Jagged Warlord

As the saying goes, don't be afraid of not knowing the goods, but be afraid of comparing goods.After seeing the strict organization and strict discipline of the SS, Jiang Zhiqing, who returned to Qingdao, looked at the so-called "Northeast Army of the Chinese Revolutionary Party" and found it unpleasant.

Although it bears the name of the Northeast Army, this "Northeast Army" is not active in the three eastern provinces.After Juzheng established the General Headquarters of the Northeast Army of the Chinese Revolutionary Army in Qingdao, he quickly recruited troops, and he never refused to come.As a result, militia groups from various counties in Jiaodong and some armed forces from the green forests in Liaodong defected to him one after another. In addition, there were also some policemen, veterans, the Beiyang Army anyway, and passionate youths who voluntarily participated in the anti-Yuan movement.Among these people, the young students participated in the movement to protect the country and challenge Yuan with full of patriotic zeal. Their political enthusiasm and ideological consciousness were relatively high. Although their military skills were poor, they had strict discipline and high self-consciousness. It's hard to say.

Although those "red beards" in the Northeast surrendered to the revolution, they did not change their bad habits, while the "Five Regiments" moved freely, robbed everywhere, the military discipline was ruined, and the people complained.As for the police, veterans, and the old army anyway, old China has always been a family of soldiers and bandits.

Even the militia is not pure, and there are many Japanese spies in it.Because since the outbreak of the First World War, Japan regarded the Northeast as its sphere of influence, and dispatched many spies in Shandong, some of whom got into the Chinese Revolutionary Army and used the Northeast Army of the Chinese Revolutionary Army as a cover to engage in espionage. Activities, "often reporting the establishment, military deployment, and action plans of the Northeast Army to the Japanese spy Ota, etc." Anyway, the old army also absconded.

Jiang Zhiqing, who was born in a military department, immediately discovered the problems of the revolutionary army. First of all, the structure of the general headquarters was not sound.There are no scouts in the general headquarters, and there is no reconnaissance section in the staff office, and the reconnaissance section is the eyes of the troops. Without scouting the enemy's situation, you can't know the enemy and know yourself; the entire Northeast Army has no military doctors.

The second is that the rules and regulations are not perfect.There is no staffing table anywhere in the general headquarters, and there is no roster of divisions and regiments. The exact number of people in the entire army is unknown.The general headquarters also has no daily duty personnel, and there are no daily duty personnel in various places, divisions, and regiments, and personnel come in and out casually.The ordnance department and the management bureau do not have their own accounting system, and there are no reports for the existing weapons of the divisions and regiments, etc.

There are also troops with poor military discipline.A certain unit of the First Division occurred "looting, burning, etc. in villages near Nanliu".Then he discovered that officers and soldiers often wore military uniforms and entered residential shops for discussions. Some officers often physically punished soldiers and punished them by kneeling at will.

In order to strengthen the Chinese Revolutionary Party's control and leadership over the "Northeast Army", Jiang Zhiqing, who had been promoted to chief of staff, began to rectify the Northeast Army.

He first suggested that the general headquarters "add a few detectives" and the staff office set up "a section of espionage".There is no military doctor in the entire Northeast Army, and he suggested that the general headquarters should set up a military medical department, and each division and team should also have a military doctor to save lives and heal the wounded in wartime, and to rectify hygiene in peacetime;

He also suggested the establishment and improvement of various rules and regulations, and suggested that the general headquarters should have a daily officer on duty, "whose chief of staff and adjutant division chiefs will take turns." Headquarters contact report.Organization tables should be established at various places, and each division and regiment should submit the roster of its troops to the general headquarters.The ordnance department and the management bureau should establish a sound accounting system. All kinds of ordnance and weapons in the ordnance department and the income and expenditure of the management bureau should have tables for inspection.All divisions and regiments with existing weapons and ordnance should also make a report and report, and the living and training time of each unit should be unified.The entry and exit personnel of the general headquarters should have a pass, "when all the items of the general headquarters are held, it is planned to issue a pass as proof" and so on.

He also issued a series of regulations to be corrected.He asked Zhao Zhongyu, the brigade commander of the first division, to seriously investigate and deal with the looting incidents near Nanliu, and stipulated that soldiers should not wear military uniforms to discuss in various shops, and should not intimidate or blackmail merchants and people when traveling.The slogans of the sentries on guard must be clear, and the way officers and soldiers carry their guns must be to the right, so as to be unified.Soldiers have been punished and are not allowed to kneel to protect the face of the soldiers, and so on.In addition, in view of the disparity between the heights of the soldiers and the unevenness between the old and the young, he also suggested that the old and the weak should be eliminated. When recruiting in the future, there must be certain requirements for the age, physique and education level of the recruits.

Jiang Zhiqing's series of rectification measures are very necessary for building a revolutionary team with strong fighting capacity.However, these rectification measures of his only stayed at the level of issuing some regulations to the troops, and did not implement them seriously. In a few days, I had trouble with several colleagues.All middle and lower level military officers reported that he was self-willed, too unfriendly, domineering, and defiant.

Later, the incident of Wang Guanren, the leader of the investigation team, happened without authorization, which made Jiang even more unpopular.Wang Guanren was a regiment leader of the Qing Division of Zhu'an. He was born in the army and was originally in the old army.But although he joined the Northeast Army of the Chinese Revolutionary Army, his style of warlord has not changed. He has not been serious about the training of the troops and has lax discipline. Jiang Zhiqing is already very annoyed by this.Later, Wang Guanren robbed a girl surnamed Jia as his concubine by means of rape.

After the incident, Jiang Zhiqing arbitrarily used Xu Chongzhi's name to remove Wang Guanren from his position.The Wang Guanren incident aroused strong repercussions in the Northeast Army, causing strong dissatisfaction and opposition from many old soldiers and "red beards".Soon thereafter, Jiang Zhiqing left the Northeast Army.In total, he served as the chief of staff in the Northeast Army for a total of thirteen days.

Jiang Zhiqing's official career was not going well, and Li Mohan also had some episodes here, which were about imitation artillery in the arsenal.

It is said that Li Mohan's arsenal successfully trial-produced two types of artillery with a caliber of 105 mm and 115 mm, and later obtained a sample of a 120 mm caliber artillery from the Japanese army.So the whole factory began to go all out to imitate the 120mm caliber cannon.However, due to the limitations of technical strength, the test was full of twists and turns, and many 120mm special steel pipes were scrapped.

Chinese people have always had a tradition of thrift and thrift. A worker in the factory named Hu Yinde felt it was a pity to see a lot of scrapped special steel pipes, so he cut off the usable parts and used his spare time and some scraps to make a A 120mm caliber mortar.

This happened to be discovered by Pei Yuqing who was being punished, "Hu Yinde, do you know that you will be fired for doing private work?"

Hu Yinde hurriedly begged for mercy, "Boss Pei, I used all waste materials, and I didn't make them for myself. I just saw that these materials were scrapped, but it's a pity~~"

"Hahaha~" Pei Yuqing patted Hu Yinde on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "I'm scaring you. You also know that we are handsome, gold and silver are worth a mountain, but we don't like extravagance and waste. You can turn waste into treasure , I want to give you credit in front of the commander-in-chief."

"Really?" Hu Yinde turned from worry to joy

"Then it can still be false. However, you have to share some of the credit with me." Pei Yuqing took out a pack of cigarettes and handed one to Hu Yinde

Hu Yinde thought for a while, and said: "Success. If the commander-in-chief really has a reward, we will each have half."

Pei Yuqing smiled smugly, and said, "Either I recommend you, or it will be difficult for you to meet the commander-in-chief. How about this, how is the performance of this cannon?"

After some tests, this mortar weighs 350 catties, rate of fire: 6~15 rounds, maximum range: 5580 meters, minimum range: 450 meters, high and low range: +45 degrees ~ +80 degrees, ammunition base : 80 rounds.

Pei Yuqing patted his head and said, "The range is only 5580 meters, is it closer?"

Hu Yinde said: "As far as the mortar is concerned, it's not too close. If you want a cannon with a long range of tens of thousands of meters, it's not something a few big soldiers can carry."

"That's true." Pei Yuqing thought for a while, and then said: "How about this, I will provide you with a manpower, and then use the good work and materials in the factory to tidy up this cannon again. Great handsome."

Hu Yinde asked: "In this case, can those foreigners agree?"

Pei Yuqing rolled his eyes at him, and said: "I can still decide on this matter. Besides, didn't the commander-in-chief always say that he wants to train our Chinese engineers? You, Hu Yinde, are self-taught, and the commander-in-chief knows that." With someone like you, it's too late to be happy."

Hu Yinde was overjoyed, rubbing his hands happily, and said: "Then Manager Pei, I will rely on you to take care of me from now on."

"Leave it to me." Pei Yuqing pulled Hu Yinde up, "Let's go, I'll arrange someone for you."

Just as Pei Yuqing expected, Li Mohan was very happy after knowing this. He not only rewarded Hu Yinde heavily, promoted him from a worker to an engineer, but also resumed Pei Yuqing's position in advance, but Pei Yuqing was no longer in charge of the machinery factory. He devoted himself wholeheartedly to the construction of the arsenal, specializing in the design and production of guns.

In fact, there are two reasons why Li Mohan supports this project. The first is naturally because his technicians already have the innovative ability of independent research and development. Although it is still in its infancy, it is also worthy of encouragement and comfort.The second is because the grenade fired by the 120mm mortar has a total weight of 15.9 kilograms and a killing area of ​​56x28 square meters, which is quite powerful.Moreover, the maximum range of 5580 meters is not much different from the 38 meters of the Japanese Type 120 5650 howitzer, but the cost is only one-fifth of the Japanese Type 38 120 howitzer.

Li Mohan felt an inexplicable pleasure when he thought that he could build five for the money that Japan made one, and the power and range were not much different.The only regret is that there is no manufacturing capacity for optical collimators in China, and our own factory is temporarily unable to produce them, so it may be lacking in accuracy.But this problem is not big, Li Mohan can make up for this deficiency through the advantage of numbers.

Therefore, this mortar with humble origins but high hopes was named Type 15 120mm heavy mortar, which exists as a regiment-level infantry fire support weapon.