Beiyang reactionaries

"Then what do you think they will fight?"

"Contain people like Wu Peifu, Chen Guangyuan, and Li Houji, and prevent them from getting involved in the affairs of Guangdong and Guangxi. In addition, Chen Jiongming's strength is still a little weak. Especially in the Dharma Protection War, the Cantonese army fought in Fujian and Jiangxi in turn, causing many casualties. Now that countries have imposed an arms embargo on our country, Chen Jiongming probably lacks ammunition and cannot fight any big battles."

Duan Xun nodded.

The Guangdong army must be dissatisfied with Lu Rongting.After all, Chen Jiongming's Cantonese army supported Sun Yat-sen, and they were not in the same faction as Lu Rongting.More importantly, Guangdong is a very wealthy place.

In current China, only Jiangsu can be compared with Guangdong. These two provinces are the wealthiest provinces in China.The annual financial income is also ridiculously high.As early as the end of the Qing Dynasty, the fiscal revenue of these two provinces was more than 4000 million, which was more than twice that of Zhili, Sichuan, and Hubei provinces at that time.

Guangdong is so rich, but Lu Rongting is very stingy with the Guangdong army.

Because Guangdong's finances are controlled by Lu Rongting, most of the money was used by Lu Rongting to build his own Gui army.Last year, the military expenditure of Lu Rongting's troops exceeded 3000 million, almost 4000 million.

And what about the Cantonese Army?

Lu Rongting always deducted the salary of the Cantonese Army.

Under such circumstances, how could the Cantonese army be satisfied with Lu Rongting.The conflict between the two sides was very intense.It's just that Chen Jiongming didn't have the confidence to win, so he didn't turn against Lu Rongting.

Of course, Lu Rongting's deduction of the Cantonese Army's salary does not mean that the Cantonese Army is poor.Because Lu Rongting can deduct the salary of the Cantonese Army, the Cantonese Army will also withhold local finances.Anyway, Guangdong is rich, and the Cantonese army intercepts local finances within the area under their control, and lives a very nourishing life.It's just that the Guangdong army is not happy seeing Lu Rongting holding a lot of money from Guangdong.

After all, this is Guangdong.

Your Lu Rongting's army is the Gui Army, but it controls Guangdong. The Guangdong Army must be dissatisfied.

"As the saying goes, the enemy of an enemy is a friend. Prime Minister Duan is not very persecuted by the Cantonese Army at this stage. Because Lu Rongting is currently having an ambiguous relationship with Cao Kun's troops, Premier Duan also hopes that the Cantonese Army can contain Lu Rongting's army and other troops directly under it. "

For Duan Qirui, this battle to protect the law is definitely not worth the candle.Because after the war to protect the law, Duan Qirui not only bears a huge amount of infamy, but also makes the power of the direct line collide greatly.Especially in the southern region, the rapid expansion of the strength of the direct troops has seriously affected the rule of the Anhui clique.

Time has changed.

Before Duan Qirui wished to wipe out the Cantonese army completely, but now he hoped that the Cantonese army could contain Lu Rongting and the immediate troops.

"Brother Changqing, please contact Chen Jiongming's people. Tell Chen Jiongming that as long as Chen Jiongming initiates the battle to expel the Guangxi army, after Chen Jiongming takes control of Guangdong, we will recognize Chen Jiongming's status and support him as the governor of Guangdong. At that time, our two families We can cooperate to attack Lu Rongting, so that he can't look at each other. And if he lacks arms, I will provide him with a batch of arms at a lower than market price."

"Yes."

Yang Yongtai nodded, but quickly said: "General, should we send someone to spread the news in Guangdong. It will make the relationship between Lu Rongting and Chen Jiongming even more tense."

"It should. Brother Changqing, you are responsible for this matter. Guangdong must fight."

A fight between Chen Jiongming and Lu Rongting will inevitably affect the situation in China as a whole.The May [-]th Movement will soon come, and Duan Xun hopes that the war can divert attention a little.Otherwise, Duan Qirui will be under too much pressure, and Duan Xun also has a lot of cooperation with Japan, so there will be huge pressure at that time.

And to put it bluntly, only when there is a fight, the price of arms will double, or rise several times.At that time, Duan Xun can use arms to win this and that, and earn a lot of money.

"it is good."

207 Straight Anhui Conflict

"What did they say?"

Baoding.

Cao Kun asked Gao Lingfei with a gloomy face.

"No."

Gao Lingxuan shook his head helplessly, and said: "The countries of Britain, France, the United States, Japan and Italy have signed the arms embargo order, and a group of small countries have also signed. At this stage, these countries will not sell weapons to us, and the business we talked about before I can’t do it anymore. I have contacted several foreign companies, and they all said that the current ban is relatively strict, and they have no way to get us weapons. Recently, it has been difficult to buy weapons from abroad.”

"These countries have a problem with their heads."

Cao Kun was furious.

His grandma's.

How much money did these bastards earn from the arms trade.It's not that you don't give money to buy weapons yourself. It's simply unreasonable to impose an arms embargo now.It's a big thing that ruined yourself completely.

Cao Kun has controlled Zhili for these years, and he still has a lot of money in his hands.

It was already planned to buy some arms and expand Zhili's troops.At present, Cao Kun has many troops under his command, among which the most direct troops are the third division led by Wu Peifu, as well as the first mixed brigade of Zhili, the second mixed brigade of Zhili, and the third mixed brigade of Zhili.

This is Cao Kun's most elite unit.

These troops are all troops started by Cao Kun. They are equipped with good weapons and well-trained. Most of the officers in the troops are from the Japanese Non-commissioned Officer Military Academy and Baoding Military Academy.It is the old foundation that Cao Kun has accumulated for many years.

Of course, Cao Kun also has some miscellaneous troops, but those troops are not as powerful as the above-mentioned troops.Therefore, Cao Kun believed that his direct line troops were still too small, and planned to expand the army and build several mixed brigade troops.The current plan is to re-expand the troops of the three mixed brigades, and Cao Kun has even thought about the establishment.That is the Fourth Mixed Brigade of Zhili, the Fifth Mixed Brigade of Zhili, and the Sixth Mixed Brigade of Zhili.

As long as a few more mixed brigades are built, the number of troops under Cao Kun's control will increase greatly.Coupled with his own troops and direct allied troops, Cao Kun is confident that he can compete with Duan Qirui.

So Cao Kun needs weapons.

But at this juncture, what kind of arms embargo have these countries come up with.It's as if it's just like having trouble with yourself.How to build an army without weapons, especially Cao Kun does not have any outstanding arsenal in his hands.The arsenal in Cao Kun's hands is a weapon repair shop, and he cannot produce weapons by himself.At most, it can produce some ammunition.

Therefore, foreign countries banned the sale of weapons, and Cao Kun was caught blind immediately.

"Did you find Wang Zichun (Wang Zhanyuan), how about the Hanyang Arsenal? Can they give us a batch of weapons first?"

"Mr. Cao, Governor Wang is more anxious than us. The monthly output of the Hanyang Armory was less than [-] rifles last year, and the output has been declining since this year. I heard that the monthly output of the Hanyang Armory was over [-] rifles in January." Rifles. The output of artillery and machine guns produced before is even more appalling. The artillery factory of Hanyang Arsenal is almost at a standstill. The output of Hanyang Arsenal is not enough for their own troops in Hubei, and it is impossible to have our share. "

"Less than 1000 shots? Only over [-] shots in January? How did the Hanyang Armory do it?"

Cao Kun was surprised.

That is the Hanyang Arsenal, the best and largest armory in China.It was built from the end of the Qing Dynasty, and how much money was spent by the court, it is considered famous in China.Although the troops of the Beiyang Army don't use Hanyang very much, they think that the quality and power of Hanyang are not very good.Therefore, the direct line troops of the Beiyang Army all used imported weapons. In the early years, the Beiyang Army troops used German weapons. Later, after the expansion of the Beiyang Army, most of them used Japanese weapons.Only those collateral troops of the Beiyang Army and local warlords would use Hanyang to build them.

But no matter how poorly made in Hanyang, it is still a weapon.

When the Hanyang Armory was at its most bullish, the annual output once reached [-] to [-] to [-] to [-] pieces, which can be regarded as a benchmark for Chinese arsenals.In the past, Cao Kun looked down on Hanyang Manufacturing and Hanyang Arsenal.But now Cao Kun is also in a hurry to go to the doctor, and he immediately thought of Hanyang Arsenal.If you can buy [-] to [-] rifles from the Hanyang Arsenal, plus some machine guns and artillery, that is also acceptable.But how could the Hanyang Armory produce less than [-] rods per month.

"Mr. Cao, I understand. I heard that the Hanyang Arsenal has lost a large number of technicians and workers over the past year. Many of them are important weapon engineers and skilled workers of the Hanyang Arsenal. Even Liu Qingen, the supervisor of the Hanyang Arsenal, Didn’t you resign and leave before? And when you left, you took a large number of people with you. I heard that the Hanyang Armory has recruited many new workers, which cannot be compared with before.”

"Where did that idiot Liu Qingen go?"

"I heard that he went to the Sichuan Arsenal where Duan Degong (Duan Xun) worked as a supervisor."

The relationship between Cao Kun and Liu Qingen is not very good.

Because when the meeting was held in Beijing, Cao Kun and Liu Qingen became stubborn.Cao Kun looked down on people like Liu Qingen, and Liu Qingen also looked down on warlords like Cao Kun.When the two of them were in a meeting, their muscles arose because of the development of the military factory.In the end, the Beijing government supported Cao Kun's opinion and did not increase its support for Hanyang Arsenal.So Cao Kun still remembers the idiot Liu Qingen.As for Liu Qingen going to Duan Xun's place, Cao Kun didn't really care.

arsenal?

Can China also run an arsenal?

Cao Kun never believed that China could also run an arsenal, or in other words never believed that China could also run a qualified arsenal.Cao Kun has always looked down on the Hanyang made in China.Therefore, I didn't feel much about Duan Xun poaching Liu Qingen, but I just felt that Duan Xun was doing useless work.

So what if there is Liu Qingen?

Liu Qingen has been in the Hanyang Arsenal for so many years, and the Hanyang-made weapons of the Hanyang Arsenal are still inferior to the weapons imported from abroad.Made in Hanyang are only used by weak domestic armies.