This is the only problem with using railways to implement blitzkrieg. Compared with tanks and armored vehicles, trains cannot function without railways. It is very simple to prevent the enemy from using railways - tear down the rails and blow up the railways. It is as simple as that.
But something.
And this is also the most difficult part of implementing this plan. Once the railway is destroyed, the surprise attack will turn into a strong attack. However, they also have corresponding plans to deal with this.
"Whether the surprise attack will be successful or not depends on a lot of chance. We will implement it according to the plan, and leave the rest to God!"
Zhu Xianhai said.
"For now, I am more concerned about another thing - the Yunling Tunnel! The tunnel has not been completed yet, so we can only send armored trains and military supplies to Linhai by sea. This section is between Nanhua and Linhai
of the appendix, unless this tunnel is opened, there will be no conquest at all!"
The so-called "Yunling Tunnel" is not a tunnel, but a group of six tunnels. It is the most complex section of the railway passing through the Andes. These tunnels have been under construction for several years and have not yet been completed.
Frowning, Zhu Xianhai emphasized.
"We must understand one thing - no country has been conquered since Napoleon. Now we are going to conquer and occupy Chile - after implementing this plan, it will inevitably arouse repercussions around the world, and it is very likely that
It will cause the entire America to be hostile to us. Gentlemen! I think it is very likely that we will have to fight with the Americas - Now, this is enough. When the time comes, how should we deal with all this? There are too many sea route support logistics
uncertainties."
The railway has been under construction for almost five years, but the Andes Mountains, thousands of miles above sea level, have restricted the speed of railway construction, and even the completion date has been delayed again and again.
Zhu Xianhai said with a forced smile.
"This is also a problem that we must work hard to solve before we implement this plan!"
In fact, the reason why Zhu Xianhai took a special train into the mountains this time was, to put it bluntly, to supervise and check the progress of the railway construction, and then walk over the Andes to Linhai.
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Time flies by day by day, and amidst the rumbling sound of cannons fired, the tunnel extends forward bit by bit.
Although it was midsummer in February, the temperature at the construction site of the team tunnel, which was more than 3,000 meters above sea level, was only in the teens and 10s. However, the workers in the tunnel were still sweating profusely and drilling holes with hammers and drills. There was no wind in this era.
Cannons only have the most primitive artificial holes, filled with explosives and detonators to detonate.
In this way, people fought against the solid granite, bit by bit gnawing out a tunnel in the mountain. The tunnel echoed day and night with the sound of hammer blows, as well as the explosions of work blasting. The explosions were always heard in the silence.
The mountains echoed.
Inside the tunnel, there was a jingle and a jingle. The mountain water seeping from the top of the tunnel dripped on the workers' faces. No one paid attention to it, letting the water droplets flow down their clothes and trousers and fall to the ground.
"Brothers, keep working hard. I heard that the Erlang Peak side is about to be opened. We should also work hard..."
Sun Sanwei, who was holding an iron drill in his hand, shouted. Wang Caiwang, who was wielding an iron hammer, wiped the water droplets from his face and said with a smile.
"Hey, let's work harder. One day earlier, the reward will be more!"
Li Husheng joked:
"Yes, the more days in advance, the more reward money will be. Once all is cleared, the reward money may be equivalent to a month's salary."
The workers in the tunnel grinned with joy.
Zhao Linbin also laughed as he listened to the brothers' words. Maybe they were laughing so happily that they forgot the work at hand, but even so, there was still a faint sound of hammers.
"Wait, wait, don't laugh..."
Yang Linbin shouted.
Then he leaned against the stone wall and listened, and this time he heard the sound more clearly.
"It's connected, it's connected, yes, it's the voice coming from the other side..."
While excited, Yang Linbin did not forget to shout.
"Quick, tell the captain, listen to the voice on the other side and send a telegram quickly..."
"Everyone, work harder! The tunnel will be opened tonight!"
Saying that, Yang Linbin grabbed a hammer, looked at the iron drill and hammered it hard.
The hammering sound of the hammer sounded again.
Soon, finally, after the blast holes were drilled, the workers pressed explosives into the blast holes. A few minutes later, along with a series of loud noises, the tunnel was filled with dust. After a while, under the choking
In the dust, a series of explosions came from the tunnel. The explosions shook the mountain, and a stream of dust poured out of the tunnel along with the explosions.
"It's open, it's open...the tunnel is open..."
They didn't even need to enter the tunnel to know that the smoke was caused by the cannon fired from the other side.
The tunnel is open!
The whole construction site was boiling for a while.
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On February 14, 1866, with the opening of the last tunnel, the tunnel was opened, the arch wall was built, and the rails were laid.
A railway runs through mountains and ridges, traversing the land of South America. The shiny steel rails were laid all the way from Nanhua to Linhai. Construction of this railway started in Nanhua in July 1861 and in Linhai in November. Finally, it was connected to become a
overall.
In this land of South America, a steel avenue was born!
On March 15, a train approached the Yunling Tunnel. After the train stopped, Zhu Xianhai got off the train. After learning that the tunnel was repaired, he had been waiting for the day when the railway was connected.
One day, today the railway is finally open to traffic, and he will symbolically drive the last spike - driving this spike also means that the Pacific Railway is open to traffic.
"Lord, you see, this is Yunling. It is because of this fog that everyone calls it Yunling..."
Wang Yingjiu pointed at the slowly rising clouds on the hillside and said.
"Well, this name is well chosen and very descriptive. Yunling... the mountain is just as its name suggests!"
Zhu Xianhai smiled.
With the influx of a large number of Chinese workers, many Chinese place names appeared in the Andes. These place names were often imagined by the workers based on their appearance. But these are Chinese place names, which are the Chinese people’s legacy on this land.
The imprints coming down.
Of course, this also means some kind of claim - claiming that the Chinese people are integrated with this land. When these place names appear on the map, when one after another Chinese-style titles appear on this continent, this is not
Conquest is not occupation, but integration - from this moment on, the Chinese nation became the masters of this land just like the Europeans back then.
Dozens of minutes later, with people watching, Zhu Xianhai drove a gold-plated spike into the sleeper with a hammer - the Pacific Railway was opened to traffic!