After the sledge, after experimenting, everyone found that it was indeed useful, and they all admired it for a while. Zhou Hao took the opportunity to suggest: "Use this winter, let Yunshan organize people to make some sailboats. After spring, the Yellow River will thaw, and you can also go up to Xining along the Huang River. In this way, the fifth column will not have to worry about the shortage of supplies."

"Can the river channel here be navigated?" Zou Degui Daqi. Even Zhang Mingrui, Liu Jifeng, and Xu Chaoyuan who were stranded in Haiyuan and rushed to see the sleds were unbelievable.

"This matter was mentioned specifically by Lao Zhao. Someone had tried it in the late Qing Dynasty, but I didn't say it casually." Zhou Hao explained, "At that time, Chang Geng, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, ordered Zhang Binghua, Lanzhou Prefecture, to try the ship administration and check the local chronicles, there should be records."

In the late Qing Dynasty, Zhang Binghua of Lanzhou Prefecture was ordered to try the ship management to clear the water transportation from Lanzhou to Huangshui River to Xining Prefecture and the Yellow River to Baotou Town. Zhang Binghua set up the Ship Management Bureau in Gaolan at the end of 1910 and built 9 ships, and tried to sail several river sections upstream from Gaolan, Pingfan, Nianbo to Xining. After these rivers were repaired and dredged, the ships could pass unimpeded. Unfortunately, after the Xinhai, the Ship Management was also abandoned.

After returning to China at the Dazhu Mountain base with Zhou Tian at the end of November, Zhao Zhenzhong was at the Dazhu Mountain base with Zhou Tian, ​​and he was worried about the information about the northwest from Zhou Tian's collection of information about Xining and Lanzhou. He was also worried about the navigation between Xining and Huangshui. Previously, he and Zhou Hao rushed to Haiyuan together with Zhou Hao and mentioned transportation issues due to difficulties in travel.

Zhang Mingrui, Yang Tianming, Zou Degui and others called Li Yunshan who was rushing back to Lanzhou to handle affairs to catch the machine-made sailboat, while asking people to find Gansu local chronicles to check the records of navigation along the Huangshui River between Xining and Lanzhou.

Although the local chronicles do not mention the specific load of the ship, it is a real record that 9 ships can be built and successfully navigated. This makes Zou Degui, Yu Zhenshan and others very relieved.

"After building a ship and renovating the river channel, there will be another passage from Lanzhou to Hehuang Valley. The development and construction of Qinghai will be much faster." Thinking of the future prospects, Yu Zhenshan, who was going to lead his troops to Qinghai, became excited.

In this era, the flow of Huangshui River was much greater than that of later generations. After the river was renovated, it was fine to pass more than 10 tons of machine sailing ships. In addition to being more affected by the season, the number of materials carried by motor sailing ships exceeded that of rubber wheel trucks. In terms of convenience, there were machinery to make the power, and the speed of going up against the current was also higher than that of horse-drawn carts. If you went downstream, it would take about 10 hours to get there from Xining to Lanzhou.

This winter is busy and fulfilling for the Northwest People's Government and the People's Army. In addition to the tension caused by the Suiyuan earthquake and Sun Dianying and other troops in Linhe and Wuyuan area taking advantage of the fire, it is basically peaceful.

On January 21, 2014, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake occurred in Wuyuan County, Suiyuan. There was a clear tremor in Ningxia, northern Shaanxi, Taiyuan and other places, with the sensory area reaching more than 250 kilometers. Most of the houses in Wuyuan and the surrounding areas were damaged, and many cracks appeared on the frozen land.

The people's houses were damaged, so the barracks of Sun Dianying and other troops who were stationed in Linhe area would not be spared. However, Sun Dianying and others' troops did not carry out any earthquake relief, but instead took advantage of the fire to rob the people after the disaster to use them for their own use, and even arrested people from the victims.

After Zhu Qinglan, Zhao Zhenzhong and others transferred foreign victims to Suiyuan for two consecutive years. Now the population of Suiyuan is almost twice as large as before. Among them, the population of Linhe County has reached more than 100,000. Sun Dianying's troops arrested the young and strong among the more than 100,000 people.

In the last battle to suppress the People's Army, Sun Dianying's troops suffered the most, from the original more than 70,000 to more than 20,000. There were so many losses, Sun Dianying naturally wanted to replenish the team, but the northwest was vast and sparsely populated. In addition, Wang Jingguo and other troops of the Shanxi-Sui Army were also in Linhe County, so Sun Dianying couldn't blatantly think about the local young and strong.

But after the earthquake, after Wang Jingguo and other Jinsui troops led their troops to evacuate, Sun Dianying couldn't help it and began to force young people in Linhe County under the name of "recruiting troops to provide disaster relief".

The actions of Sun Dianying's troops not only caused fear among the victims in Linhe, but also caused the people to flee, and also caused Fu Zuoyi's anger.

Under Fu Zuoyi's order, the 218th Brigade of the 35th Army advanced west from the Pingsui Line, and together with Wang Jingguo and Kong Lingxun's troops, they dispatched troops to the west south of Wuyuan, and cut off the supplies of Sun Dianying and other troops, forcing them to release the people and ordered the troops to leave Suiyuan. Pang Bingxun, who was originally stationed in the Linhe area, and Xiao Zhichu and his troops were not satisfied with Sun Dianying's actions and began to put pressure on them together.

Seeing that the public was angry and the supply was cut off, Sun Dianying had to agree to Fu Zuoyi's conditions. After releasing the people, he took his troops to Heliangtai to Heliangtai and Ma Hongkui and Ma Bufang to accompany him in exchange for restoring the supply. The chicken was not enough to steal the chicken and lose a lot of rice. Sun Dianying's heart was depressed, but now he was not strong and strong, so he had to rely on Suiyuan, so he could only grit his teeth and endure it.

However, due to Sun Dianying's trouble and the severe earthquake disaster, many people in the back area crossed the frozen Yellow River and entered Ningxia in panic, which added nearly 100,000 people to the northwest base.

This is naturally a good thing to increase the population, but we must also beware of people with ulterior motives hidden in it. Zheng Jiantao and others, who were responsible for internal security and defense in the base area, also mobilized their forces to identify relevant personnel. After a busy schedule, some bed bugs were indeed found.

This earthquake and post-quake storm are just an episode experienced by the Northwest Government and the People's Army during this busy winter, and have not had a substantial impact on the base area.

After the Spring Festival, Zhou Tian, ​​Li Yuntian and Liu Chenglin arrived in the northwest base successively, and the Government Affairs Committee finally achieved full staff in early March 2014.

Because Li Yuntian and Liu Chenglin have gained a lot of fame in Qingdao, Shanxi and other places in the past two years, in order to avoid attracting external attention too early, the two were named Tian Yunyi and Lin Chenglou. As for Zhou Tian, ​​although they had never appeared in public before in China, in order to avoid involvement in Huamei Company, they used the name Zhou Luxue gave him before his death as a pseudonym, called Zhou Anshu. In addition, with Zhou Tian's reminder, Zhou Hao also changed his name to Zhou Mingyuan.

At the party, government and military welcome meeting jointly held by the Northwest People's Government and the People's Army, Li Yunshan suggested in public: "Since Zhou Anshu, Tian Yunyi, and Lin Chenglou have arrived at the base, I can also concentrate on developing industry. I think Zhou Anshu is better at taking this government committee home. She can lead everyone in the United States to create the Huamei Company, which is now famous at home and abroad, and will definitely develop the Northwest Base Area better."

Faced with everyone's unanimous agreement, Zhou Anshu said with a smile: "I will focus on party affairs in the future. Jin Sheng from Northwest Bank will be responsible for assisting me in handling daily affairs on the Finance Bureau. This arrangement is also a requirement of Zhenzhong, and I hope everyone can understand it."

After hearing that this was Zhao Zhenzhong's opinion, Tian Yunyi, Li Yunshan, Lin Chenglou and others also accepted it.

Zhou Anshu paused and continued: "According to Zhenzhong's proposal, the chairman of the Government Affairs Committee can be appointed by Tian Yunyi. Since the establishment of Sihai Industrial, for the sake of our team's development and growth, Tian Yunyi has been dealing with different external forces and has always provided various support for the Yimeng base and the northwest base. I personally think that Zhenzhong's proposal is appropriate. The Central Committee members here, alternate members, will raise their hands to vote."

Zhou Anshu, Zhou Mingyuan, Zhang Mingrui, Yang Tianming, Li Yunshan and other five members of the Central Committee of the People's Party, as well as four alternate members of Liu Jifeng, Xu Chaoyuan, Zou Degui, and Lin Chenglou, all raised their hands. However, the person involved, Tian Yunyi, expressed his objection: "I did something before, but I am not familiar with the specific situation of the Northwest Base. It is not appropriate for me to preside over the government committee."

"I object to Tian Yunyi's statement as a member of the People's Party." Zhang Mingrui raised his hand and said, "If you are not familiar with the situation, you can understand and learn, and you cannot become a reason to refuse responsibility. According to the provisions of the Party Constitution, the minority should obey the majority, which is also our collective decision."

The decision to choose the chairman of the Government Affairs Committee should naturally not be interrogated by military personnel, but it is appropriate for Zhang Mingrui to express his opinions as a member of the Central Committee of the People's Party. Now, the central committee members and alternate members in the Northwest Base Area raised their hands to agree with Zhou Anshu's opinion, which has become a collective decision.

Zhou Anshu and Zhou Mingyuan were both a little surprised at Zhang Mingrui's statement. No wonder Zhao Zhenzhong praised him very much. He had grown to this point. At this moment, Zhou Anshu also said: "This is everyone's decision. If you take the burden first, worry that you are not familiar with the situation, then you should quickly understand and learn."

Tian Yunyi was naturally grateful for everyone's support and said, "Okay, since everyone can trust me, I will take the responsibility first. If there are shortcomings and deficiencies in the work, I hope everyone can criticize and correct me."

After the welcome meeting, the candidates from all sides were adjusted, and the solar terms were approaching Jingzhe. When the earth rejuvenated, the relevant industrial and agricultural construction began to become busy. At the same time, the military operation named "Jingzhe" by Zhao Zhenzhong was also on the countdown.

After several months of preparation, the Fourth Column and the Fifth Column had accumulated enough combat materials in Anxi, Xingxingxia, Xining and other places respectively. Under Zou Degui's dispatch, the relevant combat materials were further transported to the Fourth Column and the Fifth Column. The Fourth Column and the Fifth Column were also ready to attack the destination on time.

In Qinghai, Yu Zhenshan, in addition to leaving 5,000 troops to defend the Hehuang Valley, the other 30,000 troops were divided into two:

Fu Mingren led 12,000 people to pass the Heilin Checkpoint and attack Dulan through the northern part of Qinghai Lake. Later, the troops of the unit went southwest through Namu Mountain Pass and advanced to the boundary of the four chieftains of Yushu, pacified the chaos.

Because of the mountain, Wu Deqing led the main force of 18,000 people from Huangyuan to pass the Riyue Mountain Pass, through Gonghe County, Shuoluo Mountain Pass, and Zaling Sea to the Ramatoro Sea, and then turned to the southeast, crossed the Dajinsha River through Tudenggongba, and pacified the enemy in Yushu.

The problem faced by the Fifth Column was not those Tibetan armed forces that were not as good as climate, but the unfamiliar environment and the arduous march of long distances. In order to avoid unnecessary losses such as non-combat reductions, Zhao Zhenzhong specifically reminded him to build a military station along the forward road and gradually move forward with the material support provided by the military station.

But even so, the fifth column's march still cannot cover the entire Qinghai. The northwestern Qinghai region, including the Qaidam Basin, is still beyond the reach of the People's Army. In response, Zhao Zhenzhong could only telegraph Yu Zhenshan and encouraged him: "The fifth column can solve the Qinghai problem within two years, which is a great victory."

Compared with Qinghai, the Fourth Column that marched into Xinjiang had to face the troops of Ma Buqing, Ma Hongkui and Jin Shuren who were gathered in the Hami area, with a total of about 30,000 troops. Although the troops entering Xinjiang were only about 28,000, Chen Zhiyuan decided to fight with the other side head-on at the East Gate of Xinjiang.

However, although it is a head-on battle, the strike direction of the four verticals is also selective.

"It is better to break one of the fingers than to hurt one. With this blow, we will hit the Xinjiang Provincial Defense Forces led by Sheng Shicai." Chen Zhiyuan pointed at the sand table and said in the command center of the Fourth Column of Malianjing in the southeast of Xingxing Gorge.

Qingma and Ningma are old rivals who have fought several times. After being severely damaged by the People's Army, although the horses have good combat effectiveness, they will definitely affect their combat effectiveness when facing the People's Army's attacks. Now the horses are fighting to defend other people's homes. If the master of the Xinjiang Provincial Defense Forces is beaten away, the horses will definitely not be able to stay and fight hard.

On March 7, on the first day after the Jingzhe, in the chilly spring weather, accompanied by the first spring thunder in the north, the People's Army advanced into Qinghai and the "Yingzhe" combat operation to march into Xinjiang was officially launched...

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