Beiyang reactionaries

Duan Xun understood what Xu Yongchang meant.

Although those auto factories in China began to change their original model and began to focus on trucks.But after all, many car factories produced cars before, and it is impossible for them to produce trucks quickly.This adjustment takes time.

Xu Yongchang is urging Duan Xun.

Hope China's auto factories quickly produce trucks.Because after the war, what the army needs most is a truck.With trucks, the mobility of troops can be reflected.Just like the German blitzkrieg, if only tanks go up, then it is useless.The other troops have to follow.

Those infantry units want to keep up with the pace of tank units, of course they cannot walk.That's why there are motorized units, equipped with a large number of trucks, so that they can keep up with the speed of tank units.

Of course, it is impossible for the German army to be fully mechanized.At present, only the United States in the world has the ability to complete the complete mechanization of its troops.What China, Germany, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom are doing is to complete the mechanization of their troops as much as possible.

The present war is an industrial war.

What is fought in war is money, and what is fought is industrial products.At this time, the consumption of ammunition is very large, and the logistics must keep up.If the logistics can't keep up, those things are fire sticks.

With China's current military size, the 40 vehicles Xu Yongchang mentioned is not much at all.Even if the Chinese army is equipped with twice as many as 40, 80 vehicles are only acceptable.

"I will help you coordinate the issue of trucks, and increase the production of military trucks for the military as soon as possible. In this regard, you can rest assured that as long as our car factory is well adjusted, there will be no problem in providing your military with more than [-] trucks every year. And once the war requires, hundreds of thousands of trucks in other fields can also be deployed for you to take the lead in using. But tractors, compared to using heavy trucks, isn't it more appropriate to use our tractors to transform?"

"Chairman, at present the tractor factory mainly produces tractors. In the past few years, the Construction Corps has expanded too fast. Although the army has expanded rapidly, it still cannot keep up with the speed of their reclamation. In addition, in the past two years, the Construction Corps has begun to specialize in the production of some out-of-production vehicles. As a result, the construction corps has a higher and higher demand for tractors. Therefore, the tractor factory is currently only cooperating with the military to try to produce some tanks. But it only occupies a very small part.”

"There is going to be a war, first the army and then the people."

Duan Xun understood what Xu Yongchang meant.

The Construction Corps currently controls more than 3 million mu of arable land, but the Construction Corps has a serious shortage of people.Moreover, in order to prepare for war, the Construction Corps also began to train a large number of professional troops who were separated from production tasks.In this way, the number of construction corps will be even smaller.

Therefore, in order to make up for the shortage of personnel, the Construction Corps began to order a large number of tractors again.

"Minister Han (Han Linchun), after the meeting is over, you go with me and talk to Ren Hongjun, a member of the Economic and Development Commission. From now on, all factories in our country must meet the needs of the military. Let the tractor factory quickly Some of the output will be converted into tank production, as well as tractor production for the military."

"Yes."

"Chief of Staff Xu (Xu Yongchang), the needs of the front line must be met as much as possible. There are more plans to be made, and contingency plans should be prepared for some possible emergencies."

"Yes."

"Also, from now on, all military academies will hold a large number of short-term training courses. Let those experienced veterans participate, and let them serve as candidate officers after graduation. And all veterans, the local armed forces must register Included. Once the country needs it, those veterans must gather for training in the shortest possible time.”

"Yes."

"Director Ren (Ren Hongjun), you heard what Minister Han (Han Linchun) said."

"Yes."

Ren Hongjun nodded.

With the determination of the position of the Supreme Council, the important positions of the various units below have also begun to be determined.Dai Kan, the new prime minister of the cabinet, or because of the current wartime mechanism, Dai Kan's cabinet prime minister is also the interim prime minister of the wartime mechanism.According to China's constitution, the president and the prime minister who are not elected by the Congress can only be temporary, not the official president and prime minister.So is Dai Kan's cabinet prime minister.

But even if he is the interim prime minister, he is still the prime minister and the top leader of the cabinet.The nomination of members of the current cabinet is a matter for the prime minister.According to the current wartime mechanism, the nomination of deputy prime ministers, cabinet members, and cabinet ministers by the cabinet prime minister will not be submitted to the National Assembly for review and approval, but to the Supreme Council for review and approval.

Duan Xun, the chairman of the Supreme Committee, participated in the review and approval of the Supreme Committee, with four vice-chairmen and five people in charge.Duan Xun established the Supreme Committee to concentrate power during the war years.The power to appoint personnel, including this kind, was also taken over from Congress.

However, although the Supreme Committee established by Duan Xun has centralized power, Duan Xun will not go beyond certain matters, and there are some rules that Duan Xun will not break.Just like Dai Kan's power to nominate cabinet vice premiers, cabinet members, and cabinet ministers, Duan Xun will never interfere.If Dai Kan is not even given this bit of power, then Dai Kan, the prime minister of the cabinet, will not have any authority and will not be able to carry out his work normally.What Duan Xun needs is for Dai Kan to protect the cabinet territory for himself.When fighting, let China's internal stability and economic stability.Duan Xun still recognized Dai Kan's ability.

Because Wang Yongjiang and Liang Huankui retired.

Therefore, the vice-premier candidates nominated by Dai Kan are Song Hanzhang and Ren Hongjun, the original deputy directors of the Economic and Development Commission.Yan Huiqing took over the position left by Wang Yongjiang and was fully in charge of the work of the Economic and Development Commission, while Ren Hongjun was in charge of the industrial construction that Liang Huankui was in charge of before.

After Song Hanzhang and Ren Hongjun nominated vice-premiers, they left the position of deputy director of the Economic and Development Commission, replaced by two young people.One is Lu Zuofu, the former governor of Yunnan Province, and the other is Kang Xinru, the former governor of the Bank of China.

These are all young echelon cadres, and they are all Sichuan cadres who were promoted when Duan Xun was the governor of Sichuan.

Kang Xinru was born in 1890 and is 48 years old this year. He is the closest descendant of Duan Xun.In the early years when Duan Xun was still a warlord in Southwest China, Kang Xinru was Duan Xun's representative in Shanghai and has been serving as the president of Southwest Commercial Bank, which is now the Shanghai Branch of Commercial Bank of China.At that time, Kang Xinru was responsible for helping Duan Xun contact the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Consortium, contacting Chinese businessmen, helping Duan Xun purchase arms, and helping Duan Xun get loans from various financial institutions.After Duan Xun took over Beijing, Kang Xinru has also risen, and her position in China's finance is very important.Kang Xinru is a Southwestern financial power that followed Duan Xun's rise, and even a representative figure of Southwestern commercial power.This time Song Hanzhang became the deputy prime minister, Zhang Jiaao took over the position left by Song Hanzhang, and Kang Xinru was in charge of the department that Zhang Jiaao was in charge of before.

Lu Zuofu was born in 1893 and is 45 years old this year. He was also single-handedly selected by Duan Xun.After the opening of Wanxian, Lu Zuofu served as the person in charge of Wanxian Special Zone.After that, he served as the mayor of Chongqing and the governor of Yunnan. This time he came to Beijing to serve as the deputy director of the Economic and Development Commission, replacing Ren Hongjun's original job.Responsible for the industrial and commercial aspects of the Economic and Development Commission.

Duan Xun has to think about the future.

Dai Kan, Li Jishen, and Yan Huiqing are all older than Duan Xun, and it is impossible for them to become Duan Xun's successors.Duan Xun never thought of giving up power, and it was Duan Xun's idea to work until he was about 70 years old.Therefore, if Duan Xun wants to choose a successor, he must be younger than Duan Xun, and at least five years younger than Duan Xun.So now Duan Xun has begun to slowly promote some cadres born after 1890.

"What do you think?"

"Chairman, you want to turn the Shenyang Tractor Factory into a military factory? Stop producing tractors and start producing tanks?"

"Correct."

Ren Hongjun frowned, and said: "Chairman, although I am not a member of the Military Commission, I also know some data. At present, the total number of tanks in our army is only about 5, which is accumulated over ten years of production in our country. But our Shenyang Tractor Factory, just such a tractor factory, can produce more than 6 tractors a year, and sometimes it can produce more than 8 tractors. If war mobilization is carried out, it will not be a problem to produce [-] tractors at that time. If this All of them have been turned into military factories to produce tanks, and the output is astonishing. Recently, our tractor factory and the military equipment department have tried to produce tanks on a small scale, and there are no technical difficulties. Our workers can easily work on the tractor production line Production of tanks. Especially those light tanks are not more difficult to produce than tractors. Even some medium tanks are not difficult for our tractor factory. Therefore, if we turn our tractor production line into a tank production line, we can produce three or four tanks a year. Ten thousand tanks is easy. And as long as the workers are familiar with it, then there is no problem in producing [-] to [-] tanks a year. Even for medium tanks, our Shenyang Tractor Factory can produce more than [-] tanks a year. Chairman, Are you sure you want to turn the Shenyang Tractor Factory into a tank factory? Does the military have such a high demand for tanks?"

Shenyang Tractor Factory has been cooperating with the military for more than a year.

It is mainly to cooperate in the production of tanks, so that Shenyang Tractor Factory can experience tank production.This includes light tanks as well as medium tanks.Originally, Ren Hongjun thought it was just a small amount of tank production to supplement the shortage of military factories.And unless the war is urgent, tanks will not be mass-produced.

But now Duan Xun wants to turn the Shenyang Tractor Factory, the largest tractor factory in China, into a tank factory.This made Ren Hongjun puzzled.Now China's demand for tractors is increasing.

Production of tanks at this time?

Does the army have so much demand for tanks?

"Ah."

Duan Xun nodded.

He smiled and said: "Soldiers who surrender without fighting are the ones who are good. Although the world war broke out, our country will not participate in too many wars, and we don't really need to fight too many battles. Our country urgently needs to solve It is a matter of the north. The war with the Soviet Union will let the world see the combat effectiveness of our army and the size of our army. China needs a hard-to-hard war. The rise of a major country does not stop fighting. But hard It’s not a big deal against hard wars. What I want the world to see next is the strong industrial strength of our country. Let them see how our country produces weapons and equipment. The production of tens of thousands of tanks a year, I use The number of tanks deters the world powers. Let them know that China is no longer something they can afford. I not only have to consider the current war, but also the establishment of a new world order after the war. There is not enough industry to deter the world Strength, there is not enough production capacity of weapons and equipment to deter the world, and our words may not be useful in the future. Because a head-on war, a weapon production capacity that makes the whole world sigh, is needed at this stage and in the future Yes. So the Shenyang Tractor Factory produces tanks, and the production is aboveboard. I will invite journalists from all over the world to see how we produce tanks.”

Soldiers who don't fight without fighting.

This is the art of war of the ancestors.The rise of a big country like China must make people see China's strength.And the best way is to fight a war that attracts the attention of the world.Just like the rise of the United States, it fought a Spanish-American War.Japan rose and fought a Russo-Japanese War.They can be recognized by the world powers because of such a war with sufficient gold content.

The same is true for China.

A big country like China is a sweet potato for those great powers.If China wants to make those great powers give up, it must let those great powers see China's strength in fighting.Only by fighting head-to-head with the Soviet Union can the world powers be shocked.

But that alone is not enough.

Duan Xun also wants to let the world powers see China's strength in producing weapons and equipment.See how China produces tanks batch by batch.Currently, China has no shortage of steel, no shortage of oil, and no shortage of workers. In terms of tank production potential, no country in the world can compare with it except the United States.

Only in this way can China have enough say in the establishment of a new world order after the war.

"Chairman, the domestic demand for tractors is also very high."

"You can overcome this. You can organize people, build tractor production lines, and build tractor factories."

Duan Xun waved his hand.

The war has begun, and everything must serve the war.For everything else, make way for war.Although China's industrial technology is not as good as that of the great powers, it is not impossible to assemble a tractor production line by itself.

Moreover, it is impossible for Duan Xun to take care of that kind of specific matter.Otherwise, what would people like Ren Hongjun do?