Twenty minutes later, Zhang Shi took Zhang Kuan back to the county government office and immediately instructed Zhang Kuan to send people to notify the mayors of each town to come to the county for a meeting.

The notice also began to order people to send the telegram from the headquarters for printing in preparation for subsequent distribution and publicity.

Everything was busy, although Zhang Shi didn't understand the meaning of the first three-year plan written in the message.

However, Zhang Shi could understand the urgent orders to develop industry and improve the economy, calling on the people of the county to actively respond and participate.

At the same time, almost the same scene happened in Shenmu County at almost the same time, and County Magistrate Wang Jun also received an urgent telegram from Jilin.

He also immediately ordered his men to start making preparations.

In just one week, Zhang Xinghan's notice on the first three-year plan basically spread throughout the three northeastern provinces.

Most of the people have learned the news, in order to let the people know what the three-year plan is.

Organized by Zang Shiyi, the Security Bureau and the Logistics Department jointly dispatched batches of personnel to visit various counties and towns to provide detailed explanations and introductions to the people.

In fact, even if they don't explain it, the people will respond positively once they hear that Commander-in-Chief Zhang personally gave the order.

Of course, they don't know what to do, so just responding positively is not enough.

With the explanations from the personnel of the Security Bureau and the Logistics Department, most of the people understood the general meaning of the matter, and expressed their firm support and cooperation with the calls of the local governments.

At the same time, after more than a week of preparations, the first official newspaper belonging to the Northeast Border Guard, the Northeast Times, was officially established.

The Northeast Times is headquartered in Jilin. There is only one headquarters when it was first established. However, Zang Shiyi plans for them in the future to establish branches in all major cities in the Northeast within one year.

In order to support the development of Northeast Times, Zhang Xinghan specially spent 200,000 yuan from the already tight finances as the initial capital for development.

After completing some of his own preparations, Zhang Xinghan went to Alice for help. He first solved some equipment problems for industrial development, such as mining equipment for iron ore mines and coal mines.

Nowadays, the territory of the Northeast Border Guard has expanded, and there are more mineable coal resources and steel resources.

In order to carry out industrial development, these resources must be fully utilized.

Ultimately, Zhang Xinghan's goal also includes exploiting the Daqing Oilfield, which is China's largest oilfield with reserves of 5.67 billion tons.

Although it cannot be compared with the major oil-producing countries in the Middle East such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Iraq in later generations, in China and the Far East, the Daqing Oilfield is a very important oil mining area.

Of course, these must be done step by step and cannot be rushed.

Naturally, Alice agreed, and Zhang Xinghan agreed to buy the equipment he needed at the selling price. Therefore, Alice quickly sent a message back to China and arranged for someone to handle the list of the first batch of equipment that Zhang Xinghan needed.

After solving the first batch of equipment problems, Zhang Xinghan began to prepare for the deployment of the strategic air force and other matters.

In the Jilin headquarters, Zhang Xinghan and Jiang Baili were discussing important matters around the map.

Pointing to Japan on the map, Zhang Xinghan said: "Chief of Staff, look at it, if our strategic bombers are deployed in South Korea, especially Busan, then the effective strike range of our air force will be able to cover the entire territory of Japan.

I have said that our industrial development is lagging behind the Japanese in all aspects. If we want to catch up with them, we must not only accelerate our own development, but also do everything possible to hinder the development of Japan's domestic industry.

Strategic bombing is the best method. Coupled with the blockade of our submarine forces at sea, although it cannot completely paralyze the Japanese industrial development, it can also play a certain retarding effect.

The most important thing is that once their homeland continues to be attacked by air attacks and the sea surface is frequently attacked, it will inevitably stimulate the Japanese military development to tilt towards the navy and air force.

With a sense of crisis, the Japanese's first thought will no longer be to invade our country, but how to protect themselves and ensure that their homeland is protected from our strategic bombing and naval attack and blockade."

Jiang Baili nodded and said: "Everything you said makes sense, sir, but first of all, the maximum range of our He111 bombers currently in service is only 1,700 kilometers, and the straight-line flight distance from Busan to Tokyo is close to 900 kilometers.

Not counting combat time, it has far exceeded the maximum round-trip distance of our bombers.

Moreover, air strikes on the Japanese mainland will inevitably be attacked by Japan's powerful anti-aircraft firepower, and the cost will definitely be quite high."

"Strictly speaking, the He111 bomber is just a short- to medium-range medium-sized bomber. It is not a strategic bomber. The strategic bomber I am talking about is not it, but someone else." Zhang Xinghan said calmly.

"Is there someone else?" Jiang Baili asked curiously: "I wonder what kind of bomber it is?"

"A flying fortress bomber with a range of nearly three thousand kilometers." Zhang Xinghan said with a smile.

The Flying Fortress bomber Zhang Xinghan mentioned was the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber he checked on his watch last night and confirmed his selection.

This was the main bomber used by the US military in the early to mid-term of World War II, and was later replaced by the famous B-29 Super Flying Fortress bomber.

The specific data of the b-17 Flying Fortress bomber are as follows: Members: 10 people (5 gunners) Weapons: 13x12.7mm

Bomb load: 8 tons, length: 22.66m, height: 5.82m, wingspan: 31.65m, total weight: 25 tons, engine: 4x1200 horsepower, range: 2979 kilometers

Cruising speed: 273 km/h

Maximum speed: 483 km/h

Height:10,667m

Although its overall performance is not as good as the later Super Flying Fortress B-29 fighter, it was also an extremely excellent strategic bomber at this time.

Especially the eight-ton bomb load, which is only one pound less than the B29, a B-17 can drop more than 15,000 kilograms of various aerial bombs. If your own air force can equip a hundred such bombers,

The destructive power it possesses can be imagined.

Similar to the Zero fighter, this B-17 Flying Fortress was an aircraft that shone brightly during World War II. Its real mature production should have been in the late 1930s and early 1940s.

Had it been released in advance in 1934, its excellent performance would have been unparalleled among bombers.

As for the B-29 Super Flying Fortress bomber, it is not that it is not available on the watch, but it has not been unlocked, and the cost is also quite expensive.

According to the current situation, the B-17 bomber is completely sufficient, so Zhang Xinghan is in no rush to equip the B-29, an epoch-making super bomber, to prevent it from falling into the hands of other countries in the event of an accident.

In addition, another reason why Zhang Xinghan chose the B-17 bomber is that the Zero fighter currently equipped by the Northeast Border Guard Air Force can completely keep up with the B-17 bomber in terms of range.

The Zero's maximum range is 3,000 kilometers, so it can provide effective escort for the B-17 Flying Fortress throughout the entire journey.

I believe that as long as there are full escorts by Zero fighter jets, no Japanese aircraft will be able to break through the obstruction of the Zero fighter during the air attack on the Japanese mainland and pose a threat to the B17 bomber group.

What they need to deal with is the intensive Japanese anti-aircraft fire, which can be avoided by raising the flight altitude.

Although the effect of high-altitude bombing is not good, it is better than lowering the flying altitude and being shot down by ground anti-aircraft fire.

"A bomber with a range of nearly three thousand kilometers?" Jiang Baili was surprised again and looked at Zhang Xinghan in disbelief.

"Don't think too much. Didn't I go find Alice yesterday? This aircraft is produced by the Americans and is modeled as the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber. I thought we needed it, so I asked Alice to order it for us.

Fifty of them are expected to arrive soon." Zhang Xinghan made nonsense. Anyway, it was impossible for Jiang Baili to find out or check the specific information about the B-17 bombers.

Because the Americans are still in the preliminary development stage, the b-17 is still on the design drawings, and maybe even the Americans themselves don’t know it’s called the b-17.

Two months later, the first batch of mining equipment ordered by Zhang Xinghan arrived and was put into use in coal mines in Benxi and other places. Local people, under the call of local government departments at all levels, mobilized one after another and participated in the mining work with great enthusiasm.

In the process of reconstruction and expansion of the field.

Zhang Xinghan also produced the first batch of fifty B-17 Flying Fortress bombers for the Air Force at Pyongyang Airport and delivered them to the 3rd Division of the Air Force for training.

A month later, fifty B-17 Flying Fortress bombers and one hundred Zero fighter jets successively entered the repaired and expanded Busan Military Airport.

Begin preparations for the final exercise of strategic air strikes on the Japanese mainland.

In the past three months or so, the expansion of mines in various places has also achieved considerable results. Among them, the Benxi Coal Mine and Fushun Coal Mine, which were damaged by the war, have successfully resumed full production.

There are already considerable coal mines and iron miners in the Northeast, and Zhang Xinghan has been operating in the Huolinhe Coal Mine for a long time over the years.

Therefore, there is no shortage of skilled coal miners and technicians, all of whom are veteran workers transferred directly from the Huolinhe Coal Mine.

The training of naval officers and soldiers has also lasted for more than a year, and more than 10,000 naval officers and soldiers have basically been able to drive warships for routine patrol and defense in the offshore area of ​​​​the Bohai Bay.

Of course, the offshore waters of the Bohai Bay are very safe as there are no Japanese surface ships anymore due to the deterrence of the Northeast Frontier Force Air Force.

The training of the first batch of 500 submarine force officers and soldiers is also going on like a fire. In the past three months, the submarine trainees have completed theoretical lectures, and then they need practical exercises.

ps: Today’s five updates make up for yesterday’s lack of updates. I also want to thank Mr. Wang Arthur for another generous reward. I also want to thank all those who voted for the monthly votes and gave rewards for their support. Thank you Qiufeng, because I have to go again tomorrow.

Driving practice in the county, so there will only be two chapters of 6,000 words updated, hereby give you a notice.

Next month's update volume will be kept at about 200,000 words, with a minimum of 6,000 words per day, which is relatively less than this month.
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