the world is at stake

"This car is okay." Chen Ding held the steering wheel, didn't pay much attention to the market, and honked the horn casually, "Made in Chongqing, a domestic product."

Zhou Qingfeng didn't pay attention to the car he was riding in, he only thought it was a Model T car imported from the United States.He said in surprise, "Chongqing...do we have a car factory in Chongqing?"

"Oh... indeed. Before the restart of time and space, 'Holy Light' acquired several subsidiaries of the Ordnance Equipment Group, including several military factories in Chongqing, including a military automobile factory."

After Chen Ding finished speaking, he smiled wryly, "We have sent telegrams to ask one by one. All the factories are still there, and the product lines are there. The personnel and equipment are just degraded. For example, the annual output of cars is less than [-], which is basically considered a small batch of production.

The State Council plans to organize more than a dozen technical teams within a month to conduct on-the-spot investigations in various factories across the country.The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has two plans, one is to relocate and concentrate, and the other is to bloom on the spot. "

"If the transportation and raw materials can keep up, it is better to bloom locally." Zhou Qingfeng commented, "The initial effect is slow, but it will be beneficial in the long run."

Chen Ding said 'hmm', "I think so too. Sichuan, Shaanxi and other places are our rear areas, we can focus on construction, so as not to be completely occupied by the enemy in a fight."

The international and domestic situation is very bad, and the Ministry of Defense lacks confidence.Chen Ding is discussing with the State Council and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology to relocate all the hundreds of factories and institutes in Guangzhou and Shanghai to the inland.

Many of these factories and personnel are unique, related to a certain subdivided industrial chain, once the loss is gone, it is very difficult to rebuild, and I dare not take risks.

"The State Council is sending letters to all provinces in the country and abroad to gather outstanding talents such as Feng Ru and Zhan Tianyou to formulate a three-year development plan."

"Not for five years?"

"Whether it goes well or not, the situation we face in the next two or three years will change drastically. Five years is too long to be appropriate."

"That's right, there will definitely be a war in two or three years."

The Westernization Movement still had some results, and those big officials in the late Qing Dynasty did not work hard to save the Qing Dynasty.

Anqing Ordnance Institute, Jiangning Machinery Bureau, Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, Fuzhou Shipping Bureau, Xi'an Machinery Bureau, Lanzhou Machinery Manufacturing Bureau, Gansu Textile Bureau... Although these factories are limited in scale, they have cultivated talents after all.

In addition, there are many overseas students, and it is also very precious to gather them together.

For these precious resources, the 'Holy Light' team has detailed records, including how these factories and personnel were transformed and innovated after '49 years'.

According to the estimates of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, as long as there is no extremely tragic all-out war, they have the ability to double the power of the country within three years-after all, the foundation is weak, the base is small, and the country is large.

The convoy arrived at the barracks in Nanyuan, and the guards went to report to the sentry.The sentinel was shocked when he saw seven or eight cars traveling.Not long after, the gate of the barracks opened, and several officers trotted out to greet him.

Zhou Qingfeng got out of the car, straightened his back, and showed off his majestic posture and serious face.Even Chen Ding and Man Lu Zuo were stern, not so amiable.

The military is a violent institution that emphasizes obedience and encourages competition.Even in the People's Liberation Army, which emphasizes the equality of officers and soldiers, officers and non-commissioned officers will not be polite to big-headed soldiers during training and combat.

The modern army retains a great deal of the brutality and cruelty of the ancient army, and the weak cannot gain a foothold here.

Abuse of recruits, brutal corporal punishment, and tyrannical military regulations are all typical features of modern armies.Later generations went to see the Russian, American, and South Korean troops, and they could still see many precious 'cultural relics'.

Yuan Shikai's "Eighteen Laws of Beheading" for the Beiyang Army stipulates that "those who look back before the battle, retreat, and whisper to each other for preemption will be executed; those who flee on business, those who cheat on the battlefield will be executed; those who form alliances and establish associations, and those who spread rumors to confuse the public;..."

This rule of beheading at every turn represents the extremely strict superiority and inferiority in the modern army, which cannot be surpassed.Ordinary soldiers are easily blamed, and the situation is miserable.

You only need to look at the various bad deeds of the Beiyang army to know who the Kuomintang army learned from.

In such a violent environment, Zhou Qingfeng's 1.8 meters five can definitely walk sideways in the barracks, and Chen Ding is also 1.7 meters tall, quite burly.Man Lu Zuo is like a smiling tiger, which is intimidating.

Coupled with the collective appearance of other senior military officers, the atmosphere in the barracks was chilled.

Chen Ding and others wore uniforms of generals or lieutenant generals.The officers who rushed over stopped in front of several people, saluted and signed up, "Li Chun/Wu Hongchang, commander of the No. 11 Brigade of Infantry of the Sixth Division of the Low-ranking Army, has met several leaders."

Chen Ding and the others stopped to return the salute, and Zhou Qingfeng stepped forward to shake hands.They obviously came to find fault, but they all laughed hahaha, which made the two brigade commanders on the opposite side feel terrified.

Li and Wu had heard the sentinel's briefing and knew that one was the President's special envoy, the other was the Minister of Defense, and the rest had great backgrounds.This group of people only brought the guard company, which was already a simple surprise inspection.

Zhou Qingfeng took the initiative to smile and asked, "Brother Zhiquan is not here?"

"Mr. Duan is in the city, and I sent someone to invite him." Li Chun stood up and spoke.

"Don't be shy, Minister Chen, Chief Man and I are not tigers, just to see the combat readiness of the Sixth Division.

Recently, the chaotic party in the south is causing trouble, and there is a possibility of riots.The president was worried about this, and he ordered me to come here to see if the main divisions of the army can fight? "

Zhou Qingfeng didn't wait for the two brigade commanders to reply, and continued: "I don't mind if I randomly transfer a few companies and pull them out for a drill."

What can Li Chun and Wu Hongchang say?I can only nod in agreement.But they didn't expect that a few 'big shots' would be able to play well after a drill.

Two companies were drawn out, and the company commander who came to lead the team first sang military songs to the officers who came to review.Army Song of the Sixth Town: "We enlist in the army relying on the commander, and treat me in front of my children..."

The first two lines made the faces of Zhou Qingfeng and the others twitch.Chen Dinghe and the head of the General Political Department laughed while listening. After listening to a military song, they smiled cruelly.

After laughing, the two infantrymen went to the barracks to carry out drills together - blowing the whistle and gathering, first came a five-kilometer armed cross-country, and the Minister of Defense followed behind in person in a car.

After cross-country, the two companies acted as imaginary enemies to each other, and carried out offensive and defensive drills with a certain mountain as the target, how to build positions, how to arrange firepower, and how to command skirmishers.

The infantry rushed over, Chen Ding and Man brigade were not satisfied, and ordered the cavalry and artillery to be brought in, and battalion-level officers were allowed to enter the field, so as to be close to actual combat.

The sixth town is Yuan Shikai's direct descendant. Although it is only a light infantry division in essence, it is the best equipped in current China.The artillery is equipped with legal or German 75mm artillery.

After the cavalry entered the arena, the infantry battalion-level officers were obviously at a loss.The coordinated command ability of these arms can only be mastered by at least a regiment-level officer, which is beyond their ability.

So Man Luzuo's hands were itchy, and Chen Ding and Chen Ding each commanded each other to attack and defend each other.

After a day of rehearsal, the troops were withdrawn and returned to camp. The participating troops were generally exhausted and even complained.But Zhou Qingfeng and Chen Ding did not leave, and continued to follow the team back to the camp, eating and chatting with the officers and soldiers.

When it got dark, Duan Qirui never came.Li Chun, who was acting as the deputy, said that the teacher was unwell and could not come to see the two officers.

"Mr. Chen and I came here without warning. Brother Zhiquan is not happy." Zhou Qingfeng was not afraid of offending others, and said frankly, "I don't know how to fight, but I can also see that your Sixth Division's tactics are dull. lack of ability."

Li Chun had a bad face, he was a direct descendant of Yuan Shikai, he was very dissatisfied with these strange senior military officers in front of him, and he was even more dissatisfied with Zhou Qingfeng's judgment.

He stood still with his neck straightened, and said with his eyes facing the sky: "The German-style drills practiced by my sixth division are the most powerful in Asia."

Zhou Qingfeng was amused, turned his head and said to the full brigade next to him: "We should set up a blue army brigade to train these soldiers in an institutionalized way." He then said to the head of the General Political Department: "When can the political commissar be transferred to the company?"

Man Luzuo nodded first, "Now the six divisions are still practicing the Russo-Japanese War, and they are not prepared for the big war that will happen in the future. The confrontational training really needs to keep up."

The head of the General Political Department also proposed a solution, "We will soon open a training class for political cadres, absorb educated and passionate young people to join the army, and strengthen the ideological and political construction of the army.

However, most of the current soldiers are illiterate, and they need to be literate first to inspire their thinking, otherwise they are just animals that only know how to eat and drink. "

Zhou Qingfeng and the others talked to each other, all talking about the direction of the army's modernization.Li Chun stood by and listened, confused and flustered.An old military officer like him only thinks that the soldiers are stupid and he can handle them easily, and he never thought about literacy.

Just knocking on the head is useless.With new disciplines, systems, and ideas, the modern army will have a dimensionality reduction blow to the modern army.Nepotism is the first to be broken.

Chapter 04

It was dark and night, and the wind was howling.

The officers and soldiers of the Sixth Division of Nanyuan wished they could wear all their clothes on their bodies, but there were tall and rough men who were topless on the training ground of the barracks, performing a show of lifting shell boxes in the snow.

There are no electric lights in the camp, only torches are lit for lighting.But among hundreds of turpentine torches, thousands of officers and soldiers formed a circle, staring dumbfounded.

After Zhou Qingfeng had dinner, he gathered the cavalry and artillery companies that had participated in the drill that day, and cursed loudly.He called the soldiers stupid pigs and the officers stupid dogs.

"The infantry attacked in a swarm, without even an alternate cover. If they can beat it, it will go smoothly, but if they can't beat it, they will be completely defeated."

"The defending infantry didn't even dig the trenches, and they didn't have enough ammunition. Going out to fight is like sleepwalking. The officers don't watch, and the soldiers just hide and be lazy."

"The devious cavalry are like headless chickens. They don't even know which position they are going to attack. After two hours of fighting, they can go to the wrong place."

"Artillery is even more nonsense. You use the Krupp 1904 mountain cannon as a large rifle. Four artillery commanders, three of whom can't count the shooting table. How the hell did you graduate from the military academy? It's just Asia Strong army?"

Zhou Qingfeng had a loud voice, and without an electric horn, he could hear it all over the training ground in the cold wind.After he scolded, he cooperated with Chen Ding and Man Lu Zuo, pulling a mountain cannon and performing on the spot how to set up a cannon, how to count the shooting table, and how to shoot quickly.

Playing with cannons is not counted, Zhou Qingfeng is like practicing under the flyover, showing his infinite strength to hundreds of illiterate soldiers-the soldiers are uneducated and cannot see the level of cannons, but they can truly experience the power of gap.

Several cannonball boxes stacked together weighed over a hundred kilograms, and Zhou Qingfeng lifted them up like a play.Every time he lifted a cannonball, he picked seven or eight non-commissioned officers to come up and try the weight for himself, and then showed off his strength as if he had taken a big pill.

The big soldiers really eat this set.One by one screamed, as if seeing a fairy, they were so excited.At first they were very unconvinced by Zhou Qingfeng's scolding, but now they have opened their eyes and are convinced.

Under the light of the torch, Zhou Qingfeng's bronze-colored skin shone brightly, and the low temperature of more than ten degrees below zero could not freeze him, but the sinews and flesh all over his body were emitting steaming heat.

Lifting cannonballs doesn't count, Zhou Qingfeng practiced a unique skill at the beginning, he lifted the German-made mountain cannon weighing nearly [-] kilograms - his arms were like pillars, high above his head.

The visual impact of raising the cannonball is eye-catching, but the thing of raising the cannon is unimaginable and shocking.The big soldiers at the scene were dumbfounded, their jaws dropped, and even the surrounding Beiyang military officers at all levels were dumbfounded.

Li Chun, who was in charge of the reception, thought the special envoy of the president was stupid at first, as if he had no brains.But people's quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes, and they rely on this force to win people's hearts.

Good guy, in ancient times there was a bully holding a tripod, but today there is a heavenly king holding a mountain cannon.

"How is it? Have you taken it?"

Zhou Qingfeng possesses brute strength and can lift a load of more than 700 kilograms at most.He held the nearly [-]-kilogram mountain cannon around the field, and the officers and soldiers he approached were frightened and dodged in horror, for fear that the cannon would fall down and crush him to death.

Take it, take it, don't take it!

This Lord is too barbaric, an inhuman existence.

After Zhou Qingfeng put down the cannon, he began to criticize the performance of each unit during the day's drill.The officers and soldiers were in a state of ecstasy, feeling that everything this majestic chief like a dragon said was right.

It was the first time for high-ranking military officers such as Man Luzuo to see Zhou Qingfeng's domineering spirit. Although they knew that such strength was useless in modern warfare, they were shocked psychologically.

"Is Xiao Zhou always like this?" Man Luzuo asked Chen Ding.

Chen Ding smiled wryly, "We went to the end of the Ming Dynasty before, and Xiao Zhou was like this. In ancient society, people like him were born handsome, and they were followed wherever they went.

Ordinary people are uneducated, and they don't understand and are not willing to listen to too advanced theories.No ideological work is as good as Zhou Qingfeng's casual words. "

The generals of the General Logistics Department, General Assembly, etc. were yearning after hearing this, and only regretted not being able to join the 'Holy Light' at the beginning, otherwise they would go to the end of the Ming Dynasty to kill the Tartars, and they would live up to their lives.

Zhou Qingfeng has a good memory. As long as he knows the officers and soldiers participating in the daytime performance, he can blurt out the name of the other party on the spot and pat him on the shoulder a few times.He spent nearly an hour admonishing, and then shouted 'dismiss', "Go to sleep, I'll drill you again when I have time."

The training ground burst into laughter, and thousands of officers and soldiers dismissed and returned to the camp. By the way, Zhou Qingfeng's name was spread to let the whole division know.

Li Chun didn't like watching it from the sidelines. His normal development was to be able to be the guard of Jiujiang and the governor of Jiangxi. However, he trained for more than ten years and spent countless money. He didn't win the hearts of the officers and soldiers like he did tonight.

After the review, Chen Ding and other personnel from the Ministry of National Defense left first.

Li Chun had asked the barracks cook to prepare a banquet, and invited Zhou Qingfeng to have a supper.At the dinner table, Zhou Qingfeng didn't refuse, except that he didn't drink, and he had a full stomach first.

After we were full, Zhou Qingfeng came to talk about business, "Brother Xiushan, besides reviewing the combat readiness of the Sixth Division today, the ministers and I also want to ask you to send a message to Master Duan."

In normal times, the Minister of Defense will not be able to transfer the next division commander?That's too much of a joke.But the troubled times in the late Qing Dynasty were really so absurd.

In the early years of the Republic of China, the Central Plains was in chaos.

Duan Qirui was the Admiral of Jiangbei, Feng Guozhang was the Governor of Jiangsu, Li Chun was the Governor of Jiangxi, and Sun Chuanfang was the Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces of the Five Provinces. The official positions of warlords, big and small, were not conferred by the central government, but they seized the territory and named themselves.

What is central?How many divisions does it have?

Zhou Qingfeng entered the military camp as the President's special envoy, and Duan Qirui dared to pretend to be sick in his private house in the city.That's pretty polite.If you're not polite, Zhou Qingfeng can't even enter the barracks.

Li Chun is still only a brigade commander, but he is no longer easy to deal with.Hearing that there was something in Zhou Qingfeng's words, he quickly smiled and said, "Special Envoy Zhou, please tell me."

Zhou Qingfeng revealed his trump card, "Mr. Duan, would you like to go to Guangdong to be an admiral?"

The full name of 'Admiral' is 'Admiral'.Now that the republic is changed, the official position should be 'Military Commander', who is in charge of the military affairs of a province.

This must be considered a promotion, much better than being a teacher.

Li Chun was shocked when he heard this, and thought that this bait was enough!

Yuan Shikai's current status is equivalent to the commander of the army, and he is currently "recovering from illness" in Anyang, Henan.But others are gone, but the influence is still there.Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang and other Beiyang generals listened to him.

In order to break this kind of nepotism, the old master's idea is very simple, that is to 'promote', and it must be promoted in a good place, so that people will be grateful and supportive.

How is Guangdong?Of course!The industry and commerce are well developed and connected to the world.

As an admiral in Guangdong, you can collect your own taxes and become the local emperor. If you want to expand your army, you can expand your army. If you want to grab territory, you can grab it.

But now Guangdong is recognized as a powder keg, and Sun Dapao and Huang Xing's Tongmenghui are preparing to revolt.The governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Zhang Mingqi, is a waste who relies on bribes to his superiors.

"The revolutionary party scolds our government for dictatorship every day. They are supported by foreign countries, entrenched in Guangdong, confuse the people, and always want to make something happen. This requires a powerful general to suppress them."

As long as the 'Holy Light' team can control a few divisions, it will not be so embarrassing that they have no choice but to take a bunch of rebels.But isn't it because there are really no soldiers to use now, so we have to drive the tigers and eat the wolves and let Beiyang go.

The Revolution of [-] did not break out, and the righteousness of the government of the Republic can still bluff people.After thinking about it for a while, Li Chun felt that the Revolutionary Party in Guangdong would not be able to achieve great things. If one of his own divisions passed by, it would be destroyed within ten months.

"The Sixth Division can't leave Gyeonggi." Zhou Qingfeng threw out the second condition, "A few years ago, the Army expanded to 36 divisions, and Guangdong will also train two. At present, it has been organized into an infantry brigade, an artillery regiment, and an industrial division. Each has a battalion.

These units can be assigned to Commander Duan.The central government allocated an additional 50 yuan and allowed Master Duan to transfer his cronies from the Sixth Division to Guangdong.

After Mr. Duan arrives in Guangdong, he can negotiate with the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi to continue to expand the army by extracting expenses from commercial taxes.The central government delegates power without restricting it. "

When Li Chun heard this, his heart skipped a beat.He already understood the meaning of the President's special envoy, and also felt the intention to drive the tiger away. He felt both threatened and tempted.

Wealth seeks in danger!

Now that the world is getting more and more chaotic, even a fool can see that the central government is precarious. It has neither financial power nor military power. The only thing of value is personnel power.

This has to be accepted by the person who is ordered.

Zhou Qingfeng made it clear that he wanted the officers of the Beiyang Division of the Sixth Division to leave, that's why he showed off his 'Heavenly King Lifting Cannon' on the training ground in the cold, to let the officers and soldiers below see how good he is.

Ordinarily, this kind of behavior of blatantly prying the corner of the wall is too bad, and it is bound to be collectively resisted by Li Chun and other middle and senior military officers.But it is rare for a military officer to have an opportunity to be released. If it is a peaceful and prosperous age, how can there be any possibility of cracking the soil and becoming a marquis?

If Duan Qirui went to Guangdong to become the commander of the military region, Li Chun would definitely follow the promotion and make a fortune. This is a good opportunity that Yuan Shikai could not give.

Yuan Datou really wants to turn the clouds and rains upside down, so he shouldn't be 'restoring' at this moment.He is still waiting for something to happen in this world, so that the central government can force him to take office again.

But now President Xiao also has capable people around him. It is cheaper to buy Yuan Shikai than to buy his subordinates.