On December 30, in Qifu, Ancheng, Huai Province, Qi Xieyuan's face was ashen. When he saw the newspaper that read "Xu Fuliang was killed," he smashed his tea bowl in anger.
"Okay, very good!"
"Lu Yongxiang, you forced me to do this!"
How could Qi Xieyuan not be angry? You must know that Xu Fuliang is his confidant.
He tried his best to arrange Xu Fuliang into the capital of Shanghai to fight for meat with Lu Yongxiang, but Lu Xiaojia didn't show any martial ethics and shot him directly!
The adjutant outside the door heard a strange noise and quickly entered the room, "Commander, what happened?"
Seeing this, Qi Xieyuan could only calm down. As if he had made a decision, he asked the adjutant:
"That batch of Fuso arms has been issued to the newly organized 29th Division. Where is Qi Lu now?"
"Commander, the young master has already taken up his post. He is now in Xinghua County, directly at the 29th Division camp."
"Okay, I'll send an order right away, asking him to lead the 29th Division, move to Yangzhou City in two days, meet up with the two garrison brigades stationed in the city, and then lead the two garrison brigades across the Yangtze River to Liyang."
When the adjutant heard this, he knew that Marshal Qi wanted to start a war with Lu Yongxiang again.
"Commander, this time we need to send electricity to Marshal Yu and Marshal Cao in Pingjing and ask them to send orders..."
Before the adjutant finished speaking, he was interrupted by Qi Xieyuan, who snorted coldly.
"Hmph, I sent electricity many times before and requested to attack Lu Yongxiang, but they all rejected me."
"This Marshal Yu has been busy guarding against Fengjun all day, fearing Zhang Yulin's comeback. Marshal Cao is even thinking about how to squeeze out Li Yuanhong and become president himself. These two guys are probably not in the mood to care about us."
"We will work alone this time. When I defeat Lu Yongxiang and take the entire Hudu and Yu Province as our own, they will not ask me for help."
"Yes, Commander, I will go and draw up the order right away!"
After that, the adjutant was about to leave, but was stopped by Qi Xieyuan, "Wait, I haven't finished speaking yet!"
"Send out my Zhiliu Division as well. This time I want to capture Lu Yongxiang in one fell swoop. It is enough to leave two garrison brigades on the north bank. I also have Qi Lu try to gather the troops in Liyang City within ten days."
After the adjutant left, Qi Xieyuan became more and more angry. He overturned the table in anger and started smashing the items in the living room, cursing in his mouth:
"His grandma, if I don't skin you Lu family and his son this time, my surname will not be Qi!"
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Five days later, in a barren mountain outside Taizhou, 50 Caterpillar D-4 bulldozers, 20 Bucharest M2 cranes, 30 Caterpillar P7 excavators, 100 Euclid E1Z dump trucks, and tens of thousands of The workers were already ready.
The picture shows the Caterpillar D-4 bulldozer equipped by the U.S. Engineer Barracks
"Start construction!"
As the order was issued, several excavators and bulldozers took the lead. With a deafening roar, big trees in the mountains were uprooted.
The picture shows Caterpillar P7 excavator and Euclid E1Z dump truck
Not long after, the wasteland that was just overgrown with weeds and leafy branches was cleared.
At the same time, cranes and excavators also began to load and unload sleepers, rails, and ballast on trucks.
The picture shows the Bucharest M2 crane
In the open space aside, Lu Xiaojia was smoking a cigarette and watching this scene with relish.
The construction vehicles and drivers in front of him were naturally bought by him in the system mall.
With the help of these big guys, the speed of building railway lines will be greatly increased.
In addition, sleepers, rails, ballast... these materials can be purchased in the system mall, and the cost will be greatly reduced. It is estimated that it will cost 13 million silver dollars to build the approximately 270 kilometers of Taihang-Hangzhou Railway.
Zhan Wenzong, who was standing next to Lu Xiaojia, was already stunned and couldn't help but marvel.
"Master Lu, you are really willing to spend money. These construction vehicles in front of you are probably expensive."
Lu Xiaojia just laughed at this.
"Haha, as long as Mr. Zhan can speed up the progress, it will all be worth it. The railway transportation network is so important to a country."
"By the way, this railway will cross the Lingjiang River and a cross-river railway bridge will be built. I wonder if Mr. Zhan Wenzong has a clue now."
Zhan Wenzong was confident about this, pointing to a young man beside him and saying:
"Master Lu, don't worry about this. The person next to me, Mao Weisheng, is a top student at Samui University. He knows a construction method called the caisson method. Building a cross-river bridge will not be a problem at all."
Lu Xiaojia was a little surprised. The Mr. Mao Weisheng in front of him was a famous railway transportation expert in China. He was in charge of the famous Qianjiang Bridge.
"Hello, Mr. Mao, it seems that this time we are building a cross-river railway bridge, which will trouble you."
Mao Weisheng seemed a little panicked and quickly held Lu Xiaojia's hand and exchanged greetings.
"Master Lu, you don't have to be polite. You are willing to spend a lot of money to vigorously develop railway transportation. You are not a first-class person like other warlords who only fight among themselves.
"Recently, I heard that Master Lu, you are still building schools and vigorously developing education. In our opinion, these actions are beneficial to the country and the people. Master Lu, you are by no means a thing in the pond. You will turn into a dragon when encountering a storm. , the roar of dragons in the sky is shocking, and you can dive and swim in the wind and clouds!"
Don't tell me that the flattering Lu Xiaojia was very comfortable. At this moment, a jeep drove quickly. Zheng Yao got out of the car first and then trotted over.
"Lu Zuo, this is the latest trend in Huai Province. Please check it and make a decision."
Lu Xiaojia took the envelope in his hand and walked aside. After reading it, she couldn't help but sneer.
The letter clearly states that several main divisions and garrison brigades of the Huai Province Direct Army have been moving towards Liyang City in recent days. This sign clearly shows that Qi Xieyuan has been a little ready to make a move recently.
Qi Xieyuan, tell me how arrogant you are, and you really want to break up with me in advance.
Since you want to leave the field early, I, Lu Xiaojia, can help you in advance.
"Feihu, come here."
"You immediately send a telegram to the engineering barracks in the Huzhou area to speed up the road repair work from Hangzhou to Changxing, and complete the repair task for me in three days."
"Yes, Master."
Lu Xiaojia had expected all this, but he was not panic now. After all, most of the warlord troops now marched on two legs and the speed was relatively slow.
What's more, most of the troops of the Zhili Army are still in Yangzhou City. If they want to come to Liyang, they have to cross the Yangtze River between Yangzhou and Zhenjiang.
You must know that there is no bridge across the Yangtze River now. The tens of thousands of soldiers, horses, and ammunition of the Zhizhi Army relied on only a few boats to cross the river, and the crossing speed was very slow.
