Chapter 915: The Father of the Railway Force

So after some thought, Gu Chengyuan politely refused: "Zhenguo, I very much agree with your development plan for the railway troops, and I believe that under this plan, the railway troops will definitely be reborn, but..."

At this point, Gu Chengyuan changed the subject:

"But you also know the difficulties in the current theater. Not only do we have to maintain the daily consumption of the entire theater troops, but we also have to tighten our belts to support the recovery of Yucheng. We really can't invest so many resources in the development of the railway troops..."

"Do you think it would be better to develop in stages? For example, in the first stage, only 1 soldiers are recruited. Quality is more important than quantity..."

As the words fell, Gu Chengyuan thought Zhang Zhenguo would be disappointed, but he didn't expect the other party's tone to be so excited that he couldn't help but say:

"Commander, the Railway Command fully understands the current difficulties in the war zone, so I have a supplementary plan!"

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Supplemental plan?

Hearing this, Gu Chengyuan had a vague feeling that what was coming next might be the main point that Deputy Theater Commander Zhang Zhenguo was going to say today.

"Tell me, what's the supplementary plan?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Zhenguo, deputy commander of the theater, immediately said impatiently: "We hope you can give the railway troops the power to independently develop the military industry."

"Since the war zone has 'no food', our railway troops will be self-reliant, which can not only reduce the burden on the war zone, but also provide food for the war zone if it develops in the future!"

At this point, Zhang Zhenguo paused for a moment, and seeing that Gu Chengyuan had no expression on his face, he hurriedly continued:

"Report to the chief, in terms of self-reliance, we have carefully studied it and found that there are many small industrial parks and industrial enterprises along the railway line that have potential but are small in scale and rely on towns, districts and counties."

Railways are almost essential infrastructure for industrial parks. If there are any conditions, railways will be built...

Finding an industrial park along the railway is almost like following the clues...

So when talking about this, Deputy Commander Zhang Zhenguo's tone and expression were very confident. This is the inherent resource endowment and advantage of the railway troops!

"So my idea is that since the war zone currently doesn't like these 'scraps', why not let our railway troops sort them out? No matter how small a mosquito leg is, it is still meat. A little bit adds up to a lot, and a little bit of sand can make a tower."

"Most railway troops are defensive in nature anyway, and they don't have much to do during normal times. It's a good opportunity to find something to do. Integrating these fragmented industrial equipment can also be considered as supplementing the family income."

"Leftovers", "A mosquito's leg is still meat no matter how small it is", "Subsidy for household expenses"..

Listening to Zhang Zhenguo's pitiful words, Gu Chengyuan's expression became more and more strange. If he hadn't paid more attention to Zhou Bang's economic development before the end of the world, he might have been "evaded" by the other party...

The other party mentioned villages, towns, communities and counties, and it sounded like they really wanted to pick up some scraps. After all, according to ordinary people's thinking, large industrial areas are all in big cities.

But in fact, there was a period of time before the end of Zhou Bang when the whole country vigorously developed industrial parks, innovation parks, production parks and other projects, which became a trend. All places had the conditions to develop them, and even those without the conditions would force them to develop them...

No matter whether it will be a mess afterwards, it is an indisputable fact that a large number of industrial parks have been moved to various so-called underdeveloped "small places".

These parks and factories may not be large in scale, and their equipment may not be advanced, but they are in many places. If they can be gathered together by rail, they can definitely reach a terrifying scale...

Gu Chengyuan didn't believe that Zhang Zhenguo didn't know about this. He must have done sufficient investigation beforehand!

The reason why he is avoiding the important issues and pretending to be stupid now is probably because he is afraid that others will know about it and become jealous, and include this part in the overall plan.

In fact, Gu Chengyuan can understand the suffering of the second-line troops very well, because he served in a field unit with relatively backward equipment before the end of the world.

He did the most and most tiring work, but the allocation of resources was the worst. All kinds of equipment were only issued at the last minute. Because of this, Gu Chengyuan didn't even get a ZB01 assault rifle when he retired, which became a regret in his military career...

The railway troops are now facing the same situation. As a second-line force and a defensive force, although the war zone will not owe them equipment, it will never give them too good equipment.

Because according to the priority of changing equipment, they even have to line up behind the Yezhou Infantry Brigade, which is worse than the 77th Corps that has just been incorporated into the Zhongzhou Theater...

And if Zhang Zhenguo does not choose to evade the issue, once the resources along the railway are coveted by the war zone, it will have nothing to do with the railway troops...

No, it does matter, and the strength still needs to be exerted by the railway troops!

So thinking like this, Gu Chengyuan seemed to see his former self in the railway troops. After thinking it over again and again, he finally decided to agree...

This may not be without the intention of compensating Zhang Zhenguo, because in this way, Zhang Zhenguo's work focus will be on local force construction, and he will completely leave the core of power in the war zone in the short and medium term.

If I have to give an easy-to-understand example, it is equivalent to the core Knights of the Round Table being placed in a local area to be lords...

Seeing that the chief was still hesitating, Zhang Zhenguo gritted his teeth and decided to make a bold statement: "Chief, I came here today mainly to express my position to you. In order to build the railway troops wholeheartedly, I plan to focus all my limited energy on the railway troops, so..."

"So I plan to apply to resign from the positions of Deputy Commander of the Theater and Permanent Member of the Theater Leadership Committee, and only retain the position of Commander of the Railway Force!"

Hearing this, when Gu Chengyuan looked up and met Zhang Zhenguo's determined eyes, he knew that the other party had really given up...

This is equivalent to Zhang Zhenguo's active withdrawal from the core of the war zone in exchange for an opportunity to tilt the policy towards the railway troops...

"Deputy Commander Zhang, this is not a joke. Have you thought it through?" Gu Chengyuan's tone was more serious than ever.

"Yes, Chief, I have thought it through and figured it out!" Zhang Zhenguo answered very decisively.

He originally thought that he would feel very lost and heavy when he was forced to say these words, but he did not expect that he would feel unprecedented relief, as if a burden of several hundred pounds had been lifted off his shoulders!

At this moment, he really figured it out. Instead of trying to grab everything in life, it is better to focus on doing one thing well... do it well, do it brilliantly, and do it to the extreme!

So he planned to really develop the railway troops, not to treat them as a springboard, but to cultivate them like his own children...

Compared to the deputy commander of the theater or the chief of staff of the theater, he thinks that the historical evaluation of "the father of the railway troops" may be more suitable for him...

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