"We are the guards of the Supervision Department. The commander-in-chief wants to come to the arsenal to supervise the battle. We are here to stand in front of the commander-in-chief." A burly man with a Shandong accent swaggered into the gate.

A small iron door on the big iron door "creaked" opened, and a middle-aged officer in his 30s walked out from the inside, with the rank of lieutenant colonel.

"How can you come soon?" The lieutenant colonel spoke with a Shanghai accent. It was really rare to speak this kind of accent in the army of the Republic of China. Maybe it was Li Houji who found it when he was the commander of Wusong Fortress?

This Shanghai native was of medium build, with a round white face and a pair of round glasses. He looked like a schoolteacher. Somehow he became an officer in Li Houji's army.

"Ouch! The boss is big." The Shanghainese looked up at Wang Bao, who looked like an iron tower, and couldn't help sighing.

"We are here to fight for the commander in chief. The commander in chief will come to supervise the battle later. Please let the door open." Wang Bao put his hand on his waist, with a carefree expression.

"Understood, Ala received a call, otherwise why did Ala get up early in the morning and guard the gate? Open the door, open the door." Listening to this Shanghai native, it seems that Li Houji really wants to come here to supervise the battle?

"Excuse me, what is your name, sir? Is it the general office here?" Wang Bao rolled his eyes and thought about it.

"Ala is the deputy of the arsenal. My surname is Lu, and my name is Lu Ming. Mr. Liu has gone out for something, and now I am in charge of it." It turned out that this Shanghai native was not Li Houji's soldier, but he was hired from the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau. The engineers who came came back from studying in Germany.Liu Shiyuan, the general manager of the arsenal, went to his little wife's house to do important things, so the arsenal was managed by this messy assistant with low vigilance.

"Nong, Nong, what are you doing? Why are you pointing a gun at me? Help!" As soon as the gate opened, more than 300 officers and soldiers of the pistol squad rushed in, and at the same time, there was a Shanghai accent shouting for help. .Immediately afterwards, more than [-] officers and soldiers of the supplementary battalion appeared from nowhere, rushed in, and caught all the officials and dozens of sleepy-eyed guards in the factory.

"May I ask Mr. Lu a question?" Wang Baozhan opened the door, regardless of the occupation of the arsenal, but chatted with the trembling assistant of the arsenal: "Mr. Lu just said that Li Houji is coming here to supervise the war?"

"Oh, I've said it, I've said it, I called at 06:30 to inform you, oh, are you going to arrest Jay? Just tell me what you want me to do, please move the gun a little bit away." What is it? Living in troubled times, this high-achieving metallurgical student at the University of Hamburg still has some wit and quickness. He quickly understood that the other party was trying to catch Li Houji. Anyway, he and Li were not related, so he was very straightforward. Sell ​​Li Houji.

Luo Yaoguo, who received the great news, ordered the troops to immediately stop their flags and drums, pretending that nothing happened, and immediately received Lu Ming at the other end.

"You are the deputy of the arsenal? What do you study? Are there any good things here?" Luo Yaoguo asked the assistant Lu in English.

"I'm a metallurgist, and I'm an assistant in the arsenal. There are 8016 98 slow-moving rifles imitating Mauser 7.92, and 300 water-cooled machine guns, but these are not good things. The best is 42 1897-type guns. The field rapid-fire gun is imported from France, and it has never been used. In addition, there are 10 silver dollars and 1 ton of silver ingots that have just been minted here." The English of Lu Bangban has a little German accent, and it seems that he is really capable , it seems that the best here is him.

"Oh, there is a villa of mine in Cangshan Town opposite Hongshan Bridge. It is very quiet and no one lives in it. I bought it for investment, and I can put a lot of things and people there." Lu Ming adjusted his glasses and took a risk. A string of English: "There are more than 300 left-behind workers in the arsenal, and there are 10 trucks and drivers. I can ask them to help move things."

"Brother, you and the fourth brother lead a company, transport 2000 rifles, 100 water machine guns, 12 field cannons, and then transport some bullets and shells and all the silver dollars and silver ingots to cross the Hongshan Bridge. Find a place to hide first, and hurry up. Second brother, fifth brother, let's get ready to welcome Governor Li." Luo Yaoguo restrained his inner excitement, and immediately issued a new order.

Luo Yaoguo asked Wu Ziliang to wait for Li Houji in the arsenal with his first company and Lu Ming's assistant, while he himself took 2 field cannons, 2 machine guns and Li Shunen's [-]nd company to ambush in the woods next to the arsenal. All the cannons are loaded with zero-shot cluster ammunition and ready to fire.

At about 9 o'clock in the morning, a pistol team of about three battalions lined up neatly and drove over from the direction of Fuzhou City. There were a few cars in the middle of the three battalions. It seemed that Li Houji was real Came out of town.

"Let them go and bombard their rear." Both Luo Yaoguo and Li Shunen can use artillery, and now the two of them operate a field rapid-fire gun. In order to prevent Li Houji from being killed or fleeing back to Fuzhou, Luo Yaoguo will kill Li Houji. Let it go, and then use 2 rounds of 75mm shotguns and two machine guns to destroy Li Houji's rear team, let Wu Ziliang in the arsenal block his front team, force Li Houji to surrender, and then ask him for a few million for his life.

"Boom! Boom!" Two loud bangs, two rounds of zero-grain bullets swept out two big blood mist in the crowd of Li Houji's guards, and at least 80 to [-] people were killed on the spot!

"Tap, tap, tap..." The sound of the cannon was the signal, and the machine guns deployed in the grove and the machine guns on the roof of the arsenal opened fire at the same time, frantically strafing Li Houji's guards.Although these unlucky guard officers and soldiers are tall and big, they only have pistols in their hands!There is simply no way to fight enemies with artillery and machine guns!Why did Li Houji buy so many artillery pieces but not equip them for the troops?really strange?

"Hand in your guns and don't kill! Hand in your guns and don't kill!" Seeing that they were almost killed, Luo Yaoguo ordered his subordinates to shout to make the other party surrender. In fact, it was not that Luo Yaoguo had a bad conscience, but that the other party had too many people!There are more than 1000 people in the four battalions, and Luo Yaoguo's more than 200 people can't feed them at all, so they had to kill a group first to scare them.

Hearing that they could not kill, even the personal guards who had benefited a lot from Li Houji on weekdays quickly gave up their fearless fighting, threw away their pistols and ran to the edge of the woods to wait for prisoners.Only Li Houji's bodyguards were still loyal and struggling needlessly relying on a few cars.

"Li Houji! Our party's policy is to hand over your guns and not kill, and give preferential treatment to prisoners. As long as you come out honestly, we will send you to Shanghai to meet our family, Dashuai Sun. You will be fine if you admit your mistake to Dashuai Sun! Otherwise, we But it’s time to fire!” Several officers and soldiers of the supplementary battalion with loud voices yelled at Li Houji based on the words prepared in advance.

Li Houji absolutely believes that handing in the gun does not kill or anything. Now the warlords in China generally do not kill prisoners.But after seeing Dapao Sun and apologizing, he would be fine. Li Houji absolutely did not believe that there would not be such a cheap thing in this world.

Not long after shouting, Li Houji, who finally thought about it, asked the staff to come over and inform him, expressing his willingness to surrender.After receiving Luo Yaoguo's promise to guarantee his safety, a middle-aged man in his 50s, with two goldfish eyes and a long mustache, wearing a general uniform, walked from behind the car with the help of several loyal guards. When he came out, he looked quite calm.

Chapter 0009 Cangshan Town Expansion ([-])

In the battle of Hongshanqiao Armory, Luo Yaoguo's supplementary battalion won a complete victory!Not only did they take away 2000 rifles, 100 machine guns, 12 cannons, hundreds of thousands of bullets and more than 1000 artillery shells from the arsenal, but also kidnapped Fujian Governor Li Houji.The fruitful Luo Yaoguo ordered Wu Ziliang to suppress Li Houji and the hundreds of still-moving prisoners of the Li Houji Pistol Squad to join Wang Bao on Changzhou Island. Do Lu Ming's work.

"What's the future plan of Deputy Lu?" Luo Yaoguo was leaning on the big sofa in the reception room of the arsenal, while tasting the fragrant tea collected by Liu Shiyuan, he was talking about the future with Lu Ming.

"I plan to go back to Shanghai first, and then..." Lu Ming sighed softly, and then where to go?He studied heavy industry. Where can he do heavy industry in China now?

"Why don't you go back to Guangdong with us? My uncle is the chief of staff of the Northern Expedition Army. How about I arrange for you to work as an engineer at the Ishii Arsenal after returning to Guangdong? How much salary you get in Fujian, we in Guangdong can also give you a corresponding salary." Luo Yaoguo took a sip of tea, moistened his throat, and said, "You've also seen these Beiyang warlords, among other things, it's absurd to start a war. Such an army will definitely have no future. It's better to fight with them than to follow them." Let's go back to Guangdong, and now I will lead a lieutenant colonel staff officer in my army, what do you think?"

"Oh, that's fine." Lu Ming also knew that this Fujian manufacturing plant could not manufacture anything for the time being.This Northern Expeditionary Army is determined to fight back to Guangdong, and will not stay for long, and will not know who will be in charge of Fujian in the future. Instead of waiting here, it is better to be a lieutenant colonel's staff first, which is worse than doing nothing.

Then the two chatted about starting heavy industry. Lu Ming graduated in metallurgy. It is no problem for him to manage an ordinary steel factory. It is clearly stated that the Martin furnace used for general steelmaking of gun-tube steel is not enough at all. Many key equipment such as electric arc furnace, large-tonnage extruder, heat treatment equipment, etc. are required. These are difficult to buy, and there are many special The unique craftsmanship and formula cannot be mastered overnight.

"I estimate that if someone is willing to provide a full set of technology, with tens of millions of funds, it can still be built in five years at the earliest." Lu Ming frowned and thought about it for a long time, and finally gave an approximate time .

"Just one piece of gun steel costs tens of millions and takes five years, and someone is willing to provide technology. It seems that the establishment of the most basic national defense industry does not seem to be hundreds of millions. Is it impossible to add ten years?" Thinking of 1931 Luo Yaoguo was very upset about the war that was about to happen in [-]. It has not been ten years now, and China is still divided. It seems that I, a time traveler, can't change anything. Who told me that I didn't study heavy industry. Didn't you study finance?How to make money?Engage in heavy industry?

"Report, Commander Qiu's troops have arrived. Commander Qiu wants us to hand over the military factory to them." Luo Shun, who had been promoted to adjutant, brought the news of Qiu Hongjun's arrival.

"Brother Lu, let's go, someone is coming to take over this arsenal." Luo Yaoguo stood up from the sofa, adjusted his military uniform, and took Luo Shun and Lu Ming to meet Qiu Hongjun.

"Hehe, Fuwen is a good trick. It looks like I'm going to call you Brigadier Luo soon." Qiu Hongjun, who seemed a little honest when we met, asked in a somewhat teasing tone: "There are still some things in this arsenal for my brother. Me?"

"Look at what you've always said, this arsenal is like a big treasure trove. Do I, a battalion commander as big as a sesame seed, dare to take it all by myself? I just drink some soup, and I will save the meat for you. There are 6000 79 rifles and 30 75 fast guns." , 200 water machine guns, millions of bullets, [-] shells, [-] hand grenades, and some raw materials. There is also a smokeless gunpowder factory on the other side that I have never been in. How about it? Enough for your old editor An army, right?" Luo Yaoguo has an uncle who is the chief of staff behind him, so it's no problem to get a little bit, but he still has to keep the big head, and he's done a good job in this respect.

Hearing that there were so many things, Qiu Hongjun couldn't care less about thinking about how much Luo Yaoguo had benefited, and his entire facial expression suddenly changed from cloudy to clear: "Hehe, well, well, Fuwen has made a great contribution this time, I must be in the hands of Commander Huang." Let me show you in front of you, by the way, Fuwen, do you have any ideas next?"

"Commander Qiu, the low-ranking supplementary battalion will not enter Fuzhou this time, right? Can you go to Cangshan Town to wipe out the remnants of the enemy?" Luo Yaoguo felt that Qiu Hongjun was an elder, so he clearly stated that he wanted to go to Cangshan Town to garrison.

"Okay, I understand what you mean, I will give you an order immediately, and your supplementary battalion will temporarily move to Cangshan Town." Qiu Hongjun smiled slightly: "Don't worry about Fuwen, as long as Commander Huang doesn't ask, I will definitely not bring it up." You, you have to hurry up, Commander Huang is very shrewd."

"Thank you, Chief Qiu, for your kindness. Yaoguo is very grateful, so I will leave first." Luo Yaoguo solemnly gave a military salute to the good old man in front of him, and then handed over to the arsenal. He took Lu Ming and Li Shunen together and left the arsenal for Central Continent. Island garrison.

After Luo Yaoguo's first battalion moved to Cangshan Town on the other side of the Minjiang River, the two brigades of Huang Dawei and Li Fulin from the Northern Expeditionary Army also rushed to the arsenal. The old Fuzhou City had long been an empty city, with no soldiers, no generals, and naturally no defense, so Huang and Li rushed into the city and began to grab land for profit. This Huang Dawei really forgot about Luo Yaoguo.

At the same time that Huang and Li's troops attacked Fuzhou, Xu Chongzhi's Second Cantonese Army also captured Shuikou, but Xu Chongzhi's troops suffered certain losses in the Battle of Shuikou.Tang Guomo, who had been defeated, retreated towards Minqing. A few days later, he fled to the city of Fuzhou and fought against Shi Tingyang's troops to counterattack Fuzhou. Finally, under the attack of Huang Dawei, Li Fulin, Xu Chongzhi, Wang Yongquan and the navy, the entire army was wiped out.On the second day after Xu Chongzhi entered the city, Luo Yiqun quietly came to Cangshan Town on the other side of the river.

A luxury villa built by overseas Chinese in Cangshan Town is now the headquarters of Luo Yaoguo's supplementary regiment. Of course, this supplementary regiment is self-appointed by Luo Yaoguo.Now the supplementary regiment has a thousand officers and soldiers, and is still trying to find ways to recruit troops to expand its strength.Except for the original 1000 people in the supplementary battalion, most of the 300 people were taken in by captives, and a small number were poor teenagers from the town. The 1000 people are now divided into four battalions, three infantry companies have been expanded into infantry battalions, and there is an artillery battalion with more than 100 people. The battalion commander is Luo Yaoguo, and the 12 75 fast guns are incorporated into the artillery battalion.

"Uncle, do you think our team is okay?" Luo Yaoguo, who proclaimed himself the leader of the team, now looks smug and wants to do something.

Luo Yiqun looked at more than 1000 officers and soldiers who were still in high spirits with his hands behind his back and nodded in satisfaction: "Fuwen, you did a good job this time, especially when you caught Li Houji. I have met him just now, and he is willing to pay 300 million yuan. Redeem for yourself. With these 300 million, we will be sure to hunt for thieves. In the next few days, Jiang Zhongzheng will go to Fuzhou to take up the post of chief of staff of the East Road Betrayer Army. Uncle’s burden can finally be put down. I have already talked with Xu Ruwei and Huang Dawei agreed that I will be the chief of staff of the Second Army and the commander of the 15th brigade. Your supplementary regiment can be expanded into the 15th brigade. You will be the deputy brigade commander first. A way to set you right."

"Jiang Zhongzheng?" Hearing that the big boss of the Republic of China was coming to Fujian Luo Yaoguo, he suddenly had a new idea.

"Jiang Zhongzheng has won the trust of the Prime Minister now. Maybe he can cheer up our army if he comes to our east road to fight against the bandits?" Sun Yat-sen fought many people side by side, so he also had some affection for him.

"Although Jiang Zhongzheng is deeply trusted by the Prime Minister, he is an empty-headed chief of staff, but he must have some people in his hands?" Luo Yaoguo thought for a while and then said: "What I am most worried about is that this time the thieves will not be able to completely eliminate Chen Jiongming. In order to eliminate Chen Jiongming’s power, we must first increase our own power. Uncle, I think we can choose to join forces with Jiang Zhongzheng. Pull out a regiment from the Cantonese army to mix with my troops, and expand a division on this basis, so that perhaps more Chen Jiongming's forces can be annexed in the process of hunting for thieves."

Luo Yaoguo didn't trust the army in his hands very much, because there were too many Li Houji prisoners in this army, and it would be bad if one inattentive mutiny.If a regiment can be dug out from the Cantonese army and reorganized, it will be reliable, at least there will be no mutiny.

"Is that so?" Luo Yiqun is quite interested in expanding a division, but he is still a little worried: "Fu Wen, if you want to cooperate with Jiang Zhongzheng, you are not afraid that the troops will be swallowed by him? He has been thinking about it all these years. Get an army."

Luo Yaoguo shook his head when he heard his uncle's words and said with a wry smile: "My foundation is too shallow, my rise is too sudden, and luck is too much. I now have more than 2000 long guns, more than 1000 short guns, and [-] machine guns. There are twelve cannons, but there are only three or four people who can use them, and there are less than three hundred reliable soldiers. The other soldiers are all captured by Li Houji's guards, so they are not reliable at all. I dare not enter the city or leave on Zhongzhou Island. I am afraid that if I leave the army, there will be trouble. Now if my uncle can join forces with Jiang Zhongzheng, he should be able to get a regiment from Xu Ruwei. Jiang Zhongzheng can always pull out a group of officers. I am promoting a group of soldiers. On the one hand, it will be reliable to break up and reorganize the troops. And this new division can be incorporated into Xu Ruwei's second army, and he will not suffer from this aspect."

"Okay then, I'll go and talk to Jiang Zhongzheng and Xu Ruwei to see if we can get Wei Lihuang's supplementary regiment. You two supplementary regiments will be broken up and reorganized, and a group of officers and troops will be brought in. It’s reliable, but what about the division commander? I’m afraid Jiang Zhongzheng will do it.” Luo Yiqun was very reluctant to be a brigade commander, but seeing his nephew persisted, there was nothing he could do about it. Why did he not have the ability to lead troops at all?

Chapter 0010 Cangshan Town Expansion ([-])

On October 1922, 10, the future big boss of China, Chiang Kai-shek, who was more ruined than his reputation, was appointed by Sun Yat-sen to Fujian to be the unlucky chief of staff.Because there is no army in hand, the journey of the chief of staff of the big boss is a great tragedy.The Cantonese guys in the Cantonese Army discriminate between right and wrong, and basically no one takes Chiang Kai-shek seriously, except for Luo Yiqun.

Because Xu Chongzhi and Huang Dawei were too busy with work, it was his predecessor Luo Yiqun who went to meet Jiang Zhongzheng at the pier. The two simply shook hands, exchanged a few words, and got into a car.

"What do Jie Gong think about coming to the Cantonese army this time?" Luo Yiqun and Chiang Kai-shek sat side by side in the back seat of the car, and the two of them chattered away at random when they had nothing to do.

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