Chapter 527 Railway Transportation

Shortly after Zhou Guihong left, before Gu Chengyuan had time to sit down, Chief of Staff Wu Bin came again.

"Commander, am I not disturbing you?"

When saying this, Chief of Staff Wu Binwei narrowed his eyes and had a faint smile on his face.

"Hahaha, don't disturb me, sit down!"

The words on the table were still drying, so Gu Chengyuan did not lead Wu Bin to his desk, but took him to the sofa in the meeting room.

"Still the same?"

Well..

Upon hearing this, Chief of Staff Wu Bin was stunned for a moment, but then he quickly reacted and smiled.

"Haha, yes, it's still the same, cooked Pu'er!"

"Haha, cooked Pu'er is good, it helps digestion and fights aging! Guangqiang make some tea!" Gu Chengyuan said to Pu Guangqiang beside him with a smile.

"Yes!"

While Pu Guangqiang went over to boil water, Wu Bin started talking about business with Gu Chengyuan.

"Commander, I came here to discuss the matter of the four new training brigades with you."

"The four new training brigades are now all in place and have been training at the Yezhou Army's First Comprehensive Training Base in the University Town in Xishui District for two days. The reorganization has been completed!"

Hearing this, Gu Chengyuan nodded, indicating that he understood:

"Zhou Guihong has already reported this issue to me. Does the Chief of Staff have any thoughts about these new recruits?"

"Yes, Commander. I discussed this with my comrades in the Operations Department. There are millions of zombies left in the Zhanjiang gathering place after the war and we need people to clean them up. We want to send these new recruits."

"It's a good idea to keep good things within the family. How can we give such a good training opportunity to the local survivors?"

"On the one hand, it trains the soldiers' battlefield endurance. On the other hand, the high degree of organization of the new training brigade can also improve the cleaning efficiency, which will help us digest the results of the battle as soon as possible!"

"What do you think, Chief?"

After stating his point of view, Wu Bin looked at Gu Chengyuan inquiringly.

Although he is now responsible for most of the military issues in the entire military region, large-scale troop movements like this still require Gu Chengyuan's consent before they can be carried out.

This is a matter of principle!

"can!"

Gu Chengyuan agreed after a little consideration. He has always been very concerned about the training of new recruits.

But it happened that these two batches of recruits were very lucky. Each batch arrived just after a big war, which was the time for them to show their skills and gain valuable practical experience!

The last batch of Yezhou Infantry Brigade 2 arrived at the end of the battle to retake the Creek area. When they arrived, they had nearly a million zombies as training material.

The same is true for the current training brigades 1 to 4, which also have nearly million zombies in Zhanjiang District for them to practice.

But it's not exactly the same. For example, this batch has too many people and too little porridge. In the last round, one new training brigade received 1 million yuan, and this time, four new training brigades received 100 million yuan.

Harm~

Thinking of this, Gu Chengyuan couldn't help but sigh.

"It's not that I'm biased and deliberately reducing the number of zombies per capita, but the zombies just don't want to die so many times!"

...

After getting Gu Chengyuan's permission to call up new recruits, Wu Bin immediately moved on to the second question.

"Commander, after our research, the transfer of these four new training brigades has caused a second problem, that is, the problem of our transportation capacity!"

"As we gradually increase our presence in the north, not only is the cost high, but road transport alone is also becoming increasingly stretched!"

"For example, in the defense of Zhanjiang District this time, our transportation capacity was actually quite tight."

"This is just a battle involving millions of people. If a battle involving tens of millions of people breaks out in Chongyi City or Yucheng in the future, it will be difficult to rely solely on road transportation."

Hearing this, Gu Chengyuan understood exactly what the chief of staff was worried about.

Today, the Chongyi gathering place has become the second strategic town after the Prime Minister’s gathering place. It is directly related to the future strategy of managing Yucheng. Losing the Chongyi gathering place is equivalent to losing Yucheng.

Whether it is Chongyi City or Yucheng itself, the number of zombies is in the tens of millions!

If we don't make plans in advance, if the local zombie tide one day attacks without warning like the gathering place in Zhanjiang, wouldn't we be in danger of being overthrown?

You have to know that these two places are tens of millions of zombies...

The consumption of a war would be even more exaggerated than a dam releasing water. Relying solely on road transportation as the only blood vessel would definitely not be able to withstand the consumption!

so...

“So my colleagues in the Operations Department and I did some research and found that there is a freight railway port in the Xishui area—the Xishui Railway Station!”

When Chief of Staff Wu Bin raised this issue, he certainly did not intend to throw the problem to his superiors, but had already prepared a solution.

"According to the information, Xishui Railway Station is about 10 kilometers away from the center of Xishui District, and the entire station has been electrified."

"It was originally a station on the Xiang-Yue Line. Later, due to the railway transformation, it became an important part of the night market railway hub and the largest freight station in the entire night market. The annual freight throughput limit is 120 million tons!"

"So the solution you came up with is to use rail transportation?" Gu Chengyuan stroked the light beard on his lips.

Railway transportation is indeed the most cost-effective mode of transportation. It has low costs and large transportation volume. It can be said that it has almost no disadvantages.

But this is the end of the world. If we use rail transportation, it will be difficult to avoid being harassed by mutant beasts along the way...

Judging from the noise made when the train started moving, coupled with the mutation of the mutant beast, it would be strange if there was no conflict between the two.

"So how do you plan to solve this security problem?"

"Sir, we have a preliminary idea about the safety of railway transportation, but we are still undecided. We would like to ask for your guidance."

"what idea?"

"We are planning to set up a railway corps and a railway ministry!"

"The railway troops are mainly responsible for providing armed protection along the railway lines and trains, and driving away and eliminating zombies, mutant beasts, and hostile forces that attempt to disrupt the normal operation of the railway!"

"The Ministry of Railways will be handed over to the Survivors Management Committee for operation, which will be mainly responsible for railway maintenance, train maintenance, cargo loading and unloading, etc. In the future, it can also set up a special department for railway construction to be responsible for railway construction, etc."

After listening, Gu Chengyuan quickly understood Wu Bin’s idea. This division was highly consistent with his own idea.

The troops are responsible for fighting and the survivors are responsible for logistics, which is very reasonable!

In this way, a large number of jobs can be created, allowing the survivors to shine to the best of their ability and not waste their time!

"Okay, that's reasonable!" Gu Chengyuan nodded with satisfaction.

"But I want to optimize it a little bit. There is no need to set up a special railway unit. This is too redundant and not conducive to streamlining and improving command efficiency."

"Just let the Yezhou Provincial Internal Security Corps set up a railway detachment. The Internal Security Corps's duty is armed protection, which is professional and convenient for command!"

"Great idea, Chief!"

Wu Bin naturally agreed with this, because this obvious shortcoming was something he had deliberately left out.

Otherwise, if you think too much about everything, the leader will have a lack of participation, and without a sense of participation, he will feel a lack of power.

This lack of power can easily make leaders feel sidelined, because things can be done without their involvement, which makes them seem redundant and out of place.

Therefore, while taking big strides forward, you should pay more attention to your running posture. If your running posture is not good, your body will be prone to hidden diseases.

You can run fast, but you definitely can’t run far!

It’s useless to think what you think, you should pay attention to what your leader thinks!

...

Soon, after the conversation between Chief of Staff Wu Bin and Gu Chengyuan, a plan entitled "Railway Restoration Plan for Yezhou Province" was quickly launched, starting the military-civilian coordination mode!

Ps: Yes, but it will be later.