Back to the Republic of China as a commander

Wu Peifu lowered his head to look at the upper of his shoe, and then turned his attention to Cao Kun, and Cao Kun obviously regarded him as the backbone: "Ziyu, what Mr. Yang said is very good, but you tell us Can something be done?"

Wu Peifu shook his head and said, "Cao Shuai, it's a big problem for us to feed the brothers in the support department. What can we do?"

Cao Kun immediately looked back and said to Yang Yongtai: "Brother Changqing, don't you think that my life is easy when you see that my old Cao is the Henan Governor. In Henan, what is the Red Spear Club? A big bandit Dui, except for Kaifeng, Luoyang, Zhengzhou, Anyang, and Baoding Prefecture, which I control now, I can't even collect taxes in other areas. That Duan Qirui is indeed not a good thing, not only there Thinking about you, he is also thinking about me and Ziyu's team. No, since I became the warlord in May until now, he has not allocated me an ocean, and the ammunition is not even a bullet. I haven't seen it. If Lao Yuan hadn't left an arsenal in Gong County before, I can save even live ammunition training now. So although we are also very dissatisfied with Duan Qirui's traitorous behavior, but now we even The military salary can't be paid out, and now these bastards are arguing about salary every day, there is really nothing they can do!"

Yang Yongtai applauded secretly in his heart, these two are really exemplary representatives of sworn brothers, and their cooperation is flawless!Naturally, he came to give money this time, but he can't be underestimated.

Yang Yongtai shook his head pretending to be distressed and said: "I never thought that Cao Shuai's place is so difficult. Now that I think about it, what I mentioned just now is a bit difficult. Then I will go back and report Cao Shuai's difficulties to the chairman of my family. I think he will be considerate, so it won't take much time, so I will leave now."

Cao Kun and Wu Peifu were immediately dumbfounded. What kind of route is this Yang, and he left as he said.

It was Wu Peifu's secretary, Yang Chaoqing, who was well-informed and knew that it was time to make his own appearance at this time.This Secretary Yang is from Changshu, Jiangsu Province. (The plot requires that this grandson-in-law of Li Hongzhang got mixed up with Xiao Wu a few years in advance.) Yang Yunshi is obviously more reliable than Cao Kun and Wu Peifu in this kind of negotiation.

"Brother Changqing, don't worry, my Cao Shuai is not evasive. Don't misunderstand, it's just because Duan Qirui and the others are stuck, so life is very difficult now. If we can get the help of friends from all sides, we can put this If the difficulties are successfully overcome, it is naturally our duty to honor our family Cao Shuai and General Ziyu."

Look, what you said is worthy of being an intellectual, who is so reserved when asking for money.

Yang Yongtai naturally knew Yang Yunshi's name, otherwise the group of secret agents from the Military Intelligence Bureau would have been dragged out to shoot targets.He stopped very politely and cupped his hands and said: "I think this is Yang Yunshi, a famous scholar in the south of the Yangtze River, brother Yang. Hearing what you said, it is true that Changqing was too anxious. He was so busy reporting back to the chairman of my family that he forgot the solution. You know, ashamed, ashamed."

I believe you will be a ghost if you forget, Wu Peifu cursed secretly.However, he still hurriedly said: "The two are from the same family, it's rare to see each other, sit, sit, sit and talk."

After Yang Yongtai sat down, Yang Yunshi, who was full of elegance, smiled and said, "Why are famous scholars in the south of the Yangtze River not famous? Yunshi has many things that he still can't figure out. He is going to ask Brother Changqing for advice?"

Yang Yongtai is also a member of the Appearance Association, and generally has a good impression of the children of a family like Yang Yunshi, so he naturally answers every question.

"Brother Changqing, we Ming people don't speak secret words. Right now your Marshal Wang dominates the nine southern provinces, with hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands, and it is said that he will expand another 40 expeditionary army. Looking at the state, who can have your family's power? Wang Shuai is so strong, sending troops to the Northern Expedition to unify China is a matter of raising one's hands, right?" Yang Yunshi spoke quickly, asking Cao and Wu the most worried question in one sentence.

In fact, before Yang Yongtai came to find Cao Kun and Wu Peifu, these two had already planned to contact the Southern Communist Party against Anhui.But they have not done so for a long time. In the final analysis, a very important reason is that the national government is a bit too powerful.As a result of uniting with them, will the final end be annexed?Now that Yang Yunshi had asked this worry out for them, they all turned their eyes to Yang Yongtai, wanting to see what the old boy had to say.

Who is Yang Yongtai, how could he not know what Cao Kun and Wu Peifu are planning.He replied solemnly: "Since some things have been brought up, I should tell the truth. Our China will be divided for a long time, and the country will be united for a long time. It is similar to the plan of the Northern Expedition, and the 40 expeditionary force will inevitably go to Europe to play a national prestige for our China, and the current national conditions are surrounded by great powers, our pressure is not insignificant. It will lead to the intervention of foreign powers, which is not in line with our current strategic plan for development. Simply put, before the successful construction of large-scale industries in the south, our youth army has no idea of ​​going north. So I ask Cao Shuai and General Ziyu to keep their hearts Put it back in your stomach, don't worry too much about the future. As for the success of industrial construction, we are not necessarily the Northern Expedition. Military struggle is just a continuation of political means. Many things do not necessarily have to be decided on the battlefield. It can also be resolved at the negotiating table. Now I think we both still have common enemies and cooperation goals, and this is the basis for us to start mutual assistance."

"I understand." Cao Kun nodded and said, "You mean that you want to develop industry and economy in the south with peace of mind, but for the north, your idea is not to war."

Yang Yongtai nodded and said: "Cao Shuai is wise, but not only do not want war, we hope that the North and South economies can develop. I think everyone knows that the nine southern provinces are now independent customs areas, and the tariffs have also been raised to [-]%. We now If you develop industry and commerce, you don’t have to worry too much about the impact of foreign goods. But what about the north? It’s still being plundered by the big powers, which is not good, so the chairman of my family hopes to set up a trading company to be responsible for the trade between the north and the south. You can also invest in it. More importantly, resources from the north can bypass tariffs and enter the south, and products from the south can also bypass tariffs and enter the north. This is equivalent to allowing the whole country to enjoy the benefits of tariff independence in disguise. For foreign goods It was a blow. The currency can also circulate freely, which is a blow to the big powers. To be honest, the nine southern provinces have begun to plan to establish foreign exchange administrations under the leadership of the national government to withdraw foreign exchange from the circulation market. Yuan became the only currency in circulation.”

Although Wu Peifu didn't understand it very well, it sounded like the south side was really booming. He frowned and said, "Then how should we develop our cooperation? You should know that our current difficulties are really difficult to overcome by ourselves."

Yang Yongtai thought for a while and said: "I am here on behalf of the chairman of the committee. The cooperation is sincere, so I will not hide it. We will pay a lot of the 2000 million Chinese yuan per month for military expenses. Call Cao Shuai and General Ziyu, in addition, we will support a batch of arms, the specific quantity is roughly 200 rifles, [-] million rounds of bullets, other weapons can also be discussed."

This condition is already very generous. Wu Peifu and Cao Kun looked at each other and nodded together. . .

Speaking of arms, Wang Zhenyu is indeed the richest man in China now. He has four major arms factories in Anjiang, Hanyang, Jinling, and Jiangnan under his command.After defeating Feng Guozhang, the Ministry of Armaments began to receive and transform the four major factories.

Negotiations with the Americans were not in vain. Although the Americans still failed to send large sums of naval aid in the end, the cooperation with the Springfield Armory achieved a major breakthrough.That is about rifles, Springfield Armory agreed to authorize the China Military Industry Corporation (a military factory under the Ministry of Armaments, established in May 1916) to produce m5 rifles.

The M1903 Springfield Rifle (M1903 Springfield Rifle) is a rotary rear-pull action rifle produced by the Springfield Armory. It was the standard rifle of the US military in World War I and World War II.

The m1903 rifle was developed by Springfield Armory under the license of the Mauser Arsenal. The rotary rear-pull bolt is imitated from the German Kar 98, which can be regarded as a variant gun based on the Mauser rifle. Because the barrel of the m1903 is shortened, the length is shorter than that of the Mauser rifle, and the charging handle is changed to bend downward for easy carrying.It is fed from a magazine with a capacity of 5 rounds and loaded with a 5-round split magazine. The m1903 rifle bullet (.1906-30 rifle bullet) used in the m06 rifle was improved on the basis of the Mauser-style bottomless bullet. The early m1903 rifle was also equipped with a rod-type bayonet, which was later changed to a dagger type. bayonet.

The quality of this rifle is obviously much better than that made by Hanyang. Wang Zhenyu thought over and over again, and finally decided with Wang Zhenkun, the general manager of China Military Industry Corporation, to introduce a standard production line on the basis of this gun and improve this gun, and finally formed An enhanced version of the "Wenzheng" rifle (named after Wang Zhenyu).

军工集团也将在 亿华元的巨额拨款后，在卢森堡人和美国人的帮助下，建设安江（071厂）汉阳（072厂）南京（073厂）上海（074厂）福州（075厂）广州（076厂）海口（077厂）桂林（078厂）八个军工总厂。

Among them, Haikou and Shanghai are owned by the Navy and are only responsible for the manufacture of naval warships. However, Haikou is still on the blueprint, and Shanghai can only build some small boats.

The other six factories (which consist of firearms, ammunition, clothing, artillery, food, medicine and other branches) are mainly responsible for the production of army equipment. According to the requirements, their production capacity will reach an astonishing monthly output after the introduction of equipment and technical personnel. 60 sets of military uniforms, 50 grenades, 1 to 360 cannons (depending on the caliber, current technology can produce 75mm and 105mm), 20 to 30 shells, 400 mortars, 40 shells There were 1000 grenade grenades, 480 heavy machine guns, 800 light machine guns, 4000 million rounds of various machine gun bullets, [-] rifles, and [-] million rifle bullets.

This was proposed by Wang Zhenyu according to Fengtian Armory, the largest arsenal in the history of the Republic of China. Wang Zhenyu allocated 1918 million Huayuan for this purpose. At the latest in January [-], all these factories will be put into operation. By then, Wang Zhenyu will have six It's Fengtian Arsenal, and he guesses that even Little Japan wouldn't dare to touch him.