The Yellow River in late autumn is rippling with blue waves. The Yellow River should not become the Yellow River in Lanzhou because it has not been washed by the Loess Plateau. The river water is filled with clear blue waves, lingering on the north side of Lanzhou City, and adding a different color to this famous western city. At present, large areas of factory areas have appeared along the river, bringing vitality to this ancient and young city.

The railway from Taiyuan to Yumen passes through the city, and the railway from Lanzhou to Xining has added a more prosperous color to the city. With the pace of war, it has become an important hub of the railway artery. The importance of this city is becoming increasingly prominent. It is the largest city connecting the mainland in the west, especially under the pull of the railway artery, the population of this city has surged. Given its important geographical location, Lanzhou has become the largest industrial and commercial city in the west in a blink of an eye.

A train slowly crossed the Yellow River Bridge, which was heading north and south, and slowly drove into the train station on the south bank of the Yellow River. At present, Lanzhou City has formed an old city, mainly commercial, and the new city area is mainly new residential construction, mainly to meet the wealthy class who has been constantly migrating here. The industrial area is mainly composed of continuous factories. The entire urban area has undergone scientific and reasonable planning. Here we can fully see the urban construction concept advocated by Mu Yaping. It can be said that his concept of a new era is everywhere.

When planning the development of the western region, Mu Yaping strictly ordered all localities to come up with an overall urban plan and he had to take a look at it himself. Especially for the city's drainage system, Mu Yaping required it to meet the once-in-a-century standard. Mu Yaping personally asked about the city's sewage discharge, and he was warned of the underground culvert model in London, England. Especially on the main roads in Lanzhou City, a mesh-shaped underground secret passage has been formed. He does not want the situation of the roads being dug and paved and dug in the future. At least the city's water supply and drainage function will last for a hundred years.

Although such a measure was very invested in the early stage, its long-term effect was immeasurable. Many people disagreed with it at the beginning, but Mu Yaping opposed it strongly, and even a little unreasonable. Perhaps this is the effect of the strong. Although Ma Hongbin was a little depressed at the beginning, he still implemented Mu Yaping's orders without fail. After several years of development, especially after the outbreak of the war, the population explosion, and a large number of industrial and mining enterprises moved here, and the urban functions invested in the early began to play a role.

Mu Yaping will take this opportunity to create a model for the future modern city and set a model for the future construction of Chinese cities. A fully functional city style will drive the orderly planning of future urban construction, thereby laying the long-term plan for future urban construction.

At this time, Lanzhou Station was crowded with people. Leaded by Gansu Provincial Chairman Ma Hongbin, senior officials such as Chen Yiwen, who had become the director of Lanzhou Industrial Development Zone, gathered on the platform. They looked forward to watch and waited happily for Mu Yaping's special train to arrive. Although the weather was getting colder and the bleak autumn wind kept blowing from the Mongolian Plateau, the strong heat created by people on the platform was like a hot stove.

The train stopped, and Mu Yaping and his wife walked off the train slowly. Ma Hongbin took the lead and said excitedly: "Commander Mu, I heard that you are coming to Lanzhou. We are waiting for you all day and night, and we are very happy to see you. Commander Mu led the soldiers in the northwest to stubbornly block the Japanese attack. On behalf of the people of the northwest, I would like to express my highest respect for Commander Mu's return in triumphant." At this time, two young and beautiful Muslim girls came up and gave two bouquets of flowers to Mu Yaping and his wife Jiang Xiuli.

Mu Yaping said politely: "Without the strong support from the rear, especially the diligence and forgetting to eat and sleep, our front-line soldiers would not be able to achieve a great victory in defensive operations. This contribution is first attributed to you. On behalf of the soldiers in the front, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the great support from the rear!" Although the official article was a bit hypocritical and even sensational, even if the real thing was a bit exaggerated, it was real after all. At this time, many journalists were busy making a fuss, and the spotlight kept flashing, and the sound of clicks was heard. If they were allowed to interview, they might have broken their heads.

Ma Hongbin invited Mu Yaping and his party to stay at his official residence with the hospitality of Muslims. Mu Yaping could not refuse Ma Hongbin's kindness and had to let go. The convoy headed from the station to Ma Hongbin's official residence, and people spontaneously emerged along the streets. They stood by the roadside and sincerely welcomed Mu Yaping's arrival. It seemed that the news that Mu Yaping was coming to Lanzhou, the media and radio station had long attracted the appetite of the people.

Mu Yaping did not expect such a grand welcome scene to appear. It seemed that his journey to the west was no longer a secret. It can be said that Mu Yaping led the soldiers in the northwest to achieve a great victory in defensive operations. In order to meet the requirements of all parties, he held a press conference at Ma Hongbin's official residence. For four hours, Mu Yaping patiently answered reporters' questions and satisfied their desires. Without doubt, the newspapers on that day might have been "robbed".

After Ma Hongbin's welcome banquet, it was already dark. Tens of thousands of lights covered Lanzhou City. The streets and alleys of Lanzhou City were probably talking about such major news on this night. After a busy day, Mu Yaping calmed down and listened to the report of Ma Hongbin and Chen Yiwen. In Ma Hongbin's study, Mu Yaping and the two began to talk. A cup of tea exuded a unique fragrance, and the guest broke the silence.

Ma Hongbin first introduced the development of Lanzhou City. He said it carefully and seemed to be prepared. Finally, Ma Hongbin said: "Commander Mu! According to your instructions, refugees have begun to transfer from Lanzhou to the west and Xinjiang. Especially in Henan and Shaanxi, the number of refugees are increasing. However, we have been prepared and there is no chaos. Now the main reason is that there is a large gap in the food. Because we have seized time to cultivate a large number of potatoes, this winter can maintain the past."

Mu Yaping nodded with satisfaction and said, "Chairman Ma, you have done a good job. The current refugee work is the most urgent task. At least, we can make refugees maintain a minimum living standard, which is the greatest achievement. But this is not enough. Refugees will face a safe and prosperous life. The difficulties are temporary. In less than two years, the pattern of our western region will definitely undergo earth-shaking changes. We will usher in the best period for the development of the western region, so you must be mentally prepared."

Ma Hongbin excitedly said: "Commander Mu, according to your request, we have begun to form manpower to lay the railway subgrade from Lanzhou to Xi'an. At present, we have contacted Xi'an and the two places have taken action at the same time. In addition, the preliminary work of laying the railway in Yan'an has also begun. It is estimated that the railway will be officially extended from Yumen to the west from early next year. According to Yan'an officials, the work of laying the railway in Dihua has begun, and they are determined to use three years to connect the railway from Yumen to Dihua."

After Ma Hongbin finished reporting, it was Chen Yiwen, who had not spoken for a long time, who had not spoken for a long time. Chen Yiwen took a sip of tea and opened the hard shell notebook with him. As a scholar-type official, this move fully demonstrated his meticulous scientific attitude. Chen Yiwen said: "Commander Mu, the two newly launched gun and ammunition factories have been fully engaged in full production. Weapons and ammunition are being transported to Sichuan, and other military supplies are also being transported."

Chen Yiwen paused and said, "In order to meet the rapid development of industrial and railway transportation, the Taiyuan Locomotive Repair Factory moved here. After more than a year of construction, our steam locomotive has begun to be offline. According to your idea, we have developed internal combustion locomotives, and the work of electric locomotives has begun. At the same time, we have planned a new blueprint to quickly build our transportation equipment manufacturing industry in accordance with your idea."

Mu Yaping didn't say anything but nodded slightly. Chen Yiwen continued: "Our aircraft manufacturing company has the production capacity in the factory. German engineers are very dedicated. Now we have produced two aero engines and are ready to be installed on wooden aircraft to test and constantly test performance. According to your idea, we insist on developing fighter jets and building our aviation industry from a high starting point."

Mu Yaping asked: "How is the situation of electrolytic aluminum?" Chen Yiwen said: "We have already formed the production process of electrolytic aluminum, but large-scale production requires a lot of electricity. Now our power plants cannot meet the production needs. Now factories are springing up like mushrooms after a rain and are coming fiercely. Therefore, it is necessary to build a special power plant to meet the production needs of electrolytic aluminum. It is estimated that the large-scale production of electrolytic aluminum will take at least three years."

Mu Yaping interrupted: "Since we want to build a high-end aviation industry, it is useless to be anxious. Industrial manufacturing has its own characteristics, and it is not advisable to be too impatient. We have put a lot of effort into aviation engines in just three years. Although the engines in Germany are very advanced, we cannot stick to the rules and continue to transform the engine performance and other performance of the aircraft. This is one of them."

Mu Yaping took a sip of tea and said: "In order to speed up the development of our advanced aircraft and narrow the development cycle, we must establish the world's most advanced wind tunnel experimental device. The purpose is to catch up with the world's most advanced aviation powers. We must make China's aviation industry quickly come to the world stage and even surpass them. Another urgent task is now time to start."

"What mission?" Chen Yiwen asked in confusion. Mu Yaping said with a smile: "Based on reliable information, European and American countries have started to develop more advanced aircraft engines in the future, which is called a jet engine. Although European and American countries are still in the theoretical stage, this advanced engine will definitely be released in less than ten years."

"Jet engine?" Ma Hongbin seemed to be listening to the heavenly book. Mu Yaping continued: "Director Chen, I will introduce the principles of jet engines to you in detail in written form. As for future jet fighters, it is to meet the needs of high-altitude and high-speed combat at a longer distance. We cannot lose to the starting line of jet engines, so we must start the development early. If we are lucky and take the lead in letting the jet engine come out, we will dominate the future world aviation industry. Regarding jet engines, I require a breakthrough in five years."

Chen Yiwen saw Mu Yaping ending the conversation about the aircraft and knew what he was going to hear: "Commander Mu and Luo Bingchuan's development of armored internal combustion engines has become increasingly mature. The test products are repeatedly tested on tractors, but their performance still cannot meet the standards you require. Especially since our process level is backward, large-scale tank production in the future cannot meet the needs of combat. At present, our tank tracks cannot meet long-distance driving operations. In addition, the tank turret is made of overall casting, and the protective armor cannot meet the requirements at all. What you said is to use welding technology, but the technology of the welding machine has not reached the level of large-scale production so far, so there is no way to talk about large-scale rapid production."

Mu Yaping smiled and said, "My trip to the west is to solve the problems of aircraft manufacturing, tank development and production. Regarding tank development bottlenecks, one is the transmitter, crawler, and the other is the problem of turret. Regarding the production cycle, the first thing to solve is the problem of welding machines. Electric welding machines are not only for tanks. In the future, large-scale industrial production will inevitably shorten the manufacturing cycle of industrial manufacturing and promote industrial manufacturing into a new field."

Mu Yaping decided that he would visit the German masters tomorrow.
Chapter completed!