Daming Military Empire

Chapter 557

Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting led the east and south Ming armies to join forces outside the bastion No. 21 of Tsarist Russia. The defenders of Tsarist Russia surrendered under the pressure of a million troops. The war in Siberia came to an end. The Ming army completed its strategic goal nearly two months ahead of schedule. , the next step is to organize defense and build railways.

For this reason, Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting specially found a clean and tidy room in the bastion, set up a large table, and spread out the map of the Siberian Plain on the table to discuss.

The problem of defense along the railway line is not very big, because there happened to be eight bastions built by Tsarist Russia along the way. Together, Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting built an auxiliary city that could accommodate tens of thousands of people around the bastions, and repaired the railway station. Inside the city, the Third Army Corps of the Border Guards was divided into one, and more than 1 people were stationed in each bastion.

Sun Chuanting, on the other hand, led the Qin Army, the First Frontier Army Corps, and the Frontier Defense Army Second Army Corps to protect the vassal state army and repair the railway before returning to Rem City to station.

In this way, no matter which bastion the Tsarist Russia attacks, Sun Chuanting will be able to lead his troops there soon by virtue of the fast communication method of the telegraph and the fast transportation capacity of the railway line. go back.

The farthest distance between the eight bastions is more than 200 miles. As long as the eight bastions are not lost, the Ming army can use the bastions as a base to spread the scouts along the entire railway line, preventing Tsarist Russia from sending people to destroy the railway. In this way, The entire railway is also safe.

There is no problem with the defense along the railway, but there is a slight deviation in the construction of the railway, because according to the calculations of Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting, it will take about half a month to build the railway from the No. It will take about a month to build a bridge on the Yeni River, and then it will take about half a month to build a bridge from the main Yeni River to the opposite bank of Tunguska City. Finally, it will take more than one month to build a bridge on the Tunguska River to connect the Western Region Railway and the Siberia Railway. moon.

Calculated in this way, the Western Region Railway and the Siberia Railway may not be able to connect until this year's freezing period. They guessed that the emperor must have missed the time for bridge repair!

It would be a trivial matter for the emperor to miss some time, but it would be a big deal if Sun Chuanting did not connect the Western Region Railway with the Siberia Railway before this year's freezing period. The railway transportation has brought enormous pressure. Just the two hundred trains delayed on the road does not know how much damage it will cause to Daming. Even if the railway is not repaired this year, it is very likely to affect the strategic deployment of the next year However, Sun Chuanting could not afford this responsibility, nor could Lu Xiangsheng.

How to do it?In the end, Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting had no choice but to bite the bullet and send a joint telegram to the capital, one to announce the good news to the emperor that the eight bastions had been taken down in advance, and the other to ask the emperor whether the bridge over the Yeni River and the Tunguska River Want to send someone to fix it?

On this day, Zhu Cijiong was accompanying his eldest son Zhu Hejiu to play with foodies in Kunning Palace, when Wang Chengen suddenly ran over, holding a telegram in both hands, knelt down and said sharply: "Report to the Emperor, an urgent report from the Siberian front."

A few days ago, didn't you hear that the progress there was going well? Why did you come to report urgently now?

Matters on the front line cannot be delayed. Zhu Cijiong immediately left his son behind and took the telegram to look carefully.

The first half of the telegram is that the Ming Army on the East Road and the Ming Army on the South Road have successfully captured eight bastions, and that Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting have successfully joined forces at the No. 21 Bastion in Tsarist Russia. Seeing this, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but said happily: "Okay... "

But it wasn't halfway there, but he suddenly choked, because the second half of the telegram asked him to send someone to build the bridge over the Yeni River and the Tunguska River.

How embarrassing he is, when he first planned on the map, he never thought about the problem of building a bridge. Neither the Yeni River nor the Tunguska River are small rivers. It would take at least three months for Sun Chuanting to complete the Western Region Railway and the Siberia Railway, but he only gave him one month.
Fortunately, they knocked down the eight bastions ahead of time, otherwise it would be really difficult to connect the Western Region Railway and the Siberian Railway this year.

Thinking of this, he said to Wang Cheng'en who was kneeling there waiting for instructions: "Return the call and order Sun Chuanting to divide the vassal state army into two, and at the same time build the railway from Bastion No. 21 to the main branch of the Yeni River and from the main branch of the Yeni River to Tunguska City. Tell him again, I will make people repair the two bridges within two months."

Wang Chengen took the order to leave, Zhu Cijiong thought for a while, walked directly to the door, and said to Cao Huachun who was standing there: "Let someone tell the minister of the Ministry of Industry, Bi Maokang, to come to the study of the Qianqing Palace as soon as possible."

After finishing speaking, he raised his foot and walked towards Qianqing Palace. Cao Huachun winked at a young eunuch next to him, and then followed Zhu Cijiong to Qianqing Palace.

Over the years, Daming had built countless railways, and often had to pass through some big rivers. Naturally, he was already familiar with the construction of railway bridges. Zhu Cijiong recruited Bi Maokang, and soon made a plan for the construction of the bridge.

After Bi Maokang went back, he immediately organized a meeting of officials above the head of the Dushuiqing Officials Department of the Ministry of Industry to arrange the construction of the two bridges.

He directly divided the relevant officials of the Dushui Qingli Division into two waves. One wave brought relevant bridge experts to be responsible for making bridge piers. After preparing the necessary materials, he immediately set off for the Yeni River and Tungus River to erect bridge piers; the other wave brought relevant bridge experts. Experts are in charge of the bridge frame and bridge deck, and first cooperate with the Daming Royal Machinery Group to prepare the bridge frame materials and then transport them to the Yeni River and the Tungus River.

Because Zhu Cijiong attaches great importance to technology, the officials of the Ministry of Industry are all first-class and first-class capable, and their efficiency is frighteningly high.

The next day, the officials in charge of the bridge pier had already prepared materials such as cement and steel bars, and shipped them directly to Dongdaying. They loaded all the materials on the fleet of the Daming Royal Shipping Company in charge of transshipment, and then rushed to Yenihe and The bridge piers of the Tunguska River have gone.

On the same day, the officials in charge of the bridge frame and bridge deck brought relevant bridge experts directly to the steel plant of Daming Royal Machinery Group in Beijing. With the cooperation of the relevant personnel of the steel plant, they rushed to make the bridge frame materials day and night.

Half a month later, all the materials for the bridge frame were ready, and they also transported all the materials directly to Dongdaying, loaded them on the fleet of the Royal Shipping Company of Ming Dynasty in charge of transshipment, and then rushed to the Yeni River and Tunguska River with the ships.

At this time, the bridge piers on the two rivers have almost been erected, and the railways on both sides have almost been built. Only when the bridge frame and road surface are repaired, can the docking be carried out. The opening of the Western Region Railway and the Siberia Railway is just around the corner!

(End of this chapter)