On January 2, 1697, somewhere on the grassland west of the Shangyan Railway, a group of new immigrants were celebrating the harvest.

This is Fangling County, with four townships under Fangling Town, Guangqian Township, Lixi Township and Yuemo Township. With a population of about 10,000, it is the 181st county-level administrative unit in the country. At the same time, it is also Jinhui County, which is under Jinhui Town, Anshou Township, Jinxi Township, Tianjian Township, Jinyan Township and Maming Township. This county is the 182nd county-level administrative unit in the country, and Baita County, which is under the jurisdiction of Gengyuan Township, Hongren Township, and Dailuo Township (located near the later Tapalkan Town). This county is the 183rd county-level administrative unit in the country.

These three counties were all established in the middle of last year. It was the middle of winter and the establishment of the three counties was very low-key. However, the establishment of the county was still paid more attention to at least from the official level, which reflects the Government's determination to develop the land resources of the Pampa Plain as soon as possible. If you don't take advantage of the current peaceful time to build it, what else do you think?

After these counties were established, the competition for the Luoyan Railway route has also become fierce in the future. According to the original plan, the Luoyan Railway will be built along the Luoyan Highway, and the two are roughly parallel and complement each other. But in this way, the route of this railway will be Ningshuo Township, Yinmi Township, Yongchun Township, Gushu Township, Yanxi Township, Yancheng Town, and then head north and finally arrive at Luoyang Prefecture. This obviously cannot satisfy the newly established Fangling, Jinhui and Gengyuan counties. They want the railway to pass through their own county and serve themselves better.

However, their plans are probably difficult to achieve. Not to mention that the highway planning has been formed and has entered the actual construction stage for a long time. Just the rich salt resources in Yanxi Township, Yongchun Town has already begun to take into account the important task of driving backward areas. The existing railway planning will be able to effectively boost the economic development of the dry Pampa area, which is more beneficial to the country from a global perspective, so it is probably difficult to change.

At present, the Luoyan Highway has been built to Gaoqing Township, Zhongxing County, and is currently striving to Ningshuo Township. In Yancheng County, the railway subgrade leveling from Yancheng Port to Yanxi Township has also been launched and will continue. In the future, as long as the wool transportation dedicated line railway is completely completed (the northern line has been officially opened to traffic and the southern line is still under construction), the Ministry of Transport and the American Railway Company will be able to take a breath, and then the Luoyan Railway, Luoming Railway, and Luoshang Railway can be put on the agenda.

The leaders of Fangling counties are not clear about the situation, but they really don’t want to give up. In the vast inland plains, a railway has a strong driving force on the local economy. Whether there is a railway is completely different. Therefore, they dare not retreat, nor can they retreat. They must fight for it. Even if they fail in the end, it doesn’t matter. At least they have worked hard, right?

"Fangling County is sandwiched between the Luoyan Railway and the Shangyan Railway, but it turned out to be 'unarmed', which is also unlucky." Outside the simple wooden house next to the railway, an Amtrak-Training cadre wearing a big cap said with emotion.

Although he worked along the Shangyan Railway all year round, his family was built in the newly established Fangling Town and he also tended to be there in love, so he was very sympathetic to this county without a railway station. However, it is said that Fangling County has also been negotiating with Chenqiang County next door recently, intending to change some of the western jurisdictions of Tongxu Township in its territory to jointly manage. Half of the family is said to have received approval from superiors. In the future, they may have railway stations to use.

"Yes, only with a train station can goods be transported. Fangling County should be a city with the majority of Eastern immigrants? This is very special and I have an impact. In the past two years, they have managed the fields very well, with wheat, corn, sorghum, soybeans, and the yield is very good. Well, in this harvest season, they also provide a large amount of broad beans, black beans, peas, grapes, watermelons, melons and other fruits. They are too capable [m], I can't even believe that they have just operated this land for two years." Another dirty maintenance worker said, "Squad leader, the car skin is still relatively tight now, right?"

"It's very nervous." Squad Leader Xu nodded and confirmed: "There are too many things to transport materials from south to north. If the train station is not in your territory, it will be difficult to have a say. The station doesn't care about you, so you can only watch other people's goods transported away first. This will only develop in the year of the monkey and horse. Not to mention anything else, the fruits and vegetables produced in your county will be delayed, and the daylily will be cold. Time is money."

"I'm just saying that recently, I saw heaven and earth transporting soldiers, horses, cannons, and supplies on the railway. The carriage must be very nervous." The maintenance worker leaned against an uncle, holding a cigarette in his mouth, and then said in a slightly reminiscent of his tone: "As the saying goes, before the troops move, food and grass go first. Although this is not a war, everything in actual combat practices must be true. When I was serving in the Independent Field Artillery Corps, hehe, the most tiring thing was these skills and practices."

"Old Sun, I've always been very surprised. You are from the ** army. Why did you come to work in our Amtrak? Artillery is not a technical army, it should be very experienced. Why did you let you go?" Squad leader Xu came over and asked.

"Architecture is a technical army, but I am not." Maintenance worker Lao Sun replied a little embarrassedly: "I am just a person who moves artillery shells and powder kegs. Oh, if you are not good at math, you can't be a non-commissioned officer or an officer, you can only retire and return home."

"Oh, so that's it." Squad leader Xu nodded.

"Hey, don't look at Lao Sun, I don't have any skills, but I was very popular in the army back then. Everyone couldn't bear to leave when I left." As if worried that my boss would look down on me, Lao Sun cleared his throat and said, "Now I still have many comrades in the artillery service, and they often come to see me. You have seen the guy with a little bald hair who came to me to drink a while ago. Now he has been a second lieutenant, and he talks with me about everything. Even when he helped train New Kurland artillery a while ago, he told me."

There are troops in New Kurland to train in the Pampa Plain, and Squad Leader Xu knew about this. Because those people came by train from Nancun Port, with a total of about three or four hundred people, and were sent to carry out training at the request of the East Coast government. It is worth mentioning that these people are all technical troops, divided into artillery, engineering troops, baggage troops, medical soldiers, etc. According to the agreement reached by the two governments, the East Coast Army General is responsible for comprehensive training and transformation of these people so that their combat skills will be significantly improved and will be "useful" in the future.

The three words "has great use" were spoken by the comrade-in-arms of the maintenance worker Lao Sun. The meaning is a bit vague, but in fact there is nothing to hide, because it is just an open secret. Yes, the East Coast government is training and rectifying the New Kurland colonial army, and probably intends to help them sort out a scale of a compilation mixed regiment.

The scale of this simplified regiment is not as large as the size of the East Coast mixed regiment, but there are about 3,000 people, including infantry, artillery, craftsmanship, and baggage (no cavalry). If the training is completed, it will still be a very considerable force. According to the plan of the East Coast people, once the war breaks out in the future, the simplified regiment will automatically be incorporated into the African legion of the East Coast people and devoted to the Indian Ocean area, with the targets of the French islands in the Indian Ocean and some Indian strongholds.

Of course, there are not so many people in the 3,000-person compilation regiment now, and New Courland cannot afford it, but it will expand its troops in war, filling up the vacancies with more than 1,000 army soldiers that the Portuguese could use at any time in India, supplemented by the Third Navy Fleet in the East Coast, you can basically walk sideways locally. It is simply no problem to capture the Musclelin Islands and French Indian strongholds. If everything goes well, you may be able to invest further east to attack the Western Philippine Islands, which is of great effect.

Of course, the East Coast people will not only integrate the army, but also transport it back for reorganization. This includes the small fleet of the Kurians in the Port of Jacob and the Portuguese fleet stationed on Mozambique and Goa. They can probably bring together more than ten sailing warships. With these ships, the East Coast People's Congress can transfer the elite main force of the Third Fleet to the north and incorporate them into the task force heading to Europe to concentrate on interfering in the war on the continent.

After raising allies for so many years, it is time for them to get some blood and play their role!

"It's time for those colonial soldiers in New Courland to rectify them," said Squad Leader Xu. "And joining our camp will also be of great benefit to them. Moreover, I heard that there are countless French Huguenot immigrants living in Jacob Port. They should be full of deep hatred for Louis XIV and Catholic France, right? Now, there is no need to mobilize thoughts. Just give them weapons and teach them how to fight. Then this is a very good army. Perhaps, it's more useful than those pampered colonial legions in Portugal. Those individuals, I have heard that blackmail is a good player, but the war is a bit difficult, and they are all trashed."
Chapter completed!