The whole team set off. A long motorcade.
At the front are two modified steam trucks, driving side by side in front.
An old centrifugal turbojet engine from an old J-5 fighter jet is installed on the front bumper. A fuel line runs from the turbojet engine to the cabin.
In the bed of the truck are oil tanks. This thing uses quite a lot of fuel.
This is a special vehicle for clearing snow. Rebuilt from a scrapped turbojet engine. Er Lengzi collected more than a dozen units from Shenyang. Although it can no longer be used as an airplane engine, it is still more than adequate as a snowplow.
Behind the snow plow were two steam bulldozers used to level the road. Behind are two rows of four steam rollers. Responsible for compacting the road surface pushed away by the bulldozer. Further back is Yang Fan’s polar RV. There were one hundred and fifty steam trucks behind.
Along the way, we were surrounded by forests, so there was no shortage of fuel. When the ice and snow melt, there is fresh water, so there is no shortage of water.
At this time, Yang Fan felt that it was wise to develop steam engine trucks. As long as the car doesn't break down, you can keep driving. There was neither fuel nor water shortage. Don’t be afraid if your car breaks down. Just bring spare parts and replace them. The steam power pack and transmission can be replaced as a whole. As for repair, we will talk about it when we go back.
Yang Fan and his wife were sitting on the balcony on the second floor of the front of the car, watching the turbojet engine clearing the snow.
"Master, can this thing work? Can such thick snow be blown away by the wind?" Xiao Niangpi asked doubtfully.
"This is not an ordinary wind. Just watch it. As soon as it is opened, the high temperature of thousands of degrees and the flames several times stronger than the typhoon will immediately blow away the snow without a trace." Yang Fan drank. Take a sip of coffee, the old god said calmly.
Weng..., a strange sound came, and the turbojet engine started to rotate. With a bang, a burst of orange-red flames spurted out. Then another engine spewed flames. In the cab, the person next to the driver uses the joystick to control the swing and pitch of the engine and clear the snow in front.
Visible to the naked eye, the flames spurted out instantly cleared away the snow in front. As the car moved forward, there was no snow within ten meters ahead.
The car kept moving at a speed of twenty kilometers, which was about five times the speed of the cloth. There is a road here, and you can go to Shuangchengzi in other seasons. It's just that it's now buried under heavy snow.
In front of the two spray trains, the snow seemed to be blown by the strong wind, flying out in all directions, and it melted in many moments. Bulldozers pushed away uneven areas and removed ice.
A road roller then compacts the road surface. After this trip, as long as it doesn't snow, the road will be restored.
Because the road was built last year, the progress was very smooth.
When you get to Shuangchengzi, it will be difficult to turn around and walk southwest. Because there are no roads there. When walking in summer, you have to use a machete in front to cut down shrubs, vines, and tall grass.
It is about 150 kilometers from Vladivostok to Shuangchengzi. At this speed, we will arrive at around two o'clock in the afternoon. After arriving, we have to stay there for two days.
After all, we still need to prepare various supplies for the army's operations. The large Jurchen army in the East China Sea must also be well planned and planned, after all, the winter march is no joke.
An army of 40,000 to 50,000 people will consume at least 20 to 30 tons of food a day. Fortunately, Yang Fan has a steam truck that can carry six tons of cargo. Because they have to take care of the infantry who are marching on foot. The truck does not need to be too fast, and it can also tow a wooden sledge behind it, and load more supplies on the sledge.
The Jurchens who stayed in the Donghai camp were given sleeping bags, cotton tents for the infantry regiment, and the servants were given the best treatment, using folding vans. It opens to a very large house, where you can live in or serve as a canteen for the army.
The march was not boring, and it was nice to look at the snowy scenery around us.
"Master, what should we eat for lunch?" Xiao Niangpi was a little hungry. We have been marching for more than three hours now. It's already noon.
"How about I cook you a spicy pot and serve it with fragrant rice?" Yang Fan said.
"Okay, okay, I'll add lotus root slices, quail eggs, chicken wing tips and short ribs." Xiao Niangpi immediately agreed.
While Yang Fan's army was setting off, Jiannu's army
We also arrived at the outskirts of Chifeng City. Two hundred and fifty thousand people joined forces to spread over a dozen miles. For a time, dark clouds threatened to overwhelm the city, and the atmosphere became unprecedentedly tense. People outside the city retreated into the city, and they didn't even dare to collect firewood.
Ma Xi failed too quickly, and Tan Shide's army did not have time to enter the forward castle. Looking at the Jiannu Camp in the distance, I had no choice but to enter Chifeng City.
Tan Shide met Ma Dengyun in the festival hall. Ma Dengyun looked solemn, cupped his hands and said, "The current situation of Tanjunmen is very bad."
Tan Shide smiled bitterly and said: "It's not just bad, it's terrible. The princes in the capital don't know how to fight. They point at the map, but we soldiers have broken legs."
"It's better to break a leg than to lose your life. In this situation, if they don't retreat and fight here, are all their minds filled with mud? I don't know who gave His Majesty this bad idea," Ma Dengyun said with a livid face.
What can Tan Shide do? How dare he disobey an order?
He had no choice but to persuade: "No matter how difficult it is, we have to find a way. At least you and I have a small army of a hundred thousand. With the fortified city, we can support it for a short time. After all, there is still the Beijing camp. I heard that Your Majesty also plans to march personally. But the cabinet was frightened, and they had to talk hard to persuade them to stop."
The tragedy of Tumubao cannot happen again. The ministers will not agree to Chongzhen taking the Beijing camp out of seclusion.
"I have withdrawn all the men and horses in the forts on the front line, but the soldiers at the passes behind me cannot move. If we cannot hold Chifeng, we will have to rely on them to stop Jiannu. I only have three to five thousand men in hand now." Madengyun said.
"How much food and grass is there in Chifeng City?" Tan Shide didn't ask anything else. He asked about food and grass when he came up.
Ma Dengyun smiled bitterly and said: "The Ministry of War approved me a year's worth of food and grass, which is enough for 50,000 people to eat for a year. However, I was actually only given half. At least one-third of the food was mixed with sand."
Tan Shide knows the virtues of the men in the Ministry of War and their wealth.
However, I was shocked to hear that there was only enough food to feed 50,000 people for four months. I brought 50,000 people with me and asked for their food. Isn’t this nonsense? This time there is only enough food for two months. Isn't it a joke to prepare two months' worth of military rations for a war of this level?
"My army is full of 50,000 people. How can this be enough to eat? We are fighting Jiannu. It's winter again. How can we fight if we don't have enough to eat in the ice and snow outside the Great Wall? Isn't this a blind command by the Ministry of War?" Tan Shide scolded.
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