January 20, 1913, 2754 AD, Wuhan.
Wuhan has been the temporary capital of China for two years.
In the past two years, Wuhan has changed rapidly.
The three majestic bridges, the Yangtze River Bridge, the Second Yangtze River Bridge, and the Hanjiang River Bridge, have turned the natural chasm into a thoroughfare, making Wuchang, Hanyang, and The three districts of Hankou are connected together.
These three bridges, especially the two bridges on the Yangtze River, are far taller and more majestic than the later bridges of the same name.
Their piers are 55 meters high.
Even at the highest flood level, there is a clearance height of 38 meters under the bridge.
It is a full 20 meters higher than the original version, and the bridge deck is also wider.
Dear Chairman Moon built the bridge so high, of course, not only for its majesty and beauty, but also for the convenience of transportation.
This is because when the Red Dynasty in the original time and space built the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge with the same name, they underestimated the future development trend of water transportation, and also because they were too poor at the time and in order to save money, they set the height of the bridge very high.
It is short, and the navigation clearance height under the bridge is only 18 meters.
After this bridge was built, subsequent bridges followed suit.
Later, when the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge was built, the design of the navigation clearance under the bridge was only increased to 24 meters, and only 5,000-ton ships could pass.
As a result, when the economy developed and there were more and more large ships, this was embarrassing. discovered that large ships could not enter the Yangtze River because the bridge was too short For this reason, water transportation in the Yangtze River region had to be transshipped once, which was not fully utilized at all, and transportation costs increased by at least 40 to 50%.
If a certain bridge is demolished and rebuilt alone, large ships will still be unable to enter because other bridges are blocking it.
But if all the bridges in the Yangtze River Basin were to be demolished and rebuilt, the price would be too high.
Even the founding fathers would not be able to carry out such a project that wastes people and money.
In the end, everyone will have to make do with it.
There are many similar things.
Another issue that is more serious than the bridge is the track gauge issue.
At that time, it can be said that the whole world was fooled by Niu Niu, who actually set the size of two horses' butts as the standard gauge.
Well, strictly speaking, this was not Niu Niu's intention.
It is impossible for them to think that far, because Britain is an island country with a small mainland and is surrounded by sea.
The maritime transportation is developed, but the railway transportation volume is not that much.
For them, this kind of railway with a gauge determined by the size of the buttocks of two horses is enough.
But for mainland countries like China, which have a vast territory, a large population, and a very high proportion of railway transportation volume, this kind of horse-gauge railway is a pitfall.
Originally, railways, like sea transport, have a scale advantage effect and are most suitable for transporting large products.
However, the British standard gauge railway is too narrow, so the length, width and height of the train can only be set very low.
However, because the highway standards were formulated later, the restrictions on length, width and height are even higher.
As a result, all kinds of large items had to be transported by road, and the transportation capacity of the railway was far from being fully utilized, causing trains to be tight at all times.
By the time everyone realized something was wrong, it was already hard to get back.
After decades of development, the railway system already has a large number of bridges, culverts, rails and locomotives.
If you want to change the track gauge, all of this will have to be scrapped and started all over again.
This will cost an astronomical amount of money and require an astronomical amount of engineering work.
I'm afraid even if it was Wen Desi who had taken advantage of the situation, he wouldn't dare to make such a determination, so he could only continue to make do with it in such an awkward manner.
Even in the 23rd century, new gauge railways can only be laid in alien colonies.
In addition, there are urban and highway planning, etc., all kinds of deceptive projects that were carried out due to lack of foresight or cheapness at the time ended up costing dozens or hundreds of times to wipe the butt.
This is the advantage of being a time traveler.
You can clearly understand the disadvantages of many things that "looked good and cheap at the time".
This is even more obvious in engineering construction.
Either don’t build it, or you’d rather spend more money to build it.
So now China has not only skipped the big pitfall of railway gauge, but has also reworked urban and highway planning.
Important projects such as bridges and culverts are no exception.
On China's current inland waterways, all bridges have been recalculated, and most have been heightened to ensure that future shipping will not be affected by bridges that are too short.
Of course, these bridges have also been significantly reinforced and widened at the same time.
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The bridge deck has been increased to 12 to 16 lanes to ensure future traffic capacity.
At least it is not easy to wait for several hours to cross a bridge and the traffic jam will last forever. embarrassing situation.
This year’s New Year’s Eve falls on February 5th.
Now various merchants in Wuhan are stocking up on New Year’s goods and preparing to sell them in the New Year’s market before the holiday.
Chinese people have always regarded the New Year as a major event for thousands of years.
Before the Chinese New Year, a lot of preparations need to be made and a lot of things need to be bought.
Generally speaking, in order to celebrate the annual Spring Festival, every household will start preparing New Year's goods about fifteen days before the festival.
New Year's goods include chicken, duck, fish, tea, wine, oil sauce, north and south roasted seeds and nuts, candies, bait and fruits.
You must buy enough.
You should also prepare some gifts for visiting relatives and friends during the New Year.
Children should buy new clothes and hats to wear during the New Year.
China's development speed in recent years has been like a dream, and some clues can be seen from the wide variety of commodities on the market.
Grain and salt are no longer considered New Year's goods.
In 1910, the country's total grain output reached 232.3 billion, basically achieving self-sufficiency.
In 1911, it reached 284 million tons, fully meeting the people's food and clothing needs.
By last year, 1912, it had directly reached 385 million tons.
This was not only the result of improved seeds, fertilizers and pesticides, but also the reason for occupying the large granary of the Red River Plain.
This was still not fully developed and production had not yet been fully restored.
Down.
There is absolutely no problem that total grain output will exceed 400 million tons this year.
According to statistics at the end of last year, China's current total population is 494.4 million, of which the population in the newly acquired territories is approximately 27.55 million.
Among these nearly 500 million people, about 25 million are in labor camps at various construction sites and farms.
Among them, those who were originally die-hard upper-class dignitaries, die-hard reactionaries, extremist religious elements, and those who refuse ethnic integration will be forced to labor camps until death.
The bottom is worn.
The Taizu of the Datu Dynasty back then was just because he was so kind and soft-hearted that he was reluctant to kill or arrest.
As a result, he left a lot of trouble and harmed his descendants.
However, Wen Desi was different.
He was quite cold-blooded and not so soft-hearted. , although he will not engage in massacres like those in the second grade, but he can definitely do things like reeducation through labor for a lifetime. 3.85 billion tons of grain are shared by 494.4 million people, and the per capita grain reaches 778 kilograms, which is more than enough.
There is certainly no way to eat up so much grain.
In addition to strategic reserves, it is also used for brewing, deep processing and as feed.
I don’t have to panic when I have food in hand.
The price of food on the market is now stable.
Standard rice has remained at about 4 yuan per 100 kilograms.
If the country had not established a Changping system to carry out mandatory price purchases to prevent low prices from hurting farmers, this food would Prices will definitely fall further.
Nowadays, there is food for sale in the market and at state-owned grain stations in various places at any time, so people don’t have to worry about not being able to buy food.
Not to mention salt, all salt fields across the country have been modernized and many new salt fields have been opened.
These places use the advanced technology of later generations to produce salt.
The output and quality have been greatly improved.
Last year, it reached 22 million tons.
The price of iodized table salt has dropped to 3 cents per kilogram, and many enterprises and grassroots units still distribute salt, so there is no need to worry about running out of salt.
Popular foods in the diet such as pigs, beef, mutton, chickens, ducks, geese and rabbits, freshwater fish and shrimps are the most common.
Since the Socialist Party of Science and Technology government has vigorously supported the breeding industry and promoted scientific large-scale breeding methods, new feeds, veterinary drugs and new improved varieties. , more and more meat is eaten.
There are many rivers and lakes in the Wuhan area, and the duck, goose and aquaculture industries here are even more developed.
Even now, the local demand is rising every month, but it is more than enough to supply the local area, and it can also supply a large amount of demand from other places.
Live ducks, live geese, fresh fish and even salted ducks, salted geese, and cured fish are all very cheap on the market.
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Wild game products such as bear meat, venison, hare, and pheasant come from various hunting and forestry companies, and various seafood products such as sea cucumbers, scallops, frozen fish, dried fish, and even whale meat come from various fishing companies and coastal farms.
There are even fresh vegetables and fruits that were rarely seen before, and even out-of-season vegetables and fruits, which come from greenhouses from various places.
There are also unprecedented varieties of fruits and vegetables as well as a large number of high-quality spices, which are products from the new territories of Nanyang and the Indonesian Chinese Autonomous Region.
With professional low-temperature food transport ships, these fresh goods from the south can be easily delivered to Wuhan without spoiling on the way.
In addition, there are a variety of new gadgets.
A wide variety of cans, candies, snacks, and drinks fill the store, many of which everyone has never seen or even heard of before.
The expensive "Dutch Water" soda a few years ago, a drink that only the rich could afford during the Qing Dynasty, has now become the most common refreshing drink for corporate employees, and is even sold in cheap large bottles for families on the market.
Other products such as fabrics, ready-made clothing, home appliances, etc. are also dazzling, with a wide variety of products, ranging from popular to luxury versions.
As people across the country celebrate the holiday, the Presidential Palace is also filled with joy.
"Hahahaha, Kemal did a great job and defeated the Bulgarian and Serbian armies."
After reading the latest intelligence sent from the front, Wen Desi laughed.
"In this way, Salonika will be connected to mainland Turkey, so that our aid can be sent in more smoothly," General Sinjie also said with a smile.
The performance of the Ottoman Socialist Party was indeed impressive.
After they annihilated the Greek Thessalian Army in the "Battle of Christmas", they recovered Veria and fortified it here.
On December 31, the Second Army on the right wing of the Bulgarian Army Group went south, intending to take advantage.
They fought fiercely with Kemal's Salonika Army in Veria.
Bulgaria's Second Army has about 100,000 men, twice as many as Kemal's Thessaloniki Army.
According to the understanding of Second Army Commander Lieutenant General Nikolai Ivanov, the reason why Greece lost so miserably is because It's entirely because Prince Constantine is such a loser.
As for whether Turkey is too strong, this idea just flashed in the mind of the Lieutenant General and disappeared.
Are you kidding?
Those soft-footed shrimps in Greece are simply the scum of the war.
How can they compare with the great Bulgaria and Turkey?
No matter how strong you are, how strong can you be?
It’s not the 18th century anymore.
But the ideal is full, and the reality is very skinny.
After the two sides fought, Lieutenant General Ivanov realized that he had kicked a steel plate.
In this battle, the fighter jets assisted by China showed their talents.
The Baojun army is also equipped with a small number of British and French aircraft, but their performance is lagging behind and they can only be used as reconnaissance aircraft.
In front of professional fighter jets, the Baojun aircraft were wiped out like ducks in a row, and their military balloons were also cleared away by all Turkish fighter jets.
After gaining air supremacy, the Turkish fighter jets began to transform into ground attack aircraft.
They first concentrated on destroying Bulgarian artillery, especially various heavy artillery and armored vehicles, which became key targets.
Except for China, no country in the world had much experience in air defense operations at this time, and the Bulgarian Army was no exception.
They had almost no protection against the Turkish air strikes.
The first round of air strikes suffered heavy losses, and all heavy artillery and armored vehicles were destroyed.
In subsequent rounds of air attacks, the company's light artillery and machine guns suffered heavy losses.
The second is the loss of the cavalry.
In the attack by the plane, the cavalry was unable to fight back and could not even run away.
The 1st Cavalry Division, Bulgaria's ace unit, was beaten to the point where there was less than one regiment left, and 80 horses were lost.
Being beaten and unable to fight back was the worst thing for morale.
Under the continuous air raids, the morale of the Bulgarian army dropped sharply, and their marching speed suddenly dropped to a crawl.
It was not until January 4 that they reached a place 30 kilometers away from Veria.
This time, another large-scale air attack was carried out.
Ivanov already wanted to retreat, but he could not retreat because of his face, so he hesitated here.
On the evening of January 4, Kemal led 40,000 troops to march overnight to the Baojun camp and launched a successful night attack.
At that time, the Bao army actually had a "camp roar", a situation that is almost impossible for a modern army.
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In this battle, the Baojun army was completely defeated, and the 100,000-strong army was frozen overnight.
More than 40,000 people under Lieutenant General Nikolay Ivanov, commander of the Second Army, were killed, and 30,000 people were captured or surrendered.
Kemal and the Ottoman Socialist Party gained great prestige, and then they continued their efforts and defeated three more reinforcement divisions sent by Greece.
This support army was originally prepared to attack Kemal together with the security forces.
However, because most of them were new soldiers, they were attacked by air raids on the way, and the Greeks also had ulterior motives, so the march was as slow as a snail.
When they learned that the security forces After the army was defeated, they were ready to return to the country.
But it was too late at this time, Kemal rushed over directly with the power of victory.
These three divisions were even more undefeated and almost collapsed at the first touch.
After losing more than 10,000 corpses, they fled back to the country in embarrassment.
Kemal left 10,000 old troops to defend the Veriya front line, and led the main force eastward.
On January 12, they met head-on with the First Army on the left flank of the Bulgarian army in the Nestos River area.
After three days of machine combat, they defeated this army head-on, killing more than 30,000 people and capturing the commander of the First Army, Vasiliku.
There are more than 10,000 people under Lieutenant General Tinchev.
After this battle, the connection with the Ottoman mainland was opened.
A large amount of aid materials originally stored in Türkiye's Asian region have also been continuously delivered to the hands of the Ottoman Socialist Party.
At this time, the coalition forces were stunned, and they were so frightened that they quickly organized a defense.
Turkey is also unable to launch a counterattack.
No matter how hard Kemal can fight, he still has limited troops, and ammunition and supplies have been lost a lot in the previous battles.
Defense is no problem, but it is impossible to fight out.
Now that neither party can fight, the only option is to talk
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