"Yes."

175 million county incident 2

"Fangchen (Han Linchun), where are the weapons we bought from Japan now?"

Duan Xun has chosen not to back down.

With the arrogance of the British, Duan Xun is almost sure that as long as the negotiation fails, they will definitely use force.However, the European war is not over yet, and Britain has no military power in the Far East at all.

The military power that can be mobilized is nothing more than a few warships.

But don't look at just a few warships, the cannons are booming, and it's not easy to provoke.Now Duan Xun has a lot of cannons in his hands.Not only did the Beijing government supplement Duan Xun with a lot of artillery, but the Sichuan Army also had a lot of artillery back then.And Duan Xun currently controls half of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Hunan, and has seized many artillery pieces.Not only this, Duan Xun now holds the Sichuan Arsenal, which can produce hundreds of artillery pieces every year, and there is no shortage of artillery pieces.

But there are also problems.

Most of the artillery in Duan Xun's hands are small-caliber artillery, and there are not many heavy artillery.If you fight against real British warships, you will not have an advantage at all.Therefore, Duan Xuncai bought some heavy artillery from Japan.

It has been almost [-] days since I placed the order with Japan.

"General, we have an agreement with Japan. Artillery is the first shipment of supplies, followed by rifles. At present, the artillery of the two ships we want has already passed Yichang, and it will take up to ten days to reach Chongqing."

"Ten days?"

Duan Xun is summing up.

With the agreement reached with Japan this time, it can be said that its industry in Sichuan has further fallen into the hands of the Japanese, and Japan's strength in Sichuan will continue to expand.Japan's hands have also been slowly inserted into Sichuan's important industries.I made a slight mistake in operation, and it is not certain who will have the final say in these industries in Sichuan in the future.

But cooperating with Japan is currently the fastest way to improve your strength.

So Duan Xun can only bite the bullet and strengthen cooperation with Japan.

Duan Xun's army has a lot of artillery, but lacks heavy artillery.Moreover, when fighting in the southwestern provinces, heavy artillery is actually of little use.On the southwest road, it is difficult for heavy artillery to follow the troops, so the effect is not very obvious.

But in river defense, the role of heavy artillery is still great.

So Duan Xun ordered fifteen heavy artillery pieces from Japan, mainly for Jiang Defense.Of course, I am going to take it over and let the military factory imitate it.And in addition to heavy artillery, a hundred infantry artillery was also ordered.

"Brother Jinfan, let's see if we can upgrade Xiong Qixun's Fourth Armed Police Division to the Eighth Division of the Southwest Frontier Defense Army."

"It should be fine."

Xiong Kewu did not object.

At present, Xiong Qixun's unit is the Fourth Division of the Armed Police Force, which belongs to the local army and belongs to the bandit suppression unit.The full staff is only 4000 people, and after being upgraded to the main force, the full staff is [-] people.

It will be different in terms of weapons and equipment and military pay.

Once the troops are upgraded, that's the job of the Ministry of Military Affairs.That's why Duan Xun discussed with Xiong Kewu.

"What I mean is, transfer Hu Ruoyu to serve as the brigade commander of the teaching brigade. Then transfer the teaching brigade to Kuizhou, and join Xiong Qixun's current army as the teaching brigade of the Eighth Division of the Southwest Frontier Defense Army. In this way, this unit is basically It will be able to fulfill the requirements of the full compilation.”

Although Xiong Qixun's army has been established for a long time, it is only an armed police force after all, and it is inferior to the main force in many aspects.That's why Duan Xun thought of teaching brigade.The teaching brigade is a unit that Duan Xun attaches great importance to.

The Teaching Brigade has two regiments under its jurisdiction. The first regiment is a student regiment formed by Li Jiayu in Changsha, mainly composed of Changsha students.The second regiment was the second regiment of the first division of the original Gui army, which was formed with Ma Xiaojun's model battalion as the core.

There are a lot of officer seedlings in it.

It happened to be equipped with Xiong Qixun's troops.Moreover, the teaching brigade is currently stationed in the Fenghuang area, not very far from Kuizhou.

"it is good."

Xiong Kewu nodded.

"Fangchen (Han Linchun), send a telegram to Wanxian County. After the arms arrive in Wanxian County, ask Tang Huaiyuan to lead the troops to unload five heavy artillery pieces and ten infantry artillery pieces. You will calculate how many shells you need, and then these weapons will be handed over to them. It is used nearby by the Tanghuaiyuan Brigade in Wan County."

Although the Yangtze River is very long in Sichuan, the really important places are Wanxian and Chongqing.If British warships really want to make trouble, they will only choose Chongqing and Wanxian.That's why Duan Xun left heavy artillery and some artillery in Wanxian for the troops in Wanxian to use.

"As for the remaining heavy artillery and artillery, they will all be handed over to Ma Xiaojun."

"Yes."

Since Ma Xiaojun came to Duan Xun's place, Duan Xun has attached great importance to Ma Xiaojun.Because Ma Xiaojun not only cultivated the future of the Gui army, but also a good fighter in war.The integration ability of the troops was even more vividly displayed in Baoqing.Therefore, Duan Xun appointed Ma Xiaojun as the commander of the newly formed second mixed brigade, which was formed with the Dong Songyan Guard Regiment when Duan Xun was the governor of Sichuan.

"Also, please urge the Japanese side. All the ammunition we ordered must be delivered as soon as possible. I don't want any mistakes in the middle."

"Yes."

Han Linchun nodded.

Once Duan Xun and Britain fall out, Duan Xun is very worried that Britain will block the entrance of the Yangtze River. If Duan Xun's goods are inspected, some arms may not be transported up.

So it is necessary to complete this arms transaction quickly.

"General, this time the military factory is building a new factory. Should we end the cooperation with Japan and focus on our own strength?"

"Tell me what you mean."

Since Duan Xun came to Sichuan, he has expanded the size of the Sichuan Arsenal twice.However, the two expansions of the Sichuan Arsenal were supported by Japan.The machinery and equipment, technicians and even funds of the arsenal were all helped by Japan.At present, the Sichuan Arsenal has more than 100 Japanese technicians alone.

But Duan Xun was not satisfied.

Duan Xun is going to expand the scale of Sichuan Arsenal again.

This time the machinery and equipment were purchased from the United States through the British businessman Edward Dowood.If the establishment of the new factory goes well this time, Duan Xun Sichuan Arsenal will be able to surpass Hanyang Arsenal and become China's largest military factory.The annual output of rifles can exceed [-], and the output of artillery and machine guns will also increase greatly.

"General, our military factory is too deeply involved with Japan. And since we cooperated with Japan, our weapons are mainly imitation Japanese weapons. Although this does have many benefits, it can greatly increase our production. But it also seriously restricts us The development of our own weapons, and our arsenal is directly exposed to the Japanese. I don't think we can just follow the Japanese ass and just imitate their weapons. In this way..."

Han Linchun didn't say it directly, but Duan Xun understood the meaning.

Japanese weapons have many convenience points, because Japanese weapons also started as imitations of German weapons.The design is simple, and it is not very difficult to manufacture, which can greatly improve the efficiency of the arsenal.

But it also seriously affects the development of Chinese weapons.

Especially after Duan Xun cooperated with Japan, many development directions of the Chinese arsenal had to be discussed with Japanese technicians.With so many technicians coming from Japan, neither Duan Xun nor Han Linchun felt at ease, because no one knew how many spies there were.

It's just that Duan Xun and Japan are cooperating more and more closely now, so it's inconvenient for Han Linchun to speak too clearly.But the meaning is the same, always be on guard.

"go on."

"General, to build a new factory this time, we will focus on our people, and then hire some European and American technicians as supplements. In this way, our arsenal can get rid of Japanese control."

"Do we have such technical power?"

Duan Xun asked Han Linchun back.

If possible, Duan Xun is of course unwilling to cooperate with Japan in such an important place as a military factory and listen to the Japanese.But this is no way.Without the support of Japan, it is impossible for the current Sichuan Armory to have such a scale, and its output cannot be increased so much.

"General, I have thought of a way."

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