Meanwhile, while Ye Ying was leading people in the Youqiao Clan's territory to gather a large number of people for the Han Tribe, various Engineering Construction projects in the south were also proceeding rapidly.
After the railway Road Building Team was split into two and each half was reinforced with a thousand transferred soldiers, along with the deployment of large quantities of engineering vehicles and machinery, the efficiency of laying railway tracks had practically doubled compared with before.
On top of that, with the steady lifeblood and blood transfusions supplied by northern industry, ship after ship carried large quantities of equipment and construction materials to the south. This provided tremendous support for southern development and sent the operating mileage of several lines under construction there soaring.
In just two months, the first section of the Qi-Tai Line railway, backed by the Liuyang River and the Cheng-Qi Line railway, was completed first—a stretch of 227 kilometers.
The railway running from Qian Commandery to Taigang Commandery had originally been divided by the Engineering Team into four sections. The longest, and also the easiest to build, was the first section. It ran across flat terrain, requiring neither bridges nor tunnels. They only needed to level the ground with excavators, raise the embankment with loaders, and run a Road Roller back and forth over it several times before laying down the sleepers and nailing the rails in place. This section was very easy to build.
Although the second section was the most difficult part of the entire Qi-Tai Line railway project, the steady support from the rear still allowed construction to proceed rapidly.
The rear had sent over more Rock Drills, allowing the Engineering Team to excavate tunnels day and night without stopping. In any case, even during the day, once they were inside