Rebirth of the National Marshal

Of course, it is impossible to compete with the British Navy, but at least it can show that Germany also has a navy, and it does not rely on submarines to maintain its appearance. This is also what the German head of state has always thought.

In addition to these things, Mao Yuanshan also ordered 300 small generators from the German government. Now all aspects are developing, and without electricity, nothing can be done. Siemens' small generators can be said to be the best. Originally, he hoped to have them in his own exchange system, but they have not appeared after such a long time. Now he can only buy them from the Germans, and the Germans also gave a conscience price of about 8,000 yuan per unit.

A small generator uses about twenty tons of coal per day, which is enough to power several hundred people for a day.

In addition, two large generators were ordered. The central government ordered two large generators, one to be placed in Nanjing and the other in Shanghai.

When the central government placed the order, the price was 300 million oceans. This time, the German government only charged Mao Yuanshan 200 million oceans per unit and also gave him ten small generators as a gift.

"Governor, I know you recently purchased this batch of generators from the Germans, but now we are also facing a very important problem, that is, we do not have enough coal. We can only produce about 1 tons of coal every day. This is already the main production capacity of seven or eight coal mines in our country. If we continue to increase, we must recruit more miners." Wang Jincheng went to Mongolia, so now Wang Bing is also in charge of civil affairs.

Mao Yuanshan patted his head, realizing that he was too careless and actually forgot about the coal. Now he had used 9,000 tons of the coal that could be exchanged for 3,000 tons of oil every day. Although the people below didn't know where the coal went, they still loaded the coal onto cars and transported it to a base every day as usual, repeating the same action every day.

"Don't we still have a lot of Japanese and Soviets in our hands? What are these people doing with their free time? Send them to the coal mines immediately to mine. If they do a good job, we can give them better food. I don't have that much food to feed them." Mao Yuanshan suddenly thought of the many prisoners of war and civilians from their countries that he still had in his hands.

In the previous battles, about 10,000 Soviet and Japanese soldiers were captured, plus some of their civilians in various places, a total of more than 30,000 people, and now they are all building roads.

"By the way, weren't there a group of criminals arrested in prison some time ago? Send these people to the coal mine as well. As long as they dig up a certain amount, they can be released on bail." We are short of people in all aspects now, so we can only target these people.

Wang Bing nodded and immediately went out to arrange this matter. Although many people from all over the country came here, they all went to the army, and those people were more suitable for being soldiers. If they were asked to build roads and mine, it would be a waste of their talents.

It is precisely because the development has been too rapid in recent times, and rapid development means more places to spend money. If it were not for this reason, Mao Yuanshan would not have thought of buying and selling warships with the Germans.

This is a big deal. A warship is really expensive. Three and a half million dollars can do a lot of things. The money he robbed from the Japanese and the money he earned from selling arms have almost been spent now. This is really a bottomless pit.

Originally, there were less than a few thousand kilometers of roads in the area under Mao Yuanshan's jurisdiction, but now it has doubled. However, building roads is definitely a costly thing. It costs money to buy and sell materials and to recruit workers.

But Mao Yuanshan only remembered one sentence.

If you want to get rich, build roads first.

Now it is not just a question of getting rich, even the issue of safety is closely related to roads. If there is a good road, all kinds of cars can drive directly through. If there is no good road, people can only rely on their own two legs, and their reaction ability will be greatly reduced.

In particular, Mao Yuanshan wanted to build a mechanized force. If a mechanized force has poor transportation, there is no point in talking about mechanization.

The security corps does not have a heavy tank unit yet. Once heavy tanks weighing dozens of tons appear, the current transportation capabilities will only turn those tanks into scrap metal. If they are to play a significant role on the battlefield, the roads must be repaired.

Of course, roads alone are not enough. If you want to connect the entire country, railways are an indispensable part. Railways are the main arteries of the entire country. Whether it is transporting various equipment or civilians, railways are the largest mode of transportation, several times more than roads.

If we want to build a railway under the current circumstances, various conditions are not suitable. Whether it is steel or manpower, there is not enough investment, especially steel.

Now the whole of China only produces tens of thousands of tons of steel each year, not to mention building railways, it is not enough even for some important places. Therefore, if you want to develop a national industry, steel must be developed. This is why a base should be set up in Mongolia. Mongolian iron ore is relatively abundant. Mao Yuanshan’s system can exchange some things, but not these industrial systems. Fortunately, the Germans appeared at this time, and we can use the resources in our hands to do good business with the Germans.

The Germans are guys who will not do anything without profit. They also have their own interests in the Far East. Maintaining the current status quo in the Far East is very beneficial to the Germans.

It is impossible for Asia to maintain its current status. The Japanese are very ambitious. Originally, the Germans chose to ally with the Japanese, but after a period of time, they found that the Japanese had basically no other capabilities except ambition, especially in the Soviet Union. They were not as threatening to the Soviet Union as a newly rising warlord.

Although only a Soviet infantry division and two Mongolian cavalry regiments, about tens of thousands of people, were destroyed, which was insignificant for the overall situation, it was a good start after all. So the Germans played a double game. On the one hand, they continued to cooperate with the Japanese, and on the other hand, they supported this newly emerging warlord.

However, what the Germans did not expect was that this newly rising warlord actually brought them a surprise. These people actually had naval destroyers in their hands. This was such a ridiculous thing that a country that could not even produce artillery over 70mm could actually have British destroyers. The Germans simply did not believe it, but there was no need for the Mao Yuanshan government to lie to the Germans about this matter.