Heavy Industry Empire

Late March is the period when spring grain is sown and winter wheat turns green. However, at this time, Jining, Tengxian, Rizhao, and Linyi are extremely dry, and there has been no rain for more than 20 days.

Duan Xuewen, Bi Shucheng, Xu Tiezheng and other civil officials were frowning in the office, and Bi Shucheng sighed: "Jining has Weishan Lake irrigation, and Teng County has the newly built Yanma Reservoir for irrigation, but Rizhao and Linyi are not drought-stricken. There is a solution, if we let the development of winter wheat production decrease become a foregone conclusion, there will be no next year's grain in the warehouses of Lunan, which has just recovered, and it will cause a great hindrance to our development."

Xu Tiezheng knocked on the table: "Old Bi, everyone knows the importance of food, let's quickly talk about the key points, what is the solution to this drought, and stabilizing people's hearts is the fundamental."

Bi Shucheng rolled his eyes: "Your sunshine is good, there are many reservoirs, and more water pumps can solve many problems, but Linyi's foundation is weak and there are not many reservoirs, even if you get water pumps, it won't solve many problems."

Duan Xuewen said deeply: "It's not just about food. Our people will not starve to death if the food production is reduced. We can import food from abroad. Because the battle situation is complicated now, our national defense army, Feng army, and Jin army are not good. , coupled with the crackdown on the Japanese opium business some time ago, today’s Shandong can be said to have gathered spies from various forces, I’m afraid they will take this opportunity to fan the flames and instigate the people, causing our foundation to be unstable.”

Everyone knows that once the grain production is reduced, the powerful landlords will take the opportunity to squeeze the people, and the people who can't survive will become bandits again. Once they become bandits, they will turn back to blackmail the people, forming a vicious circle.

"What should we do?" Bi Shucheng was helpless, "I'll go back and mobilize the people to dig and drink roads, fetch water to fight the drought, and count as much as I can resist."

While everyone was discussing, Liu Tianling came in. He changed from his usual military uniform to a decent Chinese tunic suit today.

"I figured out a way to ensure that the spies of all parties would not make a fuss about the drought," Liu Tianling said with a smile.

"What way?" Duan Xuewen asked.

"Ye Feng, send the materials I compiled to everyone," Liu Tianling signaled Ye Feng to send the materials.

Soon all the administrative officials got a copy, which is a very detailed drought plan.

The first is to carry out three thousand water pumps produced by Huimin Agricultural Automobile Factory to fight the drought, and distribute them to the common people for free.

The second is to set up a military drought relief headquarters, mobilize [-] infantry training, [-] to Rizhao, and [-] to Linyi. Soldiers use military trucks, shoulder-to-hand, etc. to vigorously fight drought, and take drought relief as a combat mission. To be done.

The third is to mobilize the construction corps and deploy machines such as excavators to dig machine wells in Linyi, where there are few reservoirs, to fetch water for drought relief.

"Well, that's fine too. The army can also resist drought," Bi Shucheng asked, "Will the soldiers resist?" Well, it’s good not to steal or rob, otherwise it was popular at that time that bandits pass like a grate, and soldiers pass like a wash, describing the disaster of war.

"Absolutely not. It's not like doing something outrageous. Besides, the soldiers have a strong sense of discipline. They will only help the people fight the drought, and they will never harass the people," Liu Tianling said affirmatively.

Bi Shucheng said: "Commander-in-Chief, I have a question, I'm curious."

"Hehe, brother Bi, if you have any questions, just ask, there is no need to be polite,"

"Our troops were all formed when Governor Zhang was in charge. It's common for this army to bully the people. I don't know what method the commander-in-chief used to make them change their character," Bi Shucheng asked.

Liu Tianling laughed loudly: "I thought I was asking, but in fact you can do this too, but there are no conditions to implement it. First, raise the soldiers' salaries. Soldiers bully the people and don't pay for food because they are poor, so I give them high military salaries. Disbursements are made on time and in full. Second, military discipline is strict and punished severely. Anyone who dares to disturb military discipline should be killed and beaten. Whoever does not stop will be served with a whip. As for the third rule, education is good. , the soldiers know who they are in, and they won't bully the people in the bottom of their hearts. After all, the soldiers come from the people."

Liu Tianling's words made Bi Shucheng suddenly enlightened and understood all this.

"Don't digress, let's talk about drought relief. Since the commander-in-chief is willing to send troops to fight the drought, this is naturally the best, but I don't know when it will be mobilized," Duan Xuewen said.

"If Director Duan agrees, I can immediately order the mobilization, and we can start fighting the drought tomorrow morning," Liu Tianling said.

"Okay, let's divide the work in detail,"

Liu Tianling mobilized [-] new recruits and [-] engineering troops to form a drought-resisting team to be responsible for the drought-resistance in Rizhao and Linyi. They used trucks to transport water and cooperated with soldiers to fight drought and protect seedlings. The engineers mainly excavated wells and built channels, although such equipment may not be able to Useful in time, but can be used for a long time.

A vigorous anti-drought campaign began, like a war, mobilizing [-] soldiers and [-] engineers.

Linyi Lanshan, Luoping Village is a mountain village with the most severe drought. Because the village is in the mountains, most of the land is relatively barren. There are more than 300 people in the village with only [-] mu of wheat, an average of less than one mu per person. Seeing the original green The wheat seedlings began to wither, and the patriarch, Mr. Luo, burst into tears in the wheat field.

"God, hurry up and let it rain, our wheat will be ruined if it doesn't rain," Mr. Luo cried with emotion.

At this time, Mr. Luo's ten-year-old grandson ran over, and said with a childish face: "Grandpa, grandpa, don't cry, Maizi is saved."

"What, what are you talking nonsense, kid? Look at this day, the sky is clear and cloudless, with no clouds at all. Where does the rain come from?" Mr. Luo said.

The child pretended to be mysterious, "It is really possible to be saved, the radio said that most of the wheat will be irrigated,"

"Hey, I heard that too, but it's outside the mountains. The rivers in our mountains are all dry. The tops of the wells are useless. People and animals will drink up all the drinking water," Mr. Luo sighed.

The child said, "But, but the radio said that no village will be abandoned,"

"Hey, I know, the government is good now, but we are limited by the terrain here, so we can't blame others. It's okay, blame the child, go home," Luo Laozi said.

"Look, grandpa, someone is coming," said the child, pointing to the mountain road in the distance.

Mr. Luo set up a pergola to watch, and saw more than a dozen people on the winding road to the village, wearing camouflage military uniforms, carrying things, spreading things on the road as they walked.

Although Mr. Luo was over 60, his legs and feet were fine, so he walked over quickly.

Finding that it was a group of soldiers, he asked, "What are you doing?"

"Grandpa, you are from this village, right? We are soldiers of the First Drought Relief Division. We received a water pump from a reservoir six miles away, pressurized it through two pumps, and pumped water here," said the soldier.

Mr. Luo rubbed his ears: "What are you talking about, is it possible that water from six miles away can be pumped here?"

"Hehe, you don't need to get pregnant anymore. To be honest, I don't believe it, but the water conservancy project said that it can be pumped up after being pressurized by two pumps. Don't waste time. You should quickly notify the villagers and start in half an hour. Watering the ground, we have to go to other villages when we are done,"

"Okay, okay, you guys are busy first, I'll call someone right away,"

Mr. Luo quickly ran back to the village, picked up a broken gong, banged it loudly, and shouted: "Folks, folks, come out quickly, Brother Dabing is here to pump water for us, everyone go Watered the ground,"

"What, really? It's not coaxing us, is it?"

Mr. Luo glared: "Fart, Brother Dabing is a public servant who eats food and serves as a soldier. He has to go all the way to the mountains to coax you. The guy who feels it goes to the field,"

When Mr. Luo led dozens of villagers to the wheat field, a group of soldiers had already brought the green water to the head of the wheat field.

"Water can come up here, what is this?" the villagers asked.

The soldier said, "What, this is a water pump. It doesn't come up with water, it's like a river coming up with water."

"If you don't believe me, let's brag,"

"You'll see it later, signal down the mountain and turn on the machine,"

"Yes,"

The soldiers waved the small green flags to the people below, and the soldiers along the way also waved the flags. Immediately, there was the sound of diesel engines roaring in the mountains. The sound was a bit harsh, but it was the most beautiful sound at the moment.

After a while, the green water belt swelled up quickly, wow, a huge water flow rushed out, everyone was startled, followed by cheers.

Everyone ignored the surprise and hurriedly started watering the ground.

Drought-resisting teams mostly work in squads and platoons, with pumps and hoses, to help irrigate villages that have difficulty in irrigating the land. There are more than 1000 teams like this active in various parts of Linyi. The situation is that we will use our shoulders and hands to help the people fight the drought.

In order to prevent the lack of military discipline during the drought, the gendarmerie patrolled around. Once they found that they dared to take the opportunity to take the card and ask for it, the situation was still very good. Most of the soldiers obeyed the discipline, and a few who violated the discipline were severely punished. punishment.

The upper section of the local literature mobilized many common people. The common people no longer waited for the rain, and took up the tools they had at home to fight the drought. Although they could not reverse the situation, they were more or less helpful.

The spies have all figured out a way to spread rumors, arranging that Liu Tianling is the disaster star, and that Lunan is drought because of Liu Tianling, and everyone should not support him, but this time the National Defense Army dispatched more than [-] troops to fight the drought, and instead let the people and troops The relationship is getting closer. Originally, the common people felt a sense of fear towards the soldiers. After getting in touch with them, they realized that the soldiers are the sons of the common people. Naturally, they have to serve the common people. Moreover, they also know that the soldiers must not be unreasonable. Shooting at the common people, once they hurt the common people, it will be one level higher than ordinary people committing crimes.

Three days later, the Rizhao administrative headquarters office.

Duan Xuewen looked happy, and Liu Tianling was also very happy.

"I can't imagine that a drought would turn out to be a good thing for you to do so. No amount of money can buy the hearts of the people. It's just that this time, I'm afraid the next time something happens, soldiers will have to be dispatched," Duan Xuewen said. .

"Well, I have considered this. As long as the troops are not very busy with combat missions, they will participate in some disaster relief matters. However, for small disasters, the government still needs to figure out a way. Reorganize the fire brigade under the Public Security Bureau. Each county In the scale of about 100 people, form a fire rescue team, we deal with all kinds of natural disasters, not just fires, "

Duan Xuewen pondered for a moment: "The method is very good, but I decided to postpone it. Now that Lunan is initially settled, the lives of the people have just improved. It would be rash to expand the Public Security Bureau at this time, not to mention that the place is not as good as the army. I am afraid that if the team is uneven, it will affect the situation." big picture,"

"Okay, it seems that I'm too impatient, it's convenient to take your time, let's develop education, medical care and other things first,"

The matter of drought resistance was delayed for more than ten days, and it finally rained in the low March. The matter of the Zhaoyuan Gold Mine has not been resolved for a long time. There was a posture of fighting, and the person sent to negotiate came back disheartened, and the negotiation failed.

Liu Tianling's meaning is very clear, isn't there a few hundred devils, you don't want to retreat with machine guns and send you back to grandma's house, but internal opinions are very different.

As for the headquarters, Jia Cai said: "Commander-in-Chief, I really can't agree with you about this matter. Japan has developed rapidly since the Meiji Restoration, and its military strength far exceeds ours by several times. Powerful, how can we beat the Japanese navy so far?"

"No, but we can't just watch the Japanese dig our gold mines," Liu Tianling asked back.

Zhu Yupu also said: "I understand the commander-in-chief's mood, but I can only bear it now. After all, there are hundreds of Japanese, and they are members of the Japanese Kwantung Army. Once they are eliminated, they will say that they will go to war with the Japanese. At least I I think that the National Defense Army is not ready yet, our foundation has just been laid in South Lu, and there is no foundation at all in North Lu, and the warlord soldiers who have just been recovered have fallen with the wind and need training. Anger without strength is the courage of a man. I also hope that the commander-in-chief will think twice."

Liu Tianling slapped his head: "Hey, well, let's do it according to your wishes. The negotiators dragged them to pull the cowhide and mobilized two thousand soldiers to station on the outside. Look at this group of Japanese soldiers. When we are stronger, Just fuck him up,"

"Okay, let's do it like this. I believe that day will not be too far away. In addition, Dong Zhen has done a long-distance training for soldiers. The commander-in-chief will take a look," Jia Cai said.

This training program is aimed at the soldiers of the National Defense Army who travel by car. I am afraid that due to long-term mechanization, the ability to climb mountains and ford water will be degraded.