Jagged Warlord

Li Mohan unequivocally criticized Yuan Shikai's act of proclaiming himself emperor, and believed that Yuan Shikai's proclaiming himself emperor was the chief culprit of the current war. Listed the contributions made to China's modernization, such as training the new army to promote military modernization, abolishing the imperial examination to promote education modernization, etc., and believed that the reason why Yuan Shikai was greedy for profit was entirely because he was an old-fashioned official. , but also made great contributions, should be severely punished, but should also be given some understanding.

Then, Li Mohan turned his spear again and pointed at the revolutionaries (mainly against Sun Wen’s Chinese Revolutionary Party). Li Mohan said that at this moment, the European powers are all engaged in unprecedented wars for their own interests, and have no time to look around. At this moment, It should be a great opportunity for our sons and daughters of China to unite and work hard to build the country. It is also a great opportunity for our country to take the opportunity to rise and finally abolish all the unequal treaties imposed on us by the great powers. The life and death of the people, the war against each other, and fighting in the same room not only put the people in trouble, but also made the country weaker and weaker in the cannibalism.

Li Mohan appealed in the telegram that everyone wants patriots, not patriotic thieves. What are patriotic thieves? , denying the shortcomings exposed in the government's governance, etc.; flattering foreigners, denying the achievements of the government's governance, etc. Most of these two kinds of people consider themselves patriotic, and they all say that they want to make the country more prosperous and stronger, and people's lives better. Happiness, but the methods adopted are inappropriate and are not conducive to the development of the country in essence. The third type is to wantonly injure or rob other people’s property in the name of patriotism, and has nothing to do with patriotism, and just wants to fish in troubled waters crowd.

This kind of patriotic thief is the most hateful.

Duan Qirui felt that the word patriotic thief was a bit new, so he asked Xu Shuzheng, "Youzheng, what do you think!"

Xu Shuzheng said: "I think Li Mohan is a capricious person, and he acts entirely on whether it is beneficial to him. I really think that such a person can be used!"

Duan Qirui nodded and said, "I also think I can get in touch with this Li Mohan, but who should I send?"

Xu Shuzheng thought for a while, then said with a smile, "I'll just take a trip. I heard that Li Mohan is from Xiao County, and he's from my hometown!"

Duan Qirui smiled, and replied: "It's reasonable, the fellow villagers are three-point relatives, and he is also a courageous and resourceful person. He is indeed the most suitable person!"

……Dividing line……

After Yuan Shikai abolished the imperial system, in view of the failure to achieve the expected results in the southwestern defense campaign and the difficulties in domestic and foreign affairs, in order to seek a respite, he borrowed the names of Li Yuanhong, Duan Qirui, Xu Shichang and others on March 3, Call the nurse to ask for a truce and discuss the aftermath. As for the nurse, after three months of fighting, the soldiers, firearms, ammunition, and salaries have all been greatly consumed. They urgently need to be supplemented and rested, and there is also a truce period, so , Since the end of March, the front lines in Sichuan and Xiangxi have successively implemented ceasefires. By the beginning of April, the war to protect the country has actually ceased.

During the truce, various political forces in the country launched tense maneuvers, with the focus on the issue of Yuan Shikai's resignation.

In this political struggle, it can be roughly divided into the following three major forces: first, Yuan Shikai and his few followers, who continued to plan an attack from Sichuan and Hunan to the southwest, struggling to the death, in an attempt to continue to maintain the supreme dominance; However, the development of history is completely contrary to their wishes.

One is the Chinese Revolutionary Party headed by Sun Yat-sen. Although Sun put forward the correct proposition of "maintaining the Republic of China, not just getting rid of Yuan Shikai", he expressed that he would fight to the end with all reactionaries like Yuan Shikai, but because of its lack of strength and serious divorce from the masses , so it has little effect.

The first is the Progressive Party and the Southwest local power faction who have the military strength to protect the country and fight against Yuan, and control the development of the war situation. They have not put forward any other political ideas except for "overthrowing Yuan" and supporting Li Yuanhong as president. The outcome of the war had an extremely negative impact.

When Xu Shuzheng came to Xuzhou, Li Mohan was busy relocating the Dexian Arsenal. The Dexian Arsenal mainly manufactured the "July [-]" bullets and the "[-]" bullets, as well as chemical raw materials such as sulfuric acid and nitric acid for personal use, and semi-finished products such as smokeless medicine The machinery and equipment used are all imported from Germany and the United Kingdom. The quality of the products of this factory is excellent and it has always enjoyed a high reputation in the military circle.

The main varieties include gun subcategories: "[-]" arrow guns, "[-]" arrowless guns, "[-]" pointed arrow guns, "[-]" arrow guns, "[-]" arrowless guns, Danish machine guns Guns, Mannlichers, Muratas, Zilats, Brownings, and "Six Five" dummy arrows.

Shell primer: Gruson 5.7cm shell primer, Japanese 7.5cm shell primer, Krupp 7.5cm shell primer, shell contact fire category: Gruson shell contact fire, 37mm shell contact fire and 6cm shell contact fire, Cannonballs: 6cm blooming shells and 37cm blooming shells, liquid medicines: nitric acid, yellow water, and yellow powder, gunpowder: cotton powder and smokeless powder.

Bullet accessories: all kinds of gun copper shells, gun primers, gun arrows, copper clips and steel clips, copper skins: primer copper skins, sub-clamp copper skins, red copper skins and cannon copper skins.

Military equipment: Iron bullet boxes, large and small iron shovels, large and small foreign picks, and large and small foreign axes.

Judging from the quantity of ammunition produced by the arsenal, the actual production of various guns is 1500 million to 2000 million per year. However, judging from the number of workers and equipment capabilities in the factory, the potential is very large, with the ability to produce 2000 million bullets a year.

Such a technically powerful arsenal cannot be left to others. Li Mohan ordered Jiang Fangzhen that the Dexian arsenal must be dismantled immediately and completely. Not a single screw is allowed to be left behind. The workers and engineers of the Dexian arsenal must also be relocated together. Their family members can also accompany them, and the SS is responsible for arranging housing and work for them. Li Mohan's plan is to merge the Dexian Arsenal and the Jinan Xincheng Arsenal to establish the Jinan Arms Factory, thereby strengthening his arms production capacity.

The predecessor of the Jinan Xincheng Armory was the Shandong Machinery Bureau of the former Qing Dynasty, which was founded by Ding Baojian, the governor of Shandong at that time. In 1897, the Shandong Machinery Bureau had more than 60 machines that could manufacture both guns and Mausers, and more than 170 kinds of accessories and tools. A new-style gun factory, bullet factory, wrought iron factory, rolling mill, and chemical steel factory were built. The architectural form and layout were all built in Western style, which expanded the scale of the Machinery Bureau. 30 gunpowder warehouses were also built in Wuying Mountain, southwest of the Machinery Bureau. , which can store 18 kilograms of gunpowder. In 1904 and 1905, 7.9 53mm bullet machines and a complete set of repair equipment were purchased from Deshang Ruiji Foreign Firm. After these machines were installed, they only produced new bullets, with a daily output of 6000 and 7000 rounds The annual output is between 2100 million and 2550 million. If the Dexian Arsenal and the Jinan Xincheng Arsenal are successfully merged, they will become the highest-yielding armory in China right now.