Feeding these people requires a lot of food.
If he relies solely on the current production, Jiang Li can only organize large-scale land reclamation, but this is not the only way out.
The other way is to increase the output per unit acre and increase the per capita production capacity.
It is not cost-effective to simply buy grain from outside to the northwest.
In the absence of railways, people eat what horses chew, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and a considerable amount is consumed in the middle.
Jiang Li naturally thought of chemicals and pesticides first.
These advanced means, with the same manpower and material resources, are enough to more than double or even increase the current grain output in the northwest.
"Commander, Chairman Shao is here."
After sending Wei Ci Enli away, Jiang Weiting quickly came to report.
Sure enough, within a moment, Shao Lizi appeared in Jiang Li's sight.
"Chairman Shao, how's the situation?"
Jiang Li smiled and welcomed Shao Lizi into the room, and asked the security guard to bring him a cup of tea.
"According to the commander's wishes, the railway was divided into three sections for bidding, and the winning bidders were Armco Steel Company, Pittsburgh Steel Company, and Rheinmetall.
These three companies were willing to provide a total of US$5.6 million in loans.
Rail tracks and locomotives are purchased from three companies in proportion.
"In addition, the future locomotive production plant will be jointly managed by three companies."
Shao Lizi then explained the details of the cooperation to Jiang Li.
Generally speaking, during the economic crisis, the cost of this open bidding method was lower than expected.
It will save about one-fifth.
"Well, thank you for your hard work, Chairman Shao.
I will have to trouble you later to continue to be responsible for the infrastructure construction in the northwest."
Jiang Li said with a smile.
"As long as I stay in this position for a day, I always have to do something practical.
There are not many opportunities to do practical things in China now.
I also cherish this opportunity."
Shao Lizi found that Jiang Li liked to go straight when doing things, and did not He likes to play riddles.
Although this may seem like a lack of city government performance to some people, it is not a big deal as long as the army on hand is enough to fight and live.
Talking about things like this will save a lot of wasted brain cells.
"No matter what, the nearly 10 million people in Gansu are willing to let Chairman Shao stay.
Even if Nanjing wants to replace someone, it must consider the wishes of the people."
Jiang Li smiled calmly and has been teaming up with Shao Lizi these days.
I am still very satisfied with Shao Lizi's abilities, as he and Zang Shiyi each have their own strengths.
Shao Lizi nodded, acknowledging Jiang Li's good intentions.
As long as he did well in Gansu and Jiang Li was willing to continue working here, Nanjing was really not a big problem.
If he didn't get along well with Jiang Li, he would probably be kicked out.
The consequences of running away, in this world, civil servants who have no soldiers are always the ones who suffer the most.
"How is the fighting in Shanghai going?
Has the 4th Mixed Brigade arrived?"
Shao Lizi asked.
Although there are newspapers every day about the progress of the war, Jiang Li always knows more than ordinary people.
"The 19th Route Army and the 5th Army are still fighting well.
Now the Japanese army is playing the trick of delaying the war.
Through the British, they negotiated with Nanjing and temporarily suspended the war for a few days.
But in fact, they are still increasing their troops aggressively."
Jiang Li said , "This battle still has to be fought."
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"These Japanese are really pushing their limits, and the same goes for Nanjing.
Since the Japanese army has repeatedly wanted to fight, and they have come to this point, they are still lucky.
If they don't hurt the Japanese army, how can there be peace?"
Shao Lizi said bitterly.
"Although Nanjing's attitude was not resolute, the troops sent to Shanghai still fought very tenaciously.
Some soldiers of the 19th Route Army had not received military service for eight months.
If Shanghai had not been relatively wealthy, the 19th Route Army would have been supported on the spot.
Quite a bit of food, I'm afraid that this battle has not been fought for long, and the situation will be ruined in the hands of some people."
Jiang Li curled his lips and said.
Amidst Shao Lizi's complaints, the Japanese cabinet also held a meeting and approved the opinions of Prime Minister Araki Sadao.
Shanghai is a place where the interests of all countries converge.
In view of the increasingly strong anti-war consciousness of European and American powers, Japan was forced to The pressure was too high and they could no longer stay in Shanghai for too long, but if they wanted to defeat the Republic of China defenders in Shanghai in a short period of time, they would have to increase their troops.
Therefore, without making a public statement, Japan agreed to respond to Gu Weijun, the chief of staff of the 19th Route Army, for a truce and the withdrawal of Japanese troops on the evening of April 5, and secretly mobilized two divisions, the 11th and 14th, to go to Shanghai. .
The large-scale increase of Japanese troops caused great panic in Nanjing.
Chairman Chiang urgently transferred Xu Tingyao's 4th Division, Zhao Guantao's 6th Division, Tang Yunshan Independent 33rd Brigade, Yao Yong'an, Li Faming, Kong Qinggui, etc. from Hubei, Jiangxi, and Henan provinces.
Xiang Zhizhuang and other mountain artillery, heavy artillery brigades, and regiments rushed to Shanghai in batches.
Then more than 5,000 military-trained supplementary soldiers were transferred to the 5th Army and the 19th Route Army.
Facts have proved the shamelessness of the Japanese army.
They originally agreed to give China a reply on April 5.
In fact, on the 4th, the advance team of the 11th Division had already arrived at Shanghai Offshore.
At 6 a.m., the Japanese army had already begun preparing to use aircraft.
The artillery prepared a three-hour bombardment of ammunition against the garrison positions.
Then the mobilized tanks and armored vehicles were used to assault the defenders' positions.
Fight fiercely until the end of the day.
Inflicted heavy damage to the Japanese army.
"Why, the advance troops of the 11th Division have landed at Qiyakou?"
The sound of gunfire not far away outside was heard intermittently on Zhang Zhizhong's phone.
After throwing away the phone, Zhang Zhizhong compared the map in the war room.
Since the battle with the Japanese army, Zhang Zhizhong had not had a good night's sleep.
At this time, his eyes were bloodshot and he had lost weight.
With a hoarse voice, he looked at Chief of Staff Gu Shaozhou next to him, "How many troops do we have left to deploy?"
"All the additional reinforcements sent by the commission are on their way to reinforcements.
The closest we have is Song Xilian's 261st Brigade.
But even for the 261st Brigade, a large number of troops are stranded in Yunzaobang and Jiangwan to fight the Japanese army at this time.
At 6 p.m.
"Before that time, I was afraid that at most one regiment could be mobilized to block the 11th Division's forward," Gu Shaozhou said with a rather ugly expression.
Two battalions were trying to stop thousands of Japanese landing troops, which was no different than risking death.
What's more, the number of Japanese troops landing this time was not fixed at all.
It was probably a division or more.
"I don't have to worry about so much anymore.
I'll notify Song Xilian right away and allocate all available troops to block the gap in Liuhe.
If the Japanese troops who land are allowed to flood into Liuhe, let alone Shanghai, the 5th Army and the 19th Route Army will not be able to hold on."
I'm afraid they'll all be taken advantage of by the Japanese army.
"In the encirclement."
Zhang Zhizhong immediately decided.
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At this time, the reinforcements from the rear had not yet arrived.
Although the fighting on Song Xilian's side was very fierce, he and the 19th Route Army did not have any extra troops to mobilize.
In terms of time, Can't make it in time either.
If the Japanese army successfully occupied Liuhe, the Songhu War of Resistance that lasted for more than half a month would be the final word for the Japanese army.
Unless he issued an order to retreat immediately, the main forces of the 19th Route Army and the 5th Army would be left to the Japanese army
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