Mr. Zhu said: "The problem is that the Soviet army simply does not have enough fuel."
Vice Chairman Zhou also sighed: "It would be great if there was a second Siberian Railway."
"I'm afraid it would be useless to have a second Siberian Railway." Chairman Mao shook his head and said, "Because the Japanese aviation can also bomb the second railway. The railway line is too long and the Soviet air force cannot defend it, while the Japanese aviation only needs
Blowing up one section of the railway track can cause the entire railway to be completely shut down."
At this time, Xu Rui suddenly interjected: "But what if we transport a large amount of gasoline and diesel to the western cluster of the Soviet Far East Front through the Baotou Tea Road?"
Chairman Mao and the other three looked at each other in confusion for a moment.
After a long while, Vice Chairman Zhou asked: "Xiao Xu, where can we get gasoline and diesel?"
Mr. Zhu said: "There is an oil field in Yanchang County, but the output is very small. Moreover, we do not have a modern oil refinery in the Yan'an Border Region, but only a small workshop-style oil refinery. Therefore, even if the oil output is sufficient, there is no way to produce
Enough to supply gasoline and diesel for the Soviet Far East Front."
Xu Rui said: "Boss, we don't have oil refining equipment, but the Soviets do! It is very difficult to transport large quantities of oil through the Siberian Railway, but it is not difficult to secretly transport a complete set of oil refinery equipment. As long as the equipment is transported to Kulun, you can
It was transported back to Yan'an via the camel caravan of Baotou tea merchants."
Mr. Zhu said: "But there are no large oil fields in Yanchang."
"It's true," Xu Ruixin said nonsensically, "I remember during the Second Battle of Songhu, I went to visit an old professor in the Department of Geology at Hujiang University. At that time, I wanted to ask him about the possibility of digging tunnels in the western suburbs of Shanghai.
After talking about the business, the old professor accidentally mentioned the oil fields in Yanchang County."
"Oh, really?" Vice Chairman Zhou also became interested after hearing this, "What did the old professor say?"
Xu Rui replied: "The old professor said that he passed by Yanchang County during his scientific research in the early years and found that the geological structure of Yanchang County belongs to oil-rich terrain. Unfortunately, due to funding reasons, he was unable to conduct in-depth surveys of Yanchang County. However,
According to his judgment, the oil reserves in Yanchang County are absolutely impossible to be small, at least in billions of tons!"
Of course Xu Rui made up the old professor stuff casually, but he didn’t lie about the reserves of Yanchang Oilfield. This will be one of the top ten oil fields in China in the future, with proven reserves of more than 2 billion tons! Of course, this is not
There are recoverable reserves, but this is enough to prove how rich the oil reserves are in the Yanchang Oilfield.
The current production scale of Yanchang Oilfield is so small because the drilling equipment is too shallow.
Once the drilling depth exceeds 100 meters, the huge reserves of Yanchang Oilfield will be immediately revealed.
Seeing Xu Rui's vow, which didn't look like he was lying, Chairman Mao also showed a rare look of solemnity on his face.
"Xiao Xu, are you telling the truth?" Chairman Mao asked, "Is there really such an old professor who once said that the oil reserves in Yanchang County Oilfield are at least hundreds of millions of tons?"
"Chairman, I guarantee this with my party spirit!" Xu Rui said solemnly.
"Okay, I believe you." Chairman Mao said again, "Is that old professor still alive?"
Xu Rui immediately shook his head and said: "He is no longer here. He was killed in a Japanese bombing."
"What a pity." Vice Chairman Zhou did not doubt the authenticity of Xu Rui's words and said with great regret, "Such knowledgeable experts and professors are the most precious wealth of our country and our Chinese nation. If they were alive, if they were
If you can survive until the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, you will be able to make great contributions to the country and the nation."
"This is all the fault of the little devils." Mr. Zhu said bitterly, "That's why we have to drive away the devils."
Xu Rui added: "Chairman, boss and Vice Chairman Zhou, I think so. In addition to oil, we can even build a meat processing factory and a clothing factory to provide the Soviet army with all the supplies they need.
In this way, the Soviet Far Eastern Front will no longer be constrained by the Siberian Railway, and can free its hands and feet to fight with the Japanese."
"Is that why you traded Guisui and Fu Zuoyi for Baotou?" Chairman Mao said with a smile, "So you had already planned to build a quilt factory and a food factory in Baotou? But your idea is very good, because Baotou is not only
The transportation is convenient and there are abundant human resources, so just go ahead and do it, the central government will fully support it!"
Mr. Zhu said: "If possible, we will also strive to build an arsenal!"
"This may be very difficult," Xu Rui said, "but I will try my best to fight for it."
Xu Rui also wants to build Baotou into a heavy industrial base, power plants, steel mills, arsenals, etc., and strive to provide all weapons and equipment to the Soviet Far East Front, and even provide repair services for Soviet tanks and aircraft. In this case
The Eighth Route Army will soon have armored groups and even aviation groups.
However, this is extremely difficult, and Xu Rui dare not guarantee it.
Because if the Soviet Union really wants to do this, it will not only mean that the Communist Party will gain preliminary heavy industry capabilities, but also mean that the power between the Communist Party and the Kuomintang will be unbalanced, because at this time, the Kuomintang's heavy industry manufacturing capabilities are very weak, so as China's ruling party,
The Kuomintang will definitely lodge a serious protest.
In other words, if the Soviet Union really helped the Communist Party to establish a heavy industrial base in northern Shaanxi, the Nationalist government would most likely break off diplomatic relations with the Soviet government. The Soviet government's current international situation is not very good. Not only the Western forces led by the United States, Britain and France
Adopting a hostile policy towards the Red Soviet Union, even Germany secretly coveted the Soviet Union.
Not to mention this, the key point is that the Soviet Union is at war with Japan in the Far East, and the relationship with Finland has also been very tense recently.
At this time, the Soviet government will never take the risk of severing diplomatic relations with the Nationalist government to help the CCP establish an industrial base in northern Shaanxi. No matter how outstanding Xu Rui's ability is, it is impossible to change the international trend, let alone change it against the will of heaven.
Life, so regarding the arsenal, he could only try his best to fight for it, but he did not dare to say that it would definitely succeed.
Of course, Chairman Mao and Mr. Zhu can understand this.
Vice Chairman Zhou added: "Comrade Xiao Xu, this time when you go north to Kulun, communication with Comrade Zhukov is very important, so you'd better bring a Russian translator."
"I was about to talk about this." Xu Rui smiled and said, "I need a Russian translator."
As a special operations soldier who traveled from the 21st century, Xu Rui is proficient in many languages. However, he has never learned Russian because the pronunciation of Russian is too awkward for him, even in the winter.
Rolling up your tongue and blowing bubbles into ice water is also a skill you haven't learned how to pronounce in Russian.
Vice Chairman Zhou turned to the guard and said, "Go to the Propaganda Department and call Comrade Toya over."
The guard agreed and turned around. Vice Chairman Zhou said to Xu Rui: "The female comrade who is coming later is called Ulantoya. She is of Mongolian origin. She has just returned from studying at Moscow University in the Soviet Union. She is proficient in Russian and is also very lively and enthusiastic.
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As Vice Chairman Zhou was talking, footsteps suddenly sounded outside, and a heroic female soldier strode in.
This female Eighth Route Army has a fair face, curved eyebrows, and a pair of long, slender legs. Even the rustic gray cloth military uniform cannot hide it. From a male perspective, she is undoubtedly very attractive.
Beauty, but Xu Rui didn't even squint his eyes. After Sai Hongfu and Xiao Taohong died, he changed his temper.
As soon as the female Eighth Route Army member walked in, she stood at attention and said: "Report to the chief, Propaganda Department Director Ulantoya is here to report."
"Comrade Toya, come, let me introduce you." Vice Chairman Zhou said with a smile, "This is the fighting hero you have been clamoring to meet, Comrade Xu Rui, the leader of the Chahar Independent Regiment.
"
"Are you Captain Xu?" The female Eighth Route Army's face immediately showed an extremely warm look, then she rushed up and grabbed Xu Rui's right hand, and said excitedly, "I've met you in person, Captain Xu.
I don’t know, the sisters in our Propaganda Department are all talking about you, saying that you have three heads and six arms, you are one foot two feet three inches tall, your eyes are bigger than copper bells, your arms are so powerful that you can split tigers and leopards, and you can kill Japanese enemies just like you.
Like a chicken."
"That's all spreading rumors." Xu Rui withdrew his right hand without leaving any trace.
"Well, it turns out that Captain Xu is also a normal person." Ulantoya said with a smile.
Xu Rui smiled lightly and said, "I'm so sorry to disappoint Miss Toya."
"I'm not disappointed, I'm not disappointed." Ulantoya shook her hands and said enthusiastically, "Captain Xu is much more handsome than I thought. Only if you really look as fierce as the legend says, will I really know how to do it?"
Disappointed."
Seeing Ulantoya chirping there, Chairman Mao and the three of them looked at each other and smiled.
This kind of story of innocent female college students meeting the fighting heroes in their hearts is performed every day in Yan'an. Many of the female college students have even married the fighting heroes. However, Comrade Ulantoya and Xu Rui are destined to be together.
No chance, because Xu Rui is already married, and the relationship between the couple is very good.
Xu Rui did not stay too long in Yan'an. After interviewing Chairman Mao, Mr. Zhu and Vice Chairman Zhou, he went to Yanchang County without stopping, took a cursory look at the Yan'an Oilfield, and then met with Ulantoya
We gathered together and set off to return north. Because of the lesbian Ulantoya, the speed of returning north this time was slower.
A full week later, Xu Ruicai finally returned to Baotou City with Ulantoya.
At this time, the recruitment work led by Leng Tiefeng had already been fully launched in Baotou. Due to the sufficient publicity, many Mongolian herdsmen came to apply. Leng Tiefeng selected more than a thousand people with excellent riding skills to join the army.
The Chahar Independent Regiment expanded its strength to more than 2,000 men.
Next comes the intense winter training.
In late October, the situation in Baotou was on track. Xu Rui finally took the Zuanshanbao sniper team and headed north, preparing to go to Kulun to meet Zhukov. Before leaving, Yan'an sent a secret telegram to the Comintern in the name of the Chinese Communist Party.
Xu Rui briefly stated his intention to go north to Cullen.