bookbashuk #402 - South of the Roof of the World
#402 - South of the Roof of the World
Ren Zhong meticulously arranged the sedans and multi-purpose vehicles.
Naturally, passenger vehicles were not neglected. The Coaster was undoubtedly the first to be copied, serving as a mainstay in the 12-19 seat mid-sized bus category.
Next was the Yutong C8 8-meter bus, a standard medium-short distance bus with 19-36 seats.
Finally, there was the King Long, a domestic pinnacle of mid-to-high-end buses with 25-55 seats, ready to enter the global bus market in the world of "Bright Sword."
For these models, Ren Zhong didn't choose to jump directly to the latest models from the main world.
Instead, he honestly started with the data from the earliest first-generation models.
Jumping straight to the end would be suicide. He needed to learn the essence of squeezing toothpaste, slowly releasing these models over decades.
Even if it was just copying homework, he could copy half first and leave the other half for later.
Like with engines, when everyone else has 70-80 horsepower, who would be foolish enough to jump to 200+ horsepower? That would be utterly idiotic.
Ren Zhong chose engine architectures that could withstand the test of time, capable of being squeezed like toothpaste for decades without issue.
Chief of Staff Ye left fully satisfied, ready to begin the specific operations.
After Chief of Staff Ye left, Brigade Commander Chen came to visit.
Ren Zhong was somewhat surprised to see Brigade Commander Chen at his door.
He knew Brigade Commander Chen was a very busy man. After the peninsula war, he was busy establishing a new school while also temporarily serving as a master instructor in the south, integrating a group of stragglers and thoroughly thrashing the Gallic Rooster, creating a new situation for northern Annam.
Then, he signed a peace agreement in Clockwork Country.
Ren Zhong felt that dividing that place into north and south was fine, so he basically didn't interfere much.
The restlessness of the Annam monkeys was essentially ingrained in their bones. They wanted to rebuild a regional power on the foundation of the Gallic Rooster's colony as soon as they came ashore.
But no one responded to his idea, making the division of North and South a reality.
Brigade Commander Chen saw Ren Zhong's confusion.
"What, Brother Ren, do you now have a solution?" Brigade Commander Chen immediately became serious.
It should be known that it is the roof of the world. The reason why he has been hesitant to act is that it is really difficult to act. It is not to say that he can't beat it, if it is a simple fight, Brigade Commander Chen is confident that he can go down in one fell swoop.
But that place doesn't even have a decent road. What about the supply of the army's logistics after the battle? How to provide the supplies?
It is impossible to supply them all by air transport, the price is too high!
With the current national strength, there is no way to support such a large-scale war of attrition for a long time.
So this matter has been shelved.
"It was very difficult before, but now with the Annam matter and our progress, I personally think that the time to solve the problem has come," Ren Zhong was obviously not studying this issue for a day or two.
At this moment, he was confident. Before this, Ren Zhong was only silently preparing at the technical level, but with the Annam matter, Ren Zhong, even if he was not very clear about the current state of this matter, had a general understanding of it early on.
The Gallic Rooster in Annam has already failed, but Rogue Eagle will not allow a monolithic iron plate in Southeast Asia, and everything has become the scope of influence of East Asia.
So he will do everything possible to support the Wu regime of Annam in doing things.
In this case, if East Asia suddenly attacks A San, Rogue Eagle will think this is a good thing and can use A San to contain the development of East Asia, so the opposition to East Asia's dispatch of troops should not be very firm.
On the contrary, he may even hope that the dragons and elephants will always fight each other's dog brains is the most ideal.
After all, the current East Asia is putting a little too much pressure on Rogue Eagle.
Intercontinental missiles have been practiced to the depths of the Pacific Ocean past Guam, and a mysterious nuclear submarine has also come to a world cruise!
This is simply unbearable, but he has to bear it. After all, East Asia really has hard goods in its hands now!
In this case, with A San's home court resisting and consuming East Asia, Rogue Eagle only needs to send weapons and ammunition continuously, ostensibly supporting the free world is enough for East Asia to drink a pot, anyway, most of them are stocks left over from World War II, just to clear the tail and write off accounts for some people.
Ren Zhong first told the brigade commander about these joints, and the brigade commander's understanding of the Asian and world situation is the top in this world, so he quickly understood.
"Brother Ren, what you said is right, but the problem is, as Rogue Eagle expected, we only have air transport lines on the land disconnected in the south of the roof of the world, and it is impossible to support it for a long time. The price is too high to drag down the good development situation in the country, which is a bit outweighing the losses. With our current engineering capabilities, there is no way to build a road from the mainland to here in the next few years."
Although the brigade commander was very excited, he was a master of old battles. How the logistics of the Northern Peninsula war were supported, he was a party to it. There were several highways and a railway that supported him so hard. The situation on the roof of the world does not even have that condition, how can we fight a long-term war with a big country?
"We don't need to consider building a road from the mainland to there to have a way to persist for a long time," Ren Zhong smiled and said.
"Now we have come up with two new things again. With these two things, we basically have the capital for long-term confrontation with war in the local area."
"The first good thing is Ark One. Based on Dawn One, we have enlarged and completed the construction of a 150MW nuclear power plant test pile. At present, after 3 months of operation, the test results are good. With this thing, combined with the development of local water resources, we have a sufficient energy supply for the development of the south of the roof of the world."
"Second, we've also made breakthroughs in our hybrid seeds. The areas south of the World's Roof, closer to the plains, are suitable for cultivation. After we develop millions of acres of high-yield hybrid wheat and rice, it will be enough to feed a million local residents and over 100,000 troops, solving the crucial problem of food supply without needing to transport it from the mainland."
"Third, I also had people investigate the local resource situation. There are quite a few mineral resources south of the World's Roof, including copper, iron, gold, silver, tin, molybdenum, and other large-scale mineral resources. We can completely extract these resources locally, solving the localization of most weapon and ammunition supplies."
"With these three points, I can't think of anything else that could stop us from reclaiming this land."
The brigade commander's eyes grew brighter as he listened.
The energy problem, the food problem, the weapon and ammunition supply problem – Ren Zhong had solutions for all of them. We only need to send a strong army over there, and the pressure will be reduced to almost negligible levels.
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You need to know that for a large army on a long-term deployment, the most important thing is logistical support. Now Ren Zhong can completely turn these burdens into locally solved problems, so the problem ceases to be a problem.
"Brother Ren, how confident are you in what you're saying?" the brigade commander asked to confirm.
"Basically, the conditions are all in place. In terms of construction, I believe the brigade commander is very clear that our engineering army has undergone construction training for two five-year plans. If our current capabilities claim to be second in Blue Star, then no one dares to claim first."
"In terms of nuclear power plants, we've achieved modular construction. For the construction of the first power plant, without considering the harsh conditions of perfect site selection to build a century-old power plant, we can build one or two plants a year to solve the initial energy supply in the area, and build up the capabilities of mining, smelting, and conventional weapon and ammunition processing. At the same time, relying on the local people to develop large-scale hybrid variety agriculture, on this basis, we will form a preliminary closed-loop local supply ecosystem in at most two years," Ren Zhong said seriously.
"Next, we will start expanding energy development, building cheaper hydropower stations, and expanding the development of mineral resources. Not only can we solve the local production of conventional weapons and ammunition, but we can even transfer several tank, armored vehicle, and car production lines over there. After all, relying on our mainland's huge resources, developing these industries locally is much stronger than when we developed in the Taihang and Taiyue Mountains."
"The air force strategic transport team that we have been working hard to build can now fully support air transport from Chuncheng to that area. Not to mention the air force's combat power, it can directly beat the Indians into submission. For the air force's large-scale transport, as long as we get through the first year, the transport volume in the second year will be greatly reduced."
The brigade commander nodded. Of the 100,000 troops going over, I'm afraid at least 50,000 will be engineering troops for construction. With their formidable construction capabilities, they can build a lot of power stations, mines, and factories in a year!
After all, under wartime conditions, some factories are definitely built simply, just enough to shelter from the wind and rain. Such factories can probably be built in a month!
Don't mention anything about being crude. This is much better than the rock caves in the Taihang Mountains. The brigade commander isn't so fussy that he needs air conditioning to work.
"So, Brother Ren has been thinking about this for a while, but only found the opportunity to say it today?" the brigade commander said somewhat leisurely, sounding a bit resentful. "If I hadn't come today, how much longer would Brother Ren have waited to say this?"
"Cough cough, Brigade Commander, it's no use saying it early if the time isn't ripe," Ren Zhong tactically coughed twice to cover up. "If the few problems I mentioned earlier can't be solved, we really can't be in a dilemma over there. Without some certainty, I wouldn't dare to make such a big suggestion."
"It's just that we now basically have the conditions in place, so I dare to boldly express my thoughts."
"However, after the conditions are in place, I suggest that solving the problems there should be done sooner rather than later. Sooner or later, things can easily change. If the Indians occupy it for too long, it will be difficult to win back the people's hearts. Now that it's still chaotic there, the timing for our intervention is just right."
"Not only these external conditions, but also from another perspective, our troop construction also has considerable combat power. We are fully capable of sweeping the battlefield after sending a capable team over there. With the combat power of our current combined arms battalion, two combined arms brigades are enough to pave the way. Letting Lao Li go will not only take care of the Indians, but also quickly get the early infrastructure construction going. At least after they go in and build a field airport, we have no chance of losing this battle."
"Of course, heavy weapons are now difficult to get over there. Tanks can't go to the plateau. We must wait until the field airport is built before we can transport them through strategic transport aircraft. But to fight the Indians, we can still beat them to a pulp even without tanks. Having them is just icing on the cake."
Ren Zhong has done some research on this opponent. Even if they now seem a little stronger than the Indians in his original timeline, after all, his old master left them more things.
However, he also left behind a pile of messes. The east, west, and south of India are also not peaceful. According to Ren Zhong's idea, after taking back our own things, we should also give them some eye drops, and it would be best to cut off the northeast corner to add another country around India that is more in line with our interests.
After all, it would be great to be able to follow the river from the World's Roof to the sea. The future development space here will be even better, so as not to be cut off by the World's Roof, affecting the development here. It's just that Ren Zhong doesn't need to say these plans for now. If the brigade commander takes the first step, the second step will naturally be logical.
An honest elephant is a good neighbor.
If it's not honest, then knock it around to make it honest!
Ren Zhong's suggestion was no small matter, so it wouldn't be decided just because of this conversation. However, after listening, the brigade commander already had a determination, so after the brigade commander goes back, he will naturally promote this matter.
Ren Zhong didn't pay attention to the little monkeys in Annam. They are now fighting to the death in the north and south. As long as they don't touch our interests or attack the local overseas Chinese in East Asia, we can sit back and wait!
After all, Ren Zhong knows the virtues of this group of monkeys. None of them have a conscience. We won't blindly help with things that don't benefit us, even if we have the spare capacity now.
Instead, it is our own shortcomings that need to be made up for with twelve points of effort.
Ren Zhong didn't know how the brigade commander worked, but soon, he received a plan for how to build the south of the World's Roof well.
Ren Zhong was already familiar with these things, and soon, with the help of the main world, he came up with this construction plan.
On the other side, Li Yunlong really received the order, and the 16th Army came to the plateau to stand by! (End of this chapter)