The Boss of the Yan Family in Siheyuan

Chapter 469 Choosing a new school location

Author: Star Traveler

Chapter 469 Choosing a new school location

But not every selected officer is willing to enter the school for further studies.

As for going to school, they prefer to stay in the army and fight against the Japanese. Anyway, they don't feel the need to go to school at all. After all, their immediate boss, Li Yunlong, also has a poor background and is not still a column leader.

Although Li Yunlong understood those who opposed coming to the military academy for further training, he certainly could not agree, so he directly issued an order to force them to come for a month, or else they would leave the army.

After Li Yunlong's order was issued, these assassins obediently reported to Ping'an County within a few days.

Because the military academy just opened, there were not many students in the first batch. Only 120 soldiers got this opportunity for further training. Only 20 or 30 people were assigned to each subject. Because of the tight time, the first batch of students only had time for training.

Six months. After these students complete their studies, in addition to returning to the original army, some students with outstanding academic performance will also be selected to stay as instructors.

Moreover, Li Yunlong has already thought that not only the number of students for the second batch of further studies will increase, but the semester time will also increase from the current six months to twelve months, and then starting from the third batch of students, the semester will increase to twenty-four months.

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In this case, the current school area is definitely not enough. After all, according to Li Yunlong's plan, the school's address will have to be relocated sooner or later.

So after the school was on track, Li Yunlong studied the map of Ping'an County. Although Ping'an County is the largest of the seven counties, its area is not comparable to those of later cities. There are no large blocks in the county.

The land at Lai Fat can be used to build a school.

After all, Li Yunlong's plan is to build these two schools into regular universities that can accommodate two to three thousand people. And a part of the land in the school must be left for greening, so the school's area will be certain

It cannot be too small, otherwise it will restrict the development of the school in the future.

Therefore, the addresses of these two schools must be moved outside the county seat, but the location cannot be too far away from the county seat, otherwise defense will be a problem, and what if hostile forces come to cause damage.

You must know that the Japanese have not surrendered yet. Even if the Japanese surrender when the school is completed, there will still be national troops on the other side.

Even if the original historical development is followed, national unification will have to wait until after 1949, which is still five years away from now.

"Lao Li, what are you doing? The school has started. Why don't you go over and take a look? Why do you still have the title of principal? Moreover, Lao Ding and Lao Kong have lectured at the school in the past few days.

It's been a few days, and you're actually very relaxed as a principal." Zhao Gang came to the command room and saw Li Yunlong staring at the map on the wall, so he said.

"I'm also studying business, right?" Li Yunlong turned to Zhao Gang and said, "By the way, Old Zhao, you came just in time. I have something to discuss with you."

After hearing Li Yunlong's words, Zhao Gang paused and asked curiously: "Oh, Lao Li, what's going on?

It's no wonder that Zhao Gang was curious. After all, the two had discussed it before. Li Yunlong was responsible for military matters in the army, while Zhao Gang was responsible for logistics and daily life. Since Li Yunlong came to discuss things with him, it must not be military matters, otherwise

Li Yunlong didn't need to discuss it with him, he could make the decision himself.

"It's like this. Although we have temporarily found a place to set up a school, this is not a long-term solution. As our army continues to expand, the talent gap will become more and more serious. We must take precautions and find solutions in advance.

You can't wait until the difficulties are over and then improvise." Li Yunlong pointed at the locations of the two schools on the map and said to Zhao Gang.

"We are already cultivating talents, aren't we? Do you still want to do that?" Zhao Gang asked with a frown as he did not understand what Li Yunlong meant.

In his opinion, with more than a hundred trainees graduating each term, the talent gap in the army will be solved within a few years. He didn't understand why Li Yunlong was so anxious.

In his heart, he has never treated these two schools as regular universities. After all, this is just a temporary idea of ​​a few of them. You must know that a regular university requires many outstanding scholars and professors to serve as teachers, and

They are like children playing house here.

Take him for example. Although he came from Yenching University, he did not attend courses at Yenching University for a long time and came out to participate in the revolution very early.

And among Li Yunlong's troops, he was still the person with the highest level of education. It was not that he looked down upon him, but that their troops simply did not have the necessary conditions to run a university and could not recruit so many talents.

"Not enough. Our speed of cultivating talents cannot keep up with the speed of the expansion of our army. Think about it carefully, what was our army like when you first came to our army, and what is it like now? Are you imagining two or three years from now?

What will happen to our army?" Li Yunlong looked at Zhao Gang seriously and said.

You know, when Zhao first came to the New Regiment, at that time, the New Regiment had less than 3,000 people at full strength, and its base was only a few villages, not even the size of a town.

But now, the new regiment has become the first column in North China, and its troop strength has grown from less than 3,000 before to more than 50,000 in the regular army alone. Counting the militia squad and the district squad, although the troop strength is

It hasn't reached 100,000 yet, but there are still 80,000.

The defense zone has grown from less than one town to seven counties and a vast rural base in North China.

The number of troops and the area of ​​​​the defense area have increased dozens of times, and all this only took more than two years.

Zhao Gang couldn't help but be a little shocked when he heard Li Yunlong's words. He had been busy with work before and didn't think about it in detail, but now he was shocked when he heard Li Yunlong's words.

Yes, it took more than two years for the army to develop to its current size. What if it grows dozens of times in two or three years...

Zhao Gang couldn't help but shudder, and quickly interrupted his inner thoughts. He thought that this would definitely not happen, and that would be too outrageous.

With an increase of dozens of times, it would still not account for half of the domestic market. This was something he could not imagine. After all, there were still little devils in the country.

Although he knew that it would be a matter of time for the Japs to withdraw from the country, this could not be done in an instant, and the domestic forces were not only the Japs, but also the national army.

Although the Eighth Route Army's strength has developed rapidly since the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, it was still somewhat inadequate in the face of the Japanese and Nationalist armies.

Not to mention anything else, in terms of number of troops, the Eighth Route Army ranks at the bottom among several forces.

You must know that any of the two forces on the opposite side can have millions of troops, while the Eighth Route Army has only a few hundred thousand troops since its development.

But after all, the national army occupies the central government. In their eyes, people like myself are just bandits. Otherwise, there would be no such thing as communist bandits.

But it's hard to say what will happen in the future. After all, judging from the current development speed of the Eighth Route Army, it is possible to catch up with the opponent in a few years, but he still has no confidence at all in surpassing the opponent.

So Zhao Gang sighed and said: "Old Li, what do you think we should do now?

"The first thing to do is to prepare for the expansion of the school. After all, the area in the county is limited, which seriously restricts the development of the school. If we want to build a regular university, first of all, the area must be large."

Li Yunlong took out a map of Ping'an County from the drawer and put it on the table.

Although there is a map hanging on Rui's wall, that map is the layout map of the first column. In front of it is not only Ping'an County but also six other county towns, so it doesn't look very convenient.

Hearing Li Yunlong's words, Zhao Gang frowned and asked: "Then what do you think? Do you want to move the school outside the city? It is not impossible to move the school outside the city, but it is a bit inconvenient to manage, and although

Ping'an County is our base camp, but it is easy for enemies to infiltrate in. Compared with the inside of the city, there are also security problems outside the city." Zhao Gang thought about it for a while and understood what Li Yunlong meant, but he still said with some worry.

After all, it would be unacceptable if the talents that have been cultivated here with great difficulty are infiltrated by hostile forces and taken over.

"I have already considered this. Look here, there is a river not far to the west of the county seat, and it is less than two kilometers away from the city wall. My idea is to expand the county seat westward to the river, although the amount of work is a bit large.

, but it is not without its benefits." Li Yunlong pointed at the map and said to Zhao Gang: "In this way, Ping'an County will double its area. Ping'an County is located in the center of our defense area, and the location is already good.

, but the area inside the city is a bit small, which restricts the development of the county."

But before Li Yunlong could finish speaking, Zhao Gang interrupted: "Old Li, although your idea is good, such a large amount of work cannot be completed in a short time. Although we are stationed in Ping'an County now, in the future, you have forgotten

What happened before in northwestern Shanxi? If the enemy invades our base area on a large scale, what if we can't prevent it? We can find ways to move the troops and the people, but these buildings cannot be moved."

It's no wonder that Zhao Gang's ideas were a bit radical at this time. After all, no one would have thought that the Japanese would surrender within a short period of time.

Although he knew that the Japanese army would surrender sooner or later, and many evidences showed that the Japanese army was already on the decline, he would definitely be able to persist in a year or two. After all, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse.

Moreover, the Japanese army still has several million troops. Although most of them are puppet troops, these troops cannot be solved in a short time.

Zhao Gang didn't know the future development but Li Yunlong did, so Li Yunlong said firmly: "Old Zhao, don't worry, the Japs are already going downhill, and we are now in the development stage.

The disparity will only get worse and worse, and driving the little devils out of the country is certain."

"And I didn't say that I would invest all my efforts to expand the county all at once. My idea is to do it step by step and build the school first. As for safety, I have also thought about it. Don't forget, we are a military

The students in the academy for several years are all recruited from the army, and they are not unarmed scholars."

Zhao Gang was obviously taken aback when he heard Li Yunlong's words: "You mean, assemble these students?"

Zhao Gang really didn't expect this. After all, he was studying in a regular school. He was really uncomfortable with Li Yunlong's wild ideas.

"That's right. In this way, our school will have hundreds of outstanding soldiers out of thin air. Moreover, the school is so close to the county seat. Even if there is any emergency, we can take care of it. Moreover, I also want to transfer some of the defenders in the city.

Go outside the city." Li Yunlong was right, he did have this idea.

As the headquarters of the first column, Pingan County must have a lot of troops. The Eighth Route Army soldiers defending the county alone have the strength of a regiment, and a main regiment has more than 4,000 troops.

Otherwise, Ping'an County, a county town as large as this, cannot be so crowded. According to Li Yunlong's idea, there is no need to keep so many soldiers in the county town.

It's divided in half, but it's good to be inside the city. Anyway, the distance is so close, so we can react to any situation.

But Ping'an County is located in the middle of seven county towns. Even if the enemy attacks, they will not be able to reach here for a while. Our side has enough time to deal with emergencies.

"Then where do you think the school will be built?" Zhao Gang looked at the map and asked aloud.

After all, building a school is not a small matter, but looking at Li Yunlong's expression, you can tell that the scale of the school he wants to build will definitely not be small. In this way, all aspects must be carefully considered. After all, such a large building area will cost a lot of money.

Resources are not a small sum of money.

"Built it right by the river, and plan all the open space into the school. It will be more than a thousand acres of land. The two schools each occupy more than 500 acres of land." Li Yunlong pointed to the location on the map outside the city by the river.

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Although the area of ​​more than five hundred acres of land is already quite large, it is still incomparable when compared with those large-scale universities in later generations. You must know that some universities often have thousands or even thousands of acres of land.

But there was nothing that could be done about it. After all, as a person of this era, Zhao Gang had never seen such a big scene.

If Li Yunlong proposed to build a school with 10,000 acres of land, Zhao Gang would definitely think that he was crazy.

But this is not a problem for Li Yunlong. He has left a lot of space, otherwise he would not propose to build the school by the river. At worst, it will expand to the other side of the river, which can just surround the river. This will be good for the greening and environment of the school.

There are definitely benefits. All we need is to build a few bridges on the river to connect the two sites.

But this is at least a few years away. According to Li Yunlong's calculations, these few hundred acres of land will be enough to meet the school's needs within ten or eight years.

(End of chapter)