the window.

After passing the living area, and driving forward for about ten minutes, we entered the core area.The vigilance here is much stricter than before.There are several roads at the gates alone, and some places are connected to the grid to prevent outsiders from breaking in.

Compared with the living area, except for a few houses and a barracks that can be seen from a distance, the core area is flat wasteland.However, Fang Zida was not surprised, because he already knew that the main buildings in the core areas were not on the ground, but hidden underground.For confidentiality and absolute security.Before the establishment of the base, Fang Zida proposed the establishment of an underground base. For this reason, Chen Wei had objections. You must know that building a base underground is extremely difficult in terms of engineering difficulty and cost of funds. However, Fang Zida insisted on this. The plan was finally finalized.For this reason, Fang Zida allocated 1700 million yuan to the base in just one year. This huge sum of money was kept strictly confidential and did not go through financial channels.We must know that compared with the current national annual income, this amount has already accounted for a very high proportion.

The convoy finally arrived at the administrative area. Before entering the administrative building, Fang Zida stood on the steps and looked around, nodding with satisfaction.

Due to the previous criticism in the car, after arriving at the destination, Chen Yu asked everyone to leave, except for a few administrative staff to accompany them.All other technicians have returned to their positions.

"Prime Minister, go to the conference room to listen to the report first. Then have a good rest after dinner. How about inspecting one by one tomorrow?" Chen Wei asked Fang Zida for advice. Fang Zida looked at his watch. It is now [-]:[-] in the afternoon. The sun was setting late, and it is still sunny.

"No need. You can listen to reports anytime, anywhere. Where is the nearest area? Let's go and have a look first?"

"This...Okay, please come with me." Chen Wei agreed after a little hesitation, and several people entered the administrative building, and went down to the real core part of the base through the internal elevator of the administrative building.The entire base area has been extended in all directions.Although many places are still under construction, Yang Yongtai, who accompanied Fang Zida, was stunned by the magnificent scene along the way.

30 meters underground, after coming out of the elevator, Chen Yu personally drove a rail car and took Fang Zida to go through the passage. After a while, he reached a pass. After passing the pass, there is an ordnance area in front of him. This is a large space with countless staff Busy, there are many soldiers around or standing guard, or patrolling around.

The first thing to pass is the light weapons research workshop, where all the light weapons in the world are displayed, including pistols, rifles, machine guns and other infantry equipment.Among them, Fang Zida also saw the firearms and even grenades equipped by the National Defense Forces. In front of these weapons, many researchers used various tools to survey and map data while dismantling them. There were bursts of gunfire, and according to Chen Yu's introduction, the staff were testing the firearms to determine the performance and use of these firearms.

As he walked, Fang Zida's eyes suddenly lit up, and he walked quickly to the side. There were several firearms completely different from ordinary rifles on a large table, and a young man was concentrating on fiddling with one of them.

"Vera type, mp18? And a Chicago typewriter? Leshu, where did you get these good guys? Why didn't I know?" Fang Zida asked in surprise.

"Hehe, of course it was done through relationships. It's not easy to do these things. If the European War hadn't ended, it might not have been possible. By the way, what do you mean by Chicago typewriter?" Chen Wei asked curiously.

"Oh, it's the m1919 type. This is a good thing. The Americans have just officially put it into production? I remember the last time I went to the United States, I only heard the Americans mention it a little bit." Fang Zida pointed at the Thompson submachine gun and smiled, and did not go. Explain why he called this Chicago typewriter, because this gun has not been widely used by Chicago gangsters, Fang Zida deliberately avoided this slip of the tongue.

Chen Wei didn't ask any further questions, just nodded with a sudden realization, and then said with a smile: "Speaking of this one, it's thanks to you, how could you get the new weapons produced by the Americans without your help?"

"Me?" Fang Zida was taken aback for a moment, thought for a while and then laughed again. If it wasn't for Chen Yu, he would have forgotten that Chen Yu had indeed submitted an application to himself half a year ago, requesting to find samples of new weapons from various countries in the development of firearms. For this reason, Fang Zida greeted the American consortium, and then asked them to coordinate by themselves. It is estimated that Chen Wei obtained these things in this way. (To be continued..)